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In Don't Starve, does Krampus only appear when it is winter? Or can he appear in any season?
From what I've read about it, he appears to punish you for naughtiness. I assume this is a nod to the Krampus of Northern European folklore . . . So, I wonder if he only appears during the winter?
I have yet to encounter him in the game, but perhaps I've just not gone on enough murderous rampages of innocent little bunnies. (Mmmmmmm … innocent little bunnies!)
You can find all the informations you need on the wiki.
Basically at the start of the game you're given a treshold of 30 Naughtyness. Every action damaging a "nice" creature subtracts points from this treshold according to the following table:
When you reach 0, one or more Krampii (Krampuses?) will spawn, depending on the days you've survived:
Every 60 seconds spent not doing naughty actions will increase your threshold by one, so this means that if you try to space out your killings in time, you can safely keep hunting for your meat without fearing to meet Krampus. On the table above the "Treshold" column indicates the maximum naughtiness you can have. It has been put in there because it's supposed to go down the more days you play, but there's still an uncertainty on the exact numbers, hence the interval.
Yes, the Deerclops spawns every winter, roaming the land looking for things to crush.
It does not seek the player actively unless it gets close, but it will always be announced by a growl and the ground shaking. If you stay out of its way you can make it pass, but it will not despawn until it's Summer again, so if you don't have the right equipment to fight it prepare yourself for a lot of running.
If you are getting followed by a Deerclops you can shake it off your back by making it fight other monsters (the Walruses are very effective at this), or you can make it fall asleep with the Pan Flute or the Sleep Darts. These are the only ways to make it sleep though, since it doesn't sleep at night, so it won't stop pursuing you if you're caught by the darkness.
Try to keep a good armor around, and a good weapon too if you plan to challenge it: it has a lot of HPs, a very high damage and a Sanity drain aura. If you fear you can't stand up to the challenge, you should have already learned what to do: RUN!
Other informations on the Deerclops can be found on the wiki.
Best Answer
Krampus can appear in any season, provided the player's "naughtiness" is high enough.
Naughtiness is increased by killing innocent, i.e., non-aggressive animals. The amount of naughtiness received depends on the animal- killing baby animals and larger animals is naughtier than killing butterflies.
Naughtiness decreases by a small amount every minute if the player doesn't kill anything innocent.
Source: http://dont-starve-game.wikia.com/wiki/Krampus