What changed in Don't Starve Together in 2021

Wilson’s Merrymaker beard is no longer required for his Merrymaker ensemble Reward emote.

Fixed mouseover issue on Drying Racks.

Resolved an issue that caused a crash when Wolfgang drowns while working out on the gym.

Fixed various skins related texture bugs.

Tuned the potato sack ingredients.

The bell on the gym only shows for the exerciser.

Winter’s Feast 2021 ornaments will now drop in the game.

A new set of streaming drops is offered on Twitch.tv.

Wolfgang's forms are now controlled by a new Might Meter instead of being directly connected to his hunger.

Introducing the 'The Incredible Strongman' skinset as part of Wolfgang Deluxe Wardrobe.

Wolfgang can now craft items to fill his Might Meter and a consumable Dumbbell to restore Might.

Fixed an issue that caused Wolfgang to not transform properly when sleeping.

Added missing Wanda Merrymaker items to shop chests.

Missing ornaments have been added to the game and will be accessible in the next hotfix.

Added Woven variant of Wolfgang’s Riding Boots to the appropriate Wolfgang shop chests.

Resolved an issue where skinned items were not appearing on the gym when in use.

Items missed from shop chests will be added to user inventories, along with bonus Spools for affected users.

Previous year's Winter's Feast twitch skins and new Loyal variant of the Winter's Feast Lantern added to rewards.

Wolfgang freezes and overheats faster in Wimpy form, and deals more damage when Mighty.

Winter skins and a free set of skins available during the Winter's Feast event.

Fixed a missing string when Wolfgang attempted to work out while hungry.

Wolfgang's hunger and health are now capped at 200 regardless of form.

Wolfgang's character refresh introduces a new Might Meter and various gameplay changes.

Wolfgang can build a Gym Station to work out and increase his Mightiness.

A new animated short and the return of Winter's Feast are included.

Wolfgang deals more damage when Mighty and less when Wimpy, taking extra damage in Wimpy form.

Wolfgang freezes and overheats faster in Wimpy form, but slower in Mighty form.

Mighty Wolfgang can carry heavy items faster and does not lose Might while doing so.

Wolfgang takes a 25% sanity penalty from darkness and shadow creatures, reduced to 10% near other survivors.

Players can load the gym with different heavy items to change its effectiveness.

Wolfgang can craft a consumable Dumbbell item to restore Might without consuming hunger.

Working out at the gym consumes hunger.

Wolfgang can now craft items to fill his Might Meter.

Wolfgang is a more efficient rower when in Mighty form.

Players engage in a minigame at the gym to gain Mightiness based on performance.

Introduction of a new Twitch item, the Topsy-Turvy Treehouse, and additional skins to Klei Rewards.

Wolfgang's forms are now controlled by a new Might Meter instead of hunger.

The draining rate of the Might Meter is determined by Wolfgang’s Hunger.

Boulders will no longer go invisible when placed in the Pinchin' Winch.

Mod authors can now update 'version_compatible' in modinfo.lua to bypass the server out of date message.

Crash fix for missing pre-translated text.

Fixed a bug causing the Eye of Terror and Twins of Terror to be spawned and invincible during the day after loading or performing a rollback.

Fixed a bug where the Eye of Terror and Twins of Terror would not attack the player after being summoned.

Fixed a bug causing the Terrarium to be enabled during the day after loading or performing a rollback.

Fixed a bug preventing the Malbatross from using its swoop attack.

Characters will now comment when the Eye of Terror and Twins of Terror arrive and fly away.

Characters will now say something unique when attempting to give an item to a Terrarium that is missing its tree.

Fixed a bug related to a living Eye of Terror or Twin of Terror being offscreen when day breaks.

Fixed a bug where the Eye of Terror and Twins of Terror would spawn in the void.

Suspicious Peepers now drop souls for Wortox, and the Twins of Terror no longer drop souls for Wortox.

Fixed a crash when the Terrarium attempts to spawn the boss while there are no players in the forest world.

Fixed a crash when equipping the Shield of Terror after throwing the Boomerang.

Fixed the 'used on' message for the Shellbound Deck Illuminator.

The Terrarium can no longer be given items while it is cooling down.

The Eye of Terror and Twins of Terror no longer sleep indefinitely if put to sleep while flying away.

Fixed invisible Dark Petals.

Fixed a crash when searching in the Belongings screen.

Defeat the Eye of Terror to obtain Milky Whites and the Eye Mask.

A new setpiece that allows players to encounter the Eye of Terror boss.

New statues for the Eye of Terror and Twins of Terror.

Players can log in to receive a chest with 6 free elegant skins.

New critters added to the game.

New skins inspired by Terraria's traveling merchant.

Defeat the Twins of Terror to obtain the Shield of Terror.

New world generation presets for the Forest and the Caves.

New recipes include Frozen Banana Daiquiri and Bunny Stew.

Fixed a crash when disconnecting from a server while in the lobby.

Fixed Wurt’s tentacle warning not working correctly.

Fix for the console command autocomplete when using single quotes.

Fixed various skins texture bugs.

Reduced the amount of damage taken when bumping into a Fire Nettle and when eating Fire Nettle Fronds.

Fixed various Costume Collection strings.

Fixed the missing Walter’s Buzzy Boy Cap inventory icon.

Players can now harvest or shovel Fire Nettles without taking damage.

Fixed all servers showing 'Day Unknown' for the day count in the server browser.

Adding the 'Monstrous Horror' skin to the Hallowed Nights Collection.

Improved the Pick/Axe's durability and damage.

Fixed a save/load issue with the Fire Staff and Ice Staff projectiles.

Players can discover tricks and treats around The Constant during Hallowed Nights, with new costumes and candy.

Added profanity filtering that can be disabled in the options menu or configured in Steam Community Content Preferences.

Moongleams and Infused Moon Shards now take longer to spoil.

Fixed a bug allowing the wardrobe to reskin your character to other characters skins.

Server admins and local hosts can now pause the game.

Fixed a bug causing retargeting (while holding F) to not take into account whether the creature is dead.

Fixed a bug where spiderdens on boats could grow again if you removed den decorations from them.

Fixed a bug where the Winged Sail would not save/load its state when built on land.

Slow-Down Rounds now work on phase 2 of the Celestial Champion.

Chat now has a history of the last 100 messages and persists between the character select screen, forest, and caves.

Mouse and Keyboard actions can now be unbound in the controls option menu.

Fixed a bug causing Skitter Squids to go invisible when thawing out from being frozen in the water.

The Bee Queen Crown, Bone Armor, Bone Helm, Shadow Thurible, and Spiderhat can now be deconstructed.

Wigfrid now properly calculates inspiration based on the actual damage done, affecting buffs, debuffs, and electric damage.

All creatures can now be affected by buffs.

Fixed a bug where Wigfrid would gain inspiration twice when using ranged attacks.

Fixed the character stuttering while hopping on or off a boat while lag compensation is enabled.

Reduced the ingredients for crafting the Premier Gardeneer Hat and Moon Rock Walls.

Fixed a movement speed bug when amphibious creatures are in the water and fail to jump onto a boat.

Fixed a bug causing mods between the server and client to desync when starting a server with a poor connection to steam.

Fixed a crash when dying from the Celestial Altar by hammering it during a moonstorm.

Growth Formula Starter and Composting Bin now require an Alchemy Engine to prototype.

A new set of Survivors has had costumes added to the Costume Collection, available for purchase.

Turning on the Hallowed Nights seasonal event.

The Bee Queen Crown, Bone Armor, Bone Helm, Shadow Thurible, and Spiderhat can now be deconstructed.

Server admins and local hosts can now pause the game.

Chat now has a history of the last 100 messages and persists between the character select screen, forest, and caves.

Improved the Pick/Axe's durability and damage.

Reduced the ingredients for crafting the Premier Gardeneer Hat and Moon Rock Walls.

All creatures can now be affected by buffs.

New skins and a new set of streaming drops including the Monstrous Horror skin for the Shadow Manipulator.

Added profanity filtering that can be disabled in the options menu or configured in Steam Community Content Preferences.

Moongleams and Infused Moon Shards now take longer to spoil.

Growth Formula Starter and Composting Bin now require an Alchemy Engine to prototype.

Fixed the character stuttering while hopping on or off a boat while lag compensation is enabled.

Fixed a bug where Freeze Rounds would crash the server when extinguishing a fire

The Ancient Guardian’s StateGraph’s name no longer conflicts with the Clockwork Rook’s StateGraph.

Fixed a save/load issue with the Fire Staff and Ice Staff projectiles

Fixed a movement speed bug when amphibious creatures are in the water and fail to jump onto a boat.

Fixed a bug causing flying creatures in the caves to ignore the world collision after waking up from sleep.

Woby, while in big form, should no longer occasionally run away when Walter approaches.

The following creatures can now be stun locked for a number of hits: MacTusk, Wee MacTusk, No-Eye-Deer, Pigmen (all types), Merms, Bunneymen, Bee Queen, and Celestial Champion (phase 3).

Fixed the Tail o' Three Cats not showing while equipped.

Fixed a rare crash when using the Slingshot.

Fixed Woodie's movement speed when transforming into a were-form while in a storm.

Updated various skins to match the skin tones of the character wearing it.

Spiders will now have the correct wetness applied to them when spawned from a Spider Den.

Hallowed Nights trinkets will no longer spawn in the ocean.

Fixed a physics bug when picking oversized vegetables.

Fixed a player movement bug when teleporting off of boats.

Fixed a bug where most creatures and giants could get stun-locked by long range attacks when they should not have been.

Mounted characters will benefit from the large canopy shade.

The Celestial Altar pieces won’t be blocked by Antlion Sinkholes now.

Fixed a bug in the Ancient Guardian’s AI where it would not attack anything.

Backstep and Backtrek markers now show on top of the oasis lake and flooring around the Ancient Gateway.

Lowered the volume of the pulse sound when Wanda ages naturally.

Ice Fishing Rod now applies its skin to bobbers and floats while fishing.

Adjusted mechanics to prevent the Ancient Fuelweaver from being stunlocked by whips.

Resolved crashes related to creature deaths and tree burns on low-end PCs.

Resolved a crash when viewing starting Curios for characters without any.

Life Giving Amulet no longer consumes durability while equipped by Wanda.

Wanda is available for purchase in various chests with different skin sets.

Added the 'Skittersquid Helm' skin to the Nautical Collection.

Wolfgang's character refresh is scheduled for December.

Regular Hallowed Nights event is coming up.

Significant QOL updates are planned for the near future.

Resolved a save/load issue where items sent through a wormhole could get removed from the world.

Wanda can craft pocket watches to restore her youth, manipulate time, and return fallen survivors.

Wanda is a skilled clockmaker with a unique aging mechanic and shadow magic abilities.

Fixed a rare crash occurring during caves world generation.

Community mod challenge for Halloween-themed mods with rewards for participants.

Rules and guidelines for submitting mods related to Halloween for the Hallowed Nights event.

Users must link their Discord account to their Klei Account to receive rewards for mod submissions.

Wanda is a skilled clockmaker with a unique aging mechanic and abilities related to shadow magic.

Wanda will be available for purchase in various bundles including the Wanda Chest and Deluxe Chest.

Wanda can craft pocket watches to restore youth, manipulate time, and defend herself with shadow magic.

Wanda's health meter has been replaced by an age meter, affecting her gameplay.

A new animated short featuring Wanda will be released alongside her launch.

Added additional chances for the waterlogged biome to retrofit in if the original retrofit failed.

Chester will no longer try to cling to you when you're on a boat.

Waterlogged gets its own menu music.

Fixed a bug causing the save files to be corrupted if you had mods with non English prefab names.

Riders can no longer pick up spiders by pressing the spacebar.

Fixed crashes related to the Steering Wheel.

New skin added to the Nautical Collection as part of Twitch Drops.

Boats will now properly collide with all objects while offscreen.

Includes Shellacked Tackle Box, Shellacked Spectackler Box, Lighthouse Think Tank, Beach Tent, Peliclet, Pufflet, and Narwalrus Chester.

New character DLC to be released in the first half of September.

Includes Great Tree Trunk, Knobbly Trees, Fig with new recipes, Grass Gator, and Sea Strider.

Players will now respawn on the boat they logged off on, regardless of its movement.

Contains skins for Walter, Warly, Webber, Wendy, Wortox, Wilson, and Wolfgang.

Doubled the top speed of boats and improved performance on worlds with many boats by up to 50%.

All boats will eventually stop, regardless of whether they have an anchor.

When logging back in, players will now respawn on the boat they logged off on, regardless of whether it has moved since they logged off.

A new 64 bit version of Don't Starve Together has been added.

Introduced a new ocean biome with various new elements including Great Tree Trunk, Knobbly Trees, Fig, Grass Gator, and Sea Strider.

Introduced a new bat skin to the Nautical Collection as part of Twitch Drops.

Doubled the top speed of boats.

All boats will now eventually come to a stop, regardless of whether it has an anchor or not.

Greatly improved performance on worlds with lots of boats, with up to a 50% improvement in total performance.

Boats will now properly collide with all objects while offscreen.

Spider Eggs no longer display decorations while placing them.

Fixed a bug causing fire protection devices to not prevent burnable things from immediately catching back on fire.

Fixed a bug causing the game to crash when picking up certain spiders.

Dangling Depth Dwellers now have HD art.

Fixed a save/load bug with followers.

This year’s Midsummer Cawnival has come to an end. It can be enabled at any time in the world settings.

Spiders no longer return to destroyed dens.

Fixed a bug that prevented Malbatross from respawning after getting killed without restarting your game

Fixed issue that caused skins on certain items to not change correctly when the Clean Sweeper was used on them while they were floating

Preventing them from dying

Fixed a bug that caused Tumble weeds to drop Warrior Costume Pattern instead of a random blueprint from the Fight crafting menu

Spiders are properly affected by eating food now, allowing them to heal and other effects

Fixed a couple crashes triggered by decorating the a tier 3 Spider Den in specific situations

Webber can sleep inside Tier 3 dens and shave dens down to downgrade them.

Webber can sleep inside Tier 3 dens, shave dens to downgrade them, and gets a speed boost on sticky ground.

Rockjaw Sail added to the Nautical collection.

Webber can craft a Den Decorating Set to pacify spiders in range and make them friendly towards regular players.

Webber can craft a Healing Glop, an AOE healing item that only affects spiders.

Spiders can now wear hats, be put in inventory from traps, and attack is no longer default action against them when playing as Webber.

The Spiderqueen now spawns a new type of Spider: the Nurse Spider.

Includes Shoo Box, Den Decorating Set, Healing Glop, and Switcher Doodles.

Webber can craft Switcher Doodles to mutate spiders into different types when fed.

Webber Deluxe Wardrobe and Homespun Chest skins released.

Webber's character refresh introduces new crafting options and spider interactions.

Webber can craft a Shoo Box to dismiss following spiders and pacify attacking ones.

A new animated short and new skins will be released alongside the character refresh.

Webber can now craft a Webby Whistle to control his Spiders, along with several new items.

Spiders can now wear hats, be put in inventory, and attack is no longer default action for Webber.

The Spiderqueen now spawns a new type of Spider: the Nurse Spider.

Webber gets a speed boost when on sticky ground.

The 'big pile o' spool' is now available on Klei Rewards for 4000 Klei points.

Webber can craft a Webby Whistle to control spiders, waking them up, summoning them, and putting them in defensive mode.

Receive the Cawnival Endtable for free upon logging into the game for a limited time.

A new Twitch Drop Campaign starts June 3rd until June 17th for the Leviathan Chest.

Celebrate summer with the Midsummer Cawnival, featuring games and prizes. Event ends June 24th.

Fixed not being able to build the Incomplete Experiment after reloading the game under some circumstances.

Fixed an issue where the facing direction wasn't properly inherited for entities that didn’t use the cFollowerComponent to follow animstate symbols.

Fixes an issue where some people would get stuck in permanent night after starting or stopping the moon storms.

Fixed the orientation of fx when casting spells.

Fixed a bug causing certain light sources to not properly move with the player.

Improved the look of the Fist Shake emote with Wendy’s Supernatural skin.

Fixed an optimization issue with skinner components.

Curio Collector won’t show up outside of the Year of the Beefalo Event.

Fixed a bug that caused certain objects that emit light in your inventory to not properly display for other players.

Fixed a bug that caused certain wearable items to be invisible when dropped on the ground.

Fixed bug causing invisible floating hats when using the Clean Sweeper.

Misshapen Birds and Moonblind Crows are now hauntable.

The Celestial Champion no longer attacks small animals like birds and Moon Moths.

Fixed Moongleams from burning in fires.

Fixed a memory leak issue occurring in moonstorms.

Resolved an issue with the missing state on Skitter Squid.

The pond minimap icon has been removed from Charged Glassy Rocks.

Fixed a reload problem associated with the Moon Dial.

The conclusion of the Return of Them Story Arc introduces new threats and familiar faces.

Players receive a new skin just for logging in.

A new event has been introduced for players to experience.

Players can claim reward points for a limited time.

A new trailer celebrates the end of the Return of Them.

Includes Pastoral Chest, Parchment Paper, and Woolly Chester.

The conclusion of the 'Return of Them' season of updates is coming on May 5th.

New skins will be added along with a new set of streaming drops including the 'Briny Salt Box'.

The drops system has changed, allowing only a select group of streamers to offer skins.

Klei has launched their official Discord with over 3k members.

Fixed a bug that caused Wes to become invisible while miming on a beefalo

Fixed water ripples for the Inflatable Vest while it is in the ocean

Identified the source of the problem for worlds stuck in an infinite load and are working on a fix

Fixed hidden Pantomimed skins when they are floating

Fixed a Battle Helm crash when picking it after using the Clean Sweeper on it

Restored the custom sounds when Wes inflates up balloons

Added Pantomimed Oar and Driftwood Oar skins

Recipes can now define 'buildingstate' to specify which stategraph state the player will use when crafting that item

Players logging in during this time will receive nothing as a joke.

Wes now has the lowest stats of all survivors and is more susceptible to environmental hazards.

The 100 balloon per world limit has been removed.

Includes new skins for Wes available for purchase.

Acts as a life jacket, preventing damage from falling in the ocean.

Provides rain protection and completes the balloon outfit.

Hounds waves will focus more on Wes than other survivors.

Wes takes longer to recover from grogginess and is less efficient at mining, chopping, and hammering.

Available for 1200 points until May 1st.

Wes no longer suffers from an increase in hunger drain.

Wes now has a Balloonomancy crafting tab where he can inflate various types of balloons.

Tools and weapons used by Wes will not wear out as fast.

Includes Speedy Balloon and Party Balloon with unique effects.

New set of streaming drops available on Twitch.tv.

Fixed a crash when you quit the game.

Fixed a bug causing merms that die while on fire to drop ash instead of cooked fish.

Fixed a crash when hosting a game (but also in a lot of other cases).

Fixed a bug causing Salamanders to have the wrong hurtbox size.

Fixed a bug causing salt licks to stop working sometimes.

The Mods Warning Screen now has an option to make the screen not show up again.

Fixed a bug causing Merm Flort-ifications to lose their upgrade when reloading the game while the Merm King is alive.

Greatly reduced the loading times when traveling between worlds on the same server.

Fixed a bug causing a crafted Leaky Shack to immediately respawn Merms after its Merm got killed.

Fixed a bug causing mods on the older workshop API to fail to download if the file path had unicode characters in it.

Fixed a bug causing Spider Queens to still spawn from Spiderdens when they are turned off in World Settings.

Fixed an issue where Pipspook could cause mouse detection to break.

Fixed Griefer Spawn Protection not providing the appropriate level of protection.

Fixed a bug causing the Bats World Setting to not appear on Caves worlds.

Domesticated beefalo will no longer go into heat.

Fixed a bug causing Crab King to not spawn.

Fixed a bug causing Pigs to stop chopping trees prematurely.

The 'Clean All' button on the mods screen will no longer delete non-workshop mods.

Fixed a bug causing Merms and Merm Guards to stop chopping trees or mining rocks prematurely.

Fixed a crash that could occur if steam’s API is too old.

Fixed a bug causing Tallbird Nests to respawn Tallbirds immediately after its Tallbird got killed.

Fixed a bug causing Abigail's Flower to have the wrong inventory icon.

An 'Insane' option has been added to the world generation slider, greatly increasing the amount of objects generated in the world.

Fixed a crash if you baited a trap with a stack of items, and then left the server.

Greatly reduced all loading times when you have lots of mods enabled.

Dedicated servers will now store v2 mods in a specified directory.

Fixed a crash that could sometimes occur if you tried to modify the world generation preset when the preset mode was linked.

Fixed a crash if you had a burnt container in your world.

A Klei Points counter and link to the Curio Cabinet has been added.

Fixed Pig Houses, Bunny Hutches, Molehills and Rabbit Holes not spawning their respective mob.

Force enabling v2 workshop mods on dedicated servers will now work.

Fixed a bug causing dedicated servers to crash if SteamGameServer_Init failed.

Fixed klaus sack spawning outside of winter with winters feast off.

Fixed a crash on mac and linux when the path length for workshop mods was greater than 256 characters.

Fixed Lord of The Fruit Flies never spawning.

Fixed the mods downloading notification not going away when mods finished downloading.

Fixed a bug causing the timers for Ancient Gateway, Antlion Rage, Dragonfly, Grass Gekko Morphing, and Salt Formation Regrowth to reset upon restarting the game.

Added logging for when a steam workshop mod fails to download.

Fixed a bug causing some mod assets to fail to load.

Fixed a bug causing pigs to respawn immediately upon restarting the game.

Lord of The Fruit Flies world setting can now be changed in the caves.

Added logging for dedicated servers when downloading mods.

Fixed a bug causing mod configuration overrides from mod overrides to get applied after every single mod info is loaded, instead of just once after all modinfo’s have been loaded.

New players joining a world after day 10 will start with a few extra resources.

New players will gain a temporary buff when spawning near structures or hostile creatures.

Sets whether a player will drop only irreplaceable items or all items when leaving the server.

Latecomers' Victorian Chest for $7.99 or Complete Victorian chest for $24.99.

Worm Riddled Chest with various skins for logging in.

These settings should only have an impact on public servers.

Improvements include smaller mod file sizes, faster downloads, and automatic updates.

Setting world generation options to 'More' will now only generate more of that object in biomes where that object already exists.

New players joining a world that is not in autumn will receive a basic seasonal clothing item.

Ridden Beefalo’s costumes work properly if their main build changes now.

Fixed the Redeem Codes text entry box from failing to accept certain codes.

Fixed a crash after playing the contest several times.

Beefalo now wake up to follow their bonded player if they go too far away at night, like Chester and Glommer.

Fixed Wigfrid’s Merrymaker hair clipping issue.

Fixed the groomer and sewing machine burnt animations.

Domesticated Beefalo will no longer turn feral if their Beefalo Bell bond is broken.

Fixed a crash at the end of a contest if you pick a fight with contestants.

Beefalo in heat cannot be hitched.

Fixed player badges from being missing in the server browser.

Traps can now be picked up properly while riding a Beefalo.

Fixed a crash if there are more than 8 posts in a contest.

Smoldering objects can now be smothered while riding a Beefalo.

Fixed a crash if the Beefalo got unhitched just as a player tried to groom it.

Hitched Beefalo won’t teleport to the owner.

The contests posts won’t get stuck waiting to be marked if the event is aborted now.

Fixed a texture bug with the Lovely Chest.

Contestant Beefalo won’t fight their trainers when in heat now.

Adjust new Victorian wall skins textures so they are less tilted.

Players logging in during the Year of the Beefalo event receive the Festive Saddle Skin and Lovely Chest.

Previous limited time items are available again on Klei Rewards.

Similar to Winter’s Feast

Celebrate the Year of the Beefalo with new activities, item drops, and login rewards.

Added a new Victorian Antiques chest to the game, included in the Victorian Bundle.

Craft a Beefalo Grooming Station to outfit your beefalo with costumes.

Guess the winning beefalo to win lucky gold nuggets to celebrate the new year.

Earn Pattern Scraps from the game host to discover new costumes for your beefalo.

Collecting feedback to resolve lingering issues across platforms.

Place Beefalo Wool on a Beefalo Shrine to participate in the festivities.

Craft a Beefalo Bell to get a beefalo to follow you and give them their own name.

Improvements to help new players familiarize themselves with the game.

Last chance to get items from the Crystalline Collection for one week.

Build Beefalo Stages around a Judge's Booth and enter your beefalo into a pageant show.

Emoticons rendering has been fixed.

Allows players to walk past them