Drying Rack/DST

Don't Starve

DST

“I should dry some meats.”

–Wilson

“I want to hang some meat!”

–Willow

“I can dry meat!”

–Wolfgang

“I can hang meat here.”

–Wendy

“I SHOULD HANG EXPIRED MEATSACKS HERE”

–WX-78

“Meats can be dehydrated.”

–Wickerbottom

“It's set up... just add meat.”

–Woodie

“It can dry meats so that they last longer.”

–Maxwell

“Not the most sophisticated tool but it will do.”

–Wagstaff

“Ah! A dangly rack för my meats”

–Wigfrid

“It's not doing us much good empty!”

–Webber

“This rack could use some meat.”

–Walani

“Just like the chefs of the stone age!”

–Warly

“Hangin' spot fer me meats.”

–Woodlegs

“'TIS FOR THE DRYING OF YON MEATS”

–Wilba

“Takes out wet”

–Wormwood

“Dried food is all I ever eat on long balloon trips.”

–Wheeler

“A rack for drying meat.”

–Winona

“I don't have much use for this.”

–Wortox

“Scale-less use this for making yucky foods.”

–Wurt

“We should make some jerky!”

–Walter

“A horribly time consuming way to make meat last longer.”

–Wanda

“Certain items can be put on the rack and begin drying. After drying for some time, the item will turn into a dried version of itself.”

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The Drying Rack is a craftable Structure found in the Cooking Filter or Structures Filter. It requires 3 Twigs, 2 Charcoal, and 3 Rope to craft and a Science Machine to prototype.

The Drying Rack can dry most Meats and most Fish into Jerky, Small Jerky, or Monster Jerky. Kelp Fronds can be dried on the Drying Rack to obtain Dried Kelp Fronds. Dried food items take significantly longer to spoil and often provide better Health and Sanity compared to raw food used in the rack or their cooked versions.

Unlike the results of Cooking, the dried food created will always be completely fresh. This means a spoiled Morsel can be dried to get a completely fresh piece of Small Jerky. Dried food left on the Drying Rack will spoil over time. Rain will prevent any items on the Drying Rack from drying, making it less effective in Spring.

Meat	Dried	Time required
		2 days
		1 day
		1 day
		2 days
		1 day
		0.25 days

Hermit Drying Rack

“Those look like they could use some meat.”

–Wilson

“Maybe I'll leave some meat here before I leave...”

–Willow

“Is sad and meat-less.”

–Wolfgang

“One can't survive long without food...”

–Wendy

“AS IF I WOULD HELP THAT OLD MEATSACK...”

–WX-78

“It seems our chitinous friend could use some assistance.”

–Wickerbottom

“Whatcha think, Lucy? Do we have some meat to spare?”

–Woodie

“Perhaps if she were fed, she'd be less ill-tempered.”

–Maxwell

“I'd be cantankeröus töö if I were left withöut meat!”

–Wigfrid

“Maybe we could share some meat?”

–Webber

“It looks so bare... perhaps I could put some meat on it.”

–Warly

“Need food?”

–Wormwood

“Maybe I should give the old lady a hand.”

–Winona

“Her hooks are bare, but should I care?”

–Wortox

“These belong to crabby lady, florp.”

–Wurt

“Those are some pretty swell looking drying racks.”

–Walter

“Maybe I could help the poor old thing, if I have a spare minute or two...”

–Wanda

The Hermit Drying Rack is a naturally spawning object exclusive to Don't Starve Together, introduced in Return of Them. Six of them can be found on the Hermit Island.

The Hermit Drying Rack works just like a drying rack, except that it cannot be destroyed or burned.

Skins

Main article: Belongings

• The Woven - Elegant Butcher's Rack skin was introduced during the official Year of the Carrat event in 2020.
• The Woven - Elegant Victorian Meat Rack skin was introduced during the official Year of the Beefalo event in 2021.

Woven - Elegant

Yeara of the Carrat Collection

Butcher's Rack

A very normal piece of food prep equipment that isn't disconcerting at all.

See ingame

Woven - Elegant

Musclebound Collection

Hanging Bar

An exercise bar is the perfect thing for toughening up your food.

Woven - Elegant

Victorian Collection

Victorian Meat Rack

A distinguished display for fine dried meats.

Woven - Elegant

Ancient Collection

Archaic Meat Rack

Archaeologists speculate that the meat found on this drying rack was way past the expiration date.

Tips

• Drying Racks are very useful for storing Meats. Jerky and Small Jerky take 20 days to completely spoil, while Meat and Morsel will spoil in 6 days, and cooked Meat/Morsel will spoil in 10 days. Storing any kind of jerky in the Ice Box will give 40 days before they spoil, allowing the player to focus on concerns other than gathering fresh food.
• It is a good idea to build some racks early on (i.e. before the first Winter). The player may then store meat on the Drying Racks ready for the Winter, which will easily last throughout Winter once picked. Additionally, the Jerky versions provide improved stats over regular and cooked Meats.
• Drying a Fish, Frog Legs, or Drumstick will turn them into Small Jerky, which prevents it from being used as a specific ingredient for certain Crock Pot meals, such as Fish Sticks (which needs fish) or Froggle Bunwich (which needs frog legs).
• All the meat listed above can still be dried during winter. This is a very useful method for restoring health and sanity.

Trivia

• Even though the Koalefant Trunk counts as meat, it cannot be hung on the Drying Rack.
• The Hermit Drying Rack was introduced to Don't Starve Together in the She Sells Sea Shells update.

Gallery

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  A Drying Rack with Meat on it.
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  A Drying Rack with a morsel on it.
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  Several meats on Drying Racks.
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  A burnt Drying Rack from the Reign of Giants DLC.
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  A Drying Rack with a Jellyfish on it from the Shipwrecked DLC.
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  Unused pig skin in drying rack
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  Unused dried pig skin in drying rack
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  Drying Rack Hermit Burnt

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