What's the easiest way to farm crates!

[Raindrizzle [⇄]]

I want to farm crates for the new event and upcoming events, what's the best way to do it and how do I get it to work well, any help is appreciated, thanks!

[Just Hitting My Stride]

Just play the game, there's no way you can speed it up.

[Raindrizzle [⇄]]

Originally posted by Scientist Wilson:

Just play the game, there's no way you can speed it up.

Well that's dumb, there must be a faster way, always is

[Just Hitting My Stride]

Originally posted by Rainspookle ⇄:

Originally posted by Scientist Wilson:

Just play the game, there's no way you can speed it up.

Well that's dumb, there must be a faster way, always is

Nope, you just need to play the game in a certain amount of time and you'll get it.

[Avenamen]

you can always create new world with mod "too many items" , set the god mod, minimalize the game,and do your stuff in the meantime. Remember to check the game from time to time

[Sir.Shadowhunter]

do u want to ply dst rainspookle
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[Raindrizzle [⇄]]

Originally posted by Tall_Midget5in:

do u want to ply dst rainspookle
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Ya obviously

[ChefMan]

there is a mod that auto open gifts just open the game enable it and go godmode near a science machine and enjoy your stuff

[Raindrizzle [⇄]]

Originally posted by ۩✚wilson✚۩BR:

there is a mod that auto open gifts just open the game enable it and go godmode near a science machine and enjoy your stuff

I tried that for 5 hours, no work

[Mighty Alien Dwarf]

From my own experience you just have to play the game and get stuff done. I'm gathering resources for a few days and when I set up the science machine I usually get the first drop. It's usually around 15-20 minutes worth of gameplay. Next one is after 40 minutes and later on I just lose count

Things that seem to speed up the process:

- building gameplay important structures (Science Machine, Alchemy Engine, Prestihatitator)

- prototyping items

- fighting / killing the giants and bosses

The one thing that definitely slows down the progress is sitting AFK. If you don't get any drops you might have used your limit for the week. It resets at every Thursday.

All of this is for a solo / private run because the servers might have some settings that mess up the timers completely.

[Jynn]

gifts drop at specific intervals, with a max of 4 per week (resets thursdays)

There's no way to speed it up. If you just want gifts, godmode yourself and sit next to a science machine and just check it periodically, but there is no way to make it happen faster

[Retrolicious]

Shoot yourself into the foot and wait for a drop

[Ollie]

Originally posted by Flisu_7:

From my own experience you just have to play the game and get stuff done. I'm gathering resources for a few days and when I set up the science machine I usually get the first drop. It's usually around 15-20 minutes worth of gameplay. Next one is after 40 minutes and later on I just lose count :DSTskull:

Things that seem to speed up the process:

- building gameplay important structures (Science Machine, Alchemy Engine, Prestihatitator)

- prototyping items

- fighting / killing the giants and bosses

The one thing that definitely slows down the progress is sitting AFK. If you don't get any drops you might have used your limit for the week. It resets at every Thursday.

All of this is for a solo / private run because the servers might have some settings that mess up the timers completely.

This is very incorrect. The process can be neither sped up nor slowed down.

The best way to do it is just stand AFK while you're doing something else with Godmode on. The drops take alot of time to drop cause they made it so you can get all of them if you play a regular amount every day in a week. So it will still take some time.

[Mighty Alien Dwarf]

Originally posted by Twisted:

This is very incorrect. The process can be neither sped up nor slowed down.

The best way to do it is just stand AFK while you're doing something else with Godmode on. The drops take alot of time to drop cause they made it so you can get all of them if you play a regular amount every day in a week. So it will still take some time.

Well, that's what's happening during my gameplay. If I stand around doing nothing the first drop after the weekly reset can take up to an hour instead of the usual 15-20 minutes while I'm doing stuff.

Recently I also had an situation in which I had to battle two Giants in a short space of time and the next in-game day I got the third and fourth drop one after another in few seconds from eachother.

Like I said, all of this is based on my own experience. I saw Klei's statement about the RNG timing so it might be just luck but I'm sticking with that method because it works every time I get back into the game. I also want to play the game, not just drop stuff :)

[Xanderon]

Originally posted by Flisu_7:

Originally posted by Twisted:

This is very incorrect. The process can be neither sped up nor slowed down.

The best way to do it is just stand AFK while you're doing something else with Godmode on. The drops take alot of time to drop cause they made it so you can get all of them if you play a regular amount every day in a week. So it will still take some time.

Well, that's what's happening during my gameplay. If I stand around doing nothing the first drop after the weekly reset can take up to an hour instead of the usual 15-20 minutes while I'm doing stuff.

Recently I also had an situation in which I had to battle two Giants in a short space of time and the next in-game day I got the third and fourth drop one after another in few seconds from eachother.

Like I said, all of this is based on my own experience. I saw Klei's statement about the RNG timing so it might be just luck but I'm sticking with that method because it works every time I get back into the game. I also want to play the game, not just drop stuff :)

then it's only ur feeling cuz it's rng i started playing with a friend same time he afked, me not and he got first ones tho after 18 minutes me after 24, so yes it's rng based.

[Mighty Alien Dwarf]

Originally posted by Xanderon:

then it's only ur feeling cuz it's rng i started playing with a friend same time he afked, me not and he got first ones tho after 18 minutes me after 24, so yes it's rng based.

The problem is that there's is a ton of discussions on the internet that give you opposite answers.

The Don't Starve Wiki page says this:

"Skins are collected at random times while playing on a DST server, and the timing is weighted so that users who play an average amount of DST in a week should get a few gifts, and those that play a decent amount should get the full four"

Meanwhile I played about 3-4 hours in the last few days and I got all the drops already even though the approximate drop times posted on Reddit look like this:

- The first skin of the week drops after approximately 15 minutes of being on a server

- The second skin drops approximately 2 hours of being on a server after the first skin

- The third skin drops approximately 4 hours of being on a server after the second

- The fourth skin drops approximately 10 hours of being on a server after the third.

Players do not have to be active in order to receive skins, though they must open the earlier gift box to receive the next one. A maximum of 4 gift box's can be earned every week, this counter resets every Thursday.

But... the Don't Starve Wiki also says this:

"The player has to be active in order to receive the skins, and must open the earlier gift box to receive the next one."

And that's what my "doing stuff" rule refers to.

If it's a complete RNG system then I'm the luckiest bastard in the world when it's about drop times :P

But I won't argue with that cause both of you have more game time than me and seem to play Don't Starve pretty regular so your perspective might be different than mine when I jump into the the game for about two week once in a few months.