Don't Starve Toghther. The Basics.

When I first got my key, I got really exicted, To the point where I've gotten over 400+ Days on a world w/ my friends. Here are some of the basic things you should keep in mind about while playing with your friends.

Here is a guide for any new or old players of Don't Starve that want to understand Don't Starve Toghether.

Picking a gamemode

Starting off:
Once you start off you have 3 choices or gamemodes to play with your friends, Survival, Wilderness and Endless

Survival: Basically same twist as if you payed endless just if everyone on the server is Dead, a counter goes down for someone to join (That is alive) or the whole world gets reset with the same generation presets.

Wilderness: When you join the server you spawn in a random location (Sometimes an island if your unlucky) and you need to find your group to set up camp. Once you die or have died you are taken to the change character screen and respawn in a new location with your camera rotated in a different pos and if you look on your map there will be a small circle on where you've last died. Keep in mind you die again that Circle updates to where you last died so try to get back to your stuff without dying.

Endless: Ah, my favorite of all the gamemodes. When you join the server you spawn in from a "Jury-Rigged Portal" And begin surviving. If you die you become a ghost with the character traits of your character. You can respawn if you haunt one of the following. (Meat Effigy, Life giving amulet, Touch stone, Jury rigged portal and Tale-Tell heart) If you respawn from the "Jury-Rigged Portal or Tale-Tell heart" You will lose around 20 MAX Health Points. You can get those lost hit points back from getting a booster shot which requires 3 Papyrus, 2 Healing Salves and 1 Stinger (YES STINGERS FINALLY HAVE A USE)

Wilson

Wilson:

Health: 150
Hunger: 150
Sanity: 200

Special Starting Item
Nothing

Pros -

Grows a beard

Cons - None.

Wilson is a character that i'm pretty sure everyone is going to see A LOT of since he's the first character and Really has no Downfalls even though it takes 19 days for Wilson to get his Homeless man beard it will protect you in winter.

Willow

Willow:

Health: 150
Hunger: 150
Sanity: 120

Special Starting Item
Willow's Lighter

Pros -

Doesn't Take fire damage
Starts with a lighter (Infinte torch)
Gains sainity while standing next to a fire

Cons -

When on low sanity Will cause lots of forest fires
Can Grief other players Flamable walls / Crops.

Willow is a good character for surviving the Winter and helping out your friends in DST. But she can be used to be the most annoying person in the entire server. She can run around starting massive forest fires and buring down vauable resources as well as causing LOTS of lag.

Wolfgang

WolfGang:

Health: 150-300
Hunger: 300
Sanity: 200

Special Starting Item
Nothing

Pros -

Gets stronger on a full stomach
Has more hp

Cons -

1.5x the faster Hunger drain at full stomach
Moves and deals less damage at a smaller stomach
Loses more sanity in Night / Afternoon

Ah, Wolfgang more of a fighter than a gardener. Wolfgang can be useful for tanking spiders nest and killing of those annoying Tall birds and getting there eggs the only downfall is If you have a lot of food toghether It's not going to last very long amongest 6 Players, If you are playing as wolf gang only "Power up" to full stomach when in need. Don't just waste food to be a full stomache because food WILL be eaten fast

Wolfgang:

Wendy

Wendy:

Health: 150
Hunger: 150
Sanity: 200

Special Starting Item
Abigail's Flower

Pros -

Has a ghost sister
Doesn't lose much sanity in dark

Cons -

Does -.25% Less damage than all characters
Loses 50 Sanity when spawning abigail in

Wendy is one of my personal favorite characters just to add a little challange to the game. Even though she doesn't hit hard she losses NO Sanity in the Afternoon. As well she can spawn her sister in after 2 - 4 Days by killing ANY Animal / Creature Near the flower. She will lose 50 sanity for spawning he in even if another player kills something near the flower. But the fun part is Abigail does Splash damage to mobs near her. If you need to fight something send abigail (or your friends) to kill it. If abilgail dies go pick her flower up, If you can't find it theres a minimap icon for it.

WX-78

WX-78

Health: 100-400
Hunger:100-200
Sanity: 100-300

Special Starting Item
Nothing

Pros -

Can eat ANY Food that is spoiled / Stale and take no penalty.
Can be charged by lightning
Can eat gears to level up (Max 400 hp, 200 Hunger, 300 Sanity) Also gears give health, hunger and sanity back if eaten.

Cons -

Takes Damage in the rain
Starts with low stats (100 hp, 100 hunger, 100 Sanity)

WX78 Is a good character if you can get to a supply of gears fast as well your going to need to hunt down a pig village for an umbrella. If you don't get an umbrealla right off the bat you will loss 0.25 of 1 Hp every 3 - 5 Seconds. If your lucky enough and you make an umbrealla you won't have the chance of being struck by lightning which will cause you too lose 33 Sanity but Not freeze during winter and can glow like a torch the effect only lasts for one day so don't be adventuring in the middle of the night if the Radius of light is shrinking. But can be benifical if you use if effectively.

Wickerbottom

Wickerbottom:

Healthy: 150
Hunger: 150
Sanity: 250

Special Starting Item
Papyrus

Special Items
Birds of The World
Applied Horticulture
Sleepytime Stories
On Tentacles
The End is Nigh

Pro -

Starts off with all science machine reciepes unlocked.
Able to craft her own books
Starts off with 2 Papyrus.

Cons -

Can't Sleep
Takes more penalty for eating Spoiled or Stale food

Wickerbottom, The walking science machine, You can pretty much help your friends by going right to an achlemy engine instead of wasting the time of making an Science machine. Even though you can't Sleep there are multiple ways of getting your sanity back up. With the abiliy to make your own books you have the power to instantly grow all crows and Plants, Spawn lots of birds and more for the cost of your sanity. And yes I know this sounds like wickerbottom is a bad character, as long as you know how to get sanity back without murdering the flower population.

Wigfrid

Wigfrid:

Health: 200
Hunger: 120
Sanity: 120

Special Starting Items
Battle Helm
Battle Spear
Meat x4

Special Items
Battle Helm:
Crafted with 2 Gold nugget and 2 Rocks.
Durability 750 HP
Perk: Absorbs 80% of physical damage
Battle Spear:
Crafted With 2 Twigs, 2 Flint and 2 Gold nuggets
42.5 Damage as other charactors. 53.125 Damage as Wigfrid
Durability 200 uses

Pros:

Gains Power from fallen foes
Excels in Battle
Damage Multiplier 1.25x

Cons
Only eats Meat

Webber

Webber:

Health: 175
Hunger: 175
Sanity: 100

Starting Items
2 Monster Meat
1 Spider Eggs

Pros
Can befriend spiders
Grows a silky smooth beard that counts as insulation during Winter

Cons
Is a monster which means other players that aren't Webber can't sleep because he's a spider AKA a monster

Conclusion

Conclusion: Don't be that guy that goes willow and pretty much ruins the whole exprience for everyone, unless you can controll your sanity and lighter just don't be That guy,

EDIT: YOU DON'T NEED DON'T STARVE TO PLAY THIS YOU JUST NEED A DON'T STARVE TOGHETHER KEY. PLEASE STOP ADDING ME

[Truescreen]

AND she loses heat (and freezes) when insane instead of causing grief evrywhere

[Truescreen]

Willow actually has been nerfed for DST and instead of being 100% imunne to fire, she can stay longer in a fire wihout taking any damage

[mathem99]

Ye forgot Wes (he was added yesterday)

[WinterScout]

@SIRVIVOR, Pretty much like every other character, sleeping, eating specific foods, etc, there is more on the wikis

[Monikonia]

Just bought the game without playing the singleplayer version. So maybe a dumb question but, how do you gain sainity as Wendy or in general for that matter?

[Zaphod]

cooking and eating green mushrooms another way of getting sanity back, fast. collect them at dusk.

[deebee]

You should mention the fact that Willow gains sanity from being near fire.

[WinterScout]

@All Cats Are Beautiful http://dont-starve-game.wikia.com/wiki/Crock_Pot This will help you find food that will recover more sanity.

[Alienatedlabor]

oh yeah I know sleeping can, I was thinkiing about the librarian in particular. Crockpot food?

[WinterScout]

@All Cats Are Beautiful You can make food that restores sanity, Aswell as sleeping is a good way to recover sanity if you have alot of food.