Any changes/inaccuracies/something I missed will be listed here: So, um, less than a week after I released this video, they released a beta which gave Wolfgang, Wormwood & Woodie Skill trees, like Wilson.. which means I'll have to make more character guides to account for that and they'll probably be adding skill trees to EVERY character! Despite that, the perks that the characters can gain through the skill trees are purely additive, meaning the base character is still the same as in this video, but with extra perks on top of the built-in perks, so this video is still relevant! :) - Bunny men will not be aggressive if Wilson stores meat in his beard. (Normally they're aggressive when meat is in inventory/backpack). - Willow doesn't lose sanity when using a fire staff. - Willow takes more freezing damage than normal and loses sanity while freezing. - Wendy doesn't lose sanity to ghosts (including teammates). - Ghosts aren't aggressive toward Wendy. - Wendy riding a beefalo allows the beefalo to gain Wendy's damage buff from Abigail (1.4x) without Wendy's initial damage debuff (0.75x), allowing the beefalo to do more damage than another character riding a beefalo. - Abigail only provides light when she is level 2 & 3, level 1 does not provide light. - Revenant restorative lasts for 8 minutes, not 16. - With the right timing, you can hit the white section of the mighty gym twice per pass, generating 10 mightiness per hit (you have to spam click). Whereas hitting the gold sections twice per pass will generate 6.67 mightiness per hit (you don't need to spam click). - The 1,200 DPS shown in the video can be increased to 1,320 DPS if Abigail was attacking the enemy as the vex would grant an additional 1.1x damage multiplier. - Wickerbottom's Books "Lux Aeterna" & "Lux Aeterna Redux" do cause light to appear in the caves, same as overworld while also causing an earthquake. - Woodie does not chop at higher efficiency, but Lucy does, woodie only has a faster chopping animation; this becomes relevant if Woodie uses moon glass axes. - Webber's spiders that are following him do become untamed when Webber leaves the server, but wlll be tamed once Webber joins back. - Cave spiders have 225 health, not 175. - Winona's tape can be used to patch holes in boats. - For Wormwood, growth formula nutrients cause blooming, compost nutrients restore health over time and manure nutrients restore health instantly. - Wormwood takes more fire damage than other characters. - Merm King starts with 50 hunger but has a MAX hunger of 200, so if you feed him to max hunger he will survive 10 days. - Walter's ammo counts as a mineral, so can be used to mass produce slurtle slime cheaply. - Melty Marbles do stack. - Wanda does not get less drain from night armor when it soaks damage, but if you wear a helmet less damage sinks into the night armor so you lose less sanity. - Elder Wanda drains less durability from staves. - Middle-aged and Elder Wanda lose less sanity from using staves. - Elder Wanda only works slower with a hammer (0.75x). Also, Thanks to MANSCAPED for sponsoring today's video! Get 20% OFF + Free International Shipping + 2 Free Gifts with my promo code "JAKEY" at mnscpd.com/Jakeyosaurus

I like how Maxwell's title is "The Shadow Puppeteer" at first, but when Charlie places his piece on the board, he's "The Shadow Puppet" nice touch

This is absolutely incredible, if by some miracle Jake sees this, I love this long-form content with DST.

The fact that you don't gain sanity for petting Woby is criminal, but as a balancing mechanic, I get it.

When Wurt is on a boat when it breaks when she wakes up on land she will have all her items and will say "good swim" or something along those lines

1:40:30 Webber's spiders actually do become untamed by disconnecting, there just need to be other players in the world. This means leaving your spider-hoard near the group base is a bad idea if you might not rejoin before everyone else.

Also, you can domesticate beefalo for Wendy. For some reason, if you're riding beefalo as Wendy and if you attack enemies affected by petals beefalo gets that 1.55x multiplier instead of 1.10x. Pretty good.

another thing to mention, while all characters wear a garland, It restores 1.33 Sanity/min while worn, but in Don't Starve Together, Wurt loses 1.33 Sanity/min instead. If I am not mistaken. But Wurt can wear Seawreath instead, which restores 1.33 sanity, if any other characters wears Seawreath, they will lose 1.33 sanity. :D

I like how Wilson went from a template character to one of the hardest characters to manage.

Jakey you forgot to say that Maxwell does not lose any sanity for holding the Dark sword, shadow reaper, shadow umbrella and from wearing the Night armor and the new Void rode and Cowl. Wanda also is in the same boat with these items.

Poor Walter. I feel like he needs a complete rehaul. It sucks because the gimmick of losing sanity equal to health loss is really cool! I think reworking the slingshot would help a lot. It should be able to replace all melee weapons with the right ammo. Early ammo with stone should equal the dps of a spear, and so on with stronger and stronger weapons. He's clearly meant to be a character who avoids melee combat at all costs, but currently there isn't a reason to do that.

I believe with Wilson's Alignment perks, shadow affinity will serve more purposes in the future updates as there may be a large battle between the 2 sides

I think Wes is meant to be the distractor. He can just wander around and do nothing, while others do all the work... but he'll protect (or at least draw attention away from) other players

As someone who prefers ranged combat in games, I so desperately wanted Walter's ranged combat to be any good. If his slingshot just had a bit more range and a bit more speed, it would be useable. His damage = insanity mechanic encourages using his slingshot, but his inability to kill anything effectively and efficiently with his slingshot discourages it. Plus, Wobby is objectively worse than a beefalo in combat in every way, so she only has utility in the very early game. Also, I can confirm that his intro is accurate to the Walter Play Experience (TM)

I absolutely love Walter’s personality. His character alone being this goofy dork makes me want to play him more. Its so sad he is such an underwhelming character. Amazing video btw. The effort it took definitely payed off

Watching this right now feeling the pain that Jaky is going to have to redo this video with updated skill tree info for each character

I disagree with your take on Wigfrid - because when I played don't starve for the first time it felt crushingly difficult, I couldn't do anything and survive past winter and dropped the game completely. But few years later I decided to give the game another go and playing as Wigfrid made me actually enjoy the game and be capable of not dying constantly and learning the mechanics like cold protection ect and now I fell in love with the game. So she can be really helpful for new players at the beginning because she is so easy, she helps to learn the fundamental of survival and first boss encounters

Warly's Grim galette could be good for Wormwood since it doesn't 'directly' heal him so the stat-swapping effect still works. The eating animation is much shorter than Wormwood's healing fertilizer animations are, and Wormwood can always raise sanity quick by planting trees! Not to mention having a Wormwood on the team makes farming the two crops a breeze, and he has an easy time going insane to farm the nightmare fuel for the recipe.

This video does highlight Webbers lack of DPS compared to Wurt, I think a fun workaround would be to allow Webber to tame a Spider Queen with a boss part like Ancient Guardian horn, however only allowing 1 tameable Spider Queen

Jakey, you forgot to mention that Wanda also loses less sanity with staves. She loses -50% when she's an adult and -75% when she's elderly.

I feel so sorry for Warly and Wendy/Abigail. Their stories are so tragic and heart wrenching. oof

Walter's best playstyle is beefalo taming, you can tank all the damage without dropping any sanity.

Wes’ best use is dying for bone shards

This video is really well made but I also want to throw some appreciation at Klei for these animated shorts. They truly manage to make you feel for the characters without saying a single word.

I was expecting a short video when i was watching your ranking streams. Didn’t expect a full breakdown of every character. Very COOL and educational. I personally love these longer and nuanced videos. so if it doesn’t hurt the channel, I would like more of these. Thanks for making them.

A few small tidbits: Wendy does NOT lose sanity from dead players on the server even if Ghost Sanity Drain is on, so Wendy cannot lose any sanity from ghosts Shadow Prisons allow Wanda with an Alarming clock (or any character with a whip) to basically cheese Ancient Guardian or any of the terraria bosses with little difficulty (minus the Maxwell's part) Although Willow is a great character for new players to deal with insanity... Do be alarmed as many DST players that play willow tend to burn anything within a 5 turf radius (sorry to all those Willow Mains who are really good... You just have a stigma to you) And Wendy only needs a Garland, Top Hat, or Fashion Goggles to not have to worry about night sanity

Can't wait for Wes to get a skill tree that's gonna make him even more effective at sucking, like even harder aggro or faster balloon crafting or some shit

Wigfrid is easy to play as? but have you considered....I am a huge baby and I'm scared to fight monsters😢 I think shes a useful guide for how to fight monsters and to not be afraid of combat, without Wigfrid I would've never mastered kiting! Amazing video btw!!

I haven't played DST for a few years, and its crazy how much the characters changed, makes me wanna hop back on DST to try them out!

The spider summary section said that cave spiders have 175 health, but they actually have 225 health. And in my case the chorusbox circuit gives +5 sanity in-game and IRL, it's even better when you have 2 equipped 🙂

thanks for this video. I'm getting back into Don't Starve after taking a break for several years and it's awesome to see how much they've added to it over time.

I literally just started playing and have been having a difficult time learning/memorizing about what to make and what characters do, but your guides have been soooo insightful! Thank you!

After coming back to the game recently, figuring out how all the characters have been changed was quite daunting. Thank you for making this super informative video!

Props, this videos is insane and somehow very fun and new to watch even multiple hours in

As a walter enjoyer, some things I noticed that can be used : the marble suit's downside (being extremely slow) doesn't affect him when he's riding Woby. So you can just wear it at all times without really having any downside. He's also extremely good for killing shadow creatures, since he autoaims at them when they respawn if you hold F. That makes him the fastest shadow creatures killer imo. Other than that, thanks a lot for the content, I had no idea about his favourite meal, I'll try that out :D

This is amazing!!!! I've been looking for exactly this! With all the rework and stuff, I don't know how to play most characters in the game. This is really helpful.

One thing you missed when calculating the maximum damage/dps setup is abigail's vex which, iirc, applies to other characters but just to a lesser degree.

Amazing video, I look forward to the future of this channel.

I watched the whole video in my free time over the course of three days, not only was it informative, but also very entertaining, 10/10 video I will subscribe to

Great video and I like how you added every character's cinematic intros when it's their turn.

A thought that occurs to me after hearing you mention a couple of them in passing- I think it might be interesting to see a video that discuses all the common (and possibly some less common) synergies between characters, such as the Wickerbottom/Wanda that can make a rush on the Alarming Clock. Idea's free, take it or leave it. Thanks for all the info!

Jakey, I'm following all your hard work through what you show on Twitch. Thank you so much for all your efforts and to bring us such quality content!

I’ve been waiting for this video! The first one was the first video I ever watched and got me into this channel! I’m so excited to watch this!!

Absolutely amazing. Great to actively watch and great to listen to while doing something else. Amazing video big man.

This is truly fantastic, the amount of time it must have taken to film and edit, honestly amazing I hope you are proud of this video because I thoroughly enjoy every second ❤❤❤

Imagine making a 3 hour video, and I sat through all of it.. - Great content, very helpful and Yes, I also watch your boss runs 🔥

NICEEEEEEEE i recently just started, i watched the previous guide and wondered if there were any changes, the timingggg

Really appreciate this vid. I dropped off right around the start of the moon stuff and just came back, so all the new things are a little overwhelming.

This seems like a short, enjoyable experience to indulge myself in during lunch

Thanks alot for this tier list I've needed this

I haven’t played the game in a long time and like all of these characters are so much different from what I remember and I love that

Amazing video and very helpful as I’ve been away from DST for a while. Can’t wait to check out your other videos.

Bro I was so hyped for this video even before it came out! 🎉 I think the KZfaqr by the name of Lardee[137 is the number I think] showed a way to fight bosses as the Weremoose by using Wigfrid's Regeneration Song, and if you beat BQ using that strat, you can use jellybeans to help the tactic A LOT.

i think klei should make all warly's exclusive dishes immune to his food memory, so there's actually a reason to make his other recipes.

thanks for telling more things about wilson, i love wilson, i use him since 2018, and im glad he got that amazing rework that makes him best character at the game

You sir have made it so much easier to understand this game and characters thanks a ton now I can play and not be lost

I can't imagine how much time and effort this took to put together. Amazing resource for new and, like myself, returning players! Thank you for the dedication, earned my sub for sure

1:25:32 i found the way he pushes the bird out of the way so funny

Just started playing DS again and it always warms my heart to see how popular it still is ❤️ great vid congrats on the million views

I watched the whole video, I am very pleased. Just started getting into DST with my friends.

I feel like Wortox should be able to store a second stack of souls in a Krampus sack, but only one extra stack.

Actually the dumbell toss is pretty effective to kill fuelweaver's woven shadows

Jake! You majestic being. I'm so happy to spend another too much time with you. Hope you are doing good mate. Best wishes

Amazing video, thank you and your twitch chat for this hard work

Man this game changed a lot, haven't really played since the time we tried the new wolfgang rework, good times

45:53 This is a much bigger upside than you think. It basically doubles the time a food takes to rot, meaning that you need less overall food and can focus on bigger and more important things while spending less time gathering and making farms. I'd make his survivability an 8. I'd also change his difficulty to 1, from personal experience

dude your inflection is Outstanding. its like. the inverse of one every person instinctively defaults to when giving a presentation, you know the one. Anyway I Love It keep the great work!!

This is great, cause I've done a few runs of the game now, and it has been absolutely kicking my ass. Hopefully this video helps a little bit

Deerclops killing walter part laught me soo hard 😂😂😂 2:21:51 -2:22:06

About the spiders de-spawning thing, they do, but only if there’s lots of spiders and the server is shut down. However, this doesn’t apply to switcherdoodled spiders. Also, Webber can easily destroy deerclops, you just need 2 campfires running

I’ve never played any don’t starve games, but your video is so awesome and makes me really interested to play it!

Dude. I just watched that video a couple days ago. Now you're making another that's EVEN LONGER. HOW DO YOU EXPECT ME TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THIS

So much effort has been put into this video. This is probably the best character guide out there now. How much effective hp does Wanda have at age 65? Also, why does teleportation alone make her a good character for long term basing? She has no advantage in resource production and gathering

It's funny to think that I was watching your speedruns and all of a sudden I got a notification of your new video. 🤡💖

This is incredible!! best 2 and a half hours Ive spent this week

You’re the man, thanks for this. Great video

For a game that rich in mechanic like DST/DS, nerd content like this is just a pure gem that should be embraced.

I’d like so much to see how you will defeat all bosses as Wolter

Dear Jakey, love this video with all my heart! I'ma need that varg farm at some point tho, yours looks much better than all the other ones I've seen on KZfaq!

Aaaaaa your voice is so soothing. I keep watching this video to fall asleep (not that its boring your voice is just so calming)

I don’t think the video explained this(great video btw), but as Woodie, if you lose Lucy you can start chopping any tree with a normal (flint or gold) axe to turn that axe into Lucy

Great explanation with all the characters! Heres one for the future. All of Walters ammo counts as a mineral.

37:15bro i have this as my alarm clock and i actually flinched irl once i heard it, guess i got ptsd from it now, like actually heard it and was ready to get out of my bed to turn it off

Great to see how successful your don't starve videos have been, but I'm still missing my favorite RS KZfaqr ❤

Feel like this one has the same issue as the old one where Utility feels really off, sometimes you give insane scores to characters who only do one thing really well 10, sometimes you roll things into utility that should be in combat etc.

As a Walter main i can confirm: We just play him because Wes is too easy

there is nobody better than you in making such videos. thanks a lot about all of them😘

I was not in a mood but then i see your video suddenly I'm happy now 💀❤❤

As a Walter main, this video was like a shot through the heart. Maybe it's because me and my group are less experienced with the game than most, but I feel like his unique toolkit and utility was somewhat understated. His ability to crank out dirt-cheap tents is amazing for maintaining the sanity of a large, spread out group (without listening to his stupid bugle voice all night), and his slingshot is amazing when it comes to clearing out nuisance mobs like frogs and tentacles without having to fuss with characters with higher setup times or costs like Wickerbottom, Winona, and Wanda. I also love using it to kill Gobblers and aggro Koalefants without needing to waste darts (boomerang exists but can be finicky) or waste time trying to corner them. He can also be good for ruins rushing as Woby is a great early-game movement option, both when looking for the initial sinkholes and once you actually get down there. I know there are characters who can likely do all of these things better, but whenever I play Walter with a group, I feel like the leader of the group (at least until Webber or Wurt get the chance to set up). I agree that his downsides are a bit much, though.

The fun thing about this game is that despite being able to argue about the objeticve worst or best characters, they can go up or down based simply on your opinion. Like, I understand that for most people Wilson would be a 5 but to me he is a 10, I want to try Wurt and maybe Wolfgang but I always play Wilson because I love the freedom and versatily of not being hindered by any mechanics or disavantadges. For most people that might be boring but I really have no interest in other characters (beside those two that I might try). There's characters for every playstyle and as much as I hate Walter there are pleople out there that main him either because they think he is good or simply because they like him, and thats how it should be.

Wow awesome guide and nice placement

Waltuh.. stop making gold ammo, I need to build a science machine Waltuh..

1:09:30my favorit durability, willson

I feel like walter is a lot better when playing multiplayer because well the other player kites and drawa the agto walter can just sit back and spam thir slingshot.

Jakey, I subbed to you years ago for RuneScape videos. I just picked up this game for my son and found you. So glad to hear your voice again man. You are one of my favorite content creators.

Great video great analysis. I love that these account for overall use and optimal use of the characters. I watch the entire thing and love wathcing these to learn a thing or two about characters I play less often. Thanks for compiling all that info and keeping us up to date with the strategies. I would only say that the difficulty rating of Wanda account for her being old or middle age most of the time.... Yet the game is played without combat probably 70-80% of the time. I think that fact and also the 5 clock in inventory for infinite healing should drop that rating... She isnt that hard but very resource intensive. Im also surprised you didnt mention her 1 weakness: Inventory slots. Since you are incentivize to use 2-3 teleport clock and 2-3 timeless clock as default carry on, she has a lot less inventory slot than average. Add utility clocks like kiting clock and revive clock and... you are short on inventory slots.Great video great analysis. I love that these account for overall use and optimal use of the characters. I watch the entire thing and love wathcing these to learn a thing or two about characters I play less often. Thanks for compiling all that info and keeping us up to date with the strategies. I would only say that the difficulty rating of Wanda account for her being old or middle age most of the time.... Yet the game is played without combat probably 70-80% of the time. I think that fact and also the 5 clock in inventory for infinite healing should drop that rating... She isnt that hard but very resource intensive. Im also surprised you didnt mention her 1 weakness: Inventory slots. Since you are incentivize to use 2-3 teleport clock and 2-3 timeless clock as default carry on, she has a lot less inventory slot than average. Add utility clocks like kiting clock and revive clock and... you are short on inventory slots.

fun fact: the exact measurements of dmg for Shadow Courtier and Lunar Innovator perks are: Wilson makes you take less dmg from shadow-aligned creatures and do more dmg to lunar-aligned creatures by 10% (for Shadow Courtier). Vice versa with Lunar Innovator

18:00 people tend to underutilize using fire to make mobs panic and then stun locking them since they dont attack while panicking. As long as you keep alternating between lighter and weapon you can kill certain mobs with ease, just make sure to kill them when they are not on fire or else the drops burn.

this was the most helpful character guide ive ever seen

This video is incredible! Congrats