Wilson/Don't Starve Together (2024)

Being the default Character, Wilson's Health, Hunger, and Sanity all have default values and he has no drawbacks. Overall, Wilson is meant for better Winter survival and efficiency, as well as easier access to Meat Effigies.

Wilson's main perk is his magnificent Beard. Depending on its length, the Beard provides up to 135 insulation against Freezing and can be shaved, providing Beard Hair and restoring 10 . If Wilson dies, the Beard will be reset.

Below is the days it takes Wilson to grow his Beard to the next stage, along with the number of Beard Hair gained and Insulation provided with each stage.

Skill Tree[]

See also: Insight

Torch[]

Skill	Description	Prerequisites
Torch Longevity I	"Torches last a little longer."	None
Increases the durability of Torches by a total of 16%.

Skill	Description	Prerequisites
Torch Longevity II	"Torches last a fair amount longer."	Torch Longevity I
Increases Torch durability by a total of 32%.

Skill	Description	Prerequisites
Torch Longevity III	"Torches last a lot longer."	Torch Longevity II
Increases Torch durability by a total of 50%.

Skill	Description	Prerequisites
Torch Range I	"Torches are a little brighter."	None
Increases the light radius of Torches to 3 units.

Skill	Description	Prerequisites
Torch Range II	"Torches are a fair amount brighter."	Torch Range I
Increases Torches' light radius to a total of 4 units.

Skill	Description	Prerequisites
Torch Range III	"Torches are a lot brighter."	Torch Range II
Increases Torches' light radius to a total of 5 units.

Skill	Description	Prerequisites
Torch Toss	"Uses a scientifically formulated trajectory to always land right side up."	Unlock at least 3 torch skills
Allows the player to throw a torch on the ground, where it will continue to burn.

Alchemy[]

Skill	Description	Prerequisites
Transmutation	"Transform 3 Twigs into a Log. Transform a Log into 2 Twigs."	None
×3 ×2

Skill	Description	Prerequisites
Transmute Ore I	"Transform 3 Rocks into a Flint. Transform 2 Flint into Rocks."	Transmutation
×3 ×2

Skill	Description	Prerequisites
Transmute Ore II	"Transform 3 Nitre into a Gold Nugget. Transform 2 Gold Nuggets into Nitre."	Transmute Ore I
×3 ×2

Skill	Description	Prerequisites
Transmute Ore III	"Transform 2 Cut Stone into Marble. Transform Marble into Cut Stone. Transform 2 Marble into Moon Rock."	Transmute Ore II
×2 ×2

Skill	Description	Prerequisites
Transmute Gems I	"Transform 2 Red Gems into a Blue Gem. Transform 2 Blue Gems into a Red Gem. Transform a Blue and Red Gem into a Purple Gem."	Transmutation
×2 ×2

Skill	Description	Prerequisites
Transmute Gems II	"Transform 3 Purple Gems into an Orange Gem Transform 3 Orange Gems into a Yellow Gem."	Transmute Gems I
×3 ×3

Skill	Description	Prerequisites
Transmute Gems III	"Transform 3 Yellow Gems into a Green Gem. Transform 6 Gems of different colors into an Iridescent Gem."	Transmute Gems II
×3

Skill	Description	Prerequisites
Transmute Icky I	"Transform 3 Morsels into a Meat. Transform a Meat into 2 Morsels."	Transmutation
×3 ×2

Skill	Description	Prerequisites
Transmute Icky II	"Transform 2 Beard Hair into Beefalo Wool. Transform 2 Beefalo Wool into Beard Hair."	Transmute Icky I
×2 ×2

Skill	Description	Prerequisites
Transmute Icky III	"Transform 6 Rot into Manure. Transform 2 Hound's Teeth into a Bone Shards. Transform 2 Bone Shards into a Hound's Tooth."	Transmute Icky II
×6 ×2 ×2

Beard[]

Skill	Description	Prerequisites
Beard Insulation I	"Gain high insulation from your beard."	None
Increases the thermal insulation of Wilson's beard by 20%.

Skill	Description	Prerequisites
Beard Insulation II	"Gain higher insulation from your beard."	Beard Insulation I
Increases Wilson's beard's thermal insulation to a total of 40%.

Skill	Description	Prerequisites
Beard Insulation III	"Gain highest insulation from your beard."	Beard Insulation II
Increases Wilson's beard's thermal insulation to a total of 70%.

Skill	Description	Prerequisites
Beard Growth I	"Your magnificent beard grows a little faster."	None
Accelerates Wilson's beard growth to 3/7/15 days.

Skill	Description	Prerequisites
Beard Growth II	"Your magnificent beard grows a fair amount faster."	Beard Growth I
Accelerates beard growth to 3/6/12 days.

Skill	Description	Prerequisites
Beard Growth III	"Your magnificent beard grows much faster."	Beard Growth II
Accelerates beard growth to 2/5/10 days.

Skill	Description	Prerequisites
Beard Hair Storage	"Stash food in your beard."	Unlock at least 3 beard skills
Allows food to be stored in the beard. The number of inventory slots depends on the stage of growth, having one slot per growth stage.

Affinity[]

Skill	Description	Prerequisites
Shadow Courtier	"The Queen will reward your loyalty with the secrets of Shadow Transmutation."	Unlock at least 12 skills Find and defeat the Ancient Fuelweaver Have no lunar affinity
Wilson takes 10% less damage from Shadow Aligned creatures and deals 10% more damage to Lunar Aligned creatures. ×2 ×3

Skill	Description	Prerequisites
Lunar Innovator	"The Cryptic Founder will reward your curiosity with the secrets of Lunar Transmutation."	Unlock at least 12 skills Find and defeat the Celestial Champion Have no shadow affinity
Wilson takes 10% less damage from Lunar Aligned creatures and deals 10% more damage to Shadow Aligned creatures. ×3 ×2

Tips[]

• Wilson's favorite food is Bacon and Eggs, meaning he gains 15 bonus when consuming the food.
• The earliest one can build a Meat Effigy is on day 11. Shave as soon as possible for 1 hair, and shave the Long Beard for the other 3. This is not the most efficient way, but it is the quickest (outside of lowering to hunt Beardlings).
• As the Beard doesn't grow longer after 16 days and the player loses it on resurrection or by changing characters, it is most efficient to shave after every sixteenth day, unless Winter is coming.
• In terms of gaining Sanity, shaving every 5 days will yield the best results.
• Wilson's Beard will take exactly 15 days to grow to its full length (full length at the beginning of day 16). Since Winter starts on day 21 on default settings, the player can easily survive the cold with just a full Beard and a Thermal Stone. The Beard, unlike clothing, does not have durability and will provide insulation so long as he does not shave.
  • Wilson can still shave the Beard after four days (for one Beard Hair) and still have a full Beard by winter. It is also possible to shave after reaching a long Beard length (8 days), as while Wilson will not start winter with a full Beard, the first few days are more mild and will allow for time to grow.
  • It is advised to shave at the beginning of Summer Season due to the Beard slower the rate at which Wilson cooling.
  • Storing Any Meat Foods in your Beard Storage Slots will not anger Bunnymen if you are near them.
• The Transmute Ore II Skill that converts Gold Nuggets into Nitre is a good way to create massive amounts of Gunpowder after converting Meats into Eggs with a Birdcage, after in Gold with Pig King. Igniting a stack of 40 can deal 8000 damage to bosses and make it more easy to deal with raid bosses.