Hey everybody.

I hope you're all out there doing well. As we mentioned in the last big update, we have moved things around a bit so that the team can have more time for the next update. As a result this update is a bit smaller, but we think you will be happy with the result.

Specifically the team split up for a little bit and took care of some smaller things in the game that we hadn't had time to address but really wanted to get into the game. Some of these are things that have been driving you crazy and some of these are just small changes that we thought would make for a better experience.

In addition to that, we have a bunch of fun stuff to give away. We have new twitch items, login-in rewards, and some Klei rewards news!

• Added a new Compendium section to the main menu
  
• Survivors now have a favorite food, which provides extra nourishment when eaten. Each survivor’s favorite food can be found in the Compendium.
  
• Added Beards skins
  
• Caves can be enabled by default
  
• Add more information to the character select screen:
  
  • Starting Health, Hunger, and Sanity
    
  • Starting equipment
    
  • Odds of Survival, to help guide new players
• The game will automatically log in on boot (this can be disabled in the options menu).
  
• Added Sculpting Table Figures for Toadstool, Bee Queen, Klaus, Antlion and Ancient Fuelweaver
  
• Revamped the Item Collection screen to display the cast of survivors
  
• Removed the special item ingredient from a number of the sculpting figures.
  
• Adjusted the recipes for the Insulated Pack and Marble Suit
  
• Increased the Thulecite Club's durability
  
• Bernie is now shown on the map screen
  
• One of each Marble Sculpture is now guaranteed when generating new worlds
  
• Updated mods sort order
  
• Added Unravel Duplicates option to The Curio Loom
  
• Fixed a crash on the Crab King when it has 5 yellow gems.
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed Wortox to walk on the void in the Caves

We are adding the Crystalline Furnace to the Crystalline collection. For more information on streaming drops and how to get them, check out our post here.


Just a thanks for giving us a little extra time, we will be giving everybody that logs in the Hunters Pickaxe as well as a chest full of magnificent beards. These will be granted for free for a limited time, so grab them now while you can.





It's been too long, but we have been working behind the scenes on Klei Rewards since it's introduction. We have made some changes on the page itself and how it's presented, but we also have a new way to grant points! We can now grant points directly from a link, so new announcements and posts may now contain links that will grant points or spool.

We have also added the Hunters Axe to Klei Rewards for 1200 points.



We don't have the "Big pile of Spool" ready just yet, but you can click this link here to get yourself 850 points and maybe pick up something nice for yourself.
So, once again we apologize for the hiccup in our update schedule. But the good news is we don't have long to go before the next update! I can't give you details just yet, but our next new DLC character "Walter" will be coming to DST in the middle of June. In just a bit over 2 weeks! I will have more details as we get closer to release. But for now, here is an image from the next short!



That's it for now. Thanks again for playing, have fun out there!

• Fixed a crash when extinguishing the fire created killing Red Hounds and Lavae while under the influence of Volt Goat Chaud-Froid.
  
• Trees will now be less invasive while naturally sprouting near bases
  
• Crabby Hermit will be nocturnal in “lights out” worlds.
  
• Fixed crashes in Fire Pits caused by outdated mods.
  
• Fixed various issues with Dark Sword skins while mounted on a Beefalo.

• Abigail will no longer stop following Wendy after being hit by an Ice Staff.
  
• Fixed a crash when trying to catch Wobster but it lands back in the ocean.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Toadstool would target non-player characters to attach a Spore Bomb to.
  
• Added some Malbatross and Crab King loot to Klaus’ Loot Stash
  
• Crab King Claws can be frozen
  
• Crab King should cancel all spells when frozen and hit it the same frame.
  
• Removed some spam from the log when fighting the Crab King

• Antlion skin holes will no longer happen on boats
  
• Players now get credit for catching a Wobster with the Sea Fishing Rod.
  
• Crab king and players using the Strident Trident now get credit for launching fish out of the water.
  
• Fixed a bug where Wurt’s inventory was not being affected while wearing a Funcap.
  
• Crab King won’t respawn if there is a boat over his head.
  
• Freezing Crab King doesn’t trigger freeze attack
  
• Crabby Hermit doesn’t sleep outdoors.
  
• Fixed Clean Sweeper visual effect size.
  
• Fixed crash when using the Clean Sweeper on an item as it gets destroyed.
  
• Fixed crashes in Trade Inn bird games.

• You don’t have to clean Seastacks to make the Crabby Hermit happy.
  
• Crab King doesn’t set off spells when it dies.
  
• Crabby Hermit’s shop works at high friendship now.
  
• Stopped the Firepit from being extinguished when using the Clean Sweeper.
  
• Fixed an issue where the items inside the Bundle Of Thanks would also appear at (0, 0, 0) in the world.

Far out past the familiar shores of the mainland, something is waiting for our Survivors. What would you do for the thing you treasure most?

• Messages in bottles.
  
• Moon fragment Island.
  
• The Crabby Hermit.
  
• The Crab King.
  
• New Seasonal Fish.
  
• Wobster and Wobster Den
  
• New Winch Boat structure.
  
• Sunken Treasures.
  
• Singing shells.

We have also added bunch of new items available as drops in-game or bundled in chests for purchase.



The Adventurer's Belongings Chest contains 5 skins, The Flamboyant Headpiece, Hampered Basket, Twisted Dagger, Shadowy Armor and Koalefant Knapsack for $5.99 usd .

We also have the Outdoorsy Belongings Chest which includes the Froggy Bug Net, Frondly Tent, Bee Bonnet, Sweet Beemuffs, Frostflower Firepit, Porcelain Ice Box, Seabreeze Tammie and Reclaimed Relic for $8.99 usd.

Or get everything together in the Spring Cleaning Bundle for $11.99 usd.


We are adding the Crystalline Honeydome to the Crystalline collection. For more information on streaming drops and how to get them, check out our support topic here.




For a limited time, Log into DST and get the Crab King Sail skin for free!



Simply have the game updated and log into the game with the update installed to get the item.


We need to get the console version updated with fixes from to beta version so we expect this update to be available for console early next week. Of course, everything is taking a little extra time right now, so it may take longer than we think, but we'll post if we find out there has been a significant change in timing.


On to the next thing! Now is a good time to mention that we are currently in the middle of evaluating our schedule. We're definitely beginning to see issues creep in from our current situation working from home. We're looking to shift things around a bit so we can still have something for you every month. The next update coming will likely be smaller as we work on the larger stuff like the next new character and the next Return of Them update. When we have more information on that, we'll let you know. 

Today we have our next character refresh! We don't have any new skins available, but we do have a new short and some new streaming drops. Enjoy!

A perfectly real, imaginative little featurette of our lovable silent WES!

We know that Wes is largely considered the most overpowered of all the survivors, but with this refresh we've challenged ourselves to bring out even more of his potential. Now, our most beloved character is finally getting the attention he deserves, and has been polished to perfection. We hope that players enjoy just how much these radical changes affect his gameplay!

Here are some of the details:

• Fixed several typos in Weses strings
• Resolved conflicts in Wes's internal dialogue
• Increased height and width of invisible walls by 9%
• Decreased max weight of Wes's bicycle
• Further decreased experience required to unlock
• Replaced sense of existential dread with acceptance of the inevitable
• Increased durability of pile o' balloons
• Increased size of balloon while at 0 sanity
• Adjusted sense of reality to include that which inherently cannot be understood
• Applied fresh coat of facepaint
• Increased length of pantomimed rope by 25%  

Skin Sale!

No new skin sets are available for this refresh. However, for this week only Wes skins are 50% off. 

New Streaming Drops!

We are adding the Salt Box Shaker to the Crystalline collection. For more information on streaming drops and how to get them, check out our support topic here. 



More info coming soon!

Hope you enjoyed this fun little diversion today. We don't usually do "surprises" like this, but we came up with the idea a couple weeks back and it just sounded like a fun thing to do while we try to keep ourselves sane. The team produced that short from start to finish in just under 2 weeks!  

Don't worry - this didn't slow down our content plan, we will have more info about the next update very soon.

• Abigail is now returned, instead of dying, when attacked by Wendy.
  
• Improved the Pipsook’s pathfinding in the caves.
  
• Toadstool’s spore cloud will no longer rapidly spoil items inside a closed Fridge. This was already the case for Chests and was intended to be the same for Fridges.
  
• Fixed assorted Wortox skins texture bugs.

• Fixed a crash when Abigail kills an Eye Plant.
  
• The Telltale Heart is now craftable in wilderness mode to allow Wendy to craft Spectral Cure-All elixirs.
  
• Surf 'n' Turf, Seafood Gumbo, and California Roll are now displayed in the Portable Seasoning Station
  
• Improved some translations

Originally posted by Scott on the official forums.

A big thanks to everyone for your feedback on the Wendy Character Refresh. I'm glad to be working on a game where our fans passionately dissect everything we do and give their feedback.

We have decided to move away from Wendy's health value modifying Abigail's damage. We had intended for it to represent Abigail becoming enraged as her sister was approaching death, however it resulted in the sisters not working together as a team.

As of this hotfix, Abigail's damage is back to being based on the day/dusk/night phases and she has received a boost to her day and dusk damage. Abigail's attack now besets her opponents with ghostly petals for a short period of time. Opponent's beset by Abigail's ghostly petals will receive extra damage by all other attackers (eg other players, Pigmen, etc.) Wendy, being Abigail's twin sister, is able to take advantage of this and will deal substantially more damage. We have also renamed the Choleric Tonic to Nightshade Nostrum and changed it to allow Abigail to deal damage during the daytime and dusk as though it was nighttime.

I'll also take this opportunity to clear up the mechanics behind Abigail's shield. When Abigail takes damage, she will put up a shield to block all incoming attacks for a short period of time, similar to how the Thulecite Crown works. Applying the Unyielding Draught will double the duration of the shield, while Distilled Vengeance will double the duration and deal damage to anything that hits the shield.
We hope everyone enjoys these changes. A full list of details can be found below.

• Changed Abigail's damage back to be based on time of day instead of Wendy’s health.
  
• Increased Abigail’s damage during daytime and dusk.
  
• Abigail's attack besets her opponents with ghostly petals for a short period of time, increasing its damage received from all other damage sources. Wendy is able to take advantage of this and will deal substantially more damage.
  
• Spectral Cure-All now lasts for 30 seconds and the other Ectoherbology elixirs now have a duration of 1 day.
  
• Replaced the Choleric Tonic with Nightshade Nostrum.
  
• Nightshade Nostrum allows Abigail to call upon the power of darkness, causing her to deal nighttime damage during the daytime and dusk.
  
• Abigail’s shields received a minor increase in duration.
  
• Retuned the number of Mourning Glory required to craft the Ectoherbology elixirs.
  
• Reduced how far away the Pipspook’s lost trinkets will spawn.
  
• Changed Abigail’s riled-up targeting to encompass more creatures

.

• Fixed the scaling of Distilled Vengeance’s damage fx
  
• Fixed various Wilson skins hair orientation in the back view.
  
• Fixed missing fur tufts on Wortox.
  
• Fixed an issue with Wendy’s Nostalgic skin’s hair when doing the kiss emote.