valheim-chat

[half dragon]

impressive

the loading screen used to have terrible performance back in the good old days 😂

[latent gorge]

🤣

[reef widget]

Renovating an abandoned village and build a wall around it is simple and efficient.

[fallen zephyr]

Flip it! Valheim style.

[half dragon]

Even better if it's a big one... just probably have to evict current tenants

[fallen zephyr]

I'd love it if we could 'renovate' buildings that would attract particular mobs to an area.

[half dragon]

build small wooden boxes to attract cats to the area

oh... well tis no joke but why not birb houses?

[reef widget]

I'll takes some pics when I'll get back at my place. I'm at the swamp level technology, so I'm thinking of building my own castle, next to a swamp.

[half dragon]

it would be very unfortunate if somebody were to have an arrow ready to be released

[tulip patrol]

That's why I bring the required materials to setup a full level 7 forge and level 5 workshop with me Everytime I set out for the next biome and forward operating base.

Only trouble I normally have, is hauling everything up the mountains for that F.O.B.

[fallen zephyr]

The arbalest has something to say about that

[half dragon]

do they target birds?

[fallen zephyr]

Yes indeed. They're also an amazing 'sniper rifle' for clearing Fuling Villages at a distance.

[crude yacht]

How much cargo space does the longship have?

[reef widget]

By the way. Steps of overcoming trolls with timeline by Kirk Legacy

Run away
Later
Win your first hard battle with a crude bow
Later
Hit and run with a Fine Bow and drink some Tasty Mead
Later
Eat three health food and tank it hard
Later
Kill it casually with a spear and iron shield

[half dragon]

damn nice, unfortunately there's no bird trophy... but with right setup not a problem

[fallen zephyr]

The most.

[nocturne wolf]

You could just make a flint knife or spear and skip the run away part

[half dragon]

final step: destroy it with an Atgeir, give no chance to fight back

[reef widget]

Like a Dark Soul fight?

[pure ermine]

Is it ok to ask about mods in here?

[crude yacht]

You forgot "kite it to an abomination and eat some popcorn"

[tulip patrol]

#mods-discussion

[pure ermine]

ty

[fallen zephyr]

Man, if Valheim bosses were on par with a 'souls' game, I might be spending more time in Deep Rock Galactic.

[nocturne wolf]

Not really, dark souls fights are hard

[tulip patrol]

Dark Souls is the epitome of difficult boss fights.

Just beating your head against a brick wall til you come out victorious

[reef widget]

I think I'm too much vanilla in personality to think of such elaborate plans. 😝

[crude yacht]

Kill Eikthyr to make a pickaxe...OR...troll it.

[fallen zephyr]

Vanilla might be a little bland in itself, but there's always the opportunity to add sauce. 😄

[reef widget]

I like the vanilla philosophy of Valheim

It's rough around the edge, but it makes sense to me

[fallen zephyr]

Oh yeh, me too. I just meant to suggest that you can add some spice at your whim if you want.

[crude yacht]

I thought a troll vs an abomination would be like an epic godzilla vs mechagodzilla battle...turns out it really isn't 😦

[reef widget]

I played with friends since the came officially came out. It was just a little after Deep Rock, right?

Had plenty of chance to try spices

I was playing with friends some months earlier. Like, we get "in the mood" once in a while.

Building really large between a Meadows and Black Forest sucks though

[fallen zephyr]

I feel you. The 'same biome mobs' have no issue with one another (not entirely, but, you know, shut up!) and the biomes ramp in such a way as to make any threat in the last biome pretty trivial in the next one.

[crude yacht]

Maybe a 2 star troll vs abomination?

[silk rivet]

Once you get to the stage where you can make major healing mead, the only use left for dandelions is making banners. Or feeding the chickens.

[half dragon]

can't speak for how rare those resources for major healing mead are and how many other recipes share the same resources, but I'd probably still use medium healing mead if major one isn't necessary

[silk rivet]

Resources for major are plentiful once you get going in Mistlands. I see zero reason to use the lesser healing mead instead.

[fallen zephyr]

I think we might have to consider strengths and weaknesses. For example, Stone Golems actually deal chop damage that might provide a threat to Abominations. And Abominations deal pickaxe damage to which Golems are weak. Valheim deathmatches need some thought.

[half dragon]

a mod for turning all damage types to neutral that ignores resistances and weaknesses would probably make the comparision more fair

but no clue if there is even a mod for that

[fallen zephyr]

And much less fun to consider.

[crude yacht]

I'm pretty sure the abomination hits harder than the troll naturally...I'm just not sure if it is the same or more than the scaling of a 1 or 2 starred troll...only one way to find out!

[nocturne wolf]

Yagluth beats the queen in a fight. I edited the games files to make every enemy attack every other enemy (bosses are usually friendly to all enemies)

I think the queen could win inside her arena though

[crude yacht]

Of course, influences may change depending on if you kite the troll to the swamp or the abomination to the forest...

Abomination in the forest is pretty awesome. Do you need core wood? Copper and stone?

[half dragon]

It's kind of funny how this age old important question gets asked again and again... which boss is the strongest in 1v1?

[nocturne wolf]

If yagluth can beat the queen, it’s probably him, but moder’s flight would help her avoid most attacks. I might test this more in future

[fallen zephyr]

Ooh, that's interesting! Nice one! Though, I'm only thinking from the perspective of the player. I couldn't kite The Queen to go fight Yagluth in normal play. So, I was thinking more about the mobs that inhabit the world in general.

[reef widget]

Sent screenshots like I said I would in it's appropriate channel

[fallen zephyr]

I have a cool tip for you.

You can build bee hives on the roof of your buildings. It's a great way to save some space.

I have seventeen hives on the roof of my base.

[reef widget]

Oh yeah! I did it once with friends. Lodsa buzzing trying to sleep though. 😝

[fallen zephyr]

Deathsquitos are great for inducing reeeeaaally long periods of 'sleep'. 😛

[reef widget]

Although, I'm going blind in a future project. Never played Single Player and gone beyond the Black Forest (Bronze Age). I have access to stone buildings and my village is too small for my needs now.

I thought I need:

-A mead hall for Rested
-A Portal room
-Specialized Workbench and Forge

I'm not even sure everything need to be in the same spot. And I thought of building it next to a swamp.
...I hope I'll make the right choice for spot and constructions... I want it the Valheim way too

[fallen zephyr]

I set up a portal room pretty early. I've also got four 'portal hubs' at the main compass points. I still have a main base, but I make sure that it's easily accessible through portals. I don't think you can be maximally effective moving from remote base to remote base.

[reef widget]

Ooooooh! Main portals + sub portals?! (Just like in FFXIV)

[fallen zephyr]

My main base portal room has ~35 portals, and I've set up remote portal hubs at the main compass points that have ~9-12 portal each.

[reef widget]

A portal next to the bosses trophy circle too?

[fallen zephyr]

Hell yes! One of the first portals I ever built was to access the Circle that gives player buffs.

[pliant hatch]

One of the things a lot of players do - or did - was mining out the area under The Elder's altar and use that as portal hub.
The influence of the altar fire reaches even down, giving you a rested status the moment you enter it.
And with using it, you only need to have one portal at your main base; which makes things looking quite fancy. (Not to mention, not having to bother with portals activating the moment you walk close to them all the time)

Other's use it as a combination of portal hub and chicken pen.

[fallen zephyr]

I found the underside of the Elder portal very damp. My armour rusted faster and the smell was like living in a plant nursery.

I'm never sure, in this server, whether my jokes have been misconstrued, or if there were just no responders active at the time of posting.

[latent wraith]

~~If you don't get any response to your joke, you are the joke. ~~

[ornate sentinel]

My brain is far too fried this early in the morning to comprehend jokes.

[fallen zephyr]

Duuuude.

[latent wraith]

Yay a response \o/

[fallen zephyr]

I'm equal parts appalled and impressed.

Do I really need to adorn my name with the pink flowers to be noticed?

[pliant hatch]

Nah.

The ones without those pink flowers will become the minority, which will make them stand out between the pink flowers and the green newbie thingy.

Which shows they are the special ones. 😉

[fallen zephyr]

Question - Is anyone else putting effort into building bases at the border of Ashlands in anticipation of the expansion?

[pliant hatch]

Not really.

I'm expecting the map to change a bit; just like it did after Mistlands became available.
Which may make it harder to access that base as well.

[fallen zephyr]

I'm not talking about encroaching into the Ashlands. I was thinking more about pre-empting a need and building a base (in the adjacent biome) from which to launch your Ashlands incursion.

[pliant hatch]

I'm aware of that.

But just check a seed in the different builds at the Valheim world generator.
You'll see that the biomes change in size and shape with each build and especially when Mistlands was released that area increased a lot in size.
Which means that other island had to shrink to fit the Mistlands in.

I'm expecting that to happen with the Ashlands as well; meaning anything close to it may have to deal with a changed environment too.

[fallen zephyr]

Fair enough. I concede to your knowledge. Thanks for the clarifiaction. 🙂

[uncut bough]

keeping tamed lox in the base is not a good idea, it keeps running around and damaging my structures

[fair cairn]

i thought it'be obvious for well, obvious reasons

[uncut bough]

i know it is obvious but the base was big, and i thought it won't run around that often

it is so big that whenever a raid happens when i am inside the house, just walking outside of the base already put me off the raid radius

[rain flare]

Yeah sadly the only way to keep them from rampaging is to spawn proof a large surrounding area

[uncut bough]

which means my base is pretty raid safe, they can't even get through

[rain flare]

That is good 🥰

[uncut bough]

in theory, in reality it works in the detriment of my wolf army, and also there are certain raids i want to happen

like sure i want to sit out on raids like bats, troll attack, blob attack, surtling attack but i don't want to when i see Zilch and Thug raid

[fallen zephyr]

You just broke my brain... How do you follow "In theory" with "in reality"

[uncut bough]

(that is good) in theory, in reality

following Sildarflame statement

[fallen zephyr]

Oh, I see. That requires a full-stop (period), not a comma.

[warped wing]

woops i had fallen asleep lol. 😂 i always thought the abomination did poison damage - as in, it bit you with it's mouth 🤔 because when you see it, swamp mud drips from it's body as it walks, so i thought that it was poisonous, as in it infects you with disease 🤔

[fallen zephyr]

You need to try the dexamphetamines that keep me glorious.

[warped wing]

lol no thanks

[grizzled wing]

Whoxawhatamines

[pliant hatch]

I s'pose it was about vitamines.

You know, from raspberries, blueberries, cloudberries, carrots, turnips and the like.

[warped wing]

i managed to lure the abom onto flat land and killed it with campfires 🥳

[pliant hatch]

Didn't have any surtling spawn nearby?

[warped wing]

lol no

it also had aggro'd some wolves in the mountain next door 😂

[pliant hatch]

So you got different loot for the price of one.

[shy marlin]

?

[warped wing]

pretty much 🥳

[pliant hatch]

I hope you've marked that spot on your map, so you can do it again when that abomination has respawned.

[dark fog]

is it really true that valheim server got hacked about 3 months ago?

[pliant hatch]

The discord server were, yes.

[azure yacht]

#news message

[dark fog]

so it is true

wow

[fallen zephyr]

The fact that the afterlife can be hacked says a lot about it being supernatural.

[uncut bough]

I hate how mage cap is so abundant in mistlands while jotun puff is a rarer find

[pliant hatch]

I think that's kinda how a lot of vegetable food items work.

[uncut bough]

I dont farm mage cap and i still have more mage caps than farmed jotun puff

[half dragon]

puffs can be farmed, probably that's why?

[fallen zephyr]

Jotun puffs can be planted.

[uncut bough]

I know, but i am just saying that it is rarer to come by the jotun puff

[fallen zephyr]

Once you have found one, the rest is up to you.

[uncut bough]

Like give me more jotun puff so i can mass farm them instead of planting 3, harvest, replant them again, harvest, and then replant them again to be able to reap a significant crop yield

[pliant hatch]

Meadows: Lots of raspberries, red mushroom hard to find.
Black Forrest: Lots of Yellow musroom, enough blueberries, but red mushroom again hard to find.
Swamp: thistle easy to find, turnip seeds barely found
Mountain: noting to find at all.
Plains: Cloudberries are easy to find, flax and barley in villages only.

[half dragon]

eh... 1 turnip was more than enough to snowball it reasonably quickly

[fallen zephyr]

That sounds exactly how we all grew carrots, turnips, and onions.

[pliant hatch]

Yeah, but to find that one turnip, however.
Do a swamp run and you'll return home with more thistle as turnip seeds.

[half dragon]

each one turns to 3

[light moat]

I’m actually really surprised that Jotun Puffs and Magecaps are plantable. They seem more like foragables to me. And getting 3 from one planted crop, that’s pretty wild lol.

[half dragon]

you can plant magecaps?

[fallen zephyr]

With all that farming in mind, why would you want to be a vegetarian?! Chomp down on a boar, wolf, or seeker! 😛

[half dragon]

wonder if they'll add more farmable food in next Ashlands. MMm... spicy chili

[latent wraith]

All biomes so far beyond Meadows has at least one farmable crop, so I expect Ashlands will have as well.

[light moat]

Ashlands ||I really think we’re going to see peppers||

[fallen zephyr]

Surtling jerky! Some health and stamina, but it also gives you fire resistance.

[pliant hatch]

Frost resistance would be more likely, as it keeps you warm.

[true tartan]

Yes, they just have to be grown in the Mistlands. Same goes for Joton Puffs

[half dragon]

well guess will be investing a bit more in building a base in Mistlands beyond just having a secure portal deeper in for body recovery

[light moat]

I think it would be neat if those crops could grow in the Black Forest, but I understand why they can’t.

[charred otter]

First solo swamp crypt (2nd crypt ever) and there is a 2star elite draugr here

Luckily I didn't fully break the iron so I am just cheesing him, but he takes so little dmg, couldn't imagine fighting him

[pliant hatch]

Are you using a bow to take him out?

[light moat]

Hopefully you get his trophy!

[charred otter]

Yep, just shot him thru some iron, no shot I am fighting him

[pliant hatch]

If you think about going toe-to-toe with him, use an axe.
I noticed my bronze axe did more damage to Draugr as a mace does.

[charred otter]

Got him already, but also I am using a sword

Oh no, 2 star archer, my luck

[pliant hatch]

Guess it's one of those days.

Wouldn't surprise me if there's a spawner nearby.

Do you hear flies buzzing near that area?

[charred otter]

Oh ye I hear that

What's the strat, rush in? too scared to die

[pliant hatch]

Take that archer out first.

You may want to use your bow to farm for entrails for a while, before breaking that mud-wall and rush in.

Just make sure that if you decide to rush in, you do that after you just ate your food to benefit from the maximum health and stamina you get from that.

Another valid tactic; break that mud-wall, equip the bow and retreat.

That way they have to come at you one by one, making it easier for you to pick them off. Or to melee them.

[nocturne wolf]

I just tested all possible boss 1v1s. The only boss that can beat a boss from a later biome is yagluth, who can beat the queen.

[pliant hatch]

I s'pose those meteor showers make him pretty strong against her?

[nocturne wolf]

And his pierce resistance. He still had half of his health. I think moder could beat the queen if she gets lucky with the attacks she uses, her flying projectile attack does a ton of damage.

[pliant hatch]

Hmmmm.

And to think I cheesed Yagluth twice, but hated the fight against the Queen more as the one against him.

[charred otter]

Will they break eventually (after I kill a bunch) or will I have to break it myself?

[pliant hatch]

You will have to break that pile of corpses that spawns Draugr yourself.

But it's pretty weak, so a few hits with a sword will do.

In general, the moment you rush in and start swinging like a mad man you may hit any Draugr that spawns as well as that pile of corpses.
When I did that, it's the pile that's gone before the Draugr do.

And assuming you got some sort of shield, use that to protect against the Draugr's attacks.

What kind of armor and shield are you using anyway?

[charred otter]

Using root helm, cp + iron leggings, shield and sword are maxed bronze

Maxed bronze shield is the same as t1 iron I think

[nocturne wolf]

What food are you using?

[pliant hatch]

That's actually better as what I had when facing a similar threat.
So if you make sure you got maximum food and stamina and the occassional potions under a hot-key you're good.

[charred otter]

Sauges, turnip stew and black stew (or whatever it's called)

[nocturne wolf]

You'll be fine

[charred otter]

I skill issue

[nocturne wolf]

What's the worst that can happen? you die while improving your combat skills?

[pliant hatch]

Got stamina and health potions under a hot-key?

[charred otter]

Yep

How should I time it in terms of last time an enemy spawned

[pliant hatch]

Then you're good to go. Break that wall, retreat the moment they attack, kill the ones attacking you and rush in to deal with that pile of corpses

[charred otter]

Also is it in the same room as the mobs or can it be like 1 room near it

[nocturne wolf]

The room's in a crypt?

[pliant hatch]

Very likely the same room

[charred otter]

Ye

[fallen zephyr]

I hate this. A death undoes signicantly more progress than it was worth, IMO.

[nocturne wolf]

I meant how good kyren is at the game, not the in-game skill numbers

[fair cairn]

i was stuck at level 60 with many of my skills cause i kept dying just as i reached the point i died at last time to stupidity

[pliant hatch]

Only if that death was by your own foolishness.

Like falling off roof of a building you're constructing, without having been eating for a while.

Death in fights are a learning experience; telling you to adjust your tactics to make sure it won't happen again next time.

[fair cairn]

worst past was, i was silver tier, fully upgraded wolf armor and died to stupidity in meadows and blackforest but not one death in the mountains

[light moat]

Don’t know if I’ll ever my run skill get to 100 due to how often I die lol

[fair cairn]

got it to level level 70, died
and well, havent gotten it up again

[fallen zephyr]

You assume that we learn. Some days we just get cocky and venture too close to that Fuling village.

[charred otter]

Oh I got it, it was in the same room under me

[nocturne wolf]

I've only died once in mountains. I was being hunted for the first time and was parrying 4-5 wolves until my stamina ran out, because my buckler couldn't block them and I didn't know I should've been more aggressive.

[charred otter]

I don't think I got the trophy from the elite draugr

[pliant hatch]

Well done!

Time to gather all that loot and continue mining for iron.

[ember panther]

I just died trying to trap a stone golem. Right as I broke the floor beneath him he still managed to get a swing out and one shot me

[nocturne wolf]

Are you playing a high difficulty?

[pliant hatch]

Shame, but you'll get more opportunities for it.

I think in my last game I had to kill 6-7 elite before I got that trophy.

[charred otter]

Compared to my first crypt this one has so much more loot even tho it had only 1 initial opening
I already almost have a chest full of iron

[light moat]

Think my last death was in the mistlands? Got Gjalled with 1 HP food and 2 Stam foods lol

[ember panther]

Yeah it's hard+ no map

[charred otter]

Will be pain to bring all of that thru the swamp without dying and then all the way back to main base

[ember panther]

And death means I can only retrieve what was equipped... And I had a hammer equipped

[charred otter]

142 iron, 10 chains, 50 iron arrows (which is nice ig cuz I won't craft them) 28 glow mushrooms which is always nice

[light moat]

That’s a nice haul!

[nocturne wolf]

10 chains from a single crypt is very good, in my current world I've had to kill wraiths for most of mine.

[light moat]

Recently discovered you can find chains in the mistlands

[pliant hatch]

Nice haul indeed.
Didn't find any amber or coins there?

Quite often you'll find those at ledges or in chests too.

[charred otter]

Oh ye, I got 4 chains but a friend killed them for me, and my only experience with a wraith is him chasing me while trying to get back to my base from the swamp and almost dying with all my stuff

So glad I don't have to fight those

Didn't find any amber or coins there?
Oh ye, I just don't really count them as useful, I think I got everything from the trader already

Unless new stuff is unlocked after bosses cuz I think at least 1 thing was added later when I checked it

[nocturne wolf]

Killing bosses increases his stock

you will need all the shinies and coins you can find

[pliant hatch]

You will need coins if you want to trade with Hildir.
Although most players don't consider her goods as "useful".

[charred otter]

Yea still collecting em, just didn't mention cuz they seem useless rn

I prob have like 500-ish at base and got 200 coins now + a bunch of stuff I call sell

[lusty crescent]

You should try to get thousands
For gold piles ofc

[pliant hatch]

Selling off the rubies, amber shards and amber pearls will generate those coins quite fast.

[charred otter]

Ye I think I am good on gold

[frigid gust]

Mine was in the Mistlands, too. 2* tick in an infested mine came around a corner, staggered me then killed me in seconds, 2 eitr and one stamina food with eitr gear.

[uncut bough]

I have started to warm up to arbalest, it is not as good as bow but it certainly sometimes beneficial in using arbalest

Just the fact that weakest bolt with arbalest deals more dmg than needle arrow + draugr fanf

And arguably needle is the second strongest “plain” arrow

[frigid gust]

That's what I keep saying. The arbalest is different than the bow, not a replacement for it. But it is very good at what it does.

[merry pebble]

its the only plain arrow isnt it?

[uncut bough]

Though i still just want it to have higher elevation angle

[nocturne wolf]

Plain = no elemental damage, probably?

[uncut bough]

Like being able to shoot up further instead of being confined to almost horizontal line

Which means that unfortunately arbalest is better to use in plains than in mistland

[merry pebble]

i meant plains tier 😄

[frigid gust]

Plain as in from the Plains. It's the only new arrow in that biome.

[uncut bough]

Just because mistland is so misty that the one sole strength of arbalest is its superior range and guaranteed damage

[uncut bough]

No i mean “plain” as in pure pierce dmg no elemental fx

[fallen zephyr]

Deaths are my least favourite part of Valheim. You bust a gut trying to keep yourself alive and then this little stone just pops up like you're playing Nintendo. I hate it. There's no sound design, there's no impressive graphics. I feel bad for dying, and I feel worse for the way the game illustrates it.

[frigid gust]

I still like frost arrows with the spine snap 😉 nothing like slowing the blimps so there can't get to you

[nocturne wolf]

Dying isn't exactly supposed to make you feel good, though.

[uncut bough]

So anyways, arbalest main strength is nullified by the mist, so usually you are walking blind with arbalest and only able to shoot sth just meters from you when u see them

[nocturne wolf]

but at least you don't have to wait to charge it like a bow while the enemy is a few meters in front of you

[uncut bough]

Which makes bow still better in mistlands than arbalest, unfortunately

[fallen zephyr]

No, good is not the key emotion there. But it should feel significant.

[uncut bough]

But you still have to load a bolt to use it, instead of being on demand like bow

[frigid gust]

I dunno... it fills me with righteous indignation, and I must avenge myself. It's also almost always a result of me getting a little too cocky and comfortable 😉 I don't mind being humbled sometimes, I need it.

[uncut bough]

Bow is just: draw + fire, bing bang boom

Arbalest is: load initial bolt, cant run or jump cuz that cancels the animation, and then fire

[nocturne wolf]

If you load it before a fight, run through mist and then run into a seeker, you can instantly get a free hit, then switch to a faster weapon using the time the knockback gave you.

[uncut bough]

Which means if you switch to melee and then reswitch to arbalest, it has to reload, again, which is a massive hindrance

[frigid gust]

Arbalest is load the bolt, then run jump or whatever until you actually need to fire it

[uncut bough]

You stay more mobile with bow

[nocturne wolf]

So use a bow mid-fight then

[fallen zephyr]

I don't mind being humbled either. I just think that if you're really trying to survive any kind of encounter, your death should invoke a feeling more than boink!.

[uncut bough]

Yes, my point is arbalest is only viable in achieving the first hit with a clear line of sight, other than that it is bot worth it running around with arbalest

And also the mist makes the clearly superior arbalest range underutilized as well since you cant hit what you cant see

Which makes it shine better in plains just because the insane range and surprise attack kills a fuling easily with 1 hit

[frigid gust]

It would have tickled if I was in a root harnesk, or carapace armor, or I had just been more cautious with the tunnel and properly cleared it first. Lots of ways I could have prevented it.

[fallen zephyr]

Tickled?

[frigid gust]

Yeah. Root harnesk halves the piercing damage before taking into account any armor values. It cuts piercing damage to a fair bit less than half of what it would do without the harnesk at the same armor value.

You can basically facetank a 1* seeker with fenris and a root chest mix.

[paper marsh]

on Very Hard you can facetank a two star seeker with some good food and a root chest

[fallen zephyr]

Or! You can kite them back to a Dvergr tower and avoid the fight altogether.

[frigid gust]

You can only bring the ticks out of the mines and that's if they're attached to you 😉

[maiden granite]

Yeah, root harnesk is of great help in both plains and mistlands, especially againsts
Plains - Deathsquito
Mistlands - Ticks

[paper marsh]

I wouldn't discount its use against seekers, spear throwers, and draugr archers

Also on high difficulty pretty good against Moder

[half dragon]

damn these darkwood lox pens are expensive to make... would be so much cheaper if a simple low fence was enough, but no these acrobats know how to climb on top of each other

oh well, more tar pits to raid

[pliant hatch]

So why don't you let them roam free?

[paper marsh]

Spugelo does NOT believe in freedom

[half dragon]

having them separated in pens is far better for breeding

2 pens should be enough, doubt I need more than that

[pliant hatch]

So, dig 8m down, add an 8m dirtwall around the edges and you should be good.

[half dragon]

and make it fugly? noty. I'm using dark wood specifically becausse I want it to look good. Not some rotten food in the rain

[paper marsh]

for me 2 stone walls is high enough. Very rare that i end up with less than 2 lox in the pen, usually just the 4th and maybe the 3rd lox that climbs the wall

[half dragon]

or ugly roof to cover that normal wood fence...

I only had 2 loxes and first 5 minutes after getting them into that pen they were already escaping

[pliant hatch]

First two tames, perhaps?

[prime fjord]

Purple seeker solier, should I?

[fallen zephyr]

I guess that depends entirely on you intention...

[frigid gust]

If you've got magic and an escape route, seems like it could be fun

[prime fjord]

I got a frostner and and 3 stamina meals

[shy marlin]

Youll be fine just don't get hit

[frigid gust]

One hit risky build. Hope there's a nearby portal.

[prime fjord]

Brother, how do you even hit their abdomen?

[half dragon]

by being real close to it and barely seeing what it's doing

[grizzled wing]

Hit it in dey ass

[fallen zephyr]

It's a 3x2 rectangle. Finding the centre is a matter of pretty simple geometry.

[warped wing]

turns out wraiths are pretty easy to counter with parrying 🙂 although if its two wraiths - then RUN 😂

just got a wraith trophy 😎 woohoo! Lets go! 🥳

[light moat]

Nice! That’s a solid trophy!

[paper marsh]

parrying it then running around and hitting it, or waiting for it to do its ground slam and then running around and shooting it

I'd be surprised if you can parry if you're running triple stamina food against a starred soldier tho

[prime fjord]

Alr ill come back to that 2 star seeker soldier

I got bored after dodging and tickling him for quite some time

[hearty niche]

SOB I hate it when I log in and my guys isn't wearing any clothes, that means my last playthrough I Rage quit.

[frigid gust]

The only consistent technique I have found is to wait for them to start doing their tantrum ground pound and run around behind them then.

[hearty niche]

LOL I was sad cuz I thought I maybe lost my death marker and couldn't find it. Spent a few minutes searching the map. Nothing. Press Tab... apparently I picked up my inventory but didn't put it on.

[paper marsh]

lolz

I never really got rage quitting

[hearty niche]

Sometimes I gotta take a break or frustration overwhelms me. " Take 5 and come back with a clear head" works well for me.

[paper marsh]

Yea sometimes I take breaks too. I just never much understood the instant need to close a game with alt-f4 or such, I hate leaving games incomplete / potentially corrupting a save

[hearty niche]

My rage quitting is always more "Well, shit." I've had Valheim lose map changes and world changes a few times but I think that might have been before they fixed the full disk stuff.

Like it went to do the exit save but disk was fuill so it couldn't and instead of reporting that it just sweeps it under the rug

Or swept, more accurately, since they fixed it

What's the point of the iron pits? Are they purely decorative or do they have some function I'm missing?

[paper marsh]

The ones from Hildr? Mainly decorative. Also a cheaper / easier way to make a campfire on the go if you need to get rested

[grizzled wing]

I think it's so you can place a fire on top of wooden floors/don't need to hang a brazier

[paper marsh]

I wanted to say that too but the regular standing braziers also aren't that expensive iirc

[hearty niche]

Indoor placement on wood seems to be the most useful aspect, for sure.

I thought they were smokeless but they are not.

[light moat]

They seem to be mostly decorative. Definitely a cheaper alternative to standing braziers. 10 copper, 5 tin and 3 fenris claws is pretty expensive.

[paper marsh]

ah that is more expensive than I remembered

[rose spade]

Would you rather have more health or more stamina for Moder?

[light moat]

I have a fire pit close enough to my chicken coop to keep eggs warm, they’re pretty cool looking! I have an extra 9 iron pits and storage just in case lol

[light moat]

Personally, I would rather more stamina.

I feel like you get some decent downtime to heal up naturally and recharge HP mead. Her attacks are easy enough to dodge, and the extra stamina allows me to deal a lot of damage while she’s grounded.

[paper marsh]

I like eikthyr power with just 1 stamina. And then 2 hp bc gurl does DAMAGE if she hits you

For normal at least. Very Hard I wouldn’t touch her without 240 hp

[light moat]

That is true, if she hits you, LAWD that’s a lot of damage! Eikthyr power is a solid choice, I agree!

[half dragon]

no doubt I'd prepare the area to fight moder. Raise stone pillars for cover or something

[pliant hatch]

You do know you can mine a tiny hiding spot under her altar?

[pliant hatch]

Me: "I'm going to build a few more things for the next half an hour and have dinner after that."

Also me: "What? I've been building for over two hours and still haven't had my dinner?"

[empty bison]

how bad is to install ,,warfare,, mod as first playthourgh? I am finishing swamps and kinda thinking about more weapons

[pliant hatch]

I think you'd better ask that in https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1202934289898151966

[empty bison]

ah okey, thanks 🙂

[nocturne harbor]

Just got raided by wolves... I hope they all get muzzles in the update. 😭

[somber vigil]

when does Ahslands release?

[hearty niche]

Before the hounds but after the killer bees

[pliant hatch]

Some time within the next 85 days.

[somber vigil]

yipeeeeee

[hearty niche]

BTW I think I figured out the main use for iron pits - if its not raining hard, you still get the fire effect it seems

That plus you can build indoors as others have mentioned

I avoided fighting bosses on my Very Hard playthrough but now have to go on a boss slaughtering rampage ||to |mprove the trader's inventory. ||

plus the decorations are fun

I always like mounting a Dverger circlet in a place where I can mount a boss trophy over it.

Gives a cool glowing effect while hiding the light source and it gives the boss trophy some contrast.

[hearty niche]

Atgeir + ooze bombs are bigtime. Drop ooze bomb, spin attack. Anything not killed by the spin will die from the staggered poison damage.

[kind steppe]

Sup guys, I wondered where I can find some playmates, is there a dedicated channel for that 🧐?

[hearty niche]

#1024264966712340510

[kind steppe]

thanks!

[hearty niche]

You're welcome. 🙂 Have fun!

[dense steppe]

@kind steppecloser to the release of the update there will be a lot of people here

[kind steppe]

oh yes def, but I have such a strong desire to play right now 😭 😭 I found a perfect seed but I'm too lazy to build on my own and none of my friends wanna play anymore

[tawny isle]

maniol bang 83

[kind steppe]

a tragedy. they rushed through all of the biomes to get to the Mistlands, I wanna enjoy the game in a slower pace

[steel copper]

I love building if you want to start a slow fresh seed

[dense steppe]

you can’t be lazy to build what else will reflect your greatness if not the creation of your brilliant mind?

[dense steppe]

yes, I don’t like those who are in a hurry

[kind steppe]

I'm a perfectionist so I just end up restarting my builds, I need someone to tell me that sshhh baby it's okay that the windows are not aligned

[kind steppe]

yup, sounds fun! what's your time zone?

[steel copper]

UK

[dense steppe]

but this is not normal, the windows must be aligned

[kind steppe]

we basically ran through the plains and the mountain, I didn't have time to enjoy it. also my favourite biome is swamp, and my friends didn't want to build a base there...

[charred otter]

I found a somewhat far swamp with at least 2 crypts, 1 of which I looted and got 142 iron scraps, the journey to get it home is really long (a really long ocean travel), so I am considering do I raid the 2nd crypt before I transfer all the iron to the main base?

[hearty niche]

I usually do a first run to get an iron pickaxe and a bigger boat.

[charred otter]

Or is 142 iron plenty and I should just get it now

[kind steppe]

nice. but I really love to yap and talk a lot in general, is that gonna be fine with you?

[charred otter]

I have the longship (pickaxe is still bronze tho)

[dense steppe]

strange, why would that be?

[hearty niche]

Oh yea if its a long trip I'd totally clear the other crypt.

[kind steppe]

yes, and the ground should be perfectly flat. and also a nice fence. and a nice fireplace with a rug close by

[hearty niche]

Load up that longship

[charred otter]

Alr

[kind steppe]

they're weak and I have a refined taste that no one understands, obviously

[steel copper]

haha what do you mean?

[kind steppe]

I mean I'm an extrovert... so I love to talk. Some people just want to play and talk about the game and nothing more

[dense steppe]

modern witch tree house?

[steel copper]

haha ok
usually I do all the talking but if you wanna yap on that's fine xD
just no politics or religion lol

[kind steppe]

a nice stinky cemetery that we occupied and turned into a village, that's the story

[dense steppe]

heretics will burn in fire

[kind steppe]

sounds perfect, actually 🫶 will you have time tomorrow?

[steel copper]

ofc

[kind steppe]

I'm so happy sorry I'm so fed up with a solo run finally someone else in my game. Also, I have a seed that I want to use, you okay with that?

[dense steppe]

Maybe I can give you a couple of ideas on construction, how to arrange a cemetery, crypts and all that

[steel copper]

sure!

[kind steppe]

so like just an advice or you wanna play with us?

I'm okay with both

[dense steppe]

there must be catacombs under the cemetery

[kind steppe]

you played Dragon Age Origins? The Deep Roads are my favourite. Nothing beats a nice scary tunnel littered with corpses

[dense steppe]

It’s unlikely, I’ve been busy a lot lately, but if there’s time, why not?

[kind steppe]

Perfect! I'm so glad

@steel copper tomorrow, what would be the most comfortable time for you to start? I think maybe in the evening?

[dense steppe]

I think these are the corpses of those who also came to enjoy the beauty of those catacombs

[kind steppe]

ah, my people

[steel copper]

fine by me

[kind steppe]

actually, lore wise, the Swamp is really interesting, I love the way the writers describe it

[kind steppe]

I will get in touch with you around 17 o'clock, UK time, then

[hearty niche]

I've been trying to go for the Ole Munch look and can't decide if Long 1 or Loose 2 looks better for hairstyle.

[dense steppe]

And who is this?

[hearty niche]

Character from most recent season of Fargo

[dense steppe]

ahhhh, I remembered, I just didn’t remember his name

[hearty niche]

lol playing with the barber chair and making my guy headbang is fun

or saying absurd things and making him slowly look toward the camera

I kinda expect his hair to whip around

Are fishes affected by spawn suppression?

[latent wraith]

Yes.

[hearty niche]

ty

[dreamy flicker]

anyone having issues with Ashlands not loading on beta testing?

[merry pebble]

you can try to ask in #valheim-public-test most of convo about ptb is there 😄

[hearty niche]

as it has yet to be released, I imagine any attempt to load Ashlands will fail

[latent wraith]

Well ashlands is in the game and should be like it's been the last three years,

If it doesn't load something''s off.

[hearty niche]

well, yeah. "will fail" with several asterisks

[kind steppe]

Oh, so the Ashlands are in beta now, does anyone know when they will release? Approximately

[dreamy flicker]

they have the public test available for it in Steam for testing right meow

should be before June-ish

[latent wraith]

They'll be in public testing some time relatively soon, and then when ready to release they'll be moved to the live version.

[hearty niche]

Yes public test is where they put bug test releases. Ashlands hasn't made it to that branch yet.

[kind steppe]

That sounds optimistic, ngl

[latent wraith]

The PTB version right now is not Ashlands.

[hearty niche]

They said "first half 2024" so May/June doesn't seem terribly unreasonable

[dreamy flicker]

Awe boo, thanks peeps

[merry pebble]

no, still the engine upgrade beta there

[kind steppe]

I'm curious when the devs are going to start giving us some crumbs about the Deep North, considering the fact they spent around a year developing Ashlands

[kind steppe]

I see, thanks

[hearty niche]

IIRC we started seeing previews of Ashlands about 4 months after Mistlands.

Concept art and similar

[kind steppe]

So around October this year. Goodness, why should my favourite biome be the last to be developed 😭

[paper marsh]

Save the best for last?

[hearty niche]

I always tell folks they can pass the time by building their own awesome games.

[kind steppe]

I can't wait for any information about it. I'm interested how they're going to design it considering the fact the Mountain is so similar

[kind steppe]

You're definitely right, I'm just impatient

[paper marsh]

I feel like deep north is gonna be icier than the snowy mountains

[kind steppe]

You joke but I was actually thinking about starting to mod cause I love Valheim's art style so much, one can start to build on its base, basically

[light moat]

I’m hoping we see another gargantuan enemy that’s the size (or bigger!) than the troll

[hearty niche]

I'm 100% serious and not at all joking

Blender and Unity are both free and there's tons of good tutorials

[kind steppe]

I'm curious what they're gonna do with the frost mechanic. Make it worse? So cold even the warm clothes don't help?

[charred otter]

Why do I need a draugr elite trophy?

[kind steppe]

Frost Giants sound really realistic to me. Maybe some bears, you know, like the one from the Terror show?

[merry pebble]

for a weapon

[crude yacht]

It is used to make a weapon.

[light moat]

It would be interesting if nighttime was so cold and desolate, you stayed cold regardless.

[charred otter]

Do I need more for the upgrades

Or just 1 will do

[light moat]

Just one is fine!

[kind steppe]

Yup! This is actually a great idea since I have a lot of time now. I wanted to make a biome of my own, but just replace the textures, nothing too serious, am I right? To vibe and make good screenshots

[hearty niche]

Making your own biome is probably the hardest possible mod for Valheim I think

I haven't done any serious Valheim modding but it touches every game system I think.

[kind steppe]

Yes, exactly. And maybe some hot springs scattered around so you don't die all the time?

[kind steppe]

I mean it's not like I'm gonna animate. Do some models and just replace the in-game ones, doesn't sound that complicated.

[hearty niche]

I've never done any serious valheim modding so don't let me dissaude you from trying.

[kind steppe]

Tuunbaq looks like someone eager to jump on you from a friendly-shaped snow pile during the snow storm while you're freezing to death

[kind steppe]

even if I fail, it's still experience

@vocal rivet you think it's too difficult?

[vocal rivet]

No, I just think you might be underestimating the work involved. And yeah, giving it a go might be an eye-opener.

[kind steppe]

I don't underestimate, I'm in the total darkness on the subject. I'm just optimistic, you know 😩

[kind pendant]

Just made a breeding ground of loxxes at yagluth 😂

[kind steppe]

Like it won't hurt to try, I always wanted to try my hand at modeling. If I fail, I can try modding Skyrim, lmao

[hearty niche]

If doing visual stuff, I'd start with Blender and learning how textures get mapped to polygons if you have not already.

[kind steppe]

I have some experience~

[vocal rivet]

UV unwrapping, heh, NEVER got the hang of that.

[hearty niche]

Awesome! That will help, for sure.

[kind steppe]

making textures sucks, for sure, but I wanna chill in my little Avatar corner until I'm able to buy the Frontiers of Pandora

[hearty niche]

I might make a mod to Hunter S Thompson'ify the bats event. No more "The cauldron has been stirred"... you're in bat country now

[kind steppe]

evil

[kind pendant]

Quick question if anyone knows, is there a cooldown while breeding loxxes?

[hearty niche]

Are you asking if lox have a refractory period?

[half dragon]

where's batman when he's needed?

[hearty niche]

... oddly I think the answer is yes, the breeding action has a chance every X seconds, I don't remember what X is.

[kind pendant]

Yes

[kind pendant]

Ah got it, just wondering if I’m doing something wrong

[hearty niche]

Soemone made a youtube video about all the mechanics.

[kind steppe]

User name checks out

[kind pendant]

😂

[hearty niche]

I think I was sick the day they taught Lox Husbandry at viking school

[kind pendant]

I’ll try finding that, definitely will come in handy

[kind steppe]

Breeding can only occur once every 10seconds. (from script)
Pregnancy occurs when an animal breeds 4 times. (from script)

from reddit

[hearty niche]

I was gonna say, if you also grok C# that's a good foudnational block too

[kind steppe]

nothing about a time out between giving birth and another breeding

[merry pebble]

https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Taming#Breeding

[kind steppe]

so I guess it must be instant

[kind steppe]

uhhh, yeah, of course... I might have been TOO optimistic on the subject, lmao. oh well!

[kind pendant]

I feel bad for these loxxes 🥲 forcing them to mass produce their species to fight an ancient boss

[hearty niche]

10 years ago I got hired as a Python programmer without knowing much Python so everyone's gotta start somewhere!

[merry pebble]

we have some nice people here who made wiki so we can find stuff like this easily 😄

[kind steppe]

I mean, they're fierce beasts. I'm sure they enjoy a good fight

[kind pendant]

That is true! I hope one of the first loxxes I tamed will survive, to be a true og

Not sure if some of my loxxes are pregnant or not

[kind steppe]

actually programming is a thing I always try to avoid, but I guess if I decide to be serious about trying to mod I'll have to get at least some knowledge. It's also just practical

[hearty niche]

I'm always surprised how little C# a person needs to know to get stuff done in Unity but yeah,it's a good skill to have if a person is gonna make a serious go at modding.

[kind steppe]

you can always call its offspring X Junior and make a tiny monument if it doesn't make it

[kind steppe]

you know, you make programming sound not boring, actually

I guess you just need a reason

[hearty niche]

My own programming journey started ~25 years ago building Quake mods, it's the whole reason I learned C.

[kind steppe]

hm. can I ask you what you do now as a programmer?

[kind pendant]

I can do that. I named the first two mom and dad

Easier to tell them apart

[kind steppe]

so mom junior or dad junior, sounds easy enough

[hearty niche]

Presently I build After Effects plugins and am trying to get some capital together to build a few games.

[kind pendant]

Yep! I’ll do that for the little ones

[kind steppe]

so you didn't move that far from what you started with, basically? pardon, I'm not very knowledgeable about these things

[hearty niche]

Mind if I move this to a DM?

Or #programming - then we're not clogging stuff up here w/ OT chat

[kind steppe]

no problem

choose whatever feels best to you

[kind pendant]

I feel like these pregnancies last a little longer than a few minutes with loxxes

[hearty niche]

Is it normal to walk into a troll cave and there's no troll and then suddenly POOF there's a troll

[kind pendant]

Not sure, haven’t really had that. There has been where a troll didn’t spawn though

[vocal vale]

Rendering will do that

[kind pendant]

Think I’ll get 15 loxxes, bow yagluth for a bit, then fight 1 on 1

With preperation ofc

[nocturne wolf]

Seems normal, it happens in most troll caves I enter

[loud valve]

I've never done a troll cave

[nocturne wolf]

You usually get a free backstab, so it’s easier than killing one normally unless you use bows

[loud valve]

So, not much point to them

[nocturne wolf]

They also have chests and yellow mushrooms, and they have troll hide, of course

[austere flame]

is it just me or do spears kinda suck compared to the rest of the weapons

[long barn]

really? i have the opposite experience. they're real nice early game and still useful currently at the swamp area

just learned that throwing them at leeches is a pretty safe way to take them out

[nocturne wolf]

Their throwing makes it easy to kill an enemy while staying outside its attack trigger area (is there a better name for this?) as much as possible, and they attack pretty fast

[latent wraith]

Spears are good if you know how to use them. They were the weapon of choice for the guy who won the speedrun competition last year, for example.

[maiden light]

I feel like I already know the answer to this.... but when Ashlands comes out will it be leveled higher than Mistlands? I'm trying to decide if I want to start another playthrough now so I can jump right into Ashlands when it's out.

[nocturne wolf]

Ashlands will be the 7th biome in progression

[latent wraith]

It will be the biome after Mistlands in progression, yes.

[maiden light]

Anyone have predictions on when it will come out? 1mo, 2mo, more?

[nocturne wolf]

It should be out first half of this year

[latent wraith]

It's announced as coming out in the first half of this year.

[maiden light]

Awesome. Time to convince my friends to play again to be ready for Ashlands!

Thanks.

[neat fractal]

you should build a bridge to ashlands

[nocturne wolf]

The terrain generation is going to be changed when ashlands releases, don’t do this!

[neat fractal]

i thought explored areas are uneffected

[nocturne wolf]

Objects will reimain the way they are but terrain is regenerated whenever it is loaded, so the bridge will probably collapse.

Even the main menu’s terrain is generated whenever you start the game

[maiden light]

So don't build any insane bases either. What if I spawn and stack boulders in the ocean to use as foundation? Do you think a base built on that would still collapse?

[nocturne wolf]

I haven’t spawned objects to use in builds before, but anything that doesn’t fall (like trees and small rocks do) and supports buildings won’t collapse. As I mentioned, objects are fine, only the terrain gets regenerated.

[pliant hatch]

Don't forget that players who build anything in the Mistlands before that one was released, ended up with their structures being high above the ground or partially underground when Mistlands was released.

So best thing to do is simply not building anything in Ashlands, until you participate in the PTB or if it's released.

[maiden light]

Oh, I wasn't going to build in the ashlands at all. Just do a normal playthrough to be ready for ashlands.

[pliant hatch]

Old worlds may be affected, but usually things are safe in the already released biomes.

[maiden light]

Worth the risk. I've been having the Valheim itch for months. I'll deal with the consequences when they come.

[nocturne wolf]

There shouldn’t be consequences in finished biomes, you’ll be fine

[austere flame]

I feel like they're only good early game. Also mace and shield is just so much better and more versatile imo if we're talking swamp.

I switch between that and bow

I guess it depends on the person and their playstyle

[paper marsh]

Spears are undervalued, but often overshadowed by bows

I use spears too in swamp sometimes, quite nice. Maces are very good too. Only real advantage I'd say maces have in swamp is against the boss tho. It does do extra damage against skellies and blobs but those are hardly a threat

[kind pendant]

I have only ever used a spear once, not because it’s bad, just didn’t use it

[neat fractal]

i used a spear once too, threw it off a cliff never to be seen again

[kind pendant]

Haha!😂 I remember making a spear as a starter and I tried throwing it at a greydwarf, I failed miserably and ran away. When I went there next time, it was gone

[kind pendant]

You think 10-15 loxxes are enough to go up against yagluth? (Including me)

[pliant hatch]

I think I just had a very unique Valheim experience:

Sailing through a mountain biome.........

[neat fractal]

not sure

[pliant hatch]

I may be close, but if you got the right weapons to support them, you'll be fine.

[nocturne wolf]

I like making a track to sail down a mountain, but I’ve never been through one.

[neat fractal]

maybe if you use the staff of protection but i doubt you have that right now

[kind pendant]

I feel like a mix of, frostner, blackmetal sword+bow for range is pretty good against yagluth

[nocturne wolf]

Silver does more damage to yagluth than blackmetal

[kind pendant]

Yeah, that’s a bit away, I’ll be needing that for the queen lol

[pliant hatch]

Do you have any fulling villages near that Yagluth altar?

[kind pendant]

Nope

[kind pendant]

I’ll probably swap off my blacmetal sword for silver

[pliant hatch]

Shame.
Last fight I had with Yagluth was close to a fulling village.
I evicted them, made the sacrifice and used one of their towers to snip him off.
He never aggro'ed on me, so that was a very easy fight.

Fight before that I used 40+ wolves.
Worked so well, I had to hit him once.

[kind pendant]

Wow! I usually don’t like making it easy, I still want a challenge.

I feel like valheim has this challenge to offer, & it’s a big part of it. Definitely hilarious to shred him down with a ton of wolves

[pliant hatch]

It was actually a bit too easy.

I had more fun with the fight where I was able to snipe him off from that platform in the Fulling village.

[wispy perch]

hi guys, Valheim have 6 or 7 biomes right now? The "fire" biome already launch?

[kind pendant]

Still a challenge to be able to snipe it from a distance

[kind pendant]

Ashland’s will launch soon

[pliant hatch]

Ashlands will be released within the next 84 days.

[wispy perch]

thanks, guys

[kind pendant]

No problem

[pliant hatch]

Mwoah.
He was close enough to show his healthbar and he's large enough to be able to hit him.

[kind pendant]

I personally feel like with lox pie, bloodbag and wolf skewer as food is good, fire resistance, bonemasses power, & 10-15 loxxes can handle this boss situation

[placid idol]

within this month or next month. Im getting the huff of a nearby release. Its a hunch not confirmation btw

[kind pendant]

I’m worried that when the ashlands release, it’ll be hard to build a base, & survive when you get there as there will be a huge gaping ocean

[pliant hatch]

If it doesn't work out, you can always train some wolves.
Although that may take a it more time.

[placid idol]

the scent of fresh wood placeable is near

I think I remember seeing some safe biomes on the border near ashlands

may change but maybe a spot of some random biome

[pliant hatch]

That may change as the Dev's have stated in one of their vid's that the Ashlands will be seperated islands only.

[kind pendant]

True

[placid idol]

i never had any issues with setting of a teleport portal nearby then making a boat to take over which is risky since if you die all your stuff is gone

so perhaps build 2 boats that you actively keep repaired and once you get to the land mass, you full sail one of the boats back in the directiong of your portal room

then jump off that boat

[nocturne wolf]

Boats anchor/freeze when no players are nearby

[placid idol]

skill issue

[nocturne wolf]

Just make a portal in the ashlands

[placid idol]

probably for the best, atleast when learning about the destruction of the mobs you could counter

im only really worried about the serpent, im having a gut feeling it does ranged

[nocturne wolf]

The problem will be its pierce resistance. We’ll have to kill it with melee/magic attacks.
(I’m assuming it has pierce resistance because it’s a skeleton)

[pliant hatch]

Guess it's time we discover blunt arrows......

[placid idol]

nukes

[pliant hatch]

Wrong game.
Minecraft is that <--- direction.

[nocturne wolf]

I’m sure it will be well balanced for this though. Maybe we get a new boat to withstand more attacks from it, giving us as many opportunities to bonk it (it’s likely to have a blunt weakness) as possible before the boat breaks.

[placid idol]

minecraft doesnt have nukes

i could kinda see a new boat, has better odds on doing crits with direct hits with the tip of the boat

[pliant hatch]

I'm curious what kind of blood sucking parasite the Dev's have picked for this biome.

[kind pendant]

Probably a magma golem that’ll have 2000-3000 base hp 😪

Or bigger surtlings

With 500 hp which are also fast

[pliant hatch]

That's the new "troll-monster".

But after leeches, deathsquitoes and ticks, I wonder if we get something like fireflees.

[kind pendant]

Would’ve been cool for mistlands to have fireflies to also lead the path a BIT

In the time I have played, I had the stupidest death today

[pliant hatch]

Crushed by a tree while standing in your campfire?

[kind pendant]

Nope, fall damage at a low point at yagluths altar 😐

[nocturne wolf]

My first death was from the first tree I chopped. I knew the store page described the game as brutal so this set my expectations way too high for the difficulty of the rest of the game.

[kind pendant]

I hadn’t eaten a meal because I was chilling with the loxxes until I climbed up a little with 16 hp and some reason walked off

I was pretty pissed but also was funny at the same time

[burnt stump]

Ashlands might have the most content in a biome considering its separated by ocean with its own ocean creature + unknown creature that's not the morgen or fallen Valk

[pliant hatch]

As long as you're able to recover your items easily, it'll remain funny.

[wheat turret]

hi

[kind pendant]

Hello!

[azure yacht]

Morgen looks very bloodsucker-ish

[kind pendant]

True I was just sad about my skills ☹️

I don’t know if you guys know, but do animals mature while you’re away?

[pliant hatch]

They might, but will only show as matured the moment the player enters their vincinity again.
Kinda like how the crops work.

[halcyon blade]

One of the funniest deaths is being yeeted off the mountain by a stone golem. Of course it's very frustrating and upsetting but it's hard not to laugh if/when it happens.

[kind pendant]

I haven’t experienced that but I would laugh for sure, definitely hilarious

[feral bloom]

!ashlands

[plush umbra]

Ong the fuling totems are actually capacitors that hold a form of energy equivalent to the sun ☀️

I'm gonna nickname one "Godzilla"

[wide zodiac]

im on day 180 and still havent done bonemass or got silver yet. I just love the building in this game its so satisfying

[light moat]

I feel that. Planning on getting started on my new build tonight.

[kind pendant]

Loxxes growing up take a bit too long

[pliant hatch]

So did breeding over 40 wolves for me.

Especially when you have to jump back and forth between your wolf breeding pen and your boar pen.

[kind pendant]

It’s hard to jump back n forth with breeding

[loud valve]

That's why I'm usually building something when I'm breeding

[kind pendant]

I feel like my 13 loxxes should be enough for now..

[loud valve]

Depends on if you want fish and bread

[wide zodiac]

what are loxes for

[sand bramble]

Making lox pie!! And riding into battle

And protecting your land. They hit hard

Lox vs Abomination... FITE

[wide zodiac]

bro the 1 star boar i spent several days taming just died on my boat when i rotated it. it got killed by the boat wthhhhh

[sand bramble]

LMAO

Sorry for your loss!!!

[wide zodiac]

how the hell am i supposed to transport boars back to my base if they cant survive my boat

when i tried steering my boat slowly my boar took damage as if it was getting run over by the boat

[frigid gust]

Don't. Make a breeding base where you find them, and leave them there. Never, ever take your only rare tame anywhere. Breed it and take the children.

[wide zodiac]

bruh is there a way to reload a last save?

[sand bramble]

I pushed a wolf on and had them "follow" when I was on the ship but it's a gamble, they fall off

[wide zodiac]

how do take the children?

can i carry them or something?

so animals cant ride boats good to know

[frigid gust]

With boars? I just don't. They're prone to doing exactly what you have experienced, especially on a boat. You can sometimes use a harpoon or push them down a chute you build with fences, but boars don't really behave at all.

The nice thing is that they will mature when you are off doing other things you only need to be physically in their presence for them to breed.

[wide zodiac]

i tried to harpoon my tamed boar but it wouldnt latch on. doesnt only work on wild boars?

[frigid gust]

You need to turn friendly fire on for it to work, in the menu where you can open your skills and such

[sharp halo]

on a scale of 1-10 how chill is the valheim community

[solemn matrix]

Moderate

[sharp halo]

😔

[wide zodiac]

are you able to pick up kids and put them on your boat?

[sharp halo]

I tried that, was jailed for a few years

[wide zodiac]

how do you take the children then?

[frigid gust]

You want to let them mature first

The basic idea is that you breed for more starred animals so you're not putting all your eggs in one basket. A starred animal has a 50% chance of making a star offspring with a un-starred partner. Once you have offspring with stars, just kill the regular ones and breed them together and you're guaranteed offspring with stars.

Then you take a few of those offspring with you, leaving some breeding stock behind, that way if a mishap occurs during travel you will not have lost everything.

[wide zodiac]

what if happens if i dont let them mature first and i stuck them on my boat as newborns

[frigid gust]

They are much more fragile and will die very quickly from any damage

[wide zodiac]

are 2 star boars more common in the meadows at the edge of the world?

i should just go straight for a 2 star boar instead of 1 star if it takes that much effort to bring them back home

i built a whole secured stone barn for them already too and dude just straight up died on my boat

[kind pendant]

I hate losing so much skill upon death

I worked so hard for it and 5% of my bow skills are gone

[wide zodiac]

he literally exploded

[pliant hatch]

Pffff. Those 2* Greydwarf Brutes are living up to their name.
I'd rather fight a 2* Grey-smurf instead.

right. Got him. But took me 4 "Forrest Gump Manoeuvres" before I managed that.
And I thought a 2** troll was bad.

[foggy glacier]

don't die?

[wide zodiac]

havent seen a 2 star troll yet. are you on the starting island?

[pliant hatch]

Yup.

I haven't encountered one at this seed, but I did at another one.
Was one of those fights that made me wonder if leather pants wouldn't be better; considering you won't see the brown stain that easily.

[wide zodiac]

is it true that if i kill all the boars near a boar rune stone a 2 star boar will spawn? i read it on a reddit post but not sure if this is true or not

[vocal rivet]

@wide zodiac No, that's nonsense. For a start, boar runestones are one time spawners, and secondly, aside from those single spawn, starred boars only happen 800m from the centre of the map outwards.

Usually best to ignore Reddit frankly.

[frigid gust]

Unless I'm the one that wrote it 😛

[vocal rivet]

Yeah, but you would have got it right.

[wide zodiac]

how to tell if a boar is pregnant?

[pliant hatch]

No need to check that.

Feed it carrots, mushroom or some other items, make sure there's another boar nearby and pet it if you like.
At some point the boar(s) will squeek and a new one pops out.

[frigid gust]

You do want to wait for pink hearts to show up to make sure they're getting pregnant

[prime fjord]

whats up with the purple lightning?

[strange arrow]

special Mistlands effects

[prime fjord]

cool

[light moat]

When you get 5 acorns from a single oak tree 🤌

[warped wing]

i can see why sea serpents are so dangerous... on a ship like a longboat - paddling is so slow.

[stuck wave]

old comment I know, but its worth mentioning they are also fantastic at destroying your land! I raise and tender lox on my base, and I find if you use any sort of 'realistic' containment fence like Iron reinforced Dverger Stakes or stone walls, you'll have to repair them often (once every few weeks) as stressed lox tend to run around and deal trample damage (which walls are weak to as it is considered 'blunt'). Totally worth raising, but I reckon anyone interested in loxing should keep that in mind

[sand bramble]

Big dummies like to see what you're up to. I dug a hole in rock and lined it with stone wall, and pushed them in!! I put a sign next to it "Pit of Despair". Although it actually looks quite pleasant with meadow grass and a tree :3c Didn't know they destroy other stuff easy.

[stuck wave]

I admit the big hole method feels a bit industrial for my tastes. I have a large paddock inside my fortress walls with a gate and birch trees throughout. They love the extra space it seems, and I can give them food easily. Also makes getting them out easy peasy. The fence I use is the dvergr one, cause the old one kept getting trampled. I have a turret set to kill fulings and squitos before they stress the herd, but its pretty inaccurate

underpopulation is solved with cloudberry distribution, overpopulation is solved with salt and pepper

[sand bramble]

Took me a minute to get that 😂

[kind pendant]

I beat yagluth!

Took out my 13 loxxes in a good 15 seconds 🥲

[frigid gust]

Yeah... lox are a bit weak to fire, and Yag's got some to spare.

[kind pendant]

True, the damage helped out tho

Loxxes came in handy bringing it down to half hp

But I don’t think the fight went too fairly

[cerulean osprey]

lol seen someone use Wolves the same way

[strange arrow]

release the hounds

[kind pendant]

I used the backup saves to be able to beat yagluth, but I feel like it was kind of cheating. Otherwise it would’ve been impossible for me to retrieve my items. So I’m not sure if I should just restart and be more ready.

[cerulean osprey]

lol you can always go back and retry the boss the normal way

[kind pendant]

I just went through a lot of pain ( 7 hours of breeding and taming) i didn’t feel like doing it again

[cerulean osprey]

then don't use the loxes

[kind pendant]

I feel like 20 loxxes would do quite the job, and rest would be me

[kind pendant]

They’re a good option. Wolves would get killed too quick

[strange arrow]

the only way wolves work is if they kill the boss before he gets an attack off

or a significant chunk so you can finish him yrself at least

but they won't last long at all

[paper marsh]

You can also lower the difficulty or death penalty if you find him too difficult

[tulip patrol]

so what does everyone think the next black forge and galdr table upgrades will be. so we cant finally get tier 4 mistland armor + weapons

[paper marsh]

No clue what the upgrade will be, don’t care much either. I expect we’ll get it in Ashlands update tho

Prob won’t make much difference, except if dead raiser is able to upgrade one more time

[keen patio]

hello, im verry new to valheim. im kinda scared to go in alone

[lusty latch]

Is there an easy way to mass flatten ground?

[crude yacht]

There might be a devcommand?

Otherwise, I just spam the hoe across a region. Getting a large swath of land perfectly flat takes a bit of effort, and sometimes you have to build it up before you pat it all back down to get it perfect.

[paper marsh]

You got this, I believe in you. You can ask here if you have any questions, but a big part of the joy is discovering

If you are looking for others to play with #1024264966712340510 is the place to look. But honestly I recommend giving the game a go solo when just starting out, or at least playing with other newbies

[keen patio]

i would love to play with other new players, it just that im having a hard time finding some x.x

[paper marsh]

It’s tough yea. That’s why I’d recommend trying it out solo to not have too much spoiled

[lusty latch]

yeah that's what we're doing but mining the parts that can't be hoed sucks

[buoyant reef]

The upgrade feature doesn't seem very well balanced

[tulip patrol]

How so?

[buoyant reef]

Early in the game a tool with 2-3 upgrades outperforms a higher material tier item without upgrades
And later in the game the upgrades barely do anything because the bonus is the same regardless of the base power of the weapon

Flint Spear goes from 20 to 26 damage in a single upgrade (increase by 30% damage)
Ancient Bark Spear goes from 55 to 61 damage in a single upgrade (increase by ~10.9% damage
Carapace Spear goes from 115 to 121 damage in a single upgrade (increase by ~5.2% damage)

And then a Bronze Buckler at level 3 has the same exact block power as a base power Iron Buckler, but also has 1.5x as much durability because of its upgrades

The later you get in the game, the less valuable upgrading gets
While earlier in the game it's better to keep using a high level item than it is to "upgrade" to the next tier

[strange arrow]

lvl 3 grade is supposed to be on par with the next material lvl 1

[wide zodiac]

do i have to stay near my boars while they are pregnant to progress the pregnancy or are they like crops and still grow while im far away

[buoyant reef]

It would be nice if the base power of a tier was better than the fully upgraded version of the previous tier by at least 1.

[tulip patrol]

ye, you gotta stay within the area, ~64 m for them to tame and breed

[strange arrow]

they need to gain 3 hearts before pregnant, but at that point the timer moves auto

it will pause if you leave the vicinity

[wide zodiac]

awwww man i gotta afk for like a week

[strange arrow]

sleeping speeds it up

[tulip patrol]

If you keep them passive and not frightened or aggroed, it only takes 30min and 3 morsels of food,

Sleeping does not speed it up btw, it just wastes the food

[strange arrow]

taming it doesn't but when the boars are already pregnant it does

[wide zodiac]

how long is the pregnancy?

[strange arrow]

immediately after gaining the 3rd heart

it's very quick, the time delay hits for waiting for the piggys to mature

(which sleeping helps with)

[wide zodiac]

can they immediately breed again after giving birth?

[strange arrow]

yes

after 3 more hearts

[wide zodiac]

when the child grows can they also breed with their parents?

[strange arrow]

yes

at that point they are basically clones of the adults

the only difference between any of the adult tames is only 1st gen, which sometimes have a recall behaviour that makes them want to constantly return to their spawn area which can be annoying when they won't eat, but that behaviour is easily bred out before you even move them for the first time

[prime fjord]

Im starting to wonder if infested mines really exist (I cant find one)

[wide zodiac]

whats the max number of pigs i can have inside a pen? or is there no limit

[crude yacht]

It's limited by the amount of space provided...if you want more, make a larger pen.

I think my current pen is about 5x5 or 5x6 of the stake fences, and I've gotten around 8 or 9 boars, I believe.

[half dragon]

For just having them in there? just stuff in as many as you can.

But for breeding there's some rules:
5 Within 10 meters for boars, once there's 5 they no longer breed. For optimal breeding multiple pens with 10 meters seperating them would be great... or alternatively if you do not care how hideous the structure looks, there are ways to move those piggies away from the 2 adults and just keep breeding

[halcyon blade]

Like dropper setups that automatically drop the piglets out of that 10 meter range.

[nocturne wolf]

I made a wolf farm where I kicked the cubs down into a very deep pit from above so I could make infinite wolves, and a pit to kick enemies into

[half dragon]

if it works it works 😂

[sand meteor]

do you guys play mainly solo

[wide zodiac]

i do

[half dragon]

was thinking of doing something like that for loxes but... nah. I remembered that these big goof balls give 4-5 meat and you'll get 2 loxes bred per pen, meaning 4 with 2 pens per about 100 minutes. That would be 10-11 meat per hour on average. Each lox pie lasts 30 minutes, but you'd probably eat again in about 15 minutes to refresh it. meaning 4 pies per hour if you're eating constantly, more likely less. Which at best would be 8 lox meat per hour required to sustain lox meat pie buff 24/7

long story short, 2 lox pens should be more than enough for 1 person

[wide zodiac]

how big should i make the pens for loxes?

[half dragon]

I came up with a design I like for them. Seems to be a good size for them when there's 4 adults I'll post a screenshot

[wide zodiac]

also can i transport loxes back to my base in the meadows by boat?

havent explored plains yet but just planning ahead rn

[half dragon]

probably is possible haven't tried, but to grow barley and flax you'll need a base or outpost in the plains anyway

[nocturne wolf]

Loxes can swim short distances, you might not need a boat

[wide zodiac]

can i harpoon them and drag them across an entire ocean

[nocturne wolf]

With enough stamina, yes

[half dragon]

probably going to need stamina regen mead

[nocturne wolf]

Just try to stop any hungry serpents eating them

[wide zodiac]

do loxes have 1 star and 2 star varients too?

[half dragon]

no, but they give 4-5 even at 0

also posted to screenshots my lox pen design

[wide zodiac]

what wood did you use for that pen @half dragon

[nocturne wolf]

It’s darkwood, crafted from wood and tar

[half dragon]

can be replaced with some other material, but imo that looks great

also loxes cannot have a roof above their head, it will prevent breeding

[wide zodiac]

do u unlock chickens first then loxes or is it the other way around

[half dragon]

chickens require you to defeat the boss of plains, so unless you rush in to kill the boss with suboptimal gear and food, you'll probably be farming loxes first, or hunting them for food

[nocturne wolf]

Chickens used to only be available after yagluth, so loxes come first

I dont think you can make food with them without the all cauldron upgrades, anyway

[charred otter]

Do I need tin/copper/bronze for swamp/after swamp stuff? want to know if I should mine some and transfer them along with my iron or if I shouldn't bother

[nocturne wolf]

Bronze isn’t used for much past black forest but you’ll need more iron later in the game.

[warm flare]

Is there any news that ashlands update will add content for some previous biomes?

[charred otter]

Aight so no point mining some extra copper and tin to transfer along with the iron, thx

[nocturne wolf]

the only thing I’ve seen announced is a new wood floor

[atomic hatch]

Anyone wanna start a new world?

[hidden brook]

what do i do after defeating moder?

[atomic hatch]

Prep for next boss

[hidden brook]

... how

what do i do where do i go?

[atomic hatch]

No idea tbh

[hidden brook]

😂 me neither

[atomic hatch]

Haven’t don’t it in a while

[hidden brook]

im guessing plains ig

[atomic hatch]

Is it not the ice one In the mountaints

Mountains

[hidden brook]

did that biome

[pliant hatch]

Head to the plains as soon as you got the items build you unlocked after defeating Moder.
You will need those.

And prepare well, as some of the monsters at the plains are a real PitA.

[hidden brook]

fighting 5+ growth at once is not a good idea i repeat it is NOT a good idea

scary blobs of dookie

[azure yacht]

Nope

[wide zodiac]

Bros speedrunning fr. I still havent even done bonemass yet lol

[hidden brook]

speedrunning? ive got 50 hours on this server 😂

[heavy grove]

where you from?

[atomic hatch]

Europe

[slender dagger]

btw a tip for plains if you have trouble/want to make villages easier, find a tar pit close to a village and lead the beserker there, ussualy makes it alot easier to kill him, also dont get close to shamans and just bow them down :)

[hidden brook]

got it thank you

[slender dagger]

no probs, just ask if you got any other questions, at plains myself too :)

[empty bison]

how many iron do you usually takes on ship? I have 210 now and it takes forever to fill ship from swamp, but I am no near full capacity of longship

[sudden wedge]

i try to get a full boat, i need all of that iron for decorating and chests

[stoic estuary]

when is the update coming i cant wait anymore ??

[slender dagger]

well it can be anywhere from now to in 2 months

but probably less than a month i hope

[merry pebble]

I usually fill the boat of clear the swamp, whatever comes first 😄

[stoic estuary]

nooooo

but i wanna start a new save now🥺

[pliant hatch]

So?

YOu can do that as long as you don't move into the Ashlands.
Also, "first half of 2024" means we still got 3 months to go. Not two as someone mentioned.

[slender dagger]

bro theres 12 months in a year not 14

its the 4th month now, so in 2 months its 6 which is the half of 12??

[pliant hatch]

Bro, June is month 6. We're in April right now.
So April, May, June.
That's 3 in my book.

[slender dagger]

if you add 60 days to now its june

thats approxmiately 2 months

[pliant hatch]

But "first half of 2024" goes up to 1st of July.
Which means 3 months.

[slender dagger]

no?

[pliant hatch]

Or, to be precise: 84 days.

[stoic estuary]

💀

[slender dagger]

if you say every month is 30 days, in 68 days it will be the 15th june, which if you double the days from jan 1 to june 15 it will be december 30, which is half a year

[shadow remnant]

I wish this game had more build shapes.

[slender dagger]

you get me?

and 8 days is cliser than 30

[pliant hatch]

Sure mate, whatever.
If according to you the second half of 2024 starts the moment we're in June, that's fine with me.
But given that half a year means 6 months, it also means that for me - and lot of other people here as well - it includes June.

[slender dagger]

no it starts june 15

if you do it mathematically

[merry pebble]

The end of June Is the end of first half of the year, after that are 6 more months

[slender dagger]

that isnt half a year tho, end of june ur about 7 months in, and 6 more to go. doesnt add up to 12

[merry pebble]

Can you please list all the months and tell us which Is 6th?

[slender dagger]

end of june is almost july

[pliant hatch]

It's not:

https://www.google.com/search?q=which+date+is+the+exact+half+of+the+year+in+the+world&oq=Which+date+is+the+excact+half+of+the+year%3F&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCQgCECEYChigATIGCAAQRRg5MgkIARAhGAoYoAEyCQgCECEYChigATIJCAMQIRgKGKAB0gEJMjE5NjhqMGo3qAIIsAIB&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

{quote]
The exact halfway point of the year falls on July 2nd in a standard calendar year. This means that there are 182 days before July 2nd and 183 days after it in a non-leap year. In a leap year, the halfway point is July 1st, as there are 183 days before and 183 days after that date[/quote]

I rest my case.

[merry pebble]

And by this logic there is 13 months in a year?

[slender dagger]

ah okay ur right then

my bad

[pliant hatch]

I think a calendar based upon the moon cycli is actually having 13 months in a year. But that would be the only one.

[empty bison]

ah ty, my brain is getting numb from all these temples 😄

[pliant hatch]

Anyone else noticed there's lots of raspberries near the spawn point, but never many red mushrooms?
As if the game tries to force us to hunt deer and boar.

[half dragon]

there's not many mushrooms anywhere, takes some effort to find them

but when you're moving around hunting stuff you'll find plenty

[pliant hatch]

Yeah,true that.
Reason why I mark them on my map the moment I do find them.

[void abyss]

The opposite, actually, on one new map, anyway

[merry pebble]

I usually see a few mushrooms near the spawn, i guess raspberries are just more noticable

[half dragon]

that too

I finally saw my 8 meter high fence in action. Another lox tried to break out by climbing on top of each other, but it's barely high enough to prevent that

[pliant hatch]

There are 2 raspberry bushes and 2 mushrooms near the standing stones.
But I just did a run in the vicinity and found 29 raspberries and 7 mushrooms so far.
Glad I don't need them as food anymore, but still.

[charred otter]

I got a lvl 7 forge (after making iron-related stuff) but my crafting station is still at 4

What material am I missing to unlock the upgrade for lvl 5?

[pliant hatch]

Do you have a Cooler, (small) anvils, Smith's Anvil, Forge Tool Rack, Bellows and Grinding wheel?

[charred otter]

Ye, how's that related tho?

Used the wiki (wanted to avoid spoilers but whatever) and I am missing obsidian

Is that a swamp thing

[pliant hatch]

No, mountains.

[charred otter]

So I won't get the next workbench for a while cuz I haven't killed bonemass yet and prob shouldn't go to mts before then

[slender dagger]

they look like rocks, but when you look at them it says "Obsidian" often close to stone golem spawns if i remember correctly

[slender dagger]

well depends, i used iron stuff for the mountains almost completely, so if u have a shield and an alright shield skill you can go to mountains, tho remember a bunch of arrows

and frost res

[charred otter]

I'd rather not go there yet until I defeat bonemass

[slender dagger]

alright, the only thing i recommend for mountains if u got all the stuff i mentioned is make a portal somewhere, as it will make it easier to get ur stuff if you die, also keep a bunch of frost resistance potions in ur home.

[charred otter]

Also I should get iron pickaxe but not iron axe right?
And how much do I upgrade things like huntsman bow/pickaxe/iron sword etc

[pliant hatch]

IF you're able to craft frost resistance mead, you may consider it.
You can get some useful items from it, although getting silver will be a bit more difficult without the Bonemass drop.

[charred otter]

And ig I should go for iron buckler or braided, I think buckler cuz parry

[slender dagger]

dont upgrade hunstman, i actually skipped it and went straight to draugr fang

[charred otter]

It's already lvl 3, welp

[slender dagger]

get iron buckler, i literally skipped the whole iron gear n stuff, only thing i got from mountains was bow and fenris leggings and wolf cape, thats all

[charred otter]

I heard it's really nice tho (huntsman)

[slender dagger]

well its alright, but i recommend just getting draugr fang as soon as possible because its one of the best bows in the game rn (if not the best)

[charred otter]

Well you need to keep in mind I am a beginner and it's my first playthrough

[pliant hatch]

It's all up to you.
But it may be a good idea to upgrade everything to its maximum level at some point, because you may need it as backup in case you died.

[slender dagger]

its my first too lol

i just didnt feel like getting the stuff, because i was raiding fuling villages before killing bonemass lol

[merry pebble]

Yeah, i just wanted to say Its kidna wierd sugesting skipping stuff to a new player...

Let them find what works for them

[slender dagger]

i didnt suggest skipping i just said i did it, i just said i recommend getting draugr fang as soon as possible

[charred otter]

Yee, like I see how I can skip iron axe cuz from what I heard u don't need iron until u get the next upgrade after iron

So might aswell skip that, but for other stuff I would rather not skip

[slender dagger]

well i mean i still have a bronze axe lol

heh

[pliant hatch]

One of the few things you can actually skip getting is the bronze Pickaxe.
Sure, the Antler one wears out faster and is a bit less fast in use; but you can mine up to Swamp with the antler one.
Which means you can use the bronze for something else.

[slender dagger]

also you will need a bunch of iron stuff later in the game too

[slender dagger]

yeah skipped that too lol, didnt feel needed and u cant repair at normal workbench

[charred otter]

Kinda too late for that

Ig I will make iron pickaxe bcz I'll need it, is it worth upgrading tho?

[slender dagger]

i use iron pickaxe and its pretty nice

but havent upgraded lmao

[pliant hatch]

Iron pickaxe will be needed in the mountains, not before.

[slender dagger]

can antler pickaxe not break some of it?

[ornate sentinel]

If it can, it will be painfully slow.

[slender dagger]

ah damn

[pliant hatch]

Antler can mine copper, rock and mudpiles, but not silver.
Not sure about obsidian.

[charred otter]

What stuff is worth upgrading?

[slender dagger]

whats ur main weapon?

[charred otter]

Do I upgrade weapon, buckler etc?

[charred otter]

Maxed bronze sword but I am considering maybe switching to mace for iron just to have it against bonemass

Although I don't think I like maces from what I have seen

[ornate sentinel]

Follow your ABUs: ALWAYS. BE. UPGRADING.

[pliant hatch]

Always upgrade weapons, armor, hammer, hoe and cultivator (depending at the size of your farm).

[slender dagger]

iron mace is so nice for swamp you should really consider getting it, i just switched my iron mace to porcupine

[slender dagger]

also i suggest getting a maxed root harnesk while ur in the swamp

if you have trouble fighting abominations you can always use surtling spawners for fun and easy kill

[charred otter]

Hoe, cult and hammer have been maxed for a while now

[latent wraith]

Is everything supposed to be available for crafting on all crafting stations with nocost enabled? I.e. armour and weapons craftable in cauldron.

[charred otter]

My armor rn is root mask 3, harnesk 2 and iron leggings 1

[pliant hatch]

yup

[slender dagger]

ah ok, but when entering mountains dont use root harnesk while in dungeons, cultists will HURT

[latent wraith]

Aight, figured it was intended since it was the same on both cauldron and forge. I was just mildly surprised to find armour recipes in my cauldron. :p

[charred otter]

Need 14 roots to max both helm and harnesk

[slender dagger]

trust me i ignored the warnings, quick 3 hour session trying to get my stuff back

[pliant hatch]

You'll find weapons in your cauldron recipes as well.
Guess you can use them as a big blender that way. 🙂

[slender dagger]

also while ur in swamp if you can get a couple chains for future stuff

[latent wraith]

Yeah I can also make food on the workbench.

[charred otter]

Yea, I have a bunch

[slender dagger]

nice thats good

[charred otter]

15

[slender dagger]

dont be like me and throw them away, had to spend so many nights looking for wraiths to get chains for black metal shield

[pliant hatch]

Eventually, everything you collect over time can be used at some point again.

[slender dagger]

correct

[charred otter]

Oh wait lvl 7 is max forge, pog

[slender dagger]

still im gonna throw many things away

[pliant hatch]

I hope you don't throw your old armor and weapons away.
You may need those too at some point.

[slender dagger]

yeah i dont

kept the iron stuff

[charred otter]

I don't throw anything

I am sometimes too lazy to collect stuff like wood, but if I have inv space and weight I keep everything

Like I have a chest full of resin + resin in some random chests cuz 1 chest wasn't enough, I don't need that much fire arrows lol

[slender dagger]

iu am too lazy to make a chest system

tho im probably just gonna make one for each biome

[pliant hatch]

My tip to store things:

The moment you are able to make the item stands and the armor stands, use those to store "obsolete" weapons and armor.
That way you know you have it, you know you can pick it up the moment you need it and it's a nice way to show off what you made in the past.

[slender dagger]

i want every amour set with weapons in a collection at some point

[charred otter]

I just dump it in a chest cuz I cba to make those and find a space for them, my house is kinda cramped

[slender dagger]

same lmao

[charred otter]

And anyways I'll need to move eventually, so will wait for when that happens

[slender dagger]

yeah thats what im trynna do rn

moving to plains

[half dragon]

plains is a loveley biome to build in

[slender dagger]

is that saracsm

[maiden granite]

definitely not

[half dragon]

no. it looks great. but neigbors can be annoying to deal with... AKA deathsquitos

[slender dagger]

both feels like it

[maiden granite]

root harnesk!

[half dragon]

proper spawn proofing/defenses highly recommended for bases in plains

[slender dagger]

i use root harnesk so no problem

[pliant hatch]

I don't think so.

Plains have the advantage of having wide views and it's having enough resources to build stuff.

[slender dagger]

how does wolves do against deathsquitos?

[half dragon]

I'm currently in process of spawn proofing quite somewhat large island all for myself

allows me to skip building defenses

[maiden granite]

not great, since they are bound to the land

[pliant hatch]

Is that island larger than the event circle?

[slender dagger]

oh dang, well its probably just a temp base then

[maiden granite]

even lox sometimes gets annihilated

[slender dagger]

or for farming flax and barley

[charred otter]

Is a lvl 0 mace better than a lvl 40 sword (both are iron) for bonemass?

[half dragon]

I'll post a screenshot to show the proper scale of it

[pliant hatch]

Bonemass is vunerable to blunt, so mace is always better.

If you have doubts, select one at the forge, hoover over the other one in your inventory and compare the stats.

[slender dagger]

you gonna fight bonemass now?

[charred otter]

Nope lol

[half dragon]

Posted the screenshot. The island isn't small and will take me a good while to thoroughly spawnproof it

[slender dagger]

ah ok

[charred otter]

Just wanna know what I should craft, I could maybe just make both a sword and a mace

[pliant hatch]

Keep in mine that Bonemass is a "boss + minions" fight.
But all of them are vunerable to blunt, so mace is always good.

[half dragon]

iron mace and you're good to go, highly recommend it since it remains useful in mountains too

[slender dagger]

mace worked incredibly well for me, me nad my dad took down the boss in under two minutes just roll dodging, didnt even need healing meads (tho probably bring some for safety)

[charred otter]

I suck at rolling so I will def need some safety

[slender dagger]

you should really train it, when rolling you are immune, which means u can dodge any attack. Usefull all throughout the game

[half dragon]

I haven't bothered to make any healing mead yet or stamina mead because I'd like to have a proper building for them. will work on a building meant for making food and mead soon, so that's where my mead production shall get started

[slender dagger]

especially for bosses

[slender dagger]

yeah i only made one mead never made other, ill need a bunch for yagluth i think, tho not even close to ready for that fight yet

[charred otter]

I don't really get a chance to use it as I always try to block

I have medium hp + small stamina + tasty mead on my hotkeys at all tiems

[pliant hatch]

Prepare the area by removing any spawn points for Draugr and skelletons.
Also bring the hoe and raise land around the altar to give you a better opportunity to move.
Memorize the locations of the indestructable trees you can move onto, because you can use them as safety point.
Bring health, stamina and poison resist potions and put them under a hotkey.

That'll get you started for sure.

[slender dagger]

ah, well theres many things you cant block, especially starred stuff

[half dragon]

will have real good food and mead for yagulth as well. I'm taking a massive break from progressing the game, taking time to build a proper main base

[charred otter]

Only really used once or twice when a wraith chanced me

[slender dagger]

nice

[charred otter]

And also stamina for going back to a ship from lavs

[slender dagger]

yeah, but also if theres multiple enemies its really usefull

also for stone golems in mountains, cant really block them

and just any boss overall its almost needed

so i suggest learning it just a lil better before fighting bonemass, but up to you

[azure yacht]

Are chickens scared of fire?

[charred otter]

Yeye, will try maybe fighting trolls melee

[slender dagger]

yeah trolls are good practice, they also hit a bit like bonemass

decimating trolls with porcupine feels so nice, dealing 25% damage while staggered per hit 😍

[charred otter]

For bonemass armor what's the strat

[slender dagger]

go in and hit him with the iron mace, when he attacks roll dodge

[charred otter]

Thinking root helm and cp + iron leggings and troll cape

[slender dagger]

and repeat, pretty easy boss imo, just watch out for water around the boss and probably raise ground

[slender dagger]

i used iron armour+ root harnesk

also dont use bow just use iron mace fast and easy

[charred otter]

Did u use iron helm and leggings?

[slender dagger]

yes i think

[charred otter]

He does poison no?

[slender dagger]

cant really remember tho but im pretty sure, yes use poison meads

also if ur alone have a portal close by and some posion meads a save spot

[charred otter]

Is iron gear also good for mountains

[pliant hatch]

That's why I said that.....

[charred otter]

So I know if I should try to get fully upgraded iron armor or nah

[slender dagger]

well i used root harnesk+iron helm and switched to fenris leggings when i got it (but make a iron or silver cp before entering dungeons because cultists hurt) and probably one tap

[charred otter]

What's fenris leggings

[slender dagger]

ur choice but it wasnt needed for me, just be carefull he deals about 50 or more dmg per hit

[grizzled wing]

Mountains light armour

[slender dagger]

from dungeons in mountains, but that was just for movement speed, its my new repalce for iron leggings

[pliant hatch]

Keep in mind that the heavier armors have a movement penalty.
If you like speed, better stick to the root armor. Especially since you got some poison resistance, which works nicely with the poison resistance mead.
Eventhough those two don't stack.

[slender dagger]

but be carefull because root armour doesnt give as much armour

but honestly i suggest getting iron, since if you just hit it and roll dodge movement speed isnt really that big of a deal imo

if you upgrade it or nah is your choice

[charred otter]

Ye, learned it the hard way by almost dying cuz I couldn't outrun a troll, but iron helm has only 2% penalty I think

[slender dagger]

oh yeah also what foods u using?

[grizzled wing]

Speed matters, you don't have to roll if you can just get out of the way

[slender dagger]

no helmets has no penalty