The location | Setting up a camp Don't Starve Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

There are two things that you are going to need to set up a camp: Fire Pit and Science Machine. The former one allows you to kindle fire over and over again only by using wood. The former one gives you Access to New schemata. Neither of them, unfortunately, is portable. That is why, before you create them, you should determine what the Best location for your camp is. What should be the characteristics for the best location? First of All, this needs to be close a beefalo grazing land, or to a pig camp, or best near both. These are the only source for Manure, which you are going to Reed later one to cultivate your garden. To acquire manure from beefaloes, you actually need to do nothing. Yet, you need to feed pigs for that.

Another thing that you should be paying attention to, while searching for the perfect spot for your camp, is the terrain. Your best choice here is a grassland, because it will provide you with easy food and resources. I recommend against rocky areas, as you cannot plant there anything, and rocks, unlike pants, are a non-renewable resource which disappears after it is collected.

The last characteristic of a good camp is a heterogenous surrounding area. It is best to set up a camp where various areas come together, to ensure yourself with a quick access to the resources from savannah, swamps grasslands and in the woods. You won't then have to cover large areas to get these.

The neighborhood of one or several Worm Holes is an alternative though. Each of these is connected with another one, which makes for a quick transportation from place to place. Thanks to this, you can set up a camp in the middle of the woods, and still have an easy access to e.g. a rocky area. You just need to remember that each such journey along a wormhole decreases your sanity level by 15 points. You also need to watch out for Sick Worm Holes, which are effective only one way. Unlike the healthy ones, these are greenish instead of red in color.