valheim-chat

[exotic hornet]

Any clue as to when the would be fully released

[fair cairn]

do read the messages above you yea?

[exotic hornet]

Gotcha, thanks!

[mild cedar]

everytime someone asks it gets pushed back a day

[random cave]

so when's the new expansion coming out

[vocal rivet]

We won't be getting expansions, and certainly not before the game is actually released.

[random cave]

I was just joking lol

[random cave]

^

[vocal rivet]

Oh. Hah.

[pliant hatch]

Good thing we haven't seen that joke popping up a few 100 times the last few weeks.
Otherwise it would've been a very old and terrible boring joke by now.

[half dragon]

Valheim 2 when?

[pliant hatch]

🎶 In the year 2525.....
If men are still alive.... 🎶

[hasty beacon]

any advise on how to find haldor without map in hardcore?
like is there anything that points you to him like with the bosses or do you actually just have to walk into him

[fleet ingot]

tomorrow is the day ....right guys?

[placid scroll]

yeapp

[pliant hatch]

I dunno what day you think of, but if you expect Ashlands to be released to the public, the answer is Wrong

[fleet ingot]

how dare you crush my dreams

[plush umbra]

[pliant hatch]

Simple:

Swings Frostner again

No Ashlands tomorrow, no Ashlands the day after tomorrow, no Ashlands in the weekend or after the weekend.

The only thing we know is that it will drop in the first half of 2024, which ends at June 30th, 23:59:59.

So keep dreaming.

However, if you dream about tomorrow being Thursday, you are right.

[hasty beacon]

there is no way it will take more than 2 weeks unless the servers explode or something

[pliant hatch]

I'm afraid you're mistaken about that if you take Mistlands in mind.
the Ashlands PTB is larger and it seems there are several issues that still need to be solved.
And considering the dev's rather prefer to deliver a good product being released slowly, over a quick released faulty product, the time it will be released may take a bit.

[hasty beacon]

mistlands got released 2 weeks after coming to the ptb and ashlands is already out for more than two weeks on the ptb

well im not saying its coming tomorrow

but my guess is next week

[vocal rivet]

'there is no way it will take more than 2 weeks' - 'ashlands is already out for more than two weeks on the ptb' - Um, what?

[hasty beacon]

two weeks from now

[vocal rivet]

It might, we don't know.

[azure yacht]

I hope it does. There's still more than a month for end of first half of this year

[loud valve]

Watch the devs release on the weekend just to spite you

[lunar sapphire]

Best time!

[merry pebble]

that would indeed be unexpected 😄

[half dragon]

the obvious advice would be just keep sailing, just don't go too far from the main island, or else you end up spending more time taking a look at plains and swamp rather than black forest. You probably would want to find it as close as possible to your spawn, or alternatively try to find it close to the location where you're planning to build main base

[vocal rivet]

When they're not working? That makes... no sense.

[loud valve]

Overtime can happen. They are also probably free to make their own schedules

[topaz brook]

figured they were gonna try to release before today, the 1.0 of v rising came today, but appears we still waiting

[vocal rivet]

They'll release it when it's ready, not at the whims of a completely different developer.

[topaz brook]

yep,yep, doubt it will be much longer

[vocal rivet]

Eh, literally no point speculating.

[pliant hatch]

Just wait until Deep North will be released.

Lots of ppl will be like: "Mistlands took 2 weeks, Ashland took X weeks, so Deep North should take Y weeks."

[loud valve]

X-2=Y

[lunar sapphire]

Find the value of X
(X marks the spot on moutains!)

[pliant hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/snog-covered-in-snog-indiana-jones-snog-cat-gif-16240129426703509993

[steep bison]

When’s the update coming to Xbox?

[vocal rivet]

Same time it comes to every platform.

[steep bison]

?

[vocal rivet]

There isn't a special day for the XBox version to come out.

[steep bison]

When is it coming out?

[vocal rivet]

We don't know yet, it's still in testing. But the last date is 30th June.

[steep bison]

Kk

[pliant hatch]

Same day as the version for the PC comes out. And we don't know when that is.

[steep bison]

Thanks!

[heavy pecan]

they should have that pinned somewhere

[vocal rivet]

Imagine...

[heavy pecan]

is that me being and idiot and not knowing where that is?

[vocal rivet]

Fourth pin of this channel.

[heavy pecan]

ok I'm a discord idiot, where are these pins?

i've been looking around for the last 30 minutes

[lunar sapphire]

Pin Icon

top right of a channel

[vocal rivet]

Click the channel name if you're on mobile.

[heavy pecan]

i didn't know it was like that, I'm used to messages just being shown if they're pinned

thank you

ah, but none of those pins are really an update on closer guess of release

[vocal rivet]

Yet still the best answer to your question.

[pliant hatch]

Well if it helps, Smiffe has confirmed there will be no delay.
So we do know it will be released before or on June 30th.

[heavy pecan]

they're getting closer was hoping for something more than a 6 month window

ah interesting

[vocal rivet]

You're aware it's May, right?

[lunar sapphire]

I mean it's no longer a 6 month window, considering June 30th is close to a month away

[dim egret]

Yo i always see this ashlands dlc thing?

[heavy pecan]

i'm saying developers always push back

[dim egret]

Is out yet or no

[vocal rivet]

There's no DLC for this game, it's the next biome though.

[lunar sapphire]

Ashlands is live under a public test version.
If you don't have access to the ptb/channels, head to ⁠Channels & Roles and select "I want to be a public tester"

[heavy pecan]

the latest update for release was half a year ago giving a window of half a year

[vocal rivet]

And?

[heavy pecan]

but nevertheless the guy who said "there will be no delay" gives hope

[vocal rivet]

Nothing has happened to suggest it's not accurate. And it went into PTB two weeks ago.

[dim egret]

Im on xbox so, it wont matter

[lunar sapphire]

The ptb version overall covers xbox versions iirc

[heavy pecan]

listen, whatever I may have said to make yall want to make this small beef with me, I apologize

[lunar sapphire]

There's no beef here, it's just trying to understand what you mean with the information that's publicly available

[heavy pecan]

I just wanted a closer update is all, most companies push back release dates

[lunar sapphire]

We can still expect an official release sometime before June 30th. Not too far now

[heavy pecan]

yes, and I acknowledged the person who said that, and not sure where they got the info, but it's good to hear

fingers crossed

[pliant hatch]

I heard it here.

[heavy pecan]

nice

[loud valve]

Is it my turn to ask yet?

[lunar sapphire]

The information given is directly from the developers 😄

so everything we know has been shared/made available here on this discord

[lunar sapphire]

Please hold the line ~

[heavy pecan]

which is great, I just haven't gotten any of that until you all were caring enough to enlighten me, so thank you

[lunar sapphire]

🤘

[vocal rivet]

Why won't it matter because you're on XBox?

[dim egret]

Cus i presume i cant play it on xbox?

[vocal rivet]

Why wouldn't you be able to play it?

[pliant hatch]

Here's one piece of confirmation:

#valheim-chat message

[heavy pecan]

So again, I apologize if I'm not knowing how things work because I don't go on discord really ever, but will this update be implemented into my current world, or will I have to forfeit my base and stuff and start a whole new world?

[vocal rivet]

Unless you've explored Ashlands already, it'll be updated when it releases.

[pliant hatch]

It will be implemented in your current world.

Just make sure you don't explore any part of the southern area of your map - where Ashlands is - to avoid spots not being rendered correctly.
Also, the land connection between the pre-ptb Ashlands and the PTB- and release version will be gone, so don't build too close.

[heavy pecan]

what is PTB?

[odd helm]

Public Test Branch

Compared to the 'stable' or 'live' branch of the game which is the default one

PTB is currently a few versions ahead as the content patch for Ashlands is running there

Mostly stable, still a couple bugs to iron out before live branch release

[heavy pecan]

thank you

[odd helm]

But yes, once the update comes out, you can still use your old world - or, if you decide to join the PTB today, you can still use your old world and have it still running when it eventually goes to live branch.

[heavy pecan]

that sounds far too complicated for me to get into, I'll just wait patiently

I don't need fast releases, just curious to know when and how, if it's much later no worries, quality over speed

thank you for all your information

[odd helm]

Cheers~

[subtle vessel]

Anyone know of any good fish farms?

[foggy glacier]

Haven't tried making one. Fishing is arguably one of the hardest skills to grind.

apparently you can build a platform just above sea level and after a storm there (might) be fish caught on it.

[tepid prawn]

just build island bases, get surprise fish with every storm

[foggy glacier]

that works too. Sometimes they glitch. I've seen the tail of a perch caught inside my seawall at least 8m up.

[tepid prawn]

sometimes they also jump into the longship but not often enough haha

[foggy glacier]

that's fun, unless it's a puffer fish.

Which it almost always is.

[tepid prawn]

(its a puffer fish more than any others) xD

[scenic pulsar]

Man, just caught a r4 angler, dude is massive

Time to make a trophy fish wall

[vocal rivet]

A trophy walll? That's going to get noisy.

[foggy glacier]

so much fun though.

[scenic pulsar]

Fish trophies(aka r4 fishies)

[foggy glacier]

Why just R4 in that case, when fish go up to R5?

[scenic pulsar]

They do?

I've only seem up to 4 in my fishing time

[foggy glacier]

Oh yeah. An R5 anglerfish is like half the size of a lox.

[scenic pulsar]

Bruh

[north oxide]

I have a question there seems to be some changes to comfort is maximum really 15? (17 with maypole and the xmas tree)

[lyric olive]

Has this game changed how you edit your seed on the desktop? I only see my old ones from 2021, my new worlds just wont show here

[paper marsh]

16 and 18

"food comfort fishing" sheet in this post:
#valheim-chat message

[mild cedar]

built my longship, time to sail to bonemass

why does the muckshake look so tasty

bonemass time

[paper marsh]

Beat him with a spear you won't

[mild cedar]

nuh uh

[paper marsh]

yuh ah

[mild cedar]

bonemass is dead

poison resist mead and a shield does wonders for that fight

just parry his attacks and kill the spawns and you win

i had more issues with the fog from his vomit attack making it harder for me to see his moves than the actual poison damage

[ocean river]

anyone want to play?

[simple anchor]

I'm at te Mistlands for the first time, really loving this change of pace so far after never going beyond the plains in each playthrough

[atomic ingot]

lol I’ve yet to make it past the swamp. On my fourth or fifth start right now. Can’t wait to get to mistlands

[simple anchor]

I think you'll like it

[verbal sky]

Is it just me or does fish now IMMEDIATELY turn to coal when you try to cook it

[placid scroll]

listen for the sizzle

[verbal sky]

no you're assuming I'm not being literal, I am

raw fish go on cooking station and it's in the shape of raw fish for like a frame or 2

and boom charcoal

[placid scroll]

i gotcha maybe its a bugg?

[verbal sky]

no mods, only first two bosses dead, and regular cookstation on a campfire if anyone cares to try to reproduce

[placid scroll]

clip it and send it on a steam bug?

steam bugs?

[verbal sky]

currently fighting bonemass, was attempting to cook the fish for hp food for this

eh damn tabbing out to type that got me killed

but yea burned the only raw fish I had while repeatedly trying in an exercise in insanity not believing my own eyes

[placid scroll]

i can help you fight bonekmass unless your trying to do it solo?

[verbal sky]

I'm good, he's dead, not my first rodeo

it is on my own dedicated server hosted through one of the dozens of websites if anyone needs a place to play feel to hit me up for the details

[placid scroll]

i gotcha good stuff

[fleet ingot]

Today is the day ...right guys!?

[placid scroll]

Nope

[plush umbra]

yeah, thursday

or thors day

pretty fitting, dont you think

[wanton pasture]

I'm not sure if the devs have made a statement about this, but is there a particular reason as to why blast furnaces cannot smelt lower tier metals?

[fleet ingot]

i was wondering the same thing the other day

[wanton pasture]

I don't think it would be unwelcome at all

[vocal haven]

Hi!

I own a server in which me and my friends play. However, I have a lot of spare time this week and would like to copy the map and player inventories of that server to start up a single player run of ashlands based on that. What would I need to do to make this happen?

I have access to all the files and directories of the server instance of valheim running. Where would I need to place which files on my computer for this to work?

[rapid ruin]

Yo yo!
Will ashlands come out with some nice QOL updates and maybe more mechanics?

[sand meteor]

does oozes in the swamps alwasys have blobs in them when killed from range? ive killed 2 up close and neither had blobs when they died

[plush umbra]

are swords better than axes for battle?

[fair cairn]

pretty sure swords attack faster

[plush umbra]

is it worth getting a sword at this point? these are my skills #screenshots message

[placid scroll]

yes well first off are you playing solo?

[plush umbra]

yeah

[placid scroll]

yeah id do it then because of the new weapon not spoiling anything but however you may 900% need it

[plush umbra]

okay thanks

[fair charm]

Same as putting an existing world onto a server
You want worldname.db and worldname.fwl

download them and put them in your local save location which should be
USERNAME\AppData\LocalLow\IronGate\Valheim\worlds_local

[half dragon]

just wish that it was a little bit more hospitable for building a permanent base there, specifically for farming the plants unique to the biome. Not being able to terraform land you want to cultivate is just absolute garbage on top of gjall being a thing there

[fair charm]

It'll only copy your own character inventory as those are stored per player

[half dragon]

you could do a sword training arc. I've noticed that for weapons, most people don't make it far past 70 before it drops down below 70 again, 70 being kind of a soft cap for skill levels since at that point you tend to lose experience faster than you gain it

but of course, just don't die and you'll eventually reach 100

[fair charm]

Jokes on you my skills stay around 50

At least my actively used ones like run and jump

[half dragon]

next time you're about to die, just say no. I'm sure death will kindly comply

[fair charm]

I do not consent

[vocal haven]

Does this mean I will get a world with that name appearing in my game? If so that's easier than I feared.

[fair charm]

Yeah should just work

Worst case it doesn't just work and you can google a guide which will probably explain better

[vocal haven]

Allright. Then I'll just have to find a way to create an instance of valheim with zero mods or just slope combat fix then I guess

[placid scroll]

if your looking for an easy seed gotchu

[vocal haven]

I am not, but thanks

[placid scroll]

i mean boss 3 across from boss 5 most biomes are completely broken in a sense of just they have everything

[half dragon]

when I look for seeds, I do not look for easy ones, but ones that have a good location to build a base. A large pure plains island is what I ended up choosing. The location is just so good

I only spend very little time looking for bosses no matter how far they are, but I spend very massive portion of the game building, so might as well ensure it's in a good location

[vocal haven]

I don't get why people scout ahead before a playthrough. Isn't a lot of the charm in going into it blind? then again I prefer nomap too, so maybe we're just different x)

[fair charm]

I mean you could go for SSG on speedrun.com

[half dragon]

you still go mostly blind if you focus on 1 thing only and don't go out of your way to memorize anything else

[placid scroll]

i got a random seed and its spectacular everything ive done been every lucky or got good Rng

[half dragon]

btw, have you tried making a running course for collecting coal from multiple geysers? I linked 11 geysers together with 3 portals and I get very close to max weight each time I run through it, doing that so I do not burn wood with kiln or turn meat to charcoal

[rain flare]

Meowning

[half dragon]

morning. are the bees happy?

[fair charm]

No the bees are being crushed under cost of living increases

[rain flare]

The bee’s are happy on this side

#Don’t ask Subject 😂

[placid scroll]

i was asbout to ask wtf does that mean Nvm

[rain flare]

What, ?

[placid scroll]

im like octane from apex i dont really need and answer sister or brother whatever your prefer

[plush umbra]

couldnt find a good spot to build this map so i used a mod to make one, no regrets

[placid scroll]

?

[half dragon]

chicken on paper seemed far better than they actually are... they're just a lot of pain. how are you supposed to get decent amount of eggs when you're not spending hours at your own base?

I just finished building everything I need atm, then beat yagulth... unlocked eggs and turns out they're basically useless to me

drip feeding a few eggs here and there just isn't enough for stable food source

I think hens could use some rework, like maybe give them "nests" for laying eggs, a small storage to store a few eggs so they can lay eggs while you're away similar to how bees keep making honey when you're not there.

[fair charm]

Chickens lay reasonably fast

You can just pop the food in there and come back every now and then to harvest the eggs

Or focus chickens and build a chicken tower

But yeah lox meat pie and misthare supreme are good enough

[fallen zephyr]

I don't disagree. I can understand the proximity requirement for taming animals, but it's a one off expense for everything but chickens. Maybe lower laying frequency if it needs some balancing, but I too rarely spend long enough at my base doing something productive to make the most of fed hens.

[half dragon]

I fed 3 chicken, and they gave me grand total of 1 egg before they became hungry again because I wasn't baby sitting them

[fallen zephyr]

You can't even sleep and have them continue laying.

[half dragon]

this isn't much of an issue with other tamed animals, they get down to business much faster and once the baby is there it grows even when you're away... but with chicken it's 3 step pain in the ass processs.

1. get egg (can't be away)
2. warm the egg (can't be away?)
3. wait for the chick to grow (can be away, finally)

[fallen zephyr]

You don't need to be there for 2.

[charred gale]

The bees are sleeping

[fair charm]

I've got a set of 6 hens, throw a full stack of barley in there every now and then and go collect whatever eggs there are

But it's not much I agree, currently trying to get a full stack of honey glazed chicken for my group of mates and I built a chicken tower and there's still heaps of AFKing waiting for the damn eggs to lay

[silent agate]

Build a chicken tower, I have 8 hens, once fed they will lay a tonne of eggs non-stop until out of food and that is with me maybe tilling the field of barley once or some onions, enough to feed my clan for our adventures

[unique onyx]

Weird I just build a small coop and there’s plenty of chicken meat around. Maybe your towers aren’t running or the areas they’re in are too large so they walk out of range?

[warm sandal]

or to small it is as with any tame animal breeding they won't lay more eggs if eggs are already in the space they are in... either collect more often or give them a bit more space?

[smoky quarry]

glazed chicken so good

[half dragon]

75 running, fast as f boii

[smoky quarry]

The only skill that keeps going up consistently. The rest not so much

[half dragon]

the problem with glazed chicken is that it's so easy to replace with better and easier to make food. everything else in the recipe is easy to get, but that chicken meat itself is time consuming to mass produce. And it unlocks so late you can already access mistland food anyway... misthare supreme at leasst to be is easier to make.

serpent stew, not my favorite but to many also a better option

meat splatter is also pretty easy to mass produce, but the problem is that it also requires hare, which can be hard to mass produce for 2 different foods until you figure out how to kill those bun buns

[smoky quarry]

well, i have to use the chicken meat for something

[half dragon]

if you already have it there's no problem

from what we've been discussing here earlier, many are not able to get good amount of chicken meat

[smoky quarry]

i can see it being a pain with many mouths. Few is doable

misthare is yummy also. \

[unique onyx]

yup those 2 and salad, salad isn't the best but it sure does the job vs farming fish n bread

[thin sonnet]

seeker aspics are s tier. so cheap to make, and is great

[half dragon]

hopefully there's more etir food in ashland

[thin sonnet]

yea i hope so too

im excited to defeat the queen and get there

[half dragon]

I'd see myself still using seeker aspics in ashland due to being low cost, but the other 2 I'd rather replace if possible

[thin sonnet]

and obviously im not going to disclose what it's like in the ashlands here in this chat

[fast nexus]

hi guys i have gamepass but valheim for some reason isnt there even tho it says it is, so i still have to buy it, anyone knows why?

[rigid pilot]

First time chatter here, im just curious. is it official that Ashalnd is out or only for PBE

[merry pebble]

only ptb

[tulip patrol]

Ashlands is only on the PTB right now

[rigid pilot]

thanks guys ❤️

[tulip patrol]

||yesimadebackups||

Right click Valheim, Select Properties.

Go to the Betas tab, in the text box type the code

[thin sonnet]

||noididnotmakebackups||

[tender sphinx]

Thank you bro

[tulip patrol]

As well, try to keep anything on the PTB out of public discord chats as to not spoil for the people not on it. So if you would like to discuss anything head to the id:customize & select I Want to be a Public Tester.

That will give you access to the PTB channels

[tender sphinx]

Alright, will do.

[thin sonnet]

who knows if i find cinderella stuck in that biome

[plush umbra]

wait you can farm the mistland plants?

[tulip patrol]

ONly in the Mistlands

[lucid ravine]

dostane irani age maiel be pivastan be valheim ma hastin behem pim bedin tnx👌🏼

[warm sandal]

does not compute - need translation please.

[icy sail]

rin din ting? or ping bing ming?

[vocal haven]

Do we know how the release process for Ashlands is? Will they give us a release date and then it happens then, or will it simply just... release some day suddenly?

[icy sail]

someday in half of this year

[lucid ravine]

chi kos migi

I did not talk to you

I mean with my countrymen

[warm sandal]

this is an english channel so please keep your messages in english... if everybody talked his mothertongue here we would have babel all over...

[lucid ravine]

Okay, friend, you don't need to be so angry, I don't think the message will hurt anyone

I'm just looking for my friends

👀

[vocal rivet]

Noone was being angry. Just asking that you talk in English. It makes moderation easier / possible.

[round knot]

the guy on your profile picture looks cool

[vocal rivet]

Hm.

[round knot]

is that you?

[vocal rivet]

Of course.

[mystic gale]

does any1 else feel like its a bit too mandatory to always build your base next to or in a plains because of barley and flax?

like its sort of not because you can always just make a portal

[warm sandal]

nope i don't feel that way 😄

[vocal rivet]

It isn't? In any way.

[mystic gale]

do you guys have like a separate flax and barley farm?

[vocal rivet]

Yep

[mystic gale]

like mandatory was too strong of a word but im not sure if there is any other mechanic in the game that kinda favours building into a certain biome that much

like think of it like if you could only build one base then where would you put it

[vocal rivet]

There isn't really another that could.

[wispy beacon]

It also helps incentivize trade if you play with a group that splits up, which can be fun. I can see how it would be tedious though otherwise.
I'd just try to find a plains island that you can take over

[warm sandal]

I like to build in the forest...as there no squitos will pester me on a daily basis... so i just build a plainsfarm and a mistfarm later I often do not bother to build a big base in the plains...

[lilac sandal]

hey when the ashlands should come out ?

[merry pebble]

in less than 2 months 🙂

[lilac sandal]

okie ty

[round knot]

is there any way to fight thor?

[strange arrow]

nope

[languid vessel]

how is the open testing coming along?

[merry pebble]

probs best to ask in the testing channel 😄 most people who are testing are there

[languid vessel]

there is a testing channel?

[merry pebble]

#valheim-public-test if you dont have access to that you can go to id:customize and pick up the "i want to be a public tester" role 😄

[languid vessel]

Ah, ok

thanks!

[merry pebble]

ur welcome 🙂

[random cave]

I just found something called a sealed tower, and it looks like I'll have to do parkour, please tell me I'm wrong

[fallen zephyr]

Think of it more as a platformer than a free-runner.

[warm sandal]

you don't wanna go there just yet... get the best gear you can get and mistland tier to boot... it is tough!

[random cave]

thanks lol, marking it and moving on

[plush umbra]

sealed tower isnt even that hard

i beat it with plains gear

[random cave]

well I'm a noob so it's probably good advice for me

[plush umbra]

if youre a noob then you can try using a sledge and camping the boss

[fallen zephyr]

May I have your babies?

[pliant hatch]

Lemme guess......

Standing outside using a stagbreaker and just kept on hitting until everything inside was dead?

[warm sandal]

I am back in the swamp ... figured that 60 something iron would not suffice going on... at least i got those 6 lox tamed and one baby each location 😄

[plush umbra]

🤓 erm yes i did

[graceful copper]

yes

[slender saddle]

I wish you could harpoon fish without mods

[glad mantle]

is there a date yet for ashlands?

[frigid gust]

Nope. Once the devs are happy with the beta balance and have fixed the bugs they feel are important enough to hold it up, they will release it. But that's why it's in PTB currently, to find all that.

[glad mantle]

rip. and from what i know right now we cant like make a new game and work our way through the 6 biomes and wait for ashland?

[runic jackal]

Yes you can, just don’t sail so far south that you generate the pre-update ashlands

They only make up the whole bottom 10% of the map so you have plenty of the rest of the world to explore

[glad mantle]

sounds good thanks

[fallen zephyr]

I was reading that!

[glad mantle]

would it work as well on dedicated server game?

[tulip cosmos]

how exactly does 'player-based raids' factor for worlds?

if 5 people are online and 2 of them defeat eikthyr together, only they should get black forest raid-events, yes?

basically, is it tied to being personally present when a boss is defeated? or will it get weird if, for example, a mistlands geared player joins a friend's newish world with the setting enabled?

some clarification on what precisely is deemed 'progress' is desired basically

[fallen zephyr]

I can be corrected, but I feel like progression is tied to the world, not the players.

[tulip cosmos]

by default, yes; im addressing the new(?) setting to make it tied to player instead

for easier / less messy coop, one surmises

[paper marsh]

Basically yeah. It’s not exclusively boss kills though, certain items trigger it too but it’s mostly boss items.

So as long as you don’t kill for example bonemass, don’t touch the bonemass trophy or power, and don’t touch the wishbone, you won’t get mountain raids. If you do any of the things above, you will get those raids

So be careful about having someone join in fresh, walk up to yags head mounted on a hook, and press E on it. Bc then they’ll have mistlands raids

[tulip cosmos]

i see, so like... messing with the major progression bits

makes some sense

[paper marsh]

There’s a full list on the wiki if you search “ player based events Valheim wiki”

[rain flare]

I think you are in the wrong universe 🤣
This ain't GOW

[vocal rivet]

https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Events#Player-based_requirements

[tulip cosmos]

aha
thats what i hadnt seen before

[vocal rivet]

Frankly I still find it confusing. And I've edited that page multiple times.

[paper marsh]

I’ve played with it and rather like it but it is a lil confusing

[vocal rivet]

Heh, my edit from January came with the note 'Attempted to clarify the difference between player-based and world-based raids and their requirements. Player-based still needs work at some point.' - I wasn't wrong.

[graceful copper]

what do you need to spawn queen?

[fallen zephyr]

https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Sealbreaker_fragment x 9.

[merry pebble]

or 3 seeker soldier trophies if you want to re-summon her

[glad mantle]

just to make sure i dont mess up bad if i do a game on a dedicated server and dont go south/interact with ashlands the game will auto-update when it releases?

[paper marsh]

Yup

And even if you do accidentally pass briefly by Ashlands or deep north they’ll still update pretty well

[velvet relic]

each time i open steam and see theres no patch available for valheim i am sad

[fallen zephyr]

Is your Valheim leaking?

[vocal rivet]

That's a personal question!

[craggy mason]

Why does the crossbow go through its loading animation when you have no bolts in inventory

[tulip cosmos]

well that's oddly reassuring.

[fallen zephyr]

I think we need to normalise these discussions. Machines break down, whether they be mechanical, biological, or digital. We ask from a place of love, not judgement. 😉

[tulip cosmos]

on unrelated note, is it permissible to ask basic server hosting questions in here?

because i now have 2 unrelated friend groups that expressed interest in playing coop at some point and im not above throwing a few bux somewhere to have a server up for however long it takes people to lose interest (probably like, a month lol)

if there are common recommendations for decent & not-shady hosting solutions feel free to ping or dm or whatever

[fallen zephyr]

There is a channel called #dedicated-server; I don't go there because any suggestion (intended or otherwise) toward a subservient hospitality worker is triggering for me. But maybe try there.

[tulip cosmos]

channel header says no hosting advice
glad im here

[smoky quarry]

Do you guys make bread or what best use flour for?

bread & saussage is like a staple

[fallen zephyr]

Any patch notes atm seem to be associated with the PTB; unless you're providing unpaid Tester/QA labour, it would seem not worth considering.

[warm sandal]

gnaaah ... killed all the growth in a tarpit, then turned around to get some wood for workbenches and when i turned back around 3 lox had spawned in right next to the tarpit... oh well... we gonna have us some loxmeat too then...

[tulip cosmos]

someday i will get to plains biome before life / attention span intervenes

[fast badge]

Only in the sense of translation, not the actual ingame items.

[errant gulch]

is there a command to kill just a specific creature?

[round lichen]

Any predictions on when Ashlands will drop?

[pliant hatch]

Before June 30th, 23:59:59.

[merry pebble]

in less than 2 months 🙂

[round lichen]

What if I told you it would drop the 21st

[merry pebble]

then i would ask you where you got that info 🙂 since devs didnt share anything like that

[pliant hatch]

You'd be creating false expectations and most likely being accused of being a troll at some point, as the dev's haven't given any date other than "First half of 2024" and "No delays" up to now.

[drowsy magnet]

I'm fine if they delay it until the end of the year

[azure yacht]

Wouldn't even be mad if that means what I would think it means

[charred gale]

Rah

[runic charm]

Does anyone want to play on my server with me?

It has a couple mods

[merry pebble]

you can make a post in #1024264966712340510 😄

[runic charm]

Thank you

[peak thicket]

Do forest/swamp/mountain plants grow in plains? Thinking of making farm somewhere on plains/mist border to have it all in one place. Will that work?

[half dragon]

every plant up until plains grows in plains, ones that can be planted

[odd helm]

Yep, a Plains/Mistlands farm will work exactly as you'd hope

Just be absolutely certain the terrain on the Mistlands side can be cultivated~

[peak thicket]

Thx

[paper marsh]

Are you able to stagger wolves by throwing upgraded bronze spears with a bit of spear skill at them?

[mild cedar]

if you do enough damage to break their stagger limit, yes, but why?

[paper marsh]

Wondering if it is a good choice for braving the mountains early

Looking at it though it seems to me like you need 40 damage to stagger a wolf, and lvl 3 bronze does 70 damage. Somewhat sure that the 70 is at 100 skill though, but with a decent amount of skill it might be doable.

Might be tough since I play on harder difficulties though that lower player damage

[graceful copper]

bro whats up with these grim reapers scaring the shit out of me in single player dawg

ill show clip 😭

[graceful copper]

#screenshots message

[frigid gust]

That's no grim reaper 😉 That's your boss.

[graceful copper]

😭

When do they appear? Is it just random lol

[frigid gust]

I'm surprised you haven't seen Odin show up yet given the gear you're in.

[graceful copper]

Odin!??!

[round wigeon]

if a friend have on Xbox and others in Steam they can play together?

[graceful copper]

What would odin look like

[nocturne wolf]

Xbox and steam can play together, yes

[frigid gust]

Like what you saw 😉 Hooded, and he only has one eye if you look closely from afar

[nocturne wolf]

Make sure cross play is enabled if hosting on steam, then just share the join code seen in the pause menu

[azure yacht]

You're literally seeing him

[graceful copper]

O lol im a bit slow

[frigid gust]

That's why I said it's your boss 😛

[graceful copper]

That wasnt my first sighting of him

Ive seen him a couple times lol scares me everytime negl

[nocturne wolf]

He’s not trying to be scary

[graceful copper]

yep totally not like jump scaring me and poofing into thin air 😭

[pliant hatch]

How safe would it be to assume that Deep North will get a similar treatment (no land connections) as Ashlands?
Asking because I got quite some Queen locations at my current map and I'm afraid most of them can't be used if the Deep North got that Ashland treatment.

[odd helm]

We can't predict it at this time, but if those queen locations haven't been rendered yet, they'll likely be redistributed elsewhere after the DN patch

Remember that any worldgen patch will shuffle PoIs that haven't been rendered in

[pliant hatch]

The problem is that I am going to enter Mistlands and find a suitable location for the Queen.
If I pick a location close to Deep North - the one close to Ashland is already a "no go" for me - I still might risk I loose all there.
Hence the question.

[odd helm]

I assume this world is not in the PTB yet?

[pliant echo]

Hello, we played it in December 2023 and left it unfinished. Is the map updated when the Ashlands update arrives?

[pliant hatch]

It is, but I'm using the Valheim map generator to check for the Queen's location knowing what happens to the Ashlands.
So I guess I'll pick the most safe location right now; which is far from both biomes, but having a terrible access point.

Thanks for the feedback. 🙂

[nocturne wolf]

Yes, unexplored ashlands will be updated

[pliant echo]

thanks

[odd helm]

They won't stay at those locations by the DN patch is what I mean~

[pliant hatch]

I'm aware of that.
Meaning, if I use the queen location as a small farming base; chances are that it gets destroyed.

[odd helm]

If you use it today, there's a chance

But we don't know

[graceful lantern]

someone wanna play with me?

[paper marsh]

You can look in #1024264966712340510

[pliant hatch]

You may have more luck when asking in https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1024264966712340510

[graceful lantern]

oh thanks didnt see that channel

[grand haven]

Hey, noob here! What do we use for armor on skeletons in cave. Killed me. Not at copper yet.

[tardy grotto]

Shield and club i think

[paper marsh]

Can use deer skin armor for a bit of protection, but for real good protection you’d have to get to bronze, or take down a troll to make some troll armor

I personally love troll armor, prefer it over bronze

But also yeah a shield for parrying and a club (skeletons are weak to those) do very well

[tardy grotto]

If you take your time in th... what they 👆 said

[winged vigil]

how does modding in valheim work? where can i find the proper channels for modders?

[paper marsh]

Tucked away at the bottom of the text channel lists https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1202934289898151966

[nocturne wolf]

I use level 1 leather armor, a level 3 wooden shield or wooden tower shield and a level 3 flint axe with deer meat, honey and either boar meat or raspberries
Make sure you’re rested for the health and stamina regeneration increase

[winged vigil]

ah, thx

[paper marsh]

I recommend double health foods (red fork) if struggling

And then 1 stamina (yellow fork)

[nocturne wolf]

Double health foods is definitely what you should use throughout your first playthrough because you are learning the enemy attack animations

[grand haven]

Thanks guys! Need to learn how to change xbox controller on pc for dodger & roll. I guess you take zero damage

[nocturne wolf]

What about the controller do you need to change?

[grand haven]

Xbox on contoller doesnt have preset for dodge unless in crouch. I dont see my stamina lasting

[nocturne wolf]

The corner of the screen should be showing you how to dodge without crouching

[grand haven]

Ok i will watch utube video and figure it out. Thank you

[nocturne wolf]

Lb+B with the console control preset, I don’t know about classic because I’ve never used it.

[grand haven]

Thank you! 1000 %

[nocturne wolf]

Inside burial chambers there’s not much you need to roll from, blocking or just walking back should be enough

[grand haven]

Got 2 skeletons with sword and 1 skeleton (1 star) with bow. Killed me quick with bow.

[nocturne wolf]

What armor, food and shield did you you have?

[grand haven]

Does skeleton shield help at all?

No shield!

Honey, boar and deer meat

[nocturne wolf]

Thats some great food, but why no shield?

A level 3 (level 2 at least) wooden shield or tower shield would make fighting these skeletons significantly easier

[grand haven]

Never played with sheild? Trying to max out bow skill.

Hard in cave

[nocturne wolf]

Could you lure the skeleton into a more open area (like the entrance room) where you can more easily dodge the arrows?

[grand haven]

Hey 3 on 1! Isnt fair odds. I know nothing is fair love and war.

Feel like im about to get the fallout 4 opening.

War never changes

[mellow hill]

im playing the ptb i just havent came across those weapons id figure someone knew what they look like

[odd helm]

You'll have to ask in the PTB channels for that

Read the pins of this channel for instructions to see them

[oak wigeon]

Anybody have recommendations on the first tames I should get? I'm in the Swamp section rn and boars are useless for me to tame considering I don't use them for much

[paper marsh]

I’d say ||chickens|| but that’s just me

Which tames to get is HIGHLY up to preference. First two runs I didn’t get any

[odd helm]

Honestly taming boars would make taming ||wolves|| in the Mountains a bit easier, as a source of food

||Lox|| in the plains right after tho is a good investment, great food source and are ||rideable||

[oak wigeon]

I've yet to even see chickens

[oak wigeon]

We did just sail for a while and are in a plains biome so I'll try that and tame so boars to make wolves easier later

[paper marsh]

Yeah they’re the last tame you can get so they’re pretty late in the game. Only one that seems fairly worth it to me personally

[oak wigeon]

I see. I'm guessing they're used in making some really good foods then?

[main reef]

when should we expect ashlands to land on live servers ?

[oak wigeon]

One more questions, is there an objectively best weapon type? Sword, ategir, spear, axe, etc

[odd helm]

Not objectively, no

Depending on where you are in the game, different mobs will have different resistances and weaknesses that you have to take into account

[oak wigeon]

Thank you. I've been sticking with an axe just so I can carry more stuff

[odd helm]

Axe is pretty solid

I think slash damage overall is rarely directly resisted against, but not many things are weak to it either

[oak wigeon]

I'm a fan of jack of all trades types weapons so I think I'll stick to it

[tepid prawn]

Objectively well it depends on enemy, but there is one weapon in Mistlands which is very powerful in more situations than other weapons, but you don't get that type pre mistlands anyway so can't train it up early from stone and wood age or bronze age

[oak wigeon]

Is it a magic weapon?

[tepid prawn]

yes

if you do hard maths to see how many monsters in different biomes its good against due to weakness and resistances it comes out on top, effective against a few more on average than any of the other weapons, but relatively close, there is also a mace which think might be in second place or third if I remember correctly

[oak wigeon]

I'll have to switch over once I get that far in then, thank you for the advice man

[tepid prawn]

out of the weapons which are available from bronze the mace is probably overall the best all-rounder

but as with every single weapon type, there is always something here and there thats resistant or immune to that damage / weapon

[oak wigeon]

I might make one of those now then, there are so many skeletons in the swamps and it's annoying

[tepid prawn]

the iron mace is also great against some enemies in mountains and another mace from mountains is great in plains and mistlands

I often do new playthroughs and try out new weapons too, most of them have use cases, none of them are truly useless and bad

[oak wigeon]

Even the knife?

It seemed really useless to me

[tepid prawn]

one of the knives is the best weapon you can get for meadows and black forest, can get it as soon as you kill eikthyr and he is a pushover, before you even go into black forest

[oak wigeon]

Which one?

[tepid prawn]

Abyssal Razor

[oak wigeon]

I don't think I ever got the recipe for that

[tepid prawn]

have to find floating leviathans in the sea and mine chitin

[oak wigeon]

ohh

We haven't found a leviathan yet

[tepid prawn]

its basically an iron tier knife that you can get after you get the antler from eikthyr, either with a raft or (much better) after you use your first few bronze to make a karve

[oak wigeon]

We have iron now and are getting black metal bc we play on casual and found the plains

[tepid prawn]

I find leviathans often, but I also do love sailing

[oak wigeon]

We've only sailed for about 20-30 minutes total

[tepid prawn]

can't smelt the black metal until after you kill mountains boss though

[oak wigeon]

Dang, i didn't know about that

[tepid prawn]

for the people doing bossless playthroughs, the mountain boss can't really be avoided, the only one that unlocks things that you have basically no other way to unlock at all, the only real hardlock so far

[oak wigeon]

Don't you need to kill Eikthyr for the pickaxe though?

[tepid prawn]

for instance you could get a troll to mine you enough stuff to make a bronze axe and pick without killing eikthyr, you can find silver without killing bonemass, mountain boss does not have a workaround

[oak wigeon]

Nvm, you answered that question

[oak wigeon]

Using a sagebreaker, right? I saw a video about it and am going to try it today

[tepid prawn]

yes stagbreaker or iron sledge works

also silver can be smelted in the normal furnace 🙂

not sure what type of pickaxe you need for it though, might be iron

the iron pickaxe works the bronze one I'm not sure, also the antler pickaxe works on iron, don't need the bronze one for that

[junior forge]

Can I still find silver without wishbone on Xbox?

[tepid prawn]

yes with stagbreaker or iron sledge

[vocal rivet]

The game is the same on every platform.

[tepid prawn]

its not super easy task but its possible

[junior forge]

Ok

I was just wondering cause I spent a lot of time tryna find silver with my iron sledge and found nothing sooo

[tepid prawn]

make sure you are high enough, where obsidian spawns etc and often a silver deposit has a "friendly" golem nearby too

[junior forge]

Oh ok

[tepid prawn]

silver spawns only above a certain altitude

[vocal rivet]

~120m

[tepid prawn]

ideally go find where obsidian spawns and then go a little higher and there you start the search

[junior forge]

Do you know an easy was to kill moder because i need to kill him in order to actually progress and build good things

[tepid prawn]

build some earthen pillars to hide befind, dig out under the altar for a safe hiding spot, make a campfire there too and a bench to repair bow, use mostly poison arrows and once he is poisoned can quickswap to also get some obsidian arrows into her, thats how to do it reasonably safe

and spawn proof around the area in a wide radius to not get wolves and other things joining in

campfires are good for that

[junior forge]

Thank you man

[tepid prawn]

poison arrows are great for moder if you don't want to go into melee

[junior forge]

But do you think that a huntsman bow is good enough or r?

[tepid prawn]

I also like to do at least 2 portals nearby in case one gets destroyed, close but not too close

[tepid prawn]

yes but draugr fang is quuite a lot better

[junior forge]

How do I acquire draugr fang?

[tepid prawn]

needs silver and some things from swamp too, the green stuff that is attached to swamp trees

[junior forge]

Oh ok so I basically just need silver because I got every swamp resource

[tepid prawn]

if you have guck hides and wood the only thing missing to unlock it might be silver bars

[junior forge]

Ok thanks a lot for the help

[tepid prawn]

ancient bark is the wood you need for it

[junior forge]

Ok

How would I hunt sea serpants?

[tepid prawn]

do a lot of sailing, bring a good bow and arrows, use the best ship you have, its tricky solo and takes a bit to learn, they also spawn mostly at night and in storms so thats when you want to sail. If you find one you can mark on map because they often re-appear there, shoot with arrows or (if you have harpoon) you can drag them behind you to land to kill but requires a lot of stamina

[junior forge]

Is the meat worth it?

[tepid prawn]

I just pepper them from karve with flint arrows at beginning of game, with some skill it works well, meat that drops will float, but trophies and scales from them will sink to bottom unfortunately

[tepid prawn]

the meat combined with something else makes a plains tier food that you can unlock when you're in the swamp, could argue that food is nearly mistlands tier to

[vocal rivet]

One of the best you're going to get for a long time

[odd helm]

I don't think the plains are all that hot tbh

[tepid prawn]

maybe it more like steppes? not sure haha

tundra? not sure haha

[odd helm]

it's in a nordic-esque world, and it fogs up pretty often

It might be relatively warmer than other biomes but not enough to prevent birch from growing

[junior forge]

I’d think the plains is like a mountain lowland

[languid dove]

how do I do the public test for ashlands

[odd helm]

Pins for instruccions

[junior forge]

If when i hit the ground and zeros appear does that mean i struck silver?

[vocal haven]

Playing the test build now to try out Ashlands. First time in years I've tried vanilla. How do y'all play without some Craft From Chest mod? 😬 Feels like everything takes ages haha

[junior forge]

Xbox don’t do that it only goes 00 when I hit a silver vein I found one and it did 00

I’m pretty sure I found my answer

Btw what is the lore behind the fenris and their cult

[vague field]

they go awoo and they do fire pew pew and they dont like you

[junior forge]

Seems legit

[vague field]

im sooooo cool

and i hate swamps

ive seriously been playing for weeks and been so unmotivated to progress because ill have to do swamp stuff and grind 10 million billion zillion iron

and all that while not being violated by the stinky guys in there

this game is fun but the swamp stage is like torture

[oak wigeon]

Just found two leviathans right next to eachother

[oak wigeon]

Just switch the difficulty to casual for a bit. My friends and I are playing stupid so we have it on that to make it fun and not us dying every third second

[vague field]

i already play on the lowest difficulty im just lazy as freak

[foggy glacier]

Sweet! I've actually seen three together occasionally.

[oak wigeon]

That's crazy. must've gotr a ton of chitin

[foggy glacier]

more than you ever need, unless you're a fan of dropping harpoons in the ocean.

[tepid prawn]

I love swamps, great place for a base to process iron onsite, raidproof pretty much until you kill the boss, base in the indestructible trees

[vague field]

planning to make a base there but im seriously not looking forward to all the monsters

especially abominations i can never tell what the best way to defeat them is

[tepid prawn]

find a fire spurt, dig underneath to make it water so surtlings instadie, not too deep > then drag abomination there and block them when having abom standing on it

[oak wigeon]

My friend and I are about to make a swamp treehouse base. We're trying to get full iron and fight Bonemar tn

[fading jay]

Does anyone actually know why I can’t bring metal through portals it seems stupid

[oak wigeon]

I'm guessing it's a weight thing or smth

There are portals late game that you can take metal through

[merry sun]

Parry It with a level 3 iron buckler + Slash It with a sword

[vague field]

i dont have a sword im using heavy stick

thats like the weapon type with the most benefits across the dang game

[merry sun]

Ores and metals cant be transported via portals

[vague field]

rahhhhhhhh

[fading jay]

I saw some people say it would make things to easy but isn’t the idea of portals a bit easy too?

[zealous hazel]

ashlands SOON

[fading jay]

I know that

[merry sun]

There is an option to make It easier

[vague field]

you can set it so you can transfer metal and non teleportable materials in world modifiers

drake eggs also cant be teleported aswell as some mistland things that i dont remember the name of

[merry sun]

i played like 3 times before the world modifiers update, i just got tired of all the work

[fading jay]

Thank you I didn’t see it

[vague field]

same here

[merry sun]

i cant spoiler anything about ashlands here or can i?

[vague field]

thats why i dont like swamps lol :p

[vague field]

thats PTB chat only

[merry sun]

k

[merry sun]

I really like Swamp and Mountain bc of their mechanics

You are always wet in swamp + you will need some Poison resistance

[vague field]

actually i think the biggest problem i have with them is the terrain

[merry sun]

And in mountains you literally freeze untill death

[vague field]

im really innatentive and the muddy everything in the swamp plus the water and the trees everywhere makes traversing it frustratinf

same with mountains but for snow and rocks everywhere

[dim egret]

I need some info on this ashlands stuff, so what i know so far is that its a free dlc?

So when is it coming out and will it be on xbox?

[merry sun]

I think the easiest progression biome is plains, ironically the Boss is kinda 💀(literally)

[vocal rivet]

It's the next biome of the main game, and yes, of course.

[dim egret]

Okok release date?

[vocal rivet]

We don't know yet, before the end of June though.

[strange arrow]

when bugs are squashed

[merry sun]

we do not got a release date

[vague field]

maybe like

[tepid prawn]

Ashlands will come to live, PC and XBOX, when its READY

[vague field]

if youre like the day before it releases then you wait a day and thats the release date

or if its like the day it releases then you add 10 days and you wait 24 hours and you subtract 11 days and i think thats the release date

[plain bane]

I'm not sure why people are so gung-ho about a release date when even established AAA studios regularly push 'final' release dates back.

[merry sun]

lol

[plain bane]

Like would you not rather be told 'hey it's ready' than 'sorry gamers, check back q3 2025' cdprojectred

[tepid prawn]

if you're so impatient (at whoever is impatient), help test on the PTB, instructions are in pinned post, it works on PC and XBOX too!

[vague field]

people dont like having doubts about stuff basically

[plain bane]

Indie games 🎉

[vague field]

thats why mostly everyone likes to know when exactly stuff will happen

[merry sun]

im doing thingys in my world untill ashlands release

[vague field]

scrap mechanic:

[merry sun]

like doing a Crystal war AXE

[strange arrow]

xD

[merry sun]

[plain bane]

I never would have dreamed of making a crystal warhammer til figuring out the golems are actually easy as hell to farm once you figure them out.

[merry sun]

its actually an axe lol

[vague field]

pickaxe them to death rock and stone

[tepid prawn]

parry and iron mace is faster and better imo

[vague field]

pickaxe is cooler

[tepid prawn]

fair enough

[strange arrow]

sword cuts them down to size in 10 seconds or less

[vague field]

pickaxe is cooler tho

[merry sun]

today i got dead raiser too (its kinda useless ngl Just to farm blood Magic)

[tepid prawn]

the skellies are good, especially with a shield

[merry sun]

Like the only weapon I WONT CRAFT is Jotun Banne

[tepid prawn]

bubble shield

[merry sun]

a shame for axes in general

[tepid prawn]

best woodcutting axe in the game currently

[vague field]

you get friends and you dont even need to feed them its great

[merry sun]

90 Slash against 115 Slash of Black metal

[strange arrow]

can't feed them*

[tepid prawn]

wood doesnt care about slash, its "chop" damage which is not displayed, jotun bane does more, look at the wiki entries (Blackmetal Axe Level 4 = 69 chop, Jotun bane Level 1 = 70)

[strange arrow]

they should eat bonemeal or something

[vague field]

it has 2 blades it chops 2x as fast

[strange arrow]

regen some of those dusty bones

[plush umbra]

Is public test playable or should I wait for default version?

[merry sun]

69 against 76

[vague field]

let us lather the skeletons in lotion and animal fat

[cinder rover]

Oft. First death on new world 🥲 the first is always depressing because I always start a world thinking that I'll never die...

[strange arrow]

entirely playable

[merry sun]

i wont craft It anyways

xd

[vague field]

black metal items look cool

[tepid prawn]

you dont have to just saying its better

the bm pickaxe is absolutely beautiful

[vague field]

but if i have extra time and resources then i spoil myself with top quality gear

except the double axe is kinda ugly imo

i dont like how short it is

[merry sun]

i need to put in my head "its worst" bc i really dont wanna craft It 🥲 I probably will craft It knowing that

[tepid prawn]

haha, I just make it now cause efficiencies ^^

[merry sun]

fr, buts its actually fire in combat

[tepid prawn]

I don't like to fight with it thats for sure

[vague field]

erm actually thats wrong its an axe not fire

[merry sun]

hell nah, even Crystal axe is kinda bad for combat

[strange arrow]

it's longer than the bm axe and doesn't feel bad when yr sword breaks and a dozen seekers want viking blood

[vague field]

i use crystal axe for chopping trees exclusively when i can get it

[tepid prawn]

yeah when the mistwalker breaks = bad times

[merry sun]

Himmin afl time

[vague field]

my axe progression is stone>iron greataxe>crystal greataxe>blackmetal tower shield

[merry sun]

i never got a problem with durability except with bows in early game

[merry sun]

Tower shield

i just Skip iron and get Black metal

[strange arrow]

once you get upgrades on both Mistwalker and Jotun it's barely noticeable anymore

[merry sun]

oops phone discharge

[vague field]

oh i also love to get silver axe

its genuinely such a great tool for its stage in the game

its so quick and easy to use i just love it

and it doubles as a beautiful weapon aswell

god i just love the silver axe

[strange arrow]

comedy

[vague field]

why cant we just have a version of each item for each resource stage :(

wheres my mistlands mace

[vocal rivet]

Because we don't need it?

[vague field]

it would be nicer for progression not having to switch weapon type and have a low skill for one stage in the game

[vocal rivet]

You don't, you can use a couple for the entire game.

[vague field]

the skill mechanic is kinda annoying with that

[lone wren]

So, I want chat's opinion. I was playing on very hard with hard level drop box and I was sitting in my house after putting a campfire below the house and inside the crafting station. I died from smoke going through the house as if floors and walls didn't exist. I never had this issue ever happen before as I done it hundreds of times. Yes, I gave it nice venting space yet it was going straight up through the floor.

[vague field]

i can choose a weapon type and dedicate to it for benefits but i suddenly have to switch to a different weapon type i dont have any skill in because i progressed

[fair charm]

Just pick maces

[lone wren]

I feel that

[vague field]

there is no mistlands mace

[fair charm]

Big mace

[azure yacht]

I'm sure the weapon in question is balanced to be powerful enough even at lvl 0.

Like the staves in mistlands

[hidden gorge]

frostner is the only mace you need

[vague field]

frostner is cool

[fair charm]

https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Demolisher

[vague field]

thats a greathammer i think those should be considered separate weapon types

[azure yacht]

Different types of dmg, different types of weapons. It's great that you have variety and need to plan accordingly rather than just go sword/knife/mace/bow all the way to the end

[fair charm]

It uses the club skill though

[vague field]

cos even tho it is clubs skill it functions different

[fair charm]

Also frostner is a mistlands tier weapon so there's that

[lone wren]

You desire a mace that's compatible with shield

[azure yacht]

Mountains*

[vague field]

yes precisely

[fair charm]

It does the same elemental damage as himminafl

[vague field]

its not mistlands tier tho

[azure yacht]

The tier is determined by the materials you craft the item with, not the dmg value or how relevant it is in later stages

[fair charm]

Okay fair by technical definition

[vague field]

well also i just believe greathammers deserve the honor of having their own category they are very cool

[vague field]

if thats what a silver tier mace does imagine what a mistlands tier mace would do

[lone wren]

They do deserve their own.

[vague field]

precisely

[lone wren]

Playing very hard, with raids at max and world fire hazard and 3x with hard loot box is pure madness.

[vocal rivet]

Yes.

[lone wren]

I love it.

[vague field]

and i think the damage types for areas in the game are more leaning on blunt cos
skeletons - blunt
draugr - blunt
blob monsters - blunt

[lone wren]

Let me fight bonemass on very hard with pierce

[vague field]

and enemies that arent weak to blunt are mostly not resistand

[lone wren]

mission impossible almost

[vague field]

except for bugs i forget the bugs weakness

[vocal rivet]

And the other 50+ mobs?

[vague field]

take normal damage to blunt mostly

i think for a big part of the game blunt is encouraged

[azure yacht]

Draugr are neutral to blunt, swords and pierce weapons would work too

[vague field]

so i am salty that i cant just stick with that weapon type

[vague field]

oh oki i tjought they were weak to those

but yea basically any weapon type works on every monster except like blobs

[strange arrow]

smoke requires several metres of venting to dissipate, like 6m+

otherwise yr mods affected it as next guess

[lone wren]

Never used mods in valheim before

[strange arrow]

you mentioned drop/lootbox

or you meant just a storage chest?

[lone wren]

There is a modifier to turn it to hard where only equipped items are dropped, that's vanilla.

[vocal rivet]

That would be easy, not hard.

[lone wren]

Everything is lost besides your weapon and armor

Permanently

You can have an entire inv full of ore and food and potions and stuff and gone forever.

[strange arrow]

fair, so just sounds like smoke being smoke then

[lone wren]

Yeah

Well I mean I only lost 30 mins of my time dying to that but like 30 mins is still 30 mins.

[vocal rivet]

I, of course, am not reading properly, ignore me

[lone wren]

ahem My brain ain't braining either being 11PM

[vocal rivet]

Try 4AM.

[lone wren]

Yup, especially staying up for 3 days

[vocal rivet]

Think I'll go to bed.

[lone wren]

Yes go to bed, I petition this.

[lunar sapphire]

https://tenor.com/view/monsters-inc-sully-you-go-to-sleep-go-to-sleep-go-to-bed-gif-22295511

[frigid gust]

https://tenor.com/view/pout-i-dont-wanna-pissed-annoyed-irritated-gif-16022356

[flint egret]

Hey hey, I tried writing a suggestion yesterday but it didn't go through. Do I have to be a certain level for that ?

[frigid gust]

No levels, just read the pinned posts in channels

[flint egret]

Ah, thank you!

[tulip cosmos]

are there any known bugs with raid events triggering earlier than they should

[tepid prawn]

should be 46 mins I think

[tulip cosmos]

what

oh

no, i meant like, raids with certain player-based requirements not matching with player progress

[dense pike]

Will we ever have an ocean boss?

[tepid prawn]

which one specifically, maybe it was on a character that had progressed further if its player based raids, or someone killed something on a server to trigger a certain raid before they should and no one lse knew? have not heard about a bug in relation to that

[tulip cosmos]

drake event while i was building a hut by elder spawn, to my knowledge none of my friends hit any of the triggers for mountain raids of all things; we havent even hit elder yet

unless someone is being extremely funny and has a... wishbone, i guess?
but even then i was the only person anywhere near and was the center of the event, so.

actually if its tied to character's past progression ever, not progression 'in that world' then that would explain it, derp

[tepid prawn]

it should be triggered by bonemass kill on the world or a character depending on settings

[tulip cosmos]

because i think this is a character i'd gotten to ~swamp or so before using for a new game

i'll reckon thats probably it then, oops

[tepid prawn]

if its player based raid (a good and often used setting) that could be it

[tulip cosmos]

since this game has the player-specific progression on yeah

spose i could just do something like make a fresh char in sp and console command skills back to the same ballpark if i really wanted.

[tepid prawn]

or host changes the setting to world based (but not a good idea if new players join later)

or you just deal with the drakes, finewood bow is easily good enough

[tulip cosmos]

there's two unrelated fren groups im trying to shanghai into playing with me on the same world so i think it's probably best to leave it as is and figure things out on my end :p

but yeah, the drakes were killable it was just surprising at the time

[tepid prawn]

yep, also new char is always fun, don't even need the skills that much, and they won't get the drakes unless they are with you maybe haha

[tulip cosmos]

pouring one out for my poor friend who got nuked once or twice trying to assist with meadows gear

[tepid prawn]

ah I see ^^

I don't think there is a devcommand to reset which bosses a char has killed, not that I know of anyway

I am about to do a play through on a solo world with an older char with skills, but will reset known items which I think is a working command as I want that to be new

[plush umbra]

do trophies only drop on a Player kill?

[livid leaf]

He got the spirit!

[rain flare]

Meowning

[fallen zephyr]

They drop (based on RNG) on any kill.

[plush umbra]

thanks

[mossy river]

What are the rules for despawning items, with regard to being underwater? Could I put a sort of garbage chute in a house to make things despawn if I made a hole low enough into water?

[fallen zephyr]

Have you discovered the obliterator yet?

[merry pebble]

If they are not in radius of player base structure they dissapear after few days

[mossy river]

I don't want to obliterate things for an amusing reason. When I make batches of food, I pull the ingredients from chests, then toss them in the ocean, and then spawn the food. Because I have no interest clicking the craft button 90 times when I want to make 30 of each of my favorite foods. So I don't want those things to turn into coal. This would be in range of player base, and going out of the gate to throw stuff in water is easier than getting away from player base.

[plush umbra]

try the anti arthritis crafting mod

[mossy river]

I'm on PTB and don't want to chance mods breaking. I know this is on the wiki somewhere if anyone can think of the page it might be on.

[pliant hatch]

have you tried to use the Wiki's search function?
It's a very useful tool.
I'm using it occasionally as well. 👼

[plush umbra]

removedrops cheat

[mossy river]

Is this a smartass way of saying you found the page? Because searching "despawn" didn't help me.

[fleet ingot]

today is the day right guys?

[pliant hatch]

Yup, today is the right day to be Friday.

[vocal rivet]

Doubtful.

[pliant hatch]

Doubtful to be the right day to be Friday?
Guess that's only true if you live at the other side of the date line.
But iirc they got about 9 minutes of Friday left.

[plush umbra]

at one point it will be Friday and Sunday in different parts of the world

[pliant hatch]

That would be the ideal Valheim moment:

You will only be able to defeat the final 9th boss when Friday and Sunday happen at the same time.

[signal knot]

When is ashlands full release any date?

[sterile summit]

First half of 2024

[hallow estuary]

Makes sense, just a month away

Anyway, you know what would be cool?

Skin rugs on walls

[pliant hatch]

You may put that in https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1202312684364910612 if you haven't done so already.

[warm sandal]

make that summon instead of defeat and I am with you on that 😄 because defeat is highly connecttted to skills - summon is not 😄 any stupid can summon a boss if got the right items... but defeat is a whole different matter 😄

[pliant hatch]

I'll keep that in mind in case you ever invite me to one of your games.
I'm going to let you do the summoning, so I can claim "I'm with stupid". 😄

[fair charm]

Man every now and then I look at the time on valheim speedrunning and think "I could do that" but then I get to the black forest and give up after 2-3 empty tombs

[warm sandal]

he he he ... but some of the tactics are valid none the less ... learned a whole lot from speedrunners (just not the kill your self all time part - i wanna liiiiive)

[fair charm]

Yeah that's true, I'll get a run I keep eventually

[warm sandal]

deal I'll leave the defeating part to you then 😄 because me is stupid then 😛

worked overtime today...and did not sleep well too... bad combo 😦

[pliant hatch]

Why not take a nap now and be fresh in the evening when you plan going into the next biome?
Or isn't that going to happen yet?

[plush umbra]

I see, you can steal dverger pickups without getting killed

[warm sandal]

not going to happen yet.. i managed to tame them lox and get the field going but i do need more iron to upgrade gear and do some fishing to upgrade food and ponder my map to decide where i can probably find mist and for that reason a base for mistcrops... and go scout that out

aaaaand i am still missing one teddybear

[warm sandal]

jupp... i never angered the dverger actively and still got the stuff i needed 😄 the gjall do a good job to destroy wooden ceilings 😄

[pliant hatch]

I did anger one mage last night.
But since the building was clipping through a rock, I had to mine the stone first.
So I destroyed the ward, destroyed part of the rock that was clipping through, hit the crate one time, had a Dverger mage destroying part of the stone and the entire chest, I retreated, used my bow to kill the mage as he couldn't get to me and left with the nice item.

Only to be able to pick one up later after a Gjall had partially demolished another tower's ceiling. 😄

[plush umbra]

damaged the walls while trying to kill some hares, didnt end well for me, they really like their marble walls

[warm sandal]

ya they are nothing to be trifled with... i make a point putting away any weapon when i enter their house because one jerk of a finger could kill you for good.

[fair charm]

Imagine going into someone's house and carving a big scratch into their marble countertop

Probably wouldn't be too happy with you

[warm sandal]

true but i would not pull out a crossbow and shot the offender 😄

[fair charm]

Dverger just let the intrusive thoughts win every time

[pliant hatch]

Right now I will need their help, as it's bloody hard to find the location of the Queen when the Valheim Map Generator is faulty due to me playing the PTB. (not that I blame that site for it).
Meaning I need to find some way to get her location spotted, which means a lot of running around with brown Fenris pants to find that location.

Good thing, my run and jump skills are increasing nicely.
Bad thing, so is my heart beat every once in a while...... 😦

[warm sandal]

got the sweaty finger syndrom yet?

with things tight sometime i need to wipe my hands ooooften 😄

[ashen shale]

I hope Ashlands comes on Monday 🙂

[drowsy magnet]

nice pfp, Charlotte Katakuri 👍

[meager fossil]

@drowsy magnet Dooonut~

Also yes. Ashlands on monday please 🔥

[plush umbra]

does extractor work when youre not in range?

[azure yacht]

I assume sap extractor

Yes

[plush umbra]

thanks

[tacit nova]

Is there a rough expectation on when Ashland's will go live? Next week, next month, next year?

[pliant hatch]

Somewhere between now and June 3oth, 23:59:59.

[icy sail]

I found this on reddit " On Xbox, my update notes say 2024-05-14 new biome-ashlands, so I’m wondering if the full release will be the 14th??"

[tacit nova]

What's June 30th?

[pliant hatch]

The last day of "First half of 2024", which is the time frame the devs have stated Ashlands will be released for the public.

[azure yacht]

It probably isn't. And don't share this further please

[tacit nova]

Gotcha, thanks. How long did previous biome expansions take to move from PTR to live?

[pliant hatch]

Shorter, but that's not an indication of how long this one will be.
It all depends at the amount of issues the devs need to tackle.

[smoky quarry]

Practice patience; game will come. Good time to make an outpost near fire land, full of materials

[vocal rivet]

But not too near.

[inner kraken]

do smelters and charcoal kilns produce smoke?

[pliant hatch]

yup

[inner kraken]

but not more then a normal campfire correct?

[nocturne wolf]

I don’t know, but it’s definitely best to keep them outside if you don’t like suffocating

[inner kraken]

can i vent them like i would a normal campfire?

[nocturne wolf]

Yes

[pliant hatch]

yup

[paper marsh]

and smelters don't need a roof covering them like a campfire does, because rain won't put it out

[half dragon]

you can, but doesn't really make much sense to keep them indoors

[inner kraken]

sweet, i was gonna do a outdoor/indoor sun room design for my base

[inner kraken]

does that account for smelters charcoal kils and the other furnaces too?

[half dragon]

yup, none of them need cover from rain

1 thing that surprised me the most about Misland is the ungodly amount of stone. It's a stone mine, which is great

[pliant hatch]

It is, if you need stone.
Right now I'm going to need Black Marble and all items to get the right tier tools and weapons for that biome.
And a location of that bloody queen, as the one I hoped for has aparently changed with the PTB.
And it looks like the Queen doesn't have any boss stone markers. 😦

[half dragon]

I've almost filled 2 black metal chests with black marble, I did some renovation for friendly local dvergers

[lusty quartz]

Is a full valhiem world pregenerated or generated as discovered?

[half dragon]

it is generated as discovered, but how it's generated is predetermined by the seed

you can even see the shape the world will take in the map if you use reveal command

[lusty quartz]

Ok so a old world could still generate Ashland's after update or will I need a new world for Ashland's

[half dragon]

old worlds can still generate ashlands after the update

[lusty quartz]

Cool thank you

[half dragon]

the world generation is just updated, but any areas that have already been generated won't be automatically fixed

[pliant hatch]

Old world will generate the "new" ashlands if you haven't discovered it yet.
The old ashlands will be removed, but if you have discovered and / or even build in it, you may run into some problems.

Also, the Ashlands are already there from the moment you drop down at the spawn. Just like the Deep North is.
How they are generated, however, depends at when you visit them.

[half dragon]

The moment I got my hands on good etir food and ember staff, all hope was lost for the poor bun buns

[fallen zephyr]

Hares getting singed left, right, and centre.

[half dragon]

and a lot of other things for the fun of it

the fire does not discriminate

[fallen zephyr]

Now I'm just imagining that the ember staff is just aggroing Dvergr all over the place. Not worth half a stack of 'Misthare Supreme'.

[half dragon]

so far the only disappointing thing about the staff is the lack of stagger. it does stagger eventually but takes more direct hits than I'd expect

[pliant hatch]

Looks at his Root Harnesk, Fenris Leggings, Padded helmet and Plains tier weapons

Guess I'm not at that point in a long time. Just started clearing my first invested mine and it's a game of entering and retreating.
But those Oozeboms are da bomb!

[half dragon]

went in full padded and black metal atgeir, had no trouble clearing those mines

[craggy mason]

I love ||crossbows|| so much

they could be made better with some qol

but so fun to use nonetheless, no projectile drop is big

[fallen zephyr]

I clicked on your redacted text hoping to see my name. You really shouldn't tease people like that!

[half dragon]

waaait a minute.. waaait a minute! did that shield just protect me from fall damage???

[craggy mason]

the heck

[pliant hatch]

I usually entered the infested mines the American way.
You know, run in, yelling Geromino, hacking and slashing at everything in sight and praying you won't die before everything is dead. 😄

Using Ooze bombs to soften targets up, using needle arrows to pick off ticks and using BM sword and shield to deal with the last resistance works a lot better for both the inside of my underwear as well as my heart beat and blood pressure. 🙂

[inner kraken]

do buildings naturally decay over time and u have to repair or is that due to heavy storms or strucual integraty like its not fully supported

[pliant hatch]

They won't decay.
Only parts of your construction that aren't covered by a roof will decay and only up to 50% of its integrity.

[fallen zephyr]

I'm not sure my approach has a national identity but, if there are open side passages at the entry, I tend to retreat back to the entry 'foyer' to funnel enemies.

[pliant hatch]

Yeah, that's why I got the Ooze bombs.
I found out you can throw them through the gaps under that "wire like" slime that's blocking you and kill things in a room even before they're able to get to you.

[fallen zephyr]

I need to adopt bombs as a combat option. Thanks for the motivator.

[pliant hatch]

NIce part, you can equip the boms while using a shield too.
So you got a nice defensive option while using them, making it easier for you to switch to another weapon if / when needed.

[half dragon]

you know what would be really nice? a bag/container/whatever for spears, so you could have multiple spears in 1 slot

planning to go for multi spear build for 2nd chara, but that's going to be pain for item slots...

[drowsy magnet]

I carry only one spear and its already a pain

[fallen zephyr]

Try carrying it to one side instead of immediately behind you.

[drowsy magnet]

its lodged in deep, its now part of me

[plush umbra]

bile bomb good?

[shut stone]

Do we know if the update is close? How’s the ptb

[half dragon]

yes, for the intended purpose of it. but is it great out in the open? Uhh... no really. What it's good for is clearing enemies in closed space or choke points

[plush umbra]

hm ok

[half dragon]

the effectiveness drops very quickly when the enemy doesn't stand in that DoT for long or give you time to just wait it take damage

[frigid gust]

Still some bugs and issues in the PTB. You can join yourself and see if you want.

[shut stone]

I’m just hiding from spoilers and I wanna play the finished product. And I don’t see a point in joining now cuz it could end any day now

[frigid gust]

Fair enough. It's at least a version or two in the PTB away still, then. Time-wise I'd hate to guess at anything.

[azure yacht]

It's not hard to lure enemies into the clouds

[half dragon]

and even easier to smack then and kill them directly, usually

[azure yacht]

Same inside the dungeons and you still granted them that as a positive point

And it's not easier when you're fighting a whole army of enemies

[frigid gust]

Ooze and bile bombs are great... you don't hurt yourself with them, and they are great at softening up groups even if you end up doing the final blow yourself.

[half dragon]

it's far harder for you to avoid getting hit inside a dungeon, and far harder for enemies to not breath that nice smelling air

[plush umbra]

The urge to tear down my stone castle and replace it with marble

[tough solstice]

I hear everyone call it "FLUH-metal" but isn't it flame and metal so it should be "flayme-etal"?

[jade jetty]

Any1 looking to play a bit later? I’m trying to get into the game

[drowsy magnet]

flee-metal

[pliant hatch]

You mag take a look in https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1024264966712340510 as you might have a better chance over there as in here.

[fleet ingot]

whispers of the 14th being the day guys?

[junior forge]

I’m f***ing done with this game I spent 2+ hours getting boars into a pen just for my hammer to break while trying to fix my fence and all of my pigs running out

I had 11 pigs

This game needs to make a stronger hammer before I throw my controller at my monitor

[hidden gorge]

it's already in the game, you just need to make it

[steady veldt]

Did you upgrade it?

[fallen zephyr]

Are you about to propose?

[hidden gorge]

do you not know how to upgrade or repair your tools?

[unique onyx]

harpoooooooon

[junior forge]

My hammer was upgraded I just forgot how low it was

[fleet ingot]

Going to propose to you bro. I lay in my bed thinking about you all night even though i am not 🏳️‍🌈

[fallen zephyr]

I'm flattered but married. We can still be friends, though.

[fleet ingot]

that person cant fill the void in your heart like i can

[paper marsh]

I am not a flag either!

[azure yacht]

Hopefully not

[azure yacht]

Repairing it's free and effortless.

You really can't blame anything else except yourself

[paper marsh]

Harpoon helps a lot too once you get that

[paper marsh]

Sounds reasonable. Just over a month should be enough time from my perspective but tbh if they wait until the last day of June I wouldn’t complain

[smoky quarry]

I accidentally slaughtered all my pigs at night, was to dark & kept no track

[obsidian bloom]

Anyone know what the 2nd upgrade for the black forge is? And can it be obtained in current game play?

[smoky quarry]

Yes, just need to get more new stuff

Maybe refined magic stuff

[obsidian bloom]

I have not slain the boss queen yet and am looking at getting new armor im a light armor run and am currently in the fenris set

[nocturne wolf]

Make a mechanical spring to discover it

[thin sonnet]

okay so decided to fight the queen, and i might aswell say it was an awesome fight. she was actually difficult in a way that had me retreat many times

[obsidian bloom]

Interesting

[thin sonnet]

the queen was slaying for sure

[random cave]

yagluth regens, I'm not crazy, right? I've been fighting this guy for like 20min

[nocturne wolf]

Everything in valheim regenerates

[frigid gust]

All bosses regen, yes. But he does take a bunch of damage.

[random cave]

my equipment is gonna break before I can kill him, and if he regens before I get back, I'm gonna lose my mind

it takes so long we keep getting interrupted by random mobs spawning, and by the time I deal with them he just regens :/

[nocturne wolf]

Everything regenerates their maximum health over an hour, so if you’re quick he won’t regenerate much

[obsidian bloom]

I died around 4 times help to have a fire nearby

[random cave]

I literally have fully upgraded armor and came equipped with 300 arrows and potions and everything, and this is taking so insanely long

[nocturne wolf]

He is pierce resistant, it’s because you’re using arrows

[random cave]

I'm using frost arrows

[obsidian bloom]

Use slash wepons

[nocturne wolf]

That’s still mostly pierce damage because of the bow’s damage

[random cave]

man, I've come equipped with the best armor I could get and fully upgraded weapons that were the best against those certain bosses and the bosses in this game still take way too fkn long to kill.

I don't understand this mentality. unless you look it up to be 100% prepared with the best stuff it'll take you days to deal with

[nocturne wolf]

Do you have anything to use that isn’t pierce? Frostner works very well

[obsidian bloom]

It mostly fire damage

[random cave]

and even then it still takes so long

[random cave]

I have polearm and porcupine... they're my main weapons

[obsidian bloom]

If you'd like I play on xbox and can help you out

[nocturne wolf]

What did you make with silver? A sword would also work

[nocturne wolf]

Playing on Xbox doesn’t matter, the game has crossplay

[obsidian bloom]

Noted

[random cave]

I don't want help man..I just don't understand why make them take so long even with the best stuff you could prepare. but I'm no game dev, everyone does stuff their own way. I guess I'm just too casual for this game lol

[nocturne wolf]

Yagluth is shown to be a skeleton at the sacrificial stones, and you’ve probably figured out already that skeletons are pierce resistant

[pliant hatch]

There are a few things you can do to make the fight easier.

1. Turn off your auto pick up until the fight is done. Otherwise you may end up with lots of items you don't want (yet).
2. Use those fingers to give you extra cover against his attacks.
3. You can move around those fingers, making it possible to get behind him and place a few hits before he turns around or uses one of his attacks at you.
4. Make sure you got enough fire resistant potion as well as health- and stamina potions with you. And preferred being put under a hotkey.
5. As for equipment, silver or black metal sword; frostner, black metal shield and the padded armor would do.
   If you're willing to go fast, fenris leggings, tunic and padded helmet works too.

[obsidian bloom]

Your good you want to feel achieved

[random cave]

I don't feel achieved with this, that's the thing. ds makes you feel achieved, poking a boss for 40min while running in circles doesn't do it for me

[obsidian bloom]

I do after the kill

[plush umbra]

I think plains and mistlands have been the most fun I've had in this game so far, just got the feather cape and its awesome

[paper marsh]

I love mistlands (not meant to be a response oops)

[random cave]

I'm using the fingers, don't mind items cuz they won't overencumber me anyway, I go in melee when I have hp then retreat and do ranged, I have potions too, and I really didn't want to make and upgrade a whole new weapon AGAIN just to fight this one boss and then throw it out.

[obsidian bloom]

Feather cape?

[paper marsh]

Feather cape

[plush umbra]

i thought the fog was a bit annoying at first but it doesnt bother me anymore at all

[paper marsh]

Same, I usually go mistlands before yag

[obsidian bloom]

Just place a torch every here and there

[paper marsh]

The sound cues are on-point and there’s barely any ranged enemies so ||wisps|| are more of a QoL option than a requirement imo

[random cave]

here we go, only took me 40min to kill. I would've died if this took 5 minutes longer, cuz my bow broke

[pliant hatch]

I've had problems with Yag since I started playing this game; which is when it got released on Steam.
It took me quite some time to discover I was actually doing things wrong, being someone who loves to use bows in his fights.

Fighting Yag with a bow - even with frost or silver arrows - isn't a good idea. Same goes for porcupine, as that one does pierce dmg as well.
So I tried Frostner and the padded armor and found it was still hard to defeat him.

In my current play through I switched back to light armor as several people here said would be possible.
I began using a sword in the Swamps, because I found out that an axe was more effective against Draugr as a mace.
I made Frostner when I was in the mountains, but barely used it, because an iron sword worked well enough against wolves. I didn't even use it much in the plains but made a black metal sword instead.
The only time I used Frostner in a fight was when dealing with Yagluth and that's because Yag is very vunerable to both frost and spirit damage.

And while you may not like the idea of switching to another weapon, it is one of the best strategies to survive in this game. Otherwise you may struggle a lot to defeat any boss.

[random cave]

yeah I know it's not the BEST option out there, but so far I've only gone in with the best stuff you could put on, and the bosses STILL take forever to kill. so this time I went in with the best armor and crafted frost arrows just so I wouldn't have to make a whole new weapon, even tho I crafted a chest piece cuz I had harnesk on and would've been turned to coal, if I didn't look up the boss fight beforehand. you just don't stand a chance without knowing stuff in advance and even when you do it's such a hassle man. it's not my kind of gameplay, dealing with these bosses, which is a shame it's such a headache cuz I enjoy the rest of the game a lot - even tho I had to tweak some settings. I just don't like the idea of having to optimize to 200% before going to try something otherwise you're totally fucked. preparing is one thing, overpreparing so you're slightly less fucked is just..too much for me.

I didn't even go into this game fully blind. I'd look stuff up here and there, but I still need to look up the boss fights and strats so I don't just lose my sanity hitting my head against a wall.

[pliant hatch]

The important question is, now you know some things, are you able to adjust in another playthrough to make the boss fights shorter.

[nocturne wolf]

I’ve already explained how the game hinted at a pierce resistance. Frost arrows are great for slowing enemies but aren’t a replacement for your bow against a pierce resistant enemy.

[random cave]

there's not gonna be another playthrough

even now it's getting harder to bring myself back to grind more for the slightest bit of progress cuz the next part might be enjoyable.

[nocturne wolf]

Don’t give up now, you’re so close to mistlands

[pliant hatch]

That's what I thought after dealing with the Queen the first time.
But this time I'm quite certain I'm going to have a much easier fight as the first time I faced her.

[random cave]

I already got into mistlands and besides pressing w and trying not to fall off a cliff I don't see the appeal :/

[half dragon]

it looks really good when you can see something, treasure those moments

[random cave]

it's a shame, I play video games way too much and totally get lost into grinding stuff in other games but this just feels like it takes way too long and it's way too difficult to get not enough of a reward, for a new player like me.

[placid scroll]

i was fortunate enough to have friends hop on and show me each boss when i was ready to fight it and everytime they did i still died. Now with everyboss over im just sitting back waiting for ashlands going back through each boss re-summoning them and learning from my past mistakes

[half dragon]

dverger bases for sure are very brutal, I do not see how you're supposed to defeat them fighting fair at all. Even with mistland tier equipment fighting fair is barely an option at all

[vocal rivet]

Taking too long? You've practically reached the end of the current content.

[pliant hatch]

Perhaps you should take another approach for a while. Which is taking things slow, instead of going in fast.

Why not just setting the building option to no cost at all and check if you can build freely.
If you can't, use Devcommands and Debugmode to get things for free.

Start a new map, look for a nice place to settle down and forget about fighting all the bosses for a while.
Instead focus at the building part of this game, build yourself a nice base and only when you feel you're up to it, start fighting the bosses.

That way you only have to deal with wild animals doing raids, you get the hang of which weapons to use to fight which bosses and most of all, you can practice using different weapon and armor combinations until you feel comfortable with them.

[pliant hatch]

And a lot faster as some of us do; despite they were starting earlier with their play through.

[random cave]

I have raids off, death penalty all the way down, and am able to bring all resources through portals. and it still took an insanely long time to get here. I can't imagine how someone who has an actual life, unlike me, would have to deal with this game lol

[half dragon]

the only 2 viable ways I'd see right now to defeat dverger bases without being REALLY good at the game, is either:

1. Lead enemies to whittle down the base
2. Large amount of preparation to take them on and fight unfair, taking every possible advantage you can get, such as putting some ballistas pointing at their base maybe... traps, bombs... anything

[nocturne wolf]

If you don’t like the grind, why not use the modifier that increases resources?

[random cave]

I'm not into building, but have really taken my time exploring everywhere , fighting small stuff, upgrading everything I can and discovering as much as I can without advancing to the next boss. the only thing I haven't done is taming/breeding since it seems like just another timesink for not enough reward. I'm very comfortable with my polearm and even maces since I picked them up after I had to fight bonemass