Hello again everybody!

Hallowed Nights is upon us once again and that means that means treats for you! We have a new animated short, a bunch of free spooky skins and the Hallowed Nights event has been updated as well!

• Carvable Pumpkin Heads that can make you less afraid of the dark and other spooks during Hallowed Nights

• Crystal-Crested Buzzards that roam the world after Lunar Hail

• More creature corpses can now mutate into their existing lunar counterparts

• New spawn mechanics and combat behaviour for Inimical Gestalts

A new Trick-or-Treat chest is now available for all players and includes the Webwork Quilt, Beast Effigy, Webwam, Sarcarrotgus and Web Master T-Shirt skins. Simply log into the game during Hallowed Nights to get yours!

The “Supercapa-sitter” skin for the Replica Relic Chair is also available as a login reward.

The “Pyric Core” skin for the Thermal Stone has been added to the Orbital Collection. Check out the post for more details[klei.gg].

And finally, all players will receive a second Trick-or-Treat chest containing one random Hallowed Nights costume set. Additionally items from the Hallowed Nights Collection and Costume Collection will have increased drop rates for the duration of the event!  That's it for now! We're continuing on as we head toward the end of the year. As you have seen with this years Hallowed Nights content, we've dipped into a little bit of game content as well. You can expect something similar for Winter's Feast and then we're on to Lunar New Year content.

• Fixed a crash on load with Boulderboughs desolation regrowth.
  
• Fixed Geothermite eating sound persisting at times.
  
• Fixed Geothermite not transitioning to obstacle physics when in its vent state.
  
• Fixed Geothermite improperly calculating heat rate when blowing.
  
• Fixed bug where Relics that appear in the Sanctum could be deconstructed, causing a crash.

Hey  Everybody!

We have a couple of surprises for you today. 

First, we have a Follow-Up release for the "From Beyond - Ancient Echoes" update!

Highlights Include:

• Items pulled down the giant whirlpool are now grouped in a single pile that can be rummaged to retrieve them.

• Replaced the path to one of the Fountain rooms with a new puzzle room in the Sanctum.

• Ruins and Sanctum Relics can now be used as furniture decoration.

• Geothermite creature found in the Fumarole biome

Login Reward

We're also adding the “Bearger Fur Roll” skin for the Fur Roll. Simply log in to the game to claim it. 

And - one other special thing. 
We've been quietly working on something special for you to tie up some loose threads with the Don't Starve lore. For a while now, we have been handling lore mostly through game content and Intermissions, but starting now, we'll also be periodically presenting some extra hidden lore content for you. Sometimes this may be a simple comic, or it may be something a little more... interesting. We want to ease you back into things, so we'll keep it simple.

Extra resources for delivering lore have always been somewhat of a challenge. Sometimes it takes us longer than other times. Planning time and the effort required can be hard to justify for something that is sort of just for fun. Especially when we have something we are trying to convey in the lore. Coordinating things in such a way that is worth our time and yours has always been a labour of love. Together, we have come up with some new methods to make this fun and engaging for all of us. As you will see, this will come in different forms and at different times. Many of you will be interested. Understandably, some of you may not. Still, we hope that the result is more of lore that you love and a fun way to pass the time between updates. 

You now have everything you need to begin! Once you think you have found it. You haven't. Look further - but somewhere else. Think back to how we did things before and do it again.

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• Added art to the waterfall top in the Sanctum.

• Prefab densities for retrofitted Lunar Islands, Lunar Grotto, and Fumarole biomes will now properly be populated.
  
  • This means world regrowth will properly work within these areas.
    
  • This fix has also been applied onto already existing retrofits of these areas.
• Fixed Abigail's flower missing its inventory images for the Swashbuckler skin.
  
• Fixed Wormwood's Survivor skin missing various leaves.
  
• Fixed some grey art popping through some Primal skins.
  
• Fixed Wendy's Swashbuckler head skin having a black skirt.
  
• Fixed Wendy's Read's Rags missing the bracelets.
  
• Fixed a crash for when mods remove the Chasm in the Sanctum.
  
• Fixed being unable to place bridges in the Lunar Grotto retrofit and certain parts of the Lunar Grotto.
  
• Fixed Wandering Trader appearing right next to the first player in the world at the Florid Postern.
  
• Fixed bug with Terramites becoming invisible when reskinned while floating on water.
  
• Fixed bug with Shadow Creatures and Gestalts causing pillars to collapse in the Sanctum puzzle room.

Hello everybody!

The "Ancient Echoes" update is now available, and with it, we've got some new skins, a login bonus, some new streaming drops, and more.

Highlights Include: Additions

• Added a Fumarole area where an old companion of the Ancients will appear during the Shadow Rift.

• Added a Giant Whirlpool, which tends to pull everything down with it.

  • Caves must be enabled for it to appear.

• Added hidden rooms in the Caves that can be explored to uncover Ancient lore, that is if you can find the entrance…

Quality of Life

• Woodie’s Wooden Walking Stick no longer consumes durability when its wearer is not moving.

• Birds now have death sounds.

• Bird sounds will disappear from the turf ambience for most of the Post-Lunar Hail period.

• Bridges may now be placed in the Labyrinth Maze.

New Skins!

“Swampy Vacation Chest” ($12.99usd)

“This Swampy Vacation Chest contains the Swamp-Lover's Chest and the Vacation Chest.”

“Complete Survivor Chest” ($15.99usd)
“This Complete Survivor Chest contains the complete Survivor series of survivor skins.”

New Login Bonus!

For a limited time, players will receive the Mythic Bone Armor just by logging into the game. This is a limited-time item, don't miss out!

New Streaming Drops

The Global Deconstruction Staff skin been added to the Orbital Collection. Check out the post for more details[klei.gg].
Our Ambassadors have also been given a bunch of new codes to give away. Including Starter Packs, The Full Victorian Collection, and two new Resurrected skins, the Resurrected Glom Pack and the Resurrected Deerclops Duffel!

Rhymes With Play
We've got a dev stream coming up later today. Join us over at

https://twitch.tv/kleientertainment

 and hang out with us as we discuss the new update and what's to come.

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And that's all for now - kinda.
We've got more coming for you very soon. We're heading into the seasonal event schedule soon, and we have an update for Hallowed Nights as well as Winter's Feast, which will also include updates to existing content that we want to release before Lunar New Year, and then we will get back to the conclusion of the shadow arc early next year. So, lots happening. For those of you looking for a points code, it's here somewhere. It's been a little while since we were hiding things properly. Consider it practice. Consider it practice. 

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• Added a Fumarole area where an old companion of the Ancients will appear during the Shadow Rift.
  
• Added a Giant Whirlpool, which tends to pull everything down with it.
  
• Caves must be enabled for it to appear.
  
• Added hidden rooms in the Caves that can be explored to uncover Ancient lore, that is if you can find the entrance…

• Woodie’s Wooden Walking Stick no longer consumes durability when its wearer is not moving.
  
• Birds now have death sounds.
  
• Bird sounds will disappear from the turf ambience for most of the Post-Lunar Hail period.
  
• Bridges may now be placed in the Labyrinth Maze.

• Added W.A.R.B.O.T. and Celestial Scion Figures.

• Fixed Koalefant Carcass sanity drain being much quicker than it should be.
  
• Fixed Weremoose or other non-interruptable shockable entities being stopped by T.I.N.G.L.E. Fields.
  
• Fixed a crash when attacking Canary (Volatile).
  
• Fixed Shadow Hand’s insanity aura not working properly.
  
• Fixed a specific MacOS crash with invalid string comparisons.

Hey all, it's time for Intermission! This time for you we've got a mysterious animation, new login reward, streaming drops, and "Hostile Takeover: Phase Two"!

Don't Starve Together: From Beyond - Forgone
It’s easy to lose ourselves in dreams of what might have been. But reality creeps in, quiet and inevitable like shadows at dusk. As the shadow arc draws to a close, every promise must be honored, every debt paid.

Hostile Takeover: Phase 2
We have some additional content and features for Hostile Takeover that were released in the update today. 

Highlights include:

• Electric weapons adjusted, and shock states added to creatures.

• Added a new craftable T.I.N.G.L.E. Node.

• Drying Rack changed to have multiple slots.

• Celestial Altar crafting adjustments.

• Post Celestial Scion adjustments to Lunar questline.

• Lunar Hail optimizations, and the falling debris has been replaced with a new event and mutation.

• Rendering optimizations..
   

Streaming Drops!

The Marble Impact Armor skin for the Marble Suit has been added to the Orbital Collection. Check out the post for more details[klei.gg].
Login Reward

For a limited time players will receive the Mythic Bone Helm just by logging into the game. This is a limited-time item, don't miss out!  

Board Game Update!

Our Friends at Glass Cannon Unplugged have updated the Dont Starve The Board Game project page with new images and info. They'll be launching in September. Follow the campaign to stay up to date on future launch details and to get a free gift if you decide to support the project!

Also. from July 31st to August 3rd they are also at Gen Con with a playable demo. If you're attending, stop by, sit down, and see if you can survive.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glasscannonunplugged/dont-starve-the-board-game

That's it for now!

We're well on our way to the next update that will be coming in September, and we'll have some more information for you about that pretty soon.

Have fun out there[accounts.klei.com]!

The Cawnival returns! Our survivors are once again greeted by the festive feathered Corvus Goodfeather and his crow compatriots. Decorate, try your luck at the Cawnival games, and maybe even win some prizes! 

Highlights:

• Start of the annual Midsummer Cawnival event.

• The master of ceremonies, Corvus Goodfeather can be found near the Florid Postern.

• Buy the Cawnival Tree, games and Game Tokens from Corvus Goodfeather.

• Earn Prize Tickets from playing games and exchange them for decorations and other goods at the Prize Booth.

• Place decorations near the Cawnival Tree and more feathered spectators will come join the festivities.

Additional Notes:

• Made some changes to the Personal Floater so that it will actually prevent you from drowning right away.

Login Bonus:

“Cawnival Cushion Floater” - Reskins Personal Floater
“Take the festivities to the open water - comfortably afloat.”
 

New Skins:

Cawnival Woodworking Chest” ($3.99usd) “This Cawnival Woodworking Chest contains the following belongings skin items: Cawnival Display Table, Cawnival Show Table, Cawnival Ribboned Chair, Cawnival Stool, Caw of the Cawnival, Cawnival Vase, Cawnival Evening Lamp, Cawnival Frame, The Blue Boid, and Cawnival Mood Setter.” Happy Summer!Another wonderful summer is on its way! We just released the Hostile Takeover update, but we've also got another smaller follow-up update coming to beta in the coming weeks, so we're working on that as we head towards our plans for the next Intermission and the update that follows. We'll have more details soon. Have fun out there[accounts.klei.com]!