Summer (Don't Starve Reign of Giants - Beginner's Guide Series)

Ready to conquer the most difficult season of all for new players? Tired of having your base go up in flames? Confused by overheating? Ready to take down the Dragonfly like a pro? Watch on in this episode of my Don't Starve - Reign of Giants Beginner's Guide Series on SUMMER!!

Most of the mechanics in this guide apply pretty well to Don't Starve Together, but see a pinned comment below for additional differences, as well as a few other bits I forgot to add in the video. And yes, Willow was indeed punished in this video as retaliation for the pain and suffering she inflicted upon me in my 10-hour "Blind" Hamlet Livestream. I feel better now, thanks for asking :-P

CONTENTS:
00:00 Introduction
01:30 Smoldering and Wildfires
03:03 Ice Flingomatics
04:09 Murphy's Law
05:34 A Better Alternative - Separate Summer Base
05:59 Benefits of a Desert Base
07:44 Building the Summer Base
08:55 Overheating - Mechanics
10:40 Cooling Off - Endothermic Fires
11:45 Thermal Stones
13:02 Siesta Lean-to
13:54 Luxury Fan
14:42 Worn Cooler - Fashion Melon & Ice Cube (Both are BAD)
15:47 Chilled Amulet (GOOD!)
16:27 Insulated Clothing Options
17:46 Low-Budget Cooling Options
18:22 Dragonfly - Introduction
19:05 Sleeping Dragonfly, Despawning, and Wormholes
19:41 Making Her Mad; Calming Her Down
20:21 Blow Her Up with Gunpowder!
20:56 Super Easy Melee Combat Method
23:27 Conclusion and Outro

This episode completes my coverage of a full year in Reign of Giants, but we still have a few more episodes of topics to cover before this guide series is complete, including a few advanced topics, Adventure Mode, and the Caves and Ancient Ruins.

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   / @salendrak  

Game footage is from Don't Starve - Reign of Giants, and Don't Starve Together, the delightful action-adventure sandbox survival games by slightly less indie than they used to be developer Klei Entertainment. Interested in trying it out? Visit these links to learn more and/or purchase!
https://www.klei.com/games
https://store.steampowered.com/app/21...
https://store.steampowered.com/app/32...

Other Music is from the Don't Starve Soundtrack, and was arranged and composed by Vince de Vera, Jason Garner, and/or Emmett Hall. Tracks featured in this video are "A Summer Showdown", "Main", Summer Jobs - Reign of Giants", "Ragtime", and my own remix of the "Spring Cleaning - Reign of Giants" track that I personally arranged as "Waltz of the Fallen Sister". Game footage, graphical assets, soundtrack, and sound effects used consistent with Klei Entertainment's "Player Creation Guidelines" as stated on their website:
https://support.klei.com/hc/en-us/art...

Nothing in this video is sponsored by Klei Entertainment, and the commentary and information in this video do not represent the opinions or positions of any other entity whatsoever.

Rest in ashes, F&$%in' Willow....