Are the DLC worth it?

[Vantezzle]

How do they work, can you use all the features in a single game, or are they separate games?And which of the three are the best?

[Luna]

rog is bassicly base game+ (its the best option for vannila dont starve)
shipwrecked and hamlet are bassicly new game's but with simmilair mechanics
id say buy them all they are worth it

[Inverz]

Yes, they definitely worth it. And what you would like the most is bascially a matter of taste, I'd rather not speak in your place.

Yes, you can also use every DLCs' features by linking worlds.

[mess with Chen, get the horns]

I don't like Reign of Giants, I prefer Don't Starve Together much much more. Shipwrecked and Hamlet however can stand on their own. I think Shipwrecked is a bit better than Hamlet, but it's clear they were trying something different with Hamlet (tighter game with fewer and more different items/mechanics than the others). Shipwrecked is more like a pure expansion than RoG, plays better in every way, while Hamlet is more like a total conversion, if you've played mods and know what that is like.

[Hand's Hermit Permit]

They are all definitely worth it.

They are all harder though, RoG adding big difficulty to vanilla, Shipwrecked increasing it, and Hamlet being the hardest yet. So if you think things like more harsh seasons would ruin it for you, then maybe think again.

The biggest difference I can tell between people who do like the DLCs and those that dont would be specific complaints about BS mechanics i.e. difficulty.

[Jakethebeest]

its also worth noting that you can have all the dlc at once. in you make a ROG world or a base game world the game will ask you if you want it to be shipwrecked compatible or hamlet compatible. choose hamlet if you want all three. same if you start a shipwrecked world choose to make it compatible with hamlet and hamlet will have ROG and shipwrecked compatiblity by defalt (asuming you have all three).

after linking you can make a skyworthy or a seaworthy to travel between the world (also worth noting that a skyworthy will let you travel to shipwreck too but it will place you in a random spot while using the seaworthy will put you right next to the seaworthy in shipwrecked)

[Strifeboy]

As a new player should i play Rog or just base game with no dlc?

[Hand's Hermit Permit]

Originally posted by Strifeboy:

As a new player should i play Rog or just base game with no dlc?

Maybe just the base game. Focusing on surviving winter is a good first goal.

[Včelí medvídek]

Originally posted by Jakethebeest:

its also worth noting that you can have all the dlc at once. in you make a ROG world or a base game world the game will ask you if you want it to be shipwrecked compatible or hamlet compatible. choose hamlet if you want all three. same if you start a shipwrecked world choose to make it compatible with hamlet and hamlet will have ROG and shipwrecked compatiblity by defalt (asuming you have all three).

after linking you can make a skyworthy or a seaworthy to travel between the world (also worth noting that a skyworthy will let you travel to shipwreck too but it will place you in a random spot while using the seaworthy will put you right next to the seaworthy in shipwrecked)

Sorry I am quite new but I somehow stuck on "mod compatibility" - it ask if it should be hamlet or SW - that I understand - but that wouold suggest DS+Rog + eithere SW or Hamlet should work..

But no matter what I selcet only one mod has green check to it at a time... would you mind lead me correct way for activate more at once.

Thank you

EDIT: Or maybe I figured it out?
DS = only base game
ROfG = base game + ROfG
SW = base game + ROfG + Shipwreck?
HAM = base game + ROfG + Hamlet?
¨
Kinda confusing..

[Inverz]

Originally posted by Včelí medvídek:

Originally posted by Jakethebeest:

its also worth noting that you can have all the dlc at once. in you make a ROG world or a base game world the game will ask you if you want it to be shipwrecked compatible or hamlet compatible. choose hamlet if you want all three. same if you start a shipwrecked world choose to make it compatible with hamlet and hamlet will have ROG and shipwrecked compatiblity by defalt (asuming you have all three).

after linking you can make a skyworthy or a seaworthy to travel between the world (also worth noting that a skyworthy will let you travel to shipwreck too but it will place you in a random spot while using the seaworthy will put you right next to the seaworthy in shipwrecked)

Sorry I am quite new but I somehow stuck on "mod compatibility" - it ask if it should be hamlet or SW - that I understand - but that wouold suggest DS+Rog + eithere SW or Hamlet should work..

But no matter what I selcet only one mod has green check to it at a time... would you mind lead me correct way for activate more at once.

Thank you

EDIT: Or maybe I figured it out?
DS = only base game
ROfG = base game + ROfG
SW = base game + ROfG + Shipwreck?
HAM = base game + ROfG + Hamlet?
¨
Kinda confusing..

DS = Base game
RoG = Base game + RoG
SW = Base game + RoG + SW
HAM = Base game + RoG + SW + HAM

So picking Hamlet will include all DLCs.

[Včelí medvídek]

Oh ok.

Just last question to topic . Why it ask if it should be Hamlet OR SW compatible than? To my (wrong?) understanding it suggested they are mutualy exclusive..?

[Jakethebeest]

to put it simply, shipwrecked came first. and compatibility works backwards from the released date. this is why they are separate (before it would just ask you do you want your world shipwrecked compatible)

[Unknown]

Originally posted by Včelí medvídek:

Oh ok.

Just last question to topic . Why it ask if it should be Hamlet OR SW compatible than? To my (wrong?) understanding it suggested they are mutualy exclusive..?

On world creation you should choose dlc to begin game. Every dlc has it's own world. You can travel from one dlc to another if you make them compatible.

DS -> RoG -> SW -> Hamlet

This is how compatibility goes. Every dlc is compatible with all previous one. So whatever you choose, game automatically becomes compatible with everything on the left.

For example if you choose SW, game will be compatible with DS+RoG, (so you can travel to RoG and play with RoG characters) but it also will ask you if you want compatibility with Hamlet (in order to be able to play with Hamlet characters and travel to Hamlet world).

[Andy]

Originally posted by Strifeboy:

As a new player should i play Rog or just base game with no dlc?

i would recommend getting rog as its the complete experience playing without it will be just a inferior experience in my opnion.