Don’t Starve Together “Staying Afloat” update out now (version 1.14.0), patch notes

Don’t Starve Together shipped a new version 1.14.0 update on Switch today known as “Staying Afloat”. 

The latest content additions, changes, and fixes are included. Wurt and Winona Skillsets, sunken chests, and new skins are just a few things that are a part of the patch.

Here’s the full rundown:

Don’t Starve Together Staying Afloat update version 1.14.0 patch notes

Staying Afloat

While Wurt and Winona hammer away on their own visions for the future, it seems the Constant’s sea has seen some changes of its own. Be prepared to rock the boat in the name of progress!

Highlights Include:

• Skill Spotlight: Wurt and Winona Skillsets have been added.
• Crab King redesign: new behaviors, minions, arena, and loot.
• Sunken Chests: added new exclusive loot – Surprising Seeds and Archaic Boats.
• Marotters: new creatures found on the coastline.
• Additional Pirate Raid behavior: they can sometimes be found post-raid, carrying loot.
• Kelp Boat Patch, signs of Powder Monkeys territory on sea stacks, new ocean set pieces, a new Pearl trade, and a new Salt Lick made of actual salt!

New Skins!

• “Intrepid Chest”
  • “This Intrepid Chest contains the following skin items: Gilded Birdcage, Tallbird Eyebrella, Barbarous Helmet, Dark Talisman, Electric Eel, and Foreboding Furnace.”
• “Cottage Cache Chest, Part II”
  • “This Cottage Cache, Part II Chest contains the following skin items: Cottage Crock Pot, Robin Egg Ice Box, Charming Salt Tin, Cloth Wrap, Hand-Carved Post, Rustic Post, Artisan Post, and Charming Cooler Chest.”
• “Gardener Chest”
  • “This Gardener Chest contains the following skin items: Beewitching Hat, Fetching Bug Net, Beespoke Garden Hoe, Vintage Apiary, Foraging Sack, and Quaint Seed Purse.”
• “Swashbuckler Loot Chest”
  • “This Swashbuckler Loot Chest contains the following skin items: Piratin’ Bin, Makeshift Mast, Pirate Sloop, Scallywag Raft, Crossbones Trawler, and Pilferin’ Winch.”
• “Archaic Artifacts Chest, Part II”
  • “This Archaic Artifacts Chest contains all the belongings skins from the Intrepid Chest, the Cottage Cache Chest, Part II, the Gardener Chest, and the Swashbuckler Loot Chest.”
• “Archaic Attire Chest, Part II”
  • “This Archaic Attire Chest contains Winona’s Archaic skin set, Willow’s Archaic skin set, Wurt’s Archaic skin set, and Wigfrid’s Archaic skin set.”
• “Archaic Array Chest”
  • “This Archaic Array Chest contains all the belongings skins from the Archaic Artifacts Chest, Part II and the Archaic Attire Chest, Part II.”

Change List:

Additions

• Added Gourmet Salt Lick, a salt lick made of actual salt!
• Added 2 ocean setpieces.
• Added a new Pearl trade: Fish Food Blueprint.
• Added new exclusive loot to the Sunken Chest.
• Added Kelp Patch, a temporary fix for boat leaks.

Changes

• Improved controller support for the Scrapbook.
• Additional Pirate Monkey behavior added.
• Improved deploy spacing.
• Stingers will try to autostack with nearby ones.
• Cannons will no longer hit structures and walls on the same boat it was fired from.
• They will still hit and hurt other things on the same boat like normal.
• Bootleg now stacks up to 10.
• Increased maximum active treasure hunts to 10 (from 4).
• Increased “Message in a Bottle”’s chance to reveal a treasure hunt mark.
• The Pirate’s Bandana now also makes you turn Steering Wheels quickly.
• Salt Formations are no longer an obstacle when fully mined (boats may go over them).
• Slightly decreased Malbatross’s attack range, boat push force and attack wave speed.
• Made some fish and fig based crock pot dishes better.
• Heavy ocean fish will now give an extra (or bigger) fish meat when murdered.
• Increased Gnarwail, Malbatross  and Skittersquid spawn rates.
• Decreased Rockjaw damage.
• Powder Monkeys now paint Sea Stacks to show their presence.
• Merm Kings will now buff Merms anywhere in the world, including the caves from the forest and the forest from the caves.
• Added small waterproofness to Pirate’s Bandana, Captain’s Tricorn and Polly Roger’s Hat.
• Added Message in a Bottle to Crab King’s loot table.
• Increased Strident Trident damage and uses.
• Increased Horizon Expandinator view range.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed not being able to feed Moon Moths inside Chester or Hutch.
• Fixed Merm King eating veggie-type fish.
• Fixed Horizon Expandinator sometimes not showing the on screen overlay when repeatedly equipping and unequipping the hat.
• Fixed crops not getting protection from wildfires when watered.
• Fixed not being able to unlock Marble Sculpture scrapbook entries.
• Fixed some Spilagmite’s scrapbook entry issues.
• Fixed Mosquito’s explosion damaging creatures in inventories or containers.
• Removed unused “Grooming Station Kit” item entry from the scrapbook.
• Fixed Gnarwail not being able to run away from threats properly.
• Fixed W.O.B.O.T. trying to pick up Traps and Bird Traps.
• Fixed Lune Trees regrowth only happening during spring. It’s now based on the moon phase.
• Fixed being able to plant new Mushrooms in Mushroom Planters after reading “Horticulture, Abridged” or “Horticulture, Expanded”.
• Fixed boat bumpers not playing the proper animation when repaired or damaged.
• Fixed being able to try upgrading Spider Dens placed on boats.
• Fixed Tail o’ Three Cats affecting creatures in containers.
• Fixed Bootlegs pulling up the map when doing other actions than trying to toss it.
• Fixed a crash related to Night Lights respawning.
• Fixed Living Logs not screaming when being eaten without being stacked.
• Fixed Frostjaw giving more than one Frostjaw Figure Sketch.
• Fixed the camera zooming out when the player spawns.
• Fixed Knobbly Trees failing to grow to Above-Average Tree Trunks when saved offscreen.
• Fixed issue with overlapping Above-Average Tree Trunk’s canopy shadows.
• Fixed Malbatross destroying boat bumpers.
• Fixed bug with Spider Den webbing appearing over the ocean when placed on boats or when docks are broken..
• Fixed chopping down Above-Average Tree Trunks making all nearby Mossy Vines fall.
• Fixed world resource regeneration placing items too closely to other items.
• Fixed Enlightened Shard light turning on when storing spores in it on the inventory or in containers.
• Items on boats should not be destroyed when nearby ice tiles crack.
• Fixed Crab King music playing while he is inert.

We have a trailer for the Don’t Starve Together “Staying Afloat” version 1.14.0 update below.

Staying Afloat Trailer

The new update is now live on Switch. We have overviews of previous updates for the game here.