Don't Starve Together Patch Notes — January 8, 2026
Aggregated from Steam, cross-tracked with Battle.net coverage on GamePatchNote.
Happy New Year everyone!
Starting off with some bug fixes, which should make it to console shortly as well. I also wanted to mention that we are looking into Crystal-Crested Buzzards balancing, but that will not be part of this hotfix.
Changes
Added World Generation and World Setting regrowth options for Boulderboughs.
Evergreen Regrowth, Twiggy Tree Regrowth and Reeds Regrowth settings are available in Caves World Settings.
Dried Forget-Me-Lots can be used in place of regular Forget-Me-Lots for Beefalo Treats.
Giant Whirlpool’s map icon now shows only when the Whirlpool is open (i.e. Caves is connected).
Bug Fixes
Fixed regrowth of Boulderboughs in retrofitted worlds.
Fixed rare case of worlds being unable to save due to Bearger spawn timer being 0.
Fixed possible crashes when hammering down burnt Jubilantern Posts or Light Posts connected to a burnt Tea Shop.
Fixed an issue where Pearl’s decoration scoring did not activate if her house was relocated before upgrading.
Fixed bug with Pearl’s Umbrella behaviour not accounting for head slot, such as Eyebrella.
Fixed bug causing Pearl to sometimes change facing while fishing.
Fixed bug causing Pearl to try feeding unreachable critters.
Fixed bug causing Pearl to try investigating Lureplants that are not within her range.
Fixed bug preventing Lureplants from spawning in some biomes.
Fixed bug where Tea was removed when fed to another player, even if it was not emptied.
Fixed bug where Wolfgang did not gain mightiness when clearing Lunar Hail buildup.
Fixed bugs with Knabsack damage not updating correctly when number of Souls changes in Soul Jars.
Fixed all characters being able to use character specific items like Abigail's Flower.
Fixed possible corrupt save data sometimes when Wendy is interacting with Pipspook.
Fixed a crash with Webber’s Bedazzle and Webby Whistle effects when a Spider corpse is in the area.
Fixed a crash when a Shattered Spider spawns out of a Sea Strider Nest.
Fixed corpses not dropping Winter Feast’s Loots.
Various animation and Scrapbook fixes.