Yeah the title is pretty self explainatory, do u think the new dst will drop today?

Wagstaff is a fan fav character, I like him too, I love the detail in how his voice and appearance get more distorted as he loses health, his nearsightedness flaw is genius, and I love the Thumper, Telebrella and Telepad. There's one thing though I don't like about wagstaff though. He can't be added to DST. Let me explain.

Wagstaff's main perks are his engineering tab, the electrical doodad, and being able to spot hidden dangers. "This would make a great character though, why can't he be added?" said every fan ever. Well. simply put, all his features have been given to other people. The electrical doodad is not Wagstaff exclusive anymore, his ability to spot hidden dangers was given to wurt, a similar engineering tab has already been given to Winona, and his telebrella and telepad have already sorta been implemented poorly with the Lazy deserter and Desert stones. Adding wagstaff is completely redundant as he's just a package of already implemented features. The only features of his that haven't been implemented in some way is the thumper, and his glasses types. And the glasses really only benefit him, and the thumper kinda undermines shadow loggers/mners/shovelers. Wagstaff would serve no gameplay value being added, the only value I can see being added from wagstaff showing up is lore. Because they'd have to change him much more drastically than other characters to put him in. Klei removed Warbucks because he wasn't fun to play, (That and Idt you can get oincs in SW) and Wagstaff is basically a mix of all these features of different characters/items. While I know fans would love him implemented it just isn't worth it.

Wes has a voice now? Well technically. Wes' Ghost has a voice, and only a text one.

When playing as Wes, or any character, you can click and hold an object to constantly haunt it. This will cause the signature "OOOOH? OOH!" to pop up above the player's head, even while playing as Was, who has no "OOH" text normally.

This is kind of a useless post but it seems to be a bug.

I'm not sure where to put this in terms of categories, so sorry about that.

Not sure if its because all the coffee I drank but I need to make a post of this to keep the night terrors away.

Fair warning its gonna get dark.

So, we've all seen the shorts right? They look innocent enough, with each character ending their animation by being transported into the constant. What if what we are witnessing is actually their death?

From the very beginning this game has always been pretty dark, like really dark. The characters are constantly dying and resurrecting, over and over and over and over again,  as if they are in some nightmarish torture realm. When we take a quick look at characters' downsides and upsides something... seems odd. Not to mention how we interact with them and exploit them. What's worse is we could be acting as the jailors. Ensuring their punishment will be everlasting. I will go into each character with shorts thus far separately. 

Willow: She burned down an orphanage, and wether it was intentional or not, she may have killed people. Perhaps she never made it out alive. Willow is now immune to being burned alive... Or is she? She is not in control. We are. 

"Willows sanity is down. Im going to burn down some trees and make her stand in it."

Stand in it willow. Your sanity is going to increase. You like to burn things, so enjoy it. Here is bernie with scorch marks, to remind you what a burned person may look like. 

Winnona: She is a hard worker, labor is all she knows. There was an accident. A building collapsed. Winnona could never possibly blame herself, it absolutely is not her fault. A constant flurry of denials. 

"Winnona is a pick and swap character. Her catapults are must haves."

Your accomplishments will never be your own. People will use you and discard you, like trash. Your hard labor will forever be for others to exploit. If you deny it was you, other will deny you also.

Woodie: Woodie, just what did you do to lucy? You were chopping wood like any other day, weren't you? You didn't see her coming out from behind that tree. You just couldn't live with yourself... could you... Woodie?

"Chop, chop,chop. I'm going to use Lucy, what a great axe."

Every time you chop you will hear it, her voice. She sounds all so nonchalantly towards you, making your suffering all that much worse. You know, deep down, you're a monster. what you did... Can never be forgiven nor forgotten, especially, by you. Though you hate it. We will ensure you cut wood, forever.

Wendy: You're sister was always so eager to play with you. She tried her best to always get your attention, didn't she? 

Wendy! Look, look!  

She made it hard, Didn't she? So, so hard to ignore her pleas to play. Maybe you gave her a little shove? To show her how dangerous it is to play on those cliffs and frighten her. It was only a little shove...

"Wendy is so weak without abigail."

Hard as you may, you will never out run her. Hard as you may, you will always need her. We will use her to take the blows for you, like a tool. Only pain awaits you, without your sister by your side.

Wigfrid:  She was a diva. Fame is a fickle thing. You have it, until you don't. It can be such a frustrating up hill battle just to gaze upon where you once stood. Sometimes we take out our frustrations on those who helped us along the way... physically. When there was no one left to abuse... Did she turn her anger... on herself?

"Wigfrid is a good tank. She can shrug off any damage"

Sometimes anger can be bliss. To let out your frustrations full force until you get your way. However, you may one day feel every blow that you have inflicted upon others, unto yourself.

Wes: Living in society can be hard. Everyone has to do their part to put food on the table. You hear it all the time: "Beggars cant be choosers". Perhaps, Wes came up with a solution: "Then if I beg, others will just have to choose for me!" On the outside it can look so easy; to believe that society will take care of you. Then you have it, hunger. An ever lasting sensation that was the only company every lonesome night. Then one night, your hunger was no more.

"Wes is so useless if he cant benefit others! But don't buff him! Only give him perks to benefit others!" 

How the tables have turned, Wes. Hurry! Hurry! You are needed over here! Now over there! We will place the world on your shoulder, though we know it will crush you. And no matter where you go, there will always be those who call you weak and immediately shun you. All based on reputation alone. They cant see how we've worked you, down to the bone.

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Ok, now Im going to sleep. None of this will probably make sense to me in the morning.

Here's Some Character Ideas:
Clothes change stats, for example: wear headgear and it'll provide a sanity extension
Sports centered character, faster speed and higher damage but high hunger drain rate, could craft a baseball bat weapon that costs 6 wood and 8 flint that has knockback but low durability, can be upgraded with rocks, nitre, flint, and gold
Vigilante character, Someone who is tries to fight crime at night
Wes girlfriend, a female mime with animations that compliment Wes
Biologist/zoologist, A character that likes to study animals, she/he can explain some animals and creatures from the constant

The wiki claims that both versions of the Sulfuric Experiment are, in the code: "halloweenpotion_embers", but this is inaccurate: only the "lime" version is called that, no indication of the codename of the "Saltpeter" version.

https://dontstarve.fandom.com/wiki/Sulfuric_Experiment

I accidentally die at day 600++ and i tried to roll back, but it start generating a new world. Is that any way to get my day 600++ server back? (i didn't back up the server file)

Easy question. Or maybe not that easy.

Honestly I don't play on public servers very often, so I can't really say that I've had anything to strange happen to me.  

"If you look into the Abyss, the Abyss looks into you."
Never was a sentence more true.

Here's what Don't Starve's last big adversity might look like: The manifestation of THEM in the atrium; Attracted by that celestial globe that we created on the surface by foolishly connecting the three lunar altars.
The fool does not know what is going to happen...

Is that normal, I thought there is only one in every world? 

I just wanted to vent my mild frustration right now. I have approx. $19 worth of DST skins on my Xbox account, and after I've bought the game on steam I can't connect the two! I just found this a bit annoying, I really hope they add this soon since I saw it was available for Epic Games. 

Today we have our next character refresh! We also have some new skins and a new short. No foolin'!

Don't Starve Together: C'est La Vie

Some people just seem to attract more than their fair share of bad luck... and even those people are grateful they aren't Wes.

Last year Wes received a character refresh that was largely divisive among members of the community. While our intention was to give him the proper attention he deserves, we didn't sufficiently focus on changes that really emphasize the essence of who Wes really is.  

Here are the details:

• Wes now has a Balloonomancy crafting tab where he can inflate various types of balloons
  • Balloon - The same old balloons, now with a few more shapes
  • Speedy Balloon - An overly inflated balloon to help become lighter on your feet, but don’t let go!
  • Party Balloon - Gather some friends and pop these to host a small party
  • Inflatable Vest - Acts as a life jacket, preventing damage from falling in the ocean.
  • Balloon Hat - Just a little dapper with some rain protection, and completes your balloon outfit
• Now has the lowest stats of all the survivors
• Hounds waves will focus more on Wes than the other survivors.
• Is more susceptible to overheating and freezing
• Takes longer to recover from grogginess
• Has a higher chance of being struck by lightning
• Is less efficient at mining, chopping, and hammering
• Tools and weapons used by Wes will not wear out as fast
• No longer suffers from an increase in hunger drain
• Removed the 100 balloon per world limit

More details:

New Skins!

Wes Deluxe Wardrobe ($10.99): The Deluxe wardrobe contains the Fool, Guest of Honor, Triumphant, Survivor and Roseate skins for Wes.

The Fool's Tool Chest contains skins for the Walking Cane, Top Hat, and Pan Flute. $3.99

Streaming Drops!
In case you missed it, we're offering a new set of streaming drops over on Twitch.tv. Check out this post for details. 

Login Bonus!

We thought that it would be appropriate to do a login bonus centered around how much everybody feels about Wes, so for a limited time, players that login during this time will receive nothing.

Still Salty?

The Salt Box Shaker has been added to Klei Rewards. Here is a link for 1200 points, Valid until May 1st. 

Coming Up!
I can't get into details right now. But the team is working toward finishing the Return of Them arc. Obviously this means a lot of things and more info will come soon, but I thought it would be nice to reveal the hidden image from the roadmap. What is it? Who made it? Why does it matter? You'll find out soon.  

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I would love the bosses but most of all the houses and random caves/ruins. 

Any Ideas? 

If this gets 50 likes Klei has to do it. 

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I imagine Wilson curled up in a corner, obsessively repeating the elements of the periodic table and their characteristics: "Hydrogen, atomic number 1, Helium, atomic number 2, Lithium, atomic number 3, [...], Uranium, number atomic 92 ... well, they are all there. There are still certainties in this world ... "
Maxwell, on the other hand, I think he would continually try to extract rabbits from the hat: "How deep is the rabbit hole ..."
I imagine Wolfgang starts to pray (he mentioned prayers in one of his old quotes; perhaps he is Catholic or Orthodox).
I imagine Wendy as immobile as a statue, while seriously contemplating the idea of suicide (don't take me for a sadist, she's explicitly clarifies on several occasions that she wants to kill himself in some way).
And Willow ... well, some people just want to set the world on fire: "WE ARE THE FLAME !!! * psycho laugh *

The moon is hollow, artistic design or?

There are a lot theories that the moon is an entity called Alter and that it is watching.

Something I don't see discussed is, what is the moon really? As in, what are we actually looking at? Is the shape we see in the sky its real form? Or is it a disguise?

I re-watched a couple of old shorts and realized that in 'Turn of Tides' the moon appears hollow.

There is a lunar phenomena that is, at this point a trope, affecting things with connections to the moon; that is petrification. So I wondered, what if the moon is also a petrified being? What if the moon is not Alter but an egg of sorts, and Alter rests inside? What if its "hatching"? I wonder that perhaps with the extinction of the ancients it went into a hibernation of sorts?

Something else I noticed is that gestalts lull survivers into a deep sleep, but not forcefully. In the trailer they look content and willing. Now of course you can chalk that up to brain washing, and it is, but the kind of brain washing that is being done is curious. What if the whispers that we hear are Alter talking in its sleep? The shell that fell to the constant has a connection to its mind and its mind is "sleep talking" in a calm and soothing tone. A very inviting voice to an ever lasting nothingness.

Now this brings me to the item called "nightmare fuel". I always thought it was a cheeky description given the circumstances under which it is obtained. Nightmare fuel has existed for a very long time and so far there arent any explanations to it source. What if it came from Alter? Alter is literally having a nightmare before us. The nightmares from Alter overtook the ancients and now they are fighting its consciousness.

The guardians looked after and/or worshipped giant beings in the sky not unlike the Maw. One such being "leaked" a new source of power with unknown drawbacks. Now corrupt and warped, the ancients want revenge on the natural enemy that birthed them.

Is Charlie's endgame to take over Alter's consciousness? 

Now, I could be grasping at air so I hope y'all will let me down gently if I'm obviously wrong lol.

Edit: I wonder if the ancients offered the moon gems similar to how you offer the Maw food. The portal that gets destroyed when the Celestial Champion is summoned is how gems where transported. One such gem was a green gem. That green gem fell from the moons clutches, and already powered by lunar energy, gave birth to Wormwood.

2nd edit: I wonder if the Ancients wanted the gems to themselves. Grew greedy. They sought the power of nightmare to keep the gems to themselves.

Edit 3: Are lunar shards or moon rocks depleted gems? Did the moon eat the offerings to sustain itself? Is that why it fell asleep and is now awakening? I wonder if the lunar event is a trade. Feeding the moon a yellow gem in exchange for some of ita power. The mobs of the constant are trying to stop it to keep Alter from awakening. Is the event a more primitive method that was later refined by the ancients? Did pigmen make offerings? Did Alter curse them because they grew so civilized their faith began to falter? Is the aporcalypse their punishment? 

Edit 4: The monkey in my head is starting to crank the music box too hard and fast. Augh! This is ganna get too long if I keep adding everything that is flooding into my head lol.

Damn cant stop. Light can be refracted into 6 colors so is the moons "white" energy a result of eating gems? Or is it the other way around? The ancients are seen mining gems in the murals, a boulder that is similar to how moon stone falls now in the constant. Did the moon's energy get refracted into the gems? Why are the now moonstones blank? Is it running out of juice? Dying? Is that why its cracking? Ugh now I cant tell which way it went. If you refract white light it turns into the colors of the rainbow but if you combine all colors with paint it turns black. Is black like an alter ego? Alter ego. Alter....ego...

Hmmmm..... Now I'm confused lmao

Some more "final" thoughts:

When Wormwoods gem fell it wasn't in a boulder. That may be a critical hint. Seeing how the Ancient's statues adorned themselves with gems and how they take a white energy from the portal, perhaps they did refract the moons energy into gems after all? They may have take moom stones, filled them with the moons energy, and refined them into gems which is why they are so well cut. Then some of Alter's "nightmares" managed to seep through? They turned to the other side of Alter's power. When you turn a starcaller into a moon caller you are absorbing the full light of the moon completely intact and not separated.

I can't explain why a gem came from the moon not in-cased in stone but also how they mined gems in the mural on the surface. I'm stuck. I hope its not an error on the dev's part....

I wonder if Klei will go back to check and adjust some of old skins in the future or when it's done then it's done?

for example: skin like Wickerbottom's GoH ingame look nothing like the artwork and by far is the worst Wickerbottom skin, though I can't blame them since this is the first skin set 

or Wx-78 Snowfallen skin:

Or redraw some of them skin portrait? 

*cough* *cough* *the magmatic*

the art itself isn't bad, but if you put it next to the other:

you can see that it look really out of place 

What was the thing that either really got you into DS(T), got you good at it, or both?

For me, I play on PS4, and I can only play online on weekends since I don't have PS+ at my household on weekdays. At the time I only had DST there, meaning that I had to deal with the higher health enemies solo. I honestly couldn't get past my first winter or spring, because I was horrible at fighting.

To fix this, I sort of just made a world, got a spear, found some clockwork knights, and kited them. I wasn't even bad at it at first, I guess I just had never had the willpower to really try it well. I practiced on all kinds of mobs, got the kite patterns memorized, and now I can kite pretty much anything kiteable. I continued to make it to the point in the game where time is practically irrelevant.

Another thing I think that really drove me to become better at the game was that I really wanted to get my friends into it, but we always struggled through the first winter and lost interest quick. Now I really got them into it so we can share this crippling DST addiction, and today (a weekend day) me and my friends finally killed dragonfly for the first time!