The Gorge

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The Gorge
Dates	2018: June 14 - July 17
Developer	Klei Entertainment

The Gorge was an Event exclusive to Don't Starve Together, the second in a series of planned Events by Klei. It followed after the first event, The Forge. The Gorge was a 3-person challenge involving cooking, farming, and gathering ingredients.

A beta of the event started on June 12, 2018, and ran until the official event went live on June 14, 2018. On July 6, 2018, The Gorge Tournament was announced which offered prizes including exclusive Portrait Frames and Profile Icons. After the event ended on July 17, 2018, Klei Entertainment published several official statistics.

See also: The Gorge Recipes

Official Description

After barely escaping through the Molten Gateway, our survivors plummet headfirst into the ruins of a sickly city ruled by a ravenous beast. Work together to cook fine dishes and placate the Eternal Gnaw's hunger to avoid the curse of its terrible plague. Cook well enough, and you may even get to go home.

Game Mode Description:
Cook delicious dishes to appease the Eternal Gnaw in this Gate Realm.
* Enter the world through the Mossy Gateway.
* No nighttime.
* Use what you can find to cook offerings for the altar!

Content

• Mobs
  • Mumsy
  • Billy
  • Sammy
  • Pipton
  • Swamp Pig
  • Swamp Pig Elder
  • Pebble Crab
  • Pigeon
  • Old Beefalo
• Structures
  • The Altar of Gnaw
  • Mealing Stone
  • Salt Pond
  • Safe
  • Post
  • Queen Beast Statue
  • Beast of Hunger Statue
  • Iron Fence
  • Streetlight
  • Wrecked Bicycle
  • Broken Carriage
  • Dilapidated Roof
  • Dilapidated House
  • Dilapidated Chimney
  • Dilapidated Clocktower
  • Dilapidated Cathedral
  • Smashed Clock
  • House Rubble
  • Worn Pig House
  • Urn
  • Gnaw Worshipper Statue
• Plants
  • Sugarwood Tree
  • Spotty Shrub
  • Mushrooms
• Items
  • 69 Cooking Recipes (70 including Syrup)
  • Seed Packet (all the following seed types plus Mixed Seeds)
    • Blue Seeds
    • Fluffy Seeds
    • Oblong Seeds
    • Pointy Seeds
    • Round Seeds
    • Spiky Seeds
    • Seed Pods
  • Raw and Roast Garlic
  • Raw and Roast Onions
  • Raw and Roast Potatoes
  • Raw and Roast Toma Roots
  • Raw and Roast Turnips
  • Wheat
  • Flour
  • Sap and Ruined Sap
  • Syrup
  • Salt Crystals
  • Salt
  • Spotty Sprig
  • Spot Spice
  • Raw and Cooked Mushrooms
  • Raw and Cooked Salmon
  • Raw and Cooked Crab Meat
  • Raw and Cooked Meat Scraps
  • Goat Milk
  • Old Coin
  • Sapphire Medallion
  • Red Mark
  • Gnaw's Favor
  • Hoe
  • Syrup Pot
  • Tree Tapping Kit
  • Cookpot Kit
    • Pot Hanger
    • Cookpot and Large Cookpot
  • Oven Kit
    • Oven
    • Small Casserole Dish and Large Casserole Dish
  • Grill Kit
    • Small Grill
  • Large Grill Kit
    • Large Grill
  • Crab Trap
  • Bird Trap
  • Rabbit Trap
  • Iron Key
  • Silver Plate
  • Silver Bowl
  • Fishing rod
  • Slaughter Tools

Mechanics

Setting Up

Players could join other players either via Quick Match (which dropped them into the best server the matchmaker could find) or by manually browsing available servers. Alternatively, a player could request a custom server via Custom Match, allowing them to set the server's name, description, password and whether or not it was associated with a Steam Group. All Gorge matches took place on specially dedicated servers, and as such, players could host their own Gorge servers.

It was not necessary to have a full set of three players to start a match, though it was recommended to do so. A round would begin either when all three player slots were filled up, or when all players in an incomplete party voted to begin without the full three.

Gameplay

Characters have no Health, Hunger or Sanity, and only five inventory slots (four normal ones and a Hand slot). Characters spawn at the Mossy Gateway. The game is governed by the Gnaw's Hangry Meter, which depletes over time. The players have to snackrifice dishes on the Altar of Gnaw, which grant the players rewards in coins. Coins can be used to buy more cookware kits and other supplies. More valuable coins can get the players better supplies and more points. The following are the types of coins and their point value:

• Old Coin: 1 = 1 point.
• Sapphire Medallion: 1 = 28 points, 2 = 84 points.
• Red Mark: 1 = 98 points, 2 = 294 points.
• Gnaw's Favor: 1 = 343 points.
  

These points are used to calculate the total Appeasement Points at the end of the match. Appeasement Points are calculated by adding all the snackrifice points, multiplying that by 1000, then dividing the product by the total number of seconds.

The amount and types of coins earned from a snackrifice varies depending on the following factors:

• Type of dish: Dishes that are made with more valuable ingredients give better rewards.
• Type of craving: Snackrificing a dish that matches the craving will give optimal rewards.
• Freshness: All dishes will lose freshness over time. The fresher they are, the better the rewards.
• Type of plating: There are Silver Bowls and Plates which can be bought from Mumsy for two Sapphire Medallions. They can also be found in Safes, which need to be unlocked with Keys bought from the Swamp Pig Elder for three Salts. Silver plating greatly improves the coinage earned.

The first craving is always a Snack. After the first dish is snackrificed, the Gnaw will have a different craving to be fulfilled, as told by Mumsy. This goes on until the player party earns at least three Gnaw's Favors, which can be used to obtain the Ancient Key from Mumsy. To win the game, the player party must put the Ancient Key in the Altar of Gnaw before the meter fully runs out.

Character Specialties

This lists the special abilities of all The Gorge characters.

Character		Perks	Expertise	Starting Items
	Wilson	Improves nearby Cookpot efficiency. Inspects food to determine if it matches the Gnaw's craving.	Cooking
	Willow	Logs burn longer on the fire.	Cooking
	Wolfgang	Improves nearby Oven efficiency.	Cooking
	Wendy	Improves nearby Grill efficiency.	Cooking
	WX-78	Enhanced robotic runspeed.	Gathering
	Wickerbottom	Has just the book for the occasion. Inspects food to determine if it matches the Gnaw's craving.	Farming	x2
	Woodie	Chops wood more quickly.	Gathering
	Wes	Expert haggler.	Shopping
	Maxwell	Summons a Shadow Logger.	Gathering
	Wigfrid	Harvests an extra meat when slaughtering Beefalo.	Gathering
	Webber	Sows seeds and harvests plants much more quickly.	Farming
	Winona	Performs most actions slightly faster.	Farming

Accomplishments

Gorge Mastery		Requirement	XP
	Never Satisfied	Escape without satisfying any cravings	30,000
	Tree Hugger	Escape without harvesting any logs	20,000
	Killing Spree	Escape with all cooked meals having one or more meat ingredients (Meat Scraps, Salmon, Meat, or Crab Meat)	20,000
	Meaty Neglect	Escape without any meals cooked with meat ingredients (Meat Scraps, Salmon, Meat, or Crab Meat)	20,000
	Three Many Cooks	Play a 3-player match where everyone has a turn to cook and complete at least two meals	5,000
	Snack of All Trades	Cook and complete at least one meal using a Large Grill, a Large Cookpot, and a Large Casserole Dish, respectively	5,000
	Marked For Red	Find or earn 3 or more Red Marks in one match	5,000
	Gather 'Round the Sapphire	Find or earn 3 or more Sapphire Medallions in one match	1,000

Victory		Requirement	XP
	Escape!	Activate the Ancient Gateway and escape the Gorge	10,000
	No Silver Linings	Escape the Gorge without offering any silver plated meals to the Gnaw	30,000
	Sodi-yum	Escape the Gorge without offering the Gnaw any salted meals	20,000
	Taste Maker	Escape the Gorge without failing to fulfill any cravings	20,000
	No Repeater Eater	Escape the Gorge without offering any duplicate meals	20,000
	Cooked to Perfection	Escape the Gorge without having burned or ruined any meals	10,000
	Zero-Wait Stall	Escape the Gorge by offering 7 meals or less	30,000
	Quick Lunch	Escape the Gorge by offering 10 meals or less	20,000
	Flavorville	Escape the Gorge having fulfilled 18 or more of the Gnaw's cravings	30,000
	Gnaw's Gnosh	Escape the Gorge having fulfilled 15 or more of the Gnaw's cravings	20,000

Offerings		Requirement	XP
	Fast Food	Sacrifice something the Gnaw is craving 3 times in 3 minutes	10,000
	Favored	Earn the Gnaw's Favor	5,000
	Marked	Find or earn a Red Mark	1,000
	Gnaw In The Sky With Sapphires	Find or earn a Sapphire Medallion	500
	Spoiled Wyrm	Sacrifice something the Gnaw is craving at least 9 times in one match	5,000
	Eternal Cravings	Sacrifice something the Gnaw is craving at least 6 times in one match	1,000
	Cheat Day	Sacrifice something the Gnaw is craving at least 3 times in one match	500

Cooking		Requirement	XP
	Master Chef	Discover all possible recipes.	30,000
	It's Not Raw	Cook at least 6 meals from start to finish in a single match, without burning any of them	1,000
	Great Victorian Cook Off	Cook a meal	500
	Big Meal	Cook and complete at least one meal using a Large Grill, Large Pot or Large Casserole Dish	500
	Bake Boss	Cook and complete at least one meal using an oven, a pot, and a grill, respectively	500
	The Silver Gullet	Increase the value of a dish by plating it in a silver plate or bowl	500

Farming		Requirement	XP
	Reap What You Sow	Sow at least 30 seeds in a single match	1000
	Premium Plant Food	Fertilize at least 20 crops in a single match	500
	Dawn Till Dusk	Till at least 50 farm plots in a single match	500
	Sowing Machine	Sow one or more of each type of seed	500

Resource Collection		Requirement	XP
	The Landed Land Crab	Catch a Pebble Crab	1,000
	Chopped	Chop and gather 80 logs or more in a single match	500
	Finders, Keepers	Unlock at least one safe	500
	Extra Sappy	Gather sap from Sugarwood trees 9 times or more in a single match	500
	The Spice of Strife	Grind 5 teaspoons of spice in a single match	500

The Gorge Tournament

The Gorge Tournament began on July 10, 2018, and ran until July 17, 2018. To enter, players had to play a regular match and earn the following four badges:

• Victory
• No Failed Offerings
• No Repeat Meals
• No Duplicate Survivors

Earning other badges would not effect the entry. Getting these four badges granted the player a Tournament Entry badge. Their score would be added to the leaderboard, which was viewable on the Gorge Recipe Book page under the Tournament section. Players could enter multiple times to improve their score.

The prizes given out for each tier are the following:

• The Gold prizes for the top 1-3 player team included a Golden Icon of Gnaw and a Golden Cornucopia Portrait as well as a Survivors and Belongings Chest.
• The Silver prizes for the top 5 teams of 1-3 players included a Sterling Icon of Gnaw and a Sterling Cornucopia Portrait as well as the Belongings Chest.
• The Bronze prizes for the top 100 teams included a Burnished Icon of Gnaw and a Burnished Cornucopia Portrait as well as 25 Gnaw's Chests.
• All other players who participated but did not rank received an Icon of Gnaw.

Tips

• There is a patch of pre-grown Potatoes by the Swamp Pig Village, yielding 4 Potatoes and 2 Rot. Harvesting them will allow the team to get a head start on making food, especially since 3 potatoes makes a meal that counts as a snack at any cooking station: Potato Pancakes on the Grill, Potato Soup in the Cooking Pot, and Potato Chips in the Oven.
• Dishes that give Gnaw's Favors and the equipment used to make them (as well as other dishes that produce the currency needed to buy that equipment, earlier on) should be prioritized.
• It is possible to access seeds for Garlic and Toma Root without buying the Iron Key (and access to Pipton) by buying the Packet of Mixed Seeds.
• Since most picked food items rot quickly it is not recommended to harvest all Berries or Foliage until they are needed. This also applies to fully formed plant crops as most will eventually rot/wither away. However, even if picked just before the plant crops rot they will give the vegetable at full durability.
• One of the easiest dishes to make is Stone Soup, requiring only 1 Rock, 1 Berry and 1 Foliage. It grants 10 Old Coins if given as a Snack. It can also be used for a Soup craving for slightly less coins.

Trivia

• The Gorge, through its associated Skins, was first made known to players through an accidental leak on May 23, 2018, where the event was called the Quagmire.
  • At that time, the world in The Gorge called the "Elder Bog", this name was removed when the event was officially launched.
• The event is associated with the Culinarian and Victorian Skin sets.
• On June 14, 2018, Klei posted a link to a Recipe Book that contains all recipes that have been discovered so far.
• The Gorge was originally planned to end on July 9, 2018, but was extended to July 16, 2018. This change was announced on July 6, 2018. On the same day, the game was updated to include the Gorge Mastery accomplishments.
• Klei merchandise was originally also planned as prizes for the Gorge Tournament, but this was dropped due to legal complications.
• Players were able to die by placing Logs near a Campfire next to the Swamp Pig Elder and taking a fatal amount of fire damage. However, they could be revived by other players much like in The Forge. If all players are dead or are not resurrected, they would remain deceased until mermification, where the players would be revived just to be turned into merms. This mechanic was removed in a later update.
• The concept of Snackrificing was introduced in the Shipwrecked DLC for Don't Starve, in which players could offer items to the Volcano Altar of Snackrifice to control the frequency of volcanic eruptions.
• There are many references in the achievement names:
  • "Chopped", "Master Chef", and "Bake Boss" may be references to cooking game shows Chopped, MasterChef, and Cake Boss respectively.
  • "It's Not Raw" may be referring to a meme involving celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay criticizing the poor cooking skills of contestants on the game show Hell's Kitchen, yelling "It's raw!"
  • "Gnaw In The Sky With Sapphires" is a reference to the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
  • "Gather 'Round the Sapphire" may be a reference to the "Campfire Song Song" from Spongebob Squarepants.
  • "Three Many Cooks" might be a reference to the short Too Many Cooks, or simply the proverb "Too many cooks spoil the broth".
  • A "Tree Hugger" is a slang term referring to environmentalists.
  • "Snack of All Trades" is a play on "jack of all trades".
  • "No Silver Linings" is referring to the proverbial "silver lining", which is something that is positive that came from a bad situation.
  • "Reap What You Sow" is an idiom that means that the current situation is a result of one's own actions.
  • "Sowing Machine" is a play on sewing machine.
  • "The Spice of Strife" is a play on the saying "variety is the spice of life".
• Wendy's ability to be able to use grills more efficiently may be a reference to the Wendy's restaurant chain.
• Despite the fact that Warly, Wurt, Wormwood, Wortox, and Walter were added to the game after this event, they have quotes for some things from the event.
  • So in this way, during the defeat in the event, Wurt says "We win! No? Glurp...". This is due to the fact that she's already a Merm.
  • While exploring the portal in the world of The Gorge, Wortox will say "A way out or in, depending who you are."
  • When defeated, Walter says "Oh well, we can just try again right? Right..." which most likely breaks the fourth wall.

Gallery

• Don't Starve Together Event The Gorge

  Announcement Trailer.

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  A promo for the Gorge in Rhymes with Play #184.

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  A promotional image for Rhymes with Play #187.

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  The game image for Don't Starve Together on Steam during the Gorge event.

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  An image for the Gorge event extension and tournament announcement, posted by Klei Entertainment on July 6, 2018.

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  A still of The Gorge announcement trailer.

Concept Art

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Structures

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  Ivy

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  Beast of Hunger

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  Beast of Hunger

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  Broken Carriage

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  Dilapidated Cathedral

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  Dilapidated Chimney

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  Dilapidated Chimney

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  Dilapidated Clocktower

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  Dilapidated House

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  Dilapidated Roof

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  Gnaw Worshipper

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  Gnaw Worshipper

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  Worn Pig House

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  House Rubble

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  Mealing Stone

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  Park Fountain

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  Post

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  Queen Beast

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  Stone Pillar

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  Safe

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  Streetlight

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  Small Streetlight

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  Smashed Clock

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  Urn

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  Wrecked Bicycle

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  Dilapidated Door

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  Oven

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  Small Grill

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  Large Grill

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  Pot Hanger

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  Firepit

Unimplemented Features

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  quagmire gate

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  quagmire silver

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  quagmire drawer

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  quagmire drawer

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  quagmire tentacle root

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  quagmire tentacle root

Sounds

The Gorge theme that plays on the main menu.
The Gorge theme during gameplay.
Music that plays when the Hangry Meter is low.