Don't Starve Together

Don't Starve Together

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Compact Boat
By BioHazard
This guide will teach you how to assemble a boat that have everything you'll need to survive on the ocean in the winter, summer etc. What I aimed for when making this boat was to make sure I had access to pretty much all the basic needs structures for survival in a single boat.
   
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INTRODUCTION
Firstly, I would like to point out that this guide is for the boat only, therefore I’m going to assume you know all the components/resources that will be asked.

This boat will have a normal fire pit, an endothermic fire pit, 2 sails, 1 steering wheel, 1 anchor, crock pot, ice box, 2 fishin’ bin and 2 chests.

MATERIALS
You’ll need: 20 boards, 13 cut stone, 12 rocks and 2 logs, 16 ropes, 16 silk, 7 gold nugget, 2 nitres, 2 electrical doodads, 1 gear, 6 twigs and 6 charcoal. These others are from when you talk to Pearl and fish a Splittlefish, adding more 4 boards, 1 cut stone, 2 ropes and 1 Spittlefish (for Pinchin’ Winch and Fire Pump).

With these you can have pre-crafted the fire pit, endothermic fire pit, crock pot, ice box, one of the two fishin’ bin and a chest, use the other resources to make 1 lightning conductor, 2 sails, 1 steering wheel and 1 anchor, you should have leftovers for another fishin’ bin and chest.
ASSEMBLING THE BOAT
Everything done here is with the help of Geometric Placement mod for Don’t Starve Together, if you don’t have it, here’s the link: https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=351325790

Place the boat on the water and jump on it, position your camera in a way that the Retractable plank of the boat is oriented to the south or below you character. Now with the help of the screenshot below place your fire pits on each side.


The sails are placed between the fire pits and between them, the chest, I like to call it the “fuel chest” or “boat stuff only chest”, finally, attach the lightning conductor on one of the masts.




Now the crock pot, choose one side of the boat (behind the endothermic fire pit or the other), leave 3 “Xs” of distance from the edge (this way you’ll be able to walk around the crock pot).


The ice box can be place between the crock pot and the fire pit.


From the opposite side of the fire pits on the edge of the boat, right in the middle, place the steering wheel, in front of it, the anchor, in front of it, the Pinchin’ Pinch and then the Fire Pump when you have access to them. Look at the sequence of screenshot below.




The Fishin' Bin can be placed between the steering wheel and the crock pot, just mirror the placement on the other side if you'd like to.






Final note, in case you don't have the Pinchin' Winch and Fire Pump from the start you'll have to place them "manually" later using the bind you assigned to in Geometric Placement to freely move the structure, since once the boat's been moved, Geometric Placement will lose it's precision.

That's it! Thanks for viewing my guide on this boat design, and i hope everything has been easy to understand and follow through.
Problems I've Ran Into
Since you need the Geometric Placement mod for very accurate positioning, after you move your boat around and try replacing broken masts or the Pinchin’ Winch and Fire Pump, things will prove to be a little bit of an annoyance.

The fire pits need to be placed on the edges to avoid occupying too much space in the middle, thus making it impossible to move around them, this is problematic when Wavey Jones (shadow creature) decides to give you a visit and plants himself right behind the fire pit, I recommend you stop the boat at night if you hear his whispers.

The masts might get you stuck between them and the fire pits if placed too close to the fire pits after being removed from their “perfect” position of the Geometric Placement mod (like when malbatross flies through them).
9 Comments
BioHazard  [author] 10 Oct, 2023 @ 6:28pm 
@yomama, I have actually used dfly's furnace in an early builds, but the light that the furnace gives is too low, making me light the frozen campfire for light, also dfly's furnace would make you overheat constantly in the summer even when using eyebrella, making you use more fuel for the frozen campfire.

But... with the new Ice Crystaleyezer coming to the game, maybe, if both structures are on the boat you can create a nice middle ground of light and temperature in the boat,
warlocker 9 Oct, 2023 @ 8:04am 
who not to swap pit fire with dfly furnace?
BioHazard  [author] 7 May, 2022 @ 12:22pm 
Thank you! Glad you guys liked it. And I agree, if the ocean ever becomes more complex in any way, or the boats become larger, this setup could be more interesting or be the base to something.
Dr. Brownies 7 May, 2022 @ 12:15am 
I actually experimented with this in a public server, and youd honestly be surprised how long I lasted with this! Its a great idea, and seeing it in game makes me wish they give the boat and ocean some more love to make this gimmick/strategy more viable.
Dallas 29 Apr, 2022 @ 3:00pm 
tried this and my harddrive popped out of existence 100/10
Nihil 28 Apr, 2022 @ 5:53am 
nice work
Andy 23 Apr, 2022 @ 5:07am 
Oh nice, well done
PurpleApple 20 Apr, 2022 @ 8:22pm 
dis good
SkiiSamaツ 20 Apr, 2022 @ 7:42am 
nice