Seasons/Dry

The Dry Season (also known as Volcano Season) is one of the four Seasons of the Shipwrecked DLC. It is indicated by the world having yellow tint. By default, the Dry Season begins on day 58 and ends on day 74. During the Dry Season, nights are very short. Dusks start off long but become shorter in length as the season goes on. The player can trigger Dry Season to start early by picking up the Volcano Staff from a special Set Piece where it is surrounded by Obsidian.

Within the first days of the season, areas that were flooded during Monsoon Season begin to dry up. During Dry Season, the temperatures rise to the point where Overheating becomes the problem. Overheating is not as severe as during Summer with fires not spontaneously starting.

During dry season, the ocean is calmer. Fishing with Trawl Net during Dry Season will also yields the greatest variety of catch. Obsidian can also be found during dry season when fishing with trawl net.

Soon after the flooded areas have dried up completely, volcanoes start to erupt. Prior to volcano eruption, tremors occur a few times, giving slightly more than half of a day prepare for a volcano. When the volcanoes erupt, fire stones start to rain down from the sky. When falling on land, Fire stones destroy most structures and set things on fire. When falling into the sea, fire stones create large waves that damage the watercraft. As the volcano is erupting, the world gets filled with ash that gets thicker as the volcano continues to erupt. Ash takes some time to dissipate after the fire stones stop falling and rumbling sound isn't heard anymore. During volcano eruptions, the birds stop spawning.

Within the first eruptions, the stones fall at the rate of one stone in about six seconds. As the season progresses, the frequency and intensity of volcano eruptions increases until at the end of the season, fire stones rain for less than two second intervals during eruptions. The stones continue to rain into the first day of the following season.

Since falling rocks tend to cause havoc in the base and elsewhere, it is recommended to wander off from an established base and retreat to a location with none or few combustible resources. Best places for this are barren landscapes and shallow ocean. Ocean is recommended more during the middle of the season where overheating is a major problem and wetness providing emergency cooldown. Ocean is less viable option during the last days of the season where is it harder to avoid large waves spawned from fire stones. Fortunately, by that point, overheating is less of the problem.

Volcano Season is followed by Mild Season, which gives the player some time to recover.