Klei Weekly Art Stream - Crab King (April 30th, 2025)

April 29, 2025, 1:55 pm

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Hey everyone, 

Come join us on this week's show (Wednesday, April 30th at 3:30 pm Pacific Time), where Jesse "The Drawbarian" will be drawing the Crab King from Don't Starve Together!

Additionally, if you are drawing along with Jesse, post your drawings on this thread and yours may get featured on next week's fan art spotlight before the art stream starts!

Be sure to click the follow button on the Klei Twitch channel to get alerted whenever we go live: https://www.twitch.tv/kleientertainment

Finally, here's the finished drawing from our most recent art stream:

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Can someone explain why Wormwood is OP for pro players?

May 14, 2025, 4:38 pm

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Well, from video to video I hear sometimes that Wormwood is kinds difficult character for new players, but is very good for choice for those who know what they're doing, specifically for boss fighters.

Survival wise, I would say he's better for new players since they don't know crockpot recipes anyways, thus just eating more food like red caps and monster meat with no "webber penalty" (I mean pigs aren't aggressive to Wormwood) is pretty fine if combat is avoided.

For a standard player like me, survival as solo Wormwood looks like this:

1. Find any bees and grind 4 stingers.

2. Suffer HP loss to craft 2 living logs.

3. Craft bramble husk.

4. Aggro all bees you can find to collect lots of honey + stingers with bramble husk.

5.Collect reeds from swamp (potentially on beefalo but beefalo is optional).

6. Go into caves and aggro shadow monkeys to collect bananas.

7. Go to spiders to collect lots silk and glands.

8. Setup tent, craft monkeytails, healing salves + honey poultices, sleep.

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So this is basic setup which brable husk helps you with and which makes it easy to craft bramble husks for future. And when you doing this you feel pretty powerful since it's a great massproduction of resources.

However then you spend these resources on bosses and start feeling power-fool.

Let me compare it to Wendy: she has aoe and doesn't need to loose HP neither for summoning it; nor for using it. She doesn't need to spend few nights sleeping. She doesn't need to craft healing items - just some food. And thinking about it, I come to conclusion that for a pro player, Wendy should be rated more than Wormwood.

But what's the real sitiuation? Does he have any benefits which could allow him to be rated OP for fighting? Maybe I'm missing something in his playstyle (I'm not playing him too often, tbh)?

Real way to fixing Wanda

May 14, 2025, 7:10 pm

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I thnik all discussion at this forum are pretty unessecery, what we really need for Wanda are those 2 items.

Rollback watch:

Crafting: 2x moonstones, 1 time peaces

Rollback whole server

Regen Watch:

Crafting: 4x cookie cutter Shells, 1 time peace

Delate world and generates new one with new seed. (Wanda keeps her items, other players get full reset)

Some weapon fusion ideas

May 15, 2025, 6:39 am

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If there is a weapon furnace, some weapons can be fused to obtain weapons with skills
Can we make the weapon system more balanced and interesting
For example, some ideas

Add skin system to DS ?

May 15, 2025, 7:46 am

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I understand that Klei doesn't have enough people to develop DS because of their many games. 
But what's the problem with adding a skin system to the DS?
It's a net benefit. Yes, you will not add new content, you will not enliven the game with new and beautiful skins that you can take from the DST. 
There would be a situation like with CS and TF2, where there are essentially no updates, but there are many skins to add.

Who would give up on skins?

The opinion that DS is a completed game and needs to be abandoned is not taken seriously, especially the opinion of those who refuse to believe that DST  is a multuplayer game.
Klei said themselves that DS would have updates if DS had brought in more money. 
So let's add at least a skin system.
Alone needs love. Yes, he's only 1... But he doesn't need as much love as he does for Together.

Klei's worst decision

May 15, 2025, 8:34 am

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What led to the death of Klei's most important game, which gave their company a future.
That's what divided the community into 2 camps. 
That's what made Klei spend a lot of money on unprofitable DLCs and upgrades for DS. 
Something that still causes controversy and discord in the community.

 

 

Can't wait for when Willow gets rebalanced

May 9, 2025, 7:44 pm

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Okay lets talk about the elephant in the room, Willows firepower, specfically lunar Bidon blast. Compared to everyone else's skill trees this sticks out like a sore thumb and the only reason people aren't addressing it is because they like having an unbalanced character that can blast everything to Ohio, asside from this there is literally no reason why Willow should have a godtier arm cannon, it doesn't even fit into her character.

 

But if they decide to keep this skill, I would suggest changing up the planar damage in which the flames will only deal this extra damage to plant-like mobs to fit more with the constant fire logic.

Is Charlie aware of her Destiny?

May 15, 2025, 12:26 pm

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We know that Charlie is trying to reactivate the ancient gate, to open the Constant on the threshold of a boundless Abyss, an endless abyss where the "leviathans" swim.
The rifts are something that are literally splitting the sky and the earth of the Constant.
The entities that project themselves into the Constant have a completely alien and unfathomable biology, their body oscillates between this world and another plane of existence.
Before the ancient gate closes, we see an eye that opens onto the Atrium.
Is Charlie aware that the being who has peered into the Avernus will have neither gratitude nor pity for Her?
Because when They return to the Constant, Charlie's kingdom will burn, in an ecstasy of madness and anarchy.

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Decorations, Shrines and Base Designs

December 1, 2022, 1:51 pm

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Decorations, Shrines and Base Designs

(revival edition)

Hey everyone!

I was on hiatus for a while and I noticed that my previous thread got archived... so I decided to give it a telltale heart!

If you want to view the previous thread you can go ahead and view it here.

This thread is made for everyone to be able to show off their builds! Creativity is encouraged here so please do not criticize or talk down to anyone. Make sure everyone feels welcomed; if you are caught picking on or making fun of anyone you will be asked to leave the thread or be reported depending on your history. 

There are no qualifications.

Mods

Console commands

Both survival and creative builds

DST, DS, SW & Hamlet

 Toxic, condescending or possible rule-breaking behavior

Please checkout Klei's community guidelines. 

 

Reposting some shots of my base for references!

(I will be posting all the new + revamped things soon)

I have had this world for over 2 years now. 

 

Glommer's Litterbox

Bee Zone

Kitchen

Mushroom Farm

Stonefruit Farm

Bundles

Simple beefalo item addition suggestion

May 16, 2025, 2:55 pm

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The three combat saddles are pretty tough to get, despite having a pretty essential effect of letting you remount your beefalo while they are angry. The battle saddle is character locked and even still can't be made until winter, and the war and nightmare saddles are both pretty endgame. In my experience this leads to friends getting really angered at the game or asking for rollbacks and I really don't see why an early combat saddle wouldn't be reasonable.

 

I propose: the Scrappy Saddle! It would be crafted with some scrap and some gold and would give 35% speed (default saddle gives 40%) and +5 damage. This would make it very slightly the weakest saddle in pretty much every metric, but it would let the player mount their beefalo if it gets hit! This would be a lifesaver for especially newer ornery beefalo users and would give another use to the scrap you can get when you first find the scrapyard.

 

Obviously there are many ways to implement an early game combat saddle, this is just my favorite. I understand some people want beefalo to be weaker, but I see this suggestion as more of a QoL than a buff.

Why can't Wanda do time magic on other things?

February 22, 2025, 6:54 pm

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Just a little thought, Wanda uses time magic, and can revive others with time magic, then why can't she do the same to other things? For example using time magic to accelerate the drying rack so the meats becomes jerkys instantly, or use time magic on a field to make all the corps instantly ripe, or even refresh a food

Will Wanda get a happy ending?

May 16, 2025, 7:08 pm

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Just thinking that if she has lived thousands of timelines, does that mean that each one failed and this good one will free her? or that she's simply stuck in a time loop forever and ever, even when the survivors succeed to escape the constant?

Does anyone know how to sort DST Steam inventory?

May 17, 2025, 10:58 am

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I mean, mine's a right mess, and it bothers me.

TF2 has an in-game sort fucntion

Dota 2... You need to tinker with the console a little bit.

Can it be done in DST?

It would be nice if Klei could add Sprinkler and Ice Maker to DST someday.

May 17, 2025, 6:29 am

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Personally, I like the settings of these two machines very much.

not fair klei towards the player "kipper0k"

May 17, 2025, 3:27 am

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 This person found a bug that gave access to the game to the infected, infection occurs when someone logs into the server "kipperka", he infected hundreds of servers not to cause damage,and in order for klei to fix this.

.io was a function of infection 

if it wasn't for the keeper who found this bug and some other person with bad intentions THEN ALL DST PLAYERS WERE INJURED,it's just nonsense to ban a person who wanted this bug fixed.

when he spammed on behalf of all the infected ,this was a forced measure the developers simply wouldn't have done anything,  with their very stupid answer "don't go to other people's servers"

but in the end he was simply banned, although he wanted the Best.

 

I want this to be spread, please.

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Some ideas about Maxwell's skill tree

May 18, 2025, 7:25 am

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1. Nightmare Throne Binding

When Maxwell rides a Beefalo equipped with a Nightmare Saddle, taking knockback damage triggers a Shadow binding effect that prevents dismounting. This effect has a 30-second cooldown, mirroring his lore of being chained to the Nightmare Throne.

2. Nightmare King's Staves

2.1 Ancient Cane

Near an Ancient Pseudoscience Station, Maxwell can craft the Ancient Cane using 1 Walking Cane, 2 Thulecite, and 3 Nightmare Fuel. It grants Shadow Duelists a +4 damage bonus, functioning as an enhanced Walking Cane.

2.2 Despair Lazy Wand

Near a Shadowcraft Plinth, combine the Ancient Cane with 1 Despair Stone, 2 Pure Fear, and 1 Amber Gem to create the Despair Lazy Wand. It grants Shadow Duelists a +8 damage bonus (equivalent to a buffed Lazy Forager).

 

• Mechanic: When equipped by a sane entity (outside the Enlightenment Zone) with <100% durability, the wand slowly repairs itself while draining 20 Sanity per minute.
• Synergy: Wearing both Despair Stone Helmet and Despair Stone Chestplate increases durability regeneration and reduces Sanity drain.
• Resistance: Maxwell and Wanda take reduced Sanity damage from this effect.

3. Shadow Gear Synergies

• Magician's Top Hat: While worn, Shadow Servants deposit collected items into the Shadow Dimension Storage if space is available.
• Pick/Axe: When held, Shadow Servants use "power mining" on minerals, increasing resource yield.
• Fire Staff: Shadow Duelists’ dash ignite targets when Maxwell wields the Fire Staff (equivalent to a direct Fire Staff use).
• Ice Staff: Shadow Duelists’ dash freeze targets when Maxwell wields the Ice Staff (equivalent to a direct Ice Staff use).
• Ancient Cane/Despair Lazy Wand: Holding either increases Shadow Puppets (Duelists and Servants) movement speed.
• Shadow Incense Burner: When held, Shadow Duelists summon Small Shadows on dash, dealing 42.5 damage (similar to the shadow-themed Enlightened Crown).

4. Summon Woven Shadows

Maxwell spends 30 Sanity to summon Woven Shadows (1 HP) in a targeted area. Upon spawning, they crawl to Maxwell, players with shadow items, or Beefalo with Nightmare Saddles, restoring 75 HP per shadow when absorbed.

• Boss Mechanic: During battles with the Ancient Weave, summoned Woven Shadows betray Maxwell to heal the enemy (mirroring how Wickerbottom’s Grumble Bees aid the Bee Queen).
• Death Trigger: All active Woven Shadows despawn when the summoner dies.

5. Teleportato

Maxwell can build a Wooden Thing Base and assemble Box Thing, Crank Thing, Ring Thing, and Metal Potato Thing into a Teleportato.

 

• Function: Interacting with the Teleportato allows map-based teleportation (like Wortox) or cancellation via re-interaction.
• Limits: 1 Teleportato per world; 4 item slots (excluding unique items like Chester’s Eyebone); all carried items drop near the device upon activation.

6. Shadow Dimension Storage Upgrade

Place at least 1 Pure Fear in each slot of the Shadow Dimension Storage. During a New Moon, if this condition is met, the storage upgrades from 12 to 18 slots—but item spoilage speed increases from 1.5x to 3x.

7. Codex Umbra Commands

Maxwell can issue commands via the Codex Umbra:

• "Disperse": Dismiss all Shadow Puppets (Duelists and Servants) instantly.
• "Banish": Clear all active Shadow Sneaks and Shadow Prisons.
• "Rally": Force all Shadow Puppets to stop actions and converge on Maxwell. 

2025 Community Skin Request Catalogue

February 27, 2025, 7:57 am

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Let's gather all together here to discuss this year's possible skin releases Klei could or should make in order to please everyone with a wallet or spools to support Klei through play or pay.

The rules are simple, we think of a skinline or specific skins we'd want to see and write it out or draw it out to post it here as concepts and ideas for what Klei could bring to us. We upvote by liking posts to show most engagement and desire to see more of what we want or need.

I'll start off by wishing for a Rome and roses collection, more marble white, more vines and roses. As well as I'd wish for the concept of void gear to have more demonic skins with horns and custom blinking multiple eyes. If Klei were to make more skins for moonstone or thulecite walls I sure do wish to see more colors or additions going on like the noveau stone wall had with more materials shown built into the ornaments made of other materials too.

It's kinda nonsense that Willow's shadow flames emit light while the lunar flames don't

May 19, 2025, 4:52 pm

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It should be the opposite, no?

default hosting options

May 19, 2025, 6:09 pm

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Please make the default hosting option for worlds "friends only" or at least give a reminder to the host that its pubic. I'm tired of spending way to long to find a world just starting just to be kicked before i can load in. This has been a thing for way too long. 

Need for ingame TODO list to have better COOP

May 20, 2025, 3:38 am

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Hello, 

When playing with friends it would be helpful if we could pin our current goals.
Like:
- crock pot (x2)
- tent

So that on hover we could see which item we need to craft the items in the TODO list.

To gofurther, could have a private TODO list and a pubic TODO list (currently for the private i add another tab to my item menu)

Is there any mod that allows this?

Thank you for your help