MacTusk Anenemy Farm - Don't Starve Together Guides
A very useful albiet optional farm to make in DST is the Walrus Anenemy Farm. In order to do this farm you will first need to locate the MacTusk spawn locations on your world. You can identify a MacTusk location by a small empty circle ingame that appears as an igloo on the map. During the Winter you'll actually see an igloo ingame too - it will look just like my screenshot above.
This farm will get you an endless supply of Hounds Teeth, Blue Gems, Walrus Tusks and Tam o' Shanter items; MacTusk drops Blowdarts too but you'll consume them so fast when you use them it's barely worth using them at all. Hounds Teeth are probably the best replenishable resource that you get from this farm. Especially if you're like me and you like creating traps.
Walrus Tusks are used to make the Walking Cane which is one of the more important items in the game for you to craft. You can also make a Brush with the Walrus Tusk; this is what you'll be using the tusks on most of the time - if you decide to tame a Beefalo.
Last but not least, the Tam o' Shanter is a helm that you wear and it gives you the most Sanity regeneration of any helm in the game. The Bee Queen Crown can give you back more Sanity but only in certain situations. You can repair any durability lost on the Tam o' Shanter by using a Sewing Kit so farming an endless supply of them isn't neccessary.
Normally what I like to do is setup a MacTusk farm and leave it run for 2 - 5 years ingame; it depends on how much loot you want. Once you're satisfied with how much loot you have then you can dig up your Anenemy's and move them to a different location or use them for a different farming method.
MacTusk Farm loaded with loot.
Setting up this farm is pretty easy, the first thing you need to do is discover the Lunar Islands. On the beach biomes of Lunar Islands you'll find Anenemy; these are plant like objects which are half buried in the ground and damage you when you step on them. How many Anenemy are in your world is random and there is no possible way to get more of them to spawn once you collect them all.
Once you get one of these Anenemy you'll want to bring them over to the MacTusk spawn location and place them surrounding the house like you see in my screenshots on this page. MacTusk and his dogs spawn in a random location surrounding the igloo so you'll want to make sure you place an Anenemy in every location around the house.
Each time a MacTusk or Hound spawns it will be damaged by an Anenemy. This will keep happening over and over throughout the Winter until he dies - then another MacTusk or Hound will spawn and the process will begin anew. I normally get about a stack of Hound's Tooths every year, 2 to 5 Blue Gems and 1 or 2 Walrus Tusks/Tam o' Shanters. All in all it's a solid haul of loot for not having to lift a finger.
Other Tips & Tricks
- On each server there is a limited number of Anenemy that you can collect. This is one of the best uses for Anenemy but you may want to uproot a few and use them elsewhere once you farm enough MacTusks.
- In order for the MacTusk to spawn you have to enter that part of the world. I recommend you come through the MacTusk area a few times during Winter so you can make sure the MacTusk loads in and gets taken out by the Anenemys.