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.

A Little Drama Changes

• 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.

Playstyle, Game Mode, and Preset Change Highlights

[expand type=details] Added the new preset "Relaxed", similar to Dont Starve: Pocket Editions No Sweat game mode.

• 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.

Game Modes, Presets, and Intention changes:

• 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).

New world settings:

• 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.

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Quality of Life Highlights

[expand type=details] Recipe Cards can now be found throughout the world

• 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

Food and Crock Pot Changes

• 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.

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]

Community feedback tweaks and changes:

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• 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.

[/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!