Winter's Feast

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For the non-event, seasonal mechanic posterior to Autumn, see Winter.

“Happy 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, 2019^[1]	January 23, 2020^[2]
2020	December 3, 2020^[3]	January 6, 2021
2021	December 16, 2021	January 27, 2022
2022	December 8, 2022	January 19, 2023
2023	December 15, 2023	February 8, 2024
2024	December 19, 2024^[4]	January 23 , 2025

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.

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.

Exclusive Features

Mobs

Structures

Items

Craftable Things

Winter Foods

Ornaments

Winter's Feast Cooking Food

Gameplay

Winter's Feast Cooking Filter

Boss Changes

During the Winter's Feast there are some changes to Bosses.

Klaus

During Winter's Feast, Loot Stash will appear all year around instead of only Winter, and its loots are also changed. Loot Stash and Klaus both have slightly different appearances, but the fight of Klaus does not get any changes.

Deerclops

Deerclops also gains a unique skin and its Winter's Feast form emits light. Unlike other bosses, Deerclops gains a new laser attack and makes the fight harder than its normal version.

Boss skins

Bearger, Moose/Goose, Moslings, and Dragonfly all gain special skins for the duration of Winter's Feast, but their behaviors do not change.

Deerclops from Winter's Feast scaled with Wilson.
Moose/Goose from Winter's Feast scaled with Wilson.
Bearger from Winter's Feast scaled with Wilson.
Dragonfly from Winter's Feast scaled with Wilson.
Enraged Dragonfly from Winter's Feast scaled with Wilson.

Winter's Feast Surprise

A Winter's Feast Tree with several Gifts can be found randomly in the world. When a player attempts to pick these Gifts up, the disguise is broken. The Winter's Feast Tree transforms into a Treeguard, while multiple Hounds burst out from the Gifts to attack nearby players.

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.

A loading screen exclusive to the event in 2016, 2021, and 2022.
A loading screen exclusive to the event in 2016, 2021, and 2022.
A loading screen exclusive to the event in 2017.
A loading screen exclusive to the event in 2017.
A loading screen exclusive to the event in 2017.
A loading screen exclusive to the event in 2017.
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.

Cultural References

In 2023 Klei Developers mades some Don't Starve holiday cards. All of them was based on old victorian cards. Wierd Snowman, Rat on Lobster, Who's afraid?, Radishman.

Gallery

The Starver's Carol, a promotional image released for Winter's Feast.
The Winter's Feast 2017 poster.
A fully grown and decorated Winter's Feast Tree.
To decorate a Winter's Feast Tree, one has to access its inventory.
Several gifts of different sizes placed around a Fire Pit.
Winter Food used to decorate a Winter's Feast Tree.
A promotional image of the 2017 event posted by Klei on December 19, 2017.
A chest that contains all of 2017's Winter's Feast Snowfallen skins.
The game's main menu during the Winter's Feast 2017 event.
The game image for Don't Starve Together on Steam during the 2017 Winter's Feast event.
The comic posted for Winter's Feast in 2018.
A promotional image for the 2019 event.
A Gingerbread Pig village from the Hook, Line, and Inker update trailer.
A Gingerbread Varg attacking Gingerbread Pigs from the Hook, Line, and Inker update trailer.
A promotional animation announcing the release of the Winter's Feast event and the Hook, Line, and Inker update.
Winter's Feast 2020 Promo.
A promotional image for the 2021 event.
Old Feast Tab Icon.
Concept art for Hook, Line and Inker update trailer.
Gingerbread Pigs maked by Klei ^[5]
Historically Accurate Don't Starve Themed Card "Snowman" by Klei Developers ^[6]
Historically Accurate Don't Starve Themed Card "WobsterRat" by Klei Developers
Historically Accurate Don't Starve Themed Card "Afraid" by Klei Developers
Historically Accurate Don't Starve Themed Cards"RadishWorm" by Klei Developers
Winter's Feast 2019 Main Menu
Winter's Feast 2024 Main Menu