📖 Bottomless Pit Revealed: DST’s Hottest Cosmetic (Not Literally)

THE BOTTOMLESS PIT

A Complete Guide to Don't Starve's Fiery Abyss

What Is It How To Get Uses & Utility Character Tips Biome Considerations Misconceptions Expert Tips Update History

Quick Answer:

The Bottomless Pit is a cosmetic skin for the Fire Pit structure in Don't Starve Together (DST). Originally an exclusive reward for Early Access players, it's now obtainable via the Klei Rewards program for 1,200 points. Despite its name, it functions exactly like a regular Fire Pit (providing light, heat, and cooking), with no infinite fuel abilities. It's valued mostly for its unique appearance of a fiery, bottomless abyss.

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What Is The Bottomless Pit?

In Don't Starve Together (DST), the Bottomless Pit is a loyal cosmetic skin for the Fire Pit structure. When applied, it transforms your standard stone-ringed campfire into a dark, seemingly bottomless hole filled with flames.

Important to Know:

Despite its name and appearance, the Bottomless Pit is purely cosmetic. It functions identically to a normal Fire Pit - it still requires fuel, produces the same light and heat, and allows the same cooking functionality. The "bottomless" aspect refers only to its visual design.

Visual Design

The Bottomless Pit skin turns the usual stone-ringed campfire into a charred pit with an eerie black depth at its center. The flames appear to emerge from a void-like abyss, creating a unique visual effect:

  • When unlit, it appears as a dark void surrounded by stones
  • With low fuel, small flames emanate from the darkness
  • When fully fueled, large flames roar from the pit, creating an impressive sight
  • The game's lighting engine sometimes creates an interesting effect where characters appear in front of the pit's rim but behind the flames

Single-Player vs. DST

The Bottomless Pit only exists in Don't Starve Together. It is not available in the single-player Don't Starve game or its DLCs (Reign of Giants, Shipwrecked, Hamlet) through normal means. If you play exclusively in single-player, you won't encounter this skin without mods.

How To Get The Bottomless Pit

Acquisition History

1
Early Access Reward (2014-2015)

The Bottomless Pit was originally a free reward for players who participated in DST's Early Access phase (late 2014 through 2015). These players received a "Timeless" rarity version of the skin.

2
Limited Availability (2016-2021)

For several years after DST's official release, the Bottomless Pit was unavailable to new players. It became a rare sight and a symbol of early support for the game.

3
Klei Rewards (April 2022 - Present)

In April 2022, Klei made the Bottomless Pit available to all players through the Klei Rewards program. It's now obtainable as a "Loyal" rarity skin.

Current Method: Klei Rewards

To get the Bottomless Pit skin today:

  1. Visit the Klei Rewards Page (link your game account if you haven't already)
  2. Collect Klei Points by following Klei's social media, redeeming promotional links, etc.
  3. Redeem 1,200 Klei Points for the Bottomless Pit (Loyal) skin
  4. The skin will be added to your DST collection automatically

Deployment (Using the Skin)

Using the Bottomless Pit is straightforward once you own the skin:

Method 1: New Construction
  1. Craft a Fire Pit normally (2 logs, 12 rocks)
  2. When the recipe is selected, click the small arrow button on the recipe icon
  3. Cycle through available skins until Bottomless Pit appears
  4. Place the Fire Pit with the skin applied
Method 2: Existing Fire Pit
  1. Craft a Clean Sweeper (3 twigs, 1 cut grass)
  2. Use the Clean Sweeper on an existing Fire Pit
  3. Cycle through available skins
  4. Stop when Bottomless Pit appears

Platform Availability

Since the April 2022 update, the Bottomless Pit is available on all platforms where DST is played. Console players (PS4/Xbox/Switch) can now get it by linking their game to a Klei Account and redeeming points.

Uses & Utility

The Four States of the Bottomless Pit

Unlit
(A dark void)

Low Flame
(Small ember)

Medium Flame
(Steady fire)

Max Flame
(Roaring blaze)

Despite its mystical appearance, the Bottomless Pit functions identically to a regular Fire Pit. Here are its uses and utilities:

Light & Safety

Emits light to ward off the deadly darkness (Charlie). Provides the same light radius as a regular fire pit, from a small ember to a large blaze. The light has an orangey glow and keeps Charlie from attacking, keeping your base safe during the night.

Heat & Cooking

Provides warmth to prevent freezing in Winter. A burning Bottomless Pit at full blaze outputs enough heat to keep you warm even in the deepest winter. Allows cooking raw food by clicking on the flames with food items, producing cooked versions instantly.

Persistence

Unlike a basic campfire, fire pits don't disappear when they burn out. The Bottomless Pit remains in place when unlit, ready to be refueled. It shows up on the map as a fire pit icon, acting as a marker for your base or outpost locations.

Efficiency

All fire pits are more fuel-efficient than simple campfires. Flames in a Bottomless Pit burn about twice as long per fuel item compared to a basic campfire. They also resist rain better, though rain still makes fires consume fuel faster.

Decoration

Beyond survival functions, the Bottomless Pit serves as a unique decorative element with its distinct void-like appearance. Perfect for creating a mystical or spooky base theme. Many players place multiple pits around a base purely for decoration, fueling them only when needed.

Fuel Efficiency Reference

The Bottomless Pit has the same fuel values as a regular fire pit:

Fuel Type Burn Time (Fire Pit) Burn Time (Campfire)
Log ~1.5 minutes ~45 seconds
Boards ~2 minutes ~60 seconds
Twigs ~30 seconds ~15 seconds
Charcoal ~1.5 minutes ~45 seconds
Full Fire Pit (Max Fuel) ~6 minutes ~3 minutes

Note: Rain increases fuel consumption. Heavy rain can make fires burn up to twice as fast.

Character Considerations

While the Bottomless Pit functions the same for everyone, certain characters have unique interactions with fires that are worth noting:

Willow

  • Sanity Boost: Gains sanity when standing near any fire, including a Bottomless Pit (up to +11 sanity/min for a big blaze)
  • Fire Immunity: Can stand inside or near flames without taking damage
  • Fuel Efficiency: Any fuel she adds to fires lasts 50% longer
Pro Tip: Let Willow handle refueling your Bottomless Pit for maximum efficiency, especially with expensive fuels like logs.

Wickerbottom

  • Can't Sleep: Since she can't use sleep items for sanity, she relies more on light sources like the Bottomless Pit
  • Reading: Can read books by firelight for various effects
  • Age Issues: No special fire interaction, but fire is essential for her sanity management
Pro Tip: Place her crafting stations and bookshelves near a Bottomless Pit for night-time productivity.

WX-78

  • Wetness Issues: As a robot, WX-78 takes damage when wet; standing by a fire helps dry off faster
  • Lightning Attraction: No direct fire interaction, but be careful with lightning near flammable structures
  • Overheating: Same overheating risks near fire as other characters
Pro Tip: In rainy seasons, a Bottomless Pit is particularly valuable for WX-78 to quickly reduce wetness.

WX-78

  • Wetness Issues: As a robot, WX-78 takes damage when wet; standing by a fire helps dry off faster
  • Lightning Attraction: No direct fire interaction, but be careful with lightning near flammable structures
  • Overheating: Same overheating risks near fire as other characters
Pro Tip: In rainy seasons, a Bottomless Pit is particularly valuable for WX-78 to quickly reduce wetness.

Wormwood

  • Flammability: As a plant creature, Wormwood can catch fire more easily when overheated
  • Fire Damage: Takes extra damage from being on fire
  • Plant Connection: No special benefit from fire, but needs light like any character
Pro Tip: Be extra careful with Wormwood during Summer - keep the Bottomless Pit at a safe distance to avoid accidental combustion.

Walter

  • Storytelling: Walter can tell stories at campfires to restore others' sanity
  • Important Distinction: His storytelling ability works only with basic campfires, NOT with fire pits (including the Bottomless Pit)
Pro Tip: If playing as Walter, consider building both a Bottomless Pit (for permanent light) and occasional campfires (for storytelling sessions).

Other Characters

Most other characters interact with the Bottomless Pit in the same way as with any fire pit:

  • General Sanity Boost: All characters gain a small sanity boost from being near light sources at dusk and night
  • Warmth: Everyone benefits from the heat in winter and risks overheating in summer
  • Cooking: All characters can use fire pits for basic cooking by clicking food items on the flames

Biome Considerations

The Bottomless Pit's utility varies depending on which biome or season you're experiencing:

Winter Biome

Critical Importance: In winter, a Bottomless Pit becomes essential for survival. The heat it provides keeps you from freezing to death during the long, cold nights.

  • Fuel Management: Winter nights are long, so stockpile plenty of logs or other fuel
  • Base Layout: Build your Bottomless Pit near crafting stations so you can work through the night without freezing
  • Heat Radius: Remember that the heat range is limited; stay close to benefit from its warmth

Summer & Desert

Double-Edged Sword: In summer, fire pits become problematic as they contribute to overheating.

  • Daytime Danger: Consider building an Endothermic Fire Pit (blue cooling fire) for summer days
  • Night Only: Only light your Bottomless Pit at night when necessary
  • Fire Prevention: In the Dragonfly Desert, place Flingomatics near your Bottomless Pit to prevent wildfires
  • Meteor Protection: Be aware that meteors can destroy structures in the desert, including your fire pit

Rainy Seasons

Fuel Considerations: During spring or monsoon seasons, rain makes fires burn fuel faster.

  • Weather Protection: Build your Bottomless Pit under some sort of cover if possible
  • Extra Fuel: Keep more fuel on hand during rainy seasons
  • Rain Gear: Carry a Pretty Parasol or Eyebrella when refueling to slow rain's effect on the fire

Caves & Ruins

Perpetual Darkness: Caves are dark 100% of the time, making light sources essential.

  • Visual Effect: The Bottomless Pit looks especially thematic in caves - a black pit within the darkness
  • Alternative Lighting: Consider Lanterns or Mushlights for continuous cave illumination
  • Cold When Wet: Caves can be cold when wet, so fire pits provide valuable warming
  • Visual Quirk: Placing a Bottomless Pit on the edge of a ruins abyss creates a striking visual blend

Ocean & Boats

Mobile Light Source: With the Return of Them updates, DST allows building structures on boats.

  • Visual Illusion: A Bottomless Pit on a boat creates the illusion of your boat having a hole in it
  • Just Cosmetic: Despite appearances, the boat doesn't actually leak or get damaged
  • Sailing Aesthetic: Some players love the pirate-ship look of a flaming abyss on deck
Fun Fact: There's a running community joke that "If you have the Bottomless Pit skin, your boat will sink." It won't, but it certainly looks like it should!

Base Location Strategy

No matter the biome, veteran players often build multiple fire pits at important locations. Using the Bottomless Pit skin on these can help you identify them at a glance or simply show off your cosmetic collection.

  • Navigation: Fire pits show on the map, making them useful navigation markers
  • Outposts: Consider building Bottomless Pits at key farming or resource locations
  • Wortox Players: If playing as Wortox (who can soul-hop teleport), marked fire pits on the map can serve as navigation anchors

Common Misconceptions

Because the Bottomless Pit was exclusive for so long, several misconceptions have developed around it:

Myth: "Bottomless" Means Infinite Fuel

The Myth:

The name "Bottomless Pit" means it provides infinite fire or needs no fuel.

The Reality:

The Bottomless Pit still consumes fuel at the normal fire pit rate and will extinguish if not refueled. The "bottomless" refers only to its visual design, not its functionality.

Remember: Always carry fuel for your Bottomless Pit, just as you would for any fire pit.

Myth: It's a Separate Craftable Item

The Myth:

The Bottomless Pit is a unique structure with its own crafting recipe.

The Reality:

It's only a skin for the regular Fire Pit. You craft a normal Fire Pit (2 logs, 12 rocks) and apply the skin during placement or afterward with a Clean Sweeper.

How to Apply: When crafting a Fire Pit, click the small arrow on the recipe icon to select the skin, or use a Clean Sweeper on an existing Fire Pit.

Myth: It's Forever Unavailable to New Players

The Myth:

The Bottomless Pit was a one-time reward and can never be obtained by new players.

The Reality:

As of April 2022, anyone can get the Bottomless Pit by redeeming 1,200 Klei Points through the Klei Rewards program. It's now available to all players on all platforms.

For New Players: Sign up for a Klei Account, follow their social media, and collect points through various promotions to earn this and other exclusive skins.

Myth: It's Available in Single-Player Don't Starve

The Myth:

The Bottomless Pit exists in single-player Don't Starve or its DLCs (Reign of Giants, Shipwrecked, Hamlet).

The Reality:

The Bottomless Pit skin is exclusive to Don't Starve Together. It does not exist in any single-player version of the game without mods.

For Single-Player Fans: If you want similar loyalty rewards, owning Reign of Giants grants the Mini Monument firepit skin in DST, and owning Shipwrecked grants the Pirate Birdcage skin.

Community Status & Lore

The Bottomless Pit has an interesting history in the DST community:

  • Status Symbol: For years, having a Bottomless Pit at your base signaled you were an "old school" player from Early Access
  • Re-release Debate: When Klei made it available to all in 2022, some veterans were disappointed while most players were thrilled
  • Server Culture: Some players still use it as a badge of honor, with server names like "host has Bottomless Pit only base"
  • Aesthetic Evolution: While once the most prestigious firepit skin, many newer skins (Lava Firepit, Victorian Hearth, etc.) are now considered more visually impressive

Expert Tips & Best Practices

For experienced players and base builders, here are some advanced strategies for making the most of your Bottomless Pit:

Base Design Strategy

Consider using different fire pit skins strategically throughout your base:

  • Use your most impressive skin (like Fanged Firepit or Lava Firepit) for your central base fire
  • Use the subtler Bottomless Pit for secondary fire pits around your base (cooking areas, farms, etc.)
  • For themed bases, coordinate your Bottomless Pit with matching decor (Nightmare Relics, Bone Decor, etc. for a spooky theme)

Geometric Placement

Use the Geometric Placement mod (if on PC) to perfectly align your structures:

  • Center your Bottomless Pit exactly on a turf tile
  • Create symmetrical patterns with multiple fire pits
  • Build a "hearth rug" by placing Carpeted Flooring in a 3x3 pattern with the Bottomless Pit in the middle

Fuel Efficiency

Maximize burn time with these fuel strategies:

  • Use Willow (if available) to refuel for her 50% efficiency bonus
  • Try Glommer's Goop as an excellent long-burning fuel source
  • During day, use alternative light sources (Lanterns, Mushlights) to save fuel for when you need heat at night

Farm Illumination

Strategic placement can boost productivity:

  • Position your Bottomless Pit in the center of a circle of Drying Racks for a "smokehouse" effect
  • Build farms within the fire's light radius for night-time visibility
  • Place crafting stations nearby to create a productive work area for night-time crafting

Clean Sweeper Use

The Clean Sweeper tool lets you change skins on demand:

  • Carry one to swap between fire pit skins as needed
  • Change to festive skins during events (e.g., Yule Log during Winter's Feast)
  • Apply the Bottomless Pit skin to existing fire pits without rebuilding

Emergency Preparation

Have backup plans for critical situations:

  • Pre-build a Fire Pit (with Bottomless Pit skin selected) but don't place it
  • Carry this "ghost" structure for emergency deployment during explorations
  • Remember you need 2 logs and 12 rocks to craft one, so plan inventory accordingly

Boat Decoration Special Technique

A popular technique among experienced sailors in DST:

  1. Build a large or medium boat
  2. Place a Fire Pit in the center with the Bottomless Pit skin
  3. Surround it with Sea Worthy decorations or other boat items
  4. Enjoy the visual effect of sailing on a boat with a "hole" in it
  5. Take screenshots to share with the community - it's a popular visual gag!

Multiplayer Etiquette

When playing with others, keep these considerations in mind:

  • Respect Base Designs: Don't change someone else's fire pit skin without asking
  • Skin Sharing: As a host with the Bottomless Pit skin, all players can see it (even if they don't own it)
  • Fuel Responsibility: If you use a shared Bottomless Pit, contribute to its fuel
  • Group Photo Op: The unique visual of the Bottomless Pit makes for great group screenshots

Update History

The Bottomless Pit has an interesting evolution throughout Don't Starve Together's history:

Dec 2014 - Apr 2015

Don't Starve Together Early Access

  • The Bottomless Pit is introduced as an exclusive reward for early adopters
  • Players who log into DST during beta/early-access automatically receive the "Timeless Bottomless Pit" skin
  • After DST's official release, this skin becomes unattainable for new players
2016 - 2019

Exclusivity Period

  • Bottomless Pit remains a coveted legacy item
  • Classified as Timeless rarity, meaning it won't drop in lootboxes and can't be woven
  • Community occasionally asks if it will ever return; Klei initially maintains that Timeless skins are exclusive
  • In 2017, Klei confirms no crafting or purchase route for Bottomless Pit exists
June 2018

DLC Reward System Update

  • DST update removes old CD-key redemption for single-player DLC reward skins
  • System auto-grants rewards when you own the DLC (affects Mini Monument and Pirate Birdcage skins)
  • Bottomless Pit remains unavailable to new players
2019

Klei Accounts & Rewards Program

  • Introduction of Klei Accounts & Rewards around mid-2019
  • New Reward rarity and Twitch drops system implemented
  • Players begin accumulating Klei Points from promotions and newsletters
  • Bottomless Pit still not in the rewards catalog
April 2022

"Curious Cargo" Update - Return of the Bottomless Pit

  • Klei surprises players by adding the Bottomless Pit to the Klei Rewards shop
  • Patch notes announce the skin has been "upgraded to Timeless rarity" with a new Loyal variant available for 1200 Klei Points
  • Console players gain access to the skin for the first time
  • Mixed community reaction - many thrilled, some veterans disappointed at losing exclusivity
2023 - Present

Current Status

  • Bottomless Pit remains available through the Klei Rewards program
  • Most active players who wanted it have redeemed it
  • Occasional jokes appear in the community (like the September 2023 Reddit post about Bottomless Pit on a boat "sinking" it)
  • No gameplay changes - it remains a purely cosmetic skin

Looking Forward

As of June 2025, the Bottomless Pit remains a staple cosmetic in the Don't Starve Together collection. Any future changes would likely be minor, perhaps involving the skin system or special promotions. The skin is expected to remain available through the Klei Points system for the foreseeable future.

Klei occasionally offers bonus point promotions, so keep an eye on their announcements if you're saving up for this skin!

Embrace the Void!

Whether you're a veteran player who earned it during Early Access or a newcomer who redeemed it with Klei Points, the Bottomless Pit adds a touch of ominous style to your base. Remember that despite its appearance, it's just a regular Fire Pit with a fancy look - but sometimes, appearances are what make the Constant feel like home.

"Bottomless pits are the best, but bottomless pits filled with fire are even better."

Last Updated: June 13, 2025