Wurt, the gentle merm, offers a unique gameplay experience in Don’t Starve Together. This comprehensive guide provides you with the essential knowledge to thrive as Wurt, maximizing her strengths and mitigating her weaknesses. Whether you’re a seasoned player or new to Wurt, this guide will equip you with the strategies to excel in any hostile environment.
One of Wurt’s key advantages is her ability to sustain herself entirely on bull kelp stalks. As Wurt, you don’t suffer any of the usual stat penalties associated with eating kelp. Considering bull kelp regrows every three days and Wurt only needs six stalks per day, a modest patch of 18 stalks can provide a self-sustaining food source.
Wurt shines in the late game, becoming a powerful asset to any team. Her proficiency in chopping and mining surpasses that of most other characters, allowing for efficient resource gathering. She can also effectively combat a wide range of creatures, providing crucial support to her teammates. Providing these resources and protection is key to being a valuable Wurt player.
Due to Wurt’s inability to trade with the Pig King, acquiring gold in the later stages of the game can be challenging without assistance from other players. Relying on flint as an alternative currency becomes almost a necessity.
Remember that Wurt experiences a 33% increase in hunger depletion from the foods she can eat, making efficient food management even more critical.
In desperate situations, you can utilize bunnymen as a food source, particularly during winter when other options are scarce.
Wurt’s Merm Mask is invaluable. It allows her and other players to befriend normal merms, trade with the Merm King, and feed him without aggroing him. Furthermore, the mask can be given to Wortox and Webber (if they don’t have meat on them), allowing them to tame bunnymen and utilize their farms.
Merm warfare can be triggered if a sufficient number of merms are present. Simply feeding one merm a seed, kelp, or any other edible item will stimulate mass fish production. These fish can then be used to craft Fish Sticks or Surf and Turf, or sold to the Merm King for significant profit.
A Wurt and Warly team provides excellent benefits to the whole team. When paired with a Warly, Wurt can craft Fish Cordon Bleu, which provides potent Wetness resistance for the entire team during spring.
If the Merm King is defeated, Wurt can make ordinary merms hostile towards players who are not wearing a Merm Mask. This can be used to protect your base if you need to defend your stuff but DO NOT USE THIS TO GRIEF ON NON-PVP SERVERS. This is strictly for defensive purposes.
Finally, Wurt can be a key part of strategies to kill bosses like Dragonfly. You can effectively eliminate Dragonfly by walling off all her larvae ponds and deploying around 27-30 fighter merms. Similarly, the Bee Queen can be defeated with approximately 30 fighter merms.
