Category:Characters

__NOCATEGORYGALLERY__ There are currently nine playable characters in Don't Starve (excluding character mods). The first accessible character is Wilson, considered the protagonist and the focus of the game's story. Most of the other characters can be unlocked when sufficient experience has been accrued, gained at death or when escaping to a new world. There are two exception characters that are not gained by conventional experience, but through game feats.

Each character is "voiced" by a different instrument (except Wes, the speechless mime) and speaks differently when examining items and objects (Wes usually pantomimes instead, but will still announce, "I can't do that" under certain circumstances). In addition, each character has at least one unique perk or ability.

Below are the abilities and requirements to unlock each character:

Unfinished Characters
There are several additional characters planned for Don't Starve. These other characters only exist in the form of portraits, sound, and other bits found mainly in the game files. For a list of these unimplemented 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 20 experience points. The longer a character survives, the more exp they will earn. Currently, exp is capped at 1600.

After the "Strange New Powers" update, when the experience cap is reached, the silhouette of a yet unreleased character with horns and goat like ears can be seen, an appearance similar to Wortox.

Non-player characters
Maxwell (Antagonist) 
 * Main Article:Maxwell (NPC)

Maxwell appears before the start of every game, saying, ''"Say pal, you don't look so good. You better find something to eat before night comes!" ''He disappears before the player assumes control of his or her character.

As seen in the Forbidden Knowledge video, Maxwell gives Wilson the knowledge necessary to build an impressive machine which captures him upon activation.

Abigail
 * Main Article: AbigailDont-Starve-Video-Game-Wallpaper-HD.png



Abigail is Wendy's twin sister, and as Wendy's perk, she can be summoned with Abigail's Flower.

Trivia

 * All playable characters' names start with W apart from Maxwell's. Within the game's code, Maxwell's name is written "Waxwell," in line with the other characters and not to confuse playable Maxwell with NPC Maxwell.
 * Having all character's names start with W was unintentional at first, but Klei decided to go with it.
 * Wolfgang was previously unlocked after Wendy.