Deconstruction Staff

The Deconstruction Staff is a craftable Item found in the Ancient Tab. It requires at least a Broken Pseudoscience Station to craft, and costs 4 Nightmare Fuel, 2 Living Logs, and 2 Green Gems to craft. It also can randomly drop from an Ancient Pseudoscience Station when the latter is damaged with a Hammer, Gunpowder etc. Like all items from the Ancient Tab, Deconstruction Staves cannot be prototyped and can only be crafted within range of an Ancient Pseudoscience Station.
When used on a craftable Structure, the Deconstruction Staff returns 100% of the ingredients needed to craft it. However, when used on an Item, the Staff will return a percentage of the materials equal to the remaining durability, rounded up. If Gems were used in the crafting process, they will not be returned and will always "shatter" instead. With each use of the Staff, Characters will lose 20 and the Staff will lose 20% of its Durability.
Using it on a Pig House, Rabbit Hutch, Bird Cage, or Bird Trap will get rid of any inhabitants still inside it. When used on a Meat Effigy, it will not restore the 30 (40 in Don't Starve Together) until the user dies or saves and quits.
When deconstructing items produced with living mobs like bees or rabbits, you may wish to be prepared to catch those animals again once they are released from the item.
Green Gems are rare and limit the number of Deconstruction Staffs. A Construction Amulet is always worth using when crafting this staff and this staff is the only item it is always worth using for.
== Downloadable Content ==
In the Hamlet DLC, the Deconstruction Staff is one of the two items that can permanently destroy Town Houses, Pig Shops, Watch Towers, Lawn Decorations, Intricate Topiaries and Hedges that cannot be destroyed with a Hammer. The other is the Executive Hammer.
== Deconstructing Craftables ==
=== Craftables Created with a Construction Amulet ===
Any craftable object can be deconstructed, but most are not worth the cost (thulecite is rare, green gems are rarer). The following table lists some commonly deconstructed items. It assumes the item was crafted with a Construction Amulet and shows net cost of the construction and deconstruction and net gain. Items produced without a construction amulet are covered in separate tables below.
Item 	Construction Cost using 	Deconstruction Yield	Net Cost 	Net Gain
Thulecite Suit 	×0.2 ×3.4 ×2.6 	×6 ×4 	×0.44 ×0.2 	×2.52 ×0.88
Thulecite Club 	×0.2 ×2.4 ×2 ×2.6 	×4 ×3 ×4 	×0.44 	×1.52 ×0.8 ×0.88
Glossamer Saddle 	×0.2 ×0.4 ×1 ×0.6 ×2 ×34	×2 ×4 ×68 	×0.44 ×0.48 ×1.12 	×0.8 ×2 + ×34
War Saddle 	×2 ×0.2 ×0.4 ×2 ×0.6 ×5 	×4 ×4 ×10 	×0.44 ×0.48 ×0.2 ×1.12	×2 ×2 ×5
Telelocator Focus	×0.2 ×0.4 ×2.2 ×2.6 ×4 	×4 ×4 ×8 	×0.44 ×0.48 	×1.6 ×0.88 ×4
==== Explanation ====
Assuming the construction amulet was used to craft the staff, the effective cost of the staff is ×1.2 ×0.4 ×1 ×2.6. The staff can be used 5 times, so dividing the cost by 5 yields the cost per use: ×0.24 ×0.08 ×0.2 ×0.52
The best candidates for construction/deconstruction are items that use (even) multiples of a rare ingredient and no gems (except the Iridescent Gem - all other gems are destroyed during deconstruction).
=== Craftables Created WITHOUT a Construction Amulet ===
Hammering Thulecite Walls is the best way to convert Thulecite to fragments. Thulecite Wall deconstruction is a waste compared with deconstructing Thulecite Suits.
Scaled Flooring is worth deconstructing even when produced without the construction amulet (scales are probably rarer than green gems).
Item 	Construction Cost	Deconstruction Yield	Net Cost 	Net Gain
Scaled Flooring	×0.25 ×0.25 	×1 ×1 	×0.24 ×0.08 ×0.2 ×0.52	×0.75 ×0.75
Thulecite Wall 	×0.167 	×1 	×0.24 ×0.2 ×0.52 	×0.753
Other Turfs (whether crafted or dug up) might be deconstructed to yield interesting ingredients.
=== Deconstruction to renew durability ===
When using deconstruction to renew durability, the profit is the extended use of the item and/or components, not (only) a resource that can be used to create other items. Deconstructing a heavily used Pan Flute preserves the mandrake of which there may be only ever be 3 or 4 in a world. Deconstructing a Pick/Axe, yields a brand new Opulent Pickaxe and Luxury Axe, which can be used down to 3% durability before constructing a new Pick/Axe with them.
Deconstructing Scalemail directly yields 1 scales as opposed to the 0.75 scales created when deconstructing a single Scaled Floring. This is a good way to change your mind about Scalemail, but Scaled Flooring is the way to multiply scales.
Item 	Construction Cost 	Deconstruction Yield	Net Cost 	Net Gain (plus use of item)
Pan Flute 	×1 ×5 ×1 	×1 ×5 ×1 	×0.24 ×0.08 ×0.2 ×0.52	×1 ×5 ×1
The Lazy Explorer	×1 ×1 ×1 with construction amulet	×1 ×2 	×0.24 ×1 ×0.08 ×0.2 	×1 ×1.48
Brush 	×1 ×1 ×2 	×1 ×1 ×2 	×0.24 ×0.08 ×0.2 ×0.52	×1 ×1 ×2
Pick/Axe 	×2 ×1 ×1 	×1 ×1 ×1 	×0.24 ×0.2 ×0.52 	×0.92 ×1 ×1
Scalemail 	×1 ×1 ×3 	×1 ×1 ×3 	×0.24 ×0.08 ×0.2 ×0.52	×1 ×1 ×3
== Deconstructing Non-craftables ==
The following non-craftable items can be deconstructed to yield:
Item	Drops
 	×4 ×2 ×3 ×4
 	×1 ×4 ×2
 	×5
 	×4 ×10
 	×6 ×10
 	×6 ×2 ×1
 	×4 ×2 ×1
 	×3 ×2
 	×2 ×3
 	×2 ×1
 	×3 ×2
 	×2
 	×1 ×1
 	×4 ×4
 	×4 ×4
 	×5
== Skins ==
In Don't Starve Together, Skins can be applied to certain items to change their appearance. Information on how to obtain specific skins can be found on the Belongings page.
Clockwork Deconstruction Staff Icon.png|Woven - ElegantClockwork Deconstruction StaffA construct of deconstruction.See ingame
== Tips ==
* Since Green Gems are so rare, the best use for Deconstruction Staffs is on Items or Structures that require very rare or non-renewable materials (e.g. items from the Ancient or Magic Tab).
* Some items that are created using a single non-renewable ingredient (e.g. Pan Flute) can be deconstructed and crafted again to extend their usage, since the Staff will always return at least one of the non-gem materials used.
* The Deconstruction Staff cannot be used on Walls or a Houndius Shootius that have been placed.
* In the Reign of Giants DLC, using the Deconstruction Staff on burnt Structures will still return 100% of their materials.
* Using the Deconstruction Staff on a single item from a recipe that gives multiple copies of said item (e.g. Turfs or Walls) will return the main item + part of the recipe. For example, deconstructing 1 Scaled Flooring will return 1 Scales and 1 Cut Stone.
== Gallery ==
Green Staff.jpg|Wolfgang holding the Deconstruction Staff.
Deconstruction Staff Usage.png|Wolfgang using the Deconstruction Staff on a Meat Effigy.
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