Quote Originally Posted by bigred View Post
They start showing up more and more in the later game. Basically, they spawn when you chop too many trees. They morph out of one of the trees nearby and start chasing you. You can "calm" them by planting 5 or 6 pine cones in front of them. Thus, they hang around and will draw aggro from monsters like hounds or deerclops. My deerclops attack ended with the two of them duking it out. I ran away and came back to drops from a dead tree guardian (live logs) and no sign of deerclops.
Thanks for the tips on the pine cones. I did not know that.

I think some of them are larger than others? With just a spear and a log suit, I was able to take some of the smaller ones without running away at all and just duking it out.