World Customization/Don't Starve Together

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In Don't Starve Together, all customization options from the base game and the Reign of Giants DLC as well as several additional options are available.

World Settings for Forest

Global

Type	Icon	Content
Events		Determines the presence/absence of official seasonal events. Available options are none, auto.
Autumn		Determines the length of the Autumn season. Available options are none, very short, short, default, long, very long and random.
Winter		Determines the length of the Winter season. Available options are none, very short, short, default, long, very long and random.
Spring		Determines the length of the Spring season. Available options are none, very short, short, default, long, very long and random.
Summer		Determines the length of the Summer season. Available options are none, very short, short, default, long, very long and random.
Day Type		Determines the length and/or presence/absence of Day, Dusk, and Night. Available options are default, long Day, long Dusk, long Night, no Day, no Dusk, no Night, only Day, only Dusk and only Night.
Spawn Mode		Determines the spawn point of players. Available options are Florid Postern and Random.
Survivor Death		Determines what happens, when a player dies. Available options are Become a Ghost and Change Survivor.
Revive At Florid Postern		Determines if players can revive at the Florid Postern. Available options are Disabled and Enabled.
Ghost Sanity Drain		Determines if a ghost player drains the sanity of other players. Available options are Disabled and Enabled.
Death Reset Timer		Determines the length of the timer when all players are dead. Available options are Disabled, Slow, Default, Fast and Instant.
Beefalo Mating Frequency		Determines the frequency and length at which Beefalo will go into heat. Available options are none, little, default, more and tons.
Krampii		Determines the threshold of naughtiness to spawn and the amount of Krampus spawned. Available options are none, little, default, more and tons.

Events

Available options are default, always.

Type	Icon	Content
Midsummer Cawnival		Determines the presence/absence of Midsummer Cawnival.
Hallowed Nights		Determines the presence/absence of Hallowed Nights.
Winter's Feast		Determines the presence/absence of Winter's Feast.
Year of the Gobbler		Determines the presence/absence of Year of the Gobbler.
Year of the Varg		Determines the presence/absence of Year of the Varg.
Year of the Pig King		Determines the presence/absence of Year of the Pig King.
Year of the Carrat		Determines the presence/absence of Year of the Carrat.
Year of the Beefalo		Determines the presence/absence of Year of the Beefalo.
Year of the Catcoon		Determines the presence/absence of Year of the Catcoon.
Year of the Bunnyman		Determines the presence/absence of Year of the Bunnyman.

Survivors

Type	Icon	Content
Extra Starting Resource		Determines when new players joining the world start to receive extra starting resources. Available options are always, after day 5, after day 10 (default), after day 15, after day 20 and never.
Seasonal Starting Items		Determines whether new players joining the world will receive a seasonal cloth item or not. Available options are none and default.
Griefer Spawn Protection		Determines whether a player that newly spawns in will receive system protection that allows them to walk through structures and prevents them from being targeted. Available options are none, auto detect and always.
Drop Items on Disconnect		Determines whether a player will drop only irreplaceable items or drop all their items when they leave the server. Available options are default and everything.
Max Health Penalty		Determines if players receive a max health penalty if they get revived by a Telltale Heart or at the Florid Postern. Available options are Enabled and Disabled.
Damage Taken		Determines the damage a player is taking. Available options are Default, Less and More.
Temperature Damage		Determines if players die from temperature damage. Available options are Default and Nonlethal.
Darkness Damage		Determines if players die from darkness damage. Available options are Default and Nonlethal.
Enlightenment Monsters		Determines the spawn rate and maximum amount of Gestalts. Available options are none, little, default, more and tons.
Sanity Monsters		Determines the spawn rate and maximum amount of Shadow Creatures. Available options are none, little, default, more and tons.

World

Available options are none, little, default, more and tons.

Type	Icon	Content
Hound Attacks		Determines the frequency of Hound Attacks and maximum amount of Hounds.
Ice Hound Waves		Determines whether the Ice Hounds can spawn or not. Available options are none and default.
Fire Hound Waves		Determines whether the Fire Hounds can spawn or not. Available options are none and default.
Forest Petrification		Determines how fast Evergreens will turn into Petrified Trees. Available options are none, slow, default, fast and very fast.
Frog Rain		Determines the frequency of Frog Rain and maximum amount of falling Frogs.
Hunt Surprises		Determines the frequency at which Varg and Ewecus will be encountered while hunting.
Hunts		Determines the amount of naturally spawning animal tracks.
Lightning		Determines the frequency of lightning strikes.
Meteor Frequency		Determines the frequency of Meteor Shower.
Rain		Determines the frequency of Rain.
Wild Rift Frequency		Determines the frequency of Lunar Rifts appearing.
Wild Rifts Enabled		Determines if Lunar Rifts appear. Available options are Default, None and Always.
Wildfires		Determines the rate at which objects start smoldering in Summer.

Resource Regrowth

Available options are none, very slow, slow, default, fast and very fast.

Type	Icon	Content
Regrowth Multiplier		Determines the overall world regrowth speed multiplier.
Basic Resources		Determines if the world regrows basic resources like Grass Tufts, Saplings, Berry Bushes and Flint. Available options are Disabled and Enabled.
Birchnut Trees		Determines how fast the world regrows a new Birchnut Tree.
Cacti		Determines how fast the world regrows a new Cactus.
Carrots		Determines how fast the world regrows a new Carrot.
Evergreens		Determines how fast the world regrows a new Evergreen.
Flowers		Determines how fast the world regrows a new Flower.
Lune Trees		Determines how fast the world regrows a new Lune Tree.
Palmcone Trees		Determines how fast the world regrows a new Palmcone Tree.
Reeds		Determines how fast the world regrows a new Reed.
Salt Formations		Determines how fast Salt Formations grow back a stage.
Twiggy Trees		Determines how fast the world regrows a new Twiggy Tree, and the frequency of dropping Twigs.

Unnatural Portal Resources

Available options are none, little, default, more and tons.

Type	Icon	Content
Banana Bushes		Determines the chance of Banana Bushes being picked to spawn from Unnatural Portal.
Crustashines		Determines the chance of Crustashines being picked to spawn from Unnatural Portal.
Monkeytails		Determines the chance of Monkeytails being picked to spawn from Unnatural Portal.
Palmcone Sprouts		Determines the chance of Palmcone Sprouts being picked to spawn from Unnatural Portal.
Portal Activity		Determines the frequency of Unnatural Portal to spawn things.
Powder Monkeys		Determines the chance of Powder Monkeys being picked to spawn from Unnatural Portal.

Creatures

Available options are none, little, default, more and tons.

Type	Icon	Content
Bees		Determines the maximum amount and respawn time of Bees in Bee Boxs and Beehives.
Birds		Determines the maximum amount of Birds that land near the players at the same time.
Bunnymen		Determines the respawn time of Bunnymen from Rabbit Hutch.
Butterflies		Determines the maximum amount of Butterflies that naturally spawn from Flowers at the same time.
Catcoons		Determines the respawn time of Catcoons from Hollow Stumps.
Gnarwails		Determines the spawn chance of Gnarwails.
Gobblers		Determines the spawn chance of Gobblers.
Grass Gekko Morphing		Determines the morph chance of Grass Gekkos at Surface.
Moles		Determines the respawn time of Moleworms from Burrows at Surface.
Pengulls		Determines the maximum amount of Pengulls and their colony, their spawning interval and the amount of Mini Glaciers around their colony.
Pigs		Determines the respawn time of Pigs from Pig Houses.
Rabbits		Determines the respawn time of Rabbits from Rabbit Holes.
Schools of Fish		Determines the spawn chance of Schools of Fish.
Wobsters		Determines the respawn time and maximum amount of Wobsters from Wobster Mounds.

Hostile Creatures

Available options are none, little, default, more and tons.

Type	Icon	Content
Bats		Determines the respawn time and maximum amount of Batilisks at Cave Entrance.
Cookie Cutters		Determines the respawn time and maximum amount of Cookie Cutters.
Frogs		Determines the respawn time and maximum amount of Frogs in Ponds.
Horror Hounds		Determines whether Horror Hounds can spawn or not. Available options are none and default.
Hounds		Determines the respawn time and maximum amount of Hounds in Hound Mounds.
Killer Bees		Determines the respawn time and maximum amount of Killer Bees in Killer Bee Hives.
Lureplants		Determines the spawn frequency of Lureplants.
MacTusks		Determines the respawn time of MacTusks from Walrus Camps.
Merms		Determines the respawn time and maximum amount of Merms in Leaky Shacks and Wurt's Merm House.
Moon Quay Pirates		Determines the spawn frequency of Pirate Raid.
Moonrock Pengulls		Determines whether Moonrock Pengulls can spawn or not. Available options are none and default.
Mosquitos		Determines the respawn time and maximum amount of Mosquitos in Ponds.
Sharks		Determines the spawn chance of Rockjaws.
Shatter Spiders		Determines mainly the respawn time and maximum amount Shattered Spiders.
Skittersquids		Determines the spawn chance and spawn amount of Skittersquids.
Spider Warriors		Determines whether Spider Warriors can spawn or not. Available options are none and default.
Spiders		Determines the respawn time and maximum amount of Spiders from Spider Den, also determines the amount of Spider Warriors that will spawn when Spider Den being attacked.

Giants

Available options are none, little, default, more and tons.

Type	Icon	Content
Antlion Tribute		Determines the rate at which the Antlion becomes angered.
Bearger		Determines mainly the spawning day of Bearger in Autumn.
Bee Queen		Determines the respawn time of Bee Queen, and the chance of spawing when players hit Gigantic Beehive.
Crabking		Determines the respawn time of Crab King.
Deerclops		Determines the respawn time of Deerclops, and attack times per season.
Dragonfly		Determines the respawn time of Dragonfly.
Eye of Terror		Determines the respawn time of Eye of Terror and Twins of Terror.
Klaus		Determines the spawn delay time of Loot Stash, and how many times it can resapwn per Winter.
Lord of the Fruit Flies		Determines the earliest possible spawn time and the respawn time of Lord of the Fruit Flies, and the amount of Farm Plants needed to spawn it.
Malbatross		Determines the spawn chance of Malbatross.
Meese/Geese		Determines the amount of nest that will spawn Geese.
Poison Birchnut Trees		Determines the rate at which Birchnut Trees become angered.
Spider Queen		Determines the spawn rate of Spider Queen.
Treeguards		Determines the spawn rate of Treeguards.

World Generation for Forest

Global

Type	Icon	Content
Starting Season		Determines the starting season. Available options are Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn or Spring, Winter or Summer and random.

World

Type	Icon	Content
Biomes		Determines whether Reign of Giants biomes will be generated in the world. Available options are classic and together (default).
Spawn Area		Available options are default, plus and dark. The plus option places 3 chests around the postern with sufficient supplies to skip the first gathering phase of the game. The dark option places a single chest and campfire around the postern with fewer supplies to make an always-night game possible.
World Size		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 small, medium, large (default), and huge.
Branches		Determines the degree to which the land will branch off and be connected by bridging pieces. Available options are never, least, default, most and random. Never creates circle maps with large holes in the middle. Most creates maps with a center and multiple arms. See the picture below this table for examples of how this option changes the shape of the map in combination with Land Looping.
Loops		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. See the picture below this table for examples of how this option changes the shape of the map in combination with Land Branching.
Roads		Determines whether natural Roads can spawn or not. Available options are none and default.
Touch Stones		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Touch Stones. Available options are none, little, less, default, more, lots, tons and insane.
Failed Survivors		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Set Pieces. Available options are none, little, less, default, more, lots, tons and insane.
Starting Resource Variety		Determines how many basic resources () will be replaced by their alternate versions. Available options are classic, default and highly random, classic means no alternate versions and highly random means a lot alternate versions.
Celestial Fissures		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Celestial Fissures. Available options are none, little, less, default, more, lots, tons and insane.
Stage Plays		x Available options are Default and None.
Terrarium		Determines whether Conspicuous Chest‎ and Terrarium can spawn or not. Available options are none and default.

Resources

Available options are none, little, less, default, more, lots, tons and insane.

Type	Icon	Content
Anenemies		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Anenemies.
Beached Bull Kelp		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Beached Bull Kelps.
Berry Bushes		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Berry Bushes.
Boulders		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Boulders.
Bull Kelp		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Bull Kelps.
Cacti		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Cacti.
Carrots		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Carrots.
Flint		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Flint found on the ground.
Flowers, Evil Flowers		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Flowers and Evil Flowers found on the ground.
Grass		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Grass Tufts.
Hot Springs		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Hot Springs.
Lunar Rocks		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Moon Glasses.
Lunar Saplings		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Lunar Saplings.
Lune Trees		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Lune Trees.
Meteor Fields		Currently seems to have no effect.
Mini Glaciers		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Mini Glaciers.
Mushrooms		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Mushrooms.
Ponds		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Ponds.
Palmcone Trees		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Palmcone Trees.
Reeds		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Reeds.
Saplings		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Saplings.
Sea Stacks		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Sea Stacks.
Spiky Bushes		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Spiky Bushes.
Stone Fruit Bushes		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Stone Fruit Bushes.
Trees (All)		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Trees.
Tumbleweeds		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Tumbleweeds.

Creatures and Spawners

Available options are none, little, less, default, more, lots, tons and insane.

Type	Icon	Content
Bee hives		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Beehives.
Beefalos		Determines the population of naturally spawning Beefalo.
Buzzards		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Buzzards.
Carrats		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Carrats.
Hollow Stump		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Hollow Stumps.
Mole Burrows		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Moleworm Burrows.
Pig Houses		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Pig Houses.
Rabbit Holes		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Rabbit Holes.
Saladmanders		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Saladmanders.
Shoals		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Deep Bass Shoals.
Volt Goats		Determines the population of naturally spawning Volt Goats.
Wobster Mounds		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Wobster Mounds.

Hostile Creatures and Spawners

Available options are none, little, less, default, more, lots, tons and insane.

Type	Icon	Content
Clockworks		Determines the number of naturally spawning Clockwork Monsters.
Hound Mounds		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Hound Mounds.
Killer Bee Hives		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Killer Bee Hives.
Leaky Shack		Determines the number of naturally spawning Merm Rundown Houses.
MacTusk Camps		Determines the number of naturally spawning Walrus Camps.
Sea Weeds		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Sea Weeds.
Shattered Spider Holes		Determines the number of naturally spawning Shattered Spider Holes.
Spider Dens		Determines the number of naturally spawning Spider Dens.
Tallbirds		Determines the population of Tallbird Nests.
Tentacles		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Tentacles.

World Settings for Caves

Don't Starve Together also allows to customize the Caves world, since they are managed on a different server shard.

World

Type	Icon	Content
Ancient Gateway		Determines the cooldown of Ancient Gateway. Available options are none, very slow, slow, default, fast and very fast.
Cave Worm Attacks		Determines the frequency of Depths Worm attacks and maximum amount of Depths Worms. Available options are none, little, default, more and tons.
Earthquakes		Determines the frequency of earthquakes. Available options are none, little, default, more and tons.
Rain		Determines the frequency of Rain. Available options are none, little, default, more and tons.
Wild Rift Frequency		Determines the frequency of Shadow Rifts appearing.
Wild Rifts Enabled		Determines if Shadow Rifts appear. Available options are Default, None and Always.

Resource Regrowth

Available options are none, very slow, slow, default, fast and very fast.

Type	Icon	Content
Regrowth Multiplier		Determines the overall world regrowth speed multiplier.
Light Flower		Determines how fast the world regrows a new Light Flowers.
Lightbug Flower		Determines how fast the world regrows a new LightFlier Flowers
Lunar Mushtrees		Determines how fast the world regrows a new Lunar Mushtrees.
Mushroom Trees		Determines how fast the world regrows a new Mushtrees.

Creatures

Available options are none, little, default, more and tons.

Type	Icon	Content
Bulbous Lightbugs		Determines the regrowth time of a harvested LightFlier Flowers.
Bunnymen		Determines the respawn time of Bunnymen from Rabbit Hutch.
Dust Moths		Determines the respawn time of Dust Moths from Tidy Hidey-Hole.
Grass Gekko Morphing		Determines the morph chance of Grass Gekkos at Caves.
Moles		Determines the respawn time of Moleworms from Burrows at Caves.
Mush Gnomes		Determines the respawn time of Mush Gnomes.
Pigs		Determines the respawn time of Pigs from Pig Houses.
Rock Lobsters		Determines the maximum amount of Rock Lobsters in an area, this will only have diffenrence when two Rock Lobster herds come very close.
Slurtles		Determines the respawn time and maximum amount of Slurtles in Slurtle Mounds.
Snurtles		Determines the chance of Snurtles spawned from Slurtle Mounds.
Splumonkeys		Determines the respawn time and maximum amount of Splumonkey from Splumonkey Pods.

Hostile Creatures

Available options are none, little, default, more and tons.

Type	Icon	Content
Bats		Determines the respawn time and maximum amount of Batilisks from Bat Cave.
Cave Spiders		Determines the respawn time and maximum amount of Cave Spiders from Spilagmite.
Dangling Depth Dwellers		Determines the respawn time and maximum amount of Dangling Depth Dwellers.
Merms		Determines the respawn time and maximum amount of Merms in Leaky Shacks and Wurt's Merm House..
Naked Mole Bats		Determines the respawn time of Naked Mole Bats from above sinkhole light, and the cooldown time of their ally summon ability.
Ruins Nightmares		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Shadow Creatures in the Ruins during Nightmare Cycle.
Spider Warriors		Determines whether Spider Warriors can spawn or not. Available options are none and default.
Spiders		Determines the respawn time and maximum amount of Spiders from Spider Den, also determines the amount of Spider Warriors that will spawn when Spider Den being attacked.
Spitter Spiders		Determines the spawn chance of Spitters from Spilagmite.

Giants

Available options are none, little, default, more and tons.

Type	Icon	Content
Lord of the Fruit Flies		Determines the earliest possible spawn time and the respawn time of Lord of the Fruit Flies, and the amount of Farm Plants needed to spawn it.
Nightmare Werepig		Determines the respawn time of the Nightmare Werepig.
Spider Queen		Determines the spawn chance of Spider Queen.
Toadstools		Determines the respawn time of Toadstools.
Treeguards		Determines the spawn chance of Treeguards.

World Generation for Caves

World

Type	Icon	Content
Biomes		The only available options is underground and can not be changed.
Spawn Area		The only available options is caves and can not be changed.
World Size		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 small, medium, large (default), and huge.
Branches		Determines the degree to which the land will branch off and be connected by bridging pieces. Available options are never, least, default, most and random. Never creates circle maps with large holes in the middle. Most creates maps with a center and multiple arms. See the picture below this table for examples of how this option changes the shape of the map in combination with Land Looping.
Loops		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. See the picture below this table for examples of how this option changes the shape of the map in combination with Land Branching.
Touch Stones		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Touch Stones. Available options are none, little, less, default, more, lots, tons and insane.
Failed Survivors		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Set Pieces. Available options are none, little, less, default, more, lots, tons and insane.
Sinkhole Lights		Determines the amount of light that come from the ceiling of Caves. Available options are none, very slow, slow, default, fast and very fast.
Starting Resource Variety		Determines how many basic resources () will be replaced by their alternate versions. Available options are classic, default and highly random, classic means no alternate versions and highly random means a lot alternate versions.

Resources

Available options are none, little, less, default, more, lots, tons and insane.

Type	Icon	Content
Berry Bushes		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Berry Bushes.
Boulders		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Boulders.
Cave Bananas		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Cave Banana Trees.
Cave Ferns		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Ferns.
Flint		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Flint found on the ground.
Glow Berries		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Glow Berries.
Grass		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Grass Tufts.
Lichen		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Lichen.
Light Flowers		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Light Flowers.
Mushtrees		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Mushtrees.
Mushrooms		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Mushrooms.
Ponds		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Ponds.
Reeds		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Reeds.
Saplings		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Saplings.
Spiky Bushes		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Spiky Bushes.
Trees (All)		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Trees.

Creatures and Spawners

Available options are none, little, less, default, more, lots, tons and insane.

Type	Icon	Content
Rabbit Hutches		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Rabbit Hutches.
Rock Lobsters		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Rock Lobsters.
Slurpers		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Slurpers.
Slurtle Mounds		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Slurtle Mounds.
Splumonkey Pods		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Splumonkey Pods.

Hostile Creatures and Spawners

Available options are none, little, less, default, more, lots, tons and insane.

Type	Icon	Content
Bats		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Bat Caves.
Cave Worms		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Depths Worms.
Clockworks		Determines the number of extra spawning Clockwork Monsters. This does not affect the number of Damaged Clockwork Monsters in the Ruins.
Nightmare Fissures		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Nightmare Fissures.
Spider Dens		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Spider Dens.
Spilagmites		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Spilagmites.
Tentacles		Determines the amount of naturally spawning Tentacles.

Removed

Type	Icon	Content
Disease		Determines the frequency of Disease. Available options are none, random, slow, default and fast.

Trivia

• The options determining the amount of naturally spawning Sinkholes and Mandrakes have been removed.
• The option determining the frequency of Vargs has been replaced by the option for Hunt Surprises.
• There are currently 3 presets: "Lights Out", "Together Plus", and an option to disable Reign of Giants.

Gallery

Chart depicting examples of maps with each possible combination of Land Loops and Land Branches.

The customization interface at the default setting.

The old customization interface of Don't Starve Together.