Deerclops never spawning.

[Gasil]

Hello, I started an all defaulted world without any DLC, just the base game DS. I've been through at least 6 winters and in none of them the Deerclops has spawned.

Am I being too unlucky or does it only appear with RoG DLC?

[Kibocca]

I doubt this is luck. Is your world modded?

[Tassadar |RAWR]

i think its normal, i remenber one of my game i had only like 3-4 deerclops by day 500, some other game almost 1 per winter, so i think the default setting have some variable in it. This is for vanilla also, no dlc.

[Gasil]

Originally posted by Mɪʟᴋ Mᴏᴍᴍʏ:

I doubt this is luck. Is your world modded?

No mods whatsoever, only Geometric Placement and that's it. Another winter just went by without it lol base game feels a bit lonely without the giants D':

[Gasil]

Originally posted by Tassadar |RAWR:

i think its normal, i remenber one of my game i had only like 3-4 deerclops by day 500, some other game almost 1 per winter, so i think the default setting have some variable in it. This is for vanilla also, no dlc.

I see, I guess base game has lower chances. I've seen that changing the settings to more don't really add more Deerclops until you change it to lots, but do you think More would raise the chances?

[The_Technomancer]

Originally posted by Gasil:

Originally posted by Tassadar |RAWR:

i think its normal, i remenber one of my game i had only like 3-4 deerclops by day 500, some other game almost 1 per winter, so i think the default setting have some variable in it. This is for vanilla also, no dlc.

I see, I guess base game has lower chances. I've seen that changing the settings to more don't really add more Deerclops until you change it to lots, but do you think More would raise the chances?

On average he has about a 66% chance to spawn each winter. I'd definitely recommend "more" since is makes that number 100% each winter. "Lots" will allow him to spawn outside of winter.

[Gasil]

Originally posted by The_Technomancer:

Originally posted by Gasil:

I see, I guess base game has lower chances. I've seen that changing the settings to more don't really add more Deerclops until you change it to lots, but do you think More would raise the chances?

On average he has about a 66% chance to spawn each winter. I'd definitely recommend "more" since is makes that number 100% each winter. "Lots" will allow him to spawn outside of winter.

Thanks, this makes a lots of sense. Do tou know if it's possible to change the setting after the world is generated, with some console command?

[Tassadar |RAWR]

This from the wiki: When set to the "Default" or "Less" Deerclops setting, It is possible to survive through multiple winters without seeing or hearing the Deerclops. In theory, setting Deerclops to "More" should guarantee that Deerclops attacks will occur at least once per winter.
Link: https://dontstarve.fandom.com/wiki/Deerclops

[Gasil]

Originally posted by Tassadar |RAWR:

This from the wiki: When set to the "Default" or "Less" Deerclops setting, It is possible to survive through multiple winters without seeing or hearing the Deerclops. In theory, setting Deerclops to "More" should guarantee that Deerclops attacks will occur at least once per winter.
Link: https://dontstarve.fandom.com/wiki/Deerclops

Amazing, thanks for that, I totally skipped that line.