Gameplay
Don’t Starve: Shipwrecked is the new DLC expansion for the original Don’t Starve that has survivors dealing with a much more “abandoned on a tropical island” scenario. As soon as you start the game and enable the Shipwrecked option, your randomly generated world will be filled with oceans, beaches, sea creatures, new items, and more. You won’t be walking everywhere and can take to the deep blue to discover all new locations as well as uncover the secrets that lie beneath. Needless to say, this DLC is a pretty hefty expansion that overhauls the core gameplay and freshens it up with some water.
Besides that, there are also two significant additions to gameplay. Poison is now very much so a thing as certain creatures will be venomous. If you’re poisoned, you’ll need some anti-venom or else you’ll be losing health and sanity for three days. Wetness is much more significant now, as well. It was introduced in Reign of Giants, but it wasn’t as prevalent as it is in this latest sea-faring DLC. Though being wet doesn’t affect the player’s health, it does make certain items slipper, lowering their effectiveness or spoiling food.
Craftables
Don’t Starve: Shipwrecked of course features new craftable items for you to make and utilize for your survival. These can be made right away, with the science machine, or the alchemy engine, or any number of the usual Don’t Starve crafting methods. These items include different boats to sail the seas with!
- Log Raft
- Raft
- Row Boat
- Cargo Boat
- Armored Boat
As well as items that you can use out at sea or equip onto the boat you craft!
- Boat Cannon
- Thatch Sail
- Cloth Sail
- Snakeskin Sail
- Feather Lite Sail
- Iron Wind
- Boat Repair Kit
- Trawl Net
- Boat Lantern
- Boat Torch
- Sea Trap
- Buoy
- Spyglass
- Pirate Hat
- Captain Hat
- Dumbrella
- Life Jacket
- Chiminea
- Obsidian Fire Pit
- Machete
- Obsidian Machete
- Obsidian Axe
- Windbreaker
- Blubber Suit
- Sandbag
- Palm Leaf Hut
- Ice Maker 3000
- Sand Castle
Additionally, all new armor can be built to protect against the harsh, tropical enemies you’ll encounter, as well as bags to hold all the booty you’ll collect.
- Limestone Suit
- Seashell Suit
- Obsidian Armor
- Particulate Purifier
- Thatch Pack
- BootyBag
And finally, you can’t survive against the beasts of Don’t Starve: Shipwrecked without some new weapons in your arsenal.
- Poison Spear
- Obsidian Spear
- Poison Dart
- Coconade
- Obsidian Coconade
- Spear Gun
- Cutlass Supreme
- Harpoon
- Trident
- Cactus Spike
Seasons and Biomes
In Don’t Starve: Shipwrecked, the regular seasons will get replaced by four all new ones that each bring their own characteristics and weather patterns into the mix.
- Mild Season – The starter season for playthroughs. Nothing fancy happens here. Rainy towards the end of it.
- Hurricane Season – Strong winds, lightning, and rain will plague the world during this season.
- Monsoon Season – Heavy rain floods different land areas.
- Dry Season – Overheating occurs and volcanoes can start to erupt.
It wouldn’t be much of a new world to explore if there weren’t some new biomes included in the game, too.
- Beach
- Jungle
- Magma Field
- Mangrove
- Tidal Marsh
- Meadow
- Shallow Ocean
- Deep Ocean
- Coral Reef
Items and the World
Being that the randomly generated world has been revamped, there are of course all-new items that you can find out in the wild. These can be picked up and used to craft many of the new craftables in the game.
- Coconut
- Banana
- Raw Fish
- Swordfish
- Mussels
- Bamboo
- Vine
- Palm Leaf
- Sweet Potato
- Jungle Tree Seeds
- Sand
- Venom Gland
- Snake Oil
- Seashell
- Blubber
- Dragoon Heart
- Shark Gills
- Eye of the Tiger Shark
- Magic Seal
- Turbine Blades
- DoyDoy Feather
- DoyDoy Egg
- Limpets
- Seaweed
- Coffee Beans
- Jellyfish
- Coral
- Limestone
- Obsidian
- Volcano Staff
- Howling Conch
- Sail Stick
- Empty Bottle
- Dubloons
- Message in a Bottle
- Anti Venom
- Hail
- Crock Pot Recipes
- California Roll
- Seafood Gumbo
- Bisque
- Ceviche
- Jelly-O Pop
- Banana Pop
- Lobster Bisque
- Lobster Dinner
- Shark Fin Soup
- Surf ‘n’ Turf
- Coffee
Oh, and don’t think that there aren’t new characters to play as, too. You’ll be able to pick from four exclusive characters in this new DLC.
- Walani – Brings a surfboard at the start of the game. Dries faster, but gets hungry faster, too.
- Warly – Starts with a portable crock pot. May get hungry fast but also has a huge hunger meter.
- Wilbur – Runs when moving for a period of time. Gains sanity from bananas and drops manure (can be used as a weapon) once every few days.
- Woodlegs – Finds hidden treasure easily. Can craft a powerful pirate ship right from the start.
Mobs
To fill up the all-new world are of course mobs. These creatures are either hostile or friendly, and some may even be venomous. Majority can be found within the water, but that’s not to say that there aren’t a lot of new land mobs to inhabit different islands.
- Bottlenosed Ballphin
- Bioluminescence
- Crabbit
- Dogfish
- Doydoy
- Dragoon
- Fishermerm
- Floaty Boaty Knight
- Flup
- Hound
- Jellyfish
- Merm
- Poison Mosquito
- Water Beefalo
- Packim Baggims
- Palm Treeguard
- Parrot
- Parrot with Pirate Hat
- Prime Ape
- Quacken
- Seagull
- Sea Hound
- Sealnado
- Snakes
- Spider
- Spider Warrior
- Stink Ray
- Swordfish
- Tallbird
- Tiger Shark
- Sharkittens
- Toucan
- Whale
- Blue Whale
- White Whale
- Wildbore
- Wobster
- Yaarctopus
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