Spring is awful

[Granger]

So i managed to survive trough winter with an noobish base (no farms, no pot, only 1 drying rack) so i figured id move on to RoG... but starting in that expansions spring is god awful. I manage to live but i need to spend all my time either on the fire (playing as Willow) or chopping wood along with scavenging food+ flowers. If i dont i go insane.

I live but i dont have any fun in doing so. I make this umbrella and the strawhat over and over to deal with the wetness but i just keep getting wetter and wetter until i inevitably drown (figuratively speaking).

One time i found an raincoat, which allowed me to do some exploring... until it broke, that is, then i was stuck endlessy fighting insanity and wetness (and freezing, as if the previous wasnt enough already -.-) all the time again.

And dont get me started on that frog rain, which forces me to abandon whatever i was doing and run until it ends. Should i dare to defend myself from the frog pursuing me even more will come. Hundreds in fact.

Tell me, how am i supposed to enjoy playing the game at this rate?

[Mr.M]

1. I do not recommend starting in spring ever (at least not until you are good enough)

2. a simple rainhat (2 moles) + hiding under a tree reduces the wetness pretty good.

3. Not sure right now if you freeze without getting too wet, but a thermal stone should help there.

[Granger]

Well, i restarted like 5 times and only ever started in spring... maybe i should just stick to vanilla?

Thanks for those tips.

[Mr.M]

You can set the option where you want to start;

Default is Spring/Autumn so its random where you start.

You can even set longer/shorter season or skip one completely + set the length of a day.

I really like playing with long autumn + spring (long spring as a compensation for long autumn) as you have 10 more days to prepare for winter.

[That Guy]

inifnite clothes and infinite items mods

the game is to grindy always collecting materials and remaking things over and over.

[OrangePie]

try getting some mods. I had to use mods until I got good at the game. There is a slow hunger mod that is nice to start out with. Until you learn all the recipes, its okay to use them. Eventually though its more fun to play without mods. Also, as someone else said, make sure to select autumn as the starting season.

[Duchess of Dongs]

Omg, I played Spring for the first time today. Seemed like a good idea to start with Spring, so I had more time to prepare for Winter. Holy insanity, Batman! My insanity has never been so low, and I've never had so little fun playing Don't Starve. I quit playing at Day 14, which is something I've never done. Was lucky to find a huge group of green mushrooms just as my insanity bottomed out the first time, but it was too much of a chore to keep up with.

[Cheese n' Beans]

Always start during Autumn using the custom world settings, because Spring is just hell to start out in. By starting in Autumn, you should be able to craft an eyebrella (if you defeated the Deerclops during Winter, which isn't nearly as hard as it sounds) or a raincoat before Spring comes, both of which grant 100% water resistance.
Remember to have a few sewing kits available too - a good way to do this is to take on McTusk whenever he spawns during Winter. The hounds will drop 2 teeth each (so 4 in total), which is enough to make 2 sewing kits each time you kill them (as a bonus, you can get MacTusk's Tam o' Shanter and Walking Cane, both of which are insanely useful). A sewing kit will restore 63% of the Eyebrella's durability, 50% of the raincoat's and 83% of the umbrella's per use, and can be used 5 times.

Spring really ain't that bad if you prepared for it, and if you have some farms going you can get a TON of food (particularly from berry bushes and improved farms). But I can see why it's so difficult to survive in if you chose it as a starting season, which is why I recommend to start out in Autumn.

[asmoore]

Yep. The Tam o' Shanter plus hounds teeth are a great reason to battle MacTusk every chance you get for your first winter. After that just keep all your rain gear repaired with Sewing Kits.

[Coldplay]

Ya i'd recommend not starting in spring, start in fall.

[ButterStuffed]

You only lose sanity when you have wet items equipped.

You could be at 100 wetness and as long as you don't have any wet clothing or tools physically equipped you won't lose sanity.

Don't keep wet hats clothes or tools equipped when they are wet and you will have no problem with sanity.

[tangoafterdark]

If you think Spring is bad in RoG, wait til you get to Summer... The Pretty Parasol is supposed to be an emergency/temporary measure - you need to make an Umbrella ASAP. Umbrella + Straw Hat or Football Helmet is all you need to prevent Wetness from rain and you can restore the Umbrella's durability with a Sewing Kit. Just build a few farms and you'll never need to worry about food because crops grow like crazy in Spring.

[Mr.M]

"Don't keep wet hats clothes or tools equipped when they are wet and you will have no problem with sanity."

Well, good when you have a backpack...

Originally posted by No One:

inifnite clothes and infinite items mods

the game is to grindy always collecting materials and remaking things over and over.

Take a mod for infinite items in a survival game where searching for items actually is a main aspect, great idea

Just dont start in spring. Also closer too summer which actually is much harder than winter (things catch fire, can only be prevented good enough with ice flingomatic which is hard to get in such short time)

[Fabi Lumy]

Originally posted by Santander:

The Pretty Parasol is supposed to be an emergency/temporary measure - you need to make an Umbrella ASAP. Umbrella + Straw Hat or Football Helmet is all you need to prevent Wetness from rain and you can restore the Umbrella's durability with a Sewing Kit.

This. If you start in Spring, first thing you do is make a pretty parasol + straw hat, easy materials to get in the start of the game (petals, grass, twigs). These won't give you 100% wetness protection but will help a lot until you get an umbrella.

Look for pig skin to make the umbrella, you can get them by:
- hammering pig heads around touchstones;
- killing pigs/werepigs;
- hammering down pig huts.

Umbrella + football helmet = 100% wetness protection. Later you might want to make a raincoat. Lategame the eyebrella is the best.

Check the wikia for % wetness protection provided by each item: http://dont-starve-game.wikia.com/wiki/Wetness

[Fabi Lumy]

Also, don't ever attack frogs during a frog rain!

Craft about 5 traps and lure the frogs into them, this way they don't aggro and you get dozens of frog legs.

[itssirtou]

Isn't it kinda backwards that spring has the long dusk/night cycle and autumn has the short night cycle? Day should start getting longer near the end of winter not after it starts. Also the game should just start you on Autumn by default, its closer to the normal game and its the safest start.

Anyways I play with Less Rain, Less frog rain (only saw one but it killed me cuz I forgot frogs have hivemind for some reason), autumn start and sometimes Long Day.