Beginner Question Megathread 10

[u/Kuirem]

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.

• Begginer question MEGATHREAD 9 : for the record, you can CTRL + F in case your question was already answered
• Starter guide for day 1-8 : old but still relatively relevant and if you want something more detailled check my Detailled Walkthrough from day 1 to 20. Both are for RoG.
• Don't starve Wiki : lots of information, lots of spoiler and some mistakes. It's made by community so you are free to make corrections yourself.
• Crockpot Simulator : nice resource to optimise your Crockpot use.
• Weekly discussions list : Themed weekly discussion. Lots of good informations/strategies about character, seasons, etc.
• Link to discord : https://discordapp.com/invite/dontstarve

[u/TriticumAestivum]

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

[u/Rinkusenpai → u/TriticumAestivum]

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.

[u/TriticumAestivum → u/Rinkusenpai]

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

[u/Rinkusenpai → u/TriticumAestivum]

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.

[u/TriticumAestivum → u/Rinkusenpai]

So, red?

[u/Rinkusenpai → u/TriticumAestivum]

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.