Difference between gamemode Endless,Survival and wilderness?

[Luke Skywalker]

Whats the diff? and best for mostly solo

[Mrpoke]

Survival: die and become ghost, can respawn at touch stones
Endless: Die and become ghost, can respawn at spawn portal
Wilderness: Die forever

Take your pick

[Chizzler]

In Survival, whilst its possible to respawn at a touch stone, you've got to fly over there as a ghost to do so. In multiplayer this is no issue, but when there are no living players on the server, a timer starts and the world will reset once it hits 0 (it's around 3mins I believe) so it's not a reliable respawn method when playing alone.
It's still my preffered gamemode for solo play though. It's as close to Don't Starve as DST allows, whilst still giving you some options for abusing ghost mechanics as a solo player.

Endless mode immediatly stops the world feeling dangerous as the punishment for death is so small...Additionally, having died, respawning at the portal in Summer/Winter can easily lead to a death loop where you keep overheating/freezing.

Wilderness is just as bad, with death immediatly kicking you back to the character screen. You can pick the same/new character and jump straight back into the world at a random location though. Everything you built will remain and i believe you can still go and find your corpse and reclaim your gear. Same potential for death loops as Endless mode and the additional negative of not being able to use respawn options (Life giving amulet/Meat Effigy/Touchstones/Telltale Hearts). I could be wrong on this though, I don't think I ever bothered with a wilderness world long enough to worry about reviving items :P

As Mrpokegamer hints though, it's totally down to personal preference.

[Kzelest]

Wilderness WAS my prefered gamemode in solo since you weren't able to swapp character before, now it's pretty much useless