BEST use for EVERY Character in Don't Starve Together 

At some point the credit for Guille’s contributions to this video was removed from the description, this is unacceptable especially given that I also originally forgot to credit him in the video and forgot to add credit originally twice in the description on the original release of this video. The promised shout out and credit in the Wurt video remained unchanged throughout. The credit has now been justly added and I would like to apologise to both Guille and my audience for making this mistake, I have made amends with Guille and I strive to improve my crediting process and my content, this kind of forgetting to credit someone simply can’t happen again due to the systems I have in place to note down those who should be credited during the production of videos; this system I have been using for the past 2 years and I haven’t missed a credit since, I wish for a strong, kind and overall nice Don’t Starve community, I hope this message and action of mine reaffirms that sentiment, thank you for reading! All the characters have be re-worked! Here is the updated & more in-depth version of this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-e2weLkKfGaw.html CHANGES: Wilson get re-worked which gave him a perk system/skill tree boss run here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pCOm3VfldF0.html Walter's slingshot is cool for killing birds etc but the dps is bad. Wurt can use merms to gather wood/rocks somewhat fast & has had some mild improvements. Wolfgang was changed drastically: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WxaUkWQr4JY.html WX78 was changed drastically: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KmI9Af7d8w0.html Wickerbottom had new books added: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YmPxabzQWM0.html Wortox received some soul related buffs including teleporting across the map - I will be re-doing his boss run Maxwell got his rework: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-S3PIGjxL-mg.html

About Wormwood: he can't lose health from eating things either, so he can eat raw red mushrooms without losing health

Don't forget about Walter's ability to tell campfire stories and regenerate everyone's sanity!

I remember my first character ever was WX-78, I didn't have a clue on how to play the game, survived the first days by eating petals and seeds, on the 3rd day it started raining and I died. 10/10 will eat petals and die from rain again.

I feel like Wendy's combat is both 10 and a 4 depending on what you are versing haha. So average of 7 is about right haha.

All of these characters are so creatively made. So much work has been put into their designs and mechanics

About Walter's slingshot: it's not useless. Being the only ranged weapon in the game that's cheap to use, you can use it for a lot of things, like killing birds and angering koalas/goats/other mobs that flee. Nothing in dst is useless, pretty much every single item can be used in one way or another.

Tip for Wendy players: because of Abigail's speed and the fact that it takes most mobs a moment to realize that she's a threat, she can be used to easily kill butterflies or sometimes even mobs that flee from you like rabbits, saving you the trouble of trapping them if you just need the resources they drop.

I actually think that wolfgang is promoting tanking playstyle even more, and that usually transfers to wolgang players ravaging though fridges

I used to always use Wilson as a noob, but my god using characters like wigfrid/Wolfgang/Wanda is soo nice

i love the idea of wanda, glass cannons are already my favorite kind of characters because i absolutely love high risk high reward mechanics , but i also love the whole watch motif she has, its just really cool

I found wickerbottom to be a decent beginner character. Being able to make a backpack right away without a science machine, and being able to build a shovel off the bat, makes the early game that much easier. Her high sanity is nice for newer players learning the mechanic. She's good pretty much from early to late game, and her sub par combat skills are made up by tentacle books. Speaking of tentacle books, being able to farm spots for your first spring is also really useful.

I love playing wes, because i love the idea of purposefully playing a character the game says "Fuck you, fuck everything you love, you're not allowed to be happy ever again" to

I think you should've added a "versatility" stat to these ratings. Also I find it really dumb that people keep calling Walter's slingshot "useless" because of its bad damage; DAMAGE ISN'T THE POINT. It's an unlimited ranged weapon that's cheap to use, and has utility ammo. Since Walter is at more risk than other survivors during combat, giving him a slower but safer way to fight only makes sense, and being able to just start the game and immediately begin taking out birds and rabbits is a HUGE boon.

If you’re fighting as a team and there’s someone to tank for Walter, he can then do constant dps instead of having to kite like other people

About Webber's ability to eat monster foods: it carries over to stale and spoiled ones (webber can eat raw, spoiled monster meat with no downsides) but only stale and spoiled monster food

Woodie can speedrun lunar island and get you kelp plants and stone fruits and a lot of glass cutters. He can easily take care the frog rain with charge attack . Webber can actually make a farm that provides 20 mm per day a full a frige in few days (infinite silk for drip and healing from salves). Walter can tell stories as well

Wes tool durability applies to weapons meaning he can use less dark swords than wendy without abigail

On the contrary, having the option to play a combat character that doesnt need to focus on much else can be a nice change in pace. And assuming you know you can't rely on her perks as anyone else can be good training wheels. I learned combat by playing as her. The lifesteal helped me survive to fight more. Fighting more without needing to do anything else gave me the practice to know how to do it without relying on her healing perk.

I would say that Wanda should have more survivability points if considering other situations. Because the way she "heals" herself, I don't even care about eating raw monster meat when I really don't have any food left because she can negate the health penalties. I joined a public server once on the middle of the summer. Since no one wanted to help me, I went into the caves and started mining stalagmites, but I only survived because I was eating red mushrooms lol

Don’t know if anyone said this but for willow, it’s good to have two bernies because it would be hard to pick him up to repair him if all the shadow creatures or enemies are on his body. So having two works a bit better.

Woody is the best early game character for a group. By day 6 you can: 1. Find the lunar island (via goose) 2. Collect All the seaweed and stone fruit trees + Anenemy 3. Mine tons of stone, gold and the lunar alter (via beaver) 4. return home to make an incredible base

Thank you so much for listing the details about each character. I'm playing dst on an on-and-off basis as life is too busy and hectic and with many updates for almost every month, i keep getting left behind. As always keep it up! Love your dst videos, very helpful and entertaining.

It's a bit boggling to me that you ranked Woodie as low as you did, he can fit Abby's role in terms of spider farming with charge, he harvests super fast, barely behind Maxwell, and significantly faster with help from Warly, and the map exploration early with goose is absolutely insane.

Willow have a huge problem. Once she is somewhat insane she will start randomly ignite things, so she will burn all your base.

I need to say this... there is a lot of issues with this video. Wigfrid tanks a boss solo... combat 6/10 Winona has catapults which let you destroy bosses... combat 6/10. Meanwhile Warly just makes an item which boosts damage... and gets an 8/10? Meanwhile "Wart requires a lot of setup." is a downside... when you are talking about AT THEIR BEST. Even Walter's combat is bad... when he attacks at range negating his downsides? AT HIS BEST there are no problems and only upsides as you now skip the need to kite decently well against most enemies.

Finally a RU-vidr who appreciates Warly.

I would say that Wickerbottom's survivability is at least a 6/10 because having all science machine recipes which can come in handy.

I didn't see any other people doing this, so I'm making a comment with timestamps for every character, plus their ratings. Just felt handy to have. (List will be updated for character reworks and future videos) Wilson : 0:34 Survivability: 6/10 Utility: 5/10 Combat: 5/10 Willow : 1:21 Survivability: 6/10 Utility: 6/10 Combat: 6/10 Wolfgang: 2:50 Survivability: 6/10 Utility: 6/10 Combat: 10/10 Wendy: 4:15 Survivability: 7/10 Utility: 8/10 Combat: 7/10 WX-78: 6:15 Survivability: 6/10 Utility: 7.5/10 Combat: 8/10 Wickerbottom: 7:36 Survivability: 5/10 Utility: 9/10 Combat: 5/10 Woodie: 9:28 Survivability: 6/10 Utility: 6/10 Combat: 6/10 Wes: 11:11 Survivability: 1/10 Utility: 6/10 Combat: 3/10 Maxwell: 12:02 Survivability: 4/10 Utility: 9/10 Combat: 5/10 Wigfrid: 13:00 Survivability: 10/10 Utility: 7/10 Combat: 6.5/10 Webber: 14:18 Survivability: 6/10 Utility: 7/10 Combat: 7/10 Winona: 15:09 Survivability: 5/10 Utility: 9/10 Combat: 6/10 Warly: 16:05 Survivability: 5/10 Utility: 10/10 Combat: 8/10 Wortox: 17:27 Survivability: 9/10 Utility: 4-9/10 Combat: 6/10 Wormwood: 18:34 Survivability: 4/10 Utility: 7/10 Combat: 4/10 Wurt: 20:10 Survivability: 5/10 Utility: 7.5/10 Combat: 7.5/10 Walter: 21:26 Survivability: 4/10 Utility: 6/10 Combat: 4/10 Wanda: 23:27 Survivability: 7/10 Utility: 10/10 Combat: 10/10 And yes, I know I had little reason to do this. But.... Why not?

Wigfrid is only 6/10 combat? You must be kidding. She deals more damage constantly, without any conditions unlike Wolfgang or Wendy (they need to met conditions), she have life/sanity steal which makes her really tanky AND she also have permanent damage reduction which actually stacks with armor making her even bulkier. On top of that, she have a constant supply of great early-mid game gear (battle spear, while being a bit costly, deals considerably more damage and battle helm is basically football helmet but cheaper and more durable) ensuring her safety even in a long trip. Not to mention her buffs that increase entire party's life/sanity steal. She is a goddamn monster able to kill any non-boss enemy, even a small pack of hounds, face-to-face without kiting and with minimal losses

I would argue that Wolfgang's Utility should be lower. The argument that "He can kill stuff for your team" is clearly a Combat perk, not Utility (under that argument both Combat and Survival would be Utility, since being good at survival and combat both prosper your team). The fact that he consumes more food should make him at least bellow average in Utility, just saying.

i find it funny that they rated the combat character that can mass produce some of the best armor in the game a 6/10 for combat and utility

as someone who has always been bad at combat i love the option of fighting from afar that walter gives. i usually play with my partner who likes wigfrid, so while the attack from close up i attack from afar, and its also a great way to get meat for wigfrig since its super easy to kill birds/rabbits, and since i suck at fighting wobby's speed is great for running away lol. and tho he loses sanity easily he can tell camnpfire stories to raise everyones sanity, and as long as youre wearing armor the damage and sanity isnt that hard to deal with.

thank you for this i just got into the game recently and have found my love for webber and thanks to you i know how to use more of his kit. thanks again!!!!!!!

Wow. This is a very well edited video. You give all the info we need VERY fast. at some point I had to close my eyes and just listen in order to follow your pace. This is top quality content. Bravo amigo

Walter also has the ability to free kill treeguards, tentacle and deerclops with his sling shot as they are never in range of you. Also the ability to aggro koalaphants is also helpful.

i feel like with woodie, some things were missed. firstly, the moose is very good at farming weak groups of mobs similar to abigail, when you use the charge attack as it will stun spiders, bees etc and they do basically no damage. secondly, the beaver is slightly worse at chopping trees than maxwell (and idk how youd compare it to wurt with a lot of merms) and gives you the option to either spawn lots of treeguards (with lucy) or spawn none at all (beaver). finally, the goose gives a very nice speed boost (albeit worse than magiluminescence + walking cane but still allows the backpack slot) and allows a round trip to the lunar island for 6 monster meat and 6 seeds which is pretty damn cheap

This is a really comprehensive list of everybody!! Thank you for this.

I've never played this game and I don't plan to either but I still watched the whole video because your way of telling this info is very good. nice video dude

I've never actually played this game before, but I did notice a very important piece of information that you seem to have neglected. That being Wolfgang's incredible mustache.

19:48 WAAAAY better way of healing: tents! A couple servings of meatballs and a single use of the tent bring you up to FULL HEALTH! And getting food is SUPER easy, considering how easily he can farm, and even eat raw monster meat with zero real downsides! Tents are honestly just SUPER OP as Wormwood! Also, he manually tends to plants much faster than other characters, and can identify what a plant wants at a glance

Woah, this is very informative!!! Thank you so much Jakeyosaurus :)

Survival guides? Just when I needed them! Gotta hit that bell

I like the fact that everyone's names start with W, and only Maxwell - the one who sent everyone into this world, the name begins with M.

Wes is good at creating skeleton after his death

jake i had no idea you played this game, this is wonderful :D

Good video, there were a few things I wasn't so sure about, but I can't blame you for not having an exact copy of all my opinions and overall, I pretty much agree. Especially the Wigfrid advice.

I usually play as Willow, but I tried out Webbie and Wortox. You get so attached to your character. I wish I could play Wortox better. He looks so cool when used well.

Always enjoyed your videos, your DST videos are absolutely amazing, hope there's more to come :)

glad to see theres updated tutorials

Another tip for wormwood, woody, and wartox the siesta lean to is a type of tent that can only be used at day but makes up for it by using 4x less hunger than a tent. It nets you 8 hp and 4 sanity at the cost of 1 hunger every 4 seconds

i used to think walter was a beginner friendly character but the whole sanity thing is kind of hard maybe that’s why i keep dying😂

Haha, i can't get enough of th se character guides even though I've seen tons of them already. Quite a veteran here and a wendy main. I recommend her if you want to be a bit more daring as a beginner and be swarmed with monster meats and honey

Great basic character info video. I look forward to more.

This madman only has 3 dst videos and is already my favorite dst youtuber

When a grandma with a pocket watch does more damage than a man with a sword made out of nightmares that works out like 20 times a day

Walter main here. The playstyle he requires definitely changes the metagame a bit, but I enjoy it! It forces you to come up with novel ways to kill things because "just tank these few hits and then go back to kiting" doesn't work when the "couple hits" make you instantly insane. Riding Woby and killing Eye of Terror entirely with the slingshot was a pretty good time 😅

I’d honestly put warly as the hardest character for beginners and would almost recommend wes over warly if they didn’t know the game. Warly truly is a difficult character to use, even for experienced players.

Just dropping a like and some algae for my favorite upcoming Don't Starve youtuber I'm sorry I'm just amazed and proud and happy for you

there is trick with setting up tentackle trap you set it up with grass walls but i found out cheaper method. you can just use tiled farmland to block tentacle spawn near you

This doubles as a comprehensive guide to each character.

Haven't played DST in maybe 2 years (?) so seeing all these new characters is really pulling me back in. I always gravitate toward cooking and farming so Warly seems like a great fit for me to try!

Wormwood's easy sanity manipulation and access to living logs whenever puts him very high for me. Always has nightmare fuel and dark swords. Farming for the fuel can be really helpful for night armor too if you base near reeds. But I am baised since I am a wormwood main. (Dont forget about Honey Polutice)

So in the very first character you missed the importance of Wilsons beard besides winter warmth- in that it makes it a lot easier to make effegies so you can resurrect if you die!

Webber deserves way more points across the board because spider armies help his combat, his god tier spider farms give him plenty of utility and his spider nurses help the entire teams survivability. It doesnt look like 5 hp a pop is much, but if it happens 10 times in a fight it can heal everything you take. As long you were wearing armor ofc

great video! you forgot to mention that wanda can use her "backtrek" watch to avoid charlie if timed correctly as its useful early game

Weird that these blow up way more than your osrs videos but I'm happy you're doing well, keep grindignnding

Old Wolfgang: emptying your fridge then killing the ancient guardian New Wolfgang: ok it’s like that but with less food

I think you should bump up wortox's utility after the wickerbottom rework as he can now teleport anywhere he's seen and have a free second soul hop for a short while after doing one

I spent so much time scouring the internet for an up to date character guide/info thing and damn, thank you for this

Great video!

18:42 I feel that it's VERY important to mention tents as well. Through using a tent, he can spend 75 hunger to heal to full HP! And considering how many of his perks are good for getting food (like better farming, AOE damage abilities for killing spiders/hounds/bees/splumonkeys, and Lureplant/Sea Weed friendship), that 75 hunger is all the easier to acquire.

I like the one that starts with ‘W’

this video is awesome love your content

Loving these videos! Very genuine ranking and sensible tips compared to other strong opinionated gamers.

I love Wanda as a character. Before she came out, I was collecting spools (From unravelling most daily gifts and the ones gotten by playing the actual game) for the WX-s winter set for the Carol Emote, but once she came out, I completely ditched that and spent next 5 or so months (I know, I was really unlucky with the drops), trying to get 2700 Spools, which I did... Only about a month ago. She is really challenging to master as there is no burst healing from food that you can get and the only healing source is your clock that requires marble, red gems, Nightmare Fuel and Thulecite to craft (In case you loose your original one or just want more healing, as not even actual healing sources like life give amulets work on her), but also so much fun to play with!

I'm really excited about the Wilson rework.

I already know everything you're about to say in this video and more but God Damnit I LOVE LISTS. Especially lists about DST characters So I'm gonna watch it anyway

Really cool video, ty very much, hope I have a nice day)

As a wigfrid main i feel personally attacked. You are absolutley right, but i still feel attacked

God I'm 100% here for the dst guides it's harder to find good ones now a days

Always a good video when jakey make a dont starve video

This was an excellent guide

I would add that playing as Wanda, I usually am able to sneak in lot more hits than I should when kiting particular mobs. The range, although not much, makes fights much more relaxed. I would probably get more dps out of her than Wolfgang unless tanking.

Woodie and Walter needs more credit. You can find Lunar Island, Crab King or Pearl's Island early in the game with Woodie. For Walter, he's a beast against Nightmares with his slingshot (you have to see it for yourself)

Nice video man

I just realized that Warly beats the game when he kills bee queen. That hat + the grim gallet means endless amounts of health. And also for the closing remarks, Warly beats both Wolfgang and Wanda with a crushing 3 times max modifier.

This game seems soooo cool through your videos but it’s really tough on console

My favorite is Wigfrid but I’ve been trying to branch out. Tbh I kinda wish she went more into the tank and support aspect and less into the good at everything and rewarding face tanking. A block mechanic or something like that might be a good way to make her tanks without making easy but idk

Legendary timing for this video.

great video

Best use for Wes: Kill him as soon as he spawns, and give his bones to Warly for Bone Bouillon.

Wilson for the win

Good lord is this in depth, and top teir

I’m gonna be honest, it was only while looking at the time stamps in the description that I realized that all the characters have W names.

I remember when Wendy first came out. The game has evolved a lot since then. Holy moly. I should play again.

Actually I think the easiest solo characters to play are WX78 and Wendy but if u are duos I recommend you to play with Wigfrid and Wendy because you can do nearly everything you can do spider farm by killing all spiders with Abigail and with a shovel you ca.n make also berry bush farm for fertilize them you can go underground and collect stacks of light bulbs and wait them to be rot and your fertilizers are ready now with some crock pots you can make meatballs and so both of you can eat (as you know Wigfrid can eat only meat) so there will be no longer starvation problems and you can survive easily with battle helmets (I think Wigfrid's utility is 10 by the way) and battle spears or you may just use tentacle spikes (tentacles are easy to kill if Abigail takes all damage) or ham bat (by following suspicious dirt piles you can find koelephant and get it's meat and you can also make puffy and breezy vests u can pass the winter easily) and you will need gold nuggets to make battle helmets and spears you can just make a birdcage catch a bird with a bird trap and seed put it kill some frogs and if u give frog legs or monster meats to bird it will give you eggs and you can trade eggs to gold nuggets with pig king

A note about wartox's teleport: he can also teleport anywhere on the map by clicking on a location! It will cost significantly more souls but it's crazy useful :)

New goat of the community 🐐

16:25 I was a warly main but my friends said to change the character cause I was losing a LOT of time planting things for different foods and spices, at least it was very good seeing them do +100 damage and my wanda-main friend doing +170 damage