🌤️ Don't Starve Together — Complete Seasons & Survival Guide

Master every season in DST — from the gentle days of Autumn to the scorching hazards of Summer. Know what's coming, prepare for it, and thrive.

Don't Starve Together's seasons are the heartbeat of the game. Each one lasts roughly 20 days (configurable in world settings), and a full year cycle is 70 days by default. Each season brings unique weather, hazards, creatures, and opportunities. Your survival depends on anticipating what's next and preparing before it arrives.

Data source: Klei Entertainment / Don't Starve Together game files (various patches). Values accurate as of current stable release.

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📅 Season Cycle Overview

Season	Days	Temperature	Day/Night Balance	Key Hazard	Key Boss
🍂 Autumn	1–20	10–40°C (comfortable)	~12 min day, ~6 min dusk, ~2 min night	None	Bearger (days 20–25)
❄️ Winter	21–35	Below 0°C (freezing)	~7 min day, ~5 min dusk, ~8 min night	Freezing	Deerclops (days 30–35)
🌧️ Spring	35–50	10–25°C (wet)	~10 min day, ~5 min dusk, ~5 min night	Rain, Wetness, Lightning	Moose/Goose (throughout Spring)
☀️ Summer	50–70	35–80°C (overheating)	~16 min day, ~4 min dusk, ~0 min night	Overheating, Wildfires	Antlion (days 55–70), Dragonfly (lava biome)

World settings note: All season lengths can be customized in the world generation menu. "Short" seasons last ~15 days, "Long" seasons ~40 days. The default 20-day length is used throughout this guide.

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🍂 Autumn (Days 1–20)

Autumn is the starter season — the most forgiving and productive period in DST. You spawn in on Day 1 of Autumn with comfortable temperatures, long daylight hours, and no pressing environmental threats.

What to Expect

Aspect	Detail
🌡️ Temperature	10–40°C — perfectly comfortable, no heat or cold damage
☀️ Day/Night	~12 min day, ~6 min dusk, ~2 min night — plenty of daylight
🌧️ Precipitation	Very rare, short rain showers
⚠️ Hazards	None (spiders, hounds, and frogs are your only concerns)

🎯 Key Activities

Autumn is your preparation window. Every hour spent gathering now pays off tenfold in Winter.

Gather Everything

Resource	Why It Matters
🪵 Logs	Fuel, structures, base building — you can never have too many
🪨 Rocks, Flint, Gold	Tools, weapons, SCIENCE MACHINE (1× gold, 4× rocks)
🌿 Grass & Twigs	Rope, torches, basic crafting — stockpile at least 2 stacks each
🫐 Berries	Food now and rot for fertilizer later
🌾 Cut Reeds	For papyrus (books, bird traps) from swamp biomes

Build Your Starter Base

1. Choose a location — Ideally near a road intersection with access to multiple biomes. The Pig King biome is a popular choice.
2. Science Machine — Your first build. Unlocks alchemy engine, backpack, hammer, and more.
3. Alchemy Engine — Unlocks the rest of the tech tree.
4. Crock Pot (×2 minimum) — The single best food-related structure. Cooks meals that restore more hunger, health, and sanity than raw ingredients.
5. Ice Box — Preserves food 4× longer. Essential for stockpiling.
6. Drying Racks (×4–8) — Dry monster meat, fish, and morsels into jerky for hunger + sanity.
7. Farm plots — If you plan to garden, lay out plots now so crops mature before Winter.
8. Campfire/Pit — Upgrade to a Fire Pit as soon as possible (uses less fuel).

🐻 Bearger (Spawn: Days 20–25)

The Bearger arrives at the end of Autumn or early Winter. Its spawn is triggered automatically — it will wander into your general area.

Stat	Value
❤️ HP	3000
⚔️ Damage	100 (to players), 200 (to structures)
😵 Sanity Aura	-400/min (increasing fear near it)
🎁 Drops	6× Meat, 2× Bearger Fur, Bearger Figure (Sketch)

Kiting Strategy

• Pattern: Attack 6 times, then dodge its swipe
• Weapon: Hambat (or better)
• Armour: Log Suit + Football Helmet
• Tip: Bearger has a huge hitbox and can be stunlocked briefly — use this to get extra hits

Alternative: Let Treeguards Handle It

Lead the Bearger into a dense pine forest. It will destroy trees, spawning Treeguards that fight it. You can clean up the winner.

⚠️ Warning: Bearger destroys structures. Do NOT fight it near your base. Lead it to a clearing or pre-built fighting arena.

✅ Winter Preparation Checklist

Use the last 5 days of Autumn to tick off these items:

Item	Quantity	Notes
🧣 Thermal Stone	1–2	Heat retention — place near fire to warm, carry to stay warm
🎩 Winter Hat / Beefalo Hat	1	Beefalo Hat is best (240s of warmth)
🥩 Dried Meat / Jerky	10+	Long shelf life, good hunger/sanity
🥘 Pre-cooked Meals	10+	Meatballs, Bacon & Eggs, Meaty Stew
🪵 Logs	5+ stacks	Constant fuel for fires
🩹 Healing Salves / Honey Poultices	5+	For combat healing
🧥 Log Suit + Football Helmet	1 each	For Deerclops fight
❄️ Ice stockpile location	—	Mark a pond biome on your map for mining ice

💡 Pro Tip: Kill some Beefalo for their horns (to craft the Beefalo Hat). Do this before they enter mating season (Winter) when they become aggressive.

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❄️ Winter (Days 21–35)

Winter is the first real survival challenge. Freezing temperatures drain your health if you're not properly equipped. Hunger drains faster. Ponds freeze. Berry bushes go dormant. The nights stretch long.

What to Expect

Aspect	Detail
🌡️ Temperature	Below 0°C — freezing damage without warm clothing
☀️ Day/Night	~7 min day, ~5 min dusk, ~8 min night — short days
🌧️ Precipitation	Snow, no rain
⚠️ Hazards	Freezing (constant health drain), starvation, shorter foraging time

❄️ Temperature & Warmth Mechanics

Your character has a core temperature that drops in Winter. When it drops too low:

• Screen frosts around the edges
• Health drains at an increasing rate
• Movement speed slows

Staying Warm — Clothing Comparison

Item	Warmth Duration	Materials	Notes
🎩 Beefalo Hat	240s	Beefalo Horn ×1, Silk ×4	Best warmth-to-slot ratio
🧥 Puffy Vest	180s	Koalefant Trunk ×4, Silk ×6	Chest slot, good insulation
🧥 Hibearnation Vest	180s	Bearger Fur ×2, Silk ×4	Chest slot, also slows hunger
🎩 Winter Hat	120s	Silk ×4, Hound's Tooth ×2	Easy to craft, decent starter
🐇 Cat Cap	60s	Catcoon Tail ×4, Silk ×2	Weak — emergency only
🧣 Thermal Stone	~150s per heat	Stone ×10, Flint ×3, Pickaxe	Heat near fire, carry to stay warm

Thermal Stone Mastery

The Thermal Stone is your most efficient warmth tool:

1. Heat it up — Place near a fire until it's red-hot (glowing)
2. Carry it — The stone radiates heat for ~150 seconds in Winter
3. Reheat — Drop near fire when the glow fades
4. Stacking — Carry two stones; heat one while using the other

⚠️ Warning:** Thermal Stones lose durability in Summer (overheat) if updated to the feature. In current DST, they don't break but cool/heat differently.

🍲 Winter Food

Food is tighter in Winter. Your best options:

Food Source	Method	Notes
❄️ Ice	Mine with pickaxe from frozen ponds	Abundant, lasts forever, use in Crock Pot
🐧 Pengulls	Near coastline	2 meat each, aggressive in groups
🐗 Pig Farm	Feed pigs monster meat, kill the werepigs	2 meat per pig
🦌 MacTusk (Walrus Camp)	Hunt every 2.5 days	Drops Tam o' Shanter + Walking Cane
🐟 Fishing	Not possible (ponds frozen)	—

Ice Is Your Best Friend

Ice is a free filler ingredient for the Crock Pot. Learn these recipes:

Recipe	Ingredients	Effect
🥣 Meatballs	1× Meat + 3× Ice	62.5 Hunger — your staple food
🥟 Meat Dumplings	1× Meat + 1× Egg + 1× Veg + 1× Ice	37.5 Hunger + 40 Health — heals
🥗 Honey Nuggets	1× Honey + 1× Morsel + 2× Ice	37.5 Hunger + 20 Health

🦷 MacTusk & Walrus Camps

Walrus Camps spawn in Rockyland biomes during Winter. They're your most valuable resource.

Detail	Info
Spawn	1 Walrus Camp per world (default)
Respawn	Every 2.5 days — MacTusk + 2 Hounds
MacTusk HP	100
Hound HP	100 each

🎁 MacTusk Drops: - 🎩 Tam o' Shanter (25%) — 6.25 Sanity/min, best sanity head slot - 🦯 Walking Cane (25%) — 25% movement speed boost (off-hand) - 🥩 Meat (always)

Farming MacTusk

1. Approach from downwind (MacTusk prioritises running away)
2. Kill the Hounds first (they chase, MacTusk shoots)
3. Chase down MacTusk — it has low HP and dies quickly
4. Bring a Boomerang if it runs onto thin ice

🦌 Deerclops (Spawn: Days 30–35)

Deerclops arrives in late Winter — a massive, one-eyed giant that freezes everything around it.

Stat	Value
❤️ HP	4000
⚔️ Damage	75 (to players), 150 (to structures)
😵 Sanity Aura	-400/min
❄️ Freezing Attack	Freezes everything in a cone (area of effect)
🎁 Drops	8× Meat, Deerclops Eyeball (crafts Eyebrella)

Kiting Strategy

• Pattern: Attack 2–3 times, then dodge the ground slam
• Weapon: Hambat (or Dark Sword for extra damage)
• Armour: Log Suit + Football Helmet (bring spares)
• Space: Fight in a large open area — Deerclops destroys structures and trees

Eyebrella — The Key to Spring

The Deerclops Eyeball crafts the Eyebrella (at an Alchemy Engine):

Material	Quantity
Deerclops Eyeball	1
Bone Shards	6
Dubloon	4

The Eyebrella provides 100% wetness resistance — it's the single best item for Spring survival.

💡 Pro Tip: If you're not confident fighting Deerclops, lead it to a swamp biome. Tentacles will kill it for you. Just make sure you collect the eyeball before it despawns!

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🌧️ Spring (Days 35–50)

Spring is the rain season. Constant downpours drench your character, draining sanity and making everything harder. Lightning strikes randomly. Frogs fall from the sky. But it's also a season of abundance.

What to Expect

Aspect	Detail
🌡️ Temperature	10–25°C — comfortable temp, but wet
☀️ Day/Night	~10 min day, ~5 min dusk, ~5 min night — balanced
🌧️ Precipitation	Constant rain, occasional thunderstorms
⚠️ Hazards	Wetness (sanity loss, freezing vulnerability), lightning, Frog Rain

💧 Wetness Mechanics

When you get wet:

Wetness %	Effect
0–15%	No penalty
15–35%	Sanity drain begins (slow)
35–70%	Faster sanity drain, movement penalty
70–100%	Maximum sanity drain, freezing vulnerability, tools slip

Staying Dry — Rain Protection

Item	Wetness Resist	Materials	Notes
🪶 Eyebrella	100%	Deerclops Eyeball + Bone Shards + Dubloon	Perfect — best in slot (repair with Deerclops Eyeball or Deconstruction Staff)
🌂 Umbrella	66%	Silk ×6, Twigs ×4	Easy to craft, decent coverage
🎩 Rain Hat	90%	Catcoon Tail ×2, Silk ×4	Good but materials can be annoying
🧥 Rain Coat	100%	Tentacle Spots ×4, Bone Shards ×4, Silk ×4	Full coverage, chest slot
🪣 Rainometer/Umbrella Hat	—	Crafted	Not wearable — it's a structure that measures rainfall

💡 Pro Tip: You can combine a Football Helmet with an Umbrella (hold in off-hand) for ~66% wetness resist + head protection. Stack this with a Puffy Vest for the best combat setup in Spring.

⚡ Lightning & WX-78

Spring thunderstorms bring lightning strikes that: - 💥 Damage players (30 damage) unless wearing a lightning rod hat - 🔥 Ignite flammable structures — always build Lightning Rods near your base - ⚡ Power up WX-78 — WX-78 gains +100 max HP, +200 max sanity per overcharge (but still takes damage)

Protection: Build 2–3 Lightning Rods around your base. They protect a generous radius and only need to be crafted once.

🐸 Frog Rain (Days 40–50)

Around mid-Spring, frogs begin raining from the sky. This is both a blessing and a curse.

• Frogs can spawn in massive numbers — up to 20+ at once
• They steal items from your inventory when they hit you
• They attack in groups

Frog Rain Strategy

Approach	How To	Risk/Benefit
🏠 Stay inside	Seal yourself in your base	Safe but boring
🐗 Use pigs	Lead frogs to pig villages	Pigs fight frogs — free frog legs
🦆 Run away	Leave the loaded area	Frogs despawn eventually
⚔️ Harvest them	Fight with a spear, collect legs	Massive food (each frog = 1 frog leg)

Reward: Each frog drops a Frog Leg (cooks into 12.5 hunger, 5 health). A good frog rain can yield 2+ stacks — that's unlimited food for the rest of Spring.

🦆 Moose/Goose & Moslings

The Moose/Goose is a giant bird that appears in Spring, nesting in grassy areas.

Stat	Value
❤️ HP	3000
⚔️ Damage	75 (melee), 200 (honk blast)
🎁 Drops	4× Drumstick, 2× Feather, Moose/Goose Figure (Sketch)

Fighting Moose/Goose

• Kiting: Attack 4–5 times, dodge the honk (ground-pounding AOE)
• Weakness: It's slow and telegraphs attacks
• Danger: The honk blast hits in a huge radius — back away when it rears up

Moslings (Eggs)

The Moose/Goose nest contains 2–3 Mosling Eggs: - Hatch in ~3 days if kept warm (near a fire) - Moslings follow you and fight for you - Grow into Moose/Goose after ~12 days (if not killed) - Use: Excellent early-game bodyguard. Moslings deal ~25 damage per hit.

💡 Pro Tip: Pick up Mosling Eggs and keep them near a campfire to hatch. The Mosling will follow and fight for you — it's like having a free tank for exploring the ruins!

🌻 Spring Activities

Activity	Why It's Great in Spring
🐝 Bee Farming	Flowers bloom everywhere — bees produce constantly
🌱 Farming	Rain waters crops automatically — best season for farming
🕳️ Cave Exploration	No freeze, no overheat — comfortable underground
🔮 Magic Crafting	Longer dusk gives more shadow fuel collection time

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☀️ Summer (Days 50–70)

Summer is the second major survival challenge. Overheating burns your health. Wildfires destroy your base. Days are brutally long. You'll stay alive only if you prepared in the previous seasons.

What to Expect

Aspect	Detail
🌡️ Temperature	35–80°C — overheating damage without cooling
☀️ Day/Night	~16 min day, ~4 min dusk, ~0 min night — almost no darkness
🌧️ Precipitation	None — bone dry
⚠️ Hazards	Overheating (health drain), Wildfires (smoldering), Antlion sinkholes

🔥 Overheating Mechanics

When your core temperature gets too high:

• Screen shimmers with heat waves
• Health drains at an increasing rate
• Food spoils faster
• Ice melts in your inventory

Cooling Down — Methods

Method	Cooling Effect	Notes
🔵 Endothermic Fire Pit	Strong cooling (area)	Build with ice + logs — use near base
🔵 Endothermic Campfire	Moderate cooling (area)	Portable, same recipe, lasts less time
🧊 Chilled Thermal Stone	~150s cooling	Place thermal stone near Endothermic Fire or drop ice on it
💎 Chilled Amulet	Constant cooling	Craft at Shadow Manipulator (1× Red Gem, 3× Nightmare Fuel, 2× Gold)
❄️ Ice Cube Hat	Head slot cooling	Melts over time, refreeze in fridge

Endothermic Fire Recipe

1× Ice + 2× Logs → Endothermic Fire Pit

Thermal Stone Cooling

1. Heat your Thermal Stone near a normal fire
2. Drop it on the ground near ice or in a fridge briefly
3. Wait — it turns from red → white → blue (cooled)
4. Carry the blue stone — it absorbs ambient heat and keeps you ~20°C cooler

⚠️ Warning: A red-hot Thermal Stone carried into Summer will overheat you faster. Always cool it down first at an Endothermic Fire.

🔥 Wildfires (Smoldering)

Starting in Summer, flammable structures and items can spontaneously smolder and catch fire.

Flammable	Risk Level
🪵 Trees	High — especially dry/diseased trees
🌿 Grass Tufts / Saplings	Medium
🧱 Wood Walls / Floors	High
🗿 Stone structures	None (mostly fireproof)
🪨 Rock Walls	None

Smoldering Stages

1. Smoke appears above the item — you have ~10 seconds to act
2. Fire erupts — spreads to nearby flammable objects
3. Destruction — the item burns to ash

Stopping Wildfires

Method	How To	Notes
🧊 Ice Flingomatic	Automatically extinguishes fires in range	Must be fueled (ice, snowballs) — 5-tile radius
⛲ Water Balloon	Throw to douse single item	Craft with water + berries
🪓 Chop it down	Remove smoldering trees/grass before they ignite	Rush job, might still catch fire
💧 Ice on ground	Drop ice on smoldering items	Consumes ice quickly (not recommended for large fires)

Ice Flingomatic Setup

1. Craft at Alchemy Engine: (2× Gears, 2× Ice, 1× Electrical Doodad)
2. Place covering your entire base (a circle ~5 tiles radius)
3. Fuel with ice or snowballs — each ice lasts ~2.5 days
4. Toggle ON — you can turn it off when away from base (to save fuel)

Build 2–3 Ice Flingomatics to cover a large base completely.

💡 Pro Tip: Stone and marble structures don't burn. Prioritise stone walls and foundations near critical structures if you can't cover everything with Flingomatics.

👑 Antlion (Spawn: Days 55–70)

The Antlion appears in the Desert biome during Summer. Unlike other bosses, you can appease it instead of fighting.

Stat	Value
❤️ HP	3000
⚔️ Damage	75 (melee), 150 (sand spike)
⚠️ Spawn Effect	Causes sinkholes and desert earthquakes if angered

Sinkhole Mechanics

If you don't appease the Antlion, it triggers sinkholes near your base: - Sinkholes destroy structures - They open randomly in loaded areas - Frequency increases the longer you ignore it

Appeasing the Antlion

Give the Antlion one of these items at its sinkhole:

Item	Effect	Availability
🎪 Trinkets	1 trinket = ~4 days of peace	Found in tumbleweeds, graves
⚙️ Spare Gears	1 gear = ~6 days	Clockwork enemies in ruins
🍲 Any Food	4 food = 1 day	Weak — not worth it after early game

Fighting Antlion (If You Prefer)

1. Lure it out of its sinkhole with a ranged attack
2. Kiting: Attack 3 times, dodge sand spikes (they telegraph)
3. Avoid: The ground-shaking AOE — move away when it rears up
4. Warning: Antlion's spikes are faster than they look

Drops: Desert Stone Golem (mount item), 4× Meat, Antlion Figure (Sketch)

🐉 Dragonfly (Lava Biome Boss)

Dragonfly is technically accessible year-round but most often fought in Summer because the extreme heat is already part of the environment.

Stat	Value
❤️ HP	27,500
⚔️ Damage	75 (melee), 300 (fire blast)
🎁 Drops	8× Meat, Dragonfly Scales (crafts Scalemail + Fireproof armour)

📝 Note: Dragonfly is more of a dedicated boss fight than a seasonal event. See the Bosses & Giants page for detailed strategies.

🏠 Base Location Tips for Summer

Strategy	How To	Effectiveness
🏝️ Oasis biome	Build in the Desert Oasis	Pond keeps area cool, Antlion is nearby for appeasing
🕳️ Underground base	Move operations to caves	No overheating at all — but no rain and no surface resources
🌲 Forest shade	Build among dense trees	Trees provide some shade cooling (minor)
🪨 Rockyland	Build with stone foundations	Stone doesn't burn — safer from wildfires
🏖️ Near water	Coast/pond proximity	Water bodies radiate minor cooling (very minor)

💡 Pro Tip for Beginners: The Oasis Desert is the safest Summer base location. The lake keeps the area cooler, tumbleweeds provide infinite trinkets for Antlion appeasement, and the Antlion itself is right there to manage.

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🔄 Season Transition Checklist

Transition	Days Until	Must Have	Nice to Have
🍂→❄️ Autumn→Winter	~5 days warning	Thermal Stone, Winter Hat/Beefalo Hat, 5+ log stacks, dried food	Walking Cane, MacTusk location known
❄️→🌧️ Winter→Spring	~5 days warning	Eyebrella (or Umbrella), Lightning Rods, Mosling plan	Rain Coat, bee boxes ready for spring flowers
🌧️→☀️ Spring→Summer	~5 days warning	Endothermic Fire Pit, Ice Flingomatic(s), Ice stockpile	Chilled Amulet, Oasis base moved, ice in every fridge
☀️→🍂 Summer→Autumn	~5 days warning	Cactus Flower (survive last heat spike)	None (Autumn is easy)

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⚔️ Quick Reference: Boss Spawn Conditions

Boss	Season	Spawn Window	Trigger	Location
🐻 Bearger	Autumn/Winter	Days 20–25	Automatic (near players)	Any biome — wanders toward player
🦌 Deerclops	Winter	Days 30–35	Automatic (near players)	Any biome — wanders toward player
🦆 Moose/Goose	Spring	Days 35–50 (nest remains)	Automatic (grassy areas)	Grassy / Deciduous biomes
🐸 Frog Rain	Spring	Days 40–50	Automatic	Global (frogs fall from sky)
👑 Antlion	Summer	Days 55–70	Automatic (desert sinkhole)	Desert biome
🐉 Dragonfly	Any	Any time (lava biome)	Must find/engage	Lava biome (surface)
🐗 Guardian Pig	Any	Any time	Destroy Ruins gates	Ruins (caves)
💀 Fuelweaver	Any	Any time	Insert Atrium. Key structures	Deep Caves (Atrium)

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💡 Pro Tips for Each Season

🍂 Autumn Pro Tips

1. Kill Koalefant ASAP — The trunk crafts the Puffy Vest, best-insulation chest slot for Winter. Track its footprints early.
2. Mark ice ponds on your map — You'll need to know where to mine ice in Winter. Visit every pond biome and drop a marker.
3. Make a Bird Trap — Catch a crow, build a bird cage. Feed it cooked monster meat for eggs. Eggs never spoil and are amazing Crock Pot filler.
4. Kill spiders for silk — You need 14 silk for a Top Hat (sanity) + all the drying racks and winter clothes. Clear spider dens early.

❄️ Winter Pro Tips

1. Double-carry Thermal Stones — Keep one in the fire and one on you. When yours cools, swap and reheat the cold one.
2. MacTusk is THE priority — The Tam o' Shanter and Walking Cane are game-changing. Hunt Walrus Camps on cooldown (every 2.5 days).
3. Don't explore too far — Short days mean long nights. Stay near your base or bring enough light sources for the full night.
4. Ice mining marathon — On the last day of Winter, mine ALL the ice you can carry. Store it in fridges for Summer cooling and year-round Crock Pot filler.

🌧️ Spring Pro Tips

1. Eyebrella > everything — If you killed Deerclops, the Eyebrella is your #1 Spring item. 100% wetness resist means no sanity loss from rain. Repair it with Deconstruction Staff or another Eyeball.
2. Prepare bee boxes now — Spring flowers bloom everywhere. Set up 4–6 bee boxes for year-round honey (infinite Crock Pot filler + healing).
3. Frog rain = unlimited food — Don't hide from it. Gear up and fight in an open field. Collect 30+ frog legs by kiting them one by one.
4. Explore caves — Spring is the best time to descend into caves. Surface is wet but caves are dry and comfortable.

☀️ Summer Pro Tips

1. Ice Flingomatic placement matters — Space them so their 5-tile radii overlap at your base center. Use the geometric placement mod or measure with turf tiles.
2. Oasis base is best — If you can, move a secondary camp to the Oasis Desert for Summer. It's cooler, has tumbleweed loot, and Antlion is close by.
3. Don't forget about food — Summer heat spoils food faster. Crock Pot meals spoil slower than raw ingredients. Keep a few extra Ice Boxes.
4. Caves are 100% safe — If you're struggling with Summer, just move underground for 20 days. No overheating, no wildfires, no Antlion sinkholes. The only threats are cave-specific (depth worms, bunnymen if you carry meat).
5. Summer is for ruins — The Labyrinth and Ruins have a constant temperature. Bring a Miner Hat, lanterns, and go clear them for Thulecite and Ancient gear.

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🗺️ Base Location Strategy (All Seasons)

The ideal base location balances access to multiple biomes with defensibility and seasonal comfort.

Location Checklist

Factor	Why It Matters
🛤️ Road access	Faster travel between biomes
🌱 Near Pig King	Easy gold, pig trading, werepig farming
🐗 Pig village nearby	Free labour, protection, easy meat
🪨 Rockyland nearby	Boulders for stone, gold, flint
🌿 Grassland nearby	Grass tufts, rabbit holes, beefalo
🌲 Forest nearby	Logs, treeguards, mushrooms
🕸️ Spider biome nearby	Silk, monster meat, glands
💧 Ponds nearby	Fishing, ice in winter, frog legs
🏜️ Desert (Oasis) access	Summer safety, tumbleweeds
🕳️ Sinkhole access	Cave exploration, underground refuge

Seasonal Base Shifts

Season	Primary Base	Secondary
🍂 Autumn	Your main base (anywhere well-connected)	—
❄️ Winter	Main base (close to Walrus Camp biome)	Fridge + fire pit near MacTusk
🌧️ Spring	Main base (with lightning rods)	—
☀️ Summer	Oasis Desert base OR Underground base	Move only if wildfires threaten main base

📝 Final Note: DST's seasons are designed to push you out of your comfort zone. Embrace the chaos — each season brings unique resources and opportunities that make the next cycle easier. A well-prepared player doesn't just survive the seasons; they thrive in every one of them.

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See also: 🌱 Farming & Gardening Guide | ⚔️ Bosses & Giants | 🍲 Crock Pot Recipes

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📅 Last updated: 2026-07-13