Survival tips

[XxTheGentleManScientistxX]

Alright so I notice that most people here get LOTS of days on survival.  Some person said they got to day 56 and that they did not do well.  The most I have survived is 36 days.  Basically give me ways to survive, and I shall pay you handsomely in pets.  I don't play without ROG, so please help with the seasons.

[Kenjin]

I don't know for RoG, but if those people played on basic DS, I can tell you that when you know the game a little bit, if you survive the first winter, you aren't supposed to die, except by an idiot mistake (oops, it's night and no fire)

 

I bought the game, died around days 20/30, then survived the first winter and never died since then.

[loocid]

I'm not very good at tips but one I have is keep supplies by a touchstone if it's far from a base.

[spencer320]

What ways are you dying from?

Best way to survive is to get yourself a spot for a base. Work on getting renewable food sources (farms, bee boxes, etc) while at the same time preparing for the next season. Once you're prepared for that season, move on to the next.... Once you're prepared for ALL the seasons, start building up your base and think about defenses. Once you have a decent tooth trap field laid out, make another one at a different location, then another. You really don't want to be out collecting things far away from your base and have 10 hounds coming at you with no way to defend yourself.

Preparing for Giants is pretty much the same thing. You'll never get a Giant in your starting season, so prepare for the next.

Most important... don't put yourself at too much of a risk doing things your not prepared for.

[Ringmaster]

Kiting > Tanking

[DeathGow3]

Pro tip : Don't Starve

[StayUpThere]

Explore the first like 10 days and walk around the whole map so you know were all the resources are you need. Of course while exploring still pick up basic supplies to survive. Then you should have a good idea were to build your base. After that prepare for the challenges to come. 

[greggbert]

Here are my survival tips.  

 

1.  Pick a coast and travel around the entire coast once.  (should take about 10-12 days).

2.  As you go collect one stack of each and try to keep it topped off (stop collecting when you hit max)  LEAVE /EAT EVERYTHING ELSE WHERE YOU FOUND IT OR ON A ROAD IF POSSIBLE.

 

What to collect:  

Wood

Gold

Stone

Carrots

Berries

Petals

Reeds

Sticks

Grass

Parasol (if spring)

Chestnuts

Seeds 

 

3.  When you get your first gold, then WHEREVER YOU ARE, build ONE OF EACH of the following:

 

Science Machine

Straw Hat

Backpack

Sign

Chest

Shovel

Log Suit

Spear

 

4.  Now finish exploring the map try to get every edge.

 

5.  Make a base toward the center of the map about 2 screen lengths away from the biggest pig village.  Make chests and lightning rod.

 

6.  Build Crock Pot & Drying Racks

 

7.  Mission1: Trap/Hunt spiders for silk

 

8.  Acquire bird/cage

 

9.  Coordinate 2 day trips to perfrorm additional missions  I find that 2 game days is enough time to get somewhere and do something awesome and get back with full loot, so I use it to keep myself disciplined.  Examples of mssions might be:

 

-Massively clearcut a forest using an army of pigs

-Attack a Treegard with an army of pigs

-Attack a swamp/merfolk with an army of pigs.

-Attack a dog/desert with an army of pigs

-Attack a massive spider area with an army of pigs (seeing as pattern here?)

-Cause a pig civil war (bribe 1/2 of the pigs with food and then attack the other half).  Collect the droppings.

-Feed berries to pigs for manure

-Shave some beefalos

-Forage for Manure

-Re-locate a 3 teir spider nest closer to you.

-Relocate a few pig houses

-Create a stick farm

-Harvest stone

-Harvest Grass