


NOTE FOR SPLIT-SCREEN LAN GAMES: For Local Only/LAN games, the joining player(s) will need to navigate to "Browse Games" in the main menu > and in the server filters settings, change “Connection” to LAN as their parameter. Once all server settings have been set up and both players are ready to play split-screen, Player 1 presses the corresponding button on their controller to generate the world. Local Only - Only players within the local area network can join the server Public - Players online can join your server,įriends Only - Only players on your friend list can join the server, Player 1 will need to choose “Host Game” > Choose a save slot for their save/server file > choose the server’s playstyle > and then they can choose to make their server a Public, Friends Only, or a Local Only server. On the Main Menu screen, Player 2 presses the corresponding button on their controller (default ) to join. Player 1 then needs to start up the game and advance to the Don't Starve Together Main Menu screen. Players will need to have 2 controllers configured via the “Controllers'' option in the Nintendo Switch Home Menu. To set up an online, split-screen server: If one player does not have an active Nintendo Switch Online membership, the split-screen server will default to Offline mode, and there will be no access to skins, items, etc.

NOTE: If both players wish to play the split-screen game online with other people online, both players will need active Nintendo Switch Online memberships. Depending on how you would like to play split-screen coop for Don't Starve Together on Nintendo Switch, there are a couple of ways to go about setting up your split-screen server.
