valheim-chat

[pure star]

If I have to completely start over I think I might just delete the game altogether

[heady flume]

most likely will be a fix. did you lose a world along with characters or just characters?

[ornate sigil]

I know steam does by default. not sure about xbox. you could try here: https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1202550076216573962

[pure star]

@heady flume I can see my past saves and try to restore but no success

[winged vigil]

is there any trick to finding askvins in the ashlands? spend there quite a few days already and the charred bones start to pile up, but so far not a single askvin in sight. only charred skeletons, vultures, lava blobs and quite a few morgans

[heady flume]

your saves might have simply gotten corrupted. ive lost worlds for no reason overnight out of nowhere cause the world just decided to courrpt it self.

[strong smelt]

As a general rule, the more preparations you make in Valheim, the less deaths you'll experience. Having multiple weapons and plenty of ammo, and sometimes maybe a bed close by for short corpse runs, you'll have a much better time.

[crude yacht]

Don't forget to upgrade your bow as much as possible...or bring 2.

[pure star]

@heady flume Omg if that if the fact I'll just delete it all together

[plush umbra]

frick I died again

[lament briar]

I wonder if people have managed to mae an Asksvin farm already

[mossy river]

It's been out for 2 weeks on an opt in basis. Askvin farms exist.

[ornate sigil]

anyone that was in PTB likely does

[halcyon thistle]

if we have the asksvin skull we could use it instead of the asksvin trophy in the recipe for the feathery wreath since the piece has a skull without the skin on it, but then there'd be no use for the trophy I guess

[lament briar]

PTB?

[ornate sigil]

public test branch (ashlands testing prior to live launch)

[halcyon thistle]

yeah, same concept as chicken farm

[heady flume]

just keep trouble shooting and if that doesnt work wait till they fix the update for the ashlands on console. itd make your world incompatable anyway, i think. hell the update might even fix your issue

[crude yacht]

Can you take a world save from the PTB and use it on the updated version?

[ornate sigil]

PTB auto rolls into the live version per the release notes

you can choose to stay in the PTB or choose "none", it shouldn't affect your ability to play

[halcyon thistle]

it doesn't autoroll, had to opt out of beta, but their version is the same so you can do either as you said

[mossy river]

Though there are changes from PTB. Apparently you can get soft tissue from putrid holes now?

Was that a thing in .14?

[ornate sigil]

and feather cape is weak to fire from what i heard

[tiny tiger]

What tier is serpent shield?

The stats look on par and even better than silver in some instances

But progression wise you can get it swamp?

[lament briar]

My best friend is great at creating farms. I am excited to show him the design I saw once we obtain the resources to do so.

[ornate sigil]

less than blackmetal from the plains, but close to silver. it acts like a tower shield though, so don't make it if you wana parry(if I remember right).

[hazy seal]

tbh, deep north boss will likely be the frost giant

[paper marsh]

idk, you get a lot of weird things in those holes

[vocal vale]

Sometimes my mom pops out of them

[paper marsh]

As Nevyn said a little better than Mountain, but the pierce resist on it is super good

[lament briar]

Is Fader the mate of Moder? And are Asksvins relatives of necks?

[ornate sigil]

is that what he said?

[frail roost]

Fader means "father" so its safe to assume

[lament briar]

Asksvins look like overgrown necks. Multiple eyes, lizardness and all.

[paper marsh]

I believe Askvins are relatives of Necks yes

And based on the names I would assume those two were dating but idk

[heady flume]

Hey so are the new greatsword exclusive to the ash lands or did they add them else where so theres more progression with them?

[lament briar]

He was the 'proud father' but fallen from grace. Perhaps he went mad somehow.

[plush umbra]

I DID IT

YESSIR EAT IT

[lament briar]

I'm excited for the new mace, actually. So many things are weak to crush. Beat the hell out of them frost golems.

Question. if one person spams demolisher in a crowd and the rest of the party goes ham on the creatures, is that a good strat?

[old kite]

does anyone know what the new comfort item is?

[lament briar]

I just realized the one and two star Asksvins have the same color palettes as one and two star necks. I think they're just necks that evolved to live in Ashlands.

[tiny tiger]

Ah I see so it would be perfect for plains then with its high block power and pierce resist

[lament briar]

but why block when you can parry

[azure yacht]

My god the hassle of trying to reach ashlands without drakkar is horrible.

Definitely not worth it, I feel like it would take me much less time to kill the queen.

And this playthrough doesn't even have all sealbreaker fragments

[lament briar]

You're not supposed to, dude. You can't take normal boats through boiling water easily.

[plush umbra]

how to use the power of the deer thingy?

[paper marsh]

Great for plains and mistlands, same as root chestpiece from swamp

[paper marsh]

press F

Lasts 5 minutes, then 15 minute cooldown

[plush umbra]

very good yes

[ornate sigil]

from personal experience, it took 50 minutes from my meddows base to hit landfall in ashlands using the new boat and wind at my back the majority of the time...so yes a queen fight might take less time.

[plush umbra]

how to put down the chopping block?

[heady flume]

is the new boat faster or a little slower than the last one?

[ornate sigil]

I don't have stats, but apparently slower

[lament briar]

It carries more and has three times the amount of health as the longboat, though.

[heady flume]

makes sense it needs to be armored to survive the ashlands water/lava idk

yeah that too

[ornate sigil]

and it is almost 2x the size of the longship

[lament briar]

Damn boi he THICC

[plush umbra]

how do I use the chopping block?

[ornate sigil]

yes indeed

[lament briar]

So these new portals... you can take ore through them? 👀

[azure yacht]

I know.

I'm doing it for lmao reasons.

[heady flume]

i havent seen it but unless its a rule of cool thing why not just use the faster one to get there and the new one to actually use in the ash lands?

[azure yacht]

This is also a no cost playthrough so resources are not a concern

I definitely would not be doing this if it was a normal world

[ornate sigil]

the water is boiling and will damage any other ship over time

and you, for that matter if you are in it long enough

[heady flume]

i mean like right before you enter the ash lands swap to the new boat so you make the best time to get there

[lament briar]

Creatures won't come up to your boat and beat the crap out of it like they will in swamp, will they?

[ornate sigil]

if you have the materials, you could.

[pure star]

When was the PTB release?

[mild cedar]

bonemass power my beloved

[ornate sigil]

there are sky versions of the leeches in the waters around ashlands....vultures. not hard to deal with but a pain.

[mild cedar]

I just tanked 4 ulvs with it

[ornate sigil]

couple weeks ago(?)

[heady flume]

the only thing i see might be a problem is if you have so much cargo you have to return in the new one for the storage space. either way though you still make better time than going to and from in the new boat

[lament briar]

But if I kill them in the water, no meat and eggies

[ornate sigil]

plenty on land

[pure star]

@ornate sigil before or after 4/22?

[lament briar]

What is everyone's new favorite weapon from this biome?

[paper marsh]

Is it? I only tried once but my longship made it almost all the way to the coast. With a repair midway or just jumping onto a rock spire I felt like it woulda been fine

[ornate sigil]

not sure. there are to many (PTB) notices to scroll through. I think it first opened march 12th from what I can see in the update logs.

[pure star]

@ornate sigil The best I can come up with is everything is okay on 4/22 but on 4/28 no character saves

[tulip patrol]

kill tehm close enough to shore and you can get their drops. or be quick and get the loot before they sink

[ornate sigil]

I am not a mod or game dev, so I can't help much. I just like to help what little I can because I enjoy the game so much and want others to do the same.

[azure yacht]

I'm surprised, maybe yours had the mainland somewhat closed.

The dmg to the ship also increases the more you approach

On another note: I'm having a seeker event in ashlands LOL

[mortal rampart]

What food do you reccommend for the queen

[azure yacht]

I'm essentially witnessing what is supposed to be the impossible: Seekers fighting charred

[mortal rampart]

besides full eitr

[ornate sigil]

only the best....you dont want to loose your head now would you?🧐 😋

[devout quail]

hey gang! my friends and I are trying to play on a server that we got on G Portal and it's saying incompatible game every time we try joining. does anyone have any insight? 🥹

[ornate sigil]

no pesent food

[ornate sigil]

might wana try asking in: https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1202550119191412736

[paper marsh]

man meadows at night is a clusterfuck now

[devout quail]

thank you! will do

[paper marsh]

Fulings seekers and charred archers duking it out for dominance

[ornate sigil]

terf wars

[paper marsh]

If you do devcommand fly and fly into a catapult you can get it stuck on you and fly around with it hehe

[violet hull]

Honestly that sounds awful

[ornate sigil]

👏 quality content right there.

[crude yacht]

Video or it didn't happen. 😉

[azure yacht]

Now that I'm here, I realize of a very important factor: No shield = danger

So even if you can reach ashlands "easily" without queen's drop, the lack of a shield might make outpost building harder.

Yeah, it might not be worth that much the trouble going to ashlands before queen

[tepid prawn]

I thought fuling stopped when yag is dead and seeker when queen is dead? (I don’t really know I’m too scared to go out at night lol

[paper marsh]

I kinda thought so too but don't really know. My world might be kind of messed up, but they're all spawning that's for sure

[ornate sigil]

I think that may be the case with raids, not necessarily with random spawns...would have to scour the wiki to be sure and even then, ashlands could have changed that dynamic.

[paper marsh]

I think no teleporter is about to get a lot easier with the introduction of ||catapults||

[ornate sigil]

if you can survive the damage. this reminds me of the harpoon and launching people.

[paper marsh]

feather cape

feather also DRASTICALLY improves your range

[lyric olive]

I want to try the demolisher. Is it good guys?

[paper marsh]

I've never been much for 2 handed hammers, but I think it's decent

[ornate sigil]

that begs the question of if you can change mid air.....if you can use the ask cape to get bonus speed w/ the wind and swap to feather just before impact, that would max distance

[flint moon]

anyone else having issues loading into worlds ever since the new update? ive tried everything I can think of with no avail.

[paper marsh]

just wait, might take 5-10 min

Even if it says valheim isn't responding, just leave it and let it load

[flint moon]

Sheeeeesh

igth man thanks

[ornate sigil]

its a huge update

by some accounts, made the game 150% of the size from pre-ashlands

[flint moon]

Oh thats insane. thanks guys

[mortal rampart]

i've died about 20 times so far

[loud valve]

O, the question has a new answer now?

[ornate sigil]

lots of questions have been asked. which are you refering to @loud valve ?

[loud valve]

The question that people ask multiple times a day

[ornate sigil]

yes, ashlands did drop for steam users. Xbox not so much(apparently due to Microsoft).

[mortal rampart]

what question

[uncut owl]

copper mining time... yay...

[tight yacht]

Is it finally ready?

I'm at work rn, is it amazing?

[daring spade]

it’s f'n hard

[tight yacht]

It's released for real? Stable?

[daring spade]

even for valheim lol

[north grove]

Do we have any idea when that update will go through?

My buddies are on Xbox and are itching to hop on 😄

[daring spade]

yessir

[tight yacht]

Oooooo let's go

[daring spade]

get ready to lose all your hard earned stats

[tight yacht]

Valheim back on the menu. I didn't even finish the plains when I played last

[ornate sigil]

I play on steam so I don't really know. I mostly repeat what others say IF i can verify its true.

[tight yacht]

Best biome for endgame base?

[daring spade]

Niiice..there'll be another update by the time you're done lol

[slender rover]

Okay, did they move all the actual land for ashlands far far to the southern part of the arc? I started in what was pre update the far western tip and all I am finding is spires

[daring spade]

All the land is redone

I had some early land prepared as well and my portal and stuff all fell into the sea

[ornate sigil]

meadows and close to OG spawn is mostly untouched

[slender rover]

I know it's re-done, what I am asking is are the masses all concentrated way south and no longer even possible to find at the edges

[ornate sigil]

there is less landmass the closer you get to the equator for ashlands, yes.

I don't think it goes all the way to the equator.

[knotty gale]

did they increase farming yield recently? just got 2 onions per onion, use to be one

[slender rover]

I'm solidly in what used to map as ashlands and all I see is spires so far. Practically sailed right through them to the end of the world

[plush umbra]

Anyone having issues with playfab issues with servers

[ornate sigil]

if you explored the ashlands before today and weren't part of the PTB when you did, it likely didn't update properly. and is still the old ashlands.

[ornate sigil]

might wana try:https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1202550119191412736 or https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1202550198174486599

[unreal pagoda]

any major changes from ptr to release version? or is it just same build moved over?

[plush umbra]

They did the best they can

[slender rover]

This is technically unexplored area and I should have sailed far enough away from it that it didn't generate (or this is how it would have worked with past biomes), but I'm thinking with the ashlands generating open water, then a zillion spires, then land it may just have generated all spires instead in these areas. Which is annoying, but guess I gotta go further south

Also making the Bonemaw trophy also sink is a real jerk move when the water literally kills you here, lol

[undone sphinx]

Am I crazy or are there no flametal ore spawns?

[ornate sigil]

I have heard of some small changes like the sounds some things make and the fact that the feather cape is now weak to fire.

[ornate sigil]

new updates tend to not mesh well with mods, GL finding an answer. I don't use mods so I am not much help.

[plush umbra]

It isnt a mod. Its the steam dedicated tool

[ornate sigil]

very strange then...still I am not much help then. I usually only play around with devcommands not anything more complex.

[ornate sigil]

if you see large spires of somewhat shiny rock, you fond a deposit. they are often in lava pools, but not always.

[rustic plume]

dang Ashlands is Tiny

Only bad thing about it

[azure yacht]

Small but full of content >>>>>>>>>>>>> bigger but empty

[ornate sigil]

it may look small but its a slog to try and get a footing, making it feel much bigger once you actually set foot there.

[azure yacht]

Also, I really think they did revert the spawn rates tweaks.

Enemies are more numerous now

[rustic plume]

From what I've read on other users that already played through it, it seems that it's still really small, and there aren't enough fortresses, so...

[vocal rivet]

There's plenty.

[ornate sigil]

I had atleast 4 forts before I gave up and had (more than) enough material to summon the boss.

[paper marsh]

There's just about enough loot in Ashlands for one player to get everything from the analysis I've heard

If you have multiple players there's gonna need to be some compromises or upped resource rates though

[azure yacht]

It's also assuming every single one of those players will want the exact same gear.

Which is difficult

[paper marsh]

With 2-3 players I wouldn't expect a huge issue. On a server with like 5+ it could become a problem though

[rustic plume]

We are a team of 4 players, so I don't know

[ornate sigil]

one ask, one flametal, one mage...and a 4th...

[paper marsh]

There's always ways around it like hopping on another world, compromising, devcommands, resource rate modifier, etc.

I think the biggest problem is if everyone wants the heavy armor of the biome, or everyone wants all the magic staves

[radiant fiber]

is the drakkar faster?

[hidden gorge]

no, but it accelerates better

[glass parrot]

What’s the best weapon for the queen?

[radiant fiber]

so its still better for speed then?

like its not slower overall?

[tiny tiger]

Hell yeah we just got tar

Unfortunately nowhere near enough but it never is

[radiant fiber]

now good luck getting enough for a build lol

[tiny tiger]

My world is just a bunch of half finished buildings lol

[hidden gorge]

don't worry, it starts to pile up like everything else

||except black cores||

[tiny tiger]

are we still talking about valheim here?

[hidden gorge]

what other resources are you short on?

oh, iron maybe is the other exception

[radiant fiber]

I have too much seeker meat

[tepid prawn]

don't we all

[ornate sigil]

cook them then?

[cunning latch]

did xbox get the ashlands update?

[radiant fiber]

want some?

[paper marsh]

Not considering Ashlands weapons, 100% ice staff or fire staff

[radiant fiber]

magic eats the queen up

[hidden gorge]

#general pins

[paper marsh]

Magic eats any boss up, it's so OP

[radiant fiber]

true

[paper marsh]

If talking melee though, mistwalker does very well

[lament briar]

But the frost staff does so little damage. No alt attack, nothing

[fossil grail]

will the new ashlands be on my old map if i never explored the area yet

[ornate sigil]

I played the PTB so I am well past the point of needing it, thanks though.

[radiant fiber]

underestimate it, you do

[hidden gorge]

I think I've finally come to terms the ice staff is not meant to do damage. it's primary purpose is as a support weapon to slow.

I'm not happy about it, but I've given up on hoping for a magical machine gun

[ornate sigil]

There are (probably) mods for that.

[paper marsh]

uhh, pretty sure it does more damage than fire staff (taking into consideration eitr cost and regeneration too)

Not much more though. And it does have the disadvantage of having to be channeled rather than just fired and forgotten, and doesn't do AoE. Which is why Embers generally is seen as better

Personally I really like ice staff though

[hidden gorge]

nah. fire staff does more damage, you're more likely to hit, and gives damage over time

[radiant fiber]

if you hit every shot

ice staff can do a lot, but I think its a bit worse on mana personally

[paper marsh]

Hmm against Queen who's a huge target I pretty much never miss. And DoT if anything is worse than instant damage

[hidden gorge]

fire staff has both

[paper marsh]

But isn't the DoT just the fire damage doing damage over time instead of instantly? Which means it's just damage either way, not extra damage.

That said looking at the stats it does look like embers does a little more against Queen. I was thinking against seekers who are resistant to blunt, where ice has a decent damage advantage.

[hidden gorge]

certainly. I've got a mental list that keeps growing for features that could use a bit more love

has a decent damage advantage in theory on paper -- but the accuracy of the ice staff never fails to disappoint

[paper marsh]

I had a server with max raids and had a bunch of ballistas set up around my base, and honestly slowing a fuling berserker or something for the ballistas to be able to target was really fun. Not that that is really a defense for the staff being good

Works decent with summoned skeletons too though instead of ballistas

Yea ice staff is just meant to be very short range, or mid range against big targets

[hidden gorge]

yeah, like I said before, it's a support weapon, not intended for damage

[paper marsh]

would be nice if ice staff got a lil nerf and fire staff got a big nerf

[paper marsh]

ye I was giving an example

[hidden gorge]

nah, don't nerf the fire staff. sometimes fun is more important than balance

[glass parrot]

Alright thanks

[paper marsh]

Guess it's different things we find fun. I'd find it fun being able to use ember staff while still having a challenge, but it's alright too just not using it

[fluid cove]

fellas, which armor is best to fight Bonemass with? Iron or Root?

[paper marsh]

I'd say Iron. Root doesn't help you much

Just be sure to bring a poison resistance mead (it's better than the root helmet), and a mace.

Otherwise it's a painful fight

[old ibex]

Are smelters the same as campfires and need open roofs?

[hidden gorge]

and flatten the ground, making sure there's no pesky puddles

they both produce smoke, yes

[paper marsh]

Yes, but smelters don't go out when it's raining, so you can just place them outdoors and they'll be fine

[ornate sigil]

OSHA calls those tripping hazzards

[hidden gorge]

yeah, bonemass and moder are arguably the most important bosses to get your osha inspection done

[tired bolt]

Does anyone know how far wood has to be from a camp fire to not burn if fire spread is on?

[ornate sigil]

I haven't tested but I assume (since most people make chimneys out of wood) about 1m or so, but that is a guess at best.

[plush umbra]

poopie

[tepid prawn]

could just build 3 tiny homes and test it a bit haha^^

[fluid cove]

maybe i should build separate buildings for each functions rather than jumbling it all up in one house 💀

[plush umbra]

bruh I bought valheim yesterday and now its on sale

F

[radiant fiber]

how do I protect my base from the fire blobs

[cobalt mica]

https://tenor.com/view/you-don't-invincible-omni-man-jk-simmons-that's-the-neat-thing-gif-4390372980992221432

[ornate sigil]

they can jump so moat and earth wall wont work well. Either balistas or keep an eye out and bait them away if they get close. not sure about other options

[radiant fiber]

will they jump a 2 high stone wall? lol

fugg it ill make it 3 high of grausten 4x2s

[ornate sigil]

check the wiki for the other slimes/blobs. it might list how high they can jump.

[uncut owl]

antler pickaxe do be breaking

[ornate sigil]

as all things will over time/useage.

[uncut owl]

yeah I just wish it lasted a bit more lol

[ornate sigil]

that's why the next set exists. its a more durable version that can be used on harder things. you also have the ability to upgrade most things to increase durability.

[uncut owl]

I completely forgot to upgrade it

[tepid prawn]

On my main building seed I have: Villa house, bakery, henhouse, Beer Hall, Armoury, 3 storage warehouses, Archery range, blacksmith, fishing hut, lox pen, larder, mead cellar I think thats all of them

oh i forgot Odin temple

[tiny tiger]

Odin temple??

[fluid cove]

you can request a refund so you can re-buy it at a discounted price

[radiant fiber]

Unless he spent 2 hours on it already

[plush umbra]

yep

[radiant fiber]

yep

[boreal grail]

I'm really impressed how quickly mod authors updated their mods

[fluid cove]

oh well, at least the game was cheap to begin with

[plush umbra]

20 bucks

[fluid cove]

wait wut? damn, it's sold in my country for like US$7 even prior to sale

[radiant fiber]

$20 is a good price still

[fluid cove]

its currently $3.4 lmfao

[tiny tiger]

Yo how tf do people make plates in this game

Like I want my sausages to not just be on the table

[radiant fiber]

$20 for hundreds of hours
its half price rn

[flint jetty]

What materials are needed for a shield generator? Looked online couldn’t find anything 😭

[radiant fiber]

but typically if you havent gotten a game yet and a major update is coming out its worth

[fluid cove]

ah yes the maximalism approach

[radiant fiber]

@flint jetty you need to make a plating out of marble using the upgrade for the artisan table

you make the upgrade out of the bug boss stuff

the royal carapace or whatever it is

[fluid cove]

@plush umbra in some cases, Steam reps are kind enough to let it slide

[radiant fiber]

and you make ceramic plates out of black marble on the level 2 artisan table
then make shield core out of 5 of them, black core, and surtling core, then combine that with iron and copper

[plush umbra]

some but its not a big issue

[flint jetty]

I have! I guess I haven’t checked the table to see what it needed

[radiant fiber]

black marble, make the ceramic plating first

[flint jetty]

Thank you!

[tepid prawn]

Imo its worth $60 minimum, love this game (1700h) here

[scenic flicker]

Same, 2000h game is loads of fun worth the money

although all my worlds just turned into the same random map

[fluid cove]

after you guys beat the very last boss, what do you guys do?

[scenic flicker]

have to start from scratch i guess?

[radiant fiber]

build a lot

[scenic flicker]

build and collect cores and stuff lol

[radiant fiber]

building is jenky, but also a lot of fun, takes practice and messing around to learn the kinks

[fluid cove]

roof-work is hard

no wonder those guys are paid quite well irl

[radiant fiber]

xD

its mainly because of placement setups, I recommend planning roofs before you build

[fluid cove]

yeah but when i built high buildings

it becomes way harder to plan

[radiant fiber]

when you build high and didnt plan ahead, just jenk it an assume no one will see it :D

[regal saffron]

When xbox

[radiant fiber]

#general pins

[crude yacht]

1st half of 2024

[radiant fiber]

thats like, within the next month xD

never know when it comes to certain bugs

[crude yacht]

Technically they haven't broken their promise yet.

[radiant fiber]

true true

but bugs and issues happen, especially when developing for multiple platforms like this

[rapid tusk]

what to feed chickens?

[radiant fiber]

dandelions

[rapid tusk]

ty

[ornate sigil]

any seeds. i typically use carrot seeds.

[rapid tusk]

really ok I tried that and they didn't love em as much as they do dandelions

[ornate sigil]

it takes the chickens a couple seconds to register hunger and food close by.

[crude yacht]

Technically, the 1st half is before July 1st, so they still have a month and a half to deliver on time.

[fluid cove]

how do i get chickens

[torpid tundra]

1. Find Haldor

[fluid cove]

already did, bought all his stuff even

[torpid tundra]

Have you beat Yagluth?

[fluid cove]

the hell is a Yagluth

[ruby prism]

is the ashlands update on xbox?

[crude yacht]

Anyone else feel like gold is too plentiful? And/or the things you can buy should be more expensive, or gold and treasure should be more rare?

[torpid tundra]

Plains boss

[fluid cove]

i have about 2500 gold left after buying all of Haldor's stuff

[fluid cove]

🗿

havent even beaten Bonemass

[crude yacht]

Not yet. They had some issues that need to be worked out before Xbox updates...hopefully soon.

[ruby prism]

oh alr

[crude yacht]

We finally beat BM last week. It was an epic 3 day battle...pretty fun.

[fluid cove]

we
3 days

i'm a solo player

[crude yacht]

It was our first time doing it...now we know his weaknesses, we can probably take him down pretty quickly the next time around.

[worthy gazelle]

so now that the Ashlands update is live, how does the fire spread work? Cuz I have many wooden homes with fires in them and now I'm terrified to load my game lol

[merry pebble]

Afaik if you don't select the world modifier the fire spread only works in ashlands 🙂

[weak cypress]

Welp, new update means new save. Fire spread sounds fun...

[spring lava]

is the ashlands love for xbox? it looks the same as it did before even in newly discovered areas

[weak cypress]

Don't think it is yet. PC it is

[spring lava]

when’s the xbox update

[weak cypress]

Whenever they get it running properly

[misty rune]

Is anyone else experiencing a worldwide ash storm?

[glass parrot]

How rare are 2 star seekers?

[fluid cove]

you literally made me check outside the window irl before realizing ur talking about the game 🗿

[tepid prawn]

not so rare

[glass parrot]

Oh

[blissful stream]

holy shit the drakkar is huge

[ruby ember]

i have no words

where can i post picture of my achievement

[odd helm]

#screenshots?

[ruby ember]

posted

[odd helm]

Ooh, nice

A hull full of iron, there's few things as satisfying

[ruby ember]

5,760 weight of iron in total for my base

my hands are shaking from the stress of being on a 1 hp boat with a serpent , in choppy, rocky waters

see that little place i named archipelago

SHALLOW WATER AND ROCKS

[odd helm]

Oof~

[ruby ember]

and i had to go through it to escape the serpent, full mast

the adrenaline

[odd helm]

That's rough~

[ruby ember]

troll on the mainland was following me too, came out to the archipelago right as i wedged between two rocks

i could see him coming, since he aggroed to me from far because of my headband

i was mining rocks off of my ship as he was comming at me

i practically yelped as he swung and missed my ship as i took off

btw is that enough iron to beat bonemass\

[dapper token]

ngl id just be sobbing in that situation 😭

[ruby ember]

I was stone faced for like half the journey, and wiggling in stress for the second half

[maiden python]

did they end up bringing surtlings back to the ashlands

[dapper token]

yea i can imagine

[ruby ember]

You know what the silliest part is

I made potions and expensive food for the journey

But I didn't use a single potion, and ended up using boar meat and yellow mushrooms the entire time

[dapper token]

damn lmao

[ruby ember]

Oh and

[dapper token]

honestly you dont need good food for boat rides, unless your attacking a serpent or mining chitin

[ruby ember]

I forgot to get a picture, but my riches chest is completely full of gold now

[ruby ember]

No I mean for the entire swamp expedition

Mining and fighting and making farms and stuff

[dapper token]

ahh ok makes sense

[ruby ember]

But on the bright side

I have a portal base on top of a sunken crypt now, right next to 6 surtling spawners that spawn surtlings directly into water

[fair charm]

Ashlands more like
9 billion seagulls
#screenshots message

[ruby ember]

I'll never need to mine wood for coal again

[dapper token]

goddamn nice

[ruby ember]

I'm also going to make my most around my base MUCH larger, and make like 10 smelters

Its time for industry and abomination hunting!!!

[dapper token]

same i gotta do that soon too..

honestly my current stone mansion-like base has a lot of space and is good enough, but now that im entering the silver age im feeling like i should make a more massive base

[fluid cove]

but same cargo space as Longship right

[fair charm]

larger

[fluid cove]

i tried the drakkar in test and it had only 18 slots

[fair charm]

It's got another row

[fluid cove]

oh nice its 24 now?

damn cant wait till i get to craft it proper in my survival save

[blissful stream]

aight having rockspires surround the ashlands is just cruel when we have to pilot that giant ship lmao

[ruby ember]

On second thought I'll just turn my kiln into a second smelter, and use all the space I make for a large house like you said, as well as.. well. Fuck it, no. I'm making a castle sized moated and walled area for everything

[slim mica]

Where is the update for Microsoft Store?

[sharp fox]

Has it released on Xbox yet, I haven’t been home to check. 🐝

[rapid tusk]

how do I kill tamed animals?

[slim mica]

No

[slim mica]

Make a butcher knife

[misty rune]

Or turn on friendly fire

[sharp fox]

Have we had any word with when the update will be out on Xbox?

[slim mica]

There is no info about when it will be released

I already regret that I bought Valheim on Microsoft store

[vocal rivet]

Why?

[slim mica]

Yesterday with my friend we’ve had in plan to play but his valheim Steam version got the update and mine didn’t) So we waited for a few hours and still no update(even today) I should bought it in the steam

[fair charm]

Does whoever implemented the drakkar actually play the game?

Because this thing gets stuck super easily and it's very difficult to tell when it'll get stuck because of it's deep draught and how long it is

[vocal rivet]

Of course they do.

[slim mica]

That’s not too bad if you consider that they still didn’t fix that dumb system when ur opponent is 1cm above u and ur attack doesn’t count and u die like an idiot)

[rotund forge]

Download app “Xbox inside hub” then choose “preview” then “ join in “, then restart console, you can go with same version, cross-play works after that

[cobalt aspen]

do we got a roadmap? my assumption is now we’re about a year from full release

[normal grove]

any recommendations on trustable sites for dedicated server hosting?

[tired river]

is it just me or did they forgot to balance the spawn rates in the Ashlands?
It feels like the old ashlands just with diffrent enemys..

[ionic stone]

kanis ellinas na pai3oume?

[fair charm]

Basically any hosting provider, Shockbyte is one of the big ones

or if you're more technically inclined, valheim seems to be very cheap to host as a server so just pop up a box and config it yourself

[opal prairie]

Morgen gjall.

[frigid heart]

So.....Anyone else surprised by where all the enemy ads are coming from?

[tired river]

enemy ads?
The extremely high spawn rates?

[frigid heart]

Yeah, for ashlands

They just appear out of no where it seems, like small armies

[versed parcel]

guerilla warfare

[frigid heart]

Yeah, except there's no realistic place for them to be appearing from

[versed parcel]

so teleporting guerilla warfare

[tired river]

same for me...i was fighting a morgan and suddenly i was surrounded by Chared Twitcher, Warriors and Askvins...

[frigid heart]

Yeah...this is.....not a good excuse. And there's no evidence of teleportaion obviously

[tired river]

yes

[versed parcel]

I know
I'm not making an excuse

[frigid heart]

Yeah it's.....not so fun imo.

[frigid heart]

Ah pardon me

[finite lodge]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1115488682372235344/1240216495414317056/image.png?ex=6645c11e&is=66446f9e&hm=bfa0d940ab149774d1915caec0fe90831bc5d03ebd41288be699cefeaee64938& is this supposed to float like this or is it just bugged

[tired river]

I got there through a portal i had placed near the old ashlands (it was near the shore line and just far enough to not get wiped) and the first thing that geeted me was a morgan taking a strol near the beach, a lot charred enemys and askvins in the distance together with lava blobs and a serpend behind my portal hut...was smart of me to remove the workbench before the update..

[opal prairie]

It is not bugged, some hitbox of the floating thing is still touching somewhere, could be a tree, side of the pit you made, something is keeping it in the air.
Once you find that particular thing or destroy a piece of the floating thing that is still connected to the ground it will explode.

[frigid heart]

Hit it once with something, see if it falls. But it is prob bugged

[frigid heart]

I have made it to the boss arena and it doesn't let up....I am convinced they coded it this way, enemies just keep coming out of nowhere constantly

[tired river]

I remember them metioning a fix for that in past patch notes...

[frigid heart]

It is still very prevelant, but I am glad to hear it will change

[tired river]

also the mage armor is a bit odd since the base Melee sets have the highest upgrade amount of armor points of the previous biom set...The Emblar armor should have 22 defense on each armor piece but only has 19

[opal prairie]

Mage is kinda like a glass cannon.

[tired river]

It should have been fixed allready...

[tired river]

still doesn't make sense to make an exception for the mage armor (mage in solo is almost impossible with the current spawnrates since the blood shield lasts for 1 basic askvin attack)

[opal prairie]

So far we only have 2, so we don't know what the trend is and I find it rather logical that you get less armor and even less armor progression for armor that isn't meant to be used in melee range or not frequent anyway.

[finite lodge]

i originally began digging because i thought treasure would be here

cuz there was skeletal remains underneath these oddly stacked rocks lol

[opal prairie]

Still you can break those rocks if you want to, the hitboxes are bigger than the terrain it represents.
You need a clearing of around 2ish meters to be sure nothing is touching it and it will explode.
It is a very fun way to mine copper and silver, dig all around and under it, then break one piece and all will explode.

Also works with buildings, so if you find a wooden tower you can just break (or deconstruct using a workbench) the bottom section and the whole thing will collapse.

[fluid cove]

anyone ever took the time to dig around a burial chamber entrance? whats down there i wonder

[frigid heart]

Yeah i agree. They really disencouraged mages tbh. There are some cool staves, but they are not objectively viable

[tepid prawn]

Staff of the wild is viable and makes Ashlands mage possible

[narrow apex]

Is the update working on Xbox yet or no

[frigid heart]

Eh, not imo. it is good dmg but, it requires the target to be too close

[tepid prawn]

You can cast a lot of these near the mobs, worked for me

[frigid heart]

Well, yes, it works, but it is very limiting. I am not sure I consider that "viable". But yes, it does "work".

[vocal rivet]

The definition of viable really.

[tepid prawn]

I used it with Skellies and bubble and it made them survive the onslaught

[opal prairie]

#1024264966712340510 Is the place for that, make a post there and wait for replies.

[grizzled karma]

Thanks

[modern moon]

if I hit 5 separate targets with say a polearm spin attack, will i get 5xp or 1 xp?

[brave shard]

quick question, out of all the new ashlands food, which can be grown there?

[versed parcel]

Should I go with light armor for a new playthrough thats gonna be knives focused?

I'm thinking about doing light armor for the sake of variety since last playthrough I went all heavy

[opal prairie]

I'm doing the same thing, knives and bows till I can get staffs.
Since knives are more of a hit and run thing and it is important to be able to move quickly I'm going for light armor.
I'm going to sneak around in troll armor first, then root, later on fenris and I'll have to make due with that all trough plains and mistlands till I can get the eitr weave.

[versed parcel]

I see
Yeah I guess I might do that too
Troll, root, fenris
although
is there a continuation of light armor in mistlands other than the magic set?

or does the magic set also work with knives decently

[opal prairie]

Sadly no, carapace and eitr weave are it in the mistlands, don't know about ashlands though.
You can use knives with eitr weave but you'll have to be pretty good in the hit and run department, going for a staff and have knives as backup is more viable.
As knives I'll go for abyssal razor the moment I have a pickaxe, I'll lose some chitin doing it with the first pickaxe but I'll have a kickass knive to slaughter everything with real soon.

[hot flint]

I wandered around an expansinve black forest biome for a whole day and night and didnt find a single troll, why is that? Did they change something with the update?

They used to be everywhere

[versed parcel]

Yeah
I guess I'll just mix and match armors then
troll armor I might use the full set
But the rest I'll probably mix cuz the set bonuses probably aren't that big of a deal if I'm playing knives exclusively
Though who knows maybe I'll switch to another weapon
Knives should be fun though I'm guessing
Last playthrough I did Atgeir up until mountains and then sword for the rest

I think knives and lighter armor or mixed armor should be fine considering both of the other guys are gonna be heavier

[opal prairie]

Yeah the root chest piece is really good for pierce enemies which lots of enemies in the mistlands are.
If you will only be doing knives than you can indeed not care about the bow or fist damage from root or fenris.
I might actually use root chest and rest fenris for mistlands, till eitr weave, full fenris in mountains though and full root for swamp.

[versed parcel]

Ngl tho now that I think about it
How much does defense matter overall
like generally I don't think with heavy armor you can really tank through stuff with much ease

wouldn't max dodging (so speed)/parrying be better than max armor

[opal prairie]

Dodging is always better than getting hit in my book, though heavy armor with a decent buckler and good health let's you stagger a bunch of enemies and can take care of them in quick succession.
It isn't a playstyle I enjoy much, I rather stay ranged or do hit and run tactics.

[eternal mauve]

Is this the same old discord?

I guess ya'll were able to salvage it

[opal prairie]

Yes but a whole lot of channels got remade and all the info in it was gone, so it is the old server but a new start.

[eternal mauve]

Gotcha, That day was crazy

[clear comet]

the only reason you want to take a hit is to parry for increased damage afterwards

[opal prairie]

Exactly.

[versed parcel]

Ic
Yeah I'll try more hit and run and dodging this playthrough
Last time it was just "WE BALLLL" with a full set of heavy armor

[clear comet]

I actually like battle mage gameplay

focus on blood magic, and just spam shield

[rain flare]

#Spoilers

[clear comet]

1 stamina 1 food 1 eitr

[opal prairie]

Same here, glass canon.

[rain flare]

I cast fireball 🔥

[clear comet]

the only reason why battlemage is slightly better than mage is, it's a much more plausible solo gameplay experience

if you play solo as a mage you are more susceptible of sudden death

[rain flare]

True - but you just have to play smarter

Battlemage is basically one thing:

🫧

[clear comet]

shield spam

I mean I have level 50+ for blood magic so all is gucci

(you just need to afk on a spawner for 2 days)

[opal prairie]

True I go full mage though even solo.
Shields, skellies and my trusty grenade-launcher aka staff of embers.

[rain flare]

Normal mage I can
🧊 🔥 🌱 🧙🏻‍♂️ 🫧 ⚡️ 🌋

[clear comet]

skellies is kind of funny that they're useless

[rain flare]

Yeah.

[clear comet]

but I guess cannon fodder IS cannon fodder

[rain flare]

💀

[strong scroll]

I found a few spawners last night that were hidden inside some of the big rock formations. Only found them by shooting an arrow at the explosive blob things

[rain flare]

I did not ask how big the room is, I CAST FIREBALL!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[opal prairie]

Skellies with shield from staff of protection do make a good distraction so you can get a better vantage point, can get away or fireball the things that get close to them.

[opal prairie]

I'm a tad sad that we can't take sacks of flour with us, toss them somewhere and fireball them for some really big explosions.
If you don't know what I'm talking about look up flour silo explosion.

[tired river]

but you have to get the needed gem for the staff from a heavy guarded fortress surrounded by millions of enemies (the spawn rates are still insane )

[rain flare]

Oooooooh you are a pyromaniac sir 🤣

[rain flare]

Just did that last night with a friend

[opal prairie]

If fire doesn't kill it you haven't used enough fire.

[tired river]

people used fenris armor to explore the Mistlands because of the stamina boni so...a less heavy armor and good health and stamina food are indeed a viable option

[tired river]

i am talking about solo not with friends

[lime mason]

so i managed to get the update working on my xbox using insider, im just curious do i need to start a new world or will ashlands load into my already half explored world?

[pliant hatch]

Ashlands have already been there from the start.

As long as you haven't explored ashlands, it will generate to the new settings.

[lime mason]

sweet thanks

[tired river]

The spawn rates are soo high that even playing with god mode and playing as careful as if not being immortal becomes a challenge because the stagger and screenshake stunlocks you while the masses of bullying enemys keeps growing around you...

[azure yacht]

Surprisingly, one of the last biomes in the entire game is more difficult than all previous ones

[fleet ingot]

Guys, I cant play valheim until this weekend. please stop enjoying life without me

[strong scroll]

https://tenor.com/view/valheim-thumbs-up-nice-nordic-gif-26158244

[tired river]

the enemys are fine, just the respawn rate is too high atm

[pliant hatch]

Are you destroying the spawners?

[azure yacht]

Ashlands itself has the gear needed to deal with them

And you also have ember staff

[tired river]

i did but it didn't changed anything

[vocal rivet]

You should have seen it before it was massively nerfed.

[spice abyss]

are there any new comfort items in ashlands? as in items that raise the max comfort level past 18?

[azure yacht]

I really think those nerfs were reverted because it feels like in the early days

[tired river]

I did, i've watched Waffles on youtube

[azure yacht]

Lava lamp

[spice abyss]

thanks

[azure yacht]

You also have Demolisher and himminafl

All of them have aoe

[arctic holly]

i cant find ashlands boss can someone help?

or is command that will find for me?

[hollow crag]

How much arrow is enough for moder?

[strong scroll]

I take a healthy 400 poison arrows and a couple hundred fire arrows to be safe

[hollow crag]

Well i just brought about 170 carapace arrows and 70 needle arrow

And some frost arrows

[pliant hatch]

100 - 150 fire arrows will do if you have the best bow for the job.
Obsidian armor will work too and perhaps even a bit less, but you won't benefit from the stacking the fire does.

Poison arrow sounds nice, but since the poison doesn't stack, isn't of much use as you need to wait until the previous poison effect has run off before you can shoot again.

[sterile summit]

That should be enough imo

[azure yacht]

Frost are worthless vs moder

[hollow crag]

I see

[strong scroll]

doesn't the poison refresh with each arrow? damn I need to rethink my boss killing setups now

[hollow crag]

I cleared a mistland dungeon with my mountains gear so i have a decent amount of carapace arrows it should be good

[pliant hatch]

Doesn't matter if it refreshes or not, it doesn't stack.

Fire stacks, meaning the next fire arrow damage will added to what's left of the previous arrow.

Poison arrow refreshes, meaning you always get the poison damage from the arrow, without it being added to what's left behind.
Which means the overall poison damage you do is less as what you do with (the much lower dmg) fire arrows.

It's the DoT you need to look at, not the raw damage.

In numbers:

Fire arrow 1st hit: 27 fire
Fire arrow 2nd hit: 27 fire + 20 of previous arrow = 47 fire.
Fire arrow 3rd hit: 27 dmg + 20 of #2 + 10 of #1 = 57 fire.

Poison arrow 1st hit: 38 poison
Poison arrow 2nd hit: 38 Poison
Poison arrow 3rd hit: 38 poison
And so on.

[strong scroll]

ah fair, hadn't looked into it in any sort of depth before, do you have a spreadsheet for the different arrow types?

[pliant hatch]

No, but you can see the base damage numbers the moment you craft them.
Perhaps there's some more info at the wiki.

Just note that the numbers I used aren't the true value, but just numbers used to explain how it works.

[versed parcel]

Should buff em fr

[grand haven]

Glad I had time to actually learn vanilla Valheim was lots of fun to learn parry and dodge roll.

[arctic holly]

hi i have question why i cant find new boss with command
i have other enemies on ash;ands but i cant find boss

[sacred walrus]

Is anyone else having trouble getting Ashlands to work on their dedicated server? I just cant seem to connect at all since the update so my old world

[opal prairie]

@strong scroll
Going from the info found on the wiki except for the 5 seconds on poison dot, it could be shorter or longer that isn't specified but lets say it ticks the same as fire and that is each second for 5 seconds.

Fire arrow does 11 Pierce and 22 Fire damage. 22 damage spread over 5 seconds or 4.4 each second.
Fire dot stacks, it takes the amount left of the previous dot and adds onto it.

Poison arrow does 26 Pierce and 52 Poison damage. 52 damage spread over 5 seconds or 10.4 each second.
Poison refreshes dot damage.

Lets say you fire an arrow each second for 3 seconds.
Also consider that if you fire arrows faster than a second the fire dot and poison dot won't trigger, but the fire dot will get very high till it can trigger, for the poison the dot stays the same either way.
Also the fire dot is capped at the amount of arrows you can fire in 5 seconds if you are shooting slower than under an arrow per second.

Fire:
1st arrow lands and does 11 pierce damage and starts a dot.
4.4 damage done by dot, 17.6 remaining. (total damage 15.4)
2nd arrow lands does 11 pierce damage and refreshes dot 17.6+22=39.6 (total damage 26.4)
7.92 damage from dot, 31.68 remaining (total damage 35.72)
3th arrow lands does 11 pierce damage and refreshes dot 31.68+22= 53.68 (total damage 46.72)
for the next 5 seconds the target takes 10.74 damage per second (total damage at the end 100.4)

Poison:
1st arrow lands and does 26 pierce damage and starts a dot.
10.4 damage done by dot (total damage 36.4)
2nd arrow lands does 26 pierce damage and restarts dot (total damage 62.4)
10.4 damage done by dot (total damage 72.8)
3th arrow hits for 26 pierce damage and restarts dot (total damage 98.8)
For the next 5 seconds the target takes 10.4 damage per second (total damage at the end 150.8)

So for creatures with low health the poison arrow wins out, the fire arrow starts winning out after a bunch more arrows are fired when the dot can get high enough.

[pliant hatch]

Well, considering the question was about fighting moder, I got the feeling my answer was good enough.

Still glad I didn't mention that crafting poison arrows isn't worth it; given the amount of resources required compared to fire arrows. 👼

[opal prairie]

Yeah, poison arrows are expensive and not worth it but if you have a few lying around found in boxes use them on the smaller stuff and not on the bosses.

[pliant hatch]

They'd be a lot more useful - even to craft - if the poison did stack with that from both the arrows and the Draugrfang.
And that's also one of the reason why that bow is so good.
It's poison damage is quite low, so no problem with it being refreshed, while the fire of the fire arrows does stack and delivers a much better DoT.

I wonder if that's the reason why poison doesn't stack. As it would make (one of) the best bow(s) so OP it would carry a player through all upcoming biomes from the moment you can craft it.

[opal prairie]

Yeah it would be so powerful if poison dots could stack, poison from Draugrfang does stack with poison arrow but only to get a bigger dot that gets restarted.

[wide zenith]

Wtf with that icon of new boss at the spawn
I will fight calcifer from moving castle? 😭

[opal prairie]

After only 3 arrows you would have a tad more than 120 damage per dot
After 5 it would reach a tad more than 10+20+30+40+50= 150 and would stay at that.

[rain flare]

LoL
Who is trying to freeze the dragon queen of ice??? 🤣

[rain flare]

How about kinda useless once you get draugr fang

[opal prairie]

They stack poison though for a bigger dot that gets restarted each time.

[rain flare]

How much bigger? 👀

Cause I’d still use fire arrows over poison if the dot is low

[paper marsh]

fire arrow 11 pierce 22 fire

Poison arrow 26 pierce 52 poison. So more than twice as strong a DoT on poison. And draugr fang just adds 20 poison (max level) no matter what arrow you're using

Poison just sucks because multiple arrows won't stack poison damage, just reset duration of poison

[opal prairie]

Draugrfang poison damage + poison dmg or arrow divided by 5 and that dmg will tick each second but will stay like that.
I'm going on the assumption that poison also ticks each second for 5 seconds.
So poison arrows are slightly better than fire arrows in total raw damage since both the dot and pierce damage are initially higher but you lose so much damage since the dot gets restarted each time.
I don't think it is worth to make them since the mats are harder to get than the fire arrows and the obsidian arrows are "better" than both, straight up 52 damage, no waiting for ticks or resetting damage.

[rain flare]

So you’re basically getting a + 45% increase on dot damage for poison

[rain flare]

I remember that poison is shoot once then wait, while fire is spam 😂

[opal prairie]

Basically but still poison arrows aren't worth making in my opinion, use them if you find em but don't grind for them, in my opinion.
Though if you like doing that or have the mats laying there gathering dust, go ahead and go nuts on poison arrows.

[rain flare]

Sounds about right

[paper marsh]

I suppose they can be good if you’re alternating between a bunch of targets on every shot

[opal prairie]

Poison is good for elusive fast mobs that like to move and are hard to hit so the dot has more time to do its thing.
It all depends on how many arrows you can hit the target with in a 5 second window, poison arrows will still do more total damage than fire arrows but at a big loss of potential damage if you spam them.

[novel breach]

Is it safe to talk about ashlands stuffs here?

[rain flare]

Yes

[opal prairie]

Preferably in spoiler tags though.

[novel breach]

Where is that

[rain flare]

Spare the Xbox main the pain 🙈

Use a double || before and after a sentence

Then it does this ||hello there||

[novel breach]

Since its been released officially, I was expecting a meteors falling even at foggy stormy weather

I was fooled at the trailer, really looking forward for that phenomena. Atleast, they added it even at the new raid event that would be hardcore

[frosty apex]

What is ash fang recipe? I seem to have collected all ashlands drops, but i dont have ash fang or ripper recipes unlocked. What do i miss?

[paper marsh]

Kill a ||bonemaw ||yet?

[frosty apex]

Ooooooh i see, thx

[paper marsh]

Biggest part of Ash Fang is the fang ;)

[upbeat berry]

Anyone know if BepInExPack works with the latest update?

[merry pebble]

Someone in #mods-discussion might know 😄

[upbeat berry]

oh thanks!

[vernal karma]

weird how low the twitch views are with ashlands launch.

[vocal rivet]

Eh, it's never been a hugely streamed game.

[quaint snow]

When is the xbox valheim update?

[tulip patrol]

i think besides Minecraft, Survival games arent generally huge streamed games

[vocal rivet]

Whenever Microsoft decide it.

[quaint snow]

what does that have to do with anything

[opal prairie]

Xbox is from microsoft, they need to check if the game won't brick your xbox.

[tulip patrol]

almost all games that on consoles have to go through Microsoft and Sony before they can update. Its why generally PC gets the updates faster. developers dont have to go through a corporation like microsoft or sony before hand. Its so they can make sure the update wont break the console

[smoky quarry]

can chickens swim? asking for a friend

[olive dagger]

what is needed in order to build ashwood door? or am i blind cause i dont have it xD

[fair charm]

#screenshots message anyone know what to do in this situation? Went through a portal and came abck to the ashlands to see my drakkar doing these ones

[rotund forge]

yes

[pure star]

Anyone know if they patched the Xbox issue where you can't get the new download?

[vocal rivet]

Judging by all the other questions I'd say no. It's not really a patch that's required, they just need to release the update.

[tawny night]

Gotta use the PTB version to play Ashlands

[vocal rivet]

Well, you can, you don't HAVE to.

[rugged bear]

ATTENTION XBOX CONSOLE USERS

on xbox you can join the PTB via the xbox insider app its free and takes less than 5 minutes.

so that's the current work around instead of sitting here blaming MS for a problem that its obviously greater than people can comprehend as it would be out by now if they could publish the update

[pure star]

Not going to do the PTB I spent well over 40 minutes last night trying to restore my saves before the PTB cuz when I got on yesterday everything was gone no world saves no character saves. Started me out like I was a freshy

[subtle perch]

how do you find a plains boss stone?

i mean ... i explored many plains now and found a couple of stonehenges

[merry pebble]

with difficulty 😄 basically look around plain structures that look like stone gates or coloseums/stonehenges, but quite often happens that you will find the alter before the vegvisir

[subtle perch]

mmh i hope there is one, i feel stuck

[vocal rivet]

Unlike turnips (which I've never struggled to find) I do find it funny that universally everyone struggles to find the vegvisir for Yagluth.

[merry pebble]

i didnt see one until i had few hundred hours in the game 😄

[slim mica]

Where is the Microsoft update?

[merry pebble]

not here 🤷‍♂️

[slim mica]

Very cool

[subtle perch]

i had a very very hard time to find a turnip

[clear comet]

I never found a turnip

[crude yacht]

It took me 4 swamps before I found a turnip.

[clear comet]

in my world, and resorted to have one from a visit to my friend's world

[clear comet]

bonemaw fang needed

[subtle perch]

i mean ... how one is suppose to proceed if the stones don't appear

cheating? using seed viewer?

[indigo ridge]

Is it possible to upgrade the black forge to level 6 on the current version?

[maiden jewel]

Does anyone know how to unlock recipes that use vulture eggs and meat? ive collected fiddleghead, vineberry, smoke puffs, but still no new recipes with vultures

[merry pebble]

you need to upgrade cauldron i believe

[strong scroll]

Cheers for finding this, I think I'll just stick to my needle arrows for now, used to spend a load of hurs frolicking in the meadows hunting deathsquitos with root armor

[vocal rivet]

Yeah, needs a level 6 cauldron.

[wise abyss]

it might be just me but there is too many enemies in the ashlands, and i like the variety of them but in the ashlands you got spawners every 10 meters, morgens and doggos also spawn too often and 90% of time i find myself fighting everything i see and i just can't explore or mine, not even talking about building anything there. If you try to run instead of fighting then valkiries, morgens and doggos are just too fast to outrun

[fair charm]

once you clear the spawners it's just bad and not hellish

[indigo ridge]

what is needed to unlock the blueprint for the next black forge element up to level 6?

[wise abyss]

i don't think it's added yet
but im not sure

[wise abyss]

well it's still to bad since i find 1 star doggos more commonly than 0 star ones who's attacks are almost impossible to dodge

[silk bough]

I mean I think it’s meant to be hard lol

[fair charm]

yeah, the starring is a bit off

[silk bough]

Can’t make it easier than mistlands

[vocal rivet]

The rolling pins are the 5th upgrade.

[wise abyss]

mistlands were hard, but atleast it's possible to farm resources in peace there

[silk bough]

Not trying to be mean here but it honestly sounds like a skill issue.

[vocal rivet]

I can't see how that would ever not come across as mean.

[silk bough]

Try placing more workbenches

[wise abyss]

it might be, but i can't even get flametal gear before dying 10 times

[silk bough]

Try placing work benches I guess then. Might help lighten the spawns. That or start messing with your terrain.

[fair charm]

Are ashlands mobs supposed to have friendly fire enabled?

Just got attacked by a set of 4 askvin and just ran circles around them until they all killed each other

[merry pebble]

its been that way even in ptb and its been left through all the patches, soi would say its intentional

[coarse smelt]

is ashlands out or not ??

[vocal rivet]

Since yesterday on PC, still waiting for the console update.

[fair charm]

on PC yes

[true palm]

PC steam or PC game pass?

[proper prism]

Damn I hope my old save will load ashlands.

[vocal rivet]

No reason why it wouldn't.

[proper prism]

Oh… they recoded their game so it’s not recommended to start new seeds with new content anymore? They always said there was a risk new stuff wouldn’t generate if you accidentally explored unfinished biomes

[vocal rivet]

Eh? That's never been the case. People are still using worlds from pre EA.

There IS still a risk, but have you done that?

[proper prism]

They’ve said it multiple times before new drops. Never experienced it tho.

Don’t remember if we ventured “too far” on our last save. But if there’s a risk then yeah. Hope old save will work.

[vocal rivet]

It'll definitely work. The only issue is that some explored Ashlands might not update if you've visited before.

[hearty niche]

Whoooooa hold up.

"Lavaiathans" - should a fella interpret that to mean they are alive? I thought they were just rocks.

[vocal rivet]

As alive as leviathans, yeah.

[hearty niche]

Yeah my thoughts precisely.

[subtle vessel]

Is xbox update out yet

[proper prism]

Yeah. That’s what I was referring too. Since I’m not sure if my mate might’ve traveled of into places he shouldn’t.

[steady rose]

No buy a PC

[vocal rivet]

That's not helpful.

[hearty niche]

"Soon" is what I've heard and measuring it in days doesn't feel unreasonable.

[subtle vessel]

Ty

[azure yacht]

Yes

[native rampart]

The staff of fracturing kinda seems underwhelming, I feel like the staff of embers is just superior, am I missing something?

[wicked snow]

I'm guessing there's no PT for consoles?

[subtle vessel]

Nope

[vocal rivet]

PT?

[vocal rivet]

Nope what?

[valid gyro]

how long is ashlands?

[orchid juniper]

so chickens can't eat through walls now?

[vocal rivet]

It's about 20km long and 1km wide.

[valid gyro]

no i mean hours

to complete

[opal prairie]

0 to how many you like.
All depends on how you want to play it and how many time you put into preparing and building and ...

[vocal vale]

Depends on how much you get your butt kicked

[vocal rivet]

It's a biome, how long does a biome normally take you? Then add a bit more on as this can be quite intense in the beginning.

[mystic gale]

Um i heard there were some bugs still in world generation with ashlands? Is it true/bad? Should i wait before i start a new game?

[ornate sigil]

An old estimate put the Xbox release around end of week (Friday Microsoft time). But that is a estimate from a player, not Microsoft directly.

[vocal vale]

Honestly the floating islands bug only makes the game cooler imo

[vocal rivet]

I can't imagine that'll ever get fixed, as that's a side-effect of using an older world.

[rain flare]

You are but don’t worry I missed it as well 😂

[vocal rivet]

What's underwhelming about a clusterbomb?

[rain flare]

Wanna learn the secret to it’s success?
||It’s damage over time is insane-against anything that isn’t resistant to fire damage||

[rain flare]

The impact

[oblique fern]

Are the ||giant cluster spikes|| when sailing into the ashlands normal? I heard from a friend that some worlds have them and others dont?

[nocturne wolf]

They won't generate in places players have been near before the ashlands update because new objects can't generate in explored areas

[rain flare]

All worlds have em

[ornate sigil]

They are "normal" for the current version of ashlands. If you don't have them, you explored to close prior to release and that section is still the "old" ashlands.

[oblique fern]

Ahhh, thank you. Had a blast in the public test, what a ride to get there... lots of deaths, and one complete near fail with all our materials for a new base on our boat. ||Traversing through those 'death spikes'|| was a great addition imo, definitely added to the hellish landscape and difficulty.

[wicked snow]

We have been cursed this game, we do not encounter ANY serpents, man I want my serpent stew

[paper marsh]

I never got the experience of traversing through death spikes. I just had a clear cut path to the beach

[oblique fern]

With the ||new boat|| we got stuck a few times haha while fighting the new ||bonemaw serpents||. Part of me wishes we had a clear path but the reward in finally setting up the base after our disasters was nice after such an ardous journey.

[half dragon]

but also the most console gamer answer ever, "just buy console"

[vocal rivet]

Heh, yeah.

[native rampart]

That's pretty useless given the location I got them in.

[rain flare]

Agreed

But try them against a seeker - 300 fire damage per second is pretty good 😂

Just keep chucking them lava blobs at stuff

[vocal vale]

Imagine in the deep north though

[rain flare]

Queue the Vegeta meme “Everbody dies!” 🤣

[oblique fern]

Please give us giant Jörmungandr and ice giants in the deep north!

2x the size of black forest trolls

[vocal rivet]

Why would Jormungandr be in Valheim?

[nocturne wolf]

An enemy that big would get stuck on terrain and objects too much

[opal prairie]

Because it is in norse mythology and it is cool so they need to add it and not care that he is momentarily busy in midgard or so.

[oblique fern]

I'm not super keen on the lore of valheim but I know Jörmungandr are at least norse mythology 🤷‍♂️

[vocal rivet]

Momentarily busy? O_o

It's a little more than that.

[opal prairie]

Just a tad, just a teeny bit.

[paper marsh]

I wish I didn't have a clear path, it felt boring

Only had one serpent try to get me but idk the bonemaw serpents feel a bit weak. Die quick

[opal prairie]

Well there are a bunch of realms and valheim is cut off from the rest and jormungandr isn't in Valheim and has no way to get there.

[vocal rivet]

And when he leaves Middgard that's pretty much the beginning of Ragnarok.

[oblique fern]

I wonder if the ||bonemaw serpent|| spawns are different if you've explored already? We got one every 2 minutes it felt like..

[paper marsh]

I don't think it is. Also probably the same spawn rate for me, but it only took about a minue to sail to the coast

[opal prairie]

He'll get to duke it out with Thor.

[oblique fern]

Even if that is the case, I stand by wanting to fight giant worms on land. I envision giant worms similar to WoW WOTLK (Ulduar-esque).

[paper marsh]

I also tried sailing the path with a longship, and got to right around the beach before it broke. Seems easy enough to skip Queen. Even without a good path you can probably repair midway or jump on some of the stone spikes and traverse them

[nocturne wolf]

For deep north I just want to see an enemy that can apply the bukeperries debuff

It's the perfect way to make a tough enemy for an end-game biome

[ember panther]

Yikes

[half dragon]

and make food requirement extremely high... or just don't get hit, ez

[nocturne wolf]

It should be on a slow magic attack if any of the enemies there can use magic. Easy to avoid but very punishing.

[oblique fern]

Are there plans to add an additional 'ocean' boss and update that biome after deep north? or is DN the last one?

[paper marsh]

DN is the last one, but it is possible that Ocean will come before DN (we don't know)

I doubt there will be a boss and such though. It'll prob be a smaller update if there is one

[vocal rivet]

Deep North is the last biome, but there IS likely to be some more work to Ocean.

[nocturne wolf]

If oceans are updated I wouldn't want a boss to be there
An optional miniboss would be ok though

[opal prairie]

DN is the last one but the ocean will probably get some work done to it but don't expect a boss there.

[slate eagle]

Yo guys i have a quick questiono. Do i need to make a new map to play with ashlands or i can play on mine before ashlands map?

[oblique fern]

Has there also been any indication they would add something similar to EquipmentSlots mod to the base game? That has always been my biggest issue.

[paper marsh]

You can play on your current world (as long as you haven't explored all of the old ashlands on that world)

[paper marsh]

Dunno if they've vetoed it, but I'm pretty sure they've never said they plan to add them

[tawny night]

For the Ocean maybe able to get a Trident of some kind from different mobs

[native rampart]

Itd be pretty devastating there, but I dont wanna wait to use my new toy.

[ember panther]

Trident working like an atgeir would be cool

[tawny night]

Yeah for sure! Also can be thrown

[half dragon]

The game could 100% sure more item slots. In Mistlands constantly running out of slots...

[native rampart]

Anybody got a list of all the new craftables/buildables?

[half dragon]

just 1 extra row is I all I ask. 1 Row is already eaten by weapons and tools, 2nd row eaten by armor, food and misc... not much left for stuff to carry

[ember panther]

Check this out. And hit show spoilers #valheim-patchnotes message

[native rampart]

You open to mods, because this one is very easy to solve.

[half dragon]

not currently tho

was until the update came

[oblique fern]

Using mods was the best decision I ever made playing valheim lol

And I only use 4 mods

[half dragon]

had only a few QoL mods

[oblique fern]

all you need really

[ember panther]

I would try mods if it wasn't such a pain

[oblique fern]

100% worth after the initial set up

[half dragon]

overwolf thunderstore mod manager is really damn convenient for Valheim. Once it's setup using mods doesn't get any easier. See a mod you like? click it and it just works. Can has an option to launch without mods

[modern niche]

which 4?

[oblique fern]

EquipmentAndQuickSlots, PlantEverything, MassFarming, Build Camera (Azumatt), and the BepInExPack required to run these.

[crisp flower]

isn´t Ashlands the v1.0 update?

[merry sun]

Idk why i like vanilla most

[frigid gust]

Nope. Still got the Deep North to do as far as full biomes, and then there are other rebalancing/fixes/whatever that they're planning on from what I understand, might involve the Ocean, earlier biomes, who knows.

[crisp flower]

Ah, okay thanks for the info. Not sure if I want to play Valheim again or wait for the full release. Might gonna take a while tho ^^

[proud ginkgo]

3 years minimum lol

[frigid gust]

It's going to be months at minimum until Deep North drops. It's your call, but it will be a while before new content comes regardless 😉

[crisp flower]

Did the Ashland update just add the new biome or changes in the older biomes too?

[ornate sigil]

There have been updates to terrain, but not much else(the ashlands proper were added).

[frigid gust]

It mostly added the new biome, but it made some changes to the northern and southern edges of existing biomes that border the Ashlands/Deep North if you have already explored them.

[crisp flower]

Alright, thanks again! 🙂

[glass parrot]

Is it possible for 2 star seekers to spawn in the day time?

[vivid epoch]

do someone want to play a cop world with me and my friend someday?

[frigid gust]

Yes. Starred Gjall won't.

[frigid gust]

Set up a post in #1024264966712340510 for that kind of grouping up

[glass parrot]

Damn unlucky for me

[frigid gust]

Ooze bombs, ice arrows, Frostner, and a root harnesk really reduces the damage a seeker does, even if it's overall lower armor 😉

[glass parrot]

I died and it’s outside the mine I was in probably

Screw it bonemass and I’m running in there with nothing but food

[little quiver]

how does it work when the game gets updated, is it easy to reinstall or update the mods?

[frigid gust]

That's a question for #mods-discussion , but in general the devs don't make any consideration for mods. If they break, they break, it's up to the mod authors to keep up.

[glass parrot]

There is a seeker right on top of my gear and it healed

Too smart grabbed it from underneath him

[frigid gust]

Make it chase you, circle back, grab your gear and head into the mine for some temporary safety?

[scarlet grail]

why does valheim not work?

[merry pebble]

it does?

[paper marsh]

Xbox or PC, and what is not working?

[scarlet grail]

pc

i try to open a server it loads then it crashes

[paper marsh]

#valheim-help message

Just gotta wait

[lament agate]

Been in the ashlands for a few hours. Feel like I’m under constant attack and can’t get anywhere deep. Any tips?

[paper marsh]

First time loading ashlands takes a long time. After first time it will load quickly

[paper marsh]

Move slow to not attract too much attention, crossbow is pretty good for sneak attacking, magic is super strong for dealing with groups or single targets

Be happy though, spawns were drastically reduced since the beta of Ashlands 😅

Can also be good setting up little portal outposts with a bit of spawn protection (campfires) around as you go along

[lament agate]

Yeah I build a stone house with a stone wall* for some basic protection with my portal in it. Good idea to use portals as check points

[ember panther]

Our team built a raised ground wall around the shoreline we landed on. Had a putrid hole right there. Very lucky spot to land

[trim flame]

Getting to the Ashlands beach was a trial dodging all the spikes and navigating away from the bird and serpents

[ember panther]

The serpent swam away from us after we landed unfortunately
I assume it's got some good drops? 👀

[paper marsh]

decent food, and lets you craft the bow and I think crossbow from ashlands

[trim flame]

Dropped some meat and a bone fragment or something. I cant remember

My recent struggle was with a Morgen coming out of no where rolling through lava like no ones business straight for us

[paper marsh]

Bonemaw meat is only slightly better than regular serpent, but better is better

[odd helm]

I mean, cooked bonemaw meat is an upgrade over I believe all HP foods pre-Ashlands

If you can secure some, it's a quick upgrade that will serve you well on the first few days until you get new cooking supplies sorted

[paper marsh]

it is, but the little stat increase over regular serpent meat pales in comparison due to how regular serpent food can be acquired (considering no biome skipping) 4 biomes earlier.

But that's just because serpent stew is wildly OP

[odd helm]

A 10 HP difference is nothing to sneeze at

And an extra 2 HP/tick regen

[fervent trellis]

Hi, I got a deathsquito in game that I can't kill around my base, no matter if i melee or use bow no damage occurs to it

How do i kill it?

[paper marsh]

it's still pretty good yea

[paper marsh]

maybe log out and back in and see if it fixes it?

[fervent trellis]

Tried that didn't work, I guess I can try again

[odd helm]

Has your game ever been modded?

[fervent trellis]

Nope

Vanilla Ashlands PTB, but now full release

[paper marsh]

solo world?

[fervent trellis]

no 3 others

[odd helm]

Are you the host or is someone else hosting?

[fervent trellis]

friend has a dedicated server

[paper marsh]

I feel like there's sometimes some weird shennanigans with unkillable mobs and such in multiplayer. For me it typically fixes with relogging though :/

Restarting the server would surely fix it right?

[odd helm]

Might want to ask them to reboot the server, yeah

Sounds like a network desync issue

[fervent trellis]

it died in fire

[tiny mortar]

whens the new update dropping on the xbox version?

[fervent trellis]

just now, wow, tried to kill chickens

[frigid gust]

As soon as they can get it working. There are some issues deploying it from what I gather, but it's high priority for them to figure out.

[tiny mortar]

coolio

thanks

[frigid gust]

In the meantime you can use the Flight/Insider version, and that currently is the same as the release version is.

[tiny mortar]

no i have the steam version, im hosting a server for my bro and i and hes using the xbox version haha

we were confused about why he cant join and thought this would be the issue

also how hard is the ashlands update from a scale of 1-10

and how much harder is it compared to idk lets say mistlands?

[frigid gust]

Yeah. He should be able to join if he uses the flight/insider version. If Mistlands is a 7, it's probably a 9.

[tiny mortar]

oh fuck

[frigid gust]

At least to start 😉 be ready for a Normandy style landing, basically.

[dire anchor]

Wow is Ashlands crazy! We got nuked on the first attempt hahaha.

Ended up goin back and it was a small island and we cleared the whole thing and set up a foothold!

Place is just crazy.

[ornate sigil]

Storm the beaches!

[flat stone]

is the default difficulty enough for a dedicated server with 4-6 ppl playing? is the game scaling good enough ?

[ornate sigil]

The game scales up to 5 people, so a raid of 8 people make almost anything easy...
based on old info

[paper marsh]

Up to how difficult you like. With that many people mobs get something like +25% damage and +150% hp

Playing in a group is miles easier than playing solo. Could up the difficulty to "Hard" if you're up for it

[bitter juniper]

The enemy density in Ashlands seems way over tuned for solo play, every encounter I get into is like 10+ enemies as the same time

[merry pebble]

che, you should have played right after ptb release 😄

its really tuned down now

[paper marsh]

seems to me like its intended to be a more "warfare" type of theme with hordes of enemies, but they don't have toooo much health imo so they become more mangeable

It is intended to be the hardest biome currently in the game though. Also yea as Asatru says, it was originally MUCH worse, but devs nerfed the amount of enemies spawning a lot

[tiny tiger]

Is there some brightness setting that I’m not seeing in the game ?

[paper marsh]

You gotta plan your moves and not go too fast as you might amass a lot of enemies behind you, and some of them are pretty fast

[tiny tiger]

I can’t see jack and I’m trying to park my boat

[flat stone]

I see, the thing is that we will usually do bosses and stuff in a big group but in normal play I expect to be 1~3 online doing things, not sure if hard will be too punishing. Was reading that the enemy dmg is upped to 150% in that setting

[paper marsh]

Don't think so, would have to adjust on pc or monitor

[tiny tiger]

Max brightness on monitor

[odd helm]

If your monitor has modes, cycle through them

Some modes have way lower brightness than others

[half dragon]

cycling through them is the worst mistake I ever made

eventually just had to give up and spend time finding the hard reset

[fallen zephyr]

Depends why your vision is obscured. Mistlands mist can be mitigated, but general world fog is an unavoidable nuisance.

[half dragon]

well... some other monitors hopefully have better options

But anyway, not having a gamma,brightness or whater options is just weird

[undone plover]

I was just fighting with 7th boss Fader. Is there any other way of killing it without giants?

[paper marsh]

yea up to you guys. Can always just play normal and if it feels too easy up it. Hard is a pretty big step up though. I would very much not recommend Very Hard, even if you had 10 people constantly on

[undone plover]

Hes kinda too strong:)

[paper marsh]

He's ||very easy to kill with an ice staff. His attacks are slow so can be easily out walked or outrun, and then just keep shooting him.

Melee is a bit tough because he spams attacks a lot and sits in fire, but it's doable||

[half dragon]

anyone got good recommendation for leveling up blood magic? Tried greyling spawner and it's not great... but at least it gives good amount of free eyes.

[paper marsh]

Don't think there is any good way to be honest. It's always gonna be slow

But going to one of those draugr spawning grounds (2 draugr spawners, 1 skelly spawner) should be faster as there's more spawns

[undone plover]

Yeah... was kinda difficult for me, I focused only on melee before... haha

[paper marsh]

Yea, I wish they made him a bit more melee friendly, and a bit less magic friendly

[half dragon]

will try that... just have to protect the pils from my minions first

my attempt failed with spawners getting destroyed

[paper marsh]

You can bury the spawners with a hoe and they'll still work/not break

[flat stone]

oh, can you change the difficulty on the go ? or do we need to start a new world ?

[paper marsh]

You can do it on the go. If it's a dedicated server it takes a bit more work to change it, but should be totally possible anytime

[bitter juniper]

So is ashlands always just dark af?

[vocal rivet]

No, it's mostly kinda bright and on fire.

[paper marsh]

Ashlands has pretty good brightness. If you go out at night though it gets real dark

[merry pebble]

or if you are caught in storm there 🙂

[bitter juniper]

@merry pebble Yeah it's was just a pretty long storm was dark as shot for like the first 2 days I was there

Does Embla not have a robe?

[merry pebble]

if you mean chest piece then yes, if you mean cape then no

[lament briar]

I heard flametal deposits are in the lava. How far down are they submerged? Is it possible to get it all?

[paper marsh]

They stick out of the lava. Rock pillars with flammetal stuck to them. Semi-rare from what I hear, although I feel like I see a lot

||They sink like leviathans once you start mining them though 😈 ||

You can get all the flammetal on it. Some find it difficult to do though

[bitter juniper]

@merry pebble I meant chest I guess I haven't found a material yet only can make the hood and feet

[lament briar]

THEY SINK?!

How quickly do they aink?

[paper marsh]

You can mine for a bit before they start sinking. But I'd say somewhat similar to a leviathan in terms of how much time you have and how fast they sink. I only tried mining one in the ptb though, and they changed it so it takes a bit longer before they sink.

Protip: Craft Basalt Bombs in the workbench

[glass parrot]

Does the queen do mainly physical damage?

[lament briar]

So three people can easily take out one deposit before it completely sinks? Does anyone have any issues with the ore falling in the lava?

[hidden gorge]

you can get all the flammetal on it.

I find this very hard to believe. Have you ever seen it done?

[lament briar]

Also how would you get to the deposits if they're sitting in Lava?

[paper marsh]

I've only mined two, but I managed to get the majority of the flammetal both times and I probably didn't have an optimized strategy going. This was also before they got changed to sink slower and I think they're a tad less slippy now too?

Anyways there's definitely other ways of getting it all, like|| setting up catapults to shoot it ||

[paper marsh]

#valheim-chat message

Test them out see what they do (also helps to read the description on them)

[zinc glen]

i’m so confused i just got the yule stuff unlocked???

[tiny tiger]

Holy fuck, just lined a double silver vein…

[odd helm]

What's your system date?

[tiny tiger]

315 Silver

(I do have 2X resources on)

[zinc glen]

it’s set as today

[odd helm]

Hm, weird

[zinc glen]

ima restart my xbox base if that fixes it

[hollow solar]

bro this new boat is huge 😭

[cedar briar]

Is this intended experience that I keep getting overwhelmed with like 20 mobs on every corner in this new biome?

[zinc glen]

now it says it’s at a date when this xbox don’t even exist yet it came out in 2020 loll

[paper marsh]

Yes

[odd helm]

Something around January 1970?

[zinc glen]

no it says december 2019

[cedar briar]

So how does one settle down and defend against this?

[odd helm]

Hecc

[zinc glen]

just had a power cut maybe that’s the issue

not to long ago only like a few days

[cedar briar]

I dont understand how devs think that going in with maxed out mistlands armor and dying 10 times in a row is fun game experience

spawn rates are dumb

[lament briar]

Why would they make it sink... It's not fair. What if you aren't fast enough?

[half dragon]

hmmm... just a crazy idea. Would the elder be suitable for training blood magic? just hitting stuff seems to be sufficient to gain xp

[zinc glen]

that’s how the swamp felt first to me lol

[dense pike]

I love how hugin has gotten More personality

[cedar briar]

swamps were fine as long as u got poison resist pots and kited, ashlands seems overtuned even now. Really frustrated with this new update

[paper marsh]

Don't think he would be better than a spawner. I've sometimes thought about summoning 4 archer skellies to shoot at bonemass, standing on a little wooden ledge attached to a tree where bonemass can't reach them

[zinc glen]

swamps are so hard wdym 😭

they are agony it feels like 2 star elites are everywhere loll

[paper marsh]

Swamps and Ashlands are about the same difficulty imo. Swamps might feel a bit easier right now though because you've played it and know how to approach it, where you're still new to Ashlands and need to figure out the mechanics and strategies

Maybe Ashlands is a bit harder, but I'd have to see as I get more experience with it

[proper prism]

If its the same as swamps its not hard at all imo

(depends on a few factors ofc but yeah)

[cedar briar]

I logged in with friends into 1 year old save and every shore we got onto had multiple spawners and hoooordes of enemies and to make it worse, old yagluth summoning place and plains altogether are just part of the ocean now

Also floating islands lmao

[paper marsh]

Depends a lot on the player too. Like I find swamp to be the hardest biome in the game (at least before Ashlands), but others might find Mistlands to be worse. Or Plains.

[zinc glen]

swamps is hardest imo just because of the big change and mobility is fucked meaning harder to run away from things out of your league

[half dragon]

the only part of mistland that imo is worse, would dvergr bases. Idk how anybody is supposed to deal with that in a fair fight in melee. Ranged seems to be the only option that doesn't involve dying a lot

[lament briar]

This stresses me out. Why would they make the spire sink if they know creatures will come after you as you try to mine it? I haven't even gotten to ashlands and I have a feeling this will kill my love for the game.

[zinc glen]

sadly this run i’m going mostly sword and knife so no frostner to carry me through mountains to mistlands lol

also cuz it feels cheaty using the frostner for everything lol

[vocal vale]

Is there anything new for unarmed?

[lament briar]

It's bad enough you need basalt bombs, but now these bastards sink and creatures come after you? What's the point of these spires then? Why must everything in Ashlands be so overtuned? Why didn't anyone speak out about these deposits sinking?

[tiny tiger]

Frostner is my fav weapon fr

[vocal vale]

I haven’t been to Ashlands yet but wouldn’t a lil prep deal with the creatures?

Like some quick fences

[lament briar]

But you only have so much time before the spire sinks and you can't get the ore anymore

[vocal vale]

That’s the point of the prep, so you can mine the whole time

[steep osprey]

I just need to rage rn. Took me a couple hours to get a foothold in ashlands because I had to kill half a dozen bonemaws, and maybe 2 dozen voltures just to get on the beach. Set up a portal, started laying down workbenches like mad, killed a horde of charred soldiers and a molgen(?), just to have them respawn next to my workbenches anyway (possible bug), destroy my portal, and me.

The update has been infuriating so far. The other updates I just went in ill prepared, but this one, I bring everything I can at my disposal and still get stomped from the spawn rates on everything.

[vocal vale]

Leviathans work that way but it’s not issue because no creatures right?

[lament briar]

There are flying creatures though.

[vocal vale]

I’d slap up a structure to deal with that as well

[cedar briar]

I can related, I had to make 3 new ashland ships to get back, just to die to the same horde again. Maybe the seed is corrupted with too many spawners nearby or the biome is just shit

[lament briar]

Whose idea was it to make a resource necessary for progression able to just disappear from existence

Screw it, I don't want to play ashlands anymore

[cedar briar]

Imagine waiting a year to get frustrated for 3 hours.

[steep osprey]

even loading an old save didn't save my portal to ashlands. Feels like the game just doesn't want me to progress

[lament briar]

I haven't even played it and the horror stories I've heard... I just don't.

[crude yacht]

They did say it was gonna be a tough one to crack...

[vocal vale]

That’s what the difficulty settings are for I imagine

[crude yacht]

There is also GOD mode.

[vocal vale]

It’s not suppose to be a chill easy game by default but if you’re a cozy player just make your world more cozy

[crude yacht]

And Passive Enemies.

[lament briar]

But I play on the dedicated server and the host is adamant we play on normal settings

[vocal vale]

That seems to make the spire thing less of an issue when you have others to help with it

[lament briar]

Only three people though and he forces us to play on 1x resources

[proper prism]

Whats wrong with that?

[vocal vale]

Sounds like he’s more of an issue for you than anything

[proper prism]

Ive always played valheim on normal settings and no mods. i dont like cheating in games

[crude yacht]

You could find another dedicated server...or host your own. Or maybe just take a break...eat a snack and come back and try again.

[half dragon]

there's a problem if the biome is balanced for multiplayer when a lot of players play solo

[proper prism]

(and before someone attacks me that mods isnt cheating I mean everything that makes the game easier than intended or offered by the in game settings :P)

[vocal vale]

I’m sure it’s fine solo

[paper marsh]

It's not the only place to get the resource. But Ashlands resource do sound very limited, pretty unfortunate for big servers

[lament briar]

I don't even want to try Ashlands. Why should a vital resource just sink into the ground?!

[proper prism]

Then dont

[vocal vale]

I was more so looking at how it’s not cheating to play on modified settings

[paper marsh]

To make the game harder. Valheim emphasizes preparation a lot, which with good prep the spires shouldn't be too bad

[tiny tiger]

Is Ashland’s really that unforgiving or are people just trying to rush in?

[merry sun]

The flametal veins sink after how many time?

[vocal vale]

Omg I just realized ballistas solve your issue

[merry sun]

You cant rush ashlands bc of the difficult

[vocal vale]

No more creatures

[lament briar]

Setting up ballistas for each creature is a chore

[paper marsh]

A bit of both. It's manageable to go through, but there is a lot more fighting everywhere you go than other biomes. On the other hand though (and I kinda hate this), there's not a lot of real concentrated challenge around resource imo. Just about the same challenge as everywhere else

[vocal vale]

Just leave it on target everything??

[lament briar]

THEY TARGET YOU, TOO.

[vocal vale]

And?

[lament briar]

You're frustrating to talk to.

[vocal vale]

Stay out of the line of sight

[paper marsh]

Well you can set them up around the pillar, pointing away from the pillar. Anything approaching gets shot, but you on the pillar aren't in the line of fire

Still I think that's overkill for mining spires

[topaz knoll]

What

[vocal vale]

What

[tiny tiger]

I’ve only experienced the first 5 biomes so far and would definitely think swamp has a lot of enemies but due to the trees you end up avoiding a lot of them, how comparable is it to swamp amount of enemies?

[topaz knoll]

Wdym and😭

[dim tendon]

It’s a single player or cooperative game? Who is being cheated?

[merry sun]

@paper marsh did you know how many time/ores before lavaiathans sink?

[proper prism]

Ive told you my stance. You dont have to agree with it.

[paper marsh]

I do not

[azure yacht]

Three times more on spawn rates and like 50% more

[lament briar]

I refuse to play a game where the main ore just sinks into the fucking lava if you're too slow.

[dim tendon]

The arbiter of how the game should be played has Spoken, ig

[proper prism]

Lol... thats a victim blanket take. But whatever

[vocal vale]

Well the ballistas targeting you doesn’t make them unusable so the and is asking “and what about the fact they shoot you”

[azure yacht]

You know you could refuse to also mine it and let the other two do it...

[merry sun]

So easy mode is cheating? Dupe loot is a type of cheating? And what if the mod make the game harder?

[azure yacht]

Flametal can be gathered from fortresses and rarely from putrid holes

[paper marsh]

People have different perceptions of cheating, which they get to create for themselves in valheim. For example I personally see using atgeirs as sort of cheating due to how overpowered they are, but they're a part of the game and many people like them so most would likely not consider using an atgeir "cheating"

[proper prism]

I love that people cant leave it alone.. if they dont agree they have to prove me wrong. Hilarious