Chester Eyebone

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

Overview

The chester_eyebone prefab represents the in-game item used to summon Chester, the monster. It handles morphing into different variants (NORMAL, SNOW, SHADOW), manages Chester’s respawn timer, and tracks Chester’s binding status via the leader component. When held by a player, it periodically attempts to reconnect to an existing Chester entity and respawns Chester upon death. It integrates with the inventory, inspectable, and network systems to function correctly in multiplayer.

Usage example

-- Example: Trigger a morph to the SNOW variant
local eyebone = SpawnPrefab("chester_eyebone")
if eyebone ~= nil then
    eyebone:MorphSnowEyebone()
end

-- Example: Stop an ongoing respawn
if eyebone ~= nil then
    eyebone:StopRespawn()
end

Dependencies & tags

Components used: inventoryitem, inspectable, leader, transform, animstate, minimapentity, network
Tags added: chester_eyebone, irreplaceable, nonpotatable

Properties

Property	Type	Default Value	Description
EyeboneState	string	"NORMAL"	Current morph state: "NORMAL", "SNOW", or "SHADOW".
openEye	string	"chester_eyebone"	Inventory image name for the open-eye state.
closedEye	string	"chester_eyebone_closed"	Inventory image name for the closed-eye state.
isOpenEye	boolean?	nil	Indicates whether the eye is currently open (true) or closed (nil).
respawntask	Task?	nil	Pending respawn task if Chester is dead.
respawntime	number?	nil	Unix timestamp of when Chester is scheduled to respawn.
fixtask	Task?	nil	Temporary task that runs after pickup to rebind Chester.

Main functions

MorphNormalEyebone()

• Description: Resets the Eyebone to its default NORMAL variant. Clears skin overrides and sets standard image/build assets.
• Parameters: None.
• Returns: Nothing.

MorphSnowEyebone()

• Description: Morphs the Eyebone to the SNOW variant. Updates openEye/closedEye image names and applies _snow skin overrides and build.
• Parameters: None.
• Returns: Nothing.

MorphShadowEyebone()

• Description: Morphs the Eyebone to the SHADOW variant. Updates image names and applies _shadow skin overrides and build.
• Parameters: None.
• Returns: Nothing.

StopRespawn()

• Description: Cancels any pending respawn task and resets related state (respawntask, respawntime).
• Parameters: None.
• Returns: Nothing.

SetBuild()

• Description: Updates the AnimState to use the appropriate build (with or without skin overrides) based on EyeboneState.
• Parameters: None (uses inst.EyeboneState internally).
• Returns: Nothing.

Events & listeners

• Listens to:
  • death (on Chester) — triggers respawn with a delay (TUNING.CHESTER_RESPAWN_TIME) when Chester dies.
  • onremove (on Chester, via Follower) — cleans up binding when Chester is removed (handled by follower.lua).
• Pushes:
  • leaderchanged — via follower.lua when leadership changes.
  • imagechange — via inventoryitem when image is updated (e.g., open/closed state changes).