# Don't Starve Together — Camp in the Constant

A 100-tile board with **75 unique tasks: 40 easy and 35 moderate**, six ladders, six snakes, twelve other extra-roll tiles and an automatic finish. Difficulty is an editorial estimate, not a gameplay playtest. No bosses, Ruins, sailing, lunar/shadow progression or endgame equipment are required.

## Start an event

Run `/game setup`, choose **100 tiles**, **Don't Starve Together**, and **Mix of text and uploads**, then **Templates → Don't Starve Together challenges**. Review the preview and confirm. The theme also supports custom 50-tile boards; this ready-made template is for 100 tiles only.

The importable [CSV](dont-starve-together-challenges.csv) is also shipped at `web/downloads/dont-starve-together-challenges.csv`. Keep the two copies identical. The website's downloadable host guide mirrors this file.

## World and task rules

- Use a normal surface world in autumn. A prepared shared camp with Science Machine, Alchemy Engine, Crock Pot, pond access and common supplies keeps later rolls achievable. Hosts can use Endless mode and a long autumn to reduce reset and seasonal waiting; agree settings before starting.
- Shared facilities, materials, guides and retries are allowed. Complete each action after landing, including repeat visits. A ladder can skip preparation tiles: players may obtain any prerequisite without first landing on its tile.
- Item amounts are small totals for that task, not full stacks. Gather tasks require freshly obtained items; crafting/building tasks require a new item or structure. Storage tasks may use an existing chest. Discovery tasks may revisit an already discovered location and show it on the map.
- Any character can join. For character restrictions (for example Wigfrid's diet or Webber's spider relationships), allow a teammate to perform the blocked action while the player contributes materials. Cooking tasks require making the dish, not eating it. Agree equivalent substitutions with the host if a character or world setting blocks an objective.
- All movement and extra-roll tiles resolve automatically; only the 75 tasks require evidence. Tile 100 finishes automatically. “No endgame” describes the DST objectives, not the board's finish.

## Evidence and practical notes

Use a screenshot of the inventory with counts, a placed structure, the recipe result, or the map/location. For actions that a final screenshot cannot establish (crafting, replanting, killing spiders, fishing, keeping a fire lit), supply before/after images, a short clip, or a moderator-approved text account. The chosen mixed evidence mode allows both text and uploads.

Keep these tasks approachable:

- Ordinary Spiders only: lure a few away from a small den in daylight with armour and a weapon. No Spider Warriors, Spider Queens or den clearing are required. Teammates may help.
- Burn only isolated trees away from camp and other vegetation for Charcoal, then chop the burnt trees. The task does not require setting a forest alight.
- Collect Cut Reeds from safe marsh edges and avoid tentacles. Pig House and Beefalo tasks require discovery only; no fighting or taming.
- Replanted Grass Tufts and Berry Bushes need fertilizing. Berry Bush variants count. Saplings do not need fertilizer; use manure or rot on three transplanted grass tufts or berry bushes for the fertilizer task.
- Pond Fish are caught using the ordinary Fishing Rod, not ocean fishing equipment. Fishsticks, Meatballs, Ratatouille and Trail Mix are ordinary Crock Pot dishes; recipes and retries are allowed.
- Dry two Morsels on a Drying Rack; weather can delay drying. Existing racks may be used. Catch Butterflies in daylight and plant the captured butterflies to make Flowers.
- For the Birdcage, build a new cage and put a caught bird in it. For Eggs, feed two suitable cooked meat items (such as Cooked Morsels) to a caged bird; shared cages are allowed.
- Farming uses a Garden Digamajig, Garden Hoe and Watering Can. Till nine mounds on Farm Soil and plant Seeds; the water task can use an existing planted plot. No giant crops or perfect nutrient balance are required.
- Heat a Thermal Stone beside a fire until it visibly turns orange. Winter is not required. For the full-night task, maintain a fire from nightfall to dawn and show the clock at both ends.
- The final cooking task means three distinct Crock Pot recipes made after landing. Earlier dishes are allowed again. Shared ingredients and facilities are encouraged.
- If the event reaches winter, wait for a suitable season or agree a comparable gathering/crafting substitution for frozen ponds or unavailable butterflies. Long autumn is recommended to avoid these waits.

## Task list

| Tile | Difficulty | Objective |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Easy | Gather 20 Cut Grass |
| 2 | Easy | Gather 20 Twigs |
| 4 | Easy | Chop and collect 12 Logs |
| 5 | Easy | Collect 6 Flint |
| 6 | Easy | Mine and collect 12 Rocks |
| 7 | Easy | Mine 3 Gold Nuggets |
| 8 | Easy | Craft an Axe |
| 11 | Easy | Craft a Pickaxe |
| 12 | Easy | Craft 2 Torches |
| 13 | Easy | Craft a Grass Suit |
| 14 | Easy | Craft a Garland |
| 17 | Easy | Craft a Backpack |
| 18 | Easy | Craft a Shovel |
| 19 | Easy | Craft a Hammer |
| 20 | Easy | Craft 2 Traps |
| 21 | Easy | Catch a Rabbit in a Trap |
| 23 | Easy | Cook 2 Morsels over a fire |
| 24 | Easy | Build a Fire Pit |
| 26 | Easy | Build a Science Machine |
| 27 | Easy | Refine 3 Rope |
| 30 | Easy | Refine 3 Boards |
| 31 | Easy | Refine 3 Cut Stone |
| 32 | Easy | Dig up 3 tree stumps |
| 33 | Easy | Plant 5 Pine Cones |
| 34 | Easy | Pick 8 Berries or Juicy Berries |
| 35 | Easy | Pick 6 Carrots |
| 36 | Easy | Collect 6 Seeds |
| 37 | Easy | Roast 4 Berries or Juicy Berries |
| 38 | Easy | Roast 4 Carrots |
| 39 | Easy | Pick 3 Red Mushrooms |
| 40 | Easy | Cook 3 Red Mushrooms |
| 41 | Easy | Craft a Straw Hat |
| 43 | Easy | Find a Beefalo herd |
| 44 | Easy | Collect 6 Manure |
| 45 | Easy | Find a Pond |
| 47 | Easy | Find a Pig House |
| 49 | Easy | Map a rocky biome |
| 51 | Easy | Build a Chest |
| 52 | Easy | Store 4 resource types in a Chest |
| 53 | Easy | Keep a campfire lit for a full night |
| 54 | Moderate | Build an Alchemy Engine |
| 55 | Moderate | Build a Crock Pot |
| 56 | Moderate | Cook 2 Meatballs |
| 57 | Moderate | Cook Ratatouille |
| 60 | Moderate | Cook Trail Mix |
| 61 | Moderate | Craft a Fishing Rod |
| 62 | Moderate | Catch 3 Pond Fish |
| 63 | Moderate | Cook Fishsticks |
| 65 | Moderate | Build a Drying Rack |
| 67 | Moderate | Dry 2 Morsels into Small Jerky |
| 70 | Moderate | Collect 6 Charcoal |
| 71 | Moderate | Replant 3 Saplings near camp |
| 73 | Moderate | Replant 5 Grass Tufts near camp |
| 74 | Moderate | Replant 2 Berry Bushes near camp |
| 75 | Moderate | Fertilize 3 transplanted plants |
| 76 | Moderate | Craft a Spear |
| 77 | Moderate | Craft a Log Suit |
| 78 | Moderate | Craft a Football Helmet |
| 79 | Moderate | Defeat 3 ordinary Spiders |
| 80 | Moderate | Collect 6 Silk |
| 81 | Moderate | Craft 2 Healing Salves |
| 82 | Moderate | Craft a Bug Net |
| 83 | Moderate | Catch 4 Butterflies |
| 84 | Moderate | Plant 2 Butterflies as Flowers |
| 86 | Moderate | Craft a Bird Trap |
| 87 | Moderate | Catch a bird in a Bird Trap |
| 88 | Moderate | Build and stock a Birdcage |
| 89 | Moderate | Trade cooked meat for 2 Eggs |
| 90 | Moderate | Collect 8 Cut Reeds |
| 91 | Moderate | Refine 2 Papyrus |
| 93 | Moderate | Deploy a Garden Digamajig |
| 95 | Moderate | Till and plant 9 farm Seeds |
| 96 | Moderate | Water 9 planted farm mounds |
| 97 | Moderate | Craft and heat a Thermal Stone |
| 99 | Moderate | Cook 3 different Crock Pot dishes |

## Artwork and regeneration

The original fan-inspired ink-and-sepia woodland background was generated with the built-in image generation tool on 2026-09-10. It is embedded at `src/SnakesAndLadders.Bot/Assets/Themes/dont-starve-constant-backdrop.jpg`, so rendering works offline. All tile text, numbers, snakes, ladders and tokens come from the bot renderer.

The complete generation prompt is in [ART_PROMPT.md](ART_PROMPT.md). The PNG/SVG samples show synthetic players.

```powershell
dotnet run --project src/SnakesAndLadders.Bot -c Release -- --render-theme dont-starve-constant samples/themes/dont-starve-together/dont-starve-together-challenges.csv samples/themes/dont-starve-together "Don't Starve Together Camp Challenge"
dotnet run --project src/SnakesAndLadders.Bot -c Release --no-build -- --validate-board samples/themes/dont-starve-together/dont-starve-together-challenges.csv
```

Encode the rendered PNG into `web/assets/board-previews/dont-starve-together.webp` (1200 × 1280, WebP quality 85) and `dont-starve-together-full.webp` (3000 × 3200, quality 92). Run `node scripts/render-dont-starve-assets.cjs` after rendering; it also checks CSV/guide parity and refreshes the downloadable guide.

## Gameplay references

Checked 2026-09-10 against the community wiki's indexed descriptions: [DST farming changes](https://dontstarve.wiki.gg/wiki/Farm), [birds and traps](https://dontstarve.wiki.gg/wiki/Birds), [Crock Pot recipe table](https://dontstarve.wiki.gg/wiki/Crock_Pot/Recipe_Table), and [DST Thermal Stone](https://dontstarve.wiki.gg/wiki/Thermal_Stone/DST). These support the mechanics used here; the task selection and difficulty ratings are original editorial choices.