A New Reign, previously known as Through the Ages, is a free Don't Starve Together expansion. It was distributed as an "Update Chain", meant to add game changing features, like Reign of Giants and Shipwrecked did to Don't Starve. Similar to the latter, A New Reign started as a beta.
Between August 2016 and March 2017, Don't Starve Together received an update every 3 weeks, adding new content into the beta branch. Once stable, this content was added to the main version, becoming official. It then became inseparable from the original game.
The shadow queen Charlie has begun to make her mark on the Don't Starve world, and her influence is manifesting in new and mysterious ways. What is her plan for Wilson and the survivors? Will she aid them in their fight for survival, or does she have something more dastardly in store?
A New Reign: Part 2
Charlie the shadow queen has been plotting dark new challenges for Wilson and his fellow survivors from her umbral throneroom, and she’s ready to unleash her latest creations on the world of Don’t Starve Together!
Final
The reign of the new shadow queen has swept across the land of Don't Starve Together and now creeps deep into the bowels of the earth. What ancient secrets will be dredged up by Charlie's dark machinations, and what purpose does she have in mind for the formidable being at the center of the Ruins?
Delay
The content pack was officially announced for late Spring 2015,[4] but its development had to be pulled back as the developers had issues implementing the Caves and Reign of Giants content into the game.[5][6] This explains why some of its features were released a long time before being announced as part of it, like Beefalo Domestication and Disease. The expansion was renamed to A New Reign on August 8, 2016.[7]
Features
Below are the features included in A New Reign.
The features marked with were later introduced to the singleplayer version of Don't Starve in the Quality of Life update.
Resource Variants
Berry Bushes, Grass Tufts, and Saplings each have an alternate form (Juicy Berry Bushes, Grass Gekkos, and Twiggy Trees, respectively). The alternate forms can co-exist with normal forms, providing additional methods of obtaining the respective resource, or an alternative resource in the case of Juicy Berry Bushes.
A New Reign introduced different Map icons for regular and Gold Vein Boulders, as well as icons for chopped or burnt Trees.
The Compass can now be used to reveal the global positions of several players on the map if all of them hold one equipped, even if they are far away from each other.
The Resource Swapping System previously implemented in the game has been removed. All available resource variants, such as Saplings and Twiggy Trees, can now co-exist in the same world. They will either be generated at world start or will slowly be brought in by World Regrowth. Grass Gekkos now have a chance to be spawned after harvesting or digging up Grass Tufts.
Trivia
A New Reign is also the name of the animated short first seen on the Cyclum Puzzles, then released for public view when the game left Early Access. This may also be an explanation for the name change.
In each update, some Roses are scattered around the Update Teaser. The number of roses is indicative of the update number.
Gallery
Release Poster for A New Reign: Part 1.
Release Poster for A New Reign: Part 2.
Wilson and Willow in the A New Reign: Part 1 trailer.
↑Don't Starve Together Roadmap post by Bigfoot: "Since DST came out, we’ve been hammering on technical improvements that make the game smooth for everyone. We’ve been working on rubber banding, network performance, bugs, balance, administrative tools for hosts, full mod support, and we’ve even been adding new DST-specific content.
In addition to these things, we knew that we would also need larger scale content to really support the new worlds that are being created. Specifically, worlds are lasting not just months but years, and those who are behind the scenes are unhappy with how easy-going the inhabitants have become.
We’re thus working on a brand new, free content pack called “Through the Ages”, chock full of new content designed specifically for multiplayer. This expansion is free for all players, and will be available in the Spring of 2015." Posted on November 24, 2014.
↑Happy Holiday! Update Dec 23, 2015 post by Bigfoot: "While we achieved a lot of things, there are some things we didn’t get to. Specifically, Through the Ages is something we discussed in the forums, but has not yet been implemented. It’s always been on our mind, but the core design team had their hands full implementing Reign of Giants and Caves, and simply didn’t have the bandwidth to get onto the new content. Implementing caves especially was a huge undertaking, and we’re still trying to make the process of starting your own caves servers as smooth as possible." Posted on December 23, 2015.
↑Don't Starve Together leaving Early Access! post by Bigfoot: "Many moons ago, we discussed launching Through the Ages, and it got waylaid by getting to content parity. We felt strongly that getting to parity at our quality standard was the most important priority, and it took much longer than expected. We’re finally here, and we are now actively working on new content. The team is breathing a sigh of relief that we get to build brand new content again.
I’m going to leave Ipsquiggle to talk about Through the Ages as it evolves, but the first step of it is coming to you at Launch: we’re putting in small variations to the basic biomes so that every generation feels a bit different, and these will transition over time as you play through the seasons.
As a refresher, the focus of TTA is the evolution of your world over a longer period of time, and more variation between worlds. This will take time to develop, and we will keep you in the loop both in beta branches and through our Rhymes With Play twitch stream, and of course right here in the forums. I’d say this is going to take about 6 months to develop, but uh, I’ve been off before." Posted on April 6, 2016.
↑A New Reign begins! post by Bigfoot: "That’s why, starting this Thursday, we are going to restart an old tradition: regularly scheduled updates! In addition, to better represent the content in these updates, we will no longer be using the name “Through the Ages,” this series of updates will be known as “A New Reign”, and it will be delivered to you every 3 weeks for the next 6 months." Posted on August 8, 2016.
See also: Don't Starve Together/Version History 
were later introduced to the singleplayer version of Don't Starve in the Quality of Life update.
Trivia
Gallery
Release Poster for A New Reign: Part 1.
Release Poster for A New Reign: Part 2.
Wilson and Willow in the A New Reign: Part 1 trailer.
The Critters in the A New Reign: Part 2 trailer.
Teaser image of the Marble Rook, from the 2nd update.
Teaser image of Toadstool, from the 3rd update.
Teaser image of the Chess Pieces, from the 4th update.
Teaser image of an Ewelet, from the 5th update.
Teaser image of a pair of No-Eyed Deer, from the 6th update.
Teaser image of Klaus, from the Winter's Feast update.
Teaser image of the Antlion, from the 7th update.
Teaser image of the Reanimated Skeleton, from the 8th update.
