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50 free Don't Starve trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Don't Starve drops a lone survivor into a hand-drawn wilderness with no tutorial and one instruction, the one in the title. Since 2013 the game has grown through paid expansions and a multiplayer follow-up, Don't Starve Together, and its cast of oddball survivors has picked up backstories, animated shorts and a devoted following. This quiz covers the whole of it: who the playable characters are and what sets each one apart, the creatures and seasonal bosses that end most runs, the crafting, cooking and dark magic that keep a camp alive, and the story of how the game came to be made. Wickerbottom fans get several questions on the librarian alone. It is written for players, from those who have just scraped through a first winter to those who know the lore by heart. The questions start gently and get harder, and every answer comes with a short explanation.
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Q 01Besides hunger and health, which third meter must every Don't Starve survivor keep topped up?
Sanity
Sanity drains at dusk and through the night, and once it runs low the shadowy figments a survivor imagines turn real enough to attack.
Q 02Which filmmaker's dark yet cartoonish style influenced the art of Don't Starve?
Tim Burton
Tim Burton was one of three named influences on the game's look, alongside the writers Edward Gorey and H.P. Lovecraft.
Q 03In Don't Starve, which unseen menace attacks any survivor caught in complete darkness?
Charlie
Charlie was pulled into the game's world alongside Maxwell, and she goes on to become the main antagonist of Don't Starve Together.
Q 04Which Canadian studio, also behind Mark of the Ninja and Oxygen Not Included, made Don't Starve?
Klei Entertainment
Klei Entertainment published Don't Starve itself, and co-founder Jamie Cheng said having no major publisher left the team free to try different approaches.
Q 05In Don't Starve, gloomy survivor Wendy can summon the ghost of her twin sister, who has which name?
Abigail
Abigail fights at Wendy's side, attacking whatever her sister attacks; she is at her weakest by day and her most powerful at night.
Q 06Woodie, the Canadian lumberjack of Don't Starve, carries a talking axe that goes by which name?
Lucy
Lucy never wears out, unlike nearly every other tool in the game, and she eggs Woodie on whenever he chops wood.
Q 07Which shaggy herd animal of the Don't Starve savanna can be shaved for wool while it sleeps?
Beefalo
Beefalo wool grows back three days after a shave, and blowing a horn taken from one makes up to five of the herd follow a survivor by day.
Q 08Which Don't Starve cooking station turns basic foods into dishes such as Meatballs and Honey Ham?
Crock Pot
Crock Pot recipes can even use up otherwise inedible fillers such as twigs, and the finished dish is worth more than its raw parts.
Q 09Which 2011 hit did Don't Starve's team name as a major influence, particularly its exploration?
Minecraft
Minecraft led a wave of games that drop players into a world with few instructions and a single goal, survival, and Don't Starve joined it.
Q 10Wes, the weak Don't Starve survivor whose one skill is making balloons, is what kind of performer?
A mime
A mime cannot talk, so Wes never warns the player about incoming enemy waves or other dangers the way the other survivors do.
Q 11Willow, the fire-obsessed survivor of Don't Starve, begins every game carrying which unique item?
A lighter
A lighter gives Willow a dependable light from her first night, and she takes no damage from fire, though she starts blazes herself when her nerves fray.
Q 12Wickerbottom, the Don't Starve librarian who writes her own books, is troubled by which condition?
Insomnia
Insomnia stops Wickerbottom from sleeping, yet in Don't Starve Together a Pan Flute can still knock her out, revealing that she dozes with her eyes open.
Q 13In Don't Starve, Wilson's one special ability is growing what, which slows freezing in winter?
A beard
A beard is Wilson's only perk: fully grown it keeps out the winter cold, but when summer comes the same whiskers make him overheat faster.
Q 21Wickerbottom's intellect lets her craft many Don't Starve items without building which station?
Science Machine
Science Machine recipes come free to Wickerbottom, but her learning has a price elsewhere: spoiled food hurts her more than it hurts other survivors.
Q 22Don't Starve survivors speak in instrument sounds, not words; which woodwind voices Wickerbottom?
Oboe
Oboe notes stand in for Wickerbottom's speech, just as a tuba plays for Wolfgang and a cello plays for Woodie.
Q 23Reading The End is Nigh!, one of Wickerbottom's books in Don't Starve, unleashes what around her?
Lightning strikes
Lightning strikes sixteen times in a row near the reader, and in the game's expansions any one of those bolts can hit Wickerbottom herself.
Q 14In Don't Starve, which monsters hunt the survivor down in recurring attacks, with bigger groups as the days pass?
Hounds
Hounds give themselves away first: distant growling grows louder before each attack, and the survivor remarks on the noise before the pack arrives.
Q 15Which seasonal boss of Don't Starve is active only in winter and can flatten a survivor's camp?
Deerclops
Deerclops drops a single huge eyeball when it dies, one that never spoils, and survivors can craft it into the Eyebrella.
Q 16In Don't Starve, what does the Pig King hand over when a survivor offers him gifts during the day?
Gold nuggets
Gold nuggets are what the Pig King pays in, and he deals solely by day; at night he falls asleep and cannot be traded with.
Q 17Chester, the walking storage chest of Don't Starve, follows whichever survivor carries which item?
Eye Bone
Eye Bone in a survivor's pack means Chester tags along with up to nine stacks of items; his full name is Otto von Chesterfield, Esquire.
Q 18What is the name of the bleak parallel world where the survivors of Don't Starve are trapped?
The Constant
The Constant resembles the real world at first glance, but it teems with monsters, and shadow creatures take shape there whenever a survivor feels afraid.
Q 19Woodie, the lumberjack of Don't Starve, is cursed to become which animal when the full moon rises?
A beaver
A beaver is the shape Woodie's curse takes: as the Werebeaver he cannot use anything in his inventory, but he gains night vision for working in the dark.
Q 20WX-78, the robot survivor of Don't Starve, raises their maximum health and hunger by consuming what?
Gears
Gears lift WX-78's top stats for only one lifetime: the upgrades reset when the robot dies, and the corpse gives back just a portion of the parts.
Q 24In Don't Starve, Maxwell's book, the Codex Umbra, costs him health to summon which helpers?
Clones of himself
Clones of himself, known as shadow puppets, fight, mine and chop wood for Maxwell; only three can exist at once, and each fades after two and a half days.
Q 25Before ruling the world of Don't Starve, Maxwell was a penniless Londoner dreaming of fame as what?
A magician
A magician was all he hoped to be until a book of genuine dark magic came into his hands and turned a meek stage performer into a master of shadows.
Q 26Finding Maxwell's Door in the sandbox world of Don't Starve opens which five-chapter campaign?
Adventure Mode
Adventure Mode strips a survivor of every item and recipe on the way in, and only four items can be carried from one chapter into the next.
Q 27Which thief breaks open chests in Don't Starve when a survivor kills too many innocent creatures?
Krampus
Krampus carries a sack that he drops only very rarely when killed, and the game gives the creature its own plural: Krampii.
Q 28In Don't Starve Together, Willow's protector Bernie grows huge when she panics; what is Bernie?
A stuffed bear
A stuffed bear that only Willow can craft, Bernie swells into a 2,000-health brawler that taunts nearby enemies once her mind starts to slip.
Q 29Which expansion, the first paid add-on for Don't Starve, introduced survivors Wigfrid and Webber?
Reign of Giants
Reign of Giants was trailed by three cryptic teasers, each named after a season of the year, before its full release in 2014.
Q 30Don't Starve's Wolfgang, who starves faster than other survivors, has which circus job?
Strongman
Strongman Wolfgang grows mightier as his stomach fills, so a well-fed Wolfgang has both more health and a harder punch.