Question about Trading

[ChimpoTheWise]

Hello, I am a very new player with Don't starve. I have a question about the steam marketplace. Can I play a cosmetic and still unravel it. Could I buy an item worth a lot of spools but very cheap because it's a subpar cosmetic? Then just unravel for spools to buy something? Any response would be appreciated

[myxal]

Unraveling (the last one of) a skin prevents you form using it until you obtain it again.

• Wardrobe skins (character head, chest, hands, legs and shoes) will be removed when you next enter a server (any server). Or use the in-game wardrobe, I would expect.
• Skinned belongings (anything you craft or build in the game) that you've crafted before unravelling will remain, but you won't be able to craft more with the unravelled skin.
• I'm actually not sure where critters/pets fall into.

16 hours ago, ChimpoTheWise said:

Could I buy an item worth a lot of spools but very cheap because it's a subpar cosmetic?

That's certainly possible, but since you're new to this - keep in mind unravelling will only drop only 1/3rd of the spools used to craft the same skin (or another one of the same rarity). It's only the special heirloom rarities which drop "full" spool value. (The heirloom skins are not weave-able - you can't  "buy them" with spools).

It has been a while since I unravelled something manually*, but I think there should be a confirmation prompt that tells you how much spool you're getting from your unravel action.

* - I use Skin Queue mod, which unravels all woven duplicates with just 2 clicks, and that's about all the unravelling I do, I never unravel marketable skins. For EUR market, I don't think the market prices are worth the spool you're getting, and I don't think there are many other currencies where the "DLC" skin chests would be more expensive than here, making the market prices advantageous.