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Don't Starve Guides — Survive the Wilderness and the Dark

Don't Starve guides and item and mob databases built from the wiki: what to craft, what hunts you, and how to last through winter.

Where the numbers come from. The tables below are built from the game wiki's own data, not from memory. Where a page needs an exact figure, we mark it and check it before we call it fact.

Start here

Don't Starve is a game of dwindling meters and long nights. These guides and tables turn the wilderness from a mystery into a plan you can run, season by season.

All Don't Starve guides

Start Beginner Guide

Your first days: eat, craft a science machine, and survive the first night.

 Pick Best Character

Who to start with, who solos best, and the Shipwrecked / Hamlet / Adventure picks, ranked by real wiki perks.

 Gear Items Guide

Food, survival gear and craftables, and what to prioritise.

 Bestiary Mobs Guide

What every creature does and which ones to farm or flee.

 Craft Crafting Guide

Science, alchemy and the tech tree behind every recipe.

 Live Survival Guide

Hunger, health and sanity, and how to keep all three up.

 Build Base Building Guide

Where to settle and what to wall off first.

 Eat Food Guide

Cooking, preserves and the best early recipes.

 Bosses Boss Guide

The giants and bosses, and how to prep for each.

 Fight Combat Guide

Weapons, armour and kiting that keeps you alive.

 Seasons Seasons Guide

Spring, summer, autumn and the deadly winter.

 Winter Winter Guide

Thermal care, food stores and the cold.

 Map Exploration Guide

Reading the map and finding resources fast.

 Avoid Common Mistakes

The habits that end runs before winter.

 Edge Tips & Tricks

Small habits that make a long run feel easy.

Reference tables

Two reference tables sit below: every item with its use and source, and every mob with its health and damage. Both are wiki-sourced, not guessed.

Reference Item Database

500+ items with use and source.

 Reference Mob Database

90 mobs with health and damage.

Data notes

The tables above are built from the game wiki's own pages. Where a figure matters, we mark it and check it before publishing it as fact. Pages with incomplete source data are marked rather than filled with guesses.

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Sources

Figures and item data on this site are read from the game’s own reference wiki before publishing. Where a value could not be confirmed there, the page says so instead of filling the gap.