Hotfix - forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/123937-game-update-442776/ They've changed how often bunnymen drop their food loot, end tables now have their decorations last longer and newer flowers can be placed within them, there is a new login bonus as I'm sure many know by now and more! Man, this update is somehow more to talk about than Forgotten Knowledge and yet I feel like nothing has changed almost... strange. To be honest, and this is my total KNEE-JERK reaction, I get what they are going for and will accept it however I believe this to be one of the worst updates they have done in quite some time. It was just too much, too soon. They tone things down a bit, adjust perhaps the ability to maybe get at least two crops per harvest without having to shoot for HUGE crops and then I'll be totally fine with it. We'll just have to wait and see! Let us know if you've discovered anything new and exciting since the release! This is a learning time for all of us! Read about the update for yourself here, forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/123827-now-in-testing-reap-what-you-sow/ Read a text-based version of a guide through this new stuff here, forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/123862-farming-101-grow-like-never-before/

Klei: overhauls the dst farming system Players who spent 450 rocks and 2000 grass on improved farms: 👁👄👁

finally , my 3 years playing farmville are finally becoming useful

I love how this update indirectly gives a massive buff to Wormwood, Warly, and Wurt, while also slightly nerfing Wickerbottom. Now we just need old Maxwell to get shadows that can till soil, dig up weeds, and harvest plants and we'll be golden.

as the part-time Wormwood farmer in my friend group I am very excited

Ah so this is why you've had so many plant based mods lately.

0:40 Wolfgang in the menu screen be like :MMM I like this big potato

My Wickerbottom books are tingling Edit: nevermind wtf

Forever will I miss spamming applied horticulture and the famed great egg loop, although I do like that farms are now usable.

I love the idea! Wanna spend more time outside of base? Here, have just couple random crops. Wanna have huge crops and specific seeds? Take care of your farm often!! ... Just a bit of tweeking needed. Klei don't be afraid to make farming viable! I'm tired of Meatballs ftw...

Forget about exploring, because we will now spend most of the time tending to the gardens. Lol

Take a shot every time he says “for you see”

The update is probably a reference to a fairy tale of a funny story where a farmer grows gigantic food

I have mixed emotions about this. Crop plots were always overpriced af, but once up, it was basically a free, effortless, infinite supply of food. I always hated making crop plots but am kind of sad to see them go....

Wormwood needs a bit off a buff I mean he is kinda the ultimate farming character when it comes to tending plants but I think he would benefit from a bit more care

I fear this will end badly. Everyone will just eat meatballs and heal without food. Shame, because the old crops looked like a good addition to a main base without being too grindy.

looks like im playing warly again, gotta farm those sweet onions.

Im so happy they did a farming rework, I almost wish it was in solo so I could play it.

I feel like they should’ve made a touchstone for wormwood with the new farming update.

I thought this was a mod review for a second

*Me*: letting the forget-me-lots grow because I thought they were flowers and then realizing they were weeds 👁👄👁

The synergy reminds me of the three sister crops - beans, squash, and corn - which nourish and support each other through their growth.

Forget me lots are actually super useful for recipes like meatballs, fistfuls of jam, and ratatouille. You only need one bit of meat, one fruit, and one veggie to make them and can fill the other slots with forget me lots. As they are weeds the forget me lots keep producing flowers over and over as long as you keep harvesting them and don't let them go bad. So you can stretch out your basic foods by using them. Just survived a winter with this method. It really helped keep us fed when seeds are basically impossible to find. It's realistic too as many people in history have had to stretch out their foods with fillers like this during harsh times. I felt really clever for finding out I could do this and it made me feel very good being able to provide food for everyone over the winter.

I’m getting some good ol’ gorge vibes, which was my first event. Happy time.

I legit gasped when beard said wickerbottom is getting nerfed the fact the she can only grow 10 RANDOMISED plants definitely needs to go not cool klei 😤

Personally it feels like Klei is trying to make DST more like Stardew Valley at least in the farming aspect of things. And I don't think this is particularly great for the game. Yes, it does make farming more interesting and different from just planting seeds in the ground/farm plots and then letting them grow by themselves, but in my opinion it could've been left this way, or maybe just tweaked a bit without overhauling the whole system. Now, my impression of it is that you'll have to work much harder to get a yield from your crops, and it will be more time consuming overall. And while that may be ok in the context of a game where it's centered around farming, DST is not centered around farming as much as it is around survival in general. So my initial impression isn't great, but hopefully that'll change in the future as Klei tweaks things

So this update makes farming a full time job. Not sure how I feel about this tbh. I can see just about as many people ditching this entire system as I do people getting into it. At the same time tho, deeper and deeper complexity levels HAVE shown to be extremely useful for a long-term niche fanbase, which I always love. t. Terraria

**Cries in 48 advanced farms** for real tho,I really love that they reworked the farms as they were underused due to the shear ammounts required for just 1 plot!and I love that they removed the disease mechanic!

Had legit fears going in about how intricate it could be but instead really liked the new system upon trying. They still manage to do better compared to the past when ignored caring. Before, how used my yields from farms was mostly dependant on bird; if it gave me enough seeds I'd make food with the excess; now I don't feel bad using the yield and mostly happy plants give a seed alongside the crop; in-season plants even give 2 specific crops. And its really great that they reward attending and overall making me actually farm crops that I wouldn't due to their seasonal and nutrient interactions is amazing.

Every update makes me so happy because when I eventully make a proper schoolhouse esque world it'll be so cool to have these plotd

The fire nettles can be used for winter when you start to freeze keep it in your inv then when your gunna overheat just put it in a bundle wrap or in chester

KZfaqrs: don't like farm plots for not being efficient Klei: emergency meeting

Researching the plants take soooooo much time. I once spent a week tending to the garden, day and night (game time). So much time wasted waiting for plants to grow so that you can research each stage. And I didn't even get to research all of the plants since the seeds are random.

From one side this update looks fun and refreshing. But on the other, it looks really time-consuming. I never thought that I need a farm overhaul. It was enough for that kind of game. Now it could take too much time, especially for solo players. I hope they make some balance changes on the way before the full release. Maybe farming wasn't fascinating, but it was easy to use. I hope it doesn't get too complicated with that ground elements stuff, tending crops, and watering. Maybe I'm wrong and it's lots of fun. I have to wait when it officially comes out and then see :P

Fire Fronds are actually good at keeping you warm during winter

Seems like gwtting specific seeds from birds is going to be a lot more useful now if you're going to be planting things in cycles to get the best results

Thanks so much Beard man. This was very informative. So much so as I will lay back on asking you for wall guides for a week.

r.i.p. egg loop, you'll be missed forever

im not gonna act like i understood the half of the process but one thing i like is that now farming is actually a job now. you can be a farmer and just hang around the base if you want.

Man I hadn't played for like a year and was EXTREMELY confused. Thanks so much

I believe this patch should be optional farming would take so long that it is no longer survival game is harvestmoon together

Finally, a framing overhaul! :D

honestly nervous yet excited to try it out. my only qualm is wickernerf, and tbh, as much as it sucks, its kinda fair

As someone who's a pretty avid gardener, this is pretty realistic, and since I like wormwood this does make me happy but damn now there are so many resources required to make the various instruments/formulas etc (and I don't play caves cause my computer can't handle it) that this just feels a little bit overwhelming. Exciting to try but also, it's such a big change man idk how to feel abt it.

Haven't watched yet, but wanted to say Woooo! Exciting update

Thank you very much, very informative!

I love this! Always wished there was a game that'd have realistic farming, and to think DST of all things is implumenting it, I'm so happy! Now that they're working on vegetational foods, they could really make jams or some sort of fermentation with Pear's jars available, to make Wurt player's lives easier, tho those new big crops might just be the solution

High quality video, Thank you!

Wormwood is definitely a relatively strong character now

And i just played music for plants in The Spiritfarer and here we are. Also I love that Wormwood gets more and more OP. Even if I knew he is a God since the start.

For growing potatoes: plant a tomato plane next to every potato plant 1:1 ratio, and water it every time in ascending phase: 1,2,1,1

I think what they should do for wickers applied horticulture is that you can select an area on screen that gets effected by the book like an aoe attack in the forge

this'll make being a wormwood main a lot more fun/interesting

The only beard video i dont understand...he is talking science and farming...its difficult 😩 i need more guide beard!!!!!

I personally hated this update in many ways, but what made me sadder was the nerf in the bird, geez what this game turned. DON'T FARM TOGETHER

Thanks for testing out the beta for and compiling this into a video. You did all the heavy lifting for us!

Wolfgang is like: BIG POTATO, MOTHER RUSSIA MY LOVE!

I spent literally an hour trying to find the plots in game and then just though “ok let’s go to beard”

The premier garden hat reminds me of thaumcraft

I always get excited when I receive notifications from your videos.

As a Wormwood main, I'm excited

now I get the feeling that we will go to the moon with something like a giant plant or to some other higher "level", I mean if that's not the case don´t you guys think this update is a little off place ?

Beard you should know that the spykes of the new plant gives 5 souls each time you get rooted as wortox.

Actually, I think this idea was in the works since the Gorge event, we got a look at an alternate, more natural looking farm. I think the crops even had growth stages? I think some of the new crops have potential as decoration imo

Finnaly you make guide i was waiting like 2 days

Cant wait for a mod to revert everything done here back to the OG single player for me

I feel like this update makes farming too complex, but I do like the slight buffs to wormwood and I love the wicker nerf.

A cool idea for your next video could be which plants go best together to make giant plants like onions and chili’s so we know what’s the best to do

Honestly, this update overall seems great, getting rid of the egg loop makes gathering food through non farming methods a bit trickier, making plants be more worth it overall. That being said honey is still op as hell making food a non issue the moment you find some bees and the rewards for all the farming don't seem to be big enough to bother with the more complex aspects. Basically, this is a survival oriented update which I like but it is unfinished and needs serious tweaking to work in the end.

I personally love this, farming is one of my favorite things to do in this game. That and exploring the caves lol

The fire nettles could also be used as a emergency heat up in winter/spring just bring a healing item with you

Maybe you're still right? And the giant fruits could be used to feed a giant? Either way that uptade was quite big, have a lot of new things to learn or forget about out

Thank you beard for this guide!

Beard: Fire Nettles are dangerous, don't touch them. Me in winter: let's get itchy baby.

i think the update makes the game more interesting, well for me personally. I play with my friends alot and in any game we usually have jobs. One of my friends always does cave stuff and mining. one does fishing stuff. And I usually do the farming stuff. So based on my play style it seems like it will make the game more enjoyable and also more of a challange then just "plant crop, harvest crop", plus I am a wormwood main so of course im gonna like it lmao.

I like the update, gives wormwood better usage. Adds a whole mechanic if people are interested in completing researching all plants, and with it being totally optional shouldn't hinder anyone outside of the nerfs / loot table changes

" *AND A WHOPPING 0 HEALTH* "

my friend frickin loves farming and now it is even more interesting! Pretty nice update imo.

Great job pal

I mean it certainly helps characters lile wyrmwood or Warly who spend more time around the base but on the other hand the old farms were nice in that you could just slam the seed. The more care the more reward. I like it because i enjoy the playstyle but i can see a lot of players not.

This game keeps getting better and better

you can use fire neddles as free heat in winter

YES, JUST YES FINALLY!

That's sad they killed Wickerbottom. Also they probably didn't rework disease because they would need to make new sprites for all the new diseased crops.

Reworking farming is so cool though? Nice to see they aren’t to afraid to rehaul stuff! I’m very curious if the giant food mechanic might give us a beanstalk to the moon someday?

Meet the farmer. . . Farmer: I grow you to kill. *tf2 music*

Wow amazing vid!! :)

Thanks!

Im realy looking forward to the finishe update now!! Especially cause Wormwood is my favourite character xD

I'm exited to see wormwood have a time to shine

the art style of the new crops reminds me of plants vs zombies.

Beard 777. The fire nettle does do something. If you get prick by the fire nettle for a while your temperature can raise up to 80 degree. Eating the fire nettle can also raise your temperature to 80 degree as well. The Spiny Bine weed is the worst. You must dig it out immediately otherwise when you decide to harvest other plants around it. A ring of spiny bine will constantly encase you, and you will lose health constantly unless you removed it.

As a Wicker main im just going to go cry in a corner....

i love gardening in real life, i was waiting for this update :)

Yay caught ur vid when its new

I was kinda hoping for a gorge like farming procces... cool! Edit: thanks for the video beard figuring this out on my own would make my brain explode

I feel it’s interesting to mention dragon fruits grow from cacti in real life.

New update looks amazing, adds to the king's combo, and so far is a little update to wormwood so it has me excited.( if the fire needle doesn't affect wormwood then pig men and bunny farms got a lot better. ) Edit: now I want food cadipults, killing dragonfly with a giant tomato seems really funny

Man that giant dragonfruit on the thumb makes me think that they have intruduce the shipwreked coffee in the game

Oh, that’s actually a lot of cool changes. Gotta be honest, I didn’t like how farming worked in Don’t Starve. I know this is going to change but still, the major overhaul to farming is cool to me. Plus, it makes Wormwood more useful and that is frankly great. ...granted, I don’t play DST myself much unfortunatle, but still.