# Don't Starve Together Hotfix 740256

- Product: Don't Starve Together (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/don-t-starve-together)
- Vendor: Klei Entertainment
- Date: 2026-07-03
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/322330/view/716782947012710405
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/don-t-starve-together/releases/2026-07-03-hotfix-740256

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- **changed** — Desiccant Pouch/Sacks now dries off from high heat instead of uncontrolled sources of fire, such as Fire Pits and Scaled Furnaces
- **added** — Caddy Cap skins may now be applied to the Tam o' Shanter
- **changed** — Improved Mini-Golf obstacle visuals to better match their physics
- **added** — Added new states for Eets critter
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash from the Gilded Knights
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash from the Lurking Nightmare when hitting a player riding a Beefalo
- **fixed** — Fixed crash when using Cannons with a controller
- **fixed** — Coals will properly revert to item form when a Dock underneath is destroyed
- **fixed** — Mini-Golf courses built over Docks can now be removed properly
- **fixed** — Fixed bug causing Sick Mini Worm Holes to not reset properly
- **fixed** — Pirate Boats will properly persist after defeating all its crew members
- **fixed** — Fixed bug causing Ickers to spawn inside the Sanctum
- **fixed** — Fixed bug causing Beefalo to sometimes be duplicated when exiting the Sanctum
- **fixed** — Fixed items like B.U.D.D.Y. and items from linked accounts being unable to be crafted when going into or out of the caves
- **fixed** — Fixed various animation bugs with skirts and Sweater Vests

**Changes**

-  Desiccant Pouch/Sacks now dries off from high heat instead of uncontrolled sources of fire.  (e.g. Fire Pits and Scaled Furnaces will dry off Desiccants now.)

-  The Caddy Cap skins may now be applied to the Tam o' Shanter.

-  Improved Mini-Golf obstacle visuals to better match their physics.

-  Added new states for Eets critter.

**Bug Fixes**

-  Fixed a crash from the Gilded Knights.

-  Fixed a crash from the Lurking Nightmare when hitting a player riding a Beefalo.

-  Fixed crash when using Cannons with a controller.

-  Coals will properly revert to item form when a Dock underneath is destroyed.

-  Mini-Golf courses built over Docks can now be removed properly.

-  Fixed bug causing Sick Mini Worm Holes to not reset properly.

-  Pirate Boats will properly persist after defeating all its crew members.

-  Fixed bug causing Ickers to spawn inside the Sanctum.

-  Fixed bug causing Beefalo to sometimes be duplicated when exiting the Sanctum.

-  Fixed items like B.U.D.D.Y. and items from linked accounts being unable to be crafted when going into or out of the caves.

-  Fixed various animation bugs with skirts and Sweater Vests.