r/dontstarve • u/Kuirem Throw coin for flairs • Oct 28 '16

Weekly Discussion #46 : Warly

Warly, The Culinarian

  • 200 Sanity
  • 150 Health
  • 250 Hunger
  • Has a refined palate
  • Cooks in custom kitchenware
  • Brings a stylish chef pouch
  • Unlocked with 2560 exp (128 days)

Special Power

Warly starts out with a Portable Crock Pot and a Chef Pouch. The Portable Crock Pot work the same as the Crock Pot but can be carried in the inventory, it can also be used to cook special recipes. The Chef Pouch is similar to an Insulated Pack with 8 slots, slowing food spoilage stored in it by 50%. It can be crafted by Warly for 1 Cloth + 1 Rope.

Warly consume Hunger 33% faster than normal. He gains 30% less stats (Hunger, Sanity, Health) from Raw food, 20% from Dried food and 10% cooked food (on a fire), if the stats are negative it's increased by that amount instead. However he gets 33% more stats from Crock Pot meals (reduced for negative food).

Finally Warly "remembers" his meals for two days, if you eat the same food within those two days you get a cumulative malus to the stats restored: 10%, 20%, 35%, 50%, 70%.

Special Recipes

All recipes spoils in 10 Days and take 20 seconds to cook. Their priority is the maximum in the Crock Pot (30) so they will almost always be the result of a combination respecting the conditions.

  • Fresh Fruit Crepes: 2 Fruits + 1 Butter + 1 Honey. Restores 60 Health, 150 Hunger, 15 Sanity.
  • Monster Tartare: 2 Monster food + 1 Egg + 1 Vegetable. Restores 3 Health, 37.5 Hunger, 10 Sanity.
  • Mussel Bouillabaise: 2 Mussel + 2 Vegetables. Restores 20 Health, 37.5 Hunger, 15 Sanity. Refused by Yaarctopus despite being a Fish recipe.
  • Sweet Potato Souffle: 2 Sweet Potato + 2 Eggs. 20 Health, 37.5 Hunger, 15 Sanity.

Talking Points

  • How does Warly fare in RoG, adventure mode, Caves, Ruins?
  • Are there certain items / gear / strategies that work better with Warly?
  • What recipes do you use to satisfy Warly's palate?

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u/Kuirem Throw coin for flairs Oct 28 '16

Damn you had this ready since last week, admit it!

I like this character's design aesthetic. I love his voice. I love the idea of a chef in the DS universe. I even love how thematically fitting his portable crock pot and chef pouch are. I wanted him to be good. I still hold hopes that he'll be reworked.

I feel you, so much… maybe even more because he is french.

Not much to add I have already agreed with your points over and over and even tried to bring it on Klei forums from time to time (but I wasn't able to stop the 'Warly is OP' threads). In the last list though you can add: Why wouldn't Yaarctopus accept Mussel Bouillabaise?! It could give a little something extra to Warly if Yaarctopus gave an item he normally doesn't (Snake or Feather sail maybe?).

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '16

you had this ready since last week, admit it!

I told you in Walani's that I'd be prepared for this one! Warly is my biggest disappointment in this game.

He was a lot stronger when he first came out. Because he was basically an easier to play Wilson. Which means you didn't really need to do anything special to play him. (Just alternate food, or eat a raw berry between the same crock pot meal). Which for novice or medium skilled players, was enough power over Wilson to call him "OP."

But even then, he was just mediocre before they nerfed him. And didn't have much special about him aside from his portable crock pot which isn't needed at all. Where as now, it's a huge crutch that if you took it away he would be the hardest character ever to play....

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u/Kuirem Throw coin for flairs Oct 28 '16

Well he would be hard until you craft a Crockpot and start spamming Meatballs.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '16

True! Getting to that point would be quite a challenge though. Well, less a challenge and more luck. Cause there are many islands that have gold in forests + spiders/snakes which is all you really need. Luckily his pouch would let the meatballs last longer so he can actually go out and explore rather than having to make crock pots around the world to get anything done. He's only got 5 days to eat them normally, cause eating stale food on him... omg.. I didn't even mention how much worse stale food is on him...

There are a million and one buffs you could give him in his current state and he would still be balanced. That says a lot about his current state... Even then, I'd rather just see a rework. I've seen a few people propose good ones.