Don't Starve

Don't Starve

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Capitalism and Ruins!
By blast_2311
The Second Guide on Hamlet, before we get into the Lush Season, i'll be explaining ALOT of things i didn't explain that the player definitely needs to know, enjoy!
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Capitalist Pigs
So you found the pig city and now you're wondering, how the hell do i get money?, well first i recommend that you have Shears ( 2 Twigs, 2 Iron, requires Science Machine), why? well there's Hedges, which look like this: (Image from the Wiki)

As you can see, some hedges are overgrown, you need to Shear those with your Shears to get 2 Clippings, "Well why do you need those hedges anyway?" It's Simple, to sell to the Shopkeep Pig Trader

Pig Traders work like this, For example this Pig Trader wants Clippings, you can sell an unlimited amount of clippings to this pig, Each for a single oinc (Basically the money of this city), so you can get massive amounts of Oincs in a single day!
Tip: You can also get Oincs for picking up Manure around the city.
I'm now gonna list every Pig Trader and what do they require.

Banker Pig
Requires: All Gems except Purple Gems
Limit: No Limit
Payout: 10 Oinc (Or 1 Tenpiece Oinc)

Beautician Pig
Requires: Feathers
Limit: Once per Day
Payout: 2 Oincs

Farmer Pig
Requires: Grass or Twigs
Limit: Once per Day
Payout: 1 Oinc
This One doesn't appear in the City, but in the Biome around the City.

Florist Pig
Requires: Petals
Limit: Once per Day
Payout: 1 Oinc

Miner Pig
Similar to the Farmer, this one shows up around the biome aswell.
Requires: Rocks
Limit: Once per Day
Payout: 1 Oinc

Professor Pig
Requires: Old Relics
Limit: No Limit
Payout: 1 Tenpiece Oinc (10 Oincs)

Mayor Truffleston
This Pig can only be found in the Swinesbury City Hall

Requires: Gold
Limit: No Limit
Payout: 1 Tenpiece Oinc

And Now, to the Second Island Pigs, basically, after going through the ruins you will find another city depending on which one you go on, i will explain this better later in the guide.

Collector Pig
Requires: Trinkets, Stingers, Silk, Mosquito Sacks, Chitin, Flytrap Stalks, Poison Glands, Spider Glands and Lotus Flowers.
Limit: No Limit
Payout: 3 Oincs

Hunter Pig
Requires: Hound's Teeth, Stingers
Limit: Once Per Day
Payout: 5 Oincs

Erudite Pig
Requires: Nightmare Fuel
Limit: Once per Day
Payout: 5 Oincs

Hatmaker Pig
Requires: Silk
Limit: Once Per Day
Payout: 5 Oincs

Queen Malfalfa
The Queen can only be found inside her Palace.

Requires: Royal Crown, Regal Scepter, The Blue Sow, The Jeweled Truffle
Limit: No Limit
Payout: Royal Gallery Key
The Requirements and Payout will be explained in the next section of the guide.
And Now to the Shops!
Capitalist Pigs Part 2 (i reached a text limit i didn't know existed lol)

The Sterling Through Deli
This Shop Sells various Crock Pot foods.
Dragonpie - 30 oincs
Honey Ham - 20 Oincs
Meatballs - 10 Oincs
Pierogi - 10 Oincs
Turkey Dinner - 10 Oincs
Waffles - 10 Oincs
Froggle Bunwich - 5 Oincs
Honey Nuggets - 5 Oincs
Stuffed Eggplant - 4 Oincs
Pumpkin Cookies - 3 Oincs
Ratatouille - 3 Oincs
Monster Lasagna - 2 Oincs
You can see the value of each food in the Wiki.
Shelve Items (Basically these items are never reestocked.)
Egg - 1 Oinc
Fish Morsel - 1 Oinc
Frog Legs - 1 Oinc

Miss Sow's Floral Arrangements
Dragon Fruit Seeds - 10 Oincs
Garland - 2 Oincs
Berry Bush - 2 Oincs
Special Seeds excluding Dragon Fruit Seeds - 1 Oinc
Birchnut - 1 Oinc
Pine Cone - 1 Oinc
Shelve Items-
Fake Kazoo - 1 Oinc
Gord's Knot - 1 Oinc
Melty Marbles - 1 Oinc
Seed - 1 Oinc

Pigg and Pigglet's General Store
Miner Hat - 20 Oincs
Bug Net - 20 Oincs
Fishing Rod - 10 Oincs
Umbrella - 10 Oincs
Axe, Pickaxe, Shovel, Machete, Pitchfork, Backpack, Cloth - 5 Oincs
Razor - 3 Oincs
Flint - 1 Oinc
Firecracker (Only in the Pig Fiesta, which will be explained in a future guide) - 1 Oinc
Shelve Items-
Cut Grass - 1 Oinc
Rocks - 1 Oinc

Curly Tails Mud Spa
Anti Venom - 5 Oincs
Honey Poultice - 5 Oincs
Healing Salve - 4 Oincs
Blue Cap - 3 Oincs
Green Cap - 2 Oincs
Coffee Beans - 2 Oincs
This shop is very useful for Wormwood players.
Shelve Items-
Petals - 1 Oinc

Swinesbury Fine Grocer's
Meat, Coconut, Pumpkin, Frog Legs, Drumstick, Eggplant and Corn - 2 Oincs
Berries, Ice, Watermelon, Sweet Potato, Carrot, Pomegranate, Banana - 1 Oinc
Tip: Ice will always stay in the same place in the shop, meaning it can't be replaced by another food.

Swinesbury Mineral Exchange
Centapiece Oinc - 100 Oincs
Tenpiece Oinc - 10 Oinc
Gold Nugget - 10 Oinc
For example, instead of holding 100 Oincs in my inventory, i can just buy a centapiece oinc for just one inventory space taken.
Shelve Items:
Charcoal, Flint, Nitre and Rocks - 1 Oinc

Deed of Home Ownership - 50 Oincs
House Expansion Permit - 50 Oincs
Demoltion Permit - 10 Oincs
Security Contract - 10 Oincs
The Deed of Home Ownership let's you buy the Slanty Shanty

Ever dreamt of buying your house? well here is it!
I Won't list every single decoration you can add (because the list is gigantic) but i will list the 2 other items related to the Slanty Shanty, the House Expansion Permit is used to well, expand your house, but you need to add a door to your house first.
The Demolition when used in your house destroys it.
The security contract isn't related to the Slanty Shanty but it can be used to hire the Royal Guards.

Stats:
250 HP (Without Log Suit)
700 HP (With Log Suit)
44.2 Damage (Using Halberd during Day)
17 Damage (Using Torch During Dusk/Night)
These Guards spawn from Watch Towers (No image of it in the wiki, had to take a screenshot), They will attack if you commit any crime.

But back to Shops

Swinesbury Academy
This shop basically serves the same purpose as the professor pig, so i will only list the Shelve Items
Fake Kazoo - 1 Oinc
Gord's Knot - 1 Oinc
Melty Marbles - 1 Oinc
And now, to the Second Island Shops

The Sty Oddities Emporium
Deerclops Eyeball, Mandrake, Walrus Tusk - 50 Oincs
Down Feather and Thick Fur - 50 Oincs
Scales - 30 Oincs
Glow Berry - 20 Oincs
Gears - 10 Oincs
Horn, Hound's Tooth, Silk, Beefalo Horn and Volt Goat Horn - 5 Oincs
Cat Tail - 4 Oincs
Bamboo - 3 Oincs
Shelve Items-
Fake Kazoo - 1 Oinc
Gord's Knot - 1 Oinc
Melty Marbles - 1 Oinc
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The Flying Pig Arcane Shop
Chilled Amulet, Dark Sword, Fire Staff, Ice Staff, Life Giving Amulet and Nightmare Amulet - 50 Oincs
One-Man Band - 40 Oincs
Belt of Hunger- 20 Oincs
Night Armor - 20 Oincs
Living Log - 5 Oincs
Shelve Items-
Again, Fake Kazoo, Gord's Knot and Melty Marbles

Cutlass Supreme - 50 Oincs
Bird Trap, Coconade - 20 Oincs
Blow Dart, Sleep Dart, Boomerang and Tooth Trap - 10 Oincs
Spear - 3 Oincs
Trap - 2 Oincs
Shelve Items-
Twigs - 1 Oinc

Tam'o Shanter - 50 Oincs
Moggles - 20 Oincs
Captain Hat - 20 Oincs
Beefalo, Cat Cap, Pith Hat, Top Hat and Winter Hat - 10 Oincs
Feather Hat and Rabbit Earmuffs - 5 Oincs
Straw Hat - 3 Oincs
Shelve Items-
Cut Grass - 1 Oinc
Petals - 1 Oinc

The Tinkerer's Tower
Walking Cane Blueprint - 500 Oincs
Eyebrella Blueprint - 300 Oincs
Scaled Chest and Scale Mail Blueprint - 200 Oincs
Weather Pain, Dripple Pipes and Insulated Pack Blueprint - 100 Oincs
Moggles Blueprint - 30 Oincs
Hibearnation Vest - 50 Oincs
Shelve Items-
Papyrus, Charcoal and Nitre - 1 Oinc

Pig Palace
Royal Gallery Exhibit:
Key To The City
City Hammer
Can Of Silly String
To Buy these you need the Royal Crown, Regal Scepter, The Jeweled Truffle and The Blue Sow, Special items found around the world, as we have seen before the Regal Scepter can be found in the BFB's Nest Island
The Key to the City and City Hammer usage is to build your own city!, that's right, Make your own city anywhere, to access the City Building Tab you just need to hold the Key to the City in your inventory (Not in your backpack)
The Can of Silly String purpose is to make the Skyworthy

Interacting with it will give you a choice, go to ROG (Forest) or Shipwrecked, I Recommend using the Skyworthy when you're really feeling like you're prepared, because, Warning, you're not coming back for a long time after going through the Skyworthy
And before we get into the Ancient Pig Ruins, let's talk about the Masked Pig!

This Bandit will spawn when you are holding at least one oinc in your inventory, when he hits you will drop All of your Oincs.
Stats:
250 Hp
33 Damage
Loot: Swashy Hat and Bandit Stash Map

This Hat Special Power is to be able to sneak past hostile enemies! (Warning, Royal Guards will attack you if they see you wearing this) you can use this to steal for example, Berry Bushes around the city, or commit vandalism!

The Bandit Stash Map when used marks a location on your map, arriving there with a shovel will reveal a Treasure!, So always try to get these pesky bandits!
Tip: Royal Guards will go after the Masked Pigs
Now that we are done with this boring capitalism, let's get to Indiana Jones style Adventures!
Adventuring into the Ancient Ruins
Finally, on the Ancient Pig Ruins, first of all i'm gonna explain how there's Common Ruins, which lead nowhere, and Special Ruins which lead into different islands!

This is a Common Ruin.

This Ruin leads to the Pugalisk Island, which i will explain in the next guide.

This Ruin leads to the Palace City, which includes the second city, as i mentioned before.

This Ruin contains the Pherostone, a Special item which translates the Mant Language


This Ruin is found on the dangerous Poison Rainforest, which can only be traversed with the gas mask, in this Ruin you will find another island, which contains a Special Ruin with the same appearance, which contains the End Well and the Aporkalypse Calendar, which will also be explained in a future guide.
And now to the actual Ruins!
So the first thing you gotta watch out is the Traps, there are three types, two with the same appearance.


The first type, when pressed it blocks all doors, Pressing it opens them again, So to get through them, put a cheap item like Rocks on top of the buttons, which will keep all doors open (Pressing another pressure plate blocks all doors again.)
The Second type, when pressed, Makes darts fly all over the room, just not hitting the corner, this one can only be avoided by not pressing the button.
The Third Type is normally found on seemingly innocent rooms, with a treasure like this in the middle

Picking up the treasure triggers the Spikes, which all do 34 damage, meaning you can easily be killed if you fall for this one (there is also a room where these spikes constantly pop up and down)
To deactivate these traps you can use the Disarming Tools

(2 Iron, 2 Papyrus) this Item only has 5 uses, so watch out.
You Will also find Vipers, Batlisks, Scorpions and Occasionally Ancient Spirits (Pretty much Ghosts), i will now list the stats of these Monsters (Except the scorpíons, since i already talked about them before.)

Vipers
100 HP
10 Damage
Drops: 33% Chance for Monster Meat, 16% Chance of Snakeskin and 0.33% Chance of Snake Oil

Ancient Spirit
200 HP
15 Damage

50 Hp
20 Damage
Drops: 15% Chance of Guano (a better version of poop) 15% Batilisk Wing 10% Monster Meat
Now, let's stop talking about dangers and talking about Treasure!
So you may find these Relics around the Ruins in Pillars, which need to be "mined" using the Ball Pein Hammer, which will drop the Relic
As i mentioned before each of these sell for 10 Oincs, so take as many as you can carry
And now to the Special Relics, which is the Blue Sow and the Jeweled Truffle
These are in unique rooms, but are acquired the same way.
After acquiring these you need to give them to Queen Malfalfa at the palace, then she will give you a Royal Gallery Key, which allows the player to buy the items i mentioned before, with the Regal Scepter you can get all the items.
Another thing you should know is about the Suspicious Cracks, these are well, cracks you can find in the wall, if you use any kind of explosive the Crack breaks, sometimes revealing a room and sometimes just being nothing. in these rooms you can find pedestals

These can get you Gems, Relics and a Very Rare chance (1.2%) to get Ruins (the Ruins from Reign Of Giants) Equipment, which include the Thulecite Crown, Suit and Club, The Lazy Explorer, The Dark Sword and the Pick/Axe, So always carry some gunpowder if you're gonna Explore some Ruins, Good Luck!
2 Comments
GOTTY May 8, 2021 @ 10:16pm 
Good guide
magoléo Apr 17, 2021 @ 1:41pm 
I can see the collector pig being very op since if you set up a spider farm by world hopping with the skyworthy you can get oincs by just killing some spiders every now and then