Loyal Merm Guard

The Loyal Merm Guard is a Mob exclusive to the Don't Starve Together character Wurt.
Loyal Merm Guards spawn from Merm Flort-ifications if the King of the Merms is alive. Also, the King of the Merms will summon 4 Loyal Merm Guards when attacked.
As long as the King of the Merms is alive, they have 660 Health and deal 50 damage. When the King of the Merms dies, their Health is reduced to 200, their damage lowered to 20. Loyal Merm Guards' physical appearance changes while the King is active. 
== Behavior ==
They behave like normal Merms, including all the befriended behavior (will chop trees, mine boulders, can wear hats, etc). Unlike regular Merms however, Loyal Merm Guards are immune to epic screeching, such as the screeching done by the Bee Queen.
Merm Guards cannot be haunted.
Wurt, or any character wearing the Clever Disguise, can recruit Merms as followers by feeding them vegetarian food or raw Fishes for 15 per day (10.3 per day if King of the Merms is alive).
== Skill Upgrades ==
Loyal Merm Guards can receive different upgrades depending on the skills Wurt has mastered:
Skill 	Effect
Sensible Swamp Fighter 	Loyal Merm Guards will retreat from battle if they have less than 25% of their health left and will rejoin, if their health is restored.
The King's Pauldron Quest	When Wurt gives a Marble Suit to the King of the Merms, all loyal Merms with head armor will receive additional 15% damage protection.
The King's Crown Quest 	When Wurt gives a Thulecite Crown to the King of the Merms, all loyal Merms will learn to dodge. The dodge has a 10 seconds cooldown.
The King's Trident Quest 	When Wurt gives a Strident Trident to the King of the Merms, all loyal Merms will deal 5% more damage. All Loyal Merm Guards also have a 33% chance to perform a triple attack with 26.3 damage for each strike.
Lunar Mutated Merm 	Wurt can give Loyal Merm Guards a Moon Shard or Infused Moon Shard to transform them into Mutated Merm Guards.
Shadow Resurrection Merm 	On death, Loyal Merm Guards will transform into Shadow Merm Guards.
Loyal Merm Guards can also be transformed into Mutated Merm Guards, when a Wurt with the Terra Mutation skill uses the Brilliant Mudslinger to create mutated Marsh Turf.
== Trivia ==
* The Loyal Merm Guard was introduced to Don't Starve Together in the Wurt Character Update.
* In her examination quote for the Greater Gestalt, Wurt refers to them as the Mermfold guard.
== Gallery ==
Art Stream 94 Loyal Merm Guard.png|A Loyal Merm Guard as seen in a drawing from Art Stream # 94.
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