Thermal stone not working
Help! Winter arrives in 3 days and I still don't know how to use a thermal stone.
I already have a bunch of thermal stones. But when I place them next to my campfire (the big red fire with stones around it) they change color and everything, but as soon as I pick them up they go cold. (I'm playing with Wilson though I doubt that it has any effect.)
Best Answer
You do as you said, you set the thermal stones next to a fire until they turn bright red - the larger/hotter the fire, the warmer (until it's max) the stone will get. When you pick it up into your inventory it will slow down the rate at which you freeze when you leave your fire/source of warmth.
The stone will slowly lose it's warmth over time (at a constant rate) and will need to be recharged by placing it back by a fire. If it turns grey it has no warmth left. Having multiple thermal stones on you does not change anything vs having just the one. (If anything it is inefficient and wasteful). Having multiple would only really help if you kept one warmed by the fire to swap out for a cold one when you got back if you needed to run back out to explore etc.
Other items that help reduce this rate are warm clothes such as beefalo items, and wilson's beard.
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How do you fix a thermal stone?
Don't Starve Together Every time the Thermal Stone goes from Freezing White or Glowing Red to Gray, the Thermal Stone loses 12.5% of its durability. It can, however, be repaired with a Sewing Kit, one use of which will fully repair it. A level 5 or Glowing Red Thermal Stone can emit enough light to ward off Charlie.How long does a thermal stone last?
1/8 durability is way too much for one use, if you warm it up every night it will only last 8 days, which is not nearly enough for even one winter, and if you keep it hot so it doesn't lose durability it will require so much fuel and time spent at the bonfire that it won't be worth to have the stone in the first place.Do thermal stones stack dont starve?
Final Conclusion: Thermal stones are able to achieve slightly higher maximum temperatures than your body with the same heat source. The day of the season actually affects the maximum temperature you can reach. Rolling back a server resets your body temperature. Beefalo hats and thermal stones do NOT stack whatsoever.Don't Starve: Thermal Stones
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