Books

“INFORMATION OVERLOAD”

–WX-78

For Maxwell's special item, see Codex Umbra.

The Books Tab is a special tab that is only available to Wickerbottom. It allows the player to craft Books, which can be used to activate several events at the cost of sanity. Each book has multiple uses.

	Birds of the World Covers 1000 Species: Habits, habitats, and calls. “No point studying when I can just wing it.” –Wilson “Less reading, more burning!” –Willow “Book is for the birds!” –Wolfgang “Will it teach me to fly away from here?” –Wendy “UPLOADING AVIAN FACTOIDS TO DATABASE...” –WX-78 “The expurgated version, but it has my favorite: Megascops kennicottii.” –Wickerbottom “I already know more than enough aboot those things.” –Woodie “What a wasteful misuse of magic.” –Maxwell “Tö rule the skies!” –Wigfrid “This one has pictures!” –Webber “I was never much of a book learner.” –Winona Call 20 to 30 Birds. Does not work in Hurricane Season. 3 uses. Costs 50 File:Sanity.png per use. DebugSpawn: "book_birds". The type of spawned Birds depends on the season, biome, and position the player is at. 2× 2×
	Applied Horticulture On the care and feeding of plants. “I see no farm in reading that.” –Wilson “Ughh, who cares?” –Willow “Wolfgang rather grow muscle than flowers.” –Wolfgang “Imagine, a rolling field of red flowers...” –Wendy “A USELESS TOME ON PLANT CULTIVATION” –WX-78 “Dead plants tied together to help me aid living plants.” –Wickerbottom “Does it grow trees?” –Woodie “It's not wise to toy with forces beyond your comprehension.” –Maxwell “But can it tend the garden öf mine soul?” –Wigfrid “Why should we read about flowers when we can pick them?” –Webber “I prefer to learn from experience.” –Winona Grow crops and plants instantly, while trees accelerate one stage every use. Does not work on unfertilized crops or plants. 5 uses and 30 range. Costs 33 File:Sanity.png per use. DebugSpawn: "book_gardening". Will not cause plants to grow in winter. Will not cause crops to grow when they should not in winter (ex: if used on day one of winter, no plants grow, but crops do as it is "warm enough".) 2× 1× 1×
	Sleepytime Stories Soothing tales to send you off to dreamland. “Strange, it's just 500 pages of telegraph codes.” –Wilson “Bo-oring!” –Willow “Wolfgang's eyes feel heavy like dumbbells.” –Wolfgang “Does it impart an eternal slumber?” –Wendy “POWERING DOown...” –WX-78 “Warm milk in book form.” –Wickerbottom “The perfect book for a full moon.” –Woodie “I haven't had a real sleep in... ages.” –Maxwell “Where's the drama? The suspense?” –Wigfrid “It's... beddy-bye time...” –Webber “I already know how to sleep, thanks.” –Winona Cause animals and other players () to sleep. 5 uses and 30 range. Costs 33 File:Sanity.png per use. DebugSpawn: "book_sleep". 2× 2×
	On Tentacles Let's learn about our subterranean friends! “Someone'll get suckered into reading this.” –Wilson “Looks like kindling to me!” –Willow “Wolfgang wants many foes to fight!” –Wolfgang “Does this world need more beasts?” –Wendy “IT SUMMONS THE FLESH WOBBLERS” –WX-78 “Hard to put this one down. It's gripping, frankly.” –Wickerbottom “They don't have tentacles in Canada.” –Woodie “What horrors shall be summoned from the depths?” –Maxwell “Knöwledge grants great pöwer!” –Wigfrid “Why are the pages all slimy?” –Webber “I'm not really a "book smarts" kind of gal.” –Winona Create 3 tentacles. 5 uses and 3 to 8 range. Costs 50 File:Sanity.png per use. DebugSpawn: "book_tentacles". 2× 1×
	The End is Nigh! The world will end in fire and tribulation! Ia! Ia! “The beginning was dull, but got better near the end.” –Wilson “That's my favorite book!” –Willow “Tiny book scares Wolfgang!” –Wolfgang “The tome to end it all...” –Wendy “A BOOK OF DESTRUCTION. EXCELLENT” –WX-78 “What could possibly go wrong?” –Wickerbottom “I know better than to mess with that, eh.” –Woodie “I've had enough fire and brimstone for one eternity.” –Maxwell “This töme is brimming with Hel's fire!” –Wigfrid “We don't like how that one ends!” –Webber “I prefer hands-on learning.” –Winona Create 16 lightnings. 5 uses and 3 to 15 range. Costs 33 File:Sanity.png per use. DebugSpawn: "book_brimstone". 2× 1×
	Joy of Volcanology And the sky shall rain fire! “The foreword just says "Hope you like dragoons."” –Wilson “I'll burn through this book!” –Willow “Book make very hot rain.” –Wolfgang “Reading is a dangerous thing.” –Wendy “WHERE DOES IT PLUG IN?” –WX-78 “Rainus Magmus!” –Wickerbottom “That there ain't right.” –Woodie “Reading strange books has always worked out for me before.” –Maxwell “Read a passage and call förth Ragnarök!” –Wigfrid “I'm not a good reader, but he is!” –Webber “There's not a single recipe to be found within.” –Warly “Devil magic thet summons demons from th'sky!” –Woodlegs Create 4 Dragoon Eggs  falling at the player's location. 5 uses and no File:Sanity.png cost. Replaces "On Tentacles" in Don't Starve: Shipwrecked. DebugSpawn: "book_meteor". Fallen Dragoon Eggs sometimes create Lava Pools on the ground. When Lava pools burn out they leave behind Rocks , Ash and Charcoal. Lava Pools can be extinguished directly with Ice, which leaves behind a single Obsidian instead. This allows Wickerbottom to easily farm Rocks, Charcoal and Obsidian. 2× 2×

Tips

• Even though reading books lowers the player's sanity, one can keep reading the books even at 0 sanity with no restriction on the book's use and effects. It is therefore recommended to grow self-harvesting farms (with Lureplants) or build Tentacle death pits in a single session, reading as many books as possible, and only restoring sanity (with Jerky, Cooked Green Cap, or Cooked Cactus Flesh) afterwards.
• Tentacles from On Tentacles generally produces more Tentacle Spots than it consumes. They are also a source of Tentacle Spikes, a great melee weapon. The book can be used to build defenses or traps, as the Tentacles are hostile to most Mobs in the game.
• In Reign of Giants (RoG) and Shipwrecked (SW) DLCs, the lightning from "The End is Nigh!" can strike Wickerbottom when used. It is recommended to use clothing that blocks lightning damage, such as the Eyebrella (RoG), Snakeskin Jacket/Hat (SW), or the Dumbrella (SW).
• In Don't Starve Together, Maxwell can use Wickerbottom's books if obtained.

Trivia

• The phrase "Ia! Ia!" in the "The End is Nigh" description refers to the phrase "Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!", a chant from the Cthulhu mythos of H. P. Lovecraft.
• The sanity reduction from reading possibly could suggest that these books contain knowledge that humans were not meant to know, similar to the Necronomicon and Pnakotic Manuscripts from the writings of H.P. Lovecraft.
• The Joy of Volcanology is essentially the Volcano Staff, except less accurate.
• According to Wilson in Don't Starve Together, Sleepytime Stories is "just 500 pages of telegraph codes". This implies that the book bores those affected to sleep.
• Sleepytime Stories and The End is Nigh! were originally named Bedtime Stories and Conflagration respectively.

Bugs

• On Tentacles can spawn Tentacles off of the map.