Here's a sneak peak at what's upcoming in our next beta update!

As well as some bug fixes:

• Fixed bug where sanity indicator pulses sometimes did not trigger properly on clients.
  
• Burnt Twiggy Trees and Twiggy Tree Stumps will no longer drop twigs off-screen.

Download poster

BETA HOTFIX 188845

• Fixed Minimap icons flickering at the edges of the screen.
  
• Fixed bug with Burnt Tree and Tree Stump Minimap icons sometimes showing incorrectly on clients.
  
• Fixed bug with Telelocator Focus orientation when placed.

As always if you run across a bug, please hit up our bug tracker here: http://forums.kleientertainment.com/klei-bug-tracker/dont-starve-together/

Here's a sneak peak at what's upcoming in our next beta update!

As well as some bug fixes:

• Fixed bug where sanity indicator pulses sometimes did not trigger properly on clients.
  
• Burnt Twiggy Trees and Twiggy Tree Stumps will no longer drop twigs off-screen.

Download poster

BETA HOTFIX 188845

• Fixed Minimap icons flickering at the edges of the screen.
  
• Fixed bug with Burnt Tree and Tree Stump Minimap icons sometimes showing incorrectly on clients.
  
• Fixed bug with Telelocator Focus orientation when placed.

As always if you run across a bug, please hit up our bug tracker here: http://forums.kleientertainment.com/klei-bug-tracker/dont-starve-together/

Hey everyone,

Here's the first update for A New Reign public beta testing!
[How to participate in A New Reign public beta testing]
Please note that save data for the beta branch is kept separate from the live branch at: \\Documents\Klei\DoNotStarveTogetherANewReignBeta

• Minimap data is now stored on the server.
  
• Added new Minimap icons for tree stumps and burnt trees.
  
• Players can now locate each other on the Minimap if they both have a
• Compass equipped.
  
• Added several new magical items that can be crafted to globally mark a spot or reveal an area on the Minimap for everyone.
  
• Improved animations and effects for diseasing.
  
• Disease will now only target individual transplanted Saplings, Grass, and
• Berry Bushes, and spread slowly to nearby plants unless removed or destroyed.
  
• Disease is now rare and unpredictable, but there are warning signs that players can look out for before a plant becomes diseased.
  
• Terrain will no longer provide any disease immunities.
  
• Disease and Petrification are now separately tunable in World customization options.

• Player Minimaps will now load properly when rejoining a server from a different machine.
  
• Caves Minimap is now properly cleared when a player dies in Wilderness mode.

BETA HOTFIX 187578 - 8/12/2016

• Fixed flicker Minimap icons near Ocuvigil.
  
• Properly remove Minimap icon for Ocuvigil after it has burnt down.
  
• Fixed bug where Player Minimap icons are sometimes duplicated.

BETA HOTFIX 187752 - 8/15/2016

• Added new Minimap icons for Gold and Moonrock Boulders.
  
• Simplified Ocuvigil animations to reduce texture size.
  
• Fixed bug causing Minimap Fog to not render while the Player is a ghost.
  
• Fixed bug causing missing character icons from previously visited servers in the Server Listings screen.

BETA HOTFIX 187866 - 8/16/2016

• Fixed bug causing mod character icons to not display properly on the Minimap when revealed globally by Compass or Ocuvigil.

HOTFIX 188219 - 8/19/2016

• Ocuvigil will now reveal Minimap Fog.
  
• Ocuvigil recipe now requires a Purple Moonlens instead of a Yellow Moonlens.
  
• Added sound FX for socketing Gems into Cratered Moonrocks.
  
• Minimap rendering performance improvements.
  
• Fixed bug where some Ruins Relics became invisible when smashed.

Hey everyone,

Here's the first update for A New Reign public beta testing!
[How to participate in A New Reign public beta testing]
Please note that save data for the beta branch is kept separate from the live branch at: \\Documents\Klei\DoNotStarveTogetherANewReignBeta

• Minimap data is now stored on the server.
  
• Added new Minimap icons for tree stumps and burnt trees.
  
• Players can now locate each other on the Minimap if they both have a
• Compass equipped.
  
• Added several new magical items that can be crafted to globally mark a spot or reveal an area on the Minimap for everyone.
  
• Improved animations and effects for diseasing.
  
• Disease will now only target individual transplanted Saplings, Grass, and
• Berry Bushes, and spread slowly to nearby plants unless removed or destroyed.
  
• Disease is now rare and unpredictable, but there are warning signs that players can look out for before a plant becomes diseased.
  
• Terrain will no longer provide any disease immunities.
  
• Disease and Petrification are now separately tunable in World customization options.

• Player Minimaps will now load properly when rejoining a server from a different machine.
  
• Caves Minimap is now properly cleared when a player dies in Wilderness mode.

BETA HOTFIX 187578 - 8/12/2016

• Fixed flicker Minimap icons near Ocuvigil.
  
• Properly remove Minimap icon for Ocuvigil after it has burnt down.
  
• Fixed bug where Player Minimap icons are sometimes duplicated.

BETA HOTFIX 187752 - 8/15/2016

• Added new Minimap icons for Gold and Moonrock Boulders.
  
• Simplified Ocuvigil animations to reduce texture size.
  
• Fixed bug causing Minimap Fog to not render while the Player is a ghost.
  
• Fixed bug causing missing character icons from previously visited servers in the Server Listings screen.

BETA HOTFIX 187866 - 8/16/2016

• Fixed bug causing mod character icons to not display properly on the Minimap when revealed globally by Compass or Ocuvigil.

HOTFIX 188219 - 8/19/2016

• Ocuvigil will now reveal Minimap Fog.
  
• Ocuvigil recipe now requires a Purple Moonlens instead of a Yellow Moonlens.
  
• Added sound FX for socketing Gems into Cratered Moonrocks.
  
• Minimap rendering performance improvements.
  
• Fixed bug where some Ruins Relics became invisible when smashed.

Originally posted by Bigfoot on the official forums.

Hello folks,

I’m here to give a much needed update on Through the Ages. Over the last year, we’ve been working on this expansion, and while the team was often pulled to help get Reign of Giants and Caves properly integrated, they’ve been busy developing and prototyping different mechanics for TTA.

One of the most important processes we have at Klei is the process of experimentation. For example, Mark of the Ninja used to be a puzzle game, Invisible, Inc. started life as a mobile game. Don’t Starve itself used to look like this.

This is why TTA has taken so long -- we spent a lot of time trying new things. Some of the things worked, while many of them seemed interesting on paper but ended up not being very good in practice.

One of our biggest concerns has been making large scale changes in one go without the constant feedback of the community. We hoped that a major expansion could provide a lot of the things we all feel DST could benefit from: more creatures, more long term challenges, more ways to cooperate, more ways to manage servers, more lore, and so on. We still feel that the game could benefit from these things, but we are concerned about the impact of adding everything all at once. We decided that doing this incrementally, with your feedback, is the better way to go.

That’s why, starting this Thursday, we are going to restart an old tradition: regularly scheduled updates! In addition, to better represent the content in these updates, we will no longer be using the name “Through the Ages,” this series of updates will be known as “A New Reign”, and it will be delivered to you every 3 weeks for the next 6 months.

We also know that some players don’t want to be forced through the process as we’re changing the game rapidly, so we will be putting the updates in a Beta branch that anyone can subscribe to. Every so often, once the features are stable, we will merge them back into the main branch.

Here’s the first update poster to get us going!

To recap:

• Instead of continuing to work on Through the Ages for several more months, we are going to release content every 3 weeks starting this week.
  
• The content we’re delivering will now be call A New Reign
  
• A New Reign will be available on a Beta branch, and merged back into main every so often
  
• A New Reign starts this week, and will continue for the next 6 months.

Once again, I really appreciate the constant feedback -- game development is never easy, and as a studio we keep trying to push the boundaries, and often that throws our plans awry. Thanks again for being such a great, supportive community. I really appreciate it.

Originally posted by Bigfoot on the official forums.

Hello folks,

I’m here to give a much needed update on Through the Ages. Over the last year, we’ve been working on this expansion, and while the team was often pulled to help get Reign of Giants and Caves properly integrated, they’ve been busy developing and prototyping different mechanics for TTA.

One of the most important processes we have at Klei is the process of experimentation. For example, Mark of the Ninja used to be a puzzle game, Invisible, Inc. started life as a mobile game. Don’t Starve itself used to look like this.

This is why TTA has taken so long -- we spent a lot of time trying new things. Some of the things worked, while many of them seemed interesting on paper but ended up not being very good in practice.

One of our biggest concerns has been making large scale changes in one go without the constant feedback of the community. We hoped that a major expansion could provide a lot of the things we all feel DST could benefit from: more creatures, more long term challenges, more ways to cooperate, more ways to manage servers, more lore, and so on. We still feel that the game could benefit from these things, but we are concerned about the impact of adding everything all at once. We decided that doing this incrementally, with your feedback, is the better way to go.

That’s why, starting this Thursday, we are going to restart an old tradition: regularly scheduled updates! In addition, to better represent the content in these updates, we will no longer be using the name “Through the Ages,” this series of updates will be known as “A New Reign”, and it will be delivered to you every 3 weeks for the next 6 months.

We also know that some players don’t want to be forced through the process as we’re changing the game rapidly, so we will be putting the updates in a Beta branch that anyone can subscribe to. Every so often, once the features are stable, we will merge them back into the main branch.

Here’s the first update poster to get us going!

To recap:

• Instead of continuing to work on Through the Ages for several more months, we are going to release content every 3 weeks starting this week.
  
• The content we’re delivering will now be call A New Reign
  
• A New Reign will be available on a Beta branch, and merged back into main every so often
  
• A New Reign starts this week, and will continue for the next 6 months.

Once again, I really appreciate the constant feedback -- game development is never easy, and as a studio we keep trying to push the boundaries, and often that throws our plans awry. Thanks again for being such a great, supportive community. I really appreciate it.

186449 - 8/3/2016

• Movement prediction can now be toggled in the options screen.
  
• Improved controller targeting priority for items dropped under the spawn portal, as well as for ghosts trying to target the portal for resurrection in Endless mode.
  
• Improved controller targeting priority for opening gifts at Science Machines placed near walls.
  
• Haunted Spider Dens will no longer target Players or other Spider Dens.

• Fixed bug where tied votes may still pass.
  
• Fixed bug where haunting Twiggy Trees may trigger Treeguards to spawn.
  
• Fixed bug where Birchnut Tree Trunks did not spread fire while burning.
  
• Fixed bug where burnt Meat Effigies could still catch on fire.
  
• Clicking outside the Pause Menu will now close the window properly.
  
• Mod user commands with aliases should now load correctly.

RELEASE HOTFIX 186853

• Fixed crash sometimes when exiting the game.

RELEASE HOTFIX 187674 - 8/15/2016

• Server listings will now indicate which servers are running on A New Reign beta branch.

RELEASE HOTFIX 188821 - 8/26/2016

• Fixed crash on Collection screen when using a controller.
  
• Fixed bug with Telelocator Focus orientation when placed.
  
• Fixed audio bug with Ancient Altar.
  
• Burnt Twiggy Trees and Twiggy Tree Stumps will no longer drop twigs off-screen.

RELEASE HOTFIX 191189 - 9/23/2016

CHANGES

• Added mod compatibility check for betas. (More Info)

BUG FIXES

• Spoiled ingredients in Crock Pots will now drop properly near the Crock Pot.
  
• Fixed bug where sanity indicator pulses sometimes did not trigger properly on clients.
  
• Fixed bugs with set piece chest spawns.
  
• Fixed crash when invalid strings are written on signs.
  
• Improved Chester’s ability to keep up with players.
  
• Abigail will no longer target entities that are immune to her aura.
  
• Fixed animation bug when throwing a Boomerang.
  
• Fixed Mushroom animation glitches on clients.
  
• Fixed bug where players could repeat actions in the dark.
  
• Telelocator Focus can no longer be placed too near the edge of the ground.

RELEASE HOTFIX 191480 - 9/27/2016

BUG FIXES

• Fixed rare bug where Dragonfly loot could be lost if the server shuts down during the death animation.
  
• Bird Guano and Treeguards will now save their size properly.
  
• Fixed an issue with mods referencing an undeclared variable "prefab".

RELEASE HOTFIX - 192051 - 10/03/2016

• Maxwell’s Shadow Minions will now try to avoid explosives.
  
• Fixed bugs with Feather Hat behaviour when used by multiple players.

As always if you run across a bug, please hit up our bug tracker here: http://forums.kleientertainment.com/klei-bug-tracker/dont-starve-together/

186449 - 8/3/2016

• Movement prediction can now be toggled in the options screen.
  
• Improved controller targeting priority for items dropped under the spawn portal, as well as for ghosts trying to target the portal for resurrection in Endless mode.
  
• Improved controller targeting priority for opening gifts at Science Machines placed near walls.
  
• Haunted Spider Dens will no longer target Players or other Spider Dens.

• Fixed bug where tied votes may still pass.
  
• Fixed bug where haunting Twiggy Trees may trigger Treeguards to spawn.
  
• Fixed bug where Birchnut Tree Trunks did not spread fire while burning.
  
• Fixed bug where burnt Meat Effigies could still catch on fire.
  
• Clicking outside the Pause Menu will now close the window properly.
  
• Mod user commands with aliases should now load correctly.

RELEASE HOTFIX 186853

• Fixed crash sometimes when exiting the game.

RELEASE HOTFIX 187674 - 8/15/2016

• Server listings will now indicate which servers are running on A New Reign beta branch.

RELEASE HOTFIX 188821 - 8/26/2016

• Fixed crash on Collection screen when using a controller.
  
• Fixed bug with Telelocator Focus orientation when placed.
  
• Fixed audio bug with Ancient Altar.
  
• Burnt Twiggy Trees and Twiggy Tree Stumps will no longer drop twigs off-screen.

RELEASE HOTFIX 191189 - 9/23/2016

CHANGES

• Added mod compatibility check for betas. (More Info)

BUG FIXES

• Spoiled ingredients in Crock Pots will now drop properly near the Crock Pot.
  
• Fixed bug where sanity indicator pulses sometimes did not trigger properly on clients.
  
• Fixed bugs with set piece chest spawns.
  
• Fixed crash when invalid strings are written on signs.
  
• Improved Chester’s ability to keep up with players.
  
• Abigail will no longer target entities that are immune to her aura.
  
• Fixed animation bug when throwing a Boomerang.
  
• Fixed Mushroom animation glitches on clients.
  
• Fixed bug where players could repeat actions in the dark.
  
• Telelocator Focus can no longer be placed too near the edge of the ground.

RELEASE HOTFIX 191480 - 9/27/2016

BUG FIXES

• Fixed rare bug where Dragonfly loot could be lost if the server shuts down during the death animation.
  
• Bird Guano and Treeguards will now save their size properly.
  
• Fixed an issue with mods referencing an undeclared variable "prefab".

RELEASE HOTFIX - 192051 - 10/03/2016

• Maxwell’s Shadow Minions will now try to avoid explosives.
  
• Fixed bugs with Feather Hat behaviour when used by multiple players.

As always if you run across a bug, please hit up our bug tracker here: http://forums.kleientertainment.com/klei-bug-tracker/dont-starve-together/

183426 - 07/05/2016


Hey there, Starverinos!

We've been busy making the game run faster! Woohoo, performance improvements! Mostly these improvements have been for client and server performance, which should improve framerates and server load when in dense areas (such as large bases). We've also upgraded all the Klei Official Servers, so those will run better, too. Let us know what you think! It seems there was a tune-up on the rideable beefalo as well, 'coz they're also running faster. :|

As well, these past couple weeks have seen more crash fixes and bugs squashed out. Thanks as always for reporting the issues that you find.

(omg, did I really type "starverinos" …?)

• Beefalo saddles (all of them) now give a greater movespeed bonus.
  
• Upgraded all Klei Official dedicated servers.

• Fixed certain files from being incorrectly filtered out when installing mods.
  
• Fixed crash sometimes when haunting Twiggy Trees.
  
• Fixed bug where chopping Twiggy Trees would anger nearby Leifs.

HOTFIX 183838 - 07/07/2016

• Weather Pain now works properly on clients and can no longer target or damage other Players on a non-PvP server.
  
• Telelocator Staff can no longer target other Players on a non-PvP server.
  
• Creatures will now wander towards a Salt Lick when they need to use it.
  
• Fixed crash sometimes when a Player dies while jumping through a Wormhole.

HOTFIX 184014 - 07/08/2016

• Fixed some clothing texture seams and layering bugs.
  
• Fixed bug where Crafting tabs may not be updated correctly when spawning in right next to a Science Machine.
  
• Fixed bug where Torches and Lighters could unintentionally catch Wildfire, leaving them in a non-interactable state.

HOTFIX 184101 - 07/11/2016

• Fixed clothing graphical issue when wearing overalls on top of skirts.
  
• Votes will now pass by majority as long as there is a minimum of 3 “Yes” votes.
  
• Players kicked by voting will no longer be able to rejoin the server immediately. (This does not apply to Admin kicks, since the Admin can already choose to use timed or permanent bans instead.)

As always if you run across a bug, please hit up our bug tracker here: http://forums.kleientertainment.com/klei-bug-tracker/dont-starve-together/

183426 - 07/05/2016


Hey there, Starverinos!

We've been busy making the game run faster! Woohoo, performance improvements! Mostly these improvements have been for client and server performance, which should improve framerates and server load when in dense areas (such as large bases). We've also upgraded all the Klei Official Servers, so those will run better, too. Let us know what you think! It seems there was a tune-up on the rideable beefalo as well, 'coz they're also running faster. :|

As well, these past couple weeks have seen more crash fixes and bugs squashed out. Thanks as always for reporting the issues that you find.

(omg, did I really type "starverinos" …?)

• Beefalo saddles (all of them) now give a greater movespeed bonus.
  
• Upgraded all Klei Official dedicated servers.

• Fixed certain files from being incorrectly filtered out when installing mods.
  
• Fixed crash sometimes when haunting Twiggy Trees.
  
• Fixed bug where chopping Twiggy Trees would anger nearby Leifs.

HOTFIX 183838 - 07/07/2016

• Weather Pain now works properly on clients and can no longer target or damage other Players on a non-PvP server.
  
• Telelocator Staff can no longer target other Players on a non-PvP server.
  
• Creatures will now wander towards a Salt Lick when they need to use it.
  
• Fixed crash sometimes when a Player dies while jumping through a Wormhole.

HOTFIX 184014 - 07/08/2016

• Fixed some clothing texture seams and layering bugs.
  
• Fixed bug where Crafting tabs may not be updated correctly when spawning in right next to a Science Machine.
  
• Fixed bug where Torches and Lighters could unintentionally catch Wildfire, leaving them in a non-interactable state.

HOTFIX 184101 - 07/11/2016

• Fixed clothing graphical issue when wearing overalls on top of skirts.
  
• Votes will now pass by majority as long as there is a minimum of 3 “Yes” votes.
  
• Players kicked by voting will no longer be able to rejoin the server immediately. (This does not apply to Admin kicks, since the Admin can already choose to use timed or permanent bans instead.)

As always if you run across a bug, please hit up our bug tracker here: http://forums.kleientertainment.com/klei-bug-tracker/dont-starve-together/