NOTE: This roadmap is provided to let players know what our current plans are for the year. As a studio, we constantly re-evaluate and adjust as necessary, so this is not a guarantee of upcoming content and these plans may change. We will do our best to communicate these changes if they come along, but we try our best to see our roadmaps through to completion.

For 2023 our goal was to further build up systems in the game that would allow us to add challenges for existing players but also make the game a bit less opaque for new players and deliver on some common player expectations of a multiplayer game.

We added skill trees for Wilson, Willow, Wigfrid, Woodie, Wolfgang and Wormwood. We added the scrapbook to help players learn more about the world and new end game content with new challenges and equipment.

We also had a fun crossover event with Cult of the Lamb, finished adding shared unlocks for all platforms as well as all of our usual holiday events.

We're pretty happy with the progress we have made but we went through a few pain points along the way that we want to address with this roadmap.

For 2024 we are going to continue these, but we have decided to change our update process for this year. We’re going to have longer periods between updates in order to have more substantial and impactful gameplay updates.

We have been working toward this goal for the past several months and this roadmap is where we will start with a newer schedule. With our new schedule we will be releasing 4 major updates; each containing a mix of QOL, content and additional character updates. In between these updates we will be releasing new lore shorts, new skins and occasional news on their own just to keep things from being too quiet for too long.

I think it’s important to make some clarifications here. We have been doing frequent and regular updates since Don’t Starve originally debuted on the Chrome web store in 2011. We believe the cadence of these updates has helped our games remain fresh and interesting but also helps us build strong community interest. We are pretty apprehensive about this change as we are concerned that the time between updates could slow the community down. So we will be watching closely and making adjustments as needed in the future.

This isn’t a massive change, but it is a change and we think the result will be a much more enjoyable experience for players overall.

It’s also worth mentioning that we have not changed staffing or output at any level of production. This is an adjustment purely for providing more comprehensive updates, not an effort to reduce or otherwise shift resources on these updates.

It should be said that less frequent updates mean less update prep which should allow a bit more time working directly on each update, but I don’t want to set expectations too high here. Don’t Starve Together has become a massive game with a lot of moving parts, and it takes us a bit more time to put things together than it did in the past. The point is that you’re still getting the same amount of content in this roadmap, just not as frequent.

This is going to take us a little bit of time to get into the swing of things, but also going to try to do a bit more to communicate future updates to players while you're waiting. This may come in the way of forum posts or streams, but you will see a bit more information as we near release so people can see the game is being worked on.

This will begin after our update in February.

We have the Year of the Dragonfly coming February 8th and after that we have a QOL+More update coming at the end of March. We’ll share more information as soon as we can.

See you soon! - https://accounts.klei.com/link/2024Roadmap

Changes

• Newly created ice arenas will create Mini Glaciers around it and will no longer spawn loose ice bits.

Bug Fixes

• Willow’s Combustion spell no longer targets other players.
  
• Fixed bug where Wigfrid can sometimes end up in the ocean when using Lightning Strike across a narrow gap.
  
• Fixed Walter’s icon having a hat on it.
  
• Fixed Cannonballs not damaging mobs in its path.
  
• Fixed a case where skill trees would reset entirely if the local file cache failed to load.
  
• Fixed bug with right click not returning active item to inventory while mounted.
  
• Fixed bug where players may be facing the wrong way for a frame when using movement to interrupt actions.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug causing Combustion spell to have no effect if you had exactly 4 Ethereal Embers.
  
• Fixed crash sometimes with the Combustion spell when targets become invalid.
  
• Fixed crash sometimes with the Shadow Fire spell when targets become invalid.
  
• Fixed crash sometimes with Guardian Shadow Tentacle targeting non-player entities.
  
• Fixed crash when swapping Lighter onto a Mannequin.
  
• Fixed the Hot Headed BERNIE! Spam.
  
• Fixed BERNIE!’s death loop when Hot Headed.
  
• Fixed BERNIE!’s affinity damage and resistance.
  
• Fixed Webber’s Carol emote requiring Webber’s beard for the Merrymaker skin set.

 
Grab your popcorn and gather 'round for a hair-raising tale of terror from the Constant's resident campfire story aficionado.

• Willow Skill Tree added.
• Wigfrid Skill Tree added.
• Try your hand at some ice fishing. Who know what you'll catch.

This Merrymaker Chest contains the complete Merrymaker series of survivor and belonging skins.

This Merrymaker Chest contains the third addition to the Merrymaker skin series. Contains skins for: Walter, Wendy, and Webber.




The Nouveau Frigid Firepit Suit joins the Art Nouveau collection. Check out the post for more details. 



Winter skins have appeared to get our survivors into the winter spirit, and for a limited time, the chances of receiving a rare gift have been substantially increased!

For the duration of the Winter's Feast event, players will have access to a free set of skins. The Yuletide Overcoat, Yuletide Frock, Jingly Tophat, Gingerbread Chest, and the Plum Pudding Cap.


The DontStarve x YouTooz limited edition collectables are live!

You can pre-order them now directly from the Youtooz website. Each figure includes a unique skin unlock for Don't Starve Together! https://klei.gg/DontStarveYoutooz


 


If you missed it Mind Over Magic is the first game by Klei Publishing to be released into Early Access! 

Design, construct, and optimize every detail of your ideal magic school! Keep everyone alive and content while preparing students to explore the horrors of the Underschool, a deadly subterranean trial. Study lost arcana, grow exotic plants, brew potions, and raise undead servants. But don’t forget to stop the deadly fog from consuming everything in its path.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1270580/Mind_Over_Magic/


We're dropping this update a bit early so we can make sure we button up any issues that we didn't catch in testing and then we'll take ourselves a little break. When we return, it will be back to the good stuff with a roadmap likely end of January. 

From all of us at Klei - Thanks for another wonderful year! We'll see you in 2024!

Lots of festive activities provide entertainment for all our Survivors. Visit the Deerclops, See Klaus's Gem Deer! There's fun, food, and treats from the Festive Table, or start your own bakery. And lots more. Winter's feast is fun, forest, and fantasy all rolled into one!

Winter skins have appeared to get our survivors into the winter spirit, and for a limited time, the chances of receiving a rare gift have been substantially increased!

For the duration of the Winter's Feast event, players will have access to a free set of skins. The Yuletide Overcoat, Yuletide Frock, Jingly Tophat, Gingerbread Chest, and the Plum Pudding Cap.

We just got finished with round 1 of our annual Winter Game Jam. Jen, a writer on Don't Starve Together experimented with making some historically accurate Don't Starve Themed holiday cards and while we don't normally share things we make during the game jam, we thought that you might make good use of them. Snowman - WobsterRat - Afraid - RadishWorm

We want to get it out to you a bit earlier than our regular Thursday update so we have time to get things fixed up before we head out to holiday break and so we will be releasing our "Skill Spotlight: Wigfrid & Willow" next week a bit early on Tuesday December 19th.

See you Tuesday!

Bug Fixes

• Fixed crash sometimes when jumping into Worm Holes.
  
• Fixed animation bug with the rude emote while sitting.
  
• Table decor will now drop to the ground if the Table is deconstructed.

Changes

• Updated Apple Mac OS libraries for the game.
  
  • Please let us know on the bug tracker if there are any artifacts in rendering the game for your system with as much detail as possible. https://support.klei.com/hc/en-us/articles/360029881191-Logs-and-Useful-Information-for-Bug-Reports-for-Don-t-Starve-Together
    
  • Try renaming your client.ini file for any window position issues you may encounter on launching the game. This file may be found at ~/Documents/Klei/DoNotStarveTogether/#####/client.ini

Bug Fixes

• Fixed some cases where action controls could lock up unless you moved your character.
  
• Removed a frame delay when initiating or repeating actions while you are already close enough to your target.
  
• Fixed the Hunt trail forcing a Varg when the variant was defeated already.
  
• Fixed a floating arm showing up during an emote on a chair.
  
• Fixed going invisible when doing the facepalm emote on a chair.
  
• Fixed Wigfrid’s Moon Warrior Cuirass having overlapping skirts when worn.
  
• Fixed W.A.R.B.I.S. Armor going invisible in the back view when activated.
  
• Fixed the Saladmander’s fire attack being off theme.
  
• Fixed perishable items not taking into account whether they are stored in shadow dimensions.

Changes

• Improve performance for Lunar Hail and Ice Crystaleyezer.
  
• Updated ghost for Wormwood’s Guest of Honor skin.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash related to burning a Wooden Chair.
  
• Fixed animation bugs with some emotes while sitting on a chair.
  
• Fixed animation and inventory image bugs for Table Vase skins.
  
• Fixed inventory image bugs for Framed Drawing (or Empty Frame) skins.
  
• Fixed W.A.R.B.I.S. armor set steam effect happening after the armor piece is unequipped.
  
• Fixed W.A.R.B.I.S. lines remaining visible after the hat has been unequipped.
  
• Fixed some cases where attack inputs would sometimes get canceled unexpectedly with Lag Compensation turned off.

Players can once again discover tricks and treats around The Constant. Fill your candy bag to the brim and satisfy your sweet tooth with all sorts of sugary seasonal treats!

Temporary spooky costumes are also available to everybody for a limited time, so enjoy them before the event ends and they go back from whence they came!


All Survivors Guest of Honor Chest” ($15.99usd)
This Guest of Honor Chest contains every survivor's complete set of Guest of Honor skin items.



That's not all. During Hallowed Nights, logging in for the first time will earn you a "Trick or Treat Chest" containing the new Hallowed Woodworking collection.


Items from the Hallowed Nights Collection and Costume Collection will have increased drop rates for the duration of the event as well!

Changes

• Decorative flowers will not wilt in vases or end tables unless they are light producers.
  
• Lunar Hail debris will no longer uproot traps.
  
• Vines spawned by Wormwood’s Lunar Guardian II will no longer draw aggro to themselves.
  
• All hunts that end in a dangerous spawn will now show the new footprints. The speed at which you complete the hunt will determine its outcome.
  
• Idle Vargs will now wander instead of standing still.
  
• Added a Setting in Advanced section for toggling Point of Interest icons. (You are still able to obtain Scrapbook entries when examining them even if the icons are disabled.)
  
• Shadow Chester is now Shadow aligned.
  
• Updated Chinese localization.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed missing Hound eating animations in the water.
  
• Fixed bug causing Possessed Varg’s Hounds to try mutating when their corpse is in the ocean.
  
• Fixed the Rustic Record Spinner having a missing icon.
  
• Fixed Wormwood’s Guest of Honor having a different background.
  
• Fixed Cozy Wooden Chair having art going outside of lines.
  
• Fixed Nouveau Amulet showing up twice on the wearer.
  
• Increased the odds of hunts having another Dirt Pile if they get into small areas of land.
  
• Fixed Wooden Chairs having normal skinned backs when viewing at a certain angle.
  
• Fixed Wooden Chairs not highlighting the backs when viewing at a certain angle.
  
• Fixed a crash with Acid Rain.
  
• Added missing sounds and FX for sitting emotes.

Notes for Modders

• The hunt event "spawnedforhunt" has been changed for its parameters. The action parameter is used for context on what to do. An optional score parameter is passed to see to what degree it plays a role and is scaled from 0 to 1 on how fast a player clears the hunt trail.