[img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//6835324/9c1ae960dd42edbe5cc7b497117ea2bc722941ec.jpg[/img] Hey everybody. Thursday October 20th we will be releasing the newest update "A Little Drama" along with a QOL update and Hallowed nights on Steam. PlayStation and Xbox hopefully about the same time as usual, but we might need a little more time since we have so many changes in there. We'll have a post on Switch Status soon as well. [h3]A Little Drama Changes[/h3] [list] [*] The Survivors can use the Stage to show off a little bit for whoever is watching [*] The Survivors can don special costumes to help them tell other stories as well. [*] Costumes can be found in the Briars set piece. [*] Added the Mannequins to hold (and show off!) their equipment. [*] The Stage and Briar set pieces will automatically be added into existing worlds.[/list] [h3]Playstyle, Game Mode, and Preset Change Highlights[/h3] [expand type=details] Added the new preset "Relaxed", similar to Don’t Starve: Pocket Edition’s No Sweat game mode. [list] [*] Survivors will be damaged but not killed by starving, freezing, overheating, or from the darkness. [*] Survivors will take 35% less damage from all sources. [*] Hound waves and Shadow Creatures from low sanity are set to Less. [*] Ghosts can revive at the Florid Postern and the world will not reset when everyone is dead. [*] Wildfires are disabled. [/list] Game Modes, Presets, and Intention changes: [list] [*] Added a server Playstyle indicator which is determined by the world settings. [*] Users will pick a Playstyle when creating a new server, which will apply the appropriate preset world settings. [*] The Playstyle indicator will be displayed in the server browser where the server intention was previously displayed. [*] Changing the world settings will update the Playstyle indicator to the best matching playstyle. [*] The settings controlled by the Wilderness and Endless game modes can now be set in world settings. [*] Wilderness and Endless Game modes have been converted to presets. Existing worlds will be retrofitted. [*] The preset “No Giants Here” has been removed. Existing worlds will not be affected by this. [*] Server intention has been removed (Social/Cooperative/Competitive/Madness). [/list] New world settings: [list] [*] Temperature Damage: Default / Nonlethal (will damage but not kill survivors) [*] Hunger Damage: Default / Nonlethal (will damage but not kill survivors) [*] Darkness Damage: Default / Nonlethal (will damage but not kill survivors) [*] Max Health Penalty: Enabled / Disabled [*] Spawn Mode: If survivors should spawn at the Florid Postern or at a random location. [*] Survivor Death: If you will turn into a ghost or be brought back to the survivor select menu. [*] Ghost Sanity Drain: Controls if there will be a sanity drain on all players when anyone is a ghost. [*] Death Reset Timer: Controls how long you have before the world regenerates when all survivors are dead. [*] Basic Resources: If basic resources, such as saplings and berry bushes, should respawn over time. [/list] [/expand] [h3]Quality of Life Highlights[/h3] [expand type=details] Recipe Cards can now be found throughout the world [list] [*] Reading a card will say the recipe for a Crock Pot dish. [*] Recipe Cards can be found in Tumbleweeds, Graves, Sunken Chests, and some boons [/list] Food and Crock Pot Changes [list] [*] Added a Tallbird Egg Crock Pot recipe. [*] Added 2 Egg Crock Pot recipes. [*] Added 2 Beefalo feed Crock Pot recipes. [*] Adjusted the Stuffed Fish Heads and Veggie Burger cooking priority to prevent multiple results. [*] Reduced the Banana Shake spoilage time and it can no longer be made with meat, fish, or monster meat. [*] Reduced the Frozen Banana Daiquiri spoilage time and it can no longer be made with meat or fish. The priority was also adjusted to remove the random chance of getting a Banana Shake. [*] Ice Cream is now classified as Goodies. [*] Beefalo can now eat Roasted Birchnut. [/list] If a Fire Pit or Campfire is fueled to the max stage, it will drop a charcoal when the fire goes out. Added information, while a ghost, to help new players learn how to revive and indicate if reviving at the Florid Postern is enabled. Added the Turf-Raiser Helm, a new helmet that you can get from the Antlion. [/expand] [h3]Community feedback tweaks and changes:[/h3] [expand type=details] [list] [*] Added a loading protection which will protect survivors while the game is loading from things like transferring to the caves. [*] The Cartographer's Desk can now erase Blueprints, Tackle Adverts, Sketch, Costume Patterns, and Recipe Cards, turning it into one Papyrus. [*] Updated the Scarecrow skins selection UI. [*] Added cooking, fishing, and farming themed boons to the world generation. [*] Ancient Stonework turf blueprint can now be found via the Distilled Knowledge. [*] Digging up the turf in the ruins will now give the turf object. [*] Ruins Turf and Imitation Ruins Turf Blueprints can now be crafted at the Ancient Pseudoscience Station. [*] Tallbirds without a nest will now make a new nest, but only on rocky or dirt turf. [*] Added the Snazzy Pitchfork (golden pitchfork) [*] Increased the number of uses for the Tent and Siesta Lean-to to better reflect their crafting cost. [*] The Camper's Tent now restores health at the same rate as the Tent. [*] The Straw Roll will now restore some health while sleeping. [*] The Furry Roll will now affect your body temperature while sleeping. [*] Trail Mix can now be made with raw Birchnuts. [*] The Tin Fishin’ Bin now holds up to 20 fish. [*] The Tin Fishin’ Bin can now be built on dock tiles. [*] The Bookcase can now be used to open skins gifts. [*] The Insulated Pack and Seed Pack-It are no longer burnable. [*] Added a confirmation popup for the Reset Now button when all players are dead. [*] Improved how the camera behaves when zooming all the way out. [*] Using the Steeped Lunar Essence on a Wobster Mound will mutate it into a Moon Glass Mound. [*] The Distortion Setting has been changed to control the intensity. [*] The Lazy Forager can now be repaired with nightmare fuel. [/list] [/expand] In addition, we will have some new Twitch Drops, Klei Rewards Link a login Bonus Item and toward the end of the month we'll have the Art and Costume submission event as well. See you Thursday!