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There are a total of 47 customization options available when creating a new world. These customization options serve to allow the player to tweak a world to their liking. If a player goes through the Teleportato to create a new world, any changes to the customization are kept. Note that setting many of the options that concern spawn rates to anything above the "default" value will cause those resources to spawn outside of their native biomes.

Available options[]

The options are shown below in the order they appear in the World Settings screen:

Type Icon Content
World Size
World Size Settings Icon
Determines the size of the world. This does not appear to increase the number of biomes. It just makes the individual biomes larger.
Available options are default, medium, large, and huge.
Land Branching
Land Branch Settings Icon
Determines the degree to which the land will branch off and be connected by bridging pieces.
Available options are least, default and most.
Land Looping
Land Loop Settings Icon
Determines the degree to which Roads will tend to lead you in circles, in addition to determining the degree to which the land will curve. Available options are none, default and always.
Length of Seasons
Seasons Settings Icon

Determines the length of Summer and Winter.
Available options are only Summer, only Winter, default, long Summer, long Winter, long both and short both.

Starting Season
Season Start Settings Icon
Determines the starting season.
Available options are Summer and Winter.
Length of Day
Day Settings Icon
Determines the length and/or presence/absence of Day, Dusk, and Night. Available options are only Day, only Dusk, only Night, default, long Day, long Dusk and long Night.
Weather
Weather Settings Icon
Determines the frequency of weather events. Setting weather to lots (infinite) on world presets will also set infinite snow during winter.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Lightning
Lightning Settings Icon
Determines the frequency of lightning strikes.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Sinkholes
Sinkhole Settings Icon
Determines whether Sinkholes are generated.
Available options are yes or no.
Touch Stones
Touch Stone Settings Icon
Determines the amount of naturally spawning Touchstones.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Boons
Set Pieces Settings Icon
Determines the amount of naturally spawning Set Pieces.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Flowers
Flower Settings Icon
Determines the amount of naturally spawning Flowers.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Grass Tufts
Grass Tuft Settings Icon
Determines the amount of naturally spawning Grass Tufts.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Saplings
Sapling Settings Icon
Determines the amount of naturally spawning Saplings.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Spiky Bushes
Spiky Bush Settings Icon
Determines the amount of naturally spawning Spiky Bushes.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Reeds
Reeds Settings Icon
Determines the amount of naturally spawning Reeds.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Trees
Trees Settings Icon
Determines the amount of naturally spawning Trees.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Flint
Flint Settings Icon
Determines the amount of naturally spawning Flint found on the ground. Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Rocks
Rocks Settings Icon
Determines the amount of naturally spawning Rocks.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Boulders
Boulder Settings Icon
Determines the amount of naturally spawning Boulders.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Berry Bushes
Berry Bush Settings Icon
Determines the amount of naturally spawning Berry Bushes.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Carrots
Carrot Settings Icon
Determines the amount of naturally spawning Carrots.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Mushrooms
Mushroom Settings Icon
Determines the amount of naturally spawning Mushrooms.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Mandrakes
Mandrake Settings Icon
Determines the amount of naturally spawning Mandrakes.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Rabbits
Rabbit Settings Icon
Determines the amount of naturally spawning Rabbit Holes.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Butterflies
Butterfly Settings Icon
Determines the population of Butterflies that naturally spawn from Flowers. Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Birds
Birds Settings Icon
Determines the population of Birds that naturally spawn and the frequency with which they appear on screen.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Gobblers
Gobbler Settings Icon
Determines the frequency of spawning Gobblers.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Pigs
Pig Settings Icon
Determines the population of Pig Houses.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Beefalos
Beefalo Settings Icon
Determines the population of Beefalos.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Beefalo in Heat
Beefalo Heat Settings Icon
Determines the frequency at which Beefalo will go into heat.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Suspicious Dirt Piles
Koalefant Tracks Settings Icon
Determines the amount of naturally spawning animal tracks.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Pengulls
Pengull Settings Icon
Determines the population of Pengulls that naturally spawn.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Ponds
Pond Settings Icon
Determines the amount of naturally spawning Ponds.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Beehives
Beehive Settings Icon
Determines the amount of naturally spawning Beehives.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Killer Beehives
Killer Beehive Settings Icon
Determines the amount of naturally spawning Killer Beehives.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Tallbirds
Tallbird Settings Icon
Determines the population of Tallbird Nests.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Spiders
Spider Settings Icon
Determines the number of naturally spawning Spider Dens and free roaming Spiders.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Hounds
Hound Attacks Settings Icon
Determines the frequency of Periodic hound attacks.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Merms
Merm Settings Icon
Determines the number of naturally spawning Rundown Houses and Merms. Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Tentacles
Tentacle Settings Icon
Determines the amount of naturally spawning Tentacles.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Clockwork Mobs
Clockwork Mobs Settings Icon
Determines the number of naturally spawning Clockwork Mobs. Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Meat Bulbs
Lureplant Settings Icon
Determines the number and frequency of naturally spawning Lureplants. Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
MacTusks
MacTusk Settings Icon
Determines the number of naturally spawning Walrus Camps.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Treeguards
Treeguard Settings Icon
Determines the spawn rate of Treeguards.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Krampus
Krampus Settings Icon
Determines the spawn rate of Krampus.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.
Deerclops
Deerclops Settings Icon
Determines the spawn rate of Deerclops.
Available options are none, less, default, more and lots.

Additional information concerning specific consequences of the customization options:

  • A long season lasts ~50 days.
  • A short season lasts ~10 days.
  • A long day is 14 daylight hours, 1 dusk hour and 1 night hour of the clock.
  • A long dusk is 7 daylight hours, 6 dusk hours and 3 night hours of the clock.
  • A long night is 5 daylight hours, 2 dusk hours and 9 night hours of the clock.
  • Resources, animals, and foods set to lots will spawn in every biome, with the exception of plants in Rockyland.
  • Rain set to lots is infinite.
  • When Lightning is set to more, lightning will also strike when it is snowing.
  • When Lightning is set to lots, lightning will strike every 10–30 seconds.
  • Setting objects to none will not prevent them from spawning in Set Pieces, such as Trees around Maxwell's Door.
World Lop Always

Land structure with the Loop option set to "always"

World Branch Always

Land structure with the Branching option set to "lots"

Presets[]

Type Content
Default Default settings of the game.
Default Plus

At the start of the game, it spawns you with food and many useful items to quickly establish a base. However, resources around the map are scarcer and monsters are more numerous. Boons are also more common than in Default.

Lights Out Default settings of the game with a twist. Night is infinite, thus making survival much more difficult, spawns you with minimal supplies beside a Campfire.

Default Plus will spawn three Chests around the player, containing the following items:

  1. Food Chest
  2. Item Chest
  3. Tool Chest

Lights Out will spawn a Campfire next to the player and a single Chest containing:

For tips on how to survive in Light Out see Guide/Surviving in Light Out

Blueprint Gallery[]

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