Winter's Feast

Winter's Feast is a Christmas-themed event in Don't Starve Together, introduced in A New Reign that first took place during the Winter Holiday Season 2016.
Winter's Feast Dates
Year	Starting Date 	End Date
2016	December 15, 2016 	January 5, 2017
2017	December 18, 2017 	January 8, 2018
2018	December 6, 2018 	January 24, 2019
2019	December 12, 2019Return of Them - Hook, Line and Inker + Winter's Feast now available Posted on December 12, 2019.	January 23, 2020The Year of the Carrat Begins This Thursday! Posted on January 21, 2020.
2020	December 3, 2020Winter's Feast Available Now! Posted on December 3, 2020. 	January 6, 2021
2021	December 16, 2021 	January 27, 2022
2022	December 8, 2022 	January 19, 2023
2023	December 14, 2023 	February 8, 2024
During the event, many exclusive features are available for players to enjoy, such as Winter Holiday-themed Skins, Winter Foods, craftable Gifts and Gift Wraps, Festive Tree Planters, Winter's Feast Trees, and a variety of Winter Ornaments.
It should also be noted, during Winter's feast all common items are replaced with Winter's Feast chests.
In 2018 and 2020, the Winter's Feast Lantern Skin was given upon opening the game during this event.
In 2019, the Ice Fishing Rod Skin was given upon opening the game during this event.
Players can revisit this event by setting Events to Winter's Feast in the world creation menu. However, event-only skins will be disabled when revisiting the event.
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== Winter Foods==
Winter Foods are exclusive Food items for the event. They have a 20% chance to be dropped randomly by killed Animals and Monsters. Much like Halloween Candies, they do not perish over time, and restore up to 2 Health, 2 Sanity and 3 Hunger. As an exception, the Eternal Fruitcake will be rejected by any character upon attempting to eat it, making it only useful for feeding other creatures (e.g. Pigs, to obtain Manure). All Winter Foods stack up to 40. Gingerbread Cookies, Sugar Cookies, Candy Canes, Eternal Fruitcakes and Chocolate Log Cakes can also be used to decorate Winter's Feast Trees.
The following Winter Foods are available:
Food	Name 	 	 	 	 	Temperature	Food type	Spawn Code
 	Gingerbread Cookie	Yes	0 	3	1 	 	Goodies 	"winter_food1"
 	Sugar Cookie 	Yes	0 	2	2 	 	Goodies 	"winter_food2"
 	Candy Cane 	Yes	2 	0	2 	 	Goodies 	"winter_food3"
 	Eternal Fruitcake 	Yes	-2	6	-2	 	Veggie 	"winter_food4"
 	Chocolate Log Cake	Yes	1 	2	1 	 	Goodies 	"winter_food5"
 	Plum Pudding 	No 	0 	4	0 	 	Veggie 	"winter_food6"
 	Apple Cider 	No 	2 	0	1 	+15 	Veggie 	"winter_food7"
 	Hot Cocoa 	No 	1 	0	2 	+15 	Goodies 	"winter_food8"
 	Heavenly Eggnog 	No 	0 	3	0 	-15 	Meat 	"winter_food9"
== Gifts ==
Gifts work exactly like Bundled Supplies, containing up to 4 stacks of items. They can be created by players using Gift Wraps and vary in sizes and colors. Gifts can also appear when sleeping close to a Winter's Feast Tree in the dark. 
Unlike Bundling Wraps, Gifts do not return the Gift Wrap's crafting materials when opened. Also, upon successfully opening a Loot Stash, 6 Gifts will drop containing items like Electric Milk, Gold Nuggets, Charcoal, Winter Food, and Boss loot, except for the Guardian's Horn.
=== Gift Wrap ===
Gift Wraps work exactly like Bundling Wraps, except their crafting recipe is much cheaper and it gives 4 Gift Wraps per craft. Gift Wraps are found in the Storage Solutions Filter and Special Event Filter and can be crafted with 1 Papyrus and 1 Petals. They do not require prototyping. Perishable items stop spoiling when wrapped into a Gift Wrap. Some items are not allowed to be put in a Gift Wrap, for example Chester's Eye Bone, Star-Sky or the Stag Antler.
== Winter's Feast Tree==
Winter's Feast Trees can be grown by planting a Pine Cone, a Birchnut or a Twiggy Tree Cone in a Festive Tree Planter. Like regular Evergreens, Birchnut Trees and Twiggy Trees, they take four stages to grow, however, once they are fully grown, they will stop their life cycle.
When fully grown, the trees can be decorated with Winter Ornaments and Winter Food. To do this, players have to access the tree's inventory. Like Backpacks, Winter's Feast Trees have eight item slots, allowing for eight different ornaments to be placed on them. Each slot corresponds to a specific spot on the tree. The trees can also serve as light sources, if they are decorated with Festive Lights.
Winter's Feast Trees can be chopped with an Axe, dropping the same resources a tree of the same type and of equal size drops, as well as any Ornaments placed on them. The Festive Tree Planter will also be destroyed and drop its crafting materials.
If a player sleeps within two pitchfork tiles of a Winter's Feast Tree, a Gift will appear under the tree. In order to receive the Gift, the player must sleep in darkness, without light. The player can also sleep with a weak Thermal Stone inventory light, or sleep with between 1 and 5 Festive Lights on the Winter's Feast Tree.
A soft ringing of a bell will be heard shortly after the player goes to sleep (or when darkness sufficiently engulfs the player), and waking up any time afterwards will allow the player to see the Gift next to the tree.
This feature has a cooldown of four days for a Gift of rare items, or the player will get Charcoal and 1-3 Winter's Feast treat from the Gift instead. The following table lists the items that can be obtained from the Gift. Trinkets, Festive Baubles, and Festive Lights can also be obtained from these Gifts (not listed in table).
Days Since
Last Gift	# of Tree
Decorations	Winter Foods
(
)	Primary Gift 	Secondary Gift	Ornament
Less than 4	1+	1-3	x 1 	None 	None
4 or more 	1+	1-3	(30%) (15%) (7.5%) 
 (4.5%) (3%) (1.5%)	Random Trinket	Plain Festive Bauble
4 or more 	8 	4-6	(14%) (7%)	Gift from the partially
decorated loot pool	Fancy Festive Bauble (50%)
Champion Ornament (30%)
Appeasing Ornament (20%)
Like regular trees, Winter's Feast Trees are able to provide protection from Rain and Overheating for the players.
===Festive Tree Planter===
The Festive Tree Planter is a craftable Structure located in the Decorations Filter and Structures Filter and requires 2 Manure and 1 Board to craft. It is always available to craft and does not require prototyping.
Festive Tree Planters can be Hammered like other craftable Structures, as long as they are empty or the planted Winter's Feast Tree is still a sapling. Destroying a Festive Tree Planter will return 1 Boards and 1 Manure, as well as a Pine Cone, Birchnut or Twiggy Tree Cone, if a sapling was growing in the planter.
== Ornaments ==
=== Festive Baubles ===
Festive Baubles are decorative items meant to be placed on a Winter's Feast Tree. Mobs drop them randomly with a 0.5% chance, with the exclusion of Tentacles, Frogs, Reanimated Skeletons, and Killer Bees. They are also found in at least one of the gifts dropped by the Loot Stash, and by fishing in the Oasis Lake during Summer. When fishing up a Crumpled Package that was supposed to contain a Trinket, there is a 1/6 chance for it to be replaced with a plain ornament, and a 1/6 chance for a fancy ornament.
Festive Baubles stack up to 40, their spawn codes are "winter_ornament_plain1...8" and "winter_ornament_fancy1...4".
In 2017, eight more Festive Baubles were added to the game. Their spawn codes are "winter_ornament_plain9...12" and "winter_ornament_fancy5...8".
=== Magnificent Adornments ===
Magnificent Adornments are Boss Monsters related Winter Ornaments. They are dropped when players kill the respective Mobs and stack up to 40. Their spawn codes are "winter_ornament_boss_..." with the adjuncts "bearger", "deerclops", "moose", "dragonfly", "beequeen" and "toadstool".
In 2017, six more Magnificent Adornments were added to the game. Their spawn codes are "winter_ornament_boss_..." with the adjuncts "antlion", "fuelweaver", "klaus", "krampus", "noeyered" and "noeyeblue".
In 2019, one more Magnificent Adornment was added to the game.
In 2020, four more Magnificent Adornments were added to the game. Their spawn codes are "winter_ornament_boss_..." with the adjuncts "crabkingpearl", "crabking", "minotaur" and "toadstool_misery".
The Crab King Magnificent Adornment with a Pearl is obtained by killing the Crab King with the Pearl's Pearl or with three Iridescent Gems if the Hermit crab has already given her pearl.
In 2021, seven more Magnificent Adornments were added to the game. Their spawn codes are "winter_ornament_boss_..." with the adjuncts "celestialchampion1", "celestialchampion2", "celestialchampion3", "celestialchampion4", "wagstaff", "eyeofterror1" and "eyeofterror2".
The Astroggles Magnificent Adornment will drop upon Celestial Champion death.
=== Sentimental Adornment ===
In 2020, Sentimental Adornment were added to the game. Their spawn codes are "winter_ornament_boss_pearl" and "winter_ornament_boss_hermithouse".
Sentimental Adornment with a pearl is obtained in exchange of 12 Empty Bottle after Crabby Hermit gives the Pearl's Pearl. Sentimental Adornment of hermit home is obtained in exchange of 8 Empty Bottle after her house is fully upgraded.
=== Champion Adornments ===
Champion Adornments are The Forge related Winter Ornaments added in 2018. They are dropped when sleeping under the fully decorated Winter's Feast Tree, either in the form of a present, and stack up to 40. Their spawn codes are "winter_ornament_festivalevents1...3".
=== Appeasing Adornments ===
Appeasing Adornments are The Gorge related Winter Ornaments added in 2018. They are dropped when sleeping under the Winter's Feast Tree, either in the form of a present, and stack up to 40. Their spawn codes are "winter_ornament_festivalevents4...5".
=== Festive Lights ===
Festive Lights have an additional light radius in four different colors. They will twinkle constantly if used to decorate a tree or dropped on the ground, but have a limited duration lasting 160 days. However, their durability only depletes while in use. They currently only drop from Klaus and Deerclops, and can also be found by fishing in the Oasis Lake during Summer. When fishing up a Crumpled Package that was supposed to contain a Trinket, there is a 1/6 chance for it to be replaced with a Festive Light. Similar to Light Bulbs, they can also be used to refuel light sources such as Miner Hats, Hutch or Mushroom Lights, however they will not cause them to twinkle. Festive Lights are able to tint the Glowcap's light color.
Festive Lights do not stack, their spawn codes are "winter_ornament_light1...4".
In 2017, four more Festive Lights were added to the game. Their spawncodes are "winter_ornament_light5...8".
==Gingerbread Pig==
Gingerbread Pigs are Mobs that were introduced in 2019. When player approach, they escape leaving a trace of Cookie Crumbles. In a similar way to Suspicious Dirt Piles, the player can follow the lead of a Gingerbread Pig until the end is reached. There will be an 80% chance to find 3 to 5 Gingerbread Pig Houses and a 20% chance to find a Gingerbread Varg.
Gingerbread Pigs can be killed for 3 Cookie Crumbles and one Holiday Cheer.
===Gingerbread Pig House===
The Gingerbread Pig House was introduced in 2019. They have an 80% chance to appear after following a Gingerbread Pig. They can be hammered for five Cookie Crumbles and 1-2 Holiday Cheer.
Upon destruction, a cowering Gingerbread Pig can appear, but it dies quickly without dropping anything. They can be spawned in with the code "gingerdeadpig".
===Cookie Crumbles===
Cookie Crumbles were introduced in 2019. They appear when following a Gingerbread Pig and are dropped by Gingerbread Pigs, Gingerbread Pig Houses and Gingerbread Vargs. They can be eaten to restore 1 and spoil in 1 Day. Unlike most foods, Cookie Crumbles do not leave behind rot after spoiling.
===Holiday Cheer===
Holiday Cheer was introduced in 2019. It is dropped by Gingerbread Pigs, Gingerbread Pig Houses and Gingerbread Vargs. They can also be dropped by players if they died while still having 25 seconds of stat buffs left after eating from the Winter's Feast Table. They do not spoil, and they can be eaten for no restored value. Holiday Cheer is a required ingredient for all dishes made at the Masonry Oven.
==Gingerbread Varg==
The Gingerbread Varg is a Mob introduced in 2019. It has a 20% chance to appear after following a Gingerbread Pig.
It can spit glaze in a close radius around it that immobilizes players, similar to Ewecus Mucus. Upon death, it drops 2 to 4 Cookie Crumbles, 5 to 7 Holiday Cheers plus, and 1 to 3 Hound's Teeth. Like the Ewecus Mucus, players can also be freed from the glaze by allied Pigs.
==Masonry Oven==
The Masonry Oven is a Structure introduced in 2019. It requires 1 Cut Stone, 1 Marble and 1 Log to craft. When standing close to a Masonry Oven, players are able to access the Feast Tab.
==Winter's Feast Cooking Filter==
The Winter's Feast Cooking filter was introduced in 2022. Before that, there was Winter's Feast Cooking Tab, added in 2019. It is accessible by standing close to a Masonry Oven.
Each recipe requires 1 Holiday Cheer and two other ingredients to craft. Their only purpose is to be used with a Winter's Feast Table.
Feast Tab Recipes
Feast	Name 	Recipe	 	Spawn code
 	Merry Berrysauce 	×2 	16	"berrysauce"
 	Bibingka 	×2 	20	"bibingka"
 	Cabbage Rolls 	×2 	16	"cabbagerolls"
 	Festive Fish Dish 	 	20	"festivefish"
 	Good Gravy 	 	20	"gravy"
 	Latkes 	 	16	"latkes"
 	Lutefisk 	 	28	"lutefisk"
 	Mulled Punch 	 	20	"mulleddrink"
 	Panettone 	×2 	20	"panettone"
 	Pavlova 	×2 	20	"pavlova"
 	Pickled Herring 	 	24	"pickledherring"
 	Polish Cookies 	×2 	20	"polishcookie"
 	Pumpkin Pie 	 	20	"pumpkinpie"
 	Roasted Turkey 	 	24	"roastturkey"
 	Stuffing 	×2 	20	"stuffing"
 	Sweet Potato Casserole	×2 	20	"sweetpotato"
 	Tamales 	×2 	20	"tamales"
 	Tourtiere 	 	20	"tourtiere"
== Winter's Feast Table ==
The Winter's Feast Table is a Structure introduced in 2019. It requires 1 Board and 1 Beefalo Wool to craft. Only Winter's Feast dishes made from the Feast Tab can be placed on the table; any other food will be rejected. Multiple tables can be connected to each other to increase the amount of dishes.
When players feast at a Winter's Feast Table, they gain a buff that regenerates 0.5 per second, 10 per minute, 75 per day and stop the normal hunger drain over the duration of the buff.
The dishes of all connected tables are eaten slowly during the feast, they are fully consumed after 1 minute of the feast. The duration of the buff is extended according to the number of dishes consumed.
When several players feast on connected tables, they all benefit from the buff and the duration of the buff is extended for all players. 
Players dying with more than 25 seconds of buff will drop a Holiday Cheer.
The table below gives the additional buff time for each dish consumed and the corresponding health, sanity and hunger gain (taking into account the stopped hunger drain).
 Restauration per dish
Dish 	Number of player feasting	Duration	 	 	
Duplicated dish	Independant 	48s 	24	8 	15
New type 	1 player 	72s 	36	12	22
New type 	2 players 	88s 	44	14	27
New type 	3 players 	100s 	50	16	31
New type 	4 players 	109s 	54	18	34
New type 	5 players 	116s 	58	19	36
New type 	6 players 	123s 	61	20	38
New type 	7 players 	129s 	64	21	40
New type 	8 players 	134s 	67	22	41
Detailed formula
The total duration of the buff starting from the beginning of the feast is given by (in sec):
 7 + time × [1.2 × (#type) × (#player)^0.3 + 0.8 × (#dish - #type)]
where time the duration of the feasting (in sec), #type is the number of different dishes on all connected tables, #player the number of players feasting, and #dish the total number of dishes.
==Cosmetic Changes==
During the Winter's Feast there are also certain cosmetic changes that occur which reskin aspects of the game but do not affect gameplay functionality at all.
===Boss skins===
Bearger, Moose/Goose, Moslings, and Dragonfly all gain special skins for the duration of Winter's Feast. Deerclops also gains a unique skin, but unlike the other bosses, Deerclops also obtains a new attack during the event.
Deerclops Reskin Winter's Feast in game.png|Deerclops from Winter's Feast scaled with Wilson.
Moose Goose Reskin Winter's Feast in game.png|Moose/Goose from Winter's Feast scaled with Wilson.
Bearger Reskin Winter's Feast.png|Bearger from Winter's Feast scaled with Wilson.
Dragonfly Reskin Winter's Feast in game.png|Dragonfly from Winter's Feast scaled with Wilson.
Dragonfly Reskin Winter's Feast Enraged in game.png|Enraged Dragonfly from Winter's Feast scaled with Wilson.
===Loading screens===
Exclusive loading screens are added to the game for the duration of the Winter's Feast event. For the years 2016 - 2020, each of the loading screens were unique to that year. In 2021, the 2016 Winter's Feast loading screens were used.
LoadingScreenWintersFeastA.png|A loading screen exclusive to the event in 2016, 2021, and 2022.
LoadingScreenWintersFeastB.png|A loading screen exclusive to the event in 2016, 2021, and 2022.
Winter's Feast Bearger Loading Screen.png|A loading screen exclusive to the event in 2017.
Winter's Feast Deerclops Loading Screen.png|A loading screen exclusive to the event in 2017.
Winter's Feast Dragonfly Loading Screen.png|A loading screen exclusive to the event in 2017.
Winter's Feast Moose-Goose Loading Screen.png|A loading screen exclusive to the event in 2017.
Winter's Feast 2018 Loading Screen.png|A loading screen exclusive to the event in 2018 and 2022.
== Trivia==
* According to the characters, Winter's Feast is referred to as a holiday similar to Christmas, Kwanzaa, or Hanukkah.
* This event was first released as a sneak preview in the A New Reign beta branch, and other key features were added later on.
* The Festive Tree Planter used to be found in the Food Tab before it was moved to the Structures Tab.
* Klaus and his Gem Deer were added with the Winter's Feast event.
* This is the second Event added to Don't Starve Together, the first one being Hallowed Nights.
* During the time of the event, the theme in the main menu of Don't Starve Together is replaced by an instrumental version of the "Starver's Carol".
* The Winter's Feast Cooking filter was originally a crafting tab called "Feast". It was changed to a filter after the March 2022 QoL update.
== Gallery==
== Sounds ==
The Winter's Feast main menu theme.	
==References==
vi:Winter's Feast
Category:A New Reign
Category:Events
Category:Food
Category:Prototypers & Stations Filter