Don't Starve Together Known Issues, Workarounds and Fixes

Shared Unlocks linking warnings can require verified matching email addresses

The account-linking guide directs players to read each warning and use Fix Warnings. Its example requires both Klei accounts to use the same email address, verified separately on each. Treat that as the documented example for that warning, rather than assuming every linking error has the same cause. [1]

Documented steps

1. Read the warning shown in the linking flow, choose Fix Warnings, and correct the stated account problem before returning to the consent step. [1]

Shared Unlocks do not move currency or make shared items spoolable

Linked accounts receive a read-only copy of the other account’s item entitlements. Those copies cannot be turned into Spool or modified. Bolts of Cloth, Klei Points and Spools stay with the original account. A missing shared currency balance therefore follows the documented sharing rules; linking is not a currency-transfer tool. [2]

Missing local worlds: check the Steam and Windows accounts

Klei’s missing-server article first asks players to check that they are using the same Steam account and Windows user account as before. Different Steam accounts on one computer load different save folders. Steam Cloud also requires opting in; without that choice, the game keeps server and save files locally. These checks explain why an existing world may not appear without establishing that the file has been deleted. [3]

Documented steps

1. Return to the Steam account and Windows user account normally used for that world before investigating the save as missing. [3]

A Survival or Wilderness reset overwrites the world

In Wilderness or Survival, the world resets if every player dies and the timer expires. The host’s Reset Now button also resets it to Day 1. Klei says this overwrites the save and creates a new world, so these cases are different from selecting the wrong account. The article offers no recovery procedure for a world overwritten by that reset. [3]