Cave Fern Withered

Based on game build 714014 | Last updated: 2026-03-04

Overview

cave_fern_withered is a decorative and harvestable environment prefab found in the Caves. It represents a withered version of the standard cave fern, using the same base assets but with distinct animation variation and harvest behavior. It is harvested using the pickable component, yielding cutgrass, and spoils into spoiled_food after a fixed regeneration delay of 10 seconds. The prefab supports save/load via custom OnSave and OnLoad callbacks to preserve the currently playing animation state.

Usage example

local inst = SpawnPrefab("cave_fern_withered")
inst.Transform:SetPosition(x, y, z)
inst.components.pickable:SetUp("cutgrass", 10)  -- optional, already configured

Dependencies & tags

Components used: inspectable, pickable, burnable, propagator, hauntable Tags: None explicitly added or removed.

Properties

Property	Type	Default Value	Description
animname	string	one of names array	The name of the animation currently playing (e.g., "f3") — selected randomly at spawn.
scrapbook_anim	string	"f1"	Animation name used for scrapbook/encyclopedia representation.
picksound	string	"dontstarve/wilson/pickup_plants"	Sound played on harvest. Set in constructor.
remove_when_picked	boolean	true	If true, the entity is removed after harvesting. Set in constructor.
quickpick	boolean	true	If true, allows quick-pick behavior (e.g., skipping idle animation). Set in constructor.

Main functions

onsave(inst, data)

• Description: Callback triggered during world save to serialize the current animation state.
• Parameters:
  inst (Entity) — the entity instance.
  data (table) — table to populate with serializable data.
• Returns: Nothing.
• Error states: None; writes inst.animname to data.anim if defined.

onload(inst, data)

• Description: Callback triggered during world load to restore the animation state.
• Parameters:
  inst (Entity) — the entity instance.
  data (table) — table containing previously saved state.
• Returns: Nothing.
• Error states: If data.anim is missing or nil, no animation change occurs.

Events & listeners

None identified.