Broodling slowly grows up, while slowly gaining the ability to enrageĪnd that was my theory on the Life Cycle of the Dragonfly. Dragonflies find each other, and mate in Summerĥ. Also, the male is smaller than the female, which is pretty common in these kinds of animals (e. Their main difference is the fact that males enrage as soon as something disturbs them, while females only enrage if their babies die. They probably mate in Summer, as that is when the male Dfly is searching, and accidentally bumps into you. The male one flies around, searching for a female Dfly. the female Dfly only stays in one place, near some Magma so she can raise her Lavae. first let’s go over the main point over the theory, then explain it: The Dragonfly we see in DST is female, while the one we see in singleplayer is male. The mature Dragonfly can fully enrage.Īnd finally, the mating. The Teen can only engulf its hands in flames. This makes me think that as the Broodling/Dfly grows up, it slowly gets the ability to enrage. In a technical point of view, it is probably just an older design, BUT WE AIN’T ABOUT THAT LOGIC! In the Credits appearance of this young adult, we see its hands on fire, but it is not enraged, as its scales are green, and it doesn’t appear Angry. Now, I believe that this red-eyed but mature appearing Dragonfly is a young adult, almost mature. The second one is in the Credits animation in Don’t Starve Together. The actual release trailer has a black eyed version. The first one is in the Reign of Giants Summer Teaser trailer. But we do actually see a red-eyed Dragonfly in 2 other places. They are red, while the mama Dragonfly’s are black. Now, we still have a few things to go over. Egg is spat up in Autumn, lavae turns into cocoon in winter, is metamorphosising through Spring and bursts open in Summer. Dragonfly mating will be discussed later. So let’s go over the life cycle one more time, this time with seasons involved. after that, the Broodling will slowly grow into a mature Dragonfly. And the Spicy Chili we use to burst the cocoon is none other than Summer. In the wild, the Ice Staff we use to turn the Lavae into a Cocoon is of course Winter. There, it’ll hatch in no-less than 2 days, after which the Lavae goes around, burning stuff, eating Ash, and growing, until it is ready for metamorphosis. Now that we have covered the player-assisted life cycle of the Dragonfly, how does it happen in the wild? First and foremost, the mama Dragonfly spits up the Lavae Egg inside of one of her Magma. We can easily assume the Broodling can also burn stuff for Ash, but it chooses not to, as it is older than the Lavae it once was, and is well-behaved. And the reason the Cocoon burts is because of the heat produced by none other than the Spicy Chili. This actually makes a lot of sense, since the prefab name for the Chilled Lavae is ’’lavae_cocoon’’, meaning that the Broodling is an almost fully grown Dragonfly. This item then can be used alongside Spicy Chili to adopt the Broodling pet. Now, if you strike the Extra-Adorable Lavae with an Ice Staff a couple of times, it’ll freeze into the Chilled Lavae. This makes extra sense as the Dragonfly in singleplayer does the same. This suggests that when Lavae in the wild are hungry, they burn stuff around them to produce Ash. This ”pet” needs to be fed with Ash, or it’ll start burning things around it.

This means that to spit up Lavae, she cracks the egg inside of her, making the Lavae immature.īut let’s continue on with the journey of the Extra-Adorable Lavae. What solidifies this, is the fact that the Lavae Egg was likely inside Dfly when she died. Now, this makes me assume that the Lavae that Dfly spits up are immature lavae, only sent out to help with the battle.

And it no longer needs the heat to survive. This egg can be hatched if it is dropped near fire for 2 days sraight. The Dragonfly has a 33% chance to drop the Lavae Egg when defeated.

Next, let’s talk about the Extra-Adorable Lavae. This means that the Lavae need the heat to survive.

If the Dragonfly dies while there are still some Lavae alive, they will slide back into the magma. The Dragonfly spawns Lavae during the battle. So now, I will be dwelling deep into the life cycle of this Giant.įirst, let’s adress the obvious things. But there is one creature that I really like: The Dragonfly. I especially love colony building creatures, like Aliens, or the Mants of Don’t Starve Hamlet. I love dwelling deep into the biology of creatures and monsters in videogames.

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