Hey everybody. I know many of you have been waiting for this so let’s get right to it.

NOTE: Please remember that the roadmap is provided to give the community a sense of what we are working on and what is driving our decisions and what we are focused 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 that you 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, we will let you know if any of these plans change significantly.

As we began the year staring down the barrel of a global pandemic we set our sights on a roadmap that was more structured and potentially even more ambitious than years before. We set a goal of attempting to “have something being launched at least once a month”. Despite moving the entire studio to work from home we managed to do that pretty much without missing a beat.

We released four substantial content updates, two character refreshes(and Wes), a new character, we introduced two QOL updates to the schedule, and of course our holiday events. The QOL updates turned out to be a pretty big hit. They let the team smooth out some rough edges and work on some things that fall outside of the normal content schedule. These updates also allow the team to split tasks allowing some of the team to begin working on the next big update sooner allowing more time to be spent on them before release.

Console support has been in relative lockstep with PC releases other than the odd hiccups here and there inherent to console certification.

All of this while also putting out some super cool shorts that just keep getting better and better in my opinion.

We don’t like to brag, but we kind of nailed it. 2020 was definitely the strongest year for DST ever, and we’re looking forward to keeping that momentum going.

That being said - We do think there are some things that need some more love, and we’re going to be incorporating these things in the upcoming content schedule. More on that later.

We’re sticking with it. A great benefit to how well last year went is that now that we’ve got some experience with this doing things this way, we can really hit the ground running for 2021 and we have a much clearer schedule than we probably have ever had. So, what you are going to see now is probably the most information we have ever put out for a roadmap.

• Year of the Beefalo
  
• Three Character Refreshes
  
• Three Content Updates
  
• One new DLC character
  
• One new summer event (Summer Solstice, like Winter’s Feast)
  
• Two QOL updates
  
• Holiday events

Once again we are aiming to have something interesting for you every month and we’ll also be doing more Streaming drops and Klei Rewards as well.

We’re taking additional steps to improve the quality of life for players throughout the regular updates as well. We have noticed some things that can be done to help a lot of players in different ways and we have a few changes we would like to try. From main menu changes to new world generation options, we’ve also been experimenting with ways to help new players to familiarize themselves with the game.

One of the newer things coming up we think many of you will be pretty interested in. We’ll get into more details at a later date, but for now, you can check out this work-in-progress image from the QOL update coming in March and speculate away.



(This uses some placeholder text and is all subject to change)

This isn’t directly related to Don’t Starve Together, but we thought it would be a good time to mention that we are taking a look at the Original Don’t Starve ports. We’re collecting feedback and will be working with our porting partners to address lingering issues that have been hanging around on various platforms.

One issue we find is a lot of players tend to accept these issues as “known”, and we don’t necessarily always know specifically what kind of issues need to be prioritized because they might not be getting represented in such a way that we fully see them. So if you have specific issues you are frustrated about and feel need to be resolved, now is a good idea to make sure we know about it. We’ll be making posts in the appropriate forums as we shift focus to each port.

We will not likely ever get to a place where Don’t Starve and the DLC have zero bugs but we would like to get the Don’t Starve ports in a better place. This isn’t going to happen overnight as we need to organize and we can’t do everything all at once, but we thought it was worth mentioning that this is something we are working on.

Another roadmap down. I do have one last thing to share though. This is a work in progress image of something we have coming in a future update likely to hit beta in April.

• Emoticons rendering has been fixed.

• Winter’s Feast has ended.
  
• Wormwood’s plant trail will no longer spawn on boats or the ocean.
  
• Fixed a rare crash when retrofitting worlds for the Forgotten Knowledge update.
  
• Fixed a bug causing your character to go to the wrong location after a rollback sometimes.
  
• Fixed some visual glitches when it's snowing.
  
• Fixed various skin texture bugs.
  
• Fixed an issue causing Wormwood to flicker when transitioning bloom stages.
  
• Lowered the drop rate of seeds from birds.
  
• Reduced the collision size of the archive pillar to allow players to walk past them.

To celebrate the Winter's Feast in Don't Starve Together we wanted to release this short that’s been in our vault for a while. After creating the Starver’s Carol in 2016 we had another musical project we made, here it is!

• Fixed a rare crash when Wavy Joes extinguishes fires.
  
• Fixed a crash when toggling the movement prediction setting while using Wurt.
  
• Restored the font quality for some unicode character ranges.
  
• Fixed adding weaknesses to armors. This means that some armors now have the appropriate weakness to the Werebeaver’s attacks.

• Armor:AddWeakness now works correctly.

• Fixed a bug that could cause boats to corrupt save files when left adrift
  
• Added some error checking when saving the game to reduce and detect saving corrupt saves.
  
• Fixed missing Wolfgang arms when wearing ugly sweaters.
  
• Fixed an issue causing the player to be unable to do certain actions after waxing a giant veggie on their back.

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• Fixed a Crabby Hermit crash on wolds that have unclaimed gifts
  
• Fixed a crash when a watering can is burnt
  
• Fixed a bug preventing the plant registry from applying your online profile data.
  
• Reduced the crafting recipe for the Cookbook
  
• Reduced the radius for the watering can’s ability to extinguish fires
  
• Beefalo no longer poop while being ridden
  
• Fixed skins issues with ugly sweaters

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• The watering cans will now put out all nearby fires and be used to rejuvenate withered bushes

• Fixed The Lord of the Fruit Flies sometimes not doing anything when spawned.
  
• Fixed the plant nutrients stress test from always passing when the ground type is not farming soil.
  
• Wormwood and Wurt no longer suffer a sanity drain for wearing wet items.
  
• Improved heavy lifting visuals for Giant Onions and Giant Corn.
  
• Fixed weighing Giant veggies not storing the heaviest veggie in your Plant Registry (Unfortunately this change is not retroactive, so you’ll need to re-weigh them for this to take effect).
  
• Fixed Esc having inconsistent behavior on the Plant Registry.
  
• Fixed unicode text not rendering correctly on some Linux computers.

• The finiteuses component will now add and remove the tag “usesdepleted”.
  
• The wateringcan component has been removed from the game.

The days have been filled with tilling and toil,
Gathering seeds and nourishing soil,
In hopes that the crops will produce at their best,
(Just make sure that you keep a sharp eye out for pests!)

The Reap What You Sow Update is now live. With this new update we have made substantial changes to farming in Don't Starve Together. We also have a little bit of extra holiday fun to share and new Twitch Items as well!

• Survivors can now plow fields and sow seeds to grow the crops of their dreams
  
• Each vegetable has their own unique plant with preferred growing seasons and type of nutrients
  
• Stay close and tend to your crops and you will be rewarded.
  
• Neglecting crops won't be the death of them, but you might regret it.
  
• Be sure to cull weeds before they become a problem
  
• Use the Gardeneer Hat to research plants and track your progress via the Plant Registry
  
• Farm like the Ancients with the Premier Gardeneer Hat and learn your plants’ every desire
  
• Added the Seed Pack-It to help organize all your seeds.

• Added Winter’s Feast Adornments for the Ancient Guardian, Misery Toadstool, Crabking, and Crabby Hermit. (If you have already completed the Crabby Hermit storyline, the Crabby Hermit will trade her adornments for Empty Bottles and the special Crabking Adornment can be achieved by socketing 3 or more Iridescent Gems).
  
• Applied Horticulture has been republished as two separate books. The first book, Applied Silviculture will cover your basic resource needs while the second book, Horticulture, Abridged, will grow all things edible.
  
• Basic Farms and Improved Farm can no longer be crafted. Farms in existing worlds will continue to work as normal.
  
• Wormwood is now affected differently by each type of fertilizer.
  
• Wormwood is not affected adversely by the Spiny Bindweed and Firenettles
  
• Wormwood can determine a plant’s needs without the use of technology
  
• Wormwood and Wurt will no longer suffer a sanity drain for being wet
  
• The Compost Wrap has an additional heal over time effect.
  
• Disease has been removed.
  
• Adjusted the Bunnyman’s loot table
  
• The random plant chosen from Seeds is now affected by the season.
  
• Feeding a Bird in the Birdcage a veggie, will return one seed of the same plant.
  
• Birds in the Birdcage will now eat raw monster meat but not cooked eggs
  
• Improved the Spoiled Fish and Spoiled Fish Morsel loot when hammered.
  
• Added Moth-Eaten Chest.
  
• Added new Vignettes.

For more info, head over to the post on the official forums.

We are adding the Winter Wardrobe to the Merrymaker Collection. For more information on streaming drops and how to get them, check out our support topic here.



We're going to be around a few more days fixing up any issues that pop up from the update. But we've already been hard at work on the Year of the Beefalo update coming up after our much needed holiday break. After that, we'll be back to our regular content schedule.

And if you're still paying attention, here is a link for some in-game spool (link valid for 30 days). This will grant you 900 spool to get some cool stuff, just in time for the holidays!

We hope you all have a safe and happy holiday season. Till next time!

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.

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.



And as requested, we have added new skins to the Snowfallen collection. Get ready, because these are awesome.



The Snowfallen Survivors Chest, Part II ($9.99, 18 RMB) contains the Snowfallen skins for Walter, Warly, Wortox, WX-78, and Winona.

And finally, players who login during the event will also be granted the Winter's Feast Lantern if they did not receive it in previous years.



We have a little more holiday cheer to spread later this month. So keep an eye out in a couple of weeks for our next update. But for now, here's a little treat from us to you. Use this link for 1200 points. Use it to pick out something nice for yourself. Now, don't go spending it all in one place! (code is valid for 45 days - Jan 17th 2021)

We expect the next update in just a couple of weeks, we'll see you then!

Hey Everybody,

Today we have a new update coming to the test branch, some new Twitch items and a login bonus item.



The team has been hard at work on the next major content update "Reap What You Sow". This is a pretty substantial update in terms of impact so we need your feedback on bugs and as well as tuning, so please don't be shy. To be clear, there are a lot of things we need to dial in to get the tuning right for this, so tell us what you think, this is not final.
There are a number of strings that have not been completed and there are still some items in development, such as the Composting Bin and the Lord of the Fruit Flies so this will be filled out more as we approach release.

• Survivors can now plow fields and sow seeds to grow the crops of their dreams
  
• Each vegetable has their own unique plant with preferred growing seasons and type of nutrients
  
• Stay close and tend to your crops and you will be rewarded.
  
• Neglecting crops won't be the death of them, but you might regret it.
  
• Be sure to cull weeds before they become a problem
  
• Use the Gardeneer Hat to research plants and track your progress via the Plant Registry
  
• Farm like the Ancients with the Premier Gardeneer Hat and learn your plants’ every desire
  
• Additional patch notes

For more details on joining the beta branch, you can see this post here.

While we don't have a live update right now, we do have some free stuff for you.

New streaming drops!



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

Login Bonus!



For a limited time, Log into DST and get the Straight Razor skin for free!

Simply make sure you have the game updated and log into the game with the update installed to get the items.

Up Next!
We're going to try to get Winter's Feast out for you all in a couple weeks. As with Hallowed Nights, we don't have any real changes to it this year since the team is focused on content updates. But we'll have some more free stuff and some new skins as well. Including, new skins added to the Snowfallen collection!
Shortly after that we expect the content update to release toward the middle of December and we'll make sure to tidy everything up before we head out on holiday break.

Till next time, Have fun out there!