What am I supposed to do?

[geigergamer]

So I'm playing as the WX and for the second Time in a row it decides to rain for the first couple days straight and I die from short circuit.  WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO!!?

[ObsidianKing]

You got unlucky spring starts. Just change your starting season to Autumn.

[spencer320]

You can always craft  the pretty parasol. Think it pretty easy to make.

[22winston]

you could always not be WX or you can make rain less common and a little common sense and you can live for ever with a kitty by your side.

[NeoDeusMachina]

Hey! Some tips for a spring start as WX:

 

1) Pretty parasol and straw hat are a good start.

 

2) Try to take advantage of any item that can heal you: pick up flowers and eat them, cook the seeds and berries before eating them, carrots can be eaten raw or cooked. Also, spider glands are a decent and relatively easy to acquire healing item (provided you can find some spiders early)

 

3) During the night, if you are planning on camping near a small fire, try to stand underneath a tree when it's raining.

 

4) As soon as it stops raining, make a fire and dry up completely to stop taking damage due to wetness.

 

5) Try upgrading your rain protection items as soon as possible by a) making an umbrella if you find pig skin (pigs, pig heads in swamp or near a touchstone, deconstruct pig houses, etc.) and spider silk (spiders, spider dens, even tumbleweed), or b) upgrading your straw hat into a rainhat if you find a skeleton to get bone shards (boons, desert) and whak-2-moles. Ultimately, you want a raincoat, but that requires tentacle spots which are much harder to get early game.

 

With these in mind you should be able to stay alive through spring. I played WX during a spring start on a huge map and I was able to find what I needed to protect me from rain by following these 5 basic tips. On default sized map, it is even easier (unless you get really unlucky!)

 

Good luck in the future ! Don't give up! =)

 

Edit: Since WX takes damage from being wet, you will need 100% rain protection. Alas, except the raincoat and the eyebrella, no items give 100% protection. You will thus need to use at least 2 rain protection items to stay dry when it's raining. Don't forget, WX takes damage when he is wet, even if he has 100% rain protection and even if it's not raining. Don't forget to dry up whenever you can!

 

Also, if you get (un)lucky and get struck by lightning, it is going to heal you up a little bit and give you increased movement speed. However, that will hurt your sanity! You can only by struck by lightning if you are not 100% protected from rain.

[emerphish]

Lighting usually keeps me alive in rain. If it rains then green mushrooms grow back for sanity.