Changes: Touch Stone

Revision as of 00:51, 14 February 2016

“I guess I should touch it?”

A Touch Stone is a structure found randomly on the surface world. Activating it will allow the player to be resurrected upon death. In Don't Starve Together the touchstone can only be activated by haunting it as a ghost, which causes the player to immediately be resurrected.

A Touch Stone is always surrounded by 4 Pig Heads. The Pig Heads are not needed for the Touch Stone to function and can safely be deconstructed using a Hammer. The Wooden Flooring can also be taken without affecting the Touch Stone's usability.

When a Touch Stone is activated (by clicking on it), a small platform will rise out of the ground. After being revived on the platform, the Touch Stone will be destroyed by a lightning strike, dropping 2 Rocks, 2 Marble, and 1 Nightmare Fuel. And if the player is Wilson or Webber, they will be beardless. Unless another Touch Stone or revival item is found, the next dead will cause "Game Over" which will require a start from scratch.

By default, there are two (2) Touch Stones per world. Touch Stones cannot spawn in Caves and Ruins. Both Touch Stones can be activated at the same time. The player will always respawn at the closest resurrection device.

Shipwrecked

In Shipwrecked DLC, the Touch Stones have the same function, and differences are due to item replacements in the DLC. Instead of Pig Heads, a Touch Stone is surrounded by Wildbore Heads. Using the stone to resurrect will yield Limestone instead of Marble.

Resurrection Penalties

is set to 50
is set to 2/3 of maximum
is set to 1/2 of maximum
Empty inventory (items can be recovered at the place of death)

Tips

Contrary to popular belief, being revived by the Touch Stone does not put any nearby Mobs to sleep.
Placing a Fire Pit and a chest (or two) near the Touch Stone can increase chances of survival after being resurrected. Because of the resurrection penalties, this is especially useful in Winter or Summer in RoG.
- Useful items to stock the chest(s) or nearby include:
  - A Thermal Stone (remember that Moleworms will steal them if they are nearby)
  - A Weapon and Armor
  - Tallbird Egg or any food source that doesn't spoil easily such as nearby berry bushes
  - Healing Salves
  - Portable light such as a Miner Hat or extra resources/tools to create enough light to make it back to a base/camp. For example, a spare Axe.
  - Wetness resisting items like a Straw Hat or Umbrella for the Spring.
  - Cooling Items like a Chilled Amulet and resources for an Endothermic Fire for the Summer.
  - Overheating protection items for the Summer, Insulating items for the Winter
Do not leave flammable items in the wooden square around the Touch Stone. The Lightning that strikes can ignite nearby items.
Breaking down the Pig Heads near a Touch Stone is an easy way to get Pig Skin.
- In the Reign of Giants DLC, Pig Heads also drop Nightmare Fuel if deconstructed during a Full Moon.
Placing a Meat Effigy next to a Touch Stone might save the Touch Stone to be used at a later time.

Trivia

Touch Stones are one of three methods of resurrection; the others being the Meat Effigy and the Life Giving Amulet.
- Shipwrecked DLC adds the Life Jacket which works similar to resurrection items, but only protects against drowning.
- Don't Starve Together introduces two new methods, the Telltale Heart and the Jury-Rigged Portal.
A Touch Stone cannot be Hammered or destroyed by mobs (e.g. Clockwork Rooks or Deerclops).
The amount of Touch Stones per world can be modified in the world generation Settings.
The touch stones may be a reference to a similar magical stone table in the Narnia books, specifically the lion the witch and the wardrobe, where in the lion Aslan is killed upon the table, and then revived from its magic.

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 A Touch Stone is always surrounded by 4 [[Pig Head]]s. The Pig Heads are not needed for the Touch Stone to function and can safely be deconstructed using a [[Hammer]]. The [[Wooden Flooring]] can also be taken without affecting the Touch Stone's usability.
-When a Touch Stone is activated (by clicking on it), a small platform will rise out of the ground. After being revived on the platform, the Touch Stone will be destroyed by a lightning strike, dropping 2 [[Rocks]], 2 [[Marble]], and 1 [[Nightmare Fuel]]. And if the player is Wilson or Webber, they will be beardless.
+When a Touch Stone is activated (by clicking on it), a small platform will rise out of the ground. After being revived on the platform, the Touch Stone will be destroyed by a lightning strike, dropping 2 [[Rocks]], 2 [[Marble]], and 1 [[Nightmare Fuel]]. And if the player is Wilson or Webber, they will be beardless. Unless another Touch Stone or revival item is found, the next dead will cause "Game Over" which will require a start from scratch.
 By default, there are two (2) Touch Stones per world. Touch Stones cannot spawn in [[Caves]] and [[Ruins]]. Both Touch Stones can be activated at the same time. The player will always respawn at the closest resurrection device.

Naturally spawning world objects view
Plants	Berry Bush • Carrot • Cave Banana Tree • Cave Lichen • Evergreen • Flower (Evil Flower • Fern) • Grass • Light Flower • Lureplant • Mandrake • Mushrooms • Mushtree • Plant • Reeds • Sapling • Spiky Bush • Totally Normal Tree (Birchnut Tree • Cactus • Tumbleweed ) (Ash Tree • Bamboo Patch • Coffee Plant • Elephant Cactus • Jungle Tree • Mangrove Tree • Palm Tree • Regular Jungle Tree • Seaweed Plant • Sweet Potato • Viney Bush ) (Aloe • Asparagus • Bramble • Bramble Bloom • Claw Palm Tree • Cocooned Tree • Exotic Flower • Hedge • Intricate Topiary • Lawn Decoration • Lotus Plant • Nettle Vine • Rainforest Tree • Tall Grass • Tea Tree • Tuber Tree ) (Bull Kelp • Juicy Berry Bush • Lune Tree • Sporecap • Stone Fruit Bush • Succulent • Twiggy Tree )
Mobs and Mob Housing	Beehive • Hound Mound • Mermhouse • Pond • Pig House • Pig King • Pig Torch • Rabbit Hole • Rabbit Hutch • Slurtle Mound • Spider Den • Spilagmite • Splumonkey Pod • Tallbird Nest • Walrus Camp • Worm Hole (Burrow • Hollow Stump ) (Ballphin Palace • Crabbit Den • Dragoon Den • Dragoon Egg • Fishermerm's Hut • Merm Hut • Prime Ape Hut • Sharkitten Den • Shoal • Tidal Pool • Wildbore House • Wobster Den • Yaarctopus ) (Dung Pile • Gnat Mound • Lily Pad • Mandrake Hill • Mant Hill • Ominous Carving • Thundernest • Town House • Watch Tower ) (Antlion • Bat Cave • Gigantic Beehive • Magma • Shattered Spider Hole )
Resources	Ancient Statue • Bones • Boulder • Flotsam • Grave • Harp Statue • Marble Pillar • Marble Tree • Maxwell Statue • Merm Head • Pig Head • Relic • Sinkhole • Skeleton • Stalagmite (Mini Glacier ) (Brainy Sprout • Charcoal Boulder • Coral Reef • Crate • Debris • Lava Pool • Limpet Rock • Magma Pile • Mussel Bed • Obsidian Boulder • Poisonous Hole • Sandy Pile • Tar Slick • Watery Grave • Wildbore Head • Wreck ) (Artichoke Boulder • A Smashing Pot • Basalt Eruption • Crashed Balloon • Hot Air Balloon • Ruined Sculptures • Stalacmite Throne • Stone Slab • Weathered Objects • Wicker Basket ) (Cave Hole • Driftwood • Lake • Marble Sculptures • Meteor Boulder • Moon Glass • Petrified Tree • Sea Bones )
Inanimate	Ancient Pseudoscience Station • Basalt • Compromising Statue • Gramaphone • Headstone • Marble Pillar • Maxwell's Door • Maxwell's Light • Nightmare Light • Nightmare Lock • Nightmare Throne • Obelisk • Ornate Chest • Pillars • Sunken Boat • Suspicious Dirt Pile • Touch Stone • Thulecite Wall (Glommer's Statue ) (Electric Isosceles • Gunpowder Barrel • Krissure • Limestone Wall • Obsidian Workbench • Steamer Trunk • Seaworthy • Slot Machine • Suspicious Bubbles • Volcano • Volcano Altar of Snackrifice • Woodlegs' Cage • X Marks the Spot ) (Ancient Wall • Cave Cleft • Crumbling Brazier • Fountain of Youth • Royal Gallery Exhibit • Ruinous Entrance • Secret Bandit Camp • Spooky Hole • Striking Carving • Striking Statue • Suspicious Crack • Unimportant Pillar • Wall Brazier • Wishing Well ) (Ancient Chest • Ancient Gateway • Ancient Mural • Ancient Obelisk • Anenemy • Celestial Fissure • Florid Postern • Hot Spring • Inviting Formation • Loot Stash • Moon Stone • Rock Den • Salt Formation • Sea Stack • Stagehand • Suspicious Marble • Suspicious Moonrock )
Items	Box Thing • Crank Thing • Eye Bone • Metal Potato Thing • Ring Thing • Wooden Thing (Fishbone • Grassy Thing • Rawling • Ring Thing • Screw Thing • Wooden Platform Thing • Wooden Potato Thing ) (Iron Thing • Lever Thing • Regal Scepter • Relic Thing • Rock Thing • Stone Egg • Stone Thing ) (Celestial Altar Pieces • Star-Sky )
The Gorge	Mealing Stone • Salt Pond • Spotty Shrub • Sugarwood Tree • The Altar of Gnaw