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Sgwalrus

Based on game build 714014 | Last updated: 2026-03-08

Overview​

The SGwalrus stategraph defines the complete behavioral state machine for the Walrus entity in Don't Starve Together. It manages transitions between idle, walk, run, sleep, combat (attack, taunt, hit), death, eating, and special states like taunt_newtarget and funny_idle. It integrates with the health, combat, and locomotor components to coordinate responses to damage, target acquisition, and movement commands, while triggering appropriate animations and sounds.

Usage example​

-- The stategraph is automatically applied via the return statement in SGwalrus.lua.
-- To use programmatically (e.g., in a prefab file), ensure the entity is registered with the correct stategraph:
local inst = CreateEntity()
inst:AddStateGraph("walrus", "SGwalrus")
-- No further manual setup required; the stategraph engine handles transitions.

Dependencies & tags​

Components used: health, combat, locomotor
Tags: Adds and removes tags including idle, busy, attack, and electrocute via state tags. Also checks taunt_attack tag conditionally.

Properties​

No public properties

Main functions​

PlayCreatureSound(inst, sound, creature)​

  • Description: Plays a creature-specific sound using the SoundEmitter component. Defaults to inst.soundgroup or inst.prefab if no creature is specified.
  • Parameters:
    • inst (Entity) — The entity instance.
    • sound (string) — The filename of the sound to play (e.g., "death").
    • creature (string, optional) — The creature subdirectory name; overrides defaults.
  • Returns: Nothing.

Events & listeners​

  • Listens to:
    • step, locomote, sink, sleep, freeze, electrocute, newcombattarget, attacked, doattack, death, corpsechomped, animover
  • Pushes: None (only consumes events and triggers state transitions via GoToState).