Shipwrecked tips?

[rllyrg]

I've been playing this mode for hours and I have no idea how your supposed to survive monsoon season without every island flooding and becoming inaccessible by midway through.

And dry season is just another story. I get that your supposed to find the volcano and give food to the alter to delay eruptions but first you have to find the volcano, which can make you waste a lot of time and resources towards hurricane season and not even find it in the first place. Spy glasses are really expensive to make as they require pig skin which is a very scarce resource as pigs only have a 25% drop rate of it (plus individual pigs killed take forever to respawn).

But in order to even start giving the offerings to the volcano, you basically have to base near it early game regardless, which makes finding other essential resources such as silk even more scarce depending on world gen.

Does anyone know how to survive this hellscape?

[Hand's Hermit Permit]

The thing to do in Monsoon season is to use sandbags to block out the floods. Just have to wall around your base with them basically. It's a lot of bamboo to chop. You should also probably use floor boards in the protected area so the floods don't pull a sly move and spawn inside the sandbags and ruin you. It helps if you can get full water insulation gear for the times you do have to run through water.

Dry season you need to either do the thing you mentioned or use a sacrificial island to park yourself on when it's about to go down so you can dodge rocks and farm rocks. You don't have to have your base there necessarily. I keep an outpost there with an icebox, chests, and endothermic pit while I visit volcano. Remember though, rolling it back doesn't reset the warning rumbles you get, so be careful. The overheating in Dry season isn't as bad as regular RoG. All you need is a couple of thermal stones in your icebox to swap and/or a dumbrella or other summer clothing.

Shipwrecked is actually the easiest version of Don't Starve in my opinion. There's only 1 giant boss that actually comes to harass you instead of 4 in RoG, and the storm season isn't as bad as winter if you have full rain gear and lightning protection.

[UNBREAKABLE]

Originally posted by Hand's Hermit Permit:

Just have to wall around your base with them basically. It's a lot of bamboo to chop.

Placing a sandbag in the center of a puddle will also stop it from expanding for the rest of the season, you don't have to block your base off with a million sandbags if you pay attention early on and nick the puddles when they are still small. Wall of sandbags + flooring on the inside is of course fool proof and requires no attention, but during the first year you might not have a lot of materials.

[rllyrg]

Originally posted by Hand's Hermit Permit:

The thing to do in Monsoon season is to use sandbags to block out the floods. Just have to wall around your base with them basically. It's a lot of bamboo to chop. You should also probably use floor boards in the protected area so the floods don't pull a sly move and spawn inside the sandbags and ruin you. It helps if you can get full water insulation gear for the times you do have to run through water.

Dry season you need to either do the thing you mentioned or use a sacrificial island to park yourself on when it's about to go down so you can dodge rocks and farm rocks. You don't have to have your base there necessarily. I keep an outpost there with an icebox, chests, and endothermic pit while I visit volcano. Remember though, rolling it back doesn't reset the warning rumbles you get, so be careful. The overheating in Dry season isn't as bad as regular RoG. All you need is a couple of thermal stones in your icebox to swap and/or a dumbrella or other summer clothing.

Shipwrecked is actually the easiest version of Don't Starve in my opinion. There's only 1 giant boss that actually comes to harass you instead of 4 in RoG, and the storm season isn't as bad as winter if you have full rain gear and lightning protection.

I was thinking that Wagstaff would be a good pick for teleporting from your main base to the emergency "Oh sh!t!, better feed the alter" back up island when dry season occurs, but that also may depend on where it spawned and where you based early game. Even though the volcano spawns somewhere around the borders of the map and in the deep ocean biome, there isn't a good enough tell as to where it is and if you do not prepare for hurricane and monsoon season asap, things can really screw your run over.

Also, would you mind elaborating on what you mean by "rolling it back doesn't reset the warning rumbles you get"?. I assume you mean that if you get warning earthquakes from the volcano as it is about to flick meteors at you, giving food to the alter still doesn't prevent it, however, if you feed it before the warnings of the next eruptions, it works?

Also, I didn't talk about this during my post because I was playing WX at the time, but how are you meant to put up with the poison mosquitos during monsoon season as any other character? Especially with how often they spawn. Also, I know about using floorboards to prevent floods from spawning and the whole sand bag thing, but I was talking about other islands in general in which you haven't set up camp by already which can become sunken in water by the middle portion of the season. I guess you have to wear the snakeskin jacket and hat to prevent wetness?

Originally posted by UNBREAKABLE:

Originally posted by Hand's Hermit Permit:

Just have to wall around your base with them basically. It's a lot of bamboo to chop.

Placing a sandbag in the center of a puddle will also stop it from expanding for the rest of the season, you don't have to block your base off with a million sandbags if you pay attention early on and nick the puddles when they are still small. Wall of sandbags + flooring on the inside is of course fool proof and requires no attention, but during the first year you might not have a lot of materials.

I didn't really try this since a lot of the time I'm busy with other things like finding the volcano or fishing from the watery graves for the bone key, but I guess I should try this next time.

[fynx]

Originally posted by rllyrg:

Originally posted by Hand's Hermit Permit:

Also, I didn't talk about this during my post because I was playing WX at the time, but how are you meant to put up with the poison mosquitos during monsoon season as any other character? Especially with how often they spawn. Also, I know about using floorboards to prevent floods from spawning and the whole sand bag thing, but I was talking about other islands in general in which you haven't set up camp by already which can become sunken in water by the middle portion of the season. I guess you have to wear the snakeskin jacket and hat to prevent wetness?

Dumbrella gives 100% wetness resistance and great overheating resistance, also takes up only the head slot, so you should get it early and replace the snakeskin gear. As for the poison - seashell suit pairs well with the Dumbrella.

[fynx]

Dumbrella gives 100% wetness resistance and great overheating resistance, also takes up only the head slot, so you should get it early and replace the snakeskin gear. As for the poison - seashell suit pairs well with the Dumbrella.

[Hand's Hermit Permit]

You get 3 warning rumbles before volcano erupts. If you appease the volcano you don't get those warnings back. So if there have already been 3 rumbles you might just want to get somewhere safe and wait out the eruption because if you calm it down you're not going to get any warnings and you'll just lose track of time and have an eruption start surprise you immediately when you're still at your base.

Poison mosquitoes are fairly easy to deal with. Seashell armor blocks the poison attacks, or you can use friends of any type to take aggro. They can only bite something so many times before they explode.

For other islands that are flooded, yes, you'll just want some clothing that blocks moisture entirely. Remember, all umbrella hats do this. Also keep in mind chimineas are not in contact with the ground, so you can have them as the "firepit" on other islands and they can always be used in any season. This wont help with wetness if you're in a flood, it's just so you know going to other islands isn't hopeless during floods.

[rllyrg]

Originally posted by fynx:

Dumbrella gives 100% wetness resistance and great overheating resistance, also takes up only the head slot, so you should get it early and replace the snakeskin gear. As for the poison - seashell suit pairs well with the Dumbrella.

Problem is, how hard is it to beat the Tiger Shark? I have no idea how hard Shipwrecked bosses are in comparison to other modes. I guess I'll just make a boat cannon and a few cutlass supreme. And perhaps a seashell boat for protection?

Originally posted by Hand's Hermit Permit:

You get 3 warning rumbles before volcano erupts. If you appease the volcano you don't get those warnings back. So if there have already been 3 rumbles you might just want to get somewhere safe and wait out the eruption because if you calm it down you're not going to get any warnings and you'll just lose track of time and have an eruption start surprise you immediately when you're still at your base.

Poison mosquitoes are fairly easy to deal with. Seashell armor blocks the poison attacks, or you can use friends of any type to take aggro. They can only bite something so many times before they explode.

For other islands that are flooded, yes, you'll just want some clothing that blocks moisture entirely. Remember, all umbrella hats do this. Also keep in mind chimineas are not in contact with the ground, so you can have them as the "firepit" on other islands and they can always be used in any season. This wont help with wetness if you're in a flood, it's just so you know going to other islands isn't hopeless during floods.

So if I'm getting this right, feeding the alter food during your 1st or 2nd warning will cancel the 2 - 3 or just the 3rd warning entirely and hit you by surprise?

Had no idea seashell armour protects you against poison, useful tip. One problem though, if you have to wear armour to Protect yourself from poison attacks, will you be able to get through the flooded islands without rain gear? Because the mosquitos spawn on the floods, so you may have to risk getting wet when fighting those guys.

My main and only issue rn is finding the volcano early game and making sure my base isn't a good sea voyage away from it. Any tips on the most optimal way to find it would be a life saver.

Would anyone think that Wagstaff or WX is best for this mode?

[Hand's Hermit Permit]

Originally posted by rllyrg:

Originally posted by fynx:

Dumbrella gives 100% wetness resistance and great overheating resistance, also takes up only the head slot, so you should get it early and replace the snakeskin gear. As for the poison - seashell suit pairs well with the Dumbrella.

Problem is, how hard is it to beat the Tiger Shark? I have no idea how hard Shipwrecked bosses are in comparison to other modes. I guess I'll just make a boat cannon and a few cutlass supreme. And perhaps a seashell boat for protection?

Originally posted by Hand's Hermit Permit:

You get 3 warning rumbles before volcano erupts. If you appease the volcano you don't get those warnings back. So if there have already been 3 rumbles you might just want to get somewhere safe and wait out the eruption because if you calm it down you're not going to get any warnings and you'll just lose track of time and have an eruption start surprise you immediately when you're still at your base.

Poison mosquitoes are fairly easy to deal with. Seashell armor blocks the poison attacks, or you can use friends of any type to take aggro. They can only bite something so many times before they explode.

For other islands that are flooded, yes, you'll just want some clothing that blocks moisture entirely. Remember, all umbrella hats do this. Also keep in mind chimineas are not in contact with the ground, so you can have them as the "firepit" on other islands and they can always be used in any season. This wont help with wetness if you're in a flood, it's just so you know going to other islands isn't hopeless during floods.

So if I'm getting this right, feeding the alter food during your 1st or 2nd warning will cancel the 2 - 3 or just the 3rd warning entirely and hit you by surprise?

Had no idea seashell armour protects you against poison, useful tip. One problem though, if you have to wear armour to Protect yourself from poison attacks, will you be able to get through the flooded islands without rain gear? Because the mosquitos spawn on the floods, so you may have to risk getting wet when fighting those guys.

My main and only issue rn is finding the volcano early game and making sure my base isn't a good sea voyage away from it. Any tips on the most optimal way to find it would be a life saver.

Would anyone think that Wagstaff or WX is best for this mode?

Tigershark is honestly pretty easy to fight on land. If you fight it at sea it just runs away to its island when it hits 10% HP. It's just very big and scary.

No, the warnings are one-time only per eruption. So if you get 2 warnings, roll the timer back, and then let it build again, you'll only have the 3rd warning left (BIG rumble) before the actual eruption. So just think of each warning happening only once, and nothing resets them except the next eruption.

I don't have any super good tips for exploring and finding volcano. My first Shipwrecked world I survived in for any length of time I never knew Volcano existed because I thought I revealed almost the whole map and never found it. I will say however that any spyglasses or pirate hats you find or make will help you explore more. The pirate hat actually multiplies the map reveal radius on the type of boat you're on with Armored boat being tied for the largest radius. Only use spyglass during the morning/day, and the Rainbow Jellyfish migrate in relation to where the volcano is depending on what season it is so they can give you a hint.

I haven't thought much about Wagstaff, but I think WX is pretty bad for this mode 'cuz he takes damage from water and there's always water everywhere. Plenty of gears though. Unless you want to play with the blurry on all the time, regular goggles cost a gold and a pigskin to make, and gold isn't as easy to get as it is in the regular Don't Starve world with Pig King, and you already know pig skin is hard to get. Teleporter pads also have a limited range to them, though I don't know how much it is honestly. Though on the upside the telebrella has unlimited time durability and functions as 35% resistance against wetness, so when combined with snakeskin hat or any chest item gives you water immunity, and Volcano has unlimited/renewable gold.

[Hand's Hermit Permit]

Being near volcano would be a good base location. My current world (that I'm going to move away from soon anyway) has my base at the first island with pigs that I had found that was a decent size. I kept the snake bushes around on purpose as a kind of night defense against crocodogs and source of monster meat for my Warly recipes. They do get into fights fairly regularly though, so that's definitely not perfect. I've had to try and separate them with walls with limited success.

Other good locations may include an island near the yaarctopus trader so you never have to go far for that. There are also islands that have lots of berry bushes or merm fishers that keep fishing up free fish you can swipe.

[rllyrg]

Originally posted by Hand's Hermit Permit:

Originally posted by rllyrg:

Problem is, how hard is it to beat the Tiger Shark? I have no idea how hard Shipwrecked bosses are in comparison to other modes. I guess I'll just make a boat cannon and a few cutlass supreme. And perhaps a seashell boat for protection?


So if I'm getting this right, feeding the alter food during your 1st or 2nd warning will cancel the 2 - 3 or just the 3rd warning entirely and hit you by surprise?

Had no idea seashell armour protects you against poison, useful tip. One problem though, if you have to wear armour to Protect yourself from poison attacks, will you be able to get through the flooded islands without rain gear? Because the mosquitos spawn on the floods, so you may have to risk getting wet when fighting those guys.

My main and only issue rn is finding the volcano early game and making sure my base isn't a good sea voyage away from it. Any tips on the most optimal way to find it would be a life saver.

Would anyone think that Wagstaff or WX is best for this mode?

Tigershark is honestly pretty easy to fight on land. If you fight it at sea it just runs away to its island when it hits 10% HP. It's just very big and scary.

No, the warnings are one-time only per eruption. So if you get 2 warnings, roll the timer back, and then let it build again, you'll only have the 3rd warning left (BIG rumble) before the actual eruption. So just think of each warning happening only once, and nothing resets them except the next eruption.

I don't have any super good tips for exploring and finding volcano. My first Shipwrecked world I survived in for any length of time I never knew Volcano existed because I thought I revealed almost the whole map and never found it. I will say however that any spyglasses or pirate hats you find or make will help you explore more. The pirate hat actually multiplies the map reveal radius on the type of boat you're on with Armored boat being tied for the largest radius. Only use spyglass during the morning/day, and the Rainbow Jellyfish migrate in relation to where the volcano is depending on what season it is so they can give you a hint.

I haven't thought much about Wagstaff, but I think WX is pretty bad for this mode 'cuz he takes damage from water and there's always water everywhere. Plenty of gears though. Unless you want to play with the blurry on all the time, regular goggles cost a gold and a pigskin to make, and gold isn't as easy to get as it is in the regular Don't Starve world with Pig King, and you already know pig skin is hard to get. Teleporter pads also have a limited range to them, though I don't know how much it is honestly.

Very weird and confusing warning system, honestly sounds like and oversight lol.

Also, can Tiger Shark show you where it's den is located at when it retreats? That would be helpful when trying to farm it's loot.

I honestly just dunno the best way to farm pig skin reliably, since building and moving the bamboo houses elsewhere is a big hassle and an expense. Plus you better do it before dry season since bamboo withers (Hooray....). On that note, would it be a good idea for dedicating an entire island for essential plants such as grass and bamboo? Put an ice flingomatic or two in the centre, surround them with sand bags and a lightning rod ("To prevent flooding and lightning strikes) and you should be good? You'd then have to just put lightning rods around the plants then, which does cost gold.

And about the jellyfish migration on the volcano, do they migrate every new moon or full moon? I've never had them swarm the middle of the map on a new moon, I did however encounter them on a full moon. I was playing as Wagstaff and I noticed a large couple herds of rainbow jellyfish around my islands, but I don't recall them grouping up in the middle of the map per say. I dunno if its just the AI and pathing (Hamlet pigs not restocking the shelves after you've purchased something because they got stuck on something will make you cry). But those things are really unreliable.

The other methods you listed could help, but spy glasses are hard to get.

Originally posted by Hand's Hermit Permit:

Being near volcano would be a good base location. My current world (that I'm going to move away from soon anyway) has my base at the first island with pigs that I had found that was a decent size. I kept the snake bushes around on purpose as a kind of night defense against crocodogs and source of monster meat for my Warly recipes. They do get into fights fairly regularly though, so that's definitely not perfect. I've had to try and separate them with walls with limited success.

Other good locations may include an island near the yaarctopus trader so you never have to go far for that. There are also islands that have lots of berry bushes or merm fishers that keep fishing up free fish you can swipe.

Yaaroctopus is just too hard to find. There isn't any indication of where he is unlike the Pig King, so he could of spawned at the corner of the map for all you know. And I teleport to him anyway because I cannot be asked to wait an entire day just to trade with him to obtain the gold key to unlock Woodlegs. Which is making me want to tear my hair out rn .

About Wagstaff, you can manage with the nearsighted mechanic by using the visor (or fryfocals preferably, as long as you don't shoot enemies with it which makes it an infinite goggles with no drawbacks). His teleportation gear is really cheap to make, and with how abundant gears are in shipwrecked, you can make multiple telipads with no problem connecting to each other in a road type manner. You can use this to quick travel to the volcano which is why I think he is a good pick generally speaking.

And WX, he doesn't care about about poison, so he can farm gear infinitely through Stinkrays which literally cannot harm him. So his advantages really compensate his wetness mechanic. Those are my thoughts anyway.

[fynx]

Originally posted by rllyrg:

Problem is, how hard is it to beat the Tiger Shark? I have no idea how hard Shipwrecked bosses are in comparison to other modes. I guess I'll just make a boat cannon and a few cutlass supreme. And perhaps a seashell boat for protection?

Would anyone think that Wagstaff or WX is best for this mode?

I would recommend fighting her on land. Boats are less agile, and it's more difficult to kite. Plus waves, plus inevitable crocodogs and sea hounds that will come for the meat after she's dead. On land, she will only try to belly-flop you once, when you are near her den. After that - just don't run to far away - and she will only use her melee attack. It's just as easy as kiting a werepig, only with 37 hits instead of 6.
Quacken is a free kill with purple groupers, Sealnado can be annoying, but manageable.

I play as WX, and it's the chillest experience I've had in DS. With Dumbrella and an unlimited supply of gears he literally has no downsides.

[rllyrg]

Originally posted by fynx:

Originally posted by rllyrg:

Problem is, how hard is it to beat the Tiger Shark? I have no idea how hard Shipwrecked bosses are in comparison to other modes. I guess I'll just make a boat cannon and a few cutlass supreme. And perhaps a seashell boat for protection?

Would anyone think that Wagstaff or WX is best for this mode?

I would recommend fighting her on land. Boats are less agile, and it's more difficult to kite. Plus waves, plus inevitable crocodogs and sea hounds that will come for the meat after she's dead. On land, she will only try to belly-flop you once, when you are near her den. After that - just don't run to far away - and she will only use her melee attack. It's just as easy as kiting a werepig, only with 37 hits instead of 6.
Quacken is a free kill with purple groupers, Sealnado can be annoying, but manageable.

I play as WX, and it's the chillest experience I've had in DS. With Dumbrella and an unlimited supply of gears he literally has no downsides.

Which armour would you recommend to potentially reduce the damage when fighting Tiger Shark? Also, could you theoretically just kill the Quacken with just 10 shots from a boat cannon? He only has about 1000 HP if I remember.

[Hand's Hermit Permit]

Tiger Shark will dash off at a huge speed in the direction of its island when its health is too low.

I try not to pay attention to the Jellyfish so I never have the new volcano locations spoiled for me, but I think it is based on the lunar cycle so the jellyfish are most likely either migrating towards or away from volcano depending on something.

It is good idea to devote an islands to certain resources. Flingomatics aren't necessary however since there should be no reason something lights on fire unless you cause it or the volcano does. Just put up lightning rods on important places you visit often. Grass shouldn't need to be moved since you have to fertilize any grass you move anyway, and there are already grass islands and mangrove sections of islands with grass in the water that never withers.

Yeah, i never make spyglasses. They're just too expensive to warrant them. I forgot to mention they should never be crafted. I generally get them from either X-marks the spot treasures or by trading a certain food to Yaarctopus, and then they have no other use besides exploring, right?

This is all true about WX. I forgot he's a robot and wouldn't have to deal with poison, like, at all. So just focus on the water resist, dont let the lightning strikes turn you insane, and he'll be a very good character.

[Hand's Hermit Permit]

Originally posted by rllyrg:

Originally posted by fynx:

I would recommend fighting her on land. Boats are less agile, and it's more difficult to kite. Plus waves, plus inevitable crocodogs and sea hounds that will come for the meat after she's dead. On land, she will only try to belly-flop you once, when you are near her den. After that - just don't run to far away - and she will only use her melee attack. It's just as easy as kiting a werepig, only with 37 hits instead of 6.
Quacken is a free kill with purple groupers, Sealnado can be annoying, but manageable.

I play as WX, and it's the chillest experience I've had in DS. With Dumbrella and an unlimited supply of gears he literally has no downsides.

Which armour would you recommend to potentially reduce the damage when fighting Tiger Shark? Also, could you theoretically just kill the Quacken with just 10 shots from a boat cannon? He only has about 1000 HP if I remember.

Log armor has 80% damage reduction, so despite being a super common armor, it's also really good. Combine it with football helmet for huge protection, but watch the durability. Logs and football helm durability isn't the best even though the protection is high. You could do marble suit if you want, but 1; I dunno where you'd even get marble in Shipwrecked, and 2; I really don't advocate for combat strats that involve just tanking damage and taking hits. Tiger Shark is a fairly basic kite and hit boss.


The problem with Quaken is not the number of shots they take, but getting to them before you capsize to waves. I think purple grouper helps with waves.

Early game in Shipwrecked is when you'll have the most bottle maps to hunt for treasure. Sometimes you can just skip having to tech for weapons if you get lucky with some treasure. You might even just find a full Thulecite armor+weapon set in a chest.

[rllyrg]

Originally posted by Hand's Hermit Permit:

Tiger Shark will dash off at a huge speed in the direction of its island when its health is too low.

I try not to pay attention to the Jellyfish so I never have the new volcano locations spoiled for me, but I think it is based on the lunar cycle so the jellyfish are most likely either migrating towards or away from volcano depending on something.

It is good idea to devote an islands to certain resources. Flingomatics aren't necessary however since there should be no reason something lights on fire unless you cause it or the volcano does. Just put up lightning rods on important places you visit often. Grass shouldn't need to be moved since you have to fertilize any grass you move anyway, and there are already grass islands and mangrove sections of islands with grass in the water that never withers.

Yeah, i never make spyglasses. They're just too expensive to warrant them. I forgot to mention they should never be crafted. I generally get them from either X-marks the spot treasures or by trading a certain food to Yaarctopus, and then they have no other use besides exploring, right?

This is all true about WX. I forgot he's a robot and wouldn't have to deal with poison, like, at all. So just focus on the water resist, dont let the lightning strikes turn you insane, and he'll be a very good character.

So, every new moon or so, they migrate towards the centre, but for the new moon afterwards, they migrate towards the volcano? I don't get this, I had reached monsoon season and by the time I just gave up on searching for the volcano and teleported to it, a huge herd of jelly fish were just hanging out by it which makes me question if they ever moved at all.

Also, don't flingomatics revive withering bamboo and what not? Pretty sure that is also it's main purpose outside of extinguishing fires.

Originally posted by Hand's Hermit Permit:

Originally posted by rllyrg:

Which armour would you recommend to potentially reduce the damage when fighting Tiger Shark? Also, could you theoretically just kill the Quacken with just 10 shots from a boat cannon? He only has about 1000 HP if I remember.

Log armor has 80% damage reduction, so despite being a super common armor, it's also really good. Combine it with football helmet for huge protection, but watch the durability. Logs and football helm durability isn't the best even though the protection is high. You could do marble suit if you want, but 1; I dunno where you'd even get marble in Shipwrecked, and 2; I really don't advocate for combat strats that involve just tanking damage and taking hits. Tiger Shark is a fairly basic kite and hit boss.


The problem with Quaken is not the number of shots they take, but getting to them before you capsize to waves. I think purple grouper helps with waves.

I wasn't talking about tanking the boss till one of us dies, I was just asking for good armour to save my health if I were to get hit. So, if I want to find its den, the 1st one I encounter I shouldn't kill and follow it in the direction of the den to farm her loot during monsoon?

Also, what are purple groupers?