With Don't Starve Together release on the Nintendo Switch, players are excited to come together with friends and work through the harsh terrain and enemies together. Whether they are new to the game, or veterans, this co-op survival game can examination anyone's patience chop-chop. Especially when some mechanics in Don't Starve changes when playing the co-op game. Some characters won't have the same benefits, and some stats are higher or lower to try and level out the playing field in a group setting.

Another change on the two games is the farming. There are a few mechanics that differ between the game that tin can make it bumpy when players kickoff go through the game. Merely fifty-fifty so, players who want to take Don't Starve Together solo or with some buddies, in that location are a few things players should know almost the farming mechanics of the game.

The Main Difference

don't starve together farming

While both games accept like mechanics for farming, there is ane difference between Don't Starve and Don't Starve Together. Farm Plants are exclusive to the co-op edition and was introduced in "Reap What You Sow". By planting seeds or crop seeds in soil, players tin produce food such as various vegetables and fruits.

Seeds tin can usually exist obtained on the ground past birds. Players tin can either eat them raw (providing no other benefit simply 4.68 Hunger), eat them cooked (providing 1 Health and iv.68 Hunger), or institute them. Planting them will give players a high chance of it producing a ingather, and a small chance of 20% that it will become a weed.

Crop seeds, still, permit players to be surer of the outcome. Like normal Seeds, players tin can either eat Crop Seeds raw (providing .v Wellness and 9.37 Hunger), eat them cooked (gaining 1 Health and 4.68 Hunger), or plant them to grow more crops. Obtaining these Seeds is a little trickier. First, players must grow that specific crop, and then they either need to hammer Behemothic Vegetables or feed the crop to a birdcage. Thankfully, after a plant is grown, players will be able to look at each crop in their Compendium section chosen the Plant Registry to keep runway of the information on that found, so they know exactly what they like and when to constitute them.

Plant Care

don't starve together giant crop

After planting the seeds, plants have v stages of growth. The growing stages determine how long until the ingather is gear up, even so, it depends on whether the ingather is in flavor or not, and the various stress levels that it goes through. If a found undergoes a lot of stress during its growth flow, it tin can determine the consequence of the ingather. Ideally, plants should only deal with either zero or one-indicate stress levels to ensure that they volition become Behemothic Crops.

Stress

don't starve together crops farming

Only what kind of stress do plants undergo? Unfortunately, in that location are 7 dissimilar stress causes when growing crops. The showtime i is nutrients. If the farming soil contains less nutrients than needed for the plant, it will accrue i point of stress. Fertilizer is a great thing to have for this occasion.

Moisture is also important when dealing with crops. If the plant has only dealt with moisture ground but 10% of it's growing life, information technology will proceeds another stress point. There are several things that can give plants moisture. Watering Cans, Waterfowl Can, or a H2o Balloon will give the plant 25 points of moisture. Also, Ice melting on the crop volition add together moisture as well. Simply the easiest fashion obviously is rain, which adds 1.five points depending on the pelting rate.

Plants will gain stress if in that location are any rotten plants or crops, weeds, or Garden Detritus, which try to interfere with farming land, within vi meters of them. And like almost plants, if a crop is in or out of season, that tin can determine if they have another stress bespeak. Beneath is a graph indicating which plants season is their favorite. Some plants like multiple seasons, so there are repetitive listings.

Season

Plants' Favorite

Autumn

Random Seed, Carrot Plant, Corn Stalk, White potato Constitute, Toma Root Plant, Eggplant Stalk, Pumpkin Plant, Garlic Institute, Onion Establish, Pepper Found

Winter

Carrot Found, Irish potato Institute, Asparagus Fern, Pumpkin Institute, Garlic Plant

Spring

Random Seed, Carrot Institute, Corn Stalk, Spud Establish, Toma Root Establish, Asparagus Fern, Eggplant Stalk, Watermelon Establish, Dragon Fruit Vine, Durian Vine, Garlic Plant, Onion Constitute, Pomegranate Branch

Summer

Corn Stem, Toma Root Plant, Watermelon Plant, Dragon Fruit Vine, Garlic Institute, Onion Found, Pepper Found, Pomegranate Branch

If players plant the aforementioned crop around one another, it can make them happy, however, if they feel lonely, and perhaps have no other plants effectually them, they tin gain stress. Although, overcrowding can be an issue as well. If there are eleven or more farm plants or weeds on the same tile, the plants volition demand space and proceeds a stress indicate.

And lately, happiness is an indicator for a stress point. If a plant was not attended to during their final growing stage, the plant volition gain a stress point. Attending to plants will make them happier, which in turn volition give players a decent take a chance at getting a Giant Crop or Ingather Seeds. If players abound the Friendly Fly Fruit, a Friendly Fruit Fly will spawn and stay around the crops to help brand them happy, which takes some stress of players. The graph below will evidence how many points of stress volition affect the plant'due south outcome.

Stress Points

Outcome

0-1

Establish volition grow a Giant Ingather

ii-6

Constitute gives 1 normal product and 2 Crop Seeds

7-eleven

Institute gives i normal product and one Crop Seed

12+

Plant gives i normal product

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