Armored Bearger

Armored Bearger is a boss monster exclusive to Don't Starve Together, introduced in the From Beyond updates.
It will spawn from a Bearger corpse after a fully formed lunar rift is active in the world, and a Brightshade Gestalt will target the corpse and reanimate it. This will reduce the number of Deadly Brightshades spawned from that rift. Players can prevent this by burning the Bearger's corpse.
After defeating it, Wagstaff will appear in his Grainy Transmission form, saying some words and disappearing. This is part of the quest for receiving a Spark Ark. If all three mutants have been defeated once before and the previous defeated mutant is not an Armored Bearger, Wagstaff will give the player a Spark Ark.
== Behavior ==
Unlike Bearger, the Armored Bearger is hostile toward players and attacks them on sight. When not targeting a player, the Armored Bearger will wander aimlessly. It is not interested in Food, thus won't eat food left on the ground nor rummage through containers. The Armored Bearger will not sleep nor yawn during Winter or Spring either.
In combat, the Armored Bearger retains the claw swipe, albeit slightly modified, as well as the paw slam of a normal Bearger, however it will also include an additional "Butt Slam" attack. The butt slam attack will send out a damaging shockwave just like the normal paw slam, but will also create a temporary Sinkhole on impact. 
The Armored Bearger’s attack pattern is the same as Bearger’s: three swipes and then a slam. It will lunge forward a short distance when swiping, extending its reach. An Armored Bearger’s swipe will also knock targets back. If this attack connects and the target is still in range of the swipe attack, the Armored Bearger will continuously perform claw swipes one after the other.
== Strategy==
Armored Bearger's kiting strategy is similar to that of normal Bearger, albeit, if players wish to run away from a swipe attack, they should be very mindful of the slight lunge this attack has, because the Armored Bearger can combo this attack infinitely, and thus can result in an instant and frustrating death. Thus, it is recommended to avoid to either side the Armored Bearger is facing instead.
The paw slam attack behaves exactly the same as normal Bearger, albeit with added 30 Planar Damage. Player should be very mindful if they have no and/or low Planar Defense.
Upon being damaged for 800 total, Armored Bearger will start performing a Butt Slam attack when its target is behind itself. During the time that Armored Bearger is still sitting, hitting it twice with Planar Damage will cause it to fall to the ground for 5-6 seconds, becoming vulnerable for attacks. After it has got up, another 800 total damage has to be done to Armored Bearger to bait out another Butt Slam attack. 
Armored Bearger also has another version of a Butt Slam attack, where it charges at the player, and instead of paw slam, perform butt slam instead. Armored Bearger has to have been stunned once and has butt slam ready to be performed, and the target is 2.5 tiles away. This attack can be performed back to back if the target still is 2.5 tiles away after the Armored Bearger has stood up.
Armored Bearger possesses Planar Entity Protection, thus a Brightshade Sword and/or a Shadow Reaper is recommended for this fight. A good strategy is to throw as many Brightshade Bombs as possible when it is stunned, otherwise attack normally until it can be stunned again. Howlitzer, if obtained, is also a good choice to quickly trigger a knock down.
== Trivia ==
*Armored Bearger was introduced in the Host of Horrors update.
*The Armored Bearger's appearance was changed twice during the Host of Horrors Beta: the first time during Host of Horrors' third hotfix, adding the spikes on its back and face and making its eyes not squinting, and the second time during the actual release of Host of Horrors, making its eyes glow with white fires.
== Gallery ==
Armored Bearger First Version.png|First beta version of the Armored Bearger.
Armored Bearger Second Version.png|Second beta version of the Armored Bearger.
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