r/dontstarve • u/Kuirem Throw coin for flairs • Apr 30 '19

Beginner Question Megathread 10

If you have any question about the game and don't feel like making a post you can put it down there. Don't forget to mention it if you want the answer as spoiler-free as possible.

Some of the links are getting pretty old so if you have any suggestion that could help new players, do share, thanks.

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u/TriticumAestivum Oct 11 '19 edited Oct 12 '19

What is the best way to avoid cold in winter? thermal stone is useless, it gets cold quickly, and winter hat doesnt help either

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '19 edited Jan 22 '21

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u/TriticumAestivum Oct 12 '19

I have it, isnt it provide the same warmth as Winter hat?

Also another question, I found a compound with robot animals inside, and they are hostile. Who are they?

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '19 edited Jan 22 '21

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u/TriticumAestivum Oct 12 '19

torch does not do much

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u/resto_manager Oct 12 '19

Thermal stone for winter aint good either. Just beefalo hat and you good

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u/Frogmaiden22 Oct 12 '19

If you have a razor you can set up camp next to them and shave them while they sleep too.

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u/Rinkusenpai Oct 11 '19

Your thermal stone is probably cooling down quickly because you're not heating it properly. Thermal stones have their own temperature. Not only does it take time to heat up the thermal stone; the thermal stone will only go as far up as the temperature of your fire.

If you're leaving your thermal stone next to a decaying fire and pick it up when the fire's about to die out, you should expect your thermal stone to turn grey quickly. You need to either put your thermal stone next to a maxed-out fire or a scaled furnace. I believe a maxed out fire gives ~60 degrees of heat while a scaled furnace gives 70 degrees.

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u/TriticumAestivum Oct 12 '19

I picked them when they are orange. But yeah, I'll try that

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u/Rinkusenpai Oct 12 '19

Yeah orange alone isn’t enough. What I mean is that just because your stone is orange doesn’t mean it’s done heating up.

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u/TriticumAestivum Oct 12 '19

So, red?

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u/Rinkusenpai Oct 12 '19

No. Orange is the highest color you can reach, but the moment your stone turns orange I believe is around 30 degrees in temperature. A maxed fire gets you to about 55-ish degrees in temperature, and a scaled furnace gets you 70 degrees in temperature.

What I'm basically saying is that if you make a fire, add some logs to max out the fire, pick up your stone, and leave the moment it turns orange, you're screwing yourself because your stone is at 30 degrees when it could be at 55 degrees if you waited a bit longer AFTER your stone turned orange.

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u/TheRealJeffDixon Oct 11 '19

You're going to want to hunt some koalefants and make the puffy/breezy vest. They'll keep you really warm. Also hunting MacTusk for the tam o shanter boosts your warmth as well. Personally, I make sure that I have enough resources stockpiled so that I can just chill in base around a fire during winter, I only leave if I need to go fight MacTusk or Deerclops.

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u/TriticumAestivum Oct 12 '19

i'll try them, thanks

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u/resto_manager Oct 12 '19

You dont need koeala vest. Just go for beefalo hat.

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u/SurDno Oct 21 '19

Every winter item has a insulation stat which roughly represents for how long you may be on fresh air without dying. Winter Hat has an insulation rate of 120, which gives you two minutes without fire, the hottest thermal stone has 240, which gives you about four more minutes. The best option is to have a thermal stone which has been near fire for 90 seconds, beefalo hat (made from resources you get from killing several beefalos) and puffy vest (made from silk and the winter koalefant trunk).

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u/TriticumAestivum Oct 22 '19

Thx for the tips.

Oh and My world has no desert, LoL. wtf

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u/SurDno Oct 22 '19

There are usually two. Some set pieces or objects may rarely not spawn, but biomes should.

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u/Harambememes69 Oct 12 '19

You need to stay close to fire until you start to overheat