How Long Can You Survive in The Caves Without Leaving? [Don't Starve Together]

Hey, we're not the best, but we certainly try our best.
Commands incase you want to try this challenge yourself for some reason:
c_gonext("cave_entrance")
c_give("pickaxe")
And if you're bringing a friend:
c_move(AllPlayers[2])
-Socials
Twittor - / ashbiddo
Thanks for watching! Let me know if you wanna see more in the future!

[@maciekkozicki3379]

Fun fact: carrats have a 33% chance of dropping carrot seeds. Another point for lunar grotto, given that this allows you to start a farm underground.

[@lawgoonbergen2950]

So that's mean carrots everyday Yay

[@dzlam907]

you can destroy the gardeneer hat to get seeds too

[@matthewbauerle7153]

​@@dzlam907 Imagine rolling the 1/125 chance of growing 3 weeds from those 3 seeds.

[@PolymerUa]

No, plants won't grow underground. Unfortunately(

[@a_pufferfish2936]

​@@PolymerUaIm a bit late, but you actually can! The lights that appear during "daytime" near cave exits count as surface light, so plants can grow in their radius!

[@triste4-21]

Tree Guards definitely spawn underground. I used to chop down 100+ trees with a reanimated skeleton in the caves and use them to kill the skeleton.

[@BiddoBamss]

Never thought to check there! Whilst playing we googled all over and couldn't find it mentioned anywhere. Atleast we know now :)

[@SomeoneX64]

yeah my friend plantet 4 trees down there and 3 where treeguards. this was some crazy rng

[@PolymerUa]

​@@SomeoneX64Bruh I Chopped the whole forest with a bearger and no tree guards spawned. How tf dst spawns work

[@Thomas-vn6cr]

@@BiddoBamss some crazed survivor used them to kill Misery Toadstool in about 30 seconds: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHTIgKqMgM96rbc&ab_channel=vitorfray

[@bbmarioni89]

Really surprised a lot of people never use straw rolls and tents to regen sanity and remove wetness. Sleeping is a very underrated mechanic. As for the silk: bunny hutches+ spider den= auto silk farm

[@1God1Fury]

Tent my beloved!

[@karlcole5617]

well i use it occasionally

[@Theresia66]

It takes too much time in my opinion

[@bbmarioni89]

@@Theresia66 i mean, you would waste more time if youre dead than if you sleep

[@Theresia66]

@@bbmarioni89 haha true. I just prefer other methods, like eating some blue caps

[@Bubbazoo]

Some advice for future farming, you have to make farm plots under a beam of light from above for them to grow or use a star caller staff which is actually really effective at it since you can grow crops light up the base and keep warm all at once

[@thatonemeganium]

Just so you know - You can remove the science machine after getting an alchemy engine (It works as both)

[@TheRandomArtist4]

Absolutely love the sequel,and you are WAY too underrated.

[@BiddoBamss]

You're too kind, thanks so much

[@jamracoon55]

I can’t wait for more challenges! Maybe one where you can’t leave a boat?

[@BiddoBamss]

Haha, legit we were just talking about doing that!

[@DonnaPinciot]

@@BiddoBamss I've survived an entire Winter+ on a boat once, and it was a very enjoyable time. I know some other people don't like boats, but I find them very fun. I was Wendy, though, so those sharks were basically just free food. It was also before the monkeys were implemented, so boat raids weren't a thing...

[@jamracoon55]

@@BiddoBamss thought of that because I am playing shipwrecked… I have an idea

[@adiamondsword8392]

@@DonnaPinciot dude i remember sailing the ocean to find chester in my world

[@lonejohnwolf]

@@adiamondsword8392 Hahaha that's pretty ridiculous.

[@trinketsters4547]

As a viewer, I'd like to say that your content is the type of content I love and wish I could see more often when I type in Don't Starve Together in youtube. The lack of challenge videos and in general lets play, so I am thankful your channel!

[@BiddoBamss]

Honestly, I can't put to words how grateful I am hearing things like this. Thank you so much :D

[@maciekkozicki3379]

A "boats only" challenge could be fun. The freedom to explore the majority of the map, yet still unable to set foot on the ground. There's a boss you could reasonably set as a goal (Malbatros isn't *that* hard). If you wanted, you could let yourself use the crabby island as a harbor (since a hermit-island-only run is definitely not possible). Around 5 days of prep time seems reasonable, as to even start you would need, well... a boat and a light source, to name a few. Either way, great video, can't wait for the next.

[@BiddoBamss]

Thank you! Don't worry we got plenty of ideas for future vids, boat only run is definetly high up that list :)

[@imperatacylindrica8993]

Great tree trunk biomes would be a godsend in this kind if run

[@imperatacylindrica8993]

@@Meatball63 well you can't get flint, so you really only survive from spider meat. Would be kinda boring imo

[@aurasight5294]

As an avid player of don’t starve together (despite the name and profile) your videos are very refreshing especially combined with your diction and well paced commentary. Love your videos keep it up!

[@BiddoBamss]

Thank you so much! :)

[@ProfessorAres]

This and the lunar island video were some of the best dst videos I’ve watched. Awesome content and looking forward to more challenge videos like this

[@BiddoBamss]

Thank you so much! :D

[@ALilDeach]

I refuse to believe that you only have around 300 subscribers, this is so well made!! I can’t wait to see more of these types of videos as well as your letsplays!

[@SimBits]

Heck yeah, KZbin has actually been recommending small channels to me and it's great to see! Nice video!

[@BiddoBamss]

Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it :)

[@martonkovacs8365]

The first one was great too, love the narration. Well done! Would suggest to consider using tent, mushroom planters(manure can be farmed with lightbulbs and a werepig) and surf 'nd turf(2 eels and 2 monster meat) for sanity regeneration. If you find swamp in caves rain coat is an option too, keeps you fully dry.

[@BiddoBamss]

Yeah I wanted to make mushroom planters at one point (our main reason to get living logs before changing to shadow manipulator + dark swords) Next time I'm definetly gonna gonna pick somebody other then Wortox so I can actually use surf'n'turf to its full potential. And damn, I knew I was forgetting about raincoats! Damn it! Next time :)

[@Jorvalt]

For sanity in caves, honestly I think Bunnymen are the best option. If you befriend them they provide you a persistent 25/min sanity aura, which is HUGE. The caves passive drain is only 5 sanity/min, so that's a 20/min net positive. Problem is you basically just can't carry meat items. I think Wurt is the best option for this. You don't eat meat anyway, though vegetable sources in caves are iffy I think it can still work. I actually don't know offhand if the caves "marsh" biomes actually count for her structures, but those do spawn tentacles which let you get tentacle spots for merm guards. That gives you pretty good merms and if you want to farm them and kill them you can get freshwater fish for craftsmerm houses. Additionally, you can utilize eels which have TWICE the spoilage time of freshwater fish (6d) for passive sanity gain, not that it matters much if you have a bunny friend. Oh yeah, and wetter is better, florp. Edit: I just learned Hutch gives you a +40 sanity/min aura if you're right next to him, holy shit.

[@Randoman590]

May I recommend Wendy for this task? * Abigail deals her full 40 Damage at all times in the Caves, regardless of the Day-Night Cycle. * At Tier 2 and Tier 3 (300 and 600 Max HP), she emits a small radius of light that can ward off Charlie. Useful in a pinch. * Her natural regeneration is very nice for long-term sustainability. * She can turn hordes of Splumonkeys from your worst nightmare into your best food source. Her AoE damage and shield can wipe them out in droves. Enjoy the free morsels, bananas, beard hair (for Meat Effigies) and manure. Make Banana Shakes to manage your sanity issues. * ^ ^ ^ This applies even outside of the nightmare phase. When players attack normal monkeys, they will run away, start flinging poop and being very annoying. When Abigail attacks them, they will attack as normal, same as their shadow form, heading straight to their death. * Mini-Tentacles spawned by Tentapillars are easy prey for Abi. Easy Tentacle Spikes. Keep in mind, It's not without its downsides: * Abigail cannot attack Shadow Creatures, so you're stuck dealing with them on your own with Wendy's -25% damage penalty. * There are no graves in the Caves, so you won't have access to Pipspooks; therefore, no potions. * The Sisturn is also useless. Unfortunately, there are no Flowers in the Caves either, so you can never power it up. * Mobs will deal their full damage value to Abigail, rather than their player damage value. Be very careful around Rooks etc. * If Abigail goes down at a bad moment, it could well be the death of you. Be careful, look after her, know your limits.

[@amandamimic2725]

If you go with a character who can eat veggies, bananna shakes. 33 sanity a pop. two banannas and two sticks. good incentive to clear out the monkey houses with some lobster help.

[@BiddoBamss]

Thanks for the tip! Wortox felt like a good choice in hindsight but yeah, not being able to use powerful cave dishes like surf'n'turf, practically all banana dishes and eels... yeah.

[@dwight3555]

@@BiddoBamss Once you've learned enough about the caves, they can be a very safe place, even the ruins in some places. Pro-tip that sounds stupid but is actually true: Depth Worms never actually are "underground", if you just build simple walls they can't get through and they'll never attack them. They can stay aggroed for a while though when you're around, so I'd recommend having some rock lobsters or bunnymen on the other side to take care of it.

[@Buglin_Burger7878]

@@BiddoBamss Wortox can use those, you can eat souls and regular food and it is a viable strategy. Wortox has some of the best sustain as they get meat/2 + 25 for hunger from killing or you can drop the soul for health and 2.5 sanity. Their only downside is the 1/2 food. 1/2 is still more then usable as 16 Sanity from banana shakes is viable and powerful. Just because you can neglect mortal food doesn't mean you should. The reason most people struggle with Wortox is because they neglect the fact you can eat and cook for sanity.

[@wetlink0096]

If you're going to do this with prep time, bring a beefalo down into the caves with a beefalo bell. Also long as one is alive, it can make a herd. I learned this by bringing down a beefalo, which entered heat down there, and the baby just went on to make a full herd.

[@janshmat8363]

Here's a tip: lightbulbs can be dropped to provide light while you mine before you're able to get lanterns

[@puncrafter349]

I was considering trying a world of monkey island only, but that could be an interesting place to survive for a video! It'd probably only be possible to initially start out there if you use commands to turn yourself into Wonkey immediately though, since otherwise you'd have to deal with a lot of powder monkeys while waiting for the portal to dispense anything of use. Other than that, it'd probably be a good idea to allow yourself to use boats, but not allow yourself to touch the mainland, since otherwise you'd probably go insane IRL again like you did in the Lunar Island video, with how little land you have to work with. ...and immediately after I finished writing this comment, I just noticed that someone else commented suggesting the same thing. Whoopsies! At least you know there's more than one commenter who thinks this could be a fun idea :D

[@loveeens]

Thank you for this amazing challenge idea. I'm having a blast with it - I tried it solo and with a friend. For solo attempts, my first one as Maxwell failed. First nearly destroyed by slpumonkeys and barely made it to the ruins only then to get chased by 7 terrorbeaks as I ran through the military biome like a headless chicken. When a bishop broke my shelmet I knew it was the end. Second attempt I tried as Wigfrid and I'm currently approaching summer, with AG and Nightmare Werepig killed, ruins rushed and a stable base in the muddy biome near the lichen field. I survive primarily on meatballs made of moles/spiders/monkeys/bunnymen and lichen as filler. I have a small pig farm with 3 houses I built from deconstructing a touchstone, but I used pig skins only for umbrellas so far. Large meats came in handy for jerky which I used for fighting Nightmare Werepig. My base has an alchemy, a shadow manipulator, a tent, a modest kitchen and a meat effigy which I haven't used once. Next goal: prepare and solo kill Toadstool! Duo with my friend is pretty much the same but he plays Maxwell, so we are drowning in wood lol. We live near a green mush forest bunny village and muddy, with bunnies killing spiders for us, and got lucky with a feather hat boon! Normally you can't get feathers downstairs but thanks to this hat I could afford to craft three songs! We found the hat at 37%, then hammered all the bones we found until we managed to find a single hound tooth, then used a construction amulet to make it into a sewing kit, and then fixed the feather hat and finally deconstructed it for 3 feathers!!! Yesterday we left off with Nightmare Werepig and Toadstool defeated, and summer is about to start. We are now discussing what should be done when we run out of things to do there. A plan I have in mind is to spawn the shadow pieces setpiece and defeat them to get shadow atrium, then approach Fuelweaver and try to reset the ruins. It's a shame we would have to resort to commands to do it but without it we already have proven we can survive pretty much forever. 😂

[@WilsonGLR]

Man you're videos are so entertaining! i'm glad people are enjoying don't starve together and making fun challenges like this, keep at it!

[@flonshi2934]

you know since you thanked us so nice for liking your content, just got you another like and follower, also your voice is very calming so keep everything going the way you do!

[@BiddoBamss]

Haha, well heres another thanks! Thank you :)

[@d4r4butler74]

You make entertaining videos! Thank you. Your voice over is perfect.

[@BiddoBamss]

thats very kind of you, thank you :)

[@enverdourado1437]

Nice video. The format is really funny, voice is great. This challenge sure deserves a rematch, looking foward for it!

[@sdev9998]

another good vid, hope you guys go higher! also, would love some in game talk along the current commentary (maybe more from Tig boi?)

[@BiddoBamss]

Thanks! I might upload the full unedited videos but they would total to like, 15+ hours of footage. I do enjoy making unscripted videos but I'm not sure if thats everybody would want to see. We'll see :) I also plan on MAYBE streaming these runs at some point (plus just some normal runs too) so people can get our ingame talk that way. Ofc I'll still make these videos, I'd just be streaming the actual runs themselves. If thats what people want :) Still unsure yet!

[@sdev9998]

@@BiddoBamssi was talking about some bits of ingame talk along the video commentary, so we can get some live reactions xd, anyways streaming is a pretty cool idea :) hope it goes well

[@svenja99999]

youtube keeps showing me great small youtube channels and i am living for it. less than 500 subs and this level of entertainment? we got a winner here.

[@BiddoBamss]

Makes my day getting messages like this, thanks so much!!

[@leviheaston6440]

You are such a underrated youtuber and you deserve you to have to title of dst goat with the beard and jakeyosaurus

[@bipbop2935]

another banger from me boy biddobams

[@egiofregio8457]

the content is awesome, this channel is too underrated

[@burritomama2944]

watched this because I never explored the caves really, makes me want to redownload don't starve and try it again

[@BiddoBamss]

Do it!!!

[@formerhunter2]

short answer: Yes. Cave-living is very possible. Wortox isn't a bad choice, but personally, I'd have gone for either webber, wendy or like your buddy, Maxwell.

[@Flikanik]

As a caveman the answer is forever. Unironically safest place in the game The Archives is in the caves. Why The Archives the safest place? No Earthquake Infinite light (bulb bugs right outside, easy to farm) There are rocks ready to use for farming purposes bring a spider egg or two for meat farm Spiders give meat for hunger and silk for tent which you can use for hp and sanity. Anything you can do on the surface you can do there as well. Only thing that can bother you is worm attacks

[@BiddoBamss]

One day I'd like to do just a normal playthrough but basing in the caves, so still letting myself upstaris to get materials. Living in the lunar grotto sounds nice!

[@niknow7532]

Actually good video! made me sub instantly,also idea! DST but always in the dark? (if you haven't done that already)

[@abagoffrozenspinach]

another super fun challenge vid, thank you!! glad you seemed to have more fun with this one than the lunar island challenge. I wouldn't have blamed you for living in the lunar grotto, since that would almost definitely let you reach that plateau of stability.

[@The_Pyromaniac_MageWolf]

I remember doing a wormwood caves run and I rarely ever popped my head out of the caves and everytime I did it was fun seeing what the randos that came through the server so I’d often walk across some mini bases

[@shatteredslime1593]

i think its kinda interesting how the cave challenge and lunar island challenge are the reverse of eachother. the caves never have that plataeu of stability, meanwhile the lunar island is only that plataeu of stability

[@ccHLv]

Bro keep up the good content it’s awesome

[@BiddoBamss]

Will do, boss! :D Thanks for the kind words.

[@someidiot3826]

Keep dropping bangers bro

[@mirkostefani6327]

Remember you can set on fire monkey house without them getting angry at you

[@BiddoBamss]

Didn't know that! Thanks for the tip. :)

[@mirkostefani6327]

@@BiddoBamss also idk if you already know that , but if you feed a rabbit a carrot you can attack any rabbit withouth other getting angry at you and they will help killing your target so for 1 carrot you can clear an entire village

[@Odium_DOB]

I lived til spring . the hardest bit is grass and twigs once you get a foot hold on that it easy.... I always play webber cause I just like the spider boy edit: which reminds me if I were to play with a friend my friend was most willing to swap around characters. trying out maxwell for easy way to get flint, but eventually decided to be wigfrid due to how their supplies allow us to use helmets that didn't use our very limited source of pig skin... which there would only be 8 pigskin at most in a world like that if you want more you have to make pighouses in areas that go through a day and night cycle.... basically turning a bunny village into a pig village as a theory. but maybe memory is messing with me.

[@Evflasky]

I wholeheartedly believe the ruins wouldn’t be a challenge without splumonkeys. Easily the most annoying mob in the game

[@BiddoBamss]

Amen to that. They're so annoying when in their demon form, and even in their normal form are just so irritating, dumping the contents of hutch and occasionally throwing poop... Klei did a great job at making a truely insufferable creature :)

[@mr.dragonfly2040]

This was really cool! I hope next time you can get further and maybe fight that werepig boss!

[@BiddoBamss]

I hope so too! Not too proud of how we did, but I blame my sub-optimal character choice and general lack of knowledge/skill reguarding the caves. Despite having 900 hours in the game, A very very small percentage of that was spent underground, and none of it was with the nightmare werepig or even the reworked ancient guardian :D

[@jklab8744]

That's very good content guys, keep it up

[@-Ave-]

9:40 you can totally spawn treeguards in caves, but if you feel especially dangerous you can even spawn them in the ruins ; ) now that i think about it it could be really valid strategy to clear out some of mechanicals

[@BiddoBamss]

The new "Plant a 100 trees in the ruins, play as Woodie to get extra treeguard spawn, chop trees to clear ruins" strat. :D

[@Qwertype315]

Huh. You could have farmed spiders. You could have had a silk hat. Made some werepigs. Made meaty stew. And slept a tent. I actually thought playing that way would be easier for new players since theres nothing to burn or break down the base. The lunar grotto was also super easy right?

[@edersonnico]

Jumping down on day 1 without any resources and not coming back ever again is a hard challenge. Going prepared with a lot of grass tufts and saplings, and being allowed to go back to surface to restock on gold and a few others resources is another story.

[@thegen3rai]

Love this, I want more, and now. I want it,, I want it in a 100 days version and I want giant arrows in the title screens POINTING TO VAGUELY COOL THINGS and I want MORE. aka your doing a good job :]

[@BiddoBamss]

SURVIVING IN THE CAVES DST WITH WES (DONTSTARVE) WITH THIS ONE TRICK? (DST)

[@thegen3rai]

@@BiddoBamss xD Perfect! Having DST 3 times in the title will bring brand awareness. Now just align yourself with vaguely important things, its not just will you watch Biddo complete this challenge its now will you help Biddo fight against cancer by watching his video! :]

[@spidergirlspinnerets]

HECK YEAH!! I was hoping this would be the next video!!! >:D

[@Mist_R]

Next do a ruins base challenge. With 3 or so days to prep like you did for the ocean/boat challenge

[@achyif1]

great video! I wish I had someone to do these kinds of challenges with. By yourself is super lonely

[@BiddoBamss]

I'm hoping to include my viewers in potential future videos/streams/challanges! Keep an eye out ;D

[@twustermydude]

@@BiddoBamss sounds like a fun time! any word on what those challenges might be?

[@PumpkinCookie]

keep up the dst content its very entertaining. remember me when you hit 10000 subs lol

[@yeetlordentertainment3937]

I actually am a Webber main, and i like his low sanity pool. since he gets easy silk, making a top hat is easier for him than anybody else - which, combined with a wider food pool via monster meat, makes survival quite easy once you get used to him. I was a Webber main pre buff as well, so now the game feels almost too easy for me.

[@dwight3555]

This is a good example of why Spring is by far the season I like the least, the constant rain forces you to deal with it both on the surface and underground (so you have to miss out on one of your slots) which means you can't explore dangerous area or do bosses, you get a much harsher cold than in winter with the rain, especially in early Spring, and frog rains are just the game forcing you to not play the game anymore and just run in circles for 15 minutes away from your base. Honestly the more time I spend in Spring the more I want to main Wickerbottom just for her book that stops rain, it's amazing (and as a neat trick, it completely cancels Summer, as Antlion will despawn when it rains and no wildfires can happen during rain, even the sandstorm in the Oasis is disabled).

[@Flikanik]

You should have eyebrella at that point couple that with body armor and you are good to go. Yes you lose backpack slots but you shouldnt really need to carry all that load when going for bosses. Frog rain is insane frog leg farmin opportunity if you bring them to any boss unit preferably Moose/Goose

[@dwight3555]

@@Flikanik What if I don't want to spend the next 20 minutes with my headslot forcibly occupied by an Eyebrella? What if I don't want to spend the next 15 minutes running around like a dumbass waiting for the frog rain to spawn, and my fridges are already oversaturated with food? I'm not saying Spring can't be survived through, it's just immensely boring because no matter how late into the game you are you can't just put this bother away. Winter and Summer temperature can easily be fixed with thermal stones and wildfires can be stopped in an instant with a luxury fan or a gardening can, only Spring just tells you "stop playing the game, you play my season now!". Plus Moose/Goose is Spring's only exclusive boss, and while the mooslings are cute and fun, the mother is so incredibly boring to fight.

[@Buglin_Burger7878]

@@dwight3555 What are you wearing on your head slot that you need? Why are you waiting for the frog rain to spawn? You can carry a lantern and explore the caves, you can also have a lot of berry bushes set up and growing for when you next need food, you can use spring as a chance to harvest less common materials. You can sail and find the Lunar Biome if you didn't in Winter. You can befriend a hermit. It isn't that Spring is hard, it is you refuse to do the simple thing which removes it and anything else you can. Like refusing to carry a thermal stone in winter. You literally have access to a "Super Thermal Stone" which lets you do everything safely and engage in combat if you carry a 2nd hat. You're right wildfires can be stopped, if you see them, and use the fan. But that is the big catch of summer. If you see them. If you're slightly off with your placements or camera position you lose huge areas of resources. Most people live in the Oasis/Caves during it for a reason.

[@gabrielpelegrini6135]

Here's a tip for when you have a wortox: if anyone dies and need to retrieve their items, stock up on souls, and capture 10-20 bugs with the net, with only a football helmet you can teleport there, take the stuff, and teleport back. If the place is too dangerous, bring a pan flute.

[@maskedkoopa6252]

Definitely should have used raincoats, especially since maxwell can use the magician's hat for extra inventory space. Merm king can be used to gain seeds underground, so Wurt is an interesting prospect to enable farming. You could also have made better use of the bunnymen, you can easily sicc them on each other for large meat and carrots, and they respawn every night. Also would have been smart to try to get magiluminescence ASAP, although I understand ruins raiding can be intimidating.

[@ellpherd9139]

140 more subscribers from the lunar video, congrats :)

[@mrgiggio3031]

Aye boys, Fun run gg

[@sdev9998]

thx a lot for that eel tip! that's a rlly good alternative for getting some gold stacks in public servers

[@BiddoBamss]

Public servers... huh... thanks for the future video idea ;)

[@sdev9998]

@@BiddoBamssscary ngl

[@ProfessorAres]

Damn I didn’t even think about this, I’m definitely gonna use this in public servers now when people mine everything up lol.

[@TrashStoat]

Love the vids man, keep it up

[@Ultimus_fighter]

Great video man I can’t wait to see more

[@RockOnTheKitchenTable]

Challenge idea: You can only eat each food item and crock pot dish once and your goal is too kill the ancient fuel weaver

[@Wstinkp]

Really fun video

[@heavenlydemon5994]

Wendy would have been an easy mode character for this because Abigail can put monkey's into a blender even if they go shadow mode, that would give infinite meat and banana's for food, nightmare fuel for whatever you wanted, and even beard hair for making effigies if you wanted.

[@LeGurdah]

Now I feel tempted to program a quick mod just so the Bearger and Deerclops are allowed to naturally spawn down in the Caves.

[@BiddoBamss]

Oh please do, I'll actually use that when we do another run! :D

[@LeGurdah]

@@BiddoBamss I shall see what I can do in order to mechanically make the impossible possible, and get them down in the dark.

[@endmysuffering2925]

@@LeGurdahmade it yet?

[@LeGurdah]

@@endmysuffering2925 I won't sugarcoat it, I severely underestimated how complicated it was to find out how it worked, let alone go about implementing it. First, my big hurdle was actually _figuring_ _out_ if it was either the (forest/surface) world entity itself that actually had the components for the Bearger and Deerclops spawner, or its networked variant. Looking at the world and world network script files didn't help much there. (I got too distracted by the gameplay to figure out if one or the other was the case.) My second hurdle was a desire to keep the memory and space footprints each of those two components had to a minimum -- so I thought that making a custom component that was a fusion of both spawner components could accomplish this task. (Never mind the insane file sizes of both spawner components' scripts.) Research on this stuff was... 'er, sparse, to say the least. This and Don't Starve's modding API basically has very few, if any, official documentations to speak of, so I had to scavenge information from either stabbing in the dark, trial and error, analyzing unexpectedly related scripts' coding, or gleaning info from the original people (i.e. veteran modders and Klei devs) who dug the trenches long before I would dare stick my _own_ shovel into it. Combine that with some depressive episodes and the boredom of monotony for too long, and you get "yet another project on the backburner." W/ that said, this is an idea I'd still like to see explored. Failing that, if no one else does, then I don't have any objections to going back into the ring and continuing the fight.

[@YoneWeek]

amazing ideas and video bro. love it

[@hyuyu9786]

Poor poor you, if you spawned at the cave portal spawn you'd get quite the headstart, you'd need to remove the overworld in your cluster file then regenerating the same world and you'd spawn in caves directly

[@Majo_Ellen]

Good job! :D

[@BiddoBamss]

Thanks!! :D

[@Majo_Ellen]

@@BiddoBamss i haven't played this game in so long, this video is pretty inspirational.

[@dark1021]

I actually really enjoy this and the caves myself. Good challenge and super cool.

[@DomesticEgg3]

I hope you hit 500 subs soon bro

[@DomesticEgg3]

Btw can you kill all of the bosses with only regular spears football helmets and log suits (no allies including spiders)

[@dynastydomer2290]

Very entertaining!

[@Donchan1]

Amazing video, I was going to suggest a boat only challenge but I seems like everyone else beat me to it! So I’ll just say… tumbleweeds only?

[@BiddoBamss]

That's a great idea! For sure gonna see about somthing like a desert only or tumbleweeds everywhere but nothing else video at some point :D

[@societyoflearning5571]

You can walk past large spider clusters by walking on the edges of the map

[@BiddoBamss]

nice to know that still works! I remember doing that back when ruins were first added to DS, must of forgot when playing!

[@Faroil]

it's not as bad as the endless blue on the screen, but I'm already starting to get a headache from low sanity. in any case, the video is nice

[@BiddoBamss]

Good thing I had sanity distortion disabled, It usually makes me motion sick, but with how insane I was I wouldn't of made it past day 10!

[@Lins1Vakun]

in fact, you can survive forever in a cave, there is food here, you can restore your sanity by sleeping in a tent or sleeping bag, and if you quickly clean up the ruins, you can rest a good armor, the only serious problem for me is worms, since it will be more and more difficult with them because there are too many of them, but they can be taken to other creatures by the way, can I use the idea and survive in caves to make a video about it on the channel? I'm wondering how good I am at dst and I need to make a video on the channel

[@1God1Fury]

I think you guys needed to craft miner hat instead of relying on lantern all the time. You can equip umbrella + miner hat and that's enough for 100% wetness resistance.

[@puncrafter349]

Don't those require fireflies to craft? I dunno if you can get those down in the caves. I do think it should also be possible to craft miner hats with light bulbs, but it'd be kind of weird having that as the only item in the game with two crafting recipes

[@1God1Fury]

@@puncrafter349 there is fireflies in cave in sunken forest biomes. Although they are rare

[@puncrafter349]

@@1God1Fury Oh neat, I didn't know that! You'd think I'd figure it out eventually considering I have a world that's (mostly) caves-only lol

[@yeeyeeuni]

I may be very biased but I'd stay Walter. His tent is great for the rain and other can use it as well. Also it's movable so thats great. His sanity is really good for caves. And finding monster meat means fast movement with Woby. Also extra storage never hurts. But I'm a Walter main and I base in caves when I'm playing him.

[@lordcicikus5670]

Next Video: Survive in the Moonquay Island or Pearl Island

[@BiddoBamss]

Shhh, don't tell anyone ;)

[@Manthislampiscool]

I am pretty sure if you get the dwarf star staff you can grow crops anywhere underground, other wise you have to grow them in light spots

[@addchannelname2052]

This is going in the good vids playlist Challenge idea: Spawn in cursed trinkets and play as Wonkey for a year

[@weedGato]

That would be just old wilson gameplay with no beard and a slight speed boost

[@dolfintuna]

This is me when I forget my teleport home watch.

[@MomoDriller]

haha im def one to also make my area look nice, regardless of how much trouble im having XD

[@BiddoBamss]

It's a massive priority :D

[@somerube8855]

These vids are sorta quiet, but good. Maybe try solo runs or restricting certain important tools (I don’t play enough to know jej)

[@muffinguy5687]

FYI the football helmet gives 20% wetness reduction, so while you would need more pigskin, you would also not need to constantly use straw hats. (When combined with an umbrella)

[@spaceman6029]

im doing this same challenge rn. im on day 90 as wx78 which was a really good pick. i got the optoelectronic circuit and speed 2 circuit, so i basically have free moggles and walking cane as long as i dont get wet, and since i live in the blue mushrrom biome, i have easy access to living logs, and my main weapon is dark swords

[@TGCidolfus0830]

Wendy and wilson would be a super powerful combo in a ruins base, wendy (Abigail) mass murder monkeys for morsels, fuel, hair, poop, and most importantly bananas. 2 bananas and 2 sticks (that wilson can get from trees) makes a stupidly good food. That gives 25 hunger, 33 sanity and 8 healing. Tried a solo base with just wilson and careful peeling of nightmare monkeys, made a very solid ruins base, only reason i ever left was for grass.

[@lieutenant-hound484]

You should do some character playthroughs! With parts ofcourse, i think wx-78 would be a fun one

[@KlausRosenberg-et2xv]

I see you guys still have a lot to learn in dst, but I enjoyed the gameplay a lot! ❤️

[@obesechicken13]

I did a full darkness run. The caves aren't always dark since mushroom biomes provide light and there were trees nearby. This was before lunar biome update. It's hard but survivable at least as wig forever as long as you stay away from ruins.

[@FreakybloxfruitFan]

Thank you for this new video I love all your videos also try hamlet or shipwreck

[@BiddoBamss]

Thank you Amish! I was considering doing singleplayer don't starve content at some point but its what im the least experienced in! Eventually though!

[@liviuboscu4220]

You can dry up faster by standing close to a fire. Thermal stone also acts like a fire (even if it's cold)

[@BiddoBamss]

You're kiddin' me? I never knew thermal stones worked on the ground! Thanks!

[@TheGazeofFear]

idea: How long can you survive in the title screen without leaving [Don't Starve Together]

[@BiddoBamss]

sorry, too hard :(

[@TheGazeofFear]

@@BiddoBamss oof, worth a try :/

[@hyuyu9786]

I love doing cave only worlds, they're empty but a cool thing when you start off and just living off torches till the first earthquake, once you do ruins though you're basically living above ground with lights out mode on lol Also there's a way to generate a world with only caves if you want to know I can explain the process

[@cosmicpotato3849]

Can you explain how?

[@hyuyu9786]

@@cosmicpotato3849 1) Generate a basic world with caves on 2) go in your game files (hit the folder in your main menu) 3) remove the content of the master folder and swap it with everything the caves folder had 4) open the server.ini file and in [SHARD] edit "is_master = false" to true 5) launch your world and when picking a character you'll be in caves If you can't get it to work I can send you a pre-made caves only world.

[@crunchysoupp]

I'm personally would've picked Wendy, because she can easily farm the spiders for food. This on top of the fact that the sistern provides solid sanity. Easy pick. (Not to mention that Abby always has her max damage in caves.)

[@1God1Fury]

To be honest Wendy is easy character for almost any challenge or environment.

[@crunchysoupp]

@@1God1Fury true true

[@amazingkool]

I dont wanna dump tips on you normally, but this just one's annoying til you learn it the hard way: monkeys steal all the items out of hutch. Its a big reason why they followed you outside of nighmare phase.

[@BiddoBamss]

Thanks! Yeah I clearly didn't know that. I thought they only cared for food, and light bulbs were maybe considered food. Appricate it!

[@justsosoki]

Great videos and a bit of a suggestion maybe try to add a bit more excitement to your voice to really make it stand out to the viewers.

[@IvanNayda-un7rt]

You could've haunted your lantern in an attempt to get a light source. Maybe that would've helped

[@placeholderdoe]

Here before this absolutely blows up

[@willow4887]

Love your videos keep it up

[@theguardian5432]

WHile this probably isnt a challenge for you, youre way better than we were but our challenge to ourselves was a wurt run, the difficulty of her being vegetarian, the swamp being super hostile and the Merm houses being a bit expensive last i played made it quite hard for us

[@BiddoBamss]

You overestimate our skill :) Wurt was gonna be a pick for me (shes one of my mains, love her) but not being able to get kelp for the king of the merms would of made her significantly weaker.

[@Buglin_Burger7878]

There used to be a glitch in world gen where you could get a cave only world, if I recall right even the portal would spawn down there. It is a shame that was fixed by accident.