How to Speedrun Don't Starve Together - Beginner's Guide (2024)

A basic guide to getting started with speedrunning Don't Starve Together (and Don't Starve), including tips, recommended mods, settings, and more. This took a while to make
0:00 Intro
0:43 Speedrunning explanation, leaderboards, and categories
4:19 How to submit runs
5:58 Where to find community resources
8:31 Mods explanation + Recommended mods to get started
12:09 Lag in DST
14:08 Recommended settings
19:13 Tips and techniques
26:50 Conclusion
DST Speedrun Leaderboards: www.speedrun.com/do_not_starv...
Don't Starve Series Leaderboards: www.speedrun.com/series/dont_...
Join the DST Speedrunning discord: / discord
Runs from other people that were used in this video (in order):
• Tree Guard Solo Unseed...
• Death% Unseeded Former...
• dragonfly (unseeded) [...
• accidental clopsy wr i...
• eye of terror (night o...
• DST Bee Queen Any% Spe...
• Ancient Guardian Speed...
• Don't Starve Together ...
• NIghtmare Werepig Spee...
• Spider Queen Speedrun ...
• klaus (winter start, u...
(Any run not included here was my own)
Mods mentioned in the video:
InventorySorter: steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...
[TMIP]Too Many Items Plus: steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...
Digital Clock: steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...
[API] Gem Core: steamcommunity.com/workshop/f...
Don't Starve Alone: steamcommunity.com/workshop/f...
Lardee137’s video about Don't Starve Alone: • The Best Mod in DST

[@guille6785]

DST Speedrun Leaderboards: www.speedrun.com/do_not_starve_together
Join the DST Speedrunning discord: discord.com/invite/Wwg3BFp7K8
This video took a lot of work, some editing mistakes happened to slip through, but overall I'm quite proud of how this turned out. There was wayyy more that I could've talked about but I think 30 minutes was already long enough for most people, if you have any questions feel free to ask here or in the server, enjoy

[@DVGMedia1]

Really great introduction to speedrunning!
I really hope this helps people understand speedrunning in general and explore the game play and the nuance that go into every single run.
Theres so much to the game and speedrunnering really one of the best ways to understand all the small interactions that that mostly gets ignored or never seen in a standard playthrough of the game!
Really wonderful and I hope to see more players start attempting speedruns!

[@Rudy137]

hi dvg big fan here

[@TackDanzi]

Heey, your voice delivery is great, actually!
Thanks for pushing forward DST speedruns, u guys are great!

[@TackDanzi]

I might add, if anyone wants a recommendation for the attack key rebind, I suggest left alt.
The fact that it's next to the space bar is really helpful (to me) to perform actions and attacks with my thumb!

[@pepebenalua]

​@@TackDanzi I was using C for the same reason, Alt is a good alternative but it already has some uses so didn't want to use it for attack.
I will give it a try though, feels like would let me keep the wrist settled, I had to move the hand forward in order to not press spacebar when attacking.

[@ameslarii]

The best dst speedrunner teaching how to make speedrun, that looks really good to me tbh 😳

[@guille6785]

no u 😳

[@CarrionPorkus]

Guille voice reveal

[@guille6785]

I inherited the voice reveal titan

[@sanga1380]

Now we just need a eyelash reveal and we will be alright.
How to get a face reveal, don’t say face. Lol

[@Kunnoc]

I'm just a casual player I have no plan on speedrunning.
but they cave lag thing is certainly a useful information.

[@ethangold7586]

That flint snipe at 5:20 tho, crazy speedrun moments

[@xara8636]

The flint was a paid actor tbh

[@guille6785]

TRUE

[@bobotroi6080]

Very informative and enjoyable video. Would like to see you make more like these in the future

[@WX-69]

Woooow that is amazing! Getting into something as complex as speedrunning,. can be a daunting task for many people, and it would take a lot of research to find all the information, that you so very neatly compiled here. This will for sure inspire alot of people, to try out zooming through the game themselves. Thank you for being a huge force in growing and evolving this awesome community. You're the man, Guille! ♥♥♥

[@mrgiggio3031]

good tips buddy
The Tab one to map is a must have imo
I attack using X also xD

[@sidodji_cj]

Man i really like your content
I always dreaming about dst speedruns and now after your video i learned tons of tips and can try myself in speedrunning

[@Im_Dacov]

Justo subes esto que quería hacer uno, gracias Guille, se aprecia mucho tu contenido

[@guille6785]

❤

[@lenship2]

woohoo now i can speedrun ty guille ilysm

[@guille6785]

zingus

[@lardee1373]

Woah is that Guille 15x World Champion DST Speedrunner?

[@guille6785]

the most world records I held simultaneously was actually 24 😎

[@walik1771]

Very cool video 🔥

[@guille6785]

you're cool

[@camoberg83]

guille voice 😳

[@antynomity]

22:34 the forums hate this man!

[@ValtheFemboy]

The speedrun god bestowed their knowledge onto us

[@moat_n_coat]

13:34-13:43 As someone who used to have very basic pc that's not made for gaming purposes and then switched to pretty good pc that I still use nowadays, I can 100% confirm that what you said here is true and it's kinda sad to think about how much enabling caves affect your game even if you don't speedrun...

[@nubidubi23]

Epic video idk who made it but he's probably really tall and handsome

[@guille6785]

youre handsome wtf

[@guille6785]

come back :(

[@xara8636]

Are you still alive? 😭

[@penny9886]

Nubidubi 🥺

[@pensularnaseeare9531]

finally, the voice!

[@reshadert]

thanks guille im pro now

[@lardeeclips9520]

Woah is that Guille former 24x DST Speedrunning World Champion?

[@guille6785]

Woah Is that Lardee former x4 DST (Asian) Speedrunning World Champion?

[@Wizrad_7]

hi guille! I saw this a little while ago and I think it's one of the very best dst speedrunning vids out there, mad respect for everything from the editing to the script.
also thank you for tipping me off to the whole jakey situation on one of lardee's vids lmao, I didn't know about hardly any of it and now that I know I have even more respect for you and lardee. I hope you guys just keep making incredible content like this, you'll always have my support. unless you don't like maxwell, then I have to unsub :'( /s

[@guille6785]

I think maxwell is a character in DST

[@Wizrad_7]

@@guille6785 opinion approved, sub preserved

[@tobyaubron5298]

best dst player

[@msucab480]

Anyone know which client mod is showcased at 9:45?

[@ineedstarss]

Talk? You voice sounds so nice!

[@xenomorph4053]

Second

[@musti4972]

Cutie 😳

[@Rudy137]

Wtf gaylle is real

[@WiskasGato]

Zingus

[@catborgar]

speed is running

[@penny9886]

Worlds hottest voice frfr ❤️

[@guille6785]

no u

[@musti4972]

Can I have graph paper

[@guille6785]

no

[@scottc1115]

you sound like orange

[@guille6785]

lol