Mandrake

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Mandrake
Stats
	20
Movement
Walking Speed	6
Running Speed	6
Traits
Special Ability	Follows the player when picked late
Loot
Code
"mandrake"

Mandrake / Cooked Mandrake
	Inventory Icon
Raw
Cooked
60
100
75
150
0
0
Does Not Spoil
Does Not Spoil
Stacks up to
40 items
40 items
Sources
Dropped by
Spawncode
Raw	"mandrake"
Cooked	"cookedmandrake"

“Oh shut UP, will you?”

–Maxwell

A Mandrake is a very rare passive Mob found in Grasslands and Caves. By default, only a few Mandrakes spawn within a world (about 2-5). Mandrakes often all spawn together in the same area, so finding one will usually result in finding all of the Mandrakes available in the world. It is required for making a Pan Flute and can be made into Mandrake Soup in the Crock Pot.

When picked at night or dusk or when underground, it will turn into a living Mandrake, following the player around constantly making noise until morning, after which it will replant itself on the spot. When picked during the day, it will die instantly and can be obtained as an item.

The Mandrake cannot be replanted by the player and is unable to be fed to an imprisoned bird. There are no "Mandrake Seeds" in the game; thus, it cannot be farmed or reproduced.

Although very rare, Mandrakes are some of the best foods in the game. Raw or cooked Mandrakes do not spoil, and when eaten raw, a Mandrake heals 60 Health and 75 Hunger and puts oneself and nearby Mobs to sleep. Eating Mandrake Soup restores the same amount of Health and Hunger as a cooked Mandrake in addition to 5 Sanity, and will not knock the player out upon eating it.

With normal damage modifiers, Mandrakes instantly die from any hit from a Spear or any better weapon. The only tools that will do the same are the Axe, Pickaxe, their golden counterparts, and the Pick/Axe.

Cooked Mandrake

Cooking a Mandrake will knock out the character until the next part of the day (from dusk till night, from night until daytime, or from daytime until dusk). Eating a Cooked Mandrake will also knock out the player until the next day and put all nearby Mobs to sleep.

Pigs, Gobblers, and Pengulls will eat Cooked Mandrakes left on the ground, triggering the Mandrake's knock-out effect until the start of the next day (no matter what time it is) and putting everyone nearby to sleep (raw Mandrakes will not put the player to sleep). Pigs will also leave a pile of Manure, as they would with other Vegetables.

Gobblers will eat Mandrakes which are still planted in the ground if they get close enough; Mandrakes eaten in this manner will put nearby Mobs to sleep, but not the player.

Behavior

Rooted Mandrakes (once picked) will hop around and follow the player, making a lot of noise. They will follow the player through Wormholes as well. Like most followers, they will try to back up if the player get too close to them. If the Mandrake is attacked, they will run away from the player indefinitely.

Usage

Will knock the player out.

Will knock out anyone nearby. Cannot be given directly.

5×

1×

1×

Tips

• The Mandrake's knockout effect can be used to skip difficult times of the game (such as Winter or during Beefalo mating season). For example, three Mandrakes will result in skipping around 5 days (Mandrakes knockout the player for 3/4 of a day when cooked, and can knock the player out an entire day when eaten).

Trivia

• The mandrake is a real plant that was surrounded in myth in European folklore. Its roots can bear a vaguely human shape and was said to scream when uprooted.
• Ghosts appear to have a fascination with Mandrakes and will often float above the Mandrake, whether it is animated or planted. This could be due to the supernatural presence of the Mandrake and how it is an animated plant. However, due to there not being any quotes to support this in-game, it could also be a glitch.
• Live Mandrakes can be eaten by Pengulls and Werepigs, which will still trigger the knock-out effects.
• The Mandrake (raw and cooked) is one of the few foods in the game that do not spoil, along with raw Tallbird Egg, Guardian's Horn, and Deerclops Eyeball. However, Mandrake Soup will spoil.

Bugs

• When the player picks up a Mandrake using the Spacebar, the Mandrake can be planted again, but if the player tries to pick the Mandrake when it has been replanted, the character will start to shake out of control upon attempting and will be unable to interact with the Mandrake again.
• Mandrakes spawned into the player's inventory can be replanted when 'dropped' on the ground.
• Even though Mandrakes are flammable otherwise, they will not turn to Ash when killed with a Fire Dart.

Gallery

Dead, planted, and recently deceased Mandrakes.

Two hopping Mandrakes.

A Mandrake found underground.

Three mandrakes following Wilson.

Mandrake mid-hop.

A Mandrake at spawn.

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