• 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

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• 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.

• Abigail is now less aggressive while riled up.
  
• Fixed Abigail getting stuck at her initial stage when Wendy dies.
  
• Pipspooks now spawn when a new day begins, instead of when night begins (to allow spawning in worlds with night disabled).
  
• Pipspooks have a higher chance of spawning when there are more Wendys in the server.
  
• Wendy will now provide some speech when filling the Sisturn with flowers (to hint that it reduces the time it takes for Abigail to level up).
  
• Fixed Abigail texture resolution issues.
  
• Fixed a crash when playing Wendy in mods that use The Gorge game mode.
  
• Removed incorrect burnt Shared Armoire textures.
  
• Corrected Wendy Deluxe Wardrobe description.
  
• Added new Wendy Vignettes.
  
• Fixed several Wortox eye textures.

Today we have our next character refresh! As usual we also have some new skins and some new streaming drops. But we also have a little bit of studio news and a small teaser for the next content update. Enjoy!



Wendy clutches tightly to the memory of her twin sister, Abigail. Some days, it’s almost as if she never left…

Even from the afterlife, Abigail never stopped looking out for Wendy - and now Wendy has discovered how to return the favor. Her affinity with the supernatural has led her to the mysterious practice of Ectoherbology, allowing her to create haunting elixirs to aid her sister beyond the veil and make their bond stronger than ever before.

• Wendy carries a flower that can summon her sister Abigail's spirit.
  
• Abigail's spirit gets stronger over time but starts over if she is destroyed.
  
• Abigail's might is tied to Wendy's health, making her fight harder while Wendy is weak.
  
• Wendy can ask Abigail to stay close to her or roam more free via Abigail's flower.
  
• Wendy does not lose sanity due to ghosts.
  
• Pipspooks can now be found roaming around gravestones.
  
• Wendy can commune with Pipspooks to help them find peace in exchange for Mourning Glory.
  
• Wendy can use Mourning Glory in her Ectoherbology crafting tab to help her sister's spirit in various ways.
  
• Wendy has reduced damage in combat, but suffers less sanity drain from auras and the dark.

We have also added new skin packs for purchase. The Wendy Deluxe Wardrobe contains 5 skins, Wendy's Nostalgic, Guest of Honor, Roseate, Triumphant and Survivor skin sets for $12.99usd. We have also added the Fanciful Chest which includes the Rosy Posy Parasol, Straw Bonnet, Shared Armoire, and a set of Abigail's flower skins for $3.99usd.

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

Just a quick note regarding the team at Klei Entertainment. As noted previously, everybody at Klei Entertainment is working from home due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

Many of us have been working especially hard to help maintain operations as we all move out of the office and into our homes and with everything being done online extra time must be spent in organizing conversations and trying to maintain communication. As some of you may know, we have a very open office and we are almost always in contact with each other as we go about our days. Some of us work across multiple teams and that work has become a bit more challenging for everybody.

That being said, at this time the transition has not caused any major disruption in our operations, but it would be overly optimistic to expect that we won't have any delays at all. We're going to have to be especially mindful about this in the coming weeks and make sure we don't take on too much work so we can keep things running smoothly.

Likely, you won't see any real difference in what we deliver until after the next big update as we are already well underway with that and will be wrapping up the bulk of that work soon. But hopefully you won't see much change at all. We'll do our best and we'll let you know if/when we start seeing anything changing.
If everything goes according to plan we expect the next update to be toward the end of April with the next Return of Them Content update, "She Sells Seashells". Here's a bit of a teaser of what's to come. We'll have more info shortly before release!

We also have a small surprise for you next month as well and we'll let you know about that when it's ready.

That's it for now, we hope you all enjoy the new update and stay safe out there.

Wendy clutches tightly to the memory of her twin sister, Abigail. Some days, it’s almost as if she never left…

Even from the afterlife, Abigail never stopped looking out for Wendy - and now Wendy has discovered how to return the favor. Her affinity with the supernatural has led her to the mysterious practice of Ectoherbology, allowing her to create haunting elixirs to aid her sister beyond the veil and make their bond stronger than ever before.

Wendy's character refresh arrives next week - March 19th.

Here are some of the details:

• Wendy carries a flower that can summon her sister Abigail's spirit. 
• Abigail's spirit gets stronger over time but starts over if she is destroyed.
• Abigail's might is tied to Wendy's health, making her fight harder while Wendy is weak. 
• Wendy can ask Abigail to stay close to her or roam more free via Abigail's flower.
• Wendy does not lose sanity due to ghosts.
• Pipspooks can now be found roaming around gravestones.
• Wendy can commune with Pipspooks to help them find peace in exchange for Mourning Glory.
• Wendy can use Mourning Glory in her Ectoherbology crafting tab to help her sister's spirit in various ways.
• Wendy has reduced damage in combat, but suffers less sanity drain from auras and the dark.  
• Abigail's damage is affected by the number of enemies she is fighting, allowing her to be effective against a single enemy but at her best when fighting a crowd.  

We will also have a new animated short and we will bring a new item to the Crystaline collection streaming drops as well. See you next week!

Hey everybody. Just taking a moment to check-in and update you all with the roadmap for 2020.

Please note that roadmaps are provided to give the community a sense on what we are working on and what is driving our decisions for what we are focusing on in the coming year. None of this is a promise or a guarantee. We always prioritize quality over deadlines and all dates and timelines are estimated to the best of our current ability. Many long time fans will know that we often add new things to these plans which often shifts things around a bit, so it is recommended to avoid scheduling your vacation plans around our dates.

This roadmap is subject to change at any time, but as we have done in the past, if any of this does change significantly we will post new information as we have it.

2019 was a fantastic year for DST. We added four new characters to the game and we refreshed three more characters. We also had three substantial content updates with Return of them: Turn of Tides, Salty Dog and Hook Line and Inker. We also saw big updates to our holiday events Hallowed Nights, Winter's Feast and Year of the Carrat. During all of that we hit our highest player concurrency record back in April (during a free weekend) and after that craziness had stabilized we just saw our second highest concurrency last week.

For those of you who aren't super into numbers, what that means is that Don't Starve Together is still growing quite nicely. This is also a clear indicator that our plan of character refreshes, content updates and new characters has been working to help keep a healthy community and continues to keep the game interesting for new and returning players.

On that note, we're still very aware that many people want to see events like The Forge and The Gorge come back. While we are not prepared for that right now, we do understand that this is something many of you are interested in and we are still discussing ways to address this in the future.

ReForged and Re-Gorge-itated are both super good so until we have something new we want to contribute, you should check those out.
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Oh, and not for nothing, we took great strides in console support. We didn't always hit the mark, but most everything we can control directly has been working out quite well over the past year or so. We will continue improving console support as best we can through 2020.

We're going to continue with generally the same plan as last year. More character refreshes and content. However, at this time we aren't going to commit to a specific number of new characters. While the new characters were very well received and successful in selling well enough to help fund development we also don't want to add new characters just for the sake of it. With that being said we are currently in the process of creating at least one entirely new character for the future and we will have more information about them as we get closer to release.

For our update timeline, we expect that we will have something being launched at least once a month. We don't want to do more updates in a shorter period of time so we can be sure the updates are more substantial and interesting. Depending on how that lines up we may see a couple updates during some months and sometimes we may go a little past a month for the next update, but our goal is that you have something interesting to look forward too at least once a month.

Our first character refresh is a bit of a secret at the moment - but you might be able to guess. You will be seeing more info about that during the first or second week of March. For now, enjoy this small teaser from the update trailer we are working on.



Something we know everybody wants is more lore. I am not going to say much more for now. But we know you want more lore. It would be smart from this point on to get back into scrutinizing things we put out for secrets. Not everything, but keep your eyes open. Not this post though. There are no secrets in this post. So scrutinizing this post would probably be a waste of your time. Probably. (But really, there is nothing to find here. You'll know when there is something to be found.)

While Maxwell enjoyed hiding little secrets for you to find and seemed to bask in your attention, Charlie has been quite content to work from the shadows, planning and patiently working to put her pieces into play. Things will become much more apparent as her plans become to take shape and she finally takes center stage.

We're also going to continue doing other cool new things. We really want to work on Klei Rewards more and streaming items have been really popular so we're thinking of new and interesting things to do with these while continuing to support them throughout the year.

We're also aware than some players would like us to make more substantial changes to the overall base game of Don't Starve Together and change things up a bit. While this is not a focus right now, we do understand this is something that is being discussed and I invite you to continue those conversations. Don't Starve Together isn't going away any time soon, so keep it coming.

All of your feedback really helps us figure out where we want to put our resources and it goes a long way in helping us decide which direction to steer the ship. You're all a huge part of the growth of DST and we couldn't have done it without you. Thanks for hanging out with us and sharing your fun stories and interesting ideas. Please keep sending us your thoughts and feedback and we'll keep trying our best to build the world of Don't Starve Together in new and interesting ways.

Have fun out there!

• Fixed a crash when starting a Carrat race
  
• Adjusted Caroler's Coat texture outline
  
• Fixed a texture bug in Magmatic Winona’s head

Annnnd away we go! The Year of the Carrat has begun!

To celebrate the Year of the Carrat we have added a new activity in the game, a ton of new item drops, new streaming items, a new login item AND soon closer to Valentine's day a new telltale heart log-in item.

• Compete in the cut throat world of Carrat Racing to earn Lucky Gold Nuggets.
  
• Build Gyms to train prize Carrats.
  
• Construct longer and longer Carrat race courses to raise the stakes.
  
• Purchase old and new rewards from the Carrat Shrine, such as Red Firecrackers, Lucky Beast costumes, and the new Floating Lantern.

We've also added a ton of new items to the game.

As always, these items will be available as drops in game and are weaveable using spool. They can also be purchased in 3 different chests for various prices or together as a bundle for $15.99 usd. There's a lot of items here so for more info, head over to the official forums for all the item skins included in today's update!
The Glass Eyebrella joins the Crystaline collection. Check out the post on our forums for more details.

We also have a new bonus login item.

For a limited time players that login during the Year of the Carrat event will receive the Golden Carrat Torch when logging into the game for the first time during the event. This is a limited time item, don't miss out!

Finally - be sure to stick around because for Valentine's Day this year we will be giving all players that login the "Stolen Heart" Telltale Heart item skin.

So romantic! You can look forward to that toward the end of the event.

We'll be running this event till just after the middle of February. We'll have more details as we get closer to the end. 

That's all for now. On to the next thing! We'll have more information on what we're working on in the weeks following the Year of the Carrat event. Have fun out there!

Hey Everybody. We hope you have been enjoying the Winter's Feast-ivities! You still have a couple more days of merriment and then The Year of the Carrat begins!

Starting this Thursday (10am Pacific time) celebrate the Year of the Carrat.

• Compete in the cut throat world of Carrat Racing to earn Lucky Gold Nuggets.
  
• Build Gyms to train prize Carrats.
  
• Construct longer and longer Carrat race courses to raise the stakes.
  
• Purchase old and new rewards from the Carrat Shrine, such as Red Firecrackers, Lucky Beast costumes, and the new Floating Lantern.

We'll also be adding some new skin sets. This time around we will not have any character skins and are focusing on items.

And finally, we will be adding new streaming drops. The Glass Eyebrella will join the Crystaline collection.

More details will come Thursday. See you then!

A nice day of fishing sounded like just the thing to soothe the nerves of our weary Survivors, but it looks like fish aren’t the only things that are biting. Luckily there’s something to distract them from their soggy seafaring sorrows - the return of Winter’s Feast! And this year it seems that the Constant has provided its own assortment of holiday gifts… could it be that a certain someone is feeling particularly jolly this year?



For more details, check out the official post.



The table is set for Winter’s Feast, and this year something new is being cooked up for our Survivors. They're going to have to work for it, of course. Chase Gingerpigs and embark upon a Festive Hunt in search of Holiday Cheer. Use Holiday Cheer in new recipes then Feast with friends for some special Seasonal Feels.



New for this year we have the Merrymaker set. You get the entire bundle of skins for $12.99, check the spoiler below for details.

As always these items will also drop in the game. In addition to that we have temporarily removed common drops and added the new Winter's Feast Chest containing Winter's Feast related items!

Unfortunately due to certification issues, we weren't able to provide these to PS4 on their store, but the items will still drop in-game.

For more details, check out the official post.

We have added a new Loyal login bonus item for all players during Winter's Feast, Simply login and claim the Ice Fishing Rod.


We have a special Winter's Feast themed item set that you can get during Winter's Feast. You can find more information about these items over here.



To celebrate another great year of Don't Starve and Don't Starve Together, the entire Don't Starve Franchise is having a weekend sale! This is our best sale of the year, if you have been waiting to pick something up, now is the time.



We have been working on finishing the Year of the Carrat event that will be coming toward the end of January, so that's where we are going to be focusing our time. We will likely be announcing info about the next character update and next update for Return of Them.

Don't Starve Together in 2019 saw more players than ever before and we aren't planning on slowing down any time soon. So as always, let us know what you think and keep sending us all your thoughts and feedback. Our community has truly helped to shape Don't Starve Together and we couldn't have done it without you!

Till next time!