Tips and Advice for New and Returning Players! [Don't Starve Together]

[@hyuyu9786]

For newbies one thing I'd add is to not be scared of destroying most resources like mushrooms as theyre abundant and will regrow (since the last update), and also don't hoard items, ive seen so many people having to leave valuables because they never dropped off those random trinkets they dug at mosaic at base or at pk

[@SugaryOats]

people need to be told items do not despawn in this game!! I realize how many people don't know this since they're used to games like Minecraft. if you drop something it will stay there forever unless tampered with by other beings (mainly just don't drop rocks/minerals as moleworms can eat them, and obviously food will spoil and leave rot)

[@itsjustdewieman]

@@SugaryOats question, do items stay existing even if the servers shut down and reopened? Or is it like terraria wherre everything left over is erased?

[@paxtonl1330]

@@itsjustdewieman Items on the ground stay on the ground

[@SugaryOats]

@@itsjustdewieman no it stays even when the servers are closed! the only way for items to disappear is if something moves them (a player or a mob, but that basically doesn't happen with things other than minerals and food) or if you delete the world haha :o)

[@jameson1465]

@@itsjustdewieman Just be careful if you’re near moles, they will eat your stuff and you won’t notice till way too late

[@seekthuth2817]

Tip to help with new players survival is (outside of insanity creatures) run away from enemies that are dangerous to you. Literally every enemy will eventually lose interest if you run for long enough, so it's probably the most reliable way to deal with enemies that are a serious danger.

[@manboy4720]

agreed. if you don't feel prepared to fight something (don't have healing items/food, armour, weapons) then just leave it alone. the majority of enemies in the game can easily just be dealt with at another time.

[@darksoul4734]

yes but dont try this with dearclops when hes near your base. it will end badly trust me

[@zulkarnain4828]

seriously, hound always chase me untill i die

[@thomasdevlin5825]

A newer tip that has been made possible as of just a couple updates ago, I would highly recommend turning off the death timer in the world settings, by default you get I think two minutes after the last or only player dying before the world resets itself, but that just is not enough time. There have been several times where I know the location of a touch stone, but just didn't have enough time to reach it and lost the world anyway, or been sitting right next to a touch stone but unable to revive because it was night time, sometimes the nights are even longer than the death timer which makes it impossible to revive, I've even had times where I could have easily revived, but my monkey brain hit the "reset now" button without even thinking about it after unpausing because I'm used to just hitting a respawn button in other games. If you outright disable the death timer it really makes dying so much less stressful

[@nonmutualgroup]

Right….

[@MrFishio]

If I die in my really long world and I’m too far away from my piles of life amulets, I just rollback. I probably should just turn the timer off but eh.

[@syllith3077]

Hey great job! Your video will help a lot of new people! I have a tip for beginners for are afraid of going insane; Dont pick flowers as your first choice! There are so many alternatives to raising your sanity than flowers. Flowers are only renewable in two ways; make a net and catch butterflies (who wont spawn if youve picked all the flowers), flowers also regrow during spring rains. My alternatives to flowers for sanity are cooked green mushroom caps, they hurt only a little to eat but restore a large amount of sanity. Or how about using some of that silk from easy spider kills to make a top hat to raise sanity from the day! You can also cook blue mushrooms and eat them for sanity but they are better to eat raw for that sweet sweet healing. The best alternative of all that is ready pretty much day one is cooked cactus flesh that grows year round in both deserts. Just be sure to wear a piece of armor when picking and if you have a friendly wormwood they can give you the bramble husk to completely negate the thorn damage! It restores hunger, health, and lots of sanity! There are also some nice crockpot dishes like taffy, banana shake, etc.

[@BiddoBamss]

For sure gonna do another one of these at some point, will include cooked green caps and cactus flesh tip :D

[@MrFishio]

@@BiddoBamss I think you should include some basic farms so people don’t have food struggles. Setting up bee boxes is always a good idea, and making a pile of berry bushes is fine until winter. Also making a guide on basic farming mechanics would be cool

[@cryochick9044]

one thing that many MANY new players need to know about, is to not be afraid. The caves are often times safer than the surface, and most bosses have very predictable and dodge-able attacks. Play on worlds without permadeath to learn how to play first though no harm in that at all.

[@V13STOP]

The one about the character choice is the best tip in my opinion. My main character I play is Willow. For people who don't know, Willow is known as a grieffing character on online servers. Even tho I knew that, Willow was still my favourite character since is the first ever character I played in DS back in the day like 5 years ago. Quite funny, I actually never got kicked from a server for being Willow. I was always really nice to people and they were nice with me too! It shows how you should always pick the character you like and love to play and never get intimidate by the other players saying the character pick is bad!

[@VG-fk6nk]

Yeah, the newer players - yourself included - never witnessed "The Great Willow Griefs" from back in the day. And I mean way back - we didn't even have statues yet, or the new characters like Wortox. Anyway, I usually insta-ban Willow picks, but you're right - play whoever you want!

[@Yourlocalbacterium]

Whoever bans people just because of their character is stupid. And yes, I know some people use Willow to grief, but is that everyone? No. Griefers can be any character, including those who you think aren’t griefable

[@nikknight]

I main Willow as well, mostly because I have a hard time occasionally finding light when the night sneaks up on me. I've joined servers and just minded my own business just to get banned before I can even get a science machine up, and other players have been pretty mean about kicking me just for playing as the character I'm comfortable with and sometimes I just have to open my own server because no one wants to take the chance on you.

[@VG-fk6nk]

@@Yourlocalbacterium From my experience - and everyone else's experience for that matter - not every Willow is a griefer. ... Just the overwhelming MAJORITY of them. So, the math is simple. Allow Willow to stay, burn down the base, and have to deal with rollbacks and whatnot. OR Insta-ban Willow, and have a nice game. That character doesn't add anything, nor is the specific player behind the screen that much of a loss to anyone. Simple, yes. Quite effective, too. Stupid? Not really. Nothing is lost for the people already playing, so :)

[@VG-fk6nk]

@@nikknight Yeah, it's not nice when you're part of a group, and the majority-members of said group ch!mp out, get a bad rep, and then you have to deal with the consequences, despite not being a ch!mp yourself. Luckily, I have 2 solid pieces of advice: 1) Play on your own servers, which you already figured out. 2) Don't play Willow. Willows are griefers, and that's just a deeply ingrained knowledge. Sucks to suck.

[@SummiIce]

Thanks for this video! I’ve played DS for years and now my friend and I are getting into DST and there’s so many new things even I didn’t know. The moving stagehand at night is terrifying 😂

[@aidenforthenguyen2892]

Another beginner friendly tip: You don’t need to have a campfire. For the first few days. You can use a torch to go out and explore during night! So that you can prepare more. made at 8:01 Edit: that’s the time for the end nvm lol

[@SugaryOats]

I got back into DST majorly recently. I've been playing it since beta, so fuck, 10 years? and it's very dear to me. I got back into it, having played 70 hours in the last 2 weeks, and finally got up to 1000 hours on Together. and it's really neat to see a DST youtube start their channel, I saw your first video very shortly after it was posted and have been excited by your content since. I may know all this info but I still like hearing you talk about it. it's really fun and I'm happy to be along for the ride :)

[@BiddoBamss]

Comments like this are just, damn dude. Thank you so much :D I'm glad to have you here!

[@goatsandbullets]

i'm really happy new don't starve creators are starting to pop up now, dst is an incredible game and deserves the recognition!

[@42_violets]

There I am Gary, there I am! Great guide! I especially like your brief character intros, it was incredible to see them summarized so concisely. I got my partner back into the game recently, and I totally flubbed trying to explain the characters to them.

[@BiddoBamss]

Thanks! I had to include your tip. It's great for not only Don't Starve but any game in general :)

[@leviheaston6440]

Thank you so much for this, I have been trying to play don't starve but I kept dying and this is going to help a lot

[@BiddoBamss]

Glad to hear it! Good luck out there :D

[@AzureRook]

Some resource tips for new DST players, you can dig up mole worms for rocks/gold and erase sketches/recipe cards into papyrus w/ a cartography table

[@BiddoBamss]

Yeah, got a few comments telling us that. Thanks though :D

[@probablyben148]

Do a winter beginners guide! This video came out amazingly and winter is a killer for new players

[@manboy4720]

but starting off in autumn and then winter is way easier than dealing with spring and summer. those are WAY more difficult to deal with than autumn and winter.

[@aidenforthenguyen2892]

@@manboy4720 Bro, Summer. I just cant.

[@merefailninja953]

0:20 Thank you for pointing this out! Ive told alot of veteran players it helps extend armor life but they keep telling me "they dont stack".

[@twiz476]

Thank you for recommending the natural placement mod, I get so pissed off trying to build a nice looking base when I end up with crooked structures placed in weird places because of how large their range requirement is

[@MrFishio]

For new players, I’d recommend playing wurt. I know that initially not being able to eat meat may be hard, but once you learn how locate lunar island and sail to it, you can live off of only the stone fruit and kelp it provides. If you’re having trouble with combat, wurt can set up merm houses which serve as excellent hound defence. You can also hire the merms for chopping trees and mining rocks, aswell as make a merm king for boosted stats to you and your merms. To me, the only downside to wurt is that you have to buy her, or turn all of your cosmetics into spools for her.

[@xxGreenRoblox]

Or just play maxwell because he's cool and absurdly good Sanity? Just don't cast spells for a bit I need alot more wood for boards. Find a large group of trees and cast shadow workers Hounds are coming soon and I don't know how to kite them in groups. Shadow fighters will get the job done I need more nightmare fuel because I spent alot on getting wood and fighting enemies. Shadow prison and shadow sneak can help just use them on rabbits and you'll have tons of them Need more beard hair for meat effigies? Find a bunnymen village and hammer their houses then move them up put the houses in a cage and bait them to a spot cast shadow sneak and then some shadow fighters and congrats you have monster meat for meatballs beard hair for meat effigies and more nightmare fuel Besides for the bunnymen everything I said here can be done right after spawning in which wurt needs a TON of setup for and SERIOUSLY YOU'RE RECOMMENDING GOING TO LUNAR ISLAND TO NEW PLAYERS THE DOWNSIDE TO WURT IS NOT THAT THEY'RE A SPOOL CHARACTER IT'S THE FACT THEIR SETUP IS TERRIBLE AND CAN'T EAT MEATBALLS FOR AN EASY SOURCE OF HUNGER

[@spidergirlspinnerets]

How the *heck* did you do this so quickly?? These videos are such high quality, it shows a lot about how much you enjoy this game and videomaking!!

[@BiddoBamss]

Haha, this video was actually really quick to make. I wrote and scripted it last night and this morning got the footage, dubbed and edited it! If it wasn't for the challenge videos needing me to do an entire playthrough, then rewatch said playthrough to write a script and edit, then those would be out at this rate too. :>

[@haodzz]

@@BiddoBamss Wow this earns a sub. You're telling me you made the video in one day? Insane for such quality.

[@alexandra21478]

Thank you for the video! Don’t starve was the first game I ever bought on steam. I played a lot and then forgot about it. I also bought DST but never played it because I thought that you can play only with someone. Recently, I discovered that it’s not true! I am now discovering the game all over again after 10 years..

[@BiddoBamss]

Of course! The game is fantastic. If you're new to playing it singleplayer then don't be afraid to turn down some of the world settings or even use mods to lower boss hp (if playing on pc!) since the game is still balanced around team play. Either way you can still have fun with it without changing a thing solo, just expect it to be a uphill battle at times :)

[@poppy3660]

I like this positivity, I don't find some of the mechanics fun so modding them out has been my choice. It's nice to be supportive of newer play styles

[@HaveaGreatDayEveryone]

Definitely needed this guide when playing solo on DST.

[@BiddoBamss]

Good to hear! Good luck!

[@TerryMeme]

Just found your channel, amazing stuff so far :) keep it up!

[@theguardian5432]

i didnt know some of these, and my favorite character is far from meta, my Boy Woodie will always be my favorite character he chop good

[@BiddoBamss]

I love Woodie, Sure Maxwell can get wood faster but I love the simplicty of leveling a forest with little to no prep or worrying about being squishy. Moose form is nice too for spiders, monkeys and such :)

[@theguardian5432]

@@BiddoBamss faster sure but I get a cool schizo Axe that tells me I'm cool for cutting trees

[@lukeyleksty4905]

great quality, as well as enjoyable to watch.... hope you hit the algorithm, good luck!

[@windlybandibunbrother4670]

Also another few hot tips, if you don’t know who to choose Wolfgang, Willow, Wilson, Wendy and Wortox are arguably the simplest to get the hang of, they can be hard to master but you’ll pretty much immediately know what their abilities are and that gives you more time to focus on learning the world which is incredibly important

[@lxsaglr8704]

Best tip is rush lantern or miner’s hat. I would just stand by the fire at night when I was still a newbie. Torches are a good option too!

[@someidiot3826]

Tip for more advanced players the daywalker (nightmare werepig) during his second phase if you want him to lunge instead of slaming his fist just hit him with any ranged weapon like ice staffs and fire staffs! helps speed along the fight as he doesnt get tired atfer using the slam.

[@GamingEpic9812]

To y'all new players, play survival mode on your own until you beat winter and don't depend on server mods! Happy starving.

[@kromek4370]

how truly splendid

[@Bruh-w3x7q]

Congrats on 1k!!!!

[@MT7S.69]

character choice my Favorite part of the video

[@xzorgo2453]

traps are great for frogs but also when you want to relocate spider eggs (3rd tier of spider nest) it just makes it much easier to deal with green ones since you can also trap any spider other than queen obiously

[@Babies322]

Love your channel bro, keep it up :D

[@BiddoBamss]

Cheers mate! Will do :D

[@neeowrapp459]

Hey Biddo you are the sole reason I decided to buy don’t starve together!

[@BiddoBamss]

:D That's great to hear! Let me know how you get on!!

[@Donchan1]

I’ve been playing this game for hundreds of hours and even I didn’t know the first one!

[@d3zlab899]

I'm a Wortox main because he fits my play style, I don't want to have to take forever dodging attacks to defeat a boss, so I just stock up on armor and top off my souls to tank bosses and other threats

[@Mrawesome1010]

Amazing tips! This should help me in my games!

[@xzorgo2453]

other tip would be not to pick flowers if possible since they can spawn butterflys to restore 8 hp and 9,5 hunger you don't need weapon at all to kill butterflys (there is small chance for butter to drop instead)

[@szpadelexe4395]

i would disagree, picking up flowers in the early game is a good way to get Rot(since petals rot pretty quicky) which can be used to Fertilise bushes you pick up, as well as granting you 5 Sanity after picking them up, not to mention that Flowers, along with other things regrow during Spring, or you can place them yourself by using a Butterfly caught with a Bug Net

[@manboy4720]

picking flowers aren't really as bad as people say it is. the effect is pretty minimal overall.

[@xzorgo2453]

@@szpadelexe4395 true but I would not recomend doing unless you know where you want to build first base so you can hunt for more easly butterflys or save it for like winter sanity pakage

[@clearquartz1677]

I’m always having trouble surviving through different seasons. I could use all the tips I can get on that aspect.

[@BiddoBamss]

Expect seasonal guides somepoint soon :D

[@clearquartz1677]

@@BiddoBamss nice!! 🎉☺️

[@weedGato]

once you get a handful of spider nests set near base hunger becomes a joke with how much meat you get they respawn every 90 seconds

[@Champion_Vapor]

Sowing this to my friends who got the game recently, and holy fuck how did I go nearly 200 hours without knowing the end table can do that

[@shadowocelot-56_95]

Just waiting for my game to download on my switch. This will be useful

[@JakeRock137]

Me and my friend just started and we keep losing our sanity

[@Lyn-uh2mb]

i am not new but i got some nice tips from this so thank you

[@BiddoBamss]

glad to help! :)

[@mohammadrezamotieifar82]

very very enjoyed watching this video thank you very much keep it up 👍

[@JeezSorry]

Love your content dude

[@mitchellbrian2585]

I can barely make it to winter, lol. Nice video though! Maybe I should try someone other than Wilson.

[@BiddoBamss]

Wilson is a great character to start with since he has no downsides, only upsides!

[@15Anime4Ever15]

yeah i'm a wendy bitch thru and thru, love my abigail, just kill alllll the mobs for me and basically help halve a boss when you get her buffed enough

[@noahduckett7437]

Jeez, I had no idea there was a massive rise in players recently

[@BiddoBamss]

It's crazy! It was on sale for like, a dollar at the time of recording so that probably boosted it :)

[@bettygr0f]

very interesting and cool video :DDD

[@Gabriel.780.i]

I am a Wendy main that's rush a beefalo and i am pround of my progress with the game

[@takisoul3752]

Thanks for this

[@skyfiresage5980]

Armor math isn't quite right. Whichever piece of armor was equipped more recently will take the bulk of the damage. So equip your Thulecite Suit and THEN a Football Helmet to preserve the durability of the Suit long.

[@jager356]

Me dying after 10days to meteoroid :(

[@jason_man]

3:42 This is INVALID. Deerclops attacks in a straight line now, if you manage to go through him while attacking you will dodge him.

[@BiddoBamss]

That's why I put their picture up when saying "Save for some fringe examples" (although it does sound like i'm saying "say" instead of "save" funny bri ish acent moment) :) Although they still do attack in a circle around themselves it is much smaller then it used to be, ontop of their directional attack.

[@itsjustdewieman]

Here to plug in my og card before this channel gets to 1k. Heavily underrated and the recent influx of viewers are immensely deserved. Also I would love a character video. Recently bought the game for a bunch of friends and I love to know some character archetypes so i can suggest some characters depending on their playstyles and what works for them.

[@BiddoBamss]

Haha, no matter how big I may or may not get, I'll never forget you guys. If it wasn't for comments and support like this, I'd probably not be enjoying this as much as I have been!

[@NatanUnderline]

You should play on lights out mode in dst it should be a fun challenge

[@BiddoBamss]

I dunno what we could bring to Lights out, since plenty other people who are signficantly better at the game than us have done it. We'll see though :D

[@rekardo3]

This very nice

[@BiddoBamss]

thank you!

[@kradziejusto9495]

5:45 i feel bad if i mod a game without getting all there is normally but thats just my problem

[@BeastnodeG]

5:05 dont do this on public servers.

[@BiddoBamss]

Here's a better tip for new players: Don't play on public servers :))

[@BeastnodeG]

@@BiddoBamss fair

[@vannyblutea]

love the mods section!!! you are awsome :]

[@BiddoBamss]

Of course! It's your game, you mod it however the heck you want. And no, you're awesome :)

[@Deppie_____]

Can somebody explain what the difference is between Don't starve and Don't starve together other than the multiplayer aspect

[@BiddoBamss]

There's quite a few mechanical differences but ultimately they're the same-ish game in concept. Mainly, Don't Starve (Single) gives you access to the DLCs Shipwrecked and Hamlet (which are entire new worlds you can travel to with new mechanics) Don't Starve Together is mainly focused on an expanded and enhanced Don't Starve minus the DLCs, so functional ocean content, expanded caves and ruins, more bosses, characters and interactions! Plus Together is actively being worked on by Klei whilst Singleplayer has recieved its final update as of last week!

[@VG-fk6nk]

​@@BiddoBamss Oh? Solo DS will no longer be worked on? The end of an era, I suppose. What was the last update, if you can let me know? And I'll add that - Don't Starve Together is a more "complete" version of the game, in my opinion. It certainly feels like it has a lot more content, though I'm sure arguments can be made either way.

[@BiddoBamss]

The "Mega update" update, released April 27th, at the end of the blog post they put: "We expect this to be the last major update for the original Don't Starve and and we don't expect any further update announcements in the near future. We will make this update available for all other platforms as soon as we can, but it's going to take a while to get all of this out there." End of an era for sure!

[@mikumoi]

I CAN PLAY WITH MY BF NOW YAY THANK YOU!!!!!!

[@AydJeff]

Is it PvP or pve

[@Cansas12]

I'm new to don't starve but I'm not new to terraria

[@kimpod2417]

i just started playing this game. i know nothing about it. every beginners guide talk like i know wtf there even talking about. i dont know about the stats the abilities or anything omg

[@smokeweebs8700]

I see, so Wes is OP!

[@DomesticEgg3]

The briar wolves only dropped costumes

[@BiddoBamss]

They only drop costumes if they're part of the nearby setpiece. The ones that spawn via the stage will drop the equipment :D

[@DomesticEgg3]

@@BiddoBamss oh ok btw can u do the wonkey vid on my birthday (June 2) please thanks in advance

[@swampwaffle74]

Is edgy Rick still a bad advice giver?

[@cafe9926]

number one: dont starve

[@BiddoBamss]

do not hungry

[@cafe9926]

@@BiddoBamss together

[@awryn]

How does this helpnew players? There is nothing useful explained. How am I supposed to get hammer? How do I recover HP, how do I get to unlock new crafts? Thereis nothing, you expect me to know how to build a boat but youdon't explain any basics of the game, really bad guide

[@BiddoBamss]

This isn't a guide :) It's random tips and advice!

[@MsPumpanickel]

This is a horrible guide for someone who is new lol

[@BiddoBamss]

How so? It's also a good thing then that this isn't a guide and is just instead miscellaneous tips and bits of advice :) Sorry you couldn't enjoy it!

[@user-sz5yd2in7t]

yeah, encouraging game ruining mods is not really good

[@BiddoBamss]

Why not? Its your game, you do whatever you want with it :)

[@RickaMajors]

this video is so kind and helpful 🥲❤️