Characters

There are currently seven playable characters in Don't Starve. The first character that may be played is Wilson; who is considered the main character and the one that the game's story focuses on. Other characters can be unlocked when the Wilson dies or transitions to a new world and gains enough experience. Each character has a special perk or ability.

All characters have their own voice sound and have different Quotes when examining items and objects (with the exception of Wes who performs some pantomime moves instead). Wes will however still proclaim "I can't do that." under certain circumstances.

Playable Characters
Below are the currently playable characters in Don't Starve:

There are several additional characters being planned for Don't Starve, although Klei Entertainment has announced there will be no new characters until release. These characters only exist in the form of portraits, sound, and other bits found mainly in the game files. For a list of these unimplemeneted characters, please refer to the Unimplemented Characters page.

Unlocking Characters


New characters are unlocked by earning Experience (exp). Exp is given when the character dies or escapes using the wooden thing. The summary screen (right) appears at the end of each world and shows how long (in days) the character survived for. One day survived equals 10–600 experience points, depending how long the game lasted. The longer a character survives, the more exp they will earn. Currently exp is capped at 10000.

Below are the requirements to unlock each character:

Non-player characters
Maxwell
 * Main Article:Maxwell



Maxwell is seen during the beginning of the game, saying "Say pal, you don't look so good. You better find something to eat before night comes!" As the player wakes up, he then disappears and does not show himself at any other point in the game so far.

From the Forbidden Knowledge video, Maxwell lures Wilson to build a machine, but later Maxwell utilizes the machine to capture Wilson.

Abigail
 * Main Article:Abigail



Abigail is Wendy's twin sister, and as Wendy's perk, she will occasionally appear at night.

Abigail follows Wendy and does damage to any mob that comes too close to Abigail, even Wendy herself, Abigail does try to keep her distance from the player. She will attack any enemy Wendy attacks.

Trivia

 * All playable characters names start with W.
 * Maxwell's name is possibly a reference to the scientific thought problem "Maxwell's demon".
 * Having all character's names start with W was unintentional at first, but Klei has decided to go with it.

Bugs

 * If you examine while moving the specified sound will not play.