Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Welcome to Part 1 of my Beginner's Guide Series coverage of the Ancient Ruins in Don't Starve - Reign of Giants! In this video I go over the Nightmare Cycle, and the Wilds, Village, Military, and Sacred biomes, including the various monsters and resources you'll find in each biome.
CONTENTS:
00:00 Introduction
00:51 The Nightmare Cycle
01:35 Calm Phase
01:48 Warning Phase
02:21 Nightmare Phase
03:32 Dawn Phase
03:59 The Wilds Biome
04:47 Slurpers
05:47 Cave Ponds and Eels
06:41 Setting up a Ruins Base
07:18 The Village Biome
07:43 Thulecite Walls and Ancient Relics
08:04 Cave Bananas
08:29 Fun with Splumonkeys
09:20 Even MORE fun with Shadow Splumonkeys
10:18 Dangling Depth Dwellers
10:44 Military and Sacred Biomes - General Features
11:44 Broken Clockworks
12:24 Damaged Clockworks
12:45 Ancient Pseudoscience Stations
13:30 Ancient Statues and Rare Gems
Still have questions? Hop into my Discord and ask away!
discord.gg/SYckgTBzHW
And be sure to check my community page for my weekly livestream schedule.
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Game footage is from Don't Starve - Reign of Giants, and Don't Starve Together, the delightful action-adventure sandbox survival games by slightly less indie than they used to be developer Klei Entertainment. Interested in trying it out? Visit these links to learn more and/or purchase!
klei.com/games
store.steampowered.com/app/219740/Dont_Starve
store.steampowered.com/app/322330/Dont_Starve_Together
Music is from the Don't Starve Soundtrack, and was arranged and composed by Vince de Vera, Jason Garner, and/or Emmett Hall. Tracks featured in this video are "Main", "Work for the Ruins", and my own version of Spring Cleaning that I arranged as "Waltz of the Fallen Sister". Game footage, graphical assets, soundtrack, and sound effects used consistent with Klei Entertainment's "Player Creation Guidelines" as stated on their website:
support.klei.com/hc/en-us/articles/360029880791-Player-Creation-Guidelines
Nothing in this video is sponsored by Klei Entertainment, and the commentary and information in this video do not represent the opinions or positions of any other entity whatsoever. And yes, I changed the sub-title of the video for the Thumbnail. Sorry for any confusion.
Welcome to Part 1 of my Beginner's Guide Series coverage of the Ancient Ruins in Don't Starve - Reign of Giants! In this video I go over the Nightmare Cycle, and the Wilds, Village, Military, and Sacred biomes, including the various monsters and resources you'll find in each biome.
CONTENTS:
00:00 Introduction
00:51 The Nightmare Cycle
01:35 Calm Phase
01:48 Warning Phase
02:21 Nightmare Phase
03:32 Dawn Phase
03:59 The Wilds Biome
04:47 Slurpers
05:47 Cave Ponds and Eels
06:41 Setting up a Ruins Base
07:18 The Village Biome
07:43 Thulecite Walls and Ancient Relics
08:04 Cave Bananas
08:29 Fun with Splumonkeys
09:20 Even MORE fun with Shadow Splumonkeys
10:18 Dangling Depth Dwellers
10:44 Military and Sacred Biomes - General Features
11:44 Broken Clockworks
12:24 Damaged Clockworks
12:45 Ancient Pseudoscience Stations
13:30 Ancient Statues and Rare Gems
Still have questions? Hop into my Discord and ask away!
discord.gg/SYckgTBzHW
And be sure to check my community page for my weekly livestream schedule.
* * * * * * * * * *
Game footage is from Don't Starve - Reign of Giants, and Don't Starve Together, the delightful action-adventure sandbox survival games by slightly less indie than they used to be developer Klei Entertainment. Interested in trying it out? Visit these links to learn more and/or purchase!
klei.com/games
store.steampowered.com/app/219740/Dont_Starve
store.steampowered.com/app/322330/Dont_Starve_Together
Music is from the Don't Starve Soundtrack, and was arranged and composed by Vince de Vera, Jason Garner, and/or Emmett Hall. Tracks featured in this video are "Main", "Work for the Ruins", and my own version of Spring Cleaning that I arranged as "Waltz of the Fallen Sister". Game footage, graphical assets, soundtrack, and sound effects used consistent with Klei Entertainment's "Player Creation Guidelines" as stated on their website:
support.klei.com/hc/en-us/articles/360029880791-Player-Creation-Guidelines
Nothing in this video is sponsored by Klei Entertainment, and the commentary and information in this video do not represent the opinions or positions of any other entity whatsoever. And yes, I changed the sub-title of the video for the Thumbnail. Sorry for any confusion.
