Wortox, the mischievous imp, has always been a unique character in Don’t Starve Together, and with his newly expanded skill tree, he now offers even more flexibility in both playstyle and utility. Whether you want to lean into his noble or naughty side, the options are vast, allowing you to specialize in healing, teleportation, damage-dealing, or a chaotic mix of everything. This guide will break down his skill tree, highlighting the best strategies to maximize Wortox’s potential.
New Soul Mechanics: A More Dynamic Wortox
Wortox’s core ability, Soul Hopping, has received a major upgrade, allowing him to teleport more efficiently. With certain skills, he can even teleport using the map, making traversal across large landmasses significantly easier. However, these upgrades come at a cost—each leap consumes more souls, so managing your stock is critical.
Another notable tweak is Wortox’s ability to alter his alignment. Depending on how many “nice” skills are active, Wortox can appear neutral to normally aggressive creatures, reducing his overall threat level in the world. On the flip side, the more “naughty” skills he embraces, the more chaotic and damage-focused he becomes.
Nice Path: The Ultimate Support Build
The Nice Path of Wortox’s skill tree is all about team support, healing, and making sure your fellow survivors stay alive. If you enjoy playing a support role, this is the route to take.
Key Perks of the Nice Path:
- Lifebringer – Wortox can craft Twin-Tailed Hearts, a special revival item that costs 10 souls. Without Lifebringer 2, revived players still suffer the usual 25% health penalty.
- Lifebringer 3 – Allows Wortox to squeeze the hearts to release stored souls immediately. Additionally, teammates can squish the hearts to teleport directly to the Wortox who created them, making group mobility much smoother.
- Soul Healing Boosts:
- Souls 1 & 2 – Expands Wortox’s healing radius, ensuring that escaping teammates still receive soul-based healing.
- Soul Bastion 1 & 2 – Allows each dropped soul to heal twice, significantly increasing Wortox’s overall healing output.
- Wortox himself heals 30 health per soul, while teammates can receive up to 17 health per soul with Soul Bastion 2.
- Movement Buffs:
- Lifted Spirits – Each Soul Hop leaves behind a Soul Echo, granting Wortox 20% movement speed for 5 seconds.
- Lifted Spirits 2 – Extends the buff to 8 seconds.
- Reverberation – Each Soul Hop triggers two Soul Echos, doubling the speed boosts.
The Nice Path solidifies Wortox as the ultimate healer, keeping his allies alive while effortlessly traversing the map at high speed.
Naughty Path: Chaos and Power
For players who prefer a more aggressive playstyle, the Naughty Path turns Wortox into a high-damage trickster, able to stockpile souls, dish out serious area-of-effect attacks, and use Souls offensively.
Key Perks of the Naughty Path:
- No More Soul Downsides – Unlike his Nice counterpart, this build ensures Wortox never loses stats from eating souls and can even overload on them for 8 seconds before experiencing the usual Soul Explosion.
- Nap Sacks: A Versatile Tool
- Costs 4 souls + silk to craft.
- Functions as both a bug net and a weapon.
- Each swing scales with how many inventory slots are filled, maxing out at 34 damage per hit.
- Soul Jars: A Massive Storage Boost
- Can hold 40 souls each, preventing the usual overflow.
- One soul leaks every 30 seconds if left on the ground, so keeping them in inventory is recommended.
- Overflowing Greed allows Wortox to carry an extra 5 souls per stack per jar.
- Damage Boosts:
- Covetous Collector – The more souls Wortox holds, the more damage he deals.
- Soul Piercing 1 & 2 – Causes attracted souls to deal damage, up to 62 damage total.
- Soul Decoys – Wortox can now summon explosive decoys that deal 95 direct damage and 63 AOE damage.
With the Naughty Path, Wortox becomes an incredibly powerful trickster, capable of wreaking havoc on enemies while stockpiling an obscene amount of souls.
Neutral Abilities: The Pan Flute Oddity
One of the more perplexing additions to Wortox’s skill tree is a Pan Flute-centric set of perks that don’t quite fit his usual playstyle. These neutral skills include:
- Impromptu Flute – Allows Wortox to play an inspired tune every 7-9 minutes, restoring 5 sanity per use.
- Pleasant Pastoral – Drops six souls every time Wortox plays the Pan Flute.
- Cloudy Carmen – Any mob put to sleep by Wortox will ignore him for five seconds upon waking up.
While interesting, these skills require a significant skill investment to fully benefit from, making them somewhat underwhelming compared to his other abilities.
Soul Thief: The Passive Efficiency Upgrade
For players looking to maximize their soul collection efficiency, the Soul Thief line of skills automates the process significantly:
- Level 1 – Souls can be collected from greater distances, including off-screen enemies.
- Level 2 – Dropped souls will be automatically absorbed more slowly, allowing for better collection management.
Final Thoughts: Which Path is Best?
Ultimately, Wortox’s new skill tree allows for two distinct playstyles:
- Nice Path (Support) – Ideal for cooperative play, focusing on healing, teleportation, and speed boosts.
- Naughty Path (Damage Dealer/Trickster) – Perfect for aggressive players, focusing on soul storage, offensive abilities, and AoE damage.
For players who want the best of both worlds, a hybrid approach is also possible, but it requires careful skill point allocation.
No matter which path you choose, Wortox’s new abilities make him a stronger and more versatile character than ever before. Whether you prefer to be the team’s guardian angel or a chaotic soul-harvesting imp, his skill tree offers something for everyone.
So get out there, suck up some souls, and embrace the impish chaos that is Wortox!
Final Note: Expect Future Updates
Given the depth of Wortox’s new skill tree, future tweaks and balance changes are inevitable. We’ll keep this guide updated with any changes, so stay tuned. Until then, enjoy your new and improved soul-gathering adventures!
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