NEW Taking Root Update Beta! NEW Mobs, Items, Setpieces & More! - Don't Starve Together Guide

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[@TheBeard777]

**EDIT** Did some testing on stream and to my surprise we really didn't miss much and the tiny things not shown or mentioned fully are very self-explanatory. I will say this though, we noticed that the new Gestalts correspond to how many players are nearby so expect 2-3 per player! As this is true, postgame content Klei really needs to NOT be afraid of the power creep anymore. These new items need serious buffs and interesting ties to Enlightenment or something. And no, Wormwood is not safe from these new plants in case you're wondering. But yes, the Setpiece does uproot and destroy stuff as it expands so that might get interesting... 0_o Official Post - forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/146939-game-update-new-content-in-beta/ Hotfix #1 - forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/146949-game-update-552138/ Hotfix #2 - forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/147079-game-update-552394/ Hotfix #3 - forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/147154-game-update-553139/ Hotfix #4 - forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/147253-game-update-553504/ Hotfix #5 - forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/147291-game-update-553879/

[@thewitchidolsachika6682]

Agreed, all of this stuff is really weak except for bombs, as if it was intended to be enabled from world settings, not after killing alter guardian.

[@YakshaTheYouTubeEnjoyer]

I agree they are really afraid to make something overpowered. Most of the weapons and armors are not even worth making becauase a lot of them are underpowered or simply there is a much better alternative. Looks like we still have to beat all bosses with ham bats and log suits...

[@TheBeard777]

Wanda's Alarming Clock, WX's Circuits, and even Wolfgang as a Survivor alone are just three of the many examples I can give you that negates every word you said, Joseph. Balance hasn't existed in this game since the middle of 2021 for Pete's sake. Furthermore, who said anything about them needing to be overpowered? We want them to have MORE, that's it. We literally earned it in this case. And come off it with the "It needs to stay fully a survival game..." nonsense. This game hasn't been a Survival Game for 4+ years ever since they started down this Return of Them, Lunar VS Nightmare Path. You're talking circles around nothing essentially while somehow missing every point ever which only makes what we're talking about make more sense! 😅

[@Ihav3p0w3rsn0w]

​@@TheBeard777 do you know what's hard? Getting the stuff to spawn the celestial champion

[@TheBeard777]

@@Ihav3p0w3rsn0w The Lunar Endgame is far more accessible than the Shadow one, what? 😅 The only true obstacle is Crab King which can just be cheesed with bunnies anyways. Pearl is easier now, iridescent gems are easier now, the Celestial Champion is arguably easier than Fuelweaver and if you can't find what you need the progression literally gives you an item (astral detector) to locate everything. Literally everything.

[@MrFishio]

A few improvements Klei could add to the update: 1. The plants should be neutral to wormwood. Both literally come from the moon (heck, wormwood should be able to make his own for self-defence) 2. The enlightened crown should make things from the rift neutral to you 3. New gear should be better than thulecite, and deal more damage than it considering it’s the most late-game thing possible 4. The rifts should be able to be closed with some pure horror, for no reason other than i think it’d be cool 5. A slightly worse version of the moon-caller’s staff should be craftable at the brightsmithy 6. The area around the rift should do the sanity reversal around it like lunar island

[@TheBeard777]

Plenty to (hopefully!) build off of, yes! This feels like a very foundational update so let's hope it actually is!

[@atlas1227]

I feel like the lunar armor should be able to work with the enlightened crown

[@TheBeard777]

It should just work with anything Enlightenment related. Klei is too shy about giving things cool mechanics, especially late game stuff.

[@AnglAfro]

Or what if it was like a team buff aura thing where you don’t get the armor but you buff the dmg and make their armor shine light when in range. Would be cool.

[@AnglAfro]

Kinda like how bee queen hat makes other people bow around you, make your team do the same thing while also getting buffs. Could encourage team play so all those solo boss fighters can’t solo in DST, even though I’m one of them soloers

[@a..3206]

Man, the constant really is being split to two conflicting sides, isn’t it? I’d like to take related opportunity and express how I feel that Wagstaff represents the “light” side in this. And it’s also poetic how main goodie and main baddie, that being Wilson and Maxwell, both being first to be “picked” by each side.

[@nathanlikosar966]

Yeah. I feel like, if this set of updates had a name, it should be "Choosing Sides" or smth like that

[@vtd-dd7zy]

I like how Wilson can choose which side he is on

[@TheBeard777]

But what about the rest of the gang? 🤔

[@TheColdfrontCommander]

@@TheBeard777 Well I’m going to try and guess based off lore and what not Willow - Most likely shadows. After all she’s made deals with Maxwell and it’s responsible for Bernie. Wolfgang - Most likely shadows again, provided him his temporary strength during the train wreck in lore he desperately sought out. Wendy - 3 in a row shadows. Most likely the thing responsible for bringing Abigail with her. As the game states “she’s comfortable in the dark” WX-78: Whichever is going to help him achieve world domination faster. If I had to guess it’s shadows. Wickerbottom: the first real toughie. Shadow energy May power the books but she straight up also has one that creates a full moon. Lore wise, she did make another deal with Maxwell to protect her books. I’ll leave this up for debate. Woodie - Probably shadows? I mean full moons do cause his curse to activate so he doesn’t want that to happen. Wes - Wes is going to conquer the world and humanity Maxwell - it’s obvious. Wigfrid - Another deal with maxwell probably sets this one as another one in the shadow gang. Webber - I’m guessing lunar on this one. It is responsible for his shattered spider friends. Winona - Probably lunar. She would do anything to bring her sister back to the light. And she was in the forbidden knowledge trailer Warly - Another toughie since we have 0 kind of evidence to look at. I’m guessing lunar since that’s not what brought him to the constant and made him abandon his dear mother. The dude doesn’t deserve this. Walter - Walter is just a child and is barely unaware of these 2 sides. Although campers, sailors, and other outdoor activities extremists sometimes use the moon to guide them, so there is that. DLC Characters Wortox - Not much evidence but probably shadows. May be responsible for letting him do such things as heal and teleport with souls. Wormwood - The maxwell of the moon. It’s also obvious. Wurt - No evidence to decide. Like straight up none. However I was unhappy with this result, so along with the 30 minutes needed to write this whole thing, I spent 15 more analyzing quotes for Wurt. Some that caught my eye were the waxing moon dial quote where she encourages it to grow. Along with the fact she likes things like hot springs on lunar island. I think she definitely would side with lunar as she feels more comfortable around it. Wanda - Shadow energy is probably how her tools work. At the same time she is constantly perused by nightmare creatures. There’s probably a quote somewhere that decides this but meh.

[@nekosparkclaw2833]

​@@TheColdfrontCommanderWX absolutely ADORES the moon and loves most things related to it. He's choosing the moon, if he has to make a choice.

[@Faustice]

@@TheColdfrontCommander eh imo it’s not too accurate to sort them out by this. Sure quite a few of them made a deal with maxwell, but you have to remember that maxwell clearly double crossed heaps of these people by tricking them into going into the constant. I think it’s better to judge them out by how they display themselves morally throughout the game and their respective animated shorts too. That being said, wortox would probably be on the light side given that he clearly goes against krampus, but it’s hard to say for sure.

[@TheColdfrontCommander]

@@Faustice I kinda had a lot of doubts when writing that but my tired mind son I guess. The only character I was really willing to fully examine was wurt.

[@infamousraiju5170]

Glad to see dst, still goin strong, hopefully I can catch the next stream

[@TheBeard777]

Streaming later today actually! Happy to see you around my guy! We've been missing ya!

[@infamousraiju5170]

@@TheBeard777 I definitely want to, just been alot n I mean ALOT of stuff has been keeping me busy, its y I've been Mia but I'll try to show up for this one bud

[@gsk3809]

We literally making an armor, tools and weapon from the Wormwood's relative's

[@Hexagrontley]

would be really cool if we start seeing set bonuses for other types of armour. like maybe finally klei can make the thulecite suit worth while by giving it some new perk when combined with crowns. same with the snail gear.

[@TheBeard777]

Wouldn't surprise me to see such things in a passing Quality of Life Update or something.

[@firebladeentertainment5739]

maybe next is a set that requires the new endgame materials from BOTH major factions, resulting in some trully endgame gear?

[@Childtaker4ever]

Wilson is finally getting the attention he deserves

[@TheBeard777]

Correction; The Lunar side of these past 4+ years of Content Updates is getting the attention it deserves. Keep it going, don't stop, and make it amazing!

[@ritter3723]

I would make it so that wearing the full set of the armor would give the gestalt summoning effect of the crown, but not the light, and the lunar pick should mine as fast as the glass axe chops, and maybe a way to truly kill the gazers sort of like how burning hound corpses with a torch prevents horror hound spawns, maybe killing it with a shadow weapon would stop its regen

[@TheBeard777]

There is a lot of really cool synergies to be had here. Meaning Klei won't do any of them... 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@I_Dont_Believe_In_Salad]

i'm glad that at least it's Lunar related. Celestial Bodies let alone Cosmic Entities are very awesome

[@TheBeard777]

MOON MINIONS FTW!

[@osobatalentu6944]

The unkillable guys works kind like enemy from hollow knight in white palace

[@KitzenVonCatzen1134]

i saw this and nearly had a stroke

[@elysxiia]

i have a question the deerclops that spawned in my world still didn't de-spawn its almost summer and deerclops didn't de-spawn

[@TheBeard777]

Must not have destroyed enough structures yet. That's usually the cause.

[@elysxiia]

@@TheBeard777 thank you for answering! But i already killed deerclops i could use that tip next time!

[@dragonslayer3552]

Alright that is really cool we are finally seeing changes to the world that will bring new challenges as we progress That's great cause now we have a new threats to manage so the survival aspect is coming back to the late game instead of the late gam just being a boss rush Also new ranged weapon is interesting cause that means the new bosses will have to have ranged attacks to counter us just staying back and shooting which reminds me of iron hulk... You know the best Hamlet boss cause he always kept pressure even at range

[@TheBeard777]

The intrusive nature of the rifts is an interesting side to the game that we sort of lost along the way, yes!

[@kruczygaming9550]

Finally a use for a food that makes u unable to sleep xD

[@amirnedaee7748]

Klei really wants us to choose a side lol

[@Loxen86]

Things are looking bright

[@are0us913]

So can wanda out range the core of the tree? Also I love the idea of sets considering there really aren't any until thulsite. Unless you include nightmare top and sword as a set

[@TheBeard777]

Somewhat sort of. Need to hit and back off fast.

[@jakepeng9962]

I watched beard reply to you.

[@Z5doubleAA]

It's so cool that they finally made a forge staff in the base game just not as good

[@Topazzas]

Wagstaff went to the Moon? (not just the Lunar Island)

[@The_Pyromaniac_MageWolf]

Honestly seems like wicker would be the ideal character to gather things, hell mushy cake might be useful for once

[@TheBeard777]

It is late game nonsense so mushy cakes should be easy to come by. Thing is, many folk might not even bother with the Grotto after activating and Archive.

[@hexgirl88]

@@TheBeard777 that's exactly what happens in my group. We explore the cave enough to find the ruins, labyrinth and archive and that's it. I had no idea about the Grotto until I read your comment.

[@Hexagrontley]

also i realised why the staff is so weak. theyre 100% gonna let you upgrade it at the moonstone. theres no way thats not what they have in mind

[@MrFishio]

The next chain of updates will be only to make the pick/axe useful lol In all seriousness though, it’ll actually be a whole fight between shadow creatures and moon creatures, considering that last update there was pure horror, now there’s pure brilliance as parallels of eachother. They still need to tie it in with the moon quay since that’s not really got built upon yet though.

[@TheBeard777]

There already is a literal, never-ending war happening in the Lunar Grotto right now between the factions.

[@aerothallji6514]

@@TheBeard777 To be honest it’s not much of a war and more of a never ending skirmish that occurs due to the shadows reacting to what is essentially a suddenly stronger pulse of Lunar Energy from the Ancient Archives.

[@TheBeard777]

@@aerothallji6514 What are Wars consisted of? Multiple battles of varying sizes everywhere until it's done, right? So...???

[@Battlefieldpeanut]

For the deadly bright shades I found a method that works great for getting rid of them 5 and a 1/2 boomerangs took one out for me give or take a few hits from a few mobs the ranged Vine attack Has a range and if you stand outside there's nothing they can do about you

[@thesupreme2]

Your videos are so helpful for someone who’s never beat the game. Although I will probably not get close to fighting celestial champion soon, I still watched to the end

[@TheBeard777]

That's very kind of you to do! I send my best for your own journeys however! I know you'll get there eventually!

[@nikkibertrands9961]

Hope I'll catch a stream soon, I have so many questions 🙈

[@TheBeard777]

We're streaming in 5 minutes!

[@HotShhot]

I really don't care for endgame stuff. I wish they added more content that pushes itself on the player and forces a reaction, more things like Hounds and Deerclops that come for you instead of waiting for you to go out of your way to find them once you're comfy. While the rifts technically do invade your world, they only start happening after Celestial Champion, who is the absolute pinnacle of what I just described. I'd like it more if these rifts started popping up on their own after day X and handling them was part of the CC quest. To compensate for the additional effort, throw Crab King into the trash

[@aerothallji6514]

Yeah, throw Crab King in the trash, he’s the literal Misery Toadstool that just has a quirk with being able to be customized, of the ocean, and either way, he’s a real slog of a fight.

[@Anderson-kg5ex]

There's a thing I don't understand. Why do we have the choice of picking a side (shadow/light) if the only way to progress to endgame is defeating the light boss?

[@TheBeard777]

It's because this is just one half of the post-endgame stuff. I imagine we'll go back and forth with lunar vs shadow updates all year.

[@hexgirl88]

Until the Moon stuff, most people considered Ancient Fuel Weaver the final boss, and anything after him "endgame". Now he's 2nd best boss and Celestial Champion is #1. And I'm with Beard, this may still change. I feel like Klei's got a lot up their sleeve!

[@StaticInterruption]

Can’t wait for the update

[@Pilotory]

I fell asleep at 3am one night and this happens?

[@zixvirzjghamn737]

it seems they added an actual ranged weapon

[@TheBeard777]

One of the better ones we've ever seen! Comparable to Shipwreck's coconades even!

[@tabbycat8647]

Bruh klei is starting to hint more and more of a war between shadow and lunar. You can essentially pick a side in the war by picking one of Wilson's skills.

[@pootisman5501]

This update is pretty pog

[@TheBeard777]

It's alright. Needs major tweaks though if we're supposed to feel accomplished in the POSTGAME content. This stuff is outshined by even basic weapons and armor.

[@dark1021]

Yes! Praise the moon 🌙

[@TheBeard777]

Moon Minions!

[@xjun91]

Klei really taking ideas from Terraria. This new expanding biome is really similiar to crimson and corruption

[@tobigarcia8058]

Do Deadly Bright shades leave Wormwood alone ???

[@TheBeard777]

No.

[@NineGenaizys]

Pretty sure that Klei is going back with the absurd damage these new plants deal, even though It's post game, It's still way too much

[@TheBeard777]

It's only a lot if you choose to fight them wrong though. That's the idea. It's a punishment.

[@_individual_]

Listen lads, can we just take a moment to think about the fact that this went from, a magic show to interdemensional warfare between two factions in a separate reality?

[@TheBeard777]

Very true. Only facts.

[@mareoriginal2307]

LUNAR WHIP PLIS!!!

[@DemonZest]

We wan't lunar coffee :D

[@zrodmg6449]

In my experience people either boss rush till early winter or try to survive and get depressed during early winter. More and more lategame stuff doesn't really speak to the noobie player base and ill just stop my rant there.

[@Ciubix8513]

Saying "Hollow knight" until Beard finishes it. Day 1028 Day 677 of asking Beard for a wall guide

[@thatsaladprophet7051]

The gnomenade is real!

[@TheBeard777]

Honestly it's the best part of the update.

[@joroc]

Why do we need those thing after final boss???

[@TheBeard777]

Because we're fracturing The Constant before our very eyes with everything we're doing. Eliminating The Fuelweaver, helping Wagstaff absorb the power of Alter, etc., etc.

[@Nuudson007]

Omg finally more offensive ranged stuff/magic?

[@TheBeard777]

And good ones too! It better stay that way as well... 😣

[@loganlane8160]

Dst is starting to become a lot like terraria now Armour set bonuses Only being able to break certain things with certain equipment Staffs with dps instead of just a fire or ice effect And obviously the now rather old crossover

[@quackquackquack8913]

And a biome that spreads. Coincidence? i think not!

[@thegalaxiangolem2035]

when will they make the game cross-platform AAAAAAAAAA

[@YakshaTheYouTubeEnjoyer]

Come on who wants to kill shadow creatures late game? These are only good against shadows. Looks like another update I won't bother with.

[@mareoriginal2307]

Ruins... More gems... Fuelweaver...

[@nolasmor]

Wait till we fight charlie or something

[@TheBeard777]

The stuff needs buffs and more buffs, yes. Klei needs to quit with the shyness about making late game stuff strong. And this is POSTGAME for Pete's sake!

[@Sieglass]

@@TheBeard777 Yeah for how late you get this gear it only being good against shadow creatures is kinda sad. The only good thing you can craft seems to be the bombs. Will admit the armor itself looks pretty cool but would it really be worth crafting just for Fuelweaver at the moment? Not really. You can easily kill it without this gear as many have in the past and will in the future.

[@filipeoliveiraladislau4533]

@@Sieglass Fuelweaver is just the gate keeper! ii this was beach he is the Jidanbō of the shadow content.

[@Thecursedone2]

Moon

[@TheBeard777]

Alter

[@activeace365]

My potato pc can't take all these updates

[@ManlyKirby]

ok

[@TheRandomArtist4]

Honestly this beta is pretty bad...

[@TheBeard777]

Well, to be fair, it's Beta, right?

[@vNill]

its all trash lmao

[@TheBeard777]

Nearing trash. It has potential. Looks and plays fine though!

[@Ratibor-cn1ql]

I have no idea why Klei don't want to give the equipment some original and powerful abilities, its about the dreadstone armor and all these new lunar stuff. I really hope that in hotfixes they will do it

[@kalanielibrenoklinke9440]

At least dreadstone armor has the unique regenaration thing, considering how this brightshade stuff is really endgame, they should have more to them than giving advantage on bosses you probably already fought against atp

[@TheBeard777]

Agreed. Getting somewhat frustrating waiting on them to do things nowadays without needing 9 hotfixes to reach the proper points.

[@nekosparkclaw2833]

​@@kalanielibrenoklinke9440I just hope that the armor will prove to be more useful later! Maybe if there's more shadow creatures to attack and kill.. though, I do think they should have higher protection values/offense in return for us using them.