Don't Starve Together

Don't Starve Together

WX-78 Gears Loot
49 Comments
jon 5 Sep, 2022 @ 1:59pm 
after testing, ive realised using this mod and using a fire staff it crashes the game. it might be in pare with another mod but after trial and error this is the mod crashing my game
jon 5 Sep, 2022 @ 11:08am 
could you make it so the chance is configurable
Tye-Wynd 28 Apr, 2022 @ 7:16pm 
*genocide
filizthegreat 25 Apr, 2022 @ 2:49am 
mod borke
Cringe Isekai Enjoyer 14 Feb, 2021 @ 5:21am 
Also, I can't find where the file that contains the drop chance is located in the mod. What happened? this looks like a troll mod...
Cringe Isekai Enjoyer 14 Feb, 2021 @ 5:16am 
The idea is nice... but it could be fixed by separating the function drop chance file from the character files. People who pick mods for wx-78 often like to pick other mods to complement

The reason why this mod don't work is because it overwrites the entire WX-78 file, which means this mod create an entire new WX-78. It should specified here this about the mod so people know what they are dealing with when downloading this...
Cringe Isekai Enjoyer 14 Feb, 2021 @ 3:19am 
Nice mod

But I read it takes away the possibility to get upgrades... Is that fixed?

Btw, I think the chance is still too high. I would make it 1% or less. Gears are supposed to be scarce and getting one is supposed to be a hype. Maybe make an option which allows to choose how much percent? (damn, even half percent might be high yet, but that would make gear finding a little less of a trouble).
Gaelus 1 May, 2019 @ 6:52pm 
THIS MOD IS A TROLL MOD..... gears won't upgrade wx78
i got gingivitus 9 Apr, 2019 @ 4:26pm 
mod makes wx-78 stats not increase
anh đã quen với bôi trơn 16 Jan, 2019 @ 8:52pm 
hey man, you there? your mod make my WX-78 stats not increase?
Shrub 10 Jul, 2018 @ 10:48am 
As a WX main I can definetely say the chance should be WAY lower
tevo 3 Jun, 2018 @ 2:51pm 
\/ same problem
FrigidCrusader 22 Apr, 2018 @ 3:53pm 
I cant level up while using this mod, i hope this issue is fixed becuase its the the only reason i cant use this mod... please fix it!
Radey 18 Feb, 2018 @ 10:49pm 
Che cuando como engranajes no se me mejora el personaje alguien sabe por que?
Maler 11 Feb, 2018 @ 8:18pm 
Recently upon updating to Year of the Varg I found out I could not upgrade to any level using gears while having this mod installed. I was wondering if anyone else had this problem or if there was any possible solution?
Papa Canis 27 Oct, 2017 @ 5:36pm 
4% for GEARS upon killing a SPIDER . Thats way too high, considering you can easily kill a lot of spiders in a short amount of time.

This kinda breaks WX-78. You can have stacks of gears before Winter, and gears should be treated as a rare resource.

I suggest toning down the drop rates a lot! As in, 0.5% for a Spider, AT THE VERY LEAST.
Knofancey 17 Oct, 2017 @ 12:06pm 
Too OP i would make the drops lower
Trjack 28 Jul, 2017 @ 5:10pm 
That might be the change intended. If it was not, then let's hope the solution is swift. Dear Modder, would you kindly look into this?
回忆 9 Feb, 2017 @ 11:13am 
好样的 最好加入概率可调性 THX
Wiki Learner 29 Jan, 2017 @ 2:11pm 
max stats don't increase when i eat gears :DSTskull:
Zieche 25 Jan, 2017 @ 4:43pm 
Max stats don't increase when i eat gears
Blitzø 30 Dec, 2016 @ 4:48pm 
Max stats dont increase when I eat gears which is cancer
Hard Boiled Egg Soda 25 May, 2016 @ 7:42am 
OP
| 'MANGO' | 8 May, 2016 @ 6:48am 
max stats don't increase when i eat gears
D-Fens 2 May, 2016 @ 6:31am 
max stats don't increase when i eat gears
maD nemo 25 Apr, 2016 @ 5:53pm 
max stats don't increase when i eat gears
Lenex 18 Apr, 2016 @ 8:48am 
max stats don't increase when i eat gears
PrinnyDad 5 Jan, 2016 @ 4:59pm 
this mod is making it so my max stats don't increase when i eat gears
beatricegatta 22 Nov, 2015 @ 1:45am 
it would make more sense if he dropped them on getting hit or dying, honestly.
star 22 Oct, 2015 @ 3:25am 
Nerf WX :)
400 hp is too op.
Also mega speed after lighning and 100% chance makes him cheat charater.
CosmicTechnician 26 Jul, 2015 @ 8:26pm 
you should make it possible to change the drop rate in the config
batofara2005  [author] 19 Jul, 2015 @ 4:13pm 
Lol that's unfortunate xD I see the mod that you're talking about. Seems pretty interesting to find a beefalo in a tumbleweed xD
[☆] Zackreaver 19 Jul, 2015 @ 3:13pm 
Lol, a mod I want to make similiarly was already made actually.

I was going to make a mod where tumbleweed's contain random ridiculous things, but someone already beat me too it.
batofara2005  [author] 19 Jul, 2015 @ 8:28am 
Lol that would make for a nice fan art xD

Yeah, I have a friend who does something similar. Our group tries to avoid letting him know we have gears when he plays WX because we know that he will try his best to eat all the gears in the world.

That kind of lead me to making this. That, and I just wanted to submit something random and simple that people might be interested in. I'm not even using this mod personally, to tell you the truth. But I've never even played WX (just watched others lol), so that might be the reason.
[☆] Zackreaver 19 Jul, 2015 @ 12:17am 
I should ask my friend if he can draw wolfgang as a literal vacuum.

But yeah, when my friend play's WX, I usually tell him "GET YOUR GEARS FROM TUMBLEWEEDS!!" because I know if he finds some clockworks, he's going to eat every single one he gets, save maybe a couple.

Though, I always follow him around as I know for a fact he get's a little forgetful at times, and once he forgets something and dies, I'll be taking back those gears he ate :)
batofara2005  [author] 18 Jul, 2015 @ 4:37pm 
I see what you mean with your handicaps as Wolfgang. I also understand your feelings of wanting to keep things found in their vanilla locations

Hopefully caves and ruins would solve the WX problem, seeing as having multiple WX's on a server can immediately lead to a shortage of gears in the world, minus those from tumbleweed

Lol yeah, Wolfgang can turn into a food vaccuum with bad Wolfgangs. It can kind of be worse with WX though, since he could possibly take all the gears that could have gone to ice boxes/ice flings. A rare and semi-limited resource is at stake with WX.
[☆] Zackreaver 18 Jul, 2015 @ 1:42pm 
It's sort of the same with if I made every creature have a 0.01% chance of dropping a gem, the gem's would drop very very infrequently but there's still a chance to get lucky. It isn't necessarily game breaking but I figure if there's a particular resource I'm looking for, I'd rather go to where the resource is normally obtained, so I'd rather go fight hounds (with a ghost to haunt them)

And your ambitions for making WX feel less invasive are pretty noble, makes me excited to see what klei might do to improve the game. After all, once we get caves and ruins, WX will have alot more gears to work with.

But in terms of rejection, how do you think I as a wolfgang player feels? You might think that willow's get kicked, but imagine an entire server full of noob wolfgangs that don't manage their hunger, they are like food vacuums lol.
[☆] Zackreaver 18 Jul, 2015 @ 1:40pm 
@batofara2005: Yes Wigfrid's playstyle in general feels too basic, the thing is if you don't park yourself next to a spider den then wigfrid's inability to eat non-meat foods becomes a hassle. Where you essentially get stuck into an infinite motion of surviving almost entirely off of spiders. But I usually play wolfgang and have to manage myself with a 0.5 multiplier to prevent food supplies from vanishing, so I've actually trained myself to be used to having a damage penalty. Using even so much as wilson makes the game easier for me, going as far as wigfrid feels simply too easy.

That much being said, I'm certain you balanced out the numbers so that the gears obtained from fighting is still minimalistic compared to it's drop rate from tumbleweeds, though I personally feel like I'd rather keep the playstyle of killing spiders for resources to just simply that. Which is why I wouldn't use the mod, but I can understand why other people would.
batofara2005  [author] 18 Jul, 2015 @ 8:02am 
I also do like the Woodie update, with how they nerfed his Beaver mode in some ways and compensated in other places. I personally wanted to do something similar with WX, but I felt people might find it too invasive and make people upset. Klei can do it because people are forced to accept the nerfs, but people can just outright reject me xD
batofara2005  [author] 18 Jul, 2015 @ 8:02am 
I guess that seems to be your main point, that Wigfrid makes the game boring for you, which is understandable. I was actually modelling this off of Wigfrid's spider farming, although on a lower scale since WX has other perks. I do think that WX would have a much harder time living off spiders than Wigfrid would, though.

There is more to the game than just food, though. Surviving the hound waves, adjusting your playstyle to the season, gathering resources for fires and so on. So Wigfrid wouldn't be able live only off spiders, and neither would WX.

I agree that spiders can be easy to fight by dragging them out. But, assuming you can find 3 spider nests to farm daily and put time into killing them when you could be doing other things, I think that you would still only get 1 gear on average of 2-3 days. It's hard to find that to be a sustainable food source.
[☆] Zackreaver 17 Jul, 2015 @ 5:25pm 
Though that much being said, it makes me really appreciate the update that brought in woodie, the way klei handled woodie is just very impressive, they made his beaver form not feel like auto-winning. And with how they updated willow to play "differently" but not boring like her nerf was, makes me excited to see the other overhauls that they had planned for the other characters.
[☆] Zackreaver 17 Jul, 2015 @ 5:25pm 
Additionally, spiders are an easily controlled substance, with proper movement you can lure spiders off their webs to take them out individually without triggering the hordes. Just as well, they are always in one spot and don't ever elude you, you can find spiders to fight at all times during the day, where as other food sources could require you to do alot of extra travelling.

It's actually for a similar reason that I find wigfrid to be a boring character to play, because to play wigfrid in a bread and butter fashion, you essentially just setup a firepit next to spiders, then kill spiders forever. Since eating the monster meat is counteracted by her health/sanity gain on kill. And monster meat is always plentiful, since spider's will be harvested normally for their silk and glands anyway. While that isn't saying that wigfrid is a bad character by any means, just simply that when playing her you can bypass most strategies by just surviving off of spiders forever.
[☆] Zackreaver 17 Jul, 2015 @ 5:20pm 
@batofara: In terms of wolfgang your right, the damage multiplier he gets does allow him to shorten the fights, although because of the rate at which the hunger drains, he needs to activate his mighty form in very specific moments, or have a near infinite supply of food to keep it going. Also since as food spoils it gives less value, wolfgang is heavily reliant on jerky and baconeggs to get his combat capability running good.

The thing about WX gears though, is gears restore all of his stats when he eats them, it's effectively non-expiring jerky. And obtaining jerky involves killing a creature that drops it, hanging it on a drying rack, then waiting till the jerky is available. Afterwards, it still expires in 20 days. WX could stockpile gears while relying on a normal jerky strategy, and then use the supply of gears when fighting anything as an effective quick heal (Since gears use the quick eat animation also).
batofara2005  [author] 17 Jul, 2015 @ 3:21pm 
Yeah, don't worry, I'm not taking any offense lol

I actually personally think Wolfgang with full hunger is still stronger, if you ignore his giant hunger gain and only compare combat-wise. He gains a 2x strength boost, which means that the fight will be 1/2 as long. Compare that to WX's ability to tank for 1/3 more than Wolfgang. Proportion-wise, Wolfgang wins, but I also believe that reducing fight duration is more important than tanking for reasons such as fighting the Deerclops in the cold, possibly at night.

On the food source point, running around killing 20 spiders for 1 gear isn't exactly a simple source of food. A lvl 1 nest has 3 spiders, lvl 2 has 6, lvl 3 has 9. So you need to find many nests. The risk of taking damage (especially yellow spiders) usually means that you need to expend hunger to regain hp. I would find Koalephants to be an easier to find and more plentiful food source than killing many spiders
[☆] Zackreaver 17 Jul, 2015 @ 1:36pm 
And before I give the wrong impression, I'm not demonizing or downplaying the mod at all by saying these things. I just enjoy discussions on these topics. After all, nobody has to use mod's if they feel it breaks their game.

It's just interesting to see what other players have to say about it.
[☆] Zackreaver 17 Jul, 2015 @ 1:33pm 
I feel that if players find the hunting of gears for wx boring, then perhaps he's not their style of character, as I know one of my friends who plays WX find's it rather exciting to dig for gears in hopes of getting amazing stats.

Additionally, even if your not using gears to upgrade, gears also provide WX with effectively a powerful food source that NEVER EXPIRES. This is pretty crucial, as if gears become plentiful enough, he never needs food, which can sort of destroy the overall theme of "Don't Starve."

For WX there are currently 2 food types that do not expire, gears and tallbird eggs. As long as both resources are rare and replenish slowly thing's should effectively be fine. However should WX end up surviving the entire game entirely by eating gears, it could be problematic.
[☆] Zackreaver 17 Jul, 2015 @ 1:31pm 
@Batofara2005: Yes while that is true, understand that a fully upgrade wx is actually the strongest character in the game, at 400 health with no combat penalty WX is effectively stronger than wolfgang at full hunger, which is something that has to be maintained at a 3x hunger drain.
Additionally, causing WX to get struck by lightning by either random chance or through methods of forced lightning (Such as the teleport staff) causes him to restore his health.

Basically, he's built to be a character you play for the long term, hunting the gears is what wx players usually intend to strive for. It's a luxury and it means your going to be in the desert for a long time, but it's no different than a wolfgang player getting a steady supply of food that doesn't spoil too quickly.
batofara2005  [author] 17 Jul, 2015 @ 7:40am 
Yeah, it's understandable that you really don't need that many gears and the rarity helps to makes them feel all the more worthwhile. It just seems that people avoid/hate WX-78 in multiplayer because WX is reliant on gears for upgrades (A WX player is looking to gain around 20 gears, for both a base and himself).

This mod is meant to alleviate that problem a little without upsetting the balance of gears in general, such as adding in the ability to craft gears, which changes gears for everyone rather than only WX.

Sure, you can sit in the desert for about 20-30 days as WX, hunting tumbleweeds. But that may be boring to some people, which is why I thought that combat as WX would make a nice alternative
[☆] Zackreaver 16 Jul, 2015 @ 1:30pm 
Each player to their own when selecting mods, it's up to the players themselves to decide whether or not the mod's they choose make the game fair or unfair.

That much being said, I feel like some enlightenment could help some players coming across this mod trying to alleviate the gear problem.

Unless your using mod's that require a steady supply of gears, gears rarity contributes alot to the luxuries the game offers. You usually only need a max of 3 gears to get your base fully up and running, 1 icebox and 1 flingomatic. And even without an icebox or flingomatic, you can survive the entire game year, these just make things alot easier.

If the need for extra gears is heavily desired (Whether your WX or using a mod that needs alot more gears like wallgates) it's recommended you find a desert and try to open as many tumbleweed's as you can. Gear's can be obtained through those.