My first summer and Antlion questions

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Never survived till summer, often died to a big hound wave or deerclops, though now it's half through the spring and i have almost everything needed for summer, even the dragonfruit seeds.



- So which one should i chose and what spot? Should i settle in a cactus populated area or in some corner with mostly rocks around because cactus may catch fire during summer? Should i settle in the antlion or dragonfly desert? Should i make a base in the oasis itself or is it better not risking it because antlion might appear right in the center of it, though true for an entire antlion desert?

Does antlion respawn on the next summer if i kill it? I'm not planning on doing on the first summer though, only when i can feel that i can easily survive till summer.

Can i fish for trinkets in the oasis indefinitely as long as it is summer?

The only things that keep me away from comfortable summer is the complete lack of gears. I have 1 for another ice box, but still need to get somewhere 2 for an ice flingomatic. Can tumbleweeds on average supply me enough when it's about 10 days till the spring end? I know it's complete gamble, but what's your experience with that? At least I have the clockwork bishop as a last resort.

[Dollmaker]

Im not sure about DF desert but the Oasis desert is fire proof, during summer the Oasis will have a Sand storm that lasts all the season

Making the base at Oasis is safe, has im aware the Antlion cant spawn too near it, but it can spawn somewhat near it

Killing the Antlion will only affect the current summer, he will respawn in the next one

You can fish trinkets in the Oasis all summer (but if im not mistaken theres a CD, and might take a while for more trinkets to be available, but its really short)

Tumbleweeds are completely random, but you can somewhat get lucky, i once got 2 gears in a row, so go for it, but dont expend to much time on it (you gotta do more stuff after all)

You should kill the Bishop regardless, just get some wood armor and face tank him

Regarding if setting up in DF or Oasis deserts, the issue with oasis is the sand storm, with DF, is the fact that it usually has a lot of hounds and the main problem the Tumbleweeds them selfs, they can catch on fire if they get too near the lava ponds and can end in your base setting on fire if you have bad luck

I usually never set up in the deserts, i prefer to set up near them.

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Originally posted by Dollmaker:

Im not sure about DF desert but the Oasis desert is fire proof, during summer the Oasis will have a Sand storm that lasts all the season

Making the base at Oasis is safe, has im aware the Antlion cant spawn too near it, but it can spawn somewhat near it

Killing the Antlion will only affect the current summer, he will respawn in the next one

You can fish trinkets in the Oasis all summer (but if im not mistaken theres a CD, and might take a while for more trinkets to be available, but its really short)

Tumbleweeds are completely random, but you can somewhat get lucky, i once got 2 gears in a row, so go for it, but dont expend to much time on it (you gotta do more stuff after all)

You should kill the Bishop regardless, just get some wood armor and face tank him

Regarding if setting up in DF or Oasis deserts, the issue with oasis is the sand storm, with DF, is the fact that it usually has a lot of hounds and the main problem the Tumbleweeds them selfs, they can catch on fire if they get too near the lava ponds and can end in your base setting on fire if you have bad luck

I usually never set up in the deserts, i prefer to set up near them.

What about the ice flingomatic and endothermic firepit placement? Is it ok to turn off the flingomatic during night to light up the firepit?

[Dollmaker]

Originally posted by A MEGA LOL:

Originally posted by Dollmaker:

Im not sure about DF desert but the Oasis desert is fire proof, during summer the Oasis will have a Sand storm that lasts all the season

Making the base at Oasis is safe, has im aware the Antlion cant spawn too near it, but it can spawn somewhat near it

Killing the Antlion will only affect the current summer, he will respawn in the next one

You can fish trinkets in the Oasis all summer (but if im not mistaken theres a CD, and might take a while for more trinkets to be available, but its really short)

Tumbleweeds are completely random, but you can somewhat get lucky, i once got 2 gears in a row, so go for it, but dont expend to much time on it (you gotta do more stuff after all)

You should kill the Bishop regardless, just get some wood armor and face tank him

Regarding if setting up in DF or Oasis deserts, the issue with oasis is the sand storm, with DF, is the fact that it usually has a lot of hounds and the main problem the Tumbleweeds them selfs, they can catch on fire if they get too near the lava ponds and can end in your base setting on fire if you have bad luck

I usually never set up in the deserts, i prefer to set up near them.

What about the ice flingomatic and endothermic firepit placement? Is it ok to turn off the flingomatic during night to light up the firepit?

It should be fine i think, but is better to just put the firepits outside of the flingos range