Winter

[[File:Winter.jpg|thumb|348px|Wilson in Winter]]

'''Winter'''<span style="font-size:13px;"> is one of two seasons present in </span>''Don't Starve''<span style="font-size:13px;"> (the other being </span>[[Summer]]<span style="font-size:13px;">). By default </span>[[Sandbox Mode]]<span style="font-size:13px;"> Winter lasts for 15 days; the first day of winter will start on day 21 and end on day 37. This will change if you edit the length of the seasons in the </span>[[Sandbox Mode#Sandbox (Custom)|Preferences]]<span style="font-size:13px;">. Stages in </span>[[Adventure Mode]]<span style="font-size:13px;"> may have different seasonal variations. Many things in the world change in Winter and surviving can become much more difficult.</span>

==Freezing==

: ''Main Article: [[Freezing]]''

The biggest change in '''Winter '''is the drop in temperature which results in freezing if the character gets too cold. Freezing quickly drops the player's health. To prevent freezing, characters must maintain their body temperature by regularly going back to a source of heat. The best way to do that is to carry around a [[Heat Stone]], and one should always have the means to make [[Fire]] in an emergency during winter. Aditionally, wearing [[Freezing#Warm Clothing|warm clothing]] increases the time a character can be away from fire before getting too cold. Wilson's [[Beard]] also helps him keep warm similar to warm clothing, and its efficiency increases as it gets longer.

Building a [[Winterometer]] helps you know when the change in seasons is coming ahead of time, and tells how cold it is getting. [[Dusk]] and [[Night]] are colder than [[Day]], and they last longer in Winter. Freezing is often a recurring death for new players as they don't prepare well enough to stop the freezing in an emergency. A good strategy to keep your temperature up is to put on your warm clothes on the last day of [[Summer]] so your heat will start off higher in winter.

==Seasonal Changes==

During Winter several new creatures appear and some others go into hiding. The change which can be seen on the first [[day]] of Winter (even before snow begins to fall) is that the sepia toned environment gets a bluish tint instead, [[Redbirds]] are replaced by [[Snowbirds]], [[Rabbits]] change into a white winter coat, and both remain an active and stable food source throughout the Winter season. When the [[Hounds]] attack, [[Red Hounds]] are replaced with [[Blue Hounds]]. Going on a [[Koalefant]] hunt will result in finding a [[Winter Koalefant]] whose [[Winter Koalefant Trunk|trunk]] can be made into a warm [[Puffy Vest]].

Some new aggressive creatures appear as well. A [[Mactusk N' Son|Walrus hunting party]] lead by [[MacTusk]] along with his son [[WeeTusk]] and their 2 [[Blue Hounds]] will appear in an igloo at their [[Walrus Camp]] (which can be found during [[Summer]] ). In addition, [[Deerclops]] also roams the Winter landscape. [[Deerclops]] is huge but slow, and will smash [[structures]] in addition to [[characters|characters. ]]A new type of neutral creature known as a [[Pengulls|Pengull]] will often hop out of the ocean in huge flocks during the first few days of winter.

Many creatures are inactive in Winter. [[Bees]] do not leave their [[Beehive|hives]] and thus do not produce [[honey]] ([[Killer Bees]] and homeless Bees can still be found). [[Butterflies]] do not spawn from [[flowers]]; nor do [[Mosquitoes]] or [[Frogs]] spawn because [[Ponds]] themselves are frozen over and cannot be fished, although they can be walked across.

In Winter it becomes too cold to [[Rain]]; instead snow begins to fall which builds up on [[trees]] and many other objects. [[Farms]] do not grow crops, however any crops currently awaiting harvest will still be fresh until picked. [[Berry Bushes]], [[Saplings]], and [[Grass Tufts]] regrow extremely slowly in Winter, to the point that they seem to stop completely. [[Spiky Bush]]es are not affected by the winter cold and will regrow as in [[summer]].

Nights are much longer (and days shorter) in winter, and this has a subtle impact on [[Sanity]]. Sanity slowly drains at night, and does not have a chance to fully recharge during the winter day. This is compounded as sanity falls, because night-time hallucinations (and nearness to dark) further drain sanity -- spiraling into more impactful hallucinations, including [[Night Hand]]s. A large set of [[Drying Rack]]s (10 to 20) can be a great help, allowing you to turn Rabbits and Birds (which continue to spawn during Winter) into Small Jerky -- restoring 10 Sanity each. In fact, living off rabbit [[Trap]]s and Drying Racks is a simple and sustainable way to conquer winter, hunger, and sanity.

==Trivia==

*Food rots 25% slower in Winter due to the cold.

*Taking your warm clothing off during the night when you are by a fire allows you to save the durability on the clothes. (Because you don't need warm clothes when near a fire)

*[[Torches]] give off almost no heat whatsoever, though they do delay [http://dont-starve-game.wikia.com/wiki/Freezing freezing] slightly.

*There is a [http://dont-starve-game.wikia.com/wiki/Chest Chest] located in a Forest biome spawned between a [http://dont-starve-game.wikia.com/wiki/Winterometer Winterometer] and an [http://dont-starve-game.wikia.com/wiki/Ice_Box Ice Box]. The chest itself contains an assortment of winter-related items such as an [http://dont-starve-game.wikia.com/wiki/Ice_Staff Ice Staff], a [http://dont-starve-game.wikia.com/wiki/Winter_Hat Winter Hat] and a [http://dont-starve-game.wikia.com/wiki/Breezy_Vest Breezy Vest]. However, upon opening the chest, winter starts immediately. It also spawns the [http://dont-starve-game.wikia.com/wiki/Deerclops Deerclops] near the chest. Destroying the chest with a [http://dont-starve-game.wikia.com/wiki/Hammer Hammer] drops its loot, but still triggers the trap. On trap activation, Wolfgang says 'Whoops' and the rest of the characters say 'Oops'.

==Snow==

Snow is basically winter rain; it will make your ground snowy thus making it hard to see what you are doing when placing in turf and running along paths.

*Setting rain to lots (infinite) on world presets will make infinite snow during winter.

*Snow makes you slightly colder.

*Snow does not damage WX-78 the same way rain does.__NOCATEGORYGALLERY__

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