Adventure Portal

Based on game build 714014 | Last updated: 2026-03-04

Overview

adventure_portal is a server-side-only prefab that provides a visual and interactive portal for entering Adventure mode in Don't Starve Together. It uses the playerprox and activatable components to detect nearby players and present a confirmation dialog upon activation. When activated, it pauses the game, prompts the player with a popup, and proceeds to start a new adventure instance after saving the current progress.

The portal is only fully initialized and functional on the server (TheWorld.ismastersim); the client instance is immediately removed after creation to prevent duplicate logic.

Usage example

The prefab is typically spawned via level generation or world generation tasksets (e.g., in static_layouts/ or tasksets/caves.lua) and does not require manual instantiation by mods.

Dependencies & tags

Components used: inspectable, playerprox, activatable
Tags: None identified.

Properties

No public properties are exposed directly. State is managed internally through component properties:

Property	Type	Default Value	Description
inst.components.activatable.inactive	boolean	true	Controls whether the portal can be activated. Set to false only after player interaction in the onnear handler.
inst.components.activatable.quickaction	boolean	true	Enables quick-action UI (e.g., contextual action button).

Main functions

OnActivate(inst)

• Description: Handles activation of the portal. Pauses the game, displays a confirmation popup (A/B tested), and initiates the adventure sequence if accepted.
• Parameters: inst (Entity) — the portal entity instance.
• Returns: Nothing.
• Error states: None documented. State transitions depend on user selection (startadventure or rejectadventure).

Events & listeners

• Listens to: onnear (via playerprox.onnear) — triggers portal activation sequence (animation, sound, UI readiness).
• Pushes: None documented. Relies on UI callbacks and internal state changes.