Winona (Don't Starve Together)

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Winona
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Code	"winona"

Main article: Winona Filter

These are special abilities unique to Winona.

• For a small hunger cost, she crafts items & structures at twice the speed as other Characters, finishing one craft in 0.5 seconds.
• She can dodge a single hit from Charlie after walking away from a light source. This means that she takes no damage or Sanity loss from the first attack after entering darkness.
• She can properly identify Wagstaff's tools during the Moonstorm event.
• She has five special items in her own Winona Filter which only she can build.
  • Trusty Tape – Winona's signature item that can be used to repair damaged Clothes and patch boat leaks. It is also a material component of her buildable structures. She starts with three Trusty Tapes in her Inventory.
  • Winona's Catapult – A structure that deals area-of-effect damage and needs power from a generator.
  • Winona's Spotlight – A structure that illuminates nearby players and needs power from a generator.
  • Winona's Generator – A structure that powers her unique structures for up to one day. It is fueled by Nitre,
  • Winona's G.E.M.erator – A structure that powers her unique structures for up to six days. It can be fueled by any Gem but not the Iridescent Gem.

Disadvantages

When Winona crafts, she loses a small amount of hunger (5 hunger) if she hasn't crafted in the last minute. If her hunger is below a certain threshold (50 hunger), her crafting speed will be twice as slow as other characters, but she no longer suffers the hunger cost.

Skill Tree

See also: Insight

Shelf 1

Skill	Prerequisites	Description	Notes
Hotlight	Available initially	Upgrade your Spotlights to give off heat.	Light from Spotlights placed by Winona with this skill will radiate 88 units for all players and Thermal Stones at light. This works during all seasons except summer. In summer it will cool the players and Thermal Stones down.
Spacious Spotlight	Available initially	Upgrade your Spotlights to illuminate a larger area.	The Spotlights will illuminate a larger and further area.
Portability	Available initially	Easily dismantle your machines, and learn how to build a Handy Remote to remotely control Catapults.	Winona with this skill can dismantle all Winona's structures (Winona's Catapult, Winona's Spotlight, Winona's Generator, Winona's G.E.M.erator and Teletransport Station) and place them wherever she wants. Also this skill allows Winona to craft Handy Remote, which can turn on Winona's Catapults. With this skill, Winona's structures turn into their item form. Be careful to place all your precrafted Winona structures before learning this skill, since all the material used for precrafting will be wasted. ×15
Quick Charge	Portability	Gadgets placed next to a Generator or G.E.M.erator recharge 100% faster.
Energy-Saver	Available initially	Generators and G.E.M.erators no longer consume energy while they're not in use. Machines connected to Generators won't consume energy while in sleep mode.	All gadgets from Winona with this skill will no longer consume energy while they're not in use.

Shelf 2

Learn 3 skills on the Shelf 1 to unlock.

Skill	Prerequisites	Description	Notes
Rapid-Fire I	Learn 3 skills on the Shelf 1 to unlock.	Tune-up your Catapults to increase their firing rate by 5%.	The Catapults placed by Winona with this skill will increase their firing rate by 5% (Level I), 10% (Level II) or 20% (Level III).
Rapid-Fire II	Rapid-Fire I	Tune-up your Catapults to increase their firing rate by 10%.
Rapid-Fire III	Rapid-Fire II	Tune-up your Catapults to increase their firing rate by 20%.
Explosive Volley I	Learn 3 skills on the Shelf 1 to unlock.	Modify your Catapults to deal damage to a 25% larger area.	The Catapults placed by Winona with this skill will deal damage to a 25% (Level I), 50% (Level II) or 100% (Level III) larger area.
Explosive Volley II	Explosive Volley I	Modify your Catapults to deal damage to a 50% larger area.
Explosive Volley III	Explosive Volley II	Modify your Catapults to deal damage to a 100% larger area.
Greater Generator I	Learn 3 skills on the Shelf 1 to unlock.	Boost the efficiency of Generators and G.E.M.erators by 25%.	Boost the efficiency (charge) of Generators and G.E.M.erators placed by Winona with this skill by 25% (Level I), 50% (Level II) or 100% (Level III).
Greater Generator II	Greater Generator I	Boost the efficiency of Generators and G.E.M.erators by 50%.
Greater Generator III	Greater Generator II	Boost the efficiency of Generators and G.E.M.erators by 100%.
Precise Targeting	Learn 3 skills on the Shelf 1 to unlock. Portability	All Catapults within range of your Handy Remote fire at your selected target.	With this skill, Winona can use Handy Remote to choose where to fire.
Barrage	Learn 3 skills on the Shelf 1 to unlock. Portability	All Catapults within range of your Handy Remote have an increased firing rate for a short period of time.	With this skill, Winona can use Handy Remote to make catapults fire 50% faster for 20 seconds.

Shelf 3

Learn 6 skills on the Shelf 2 to unlock.

Skill	Prerequisites	Description	Notes
Shadow Seeker I	Learn 6 skills on the Shelf 2 to unlock.	Build a device inspired by the Cryptic Founder's designs to track down hidden supply caches. Gain mastery over all technology found in Cacheboxes.	With this skill, Winona can craft and use Rose-Colored Glasses. ×12 Winona can wear Rose-Colored Glasses to "closely examine" a few objects and Dark Vestige will appear. The player can "closely examine" Dark Vestige to remove it. Charlie or shadow aligned structures: The player can get Nightmare Fuel. Edge of the land: an up to 3 tiles long Vine Bridge will appear.
Shadow Seeker II	Requires the Shadow Seeker I skill, and to not have Founder's Keepers II to unlock.	Become more adept at locating traces of shadow magic. The Queen will watch over you.	With this skill, Winona can use Rose-Colored Glasses to "closely examine" a few more objects and Dark Vestige will appear. The player can "closely examine" Dark Vestige to remove it. Charlie or shadow aligned structures: The player can get Pure Horror with 5% (25% from some other structures) chance instead of Nightmare Fuel. Worm Holes and Big Slimy Pits: The player can teleport to the Worm Hole or Big Slimy Pit that she selects. The Big Slimy Pit has to be killed first to use. Flowers: The player can turn a flower into a Fragile Rose that can be picked up. When the player die with Fragile Rose in inventory, the player will revive next to Florid Postern or next to a Night Light if it exists. With this skill, Winona will not get attacked by Darkness, but she will still lose Sanity over time.
Nightmare Generator	Learn 6 skills on the Shelf 2 to unlock.	Learn how to utilize Nightmare Fuel as a fuel source for Generators.	With this skill, Winona can use Nightmare Fuel to charge Winona's Generator.
Pure Horror Generator	Nightmare Generator	Learn how to utilize Pure Horror as a fuel source for Generators.	With this skill, Winona can use Pure Horror to charge Winona's Generator. The Catapults charged by Pure Horror will deal 30 physical damage and 17 planar damage. Also they will deal +10% damage to Lunar Aligned creatures.
Shadow Strike	Pure Horror Generator Portability	Use your Handy Remote to select a target for a shadow-infused Catapult attack.	With this skill, Winona can use Handy Remote to make Catapults cast Shadow Strike. The Shadow Strike will deal 0 physical damage and 120 planar damage. Also in place where Shadow Strike fall will appear some temporary patch of thorny vines that slows and deals damage to any creatures that are moving within it. Vines do not deal damage to friendly followers. The Shadow Strike will work only on catapults charged by Pure Horror.
Founder's Keepers I	Learn 6 skills on the Shelf 2 to unlock.	Build a device inspired by the Cryptic Founder's designs to track down hidden supply caches. Gain mastery over all technology found in Cacheboxes.	With this skill, Winona can craft Inspectacles and use it to find Cachebox. Inside a Cachebox, Winona can find Calibrated Perceiver and Doohickey, which are required to unlock and craft W.I.N.bot.
Founder's Keepers II	Requires the Founder's Keepers I skill, and to not have Shadow Seeker II to unlock.	Broaden the scope of your Inspectacles to locate higher-grade supply caches. Gain mastery over all technology found in Advanced Cacheboxes.	With this skill, Winona can find Advanced Cachebox instead of Cachebox when use Inspectacles with 25% chance. Advanced Cachebox will drop Unstable Transmission that can be scanned to unlock Portasol and Teletransport Station. This skill is also required to use these two items.
Enlightened G.E.M.erator	Learn 6 skills on the Shelf 2 to unlock.	Learn how to utilize Enlightened Shards as a fuel source for G.E.M.erators.	With this skill, Winona can use Enlightened Shard to charge Winona's G.E.M.erator. The Enlightened Shard will not be consumed, instead the G.E.M.erator may overload if it uses up charge too quickly. The more Enlightened Shard it contains, the more G.E.M.erator can withstand. If the G.E.M.erator is overloaded, it goes into a cooldown of 10 seconds. After it is recharged, Winona has to turn on all the Catapults for them to work again.
Brilliance G.E.M.erator	Enlightened G.E.M.erator	Learn how to utilize Pure Brilliance as a fuel source for G.E.M.erators.	With this skill, Winona can use Pure Brilliance to charge Winona's G.E.M.erator. The Catapults charged by Pure Brilliance will deal 30 physical damage and 17 planar damage. They will deal also +10% damage to Shadow Aligned creatures.
Enlightened Strike	Brilliance G.E.M.erator Portability	Use your Handy Remote to select a target for a lunar essence-infused Catapult attack.	Winona with this skill can use Handy Remote to make Catapults cast Enlightened Strike. The Enlightened Strike will deal 0 physical damage and 120 Planar Damage. It will also destroy the natural objects such as boulders or trees that can be worked on. The Enlightened Strike will work only when catapults are powered by G.E.M.erator with Pure Brilliances.

Tips

• Winona's perks make her an effective base-builder. Alongside her useful structures, she can create a safe haven for herself and other survivors that provides both a defendable base (Winona's Catapult) and a solution to surviving darkness (Winona's Spotlight).
• Winona makes good use of Nitre, which is otherwise limited to surviving Summer through Endothermic Fires, or creating Gunpowder.
• Winona will not feel hunger drains when standing still after crafting something. This is intended to stop punishing players who spend time navigating through the crafting menu.
• Since her hunger drain only applies to the first craft within the last minute, Winona should prioritize crafting large amounts of items whenever its needed.
• As the hunger drain from crafting stacks up quite quickly even for basic crafts (such as a Torch), extra food should always be prepared when exploring the map.
• Winona's increased crafting speed really shines when she is building complex structures or items that require refined resources (like an Alchemy Engine), as she can speed through creating materials.
  • Her increased crafting speed is also helpful when dodging or fleeing (e.g. being chased by a group of Spiders, Shadow Splumonkeys or Terrorbeaks). It's much easier to find the shorter time window to craft a new torch, weapon or armor when dodging or in pursuit.
• Utilizing her special ability to dodge a single hit from Charlie, she can be in the dark longer and can go insane quite quickly, if one wants to farm Nightmare Fuel from Shadow Creatures.
• As Winona starts with 3 Trusty Tapes in her inventory, space can be saved by crafting a few of her structures early-on if one has the resources.
• Using her Trusty Tape, she can effectively repair Clothing items where there are no Hounds. This makes her a useful asset when spelunking.
• Webber can easily supply Winona the Silk she needs to make her Trusty Tape, making its single use less of a problem.
• The Trusty Tape is especially useful for surviving tougher Seasons, as some clothing items used to delay Freezing/Overheating are not durable enough to survive an entire winter/summer season.
• Winona's favorite food is Spicy Vegetable Stinger, meaning that she gains 15 bonus when the food is consumed.
• The portability skill can be used to move structures if they were place wrong