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The Engineer

by Goat Slice · for Don't Starve Together

The Engineer from Team Fortress 2! Now you can bring some gun to Don't Starve Together! "This amiable, soft-spoken good ol' boy from tiny Bee Cave, Texas loves barbecues, guns, and higher education.…

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The Engineer from Team Fortress 2! Now you can bring some gun to Don't Starve Together! "This amiable, soft-spoken good ol' boy from tiny Bee Cave, Texas loves barbecues, guns, and higher education.…

The Engineer from Team Fortress 2! Now you can bring some gun to Don't Starve Together!

"This amiable, soft-spoken good ol' boy from tiny Bee Cave, Texas loves barbecues, guns, and higher education. Natural curiosity, ten years as a roughneck in the west Texas oilfields, and eleven hard science PhDs have trained him to design, build and repair a variety of deadly contraptions."- Valve on The Engineer

Stats

•Can build his various contraptions •Brings his own handy tools •Weaker without his machines •Loves science

~ Can build The Sentry, Dispenser, Teleporter Entrance & Exit ~ Has a Wrench, Hard Hat, Destruction Device, and Scrap Metal in his toolkit ~ Has a science bonus - Deals less damage on his own (-20%) - Loses Sanity if a building is destroyed (-33) - Can only have 4 of each building out at once ~ Can right click to carry and move his machines

~ Favorite food is Cooked Meat ~ Has his own unique emotes; /ranchorelaxo, /kazotsky ~ Many Stats listed are Configurable

[h1]The Sentry Gun[/h1] - Upgradeable & Repairable with a Wrench and Scrap Metal or Gunpowder - 30 Scrap to upgrade to Lvl.2, 40 for Lvl.3 - 10 Damage, 13 Range, 1 second Rate of Fire - Health and Rate of Fire increase with each Lvl. Lvl.3 will periodically shoot rockets that deal splash damage Default Recipe: 20 Scrap, 3 Gears

[h1]The Dispenser[/h1]

- Upgradeable with a Wrench and Scrap Metal - Provides Health regen in a small aura. Lvl.3 Includes a Sanity regen aura - Provides various resources per the day segment - Time to heal and day segments increase with each Lvl. Lvl.1 = Only Day, Lvl.2 = Day and Dusk, Lvl.3 = Day, Dusk, & Night - Needs to be refueled with a Wrench and Scrap to keep providing supplies Default Recipe: 15 Scrap, 3 Red Gems - Alchemy Engine

[h1]The Teleporter Entrance/Exit[/h1]

- Place both an Entrance and Exit to teleport from one to the other. One-way ticket - The player will teleport to the Exit made after an Entrance. -5 sanity if not an Engineer - Multiple Exits require multiple Entrances Default Recipe: 15 Scrap, 10 Nightmare Fuel - Prestihatitator

The Toolkit

Hard Hat - 295 Durability, Absorbs 70% of incoming damage (Weaker than a Football Helmet) - Spawns with the Engineer - Protects from falling debris - If worn by non-Engineers it will allow them to repair and upgrade any Sentry Default Recipe: 5 Scrap, 2 Gold Nuggets - Always Available.

Scrap Metal - Crafting materiel used to upgrade and fuel his machines. - Gain 5 on each craft Default Recipe: 2 Flint, 2 Twigs - Always Available.

The Wrench - The only tool an Engineer can use to upgrade and repair his machines - 17 Damage, 150 Uses - Has a small chance to cause some mobs to run off when hit Default Recipe: 15 Scrap, 3 Twigs - Always Available.

Deconstruction PDA - Can only be equipped by an Engineer - RMB can be used on any of your machines to instantly destroy them - Returns crafting materials of said machine - Can't be used on machines that weren't built by you - Infinite uses Default Recipe: 15 Scrap - Always Available.

The Ghostly Gibus - Craftable by all characters, "instills confidence" - Sanity +2/min - 5 day durability - Reduced damage from Ghosts Default Recipe: 2 Silk, 2 Charcoal - Always Available.

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Highlights

From source data

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Last update

Its author last shipped an update 3 yr ago.

The Engineer on Nxeon

From our catalogue
One-click install
Supported on Nxeon Don't Starve Together servers. We download it from Steam Workshop, place it, and restart the server.
Server load
light
Smallest plan we suggest
Don't Starve Together — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
Latest build
2023-11-30, released 2023-11-30

Game versions by loader

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From 1 recorded build of The Engineer.

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What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on Steam Workshop as “QoL”

Quality of life & UI

Small conveniences, tweaks and interface improvements players notice straight away.

Compatibility

Game
Don't Starve Together

Verified at the source

  • ✓Steam WorkshopOfficial listing, checked 2026-11-01Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorGoat Slice, as published on Steam Workshop
  • ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree

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