Can someone update me on the status of caves?

[TheKingofSquirrels]

Can you use caves to escape summer and winter, or is it still dumb? 

[Destros09]

Summer there is antlion boulders

winter there is wetness

[TheKingofSquirrels]

Just now, Destros09 said:

Summer there is antlion boulders

winter there is wetness

I'm confused to what any of that means....

[fimmatek]

24 minutes ago, TheKingofSquirrels said:

Can you use caves to escape summer and winter, or is it still dumb? 

In winter you still freeze, even a bit sooner and longer than on the surface if I'm right. However you don't overheat during summer in caves (unless you stand right next to a huge fire) and there is no smoldering, which is a really big advantage of cave bases. No need to protect the base from fire, bushes, tufts etc don't get withered. 

So yeah, it's different from DS's caves. Actually, I played DST before DS and I was honestly surpriced when I got overheated in the ruins...

It's true that it can be raining in the caves, and I believe that's independent from the surface. And sometimes it can rain in winter too, but that's rare. 

Also there are the boulders mentioned by Destros09, they fall 2-3 times during summer if you don't pay tribute to the Antlion. These damage you and things around you, later can be transported similarly to the sculptures and the suspicious marbles.

[Rellimarual]

 The winter freezing is a little less, I'd say, but you only overheat in the summer when you're standing right next to a fire wearing a tam, and all you need to do to cool off is step away.