[Game Update] - 130

Update Information:

Hi everyone,

Today we have released a new update for Don't Starve Together on Nintendo Switch, this is a big update, so stay with me here. There's a lot to cover!

Game Changes

• Hallowed Nights is now active.
• A Little Drama Changes:
• The Survivors can use the Stage to show off a little bit for whoever is watching
  • The Survivors can don special costumes to help them tell other stories as well.
    • Costumes can be found in the Briars set piece.
    • Added the Mannequins to hold (and show off!) their equipment.
• Playstyle, Game Mode, and Preset changes:
• Added Relaxed preset:
  • Survivors will be damaged but not killed by starving, freezing, overheating, or from the darkness.
  • Survivors will take 35% less damage from all sources.
  • Hound waves and Shadow Creatures from low sanity are set to Less.
  • Ghosts can revive at the Florid Postern and the world will not reset when everyone is dead.
  • Wildfires are disabled.
• Game Modes, Presets, and Intention changes:
• Added a server Playstyle indicator which is determined by the world settings.
  • Users will pick a Playstyle when creating a new server, which will apply the appropriate preset world settings.
  • The Playstyle indicator will be displayed in the server browser where the server intention was previously displayed.
    • Changing the world settings will update the Playstyle indicator to the best matching playstyle.
    • The settings controlled by the Wilderness and Endless game modes can now be set in world settings.\
    • Wilderness and Endless Game modes have been converted to presets. Existing worlds will be retrofitted.\
    • The preset "No Giants Here" has been removed. Existing worlds will not be affected by this.
    • Server intention has been removed (Social/Cooperative/Competitive/Madness).
• New world settings:
  • Temperature Damage: Default / Nonlethal (will damage but not kill survivors)
  • Hunger Damage: Default / Nonlethal (will damage but not kill survivors)
  • Darkness Damage: Default / Nonlethal (will damage but not kill survivors)
  • Max Health Penalty: Enabled / Disabled
  • Spawn Mode: If survivors should spawn at the Florid Postern or at a random location.
  • Survivor Death: If you will turn into a ghost or be brought back to the survivor select menu.
  • Ghost Sanity Drain: Controls if there will be a sanity drain on all players when anyone is a ghost.
  • Death Reset Timer: Controls how long you have before the world regenerates when all survivors are dead.
  • Basic Resources: If basic resources, such as saplings and berry bushes, should respawn over time.
• Quality of Life Changes:
• Recipe Cards can now be found throughout the world.
  • Reading a card will say the recipe for a Crock Pot dish.
    • Recipe Cards can be found in Tumbleweeds, Graves, Sunken Chests, and some boons.
• Food and Crock Pot Changes:
• Added 2 Egg Crock Pot recipes.
• Added a Tallbird Egg Crock Pot recipe.
• Added 2 Beefalo feed Crock Pot recipes.
• Adjusted the Stuffed Fish Heads and Veggie Burger cooking priority to prevent multiple results.
• Banana Shake can no longer be made with meat, fish, or monster meat.
• Frozen Banana Daiquiri can no longer be made with meat or fish and adjusted the priority to remove the random chance of getting Banana Shake.
• Ice Cream is now classified as Goodies.
• Beefalo can now eat Roasted Birchnut.
  • Changed the time for Tallbirds to lay a new egg to be more inline with other food sources.
  • The Fire Pit and Campfire will now drop a charcoal when the fire goes out, if it was fueled to the max stage.
  • Added information, while a ghost, to help new players learn how to revive.
  • Added the Turf-Raiser Helm, a new helmet that you can get from the Antlion.
• Community feedback tweaks and changes:
• Added a loading protection which will protect survivors while the game is loading from things like transferring to the caves.
• The Cartographer's Desk can now erase Blueprints, Tackle Adverts, Sketch, Costume Patterns, and Recipe Cards, turning it into one Papyrus.
• Updated the Scarecrow skins selection UI.
• Added cooking, fishing, and farming themed boons to the world generation.
• Ancient Stonework turf blueprint can now be found via the Distilled Knowledge.
• Digging up the turf in the ruins will now give the turf object.
• Ruins Turf and Imitation Ruins Turf Blueprints can now be crafted at the Ancient Pseudoscience Station.
• Tallbirds without a nest will now make a new nest, but only on rocky or dirt turf.
• Added the Snazzy Pitchfork (golden pitchfork)
• Increased the number of uses for the Tent and Siesta Lean-to to better reflect their crafting cost.
• The Camper's Tent now restores health at the same rate as the Tent.
• The Straw Roll will now restore some health while sleeping.
• The Furry Roll will now affect your body temperature while sleeping.
• Trail Mix can now be made with raw Birchnuts.
• The Tin Fishin' Bin now holds up to 20 fish.
• The Tin Fishin' Bin can now be built on dock tiles.
• The Bookcase can now be used to open skins gifts.
• The Insulated Pack and Seed Pack-It are no longer burnable.
• Added a confirmation popup for the Reset Now button when all players are dead.
• Steeped Lunar Essence can now mutate Wobster Mounds and birds.
• The Distortion Setting has been changed to control the intensity.
• The Lazy Forager can now be repaired with nightmare fuel.
• Changed the materials required for building all stages of the Hermit Home. It no longer requires seasonal items.
• Skittersquids now always drop a Light Bulb.
• Masts placed on land and the Mannequin can now be rotated with the Fencing Sword.
  • When Warly inspects food, he will now comment if it is something he ate recently.
• Trick or Treat Chest and Pantomimed Snazzy Pitchfork for login bonus rewards have been re-enabled for a short period

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a save/load bug where the Campfire's fire would load at the center of the world.
• Fixed a bug where Gobblers and The Crabby Hermit would think the Banana Bush is a Berry Bush.
• Fixed Walter's Guest of Honour hair and hat.
• Fixed an image artifacting bug with UI images.
• Fixed an idle animation bug.
• Fixed invisible baby beefalo hooves.
• Fixed some old set pieces from generating old Farm Plots; they now generate Drying Racks instead.
• Fixed a Tallbird Nest save/load bug.
• Fixed a rare save file corruption when spawning Bearger.
• Fixed hatching Tallbird Eggs not using all heating and cooling sources.
• Fixed planted Carrots and Catcoon Dens not regrowing after being burnt.
• Fixed being unable to see default skins with the weaveable filter on.