valheim-chat

[unreal bear]

yeah back when they were talking about an Ocean biome update, and everyone was speculating about an ocean boss, I imagined a boss fight where maybe it was like a Kraken or something, and there were 4 corners of turtles that would periodically sink, and you'd need to like manage staying up on a turtle in order to keep the fight going

[vapid hearth]

Shame that it goes back to sinking, but at least now I'm much more likely to get more mileage out of lavaiathans before they're gone
Still probably gonna try cheesing them with catapults or a quarry supported by flammetal beams
(Hey, if this biome won't play fair, then I'm not gonna play fair either)

[fallen zephyr]

Soooo... how are your WoW withdrawal symptoms these days? You managing? 😛

[unreal bear]

lol never played WoW

[unreal bear]

you seem to be interchanging the terms Flametal Spire and Leviathans. I do not know if the Leviathans have been altered or not

[near furnace]

WoW in #valheim-chat ? 🤔

[fallen zephyr]

It's a fun idea. Very much 'raid boss' style mechanics.

[vapid hearth]

Oh, I was saying Laviathans, not Leviathans
But yeah, I was talking about flammetal spires

[unreal bear]

I see Laviathans may be a term I'm not familiar with. I think I get it now tho

[vapid hearth]

Hmm, did a search on this server, and it seems "laviathan" wasn't as common a term as I thought

[unreal bear]

hahaha I get it now tho. it is like the leviathans, but in lava. I like it

[vapid hearth]

Haha, excellent

[hidden gorge]

well 1: that's an incorrect spelling, and 2: I just call them turtles

[fallen zephyr]

That's like asking, "Gutenberg printing press in #myfavouritenovel-chat?"

[vapid hearth]

You call the flammetal spires "turtles"?

[hidden gorge]

no, the leviathans

[fallen zephyr]

I presume the 'turtles' are the ocean leviathans that allow chitin mining.

[hidden gorge]

spires I just call spires

[vapid hearth]

Huh

[merry pebble]

leviathan-> "turtle" in the ocean, LAVA-iathan-> flametal spire 🙂

[vapid hearth]

Okay, so either way, I'm glad that at the very least the sink rates for spires got hit with a heavy nerf

[hidden gorge]

I'm sure other people have different pet names as well -- kraken comes to mind as being an analogous sea monster

[vapid hearth]

I could've sworn Hugin (or Mugin?) said something about flammetal ores resting upon some sort of creature, hence I thought people called them "laviathans"

[hidden gorge]

yeah, I get it. I just think that name is too forced and clunky to use myself

[fallen zephyr]

Oh wow (WoW), I must have just glossed over that word and assumed what it said. I never noticed the distinction.

[merry pebble]

🤷‍♂️ it was being used already in ashlands ptb iirc, i personaly dont really mind either 🙂

[fallen zephyr]

I've learned two things today, and it's only 1:50am!

[vapid hearth]

Was this before or after the server got wiped?
Or did the PTB Ashlands channel get deleted? Because I see very little documentation of the use of the term "Laviathan"

[merry pebble]

considering that server got wiped in January and Ashlands came to ptb in April... 😄

[vapid hearth]

Oh

Also, an important question
Did the floating bug from setting foot on the spires also get fixed? I'm always paranoid about that triggering as I fall into lava (or happening as I try to jump up along the spire to keep mining)

[merry pebble]

also, did you search Laviathan or Lavaiathan? 🙂

[merry pebble]

yep, it is fixed 😄

[vapid hearth]

....FUCK, goddammit, I searched for the former instead of the latter DX
No wonder I was thinking I was going insane. And no wonder people thought I was using completely alien terminology when it was indeed the completely wrong way to spell it

[merry pebble]

i mean, it was pretty clear whyt you meant 🙂

[river forge]

how do you warm an egg?, keep dropping it next to iron fire pit and it says the egg is too cold

[nocturne wolf]

I think it might need a roof

[river forge]

it's ina house

nvm it just took a minute to get warm

[cloud nova]

Feel like I need at least 2 coops. One for eggs, one for chicken meat

[merry pebble]

or just replace population once in a while 🙂

[keen cliff]

i have an auto breeder/killer for meat feathers, plus 2 egg towers with 4 hens total

[cloud nova]

Nah, this game is f-ed up. I get my first flametal on boat, sail away. Bone maw attack, no biggie. A 2nd one spawns.

2nd one got his head stuck through my boat. I'm sailing away full speed, dragging this thing around

Theres a difference between a challenge and just over kill

[merry pebble]

you dont have to ship the flametal home 😉

[vocal rivet]

That's why they nerfed it.

[cloud nova]

This just happened, waiting for my Xbox clip to uplaod

[cloud nova]

Cant use normal portals with the ores

[vocal rivet]

Exactly, it used to be really hard.

[cloud nova]

No, as in I'm playing right now and it happened lol

[vocal rivet]

A) can with world modifiers B) can with the stone portal you can now make.

[merry pebble]

try to go find some putrid holes 🙂 it will make the transportation much easier

[cloud nova]

Don't have enough cores for 2 portals and I'm trying soooo hard to play legit world rules, besides 1.5x resource drops since I'm solo

[merry pebble]

you only need one 😉

you can link stone to wood

[cloud nova]

Oh...well...fuck me. I'm sailing back for the first trip

I set up a close base just to transport

#screenshots message
This is my first landfall experience

[crisp portal]

I got so lucky there was 2 dvergrs where I docked... Yet I died to the water 2 times in a row hehe. I set a portal before, tho

[vocal jackal]

my first landfall experience on a reasonably sized island had me and all 3 of my friends die pretty much as soon as we landed. we could not get any infrastructure up. lost our boat and our bodies for over 30 days until we found a more suitable landing spot and trekked back. that was pre-nerf though

I think our answer was to build 10 drakkars and sail to ashlands nekkid until we got a portal up

[cloud nova]

#memes-and-clips message
Stupid bone maw being dragged

[cloud nova]

Genuine question, what's the practice benefits of a tower shield over its buckler?

[livid zenith]

Costs less stamina to block than it does to parry, making it useful when running a lot of health food or when against multiple enemies

[lilac lintel]

I'm getting ready to go to the Ashlands for the first time

[smoky obsidian]

How do you guys enjoying the Mistland ? So hard / frustrating

[keen cliff]

Mistlands felt scary and hard at first. You get more used to it, and then you make the feather cloak, and it becomes WAY easier. Eventually you're just annoyed when you hear a gjall, not peeing yourself.

[cloud nova]

I hate the mistlands. The fact the mist is permanent annoys me. At least be able to disperse where I go with Wisp. Apparently, everyone down voted the suggestion so I'm the minority. I found a root close to a dwarf tower to set up a farm and sap thing. Portal in, grab, portal out. Hate it.
Otherwise, it looks pretty, land layout is neat, just the mist gets to me.

If it wasn't for the ashlands, I wouldn't be playing

[fair apex]

You think devs already working on Deep North? When ya think we'll be getting the first teasers of it?

[cloud nova]

Since they're still patching up as well, maybe a year or so. I don't really know

[near furnace]

of course we are working on deep north 😄

we aren't a 5 people project anymore

so we can split our attention

[fair apex]

Hell ya. Looking forward to it, I always like snow biomes.

[hidden gorge]

hey now -- I've seen plenty of one person projects that have split attention 😆

[near furnace]

https://tenor.com/view/nervous-lmao-scared-gif-27096284

[keen cliff]

there are spots in mistlands with no mist. they are great spots to setup your little farms and sap

personally, once i could run around the Mistlands in top gear/food, and didn't worry about getting into fights, i liked the Mistlands a whole lot more. 🙂

[fair apex]

I think it would be neat if Deep North had a bit more focus on building bases/outposts. None of the previous biomes really had any real emphasis on building other than like setting up farming operations.

[cloud nova]

Spots are cool, but I've dealt with fog of war in RTS games. I honestly don't like permanent mist. The wisp and wisp lanterns don't have a big enough radius and I think anywhere you walk with Wisp should remove the mist.

[keen cliff]

haha. i kinda like this idea. you team up with Odin, and must build a base that can repel a boss raid or something lol

[fair apex]

Gotta build outposts to warm up cause you can't stay out in the cold forever. Maybe have like...natural hotsprings around the biome you build a lil base around.

But yeah, or a big huge base to repel massive invasions.

[keen cliff]

🤷 it's a design decision. it's ok to not like it. I think if you put wisp torches on a 4m beam, it works even better. you could put those everywhere

but generally it's not worth the time. might as well just beeline for everything you need out of it, and get out of there, if that's how you feel

[granite silo]

Are there any servers that speak Spanish?

[echo wind]

There were plenty in the cafe in spain the other day

[cloud nova]

I know it's a design decision, I just don't agree. Grew up playing old RTS games that varied from fog of war always on, to only where you haven't besn

[granite silo]

What would it be?

[echo wind]

Idk they served food and drinks

[granite silo]

But where do I put it to enter?

[foggy glacier]

If you're looking to join a spanish-speaking server, try in #1024264966712340510

[cloud nova]

Okay, I'm caving in. I'll get the stuff to run a mage build. Hate it but I'm being destroyed in ashlands by groups

[sage vale]

anyone wants to play now?

i am already in mistlands

[granite silo]

I've been looking there but almost all of them are EU. U.S.

[sage vale]

@granite silo i am from Brasil if u wanna play

[granite silo]

Hi, are you on a server?

[sage vale]

yep i can start one now

what do u prefer, continue my game or a new one?

[granite silo]

Either one is fine!

[sage vale]

my code is 736577

@granite silo have u entered the game?

[granite silo]

Not yet. If you wait for me a while...

[sage vale]

ok, i will harvest some berry for a while

[cosmic kindle]

Can someone explain to me how food works witht the health and stamina

Does food give a permanent health and stamina increase or what

[hidden gorge]

each food item gives a temporary bonus to both health and stamina for a few minutes

[cloud nova]

As the timer goes down on consumed food, your max numbers goes down. Think of it like you're digesting the food

[rotund dust]

Just found a swamp with 18 Crypts in it... Enough iron for a solo player to play the game with 😄

[echo wind]

Depends what you're building 😅 I've emptied 18 out of the 25 crypts in my swamp but I think I'll eventually have to import some iron 😭

(for upgraded gear you'll be 100% fine tho)

[fathom marsh]

Been seeing many people online asking for a GOG release. But I see no viable way to do so since the game is in Early Access which is a Steam exclusive release model afaik. Once the game is out of Early Access, then the devs can perhaps start thinking about releases to other platforms.

[vocal rivet]

The game isn't exclusive to Steam.

[vocal rivet]

It's already on the X Box.

[fathom marsh]

For PC it is not possible to release an Early Access game to any platform other then Steam because GOG simply doesn't support Early Access.

[vocal rivet]

Um, it's on Game Pass.

[cosmic kindle]

Why wont my standing torch turn on?

[mild parrot]

did you add resin to iy?

*t

[cosmic kindle]

Yes its full

[mild parrot]

then idk. maybe ask in #valheim-help, or break and rebiuld if you have extra resin just to try

[fathom marsh]

That is an Xbox thing.

[vocal rivet]

And PC.

In fact it was on PC Game Pass before X Box.

[fathom marsh]

Both Microsoft Xbox Live Services. XBL also works on PC too.

[hidden gorge]

early access is not a steam exclusive thing

[vocal rivet]

I don't see the point you're trying to make.

[tepid prawn]

it probably too close to a wall or something so it doesn't get enough "air" to burn / tiny amount of smoke can't vent

[tropic valve]

Is the Slayer a reference to Berserk's Dragonslayer?

[subtle ginkgo]

Maybe its like half clipped into a wall or it is like weirdly bugged

[merry pebble]

Mornin Gjall 😄

[merry pebble]

Valheim Is still in early access and you can play it on xbox and on Mac tho

[opal prairie]

Morgen gjall.

[digital veldt]

Does anyone know the best way to kill golems on the mountain

[nocturne wolf]

Use an iron mace

[opal prairie]

Staggering and than macing.
If you don't need the trophy or crystals from it, I would advice digging a hole and trapping it in there, eventually drakes will start attacking it and it will die but for the time being it won't bother you.

[digital veldt]

Is lvl 1 iron bucket enough to stagger it without being staggered yourself?

[opal prairie]

Couldn't tell you, I've always gone into the mountains with a lvl 3-4 iron buckler and changed to silver as soon as I could.

[tepid prawn]

depends on armour rating and total hp

[pulsar mortar]

Jump on them and then mine them

[nocturne wolf]

Armor wont affect what you can and can’t block, it just changes how much stagger and damage you take after the block, which is why you can be staggered on a successful block.

[hazy bolt]

I was fighting a charred skeleton warrior 2 star tried and block him in full armor and best shield. He just completely went through and killed me 😄

[dark dawn]

Going to fite the Queen with my 4 vikings tonight, I looked up her attacks etc and see that she do poison damage so imma bring poison resists for us all.

Is there something else i should think about if someone has any tips? ^^

[merry pebble]

Bring bombs, lots of bombs 😄

[dark dawn]

Our bowyer's will get arrows with frost and poison, mages will grab fire staffs and our tank bro will have his shield and sword and being face to face

2 bowyers, 2 mages, 1 melee.

Would bombs still be usefull even tho mages have aoe on fire staffs?

[tepid prawn]

bring health and stamina meads too and eitr and make sure you have top tier mistlands level food, ideally have at least 1 good mage with you for shields

[tepid prawn]

imo bombs still useful, depends on how playstyle how many you might want to throw at her, bows are not great for her even with the elemental arrows, okay but not great, I had the best time in solo with fire staff against her

[dark dawn]

Yeah thats true, imma grab my shield staff thingy haha

[tepid prawn]

for the 2 mages I personally would use eitr food x3 but others might disagree and recommend at least 1 stamina, but I just wanted the extra eitr for shields and offensive

[dark dawn]

Yeah we do tend to loose eitr fast on spamming tbh.. hmm

[tepid prawn]

me too thats why I go for 3 eitr, if your skill levels are in the 30s it works quite well, even better if higher

[dark dawn]

Gotcha, and thanks viking! 😁

[hasty fog]

🦦

[silver radish]

I know I know this comment is a WHILE ago but.. isn't 7DtD on console?

ohwait that had its 1.0 recently huh

[distant field]

I was our party’s bow user when we fought the Queen. But I also had Carapace Armor, Carapace Shield, and a Mistwalker (maybe only top level on the shield, but possibly not).

And, part way through the fight I switched to melee, and she went down much more quickly after that.

There’s a (non-cheesy) thing (which I am sure you’ll figure out) you can do to her with two melee fighters.

I’d say we were struggling to beat her (also as 1 melee, 1 ranged, 1 magic) before we realised what we needed to do.

[dark dawn]

Ahh snap, alr.. our rangers have playd range all the way up to this point cuz they prefare bow and arrow >.<

Hmm .. Idk, i think imma let em go with bow n arrow even tho it may be abit slower for their enjoyment of being slightly more safe on a distance aswell

[distant field]

Haha… safe distance… you’ll see…

But, yeah, my preferred style is ranged. That approach is for sure viable. But it will be a long fight.

Have fun. 🙂

[compact cedar]

1,045 hours of valheim, and Im just really getting into mistlands (back after a yearish break) I am absolutely loving the magic system, its been great. The new foods and build pieces have been really interesting too! Mistlands was crazy navigating around at first, but its gotten to be a really enjoyable biome. Really happy with the mistland content.

[opal prairie]

Also the only place the fishes are somewhat interesting to fish, angler-fish for the best stamina food around that level and the puffer-fish as a easy way to get rid of dvergr or use in auto breeders or even toss down for some extra damage to mobs.
Make a chokehold and toss puffer-fish down.
Or use pufferfish spread around your mistland base for some hare farming.

[mild parrot]

nice, I could say the same, except for the time spent XD I only have about 170 hrs

[compact cedar]

Weirdly, I have yet to start fishing there, its one of my favorite in game passtimes lol

[dark dawn]

Is it possible to use 1 minor eityr mead and 1 lingering stamina mead at the same time?

Or would the other one block the use of the other?

[opal prairie]

I found a very nice small island that I could spawn proof, I used it as a shroom farm and it had 3 fish spawn points around it, frequently went back to base with 20+ fish.

[mild parrot]

yes.

[dark dawn]

Great!
Queen wont have a chance on my plannings then! xD

[opal prairie]

Yes, you can use a potion of all the different things but never 2 of the same thing.
So eitr, stamina and health can be used together but not a lingering stamina and a normal stamina potion.

[compact cedar]

First thing I did this run is found a small plains island from the get go. Had BF nearby as well, has a ton of fishing spots, the waves are rough on the fishing docks, but its been a pretty good spot. Ive been looking for a good mistland island, but Gjalls put a quick end on looking for one early XD

[mild parrot]

I was under the impression that I could take stamina and lingering stamina

[opal prairie]

I might be mistaken but I think that once you take a stamina based potion you get a debuff for a few minutes preventing you to take another stamina based potion.

[mild parrot]

pretty sure it's only for that specific potion. for example, a med stamina pot, once you take it, you get the debuff so you can't take another med stamina for however long. you can use other stamina ones like small and lingering during that time. 99% sure on this.

[merry pebble]

you get locked out of any stam mead if the debuff is active iirc, and for lingering there is no debuff, you can take another stam right after the effect ends

[mild parrot]

okay

[opal prairie]

What about during can you take a lingering stamina and a normal stamina at the same time?

[merry pebble]

nope, one or the other, you choose

[distant field]

One exception is tasty mead. That’s considered a different type. So can be used at the same time as another stamina mead.

[merry pebble]

true

[opal prairie]

Thanks for the clarification and confirming I wasn't misremembering things.

[merry pebble]

i still remember trying the lingering for the first time and then wanting to use the medium one 😄 i was running from a 1* or 2* seeker (not sure anymore, was quite some time ago) and it led to my death 😄

[teal mica]

what's the best way to find the plains boss

[mild parrot]

sail around the coasts of plains islands

[teal mica]

and look for the thing (stonehenge) i assume ?

[mild parrot]

yep

[mild parrot]

it looks like giant fingers coming out of the ground

[teal mica]

alr thanks, we were going around visiting the whole plains every time

[mild parrot]

you can do that, sometimes it's better if you have a big one, but if it's obv a thin strip, just sail by and the stone henge will also be visible for a long way off.. like 1500 m at least

[tulip cobalt]

Sup everybody!

Anyone knows how to stop daytime so i can have 24/7 daylight?

[opal prairie]

tod [0-1] - Sets time of day. 0 and 1 are both midnight. 0.5 is noon.

[tulip cobalt]

nice, one more:
How to clear weather.

[opal prairie]

More info: https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Developer_console

[tulip cobalt]

[opal prairie]

Env Clear I think.

[plush umbra]

(tod -1 gets rid of the fake time-of-day, and resetenv gets rid of the fake weather, but both can also be reverted by simply leaving the world - it's a temporary client-side change, rather than actually changing the time or weather of your world.)

[warped willow]

What's the best way to clear the gravechambers?
I haven't played a year and need a crashcourse

[plush umbra]

i always follow the left wall, works like a charm for making sure every room is cleared unless there happens to be a looping path somewhere, which at least isn't common

[royal tendon]

Do all hildirs clothes have the same stats? Even the later ones that cost more?

[azure yacht]

Yes

[signal gyro]

How does one add a building mod to the game on Xbox? I want to use more diverse materials to build cooler looking houses.

[merry pebble]

i dont think you can use mods on xbox, but it would be better to ask #mods-discussion to be sure 🙂

[cosmic kindle]

Leather scraps are being a pain to get

[vocal jackal]

they're much easier if you start a boar farm. look for a 1* or 2* boar to tame, then breed it a lot. All the scraps and boar meat forever

[cosmic kindle]

How do you tame?

[warm pond]

lock them in somewhere and feed them

[merry pebble]

they will eat mushrooms, raspberries, blueberries and later also other stuff you can farm but i dont want to spoil too much 🙂

[vocal jackal]

here's a video. it's a bit old, but it still works fine https://youtu.be/WgJwtxgluYM?si=CXGk02AVHEZl7e_c

basically aggro them, bring them to a pen to hold them, then drop some food inside and deaggro. When they eat, you'll see yellow hearts over them. After about a day or so, you'll get a message saying they are tamed

feeding them more after they are tamed will produce more boars. Also starred boar will drop more meat and scraps than unstarred ones.

[velvet harbor]

should i use two mage foods or go all in and use three?

[cosmic kindle]

Ok thank you

Also is there any way to choose what kinda arrow im shooting

[merry pebble]

i think the most common food loadout for mage is eitr, eitr, stamina

[nocturne wolf]

You can equip ammo

[merry pebble]

equip it just like armor

[nocturne wolf]

Or like anything

[merry pebble]

yep, but i figure they would be most likely familiar with equiping armor 🙂

[nocturne wolf]

You equip armor the same way as anything else?

[merry pebble]

yes, but armor is one of the first things you learn to equip, so i mentioned that in particular 🙂

[wooden tapir]

debating destroying my entire build and restarting

it looks fine, but i think i could do better

[merry pebble]

you can do whatever you want 😄 if you think you can do it better then why not

[cosmic kindle]

Best way to get feathers? Cause trying to find birds suck

[nocturne wolf]

Until you beat Yagluth or go through a sealed tower, killing birds is the best way.

[merry pebble]

also just exploring meadows and BF structures that have chests, quite often there are feathers there 🙂

[vocal jackal]

BF crypts have ravens nearby. Also if you go near shallow water in meadows during a thunderstorm, seagulls will land and not fly away so quickly

[cosmic kindle]

What are BF?

[vocal jackal]

black forest - one of the biomes

[sharp raptor]

Yesterday, I got the "They were Bros" raid while I was fighting Fader. Was actually useful 🤣

[cosmic kindle]

Holy shit its been 8 days and my bores still arent tamed

[nocturne wolf]

If they have an icon over their head (they’ve heard you or seen you) their taming progress will pause. They also need to be loaded to tame, so you can’t be too far away.

[cosmic kindle]

Oh thats makes since iv barely been at my base

[rotund parrot]

Nothing will tame if you are not within 50 meters of them

[cosmic kindle]

I have tin now but where do i use use it at?

[rotund parrot]

They will also need to eat more if you keep leaving the area, it takes 30 minutes total of you being within 50 meters while they have been fed for them to tame

[wooden tapir]

combine tin with copper to make bronze

[nocturne wolf]

Smelt copper to make a forge. Tin has a few uses on its own but you’ll want to turn most of it into bronze.

[rotund dust]

Bonemass has to be the easiest boss

[sharp raptor]

Smelt it and then make a cauldron to cook food with

Might need to get surtling cores from the black forest to get the smelter recipe though

[rotund dust]

Is there a limit to how many portals a world can have? Mine are disappearing completely

[wooden tapir]

i dont think so, some community servers have hundreds of portals

[rotund dust]

Ah I see. 🙂 I won't say that I marked the portal that "disappeared" wrong on my mini map, so the location was incorrect 😂

[cosmic kindle]

Where is bronze at? Also how do i breed my boars?

My bad copper is what i ment

[wooden tapir]

it could have been destroyed if you accidentally aggroed mobs before going through it at some point

[nocturne wolf]

When you hover the crosshair over a very large rock in a black forest, it could say ‘copper deposit’. There rocks have a different texture so once you’ve found one you’ll know what you’re looking for. You could also find a picture online if you need to.

[heavy kestrel]

Any suggestions for the yagluth boss fight? I'm playing with a group of 4 and we all have lv 3 padded armor, lv 3 blackmetal weapons, and plenty of fire resistance

[whole basin]

Stick near the pillars when he summons his meteors

[heavy kestrel]

K got it

[rotund dust]

Fenris set better, cos of the slow down from Padded Armor (Personally how i feel) But since theres 4 of you, whoever is being targetted by beam/fist, the other 3 justsmack him from behind. Also, silver sword best weapon vs him 😄

Dodge meteor, win game

[heavy kestrel]

Getting the fenris set is insanely tedious tho innit

[rotund dust]

For that many people, potentially, youll be fine in padded, just make sure to bring healing/stamina pots

[heavy kestrel]

K

Should we focus on melee or ranged stuff?

We all have level one or two draugr fang bows

[rotund dust]

Ive never used a bow vs him

[whole basin]

Ranged does practically nothing to him

[heavy kestrel]

K

Well what melee should I use? I've already basically got every plains tier weapon but idk which one to use

[rotund dust]

Silver Sword

[heavy kestrel]

Is the spirit damage just really good or something?

[rotund dust]

Just go fight him, and tell us how it went 😄

[heavy kestrel]

Ok lol

[rotund dust]

More funthat way 😛

[heavy kestrel]

Being under prepared for a boss with a group of friends is pretty fun

[whole basin]

Just scream, “for Valhalla” for dramatic effect, it’s extra fun lol

[heavy kestrel]

I might do that

[nocturne wolf]

Instead of running from his meteors, just block them. You need to try to stay close so you can hit him enough before he attacks again.

[heavy kestrel]

What shield

I've got level 3 blackmetal rn, should I invest in a tower shield?

[nocturne wolf]

Either black metal shield would be good enough. Tower shields would be better for this fight because of their higher block angle and because parrying bosses doesn’t do anything, but you can use the normal shield to save resources.

[heavy kestrel]

K

[nocturne wolf]

The crystal axe’s blocking is good enough so you don’t even need a shield

[cosmic kindle]

I assumw the more boars i have in a pin the more piggys i will get faster

[heavy kestrel]

I do have one

[nocturne wolf]

There is a limit to how many boars can be near each other before they stop breeding, but I don’t know exactly what it is. I just keep 2 and butcher the rest.

[vocal rivet]

5 per 10m

[nocturne wolf]

It will do a lot more damage than a black metal weapon

[heavy kestrel]

Is it better than blackmetal shield and silver sword tho? I have like level 28 sword skill but idk what mine is for the axe tho

[nocturne wolf]

I don’t know if the silver sword or crystal axe is better for yagluth but they’re both better than their black metal equivalents, which are already good enough.

[heavy kestrel]

What about the porcupine? It seems much better than the sword even though I have like half the skill level with it

[nocturne wolf]

It has pierce damage, which yagluth is resistant to

[heavy kestrel]

oh

[nocturne wolf]

Yagluth isn’t immune to spirit damage which is why silver works so well

[heavy kestrel]

k got it

[livid zenith]

Silver sword is more DPS and is easier to use

[rotund bay]

silver sword or frostner?

[nocturne wolf]

Frostner is cheaper and usually better

It’s bad against Moder, stone golems and ||lox|| (enemies in the next biome), but it’s good for the 5th boss and some enemies in the 7th biome.

[livid zenith]

Also it deals the most damage into enemies from the 6th biome before getting equipment from that biome

[nocturne wolf]

It does more damage per hit but has significantly less stagger, and also has high knockback so it isn’t always better.

Because it’s mostly frost damage, the frostner isn’t any good for staggering all but the weakest enemies in relevant biomes.

[rotund bay]

I hold Frostner hand in hand with spear so I usually can work with any situation

[livid zenith]

Yeah, other maces are better for that, but it’s a one handed weapon so you can still use shields

Also the slow and KB makes it great for playing defensive and not dying

[nocturne wolf]

The slowing is so good for 2-star ||charred warriors||, you can kill them without even triggering one of their attacks because of the turnspeed reduction.

So the slowing is great for aggressive combat too, by allowing you to deal constant damage while preventing enemy attacks entirely.

[livid zenith]

I’ve never tried it like that, I usually use it in 5th biome to send the little guys flying and then waiting for them to slow walk back so I can do it again

[nocturne wolf]

I usually try to stagger with damage because it’s faster than parrying, so I haven’t tried the frostner in mistlands yet. I might do that in this playthrough if I make one.

[livid zenith]

I play a lot more defensive, I wait to parry before trying to get multiple hits because if I don’t I’m worried about getting jumped mid attack, so smacking enemies around and comboing them into a wall is my preferred tactic

[nocturne wolf]

Mistlands enemies are so short, jumping over them and landing a secondary on their back on the way down is even more effective than in other biomes

[fierce copper]

anyone can help me with some strong stuff? i just wanna make videos with this

[valid python]

I have a headcanon... If the player were a forsaken they would be summoned by smashing some number of beehives and putting them on a throne in like a fancy A-frame house... the the summon text would be 'The bees are not happy...'

[livid zenith]

would the defeat text be 'the bees are sleeping'

[valid python]

Yessss!

[cosmic kindle]

Would it be a bad idea to try and live in the black forest? Im always needing copper and tin

[vocal jackal]

it's possible, however you will be attacked more often than in meadows

[distant field]

Not at all. You may have to deal with wandering trolls more frequently. But you have the advantage of being able to build up in the trees easily.

[cosmic kindle]

Is building in trees what you wanna do?

[vocal jackal]

the problem with building on the trees is that trolls can knock them down pretty easily

I typically find one of those ruined stone towers and build on top of that

extreme terraforming is also always an option, although that gets a lot more expensive the more extreme you get

[distant field]

Yeah, the old ditch+raised platform approach basically works well in every biome (well, except for one).

[cosmic kindle]

So what you raise a area up really high and dig like a moat around it?

[bronze orbit]

Anyone wanna play

[cosmic kindle]

Im want a defensive base where im not constantly having to deal with enemies

[distant field]

Yep. Most mobs cannot destroy terrain, and few can jump high enough to be a problem. Some can fly though. Not much you can do about those.

[velvet harbor]

whats a good melee weapon for mages to use as like a backup?

[tepid prawn]

there is a "melee" mage thing in Ashlands that uses eitr, I guess you're looking for a non eitr thing in Mistlands? demolisher is quite good for that or Himmin afl because of the control it gives yo

[velvet harbor]

whats the ashlands thing? ive played all the way through but as a tank so i dont remember it

[tepid prawn]

Dundr (basically mage shotgun)

[velvet harbor]

ohh that

[distant field]

Never considered shotguns melee weapons…

[tranquil bolt]

Is there any reason to go to the Deep North currently? No items specific to that biome yet right?

[vocal rivet]

That's correct. You're only making the area unupgradable.

[cosmic kindle]

I keep seeing that under the elder boss spawn is the best place to build a base?

[nocturne wolf]

It’s not a better place than anywhere else in the black forest, but you are able to make a cave base by using the platform as a roof

[opal prairie]

Morgen gjall.

[gusty oracle]

Question: If you kill all the spawners on an island, do those monster types keep spawning?

[cosmic kindle]

What id you built a bridge out into the water and made a island for your base could that be a good defensive base?

[gusty oracle]

<—(New to game)

[nocturne wolf]

Yes. Most enemies are spawned randomly, not by spawners

[fair cairn]

yes, naturally, unless you spawn proof the island

[gusty oracle]

How do you spawn proof the island?

[fair cairn]

workbenches, campfires

[opal prairie]

Yes but less frequent, the only thing you can do is spawn proof the island if you don't want any spawns.

[gusty oracle]

Does farming all the trees in a Black Forest convert it to a meadow?

[opal prairie]

Build overlapping player base structures.
Easiest is placing a workbench and check its radius, anything in its radius is spawn proofed, you can then change it with something more appealing or hide the workbench underground (needs a beam to connect to something solid above ground) or build little shacks or something alike.
For more about player base items see here: https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Player_base

[opal prairie]

Nope, that will just mean a barren black forest.

[nocturne wolf]

Biomes can’t be changed

[fair cairn]

it will only be a brighter blackforest... so... lightforest?
brightforest?
hmm

[gusty oracle]

Good to know! Thank you. Also, I’m about to go after the first elder boss (after the elk). Without spoiling too much, am I good to try once I have bronze level 3 armor?

[fair cairn]

do you have some real food? like carrot soup and such?

[nocturne wolf]

Troll armor has almost as much defence but won’t slow you down, so you could get that instead.

[gusty oracle]

Not yet. I have some beef jerky and honey being made but haven’t started farming.

[fair cairn]

carrot soup and other such items that need carrots are important for swamp and maybe even killing the elder

[gusty oracle]

Okay, I’ll work on that next, thank you!

[cyan flax]

no way, save ur mushrooms

[nocturne wolf]

You’ll also want a bronze axe, another bronze weapon if you want one and either a bronze buckler or bone tower shield if you don’t have a 2-handed weapon

[gusty oracle]

I’m using a bronze sword right now but also have the axe.

[cyan flax]

no way, towers cant parry lol

[nocturne wolf]

Staggering through damage can be faster than parrying so if you can do it to an enemy you don’t need to parry them. Tower shields are better at splitting groups and use less stamina, and you can still parry by unequipping the shield and using your weapon. All shield types are good if used right.

[cyan flax]

prob. but towers i never used

buckler you can straight block too

[azure yacht]

They are the worst shield to use for blocking

[cyan flax]

ive never had issues

even with CLLC on 5 stars!

[azure yacht]

It 100% depends more on the mob stats, not the star number

[fair cairn]

that is a double negative

[cyan flax]

is it?

[fair cairn]

its like saying ive not killed nobody
in other words
you did kill somebody

[cyan flax]

whats ur point. obv it was a grammatical error. get over it

am i not allowed to give advice about the game like you?

[fair cairn]

you litteraly asked is it?
so
ofcourse ill tell you why

[cyan flax]

last time i checked were all created equal

[fair cairn]

last time i checked your the one bringing it up

[cyan flax]

Biscuit calm down. I was just trying to give another option/opinion. U didnt need to come at me

anyways sorry yo's, didnt mean to start anything. just felt mushrooms are a very needed ingredient later down the road & bucklers defo beat tower shields.. just sayin

[merry pebble]

You can always get more mushrooms, they are needed in very few recipes and you will have plenty if you mark their spots on your map, as for shields, for Elder fight i would also preffer buckler but if you don't clear the suroundings enough and get swarmed the bone shield might be also good choice

[karmic leaf]

I wonder whats your approch guys when starting over. Play on seed which was generated or use map generator to find perfect seed?

[opal prairie]

Every boss is doable with lvl 1 weapons, armor and the food from the corresponding biome, upgrading them just makes it easier.

[opal prairie]

I look for a map that people recommend and the description I like but i don't look at the seed.
Last seed I played on had the description of "boss valley" --> all bosses close together except for queen and fader.

[plush umbra]

Doesn’t sound very fun

[opal prairie]

To each their own, I like the fact that I didn't need to look for the bosses all over the world.
Which I had already done in a previous play through.

[plush umbra]

Ah fair enough

[karmic leaf]

I wish that someday they will add possibility to create world without water ;D i just hate sailing

[azure yacht]

100% not gonna happen

[nocturne wolf]

Bringing metal to your base would be much slower if you needed to walk

And going to new biomes and bosses

[karmic leaf]

@nocturne wolf i don't care, i just hate sailing thats all 😉
@azure yacht i know ;<

[strange cradle]

Hey, good morning, fellow vikings! 👋

If there is one of the devs available, I have a question I'd like to ask regarding Steam Valheim on the Mac.

It seems with the latest bug release that the capability to run external libraries was disabled, as libdoorstop.dylib seems to be not loading anymore, thus rendering BepInEx inoperable.

[nocturne wolf]

#mods-issues

[strange cradle]

If I go back one release it starts working again.

Not really a mod issue, since it only affects the Mac, and not mods in specific.

in general, I wanted to write.

And it doesn't seem to affect anybody else running on Linux or Windows.

Or we would have a storm in forums. 😉

I doubt that Unity was upgraded, again, as it would've affected other platforms as well.

[merry pebble]

It seems the latest patch was only concerning Mac, i imagine thats why other systems are alright

[vocal rivet]

Bepinex is mods, that's why you've been directed that way.

[strange cradle]

It's not affecting BepInEx, though.

[nocturne wolf]

The new main menu buttons are on other operating systems too, but those might not have affected any mods (I have no idea because I don't use mods)

[strange cradle]

It's affecting doorstoplib.

So external libraries in general.

Which are not affected on other platforms, just Mac.

[vocal rivet]

Then #mac-bugs-discussion but those libraries are not needed for vanilla play.

[strange cradle]

I know, of course. 😉

And yes, I posted there as well.

[vocal rivet]

"thus rendering Bepinex inoperable".

[strange cradle]

I'm being helped, folks. Thanks, though. 🙂

[dark dawn]

When it comes to durability and survivability on walls in ashlands, would you all go with grausten or stone walls?

Omg... Raise ground.... Im a genious o.o

[merry pebble]

Yeah, same

[dark dawn]

Do standard chest work to have in ashlands or would they start to take fire dmg like trees do?

[nocturne wolf]

Fires don't start randomly, so if you keep your chests inside with a shield generator to protect them, they'll be safe

[dark dawn]

Gotcha, thanks! ^^

[fair cairn]

what? my chests or i wont spontaneously combust? thats a shame

[vital harness]

Does anyone else use axes as a primary weapon?

[nocturne wolf]

I use them sometimes

[vital harness]

I only use it because it's a 2 in 1.

[foggy glacier]

I find it too slow. I like the club or sword for primary. I keep my axe around as a secondary weapon and for chopping.

[nocturne wolf]

1h axe primary is good but the secondary is terrible. Battleaxes have a good secondary attack though.

[fair cairn]

the seconday axe chop is meant primarily for stumps

[nocturne wolf]

It's not any better for stumps than anything else. Pickaxes are meant primarily for stumps, though.

(Yes, pickaxes damage stumps)

[vital harness]

axe is slow

[merry pebble]

pickaxes primary purpose is certainly not clearing stumps, that is indeed what the axes secondary is for

[nocturne wolf]

Axe secondary only has 1.5x damage. Until you get an axe that can break it in one hit, using the primary multiple times would be better

[opal prairie]

Sometimes you can't reach a stump with the primary. Unless you carry a hoe for flattening or a pickaxe for digging a hole to reach it.

[merry pebble]

the secondary for axes was added because it was sometimes hard or impossible to get into a position that you could hit the stump (i personally rarely have that problem but its still present)

it wasnt added for the sole purpose of dealing more dmg to the stump

[vital harness]

i use the axe secondary as a style finisher. What I do is I jump in the air against an opponent that will die in 1 hit and use the secondary in midair

[merry pebble]

That is indeed a great use of it 😄

[vital harness]

It's too bad everything in this game costs stamina

I waste half my bar pretending to be a viking

[frigid gust]

that's why food is critical 😉

[keen cliff]

lol my apple watch just gave me a high heart rate notification, as i'm making it close to ashlands beach for the first time.

i think i'm roughly halfway through the rock spike ocean part. just made a portal and went back home to rest

[keen cliff]

okay, beach is in sight. i see a Morgen doing something on the beach, maybe fighting Dverger? can't see. i backed to spire, and portalled to rest and go in at the start of the day.

all i want is to be done with trying to sail there. this ocean approach is the worst. my kingdom for a portal on land, up high

going to look for a spire that's close to enough to the beach that i could jump there...

[unreal bear]

Good luck! The play by play is exciting lol

[shell badge]

quick question, if I hang out in Haldor/Hildir's area with something built nearby, do raids still trigger?

[foggy glacier]

Raids will still trigger, but you're safe inside their bubble.

all enemies will just run away.

[shell badge]

ah ok

ty

[distant field]

That’s exactly what we did.

[keen cliff]

oh, i'm glad it's not annoying. let me know if it is!

I just managed to find two spires right off the beach. i docked, jumped to the closer one. there was one spawner in the distance, that i took care of with Embers staff, while I handled a small stream of charred archers, twitchers, and a couple warriors. Main tactics was keeping a height advantage on the rocks, and then jumping around if it got too crazy.

I've managed to drop a portal there. I put a small roof of stone over it. Not sure if that will help. i just portalled back because it was turning to night, and to take a breath. 🙂

i haven't seen any of the flame guys yet. i think when i go back, i'm going to get to ground level, and then try to space out some campfires for a little spawn protection. this isn't a perfect spot, but it's quiet at the moment and i'm going to make it a permament portal area.

[unreal bear]

yeah when I did Ashlands solo it was like babysteps, clearing like 15 meters at a time lol then portaling home before night

[keen cliff]

i managed to summon 3 skellies at one point that were a big help too. however, i lost them when i jumped back to my boat to grab more resouces and they tried to follow me. lol. stupid boiling water

i brought stuff for 1 shield generator. should i set that up here?

[unreal bear]

haha yeah I didnt want to spoil the first experience, but you mentioned jumping from a spire and swimming to shore, I was like this hoping you knew about boiling water 😬 🫢 🫣

I actually have never made a shield Generator lol I have spent a bunch of time in the Ashlands and defeated a ton of fortresses.... but just never bothered with the shield generator personally.

I usually hide my portals like in a corner of a collosseum, or pickaxe down into a boulder a little bit and hide it under/inside of a rock. also all my original portals are still standing just thrown on the top, backside of a rock on the beach

but im sure they can be helpful if you want to construct one and feed it bones

[keen cliff]

yeah, no idea how necessary it is. the portal is against the rock, with some stone on sides/top

just got a coffee and considering my next moves.

i think i'll get the rest of my crap out of the boat, so i can stop thinking about it. and maybe push towards finding a spot for another permanenet portal

i haven't had a breath to look around too much at what i can see

[proven matrix]

anyone got a modpack with some qol mods

[keen cliff]

gotta rethink my load out too. i still have mistwalker in my inventory, but with mage stuff i haven't even though about switching to it.

[distant field]

Shield generators are useful for any location where you want a (semi-) permanent outpost and can’t find/create natural cover.

[distant field]

Mistwalker is very effective against all the Ashlands mobs.

[sharp bluff]

is there anything besides golems mistwalker is bad against? xd

[unreal bear]

if you run out of eitr, but still have some stamina, and a tweeker or vulture is on top of you, pulling out the sword and shield can be helpful

[keen cliff]

yeah. that was the original idea for mistwalker being there. currently been commiting to staying at range, and switching to bow and arrows if out of eitr. but that's not really my playstyle. i've also watched some videos of people in the Ashlands, and i think people who move TOO much sometimes end up pulling more mobs into a fight.

[unreal bear]

hah yeah that can happen for sure

[distant field]

Yeah, that for sure happens.

[unreal bear]

thankfully some of them do aoe damage to each other

[keen cliff]

yeah, which is an interesting mechanic in Ashlands.

they won't attach each other, but they take damage incidently

[unreal bear]

yeah, it is an interesting new playstyle/strategy. i havent mastered it, but I do it when I can. I've seen some people really utilize it well

[distant field]

I’ve yet to be able to use that to my advantage… especially since the last update…

[keen cliff]

i'd rather not have so much chaos that it's necessary 🙂

[distant field]

The main tool in causing that kind of damage no longer does it so reliably.

[unreal bear]

I'm going to have to re-look at the patch notes. I recall decreased spawn rates and the change to 1% on flametal sinking. can't recall what you're referencing

[keen cliff]

if i snipe a lava blob with a fireball from a distance, will it explode? or only if it attack

or maybe with a frost arrow instead

i guess i have to kill it for it to explode on its own

[merry pebble]

i usually just get close enough that they start to shrink (they do that just before exploding) and roll away fast, that gets me usually far enough to not take dmg but i also time it so it explodes while i am in a roll 🙂

[unreal bear]

||yeah you need to either get last-hit or bait it into exploding on you and then dodging||

[keen cliff]

i think it's time to jump down to ground level in a bit to deal with that. i'm paused and finishing my coffee.

i can't tell if it's making it's way towards me or not

okay, good. it doesn't see me. it's just hopping aroound in the medium distance

[distant field]

It don’t think it was mentioned in the patch notes, so, to be clear, it’s possible nothing was changed, but it seems, to me, that ||the trick of running towards lava blobs, to force them to explode, is no longer as reliable||.

[keen cliff]

sheesh. why is it suddenly so dark. did i forget to sleep when i went back to my base?

checking... nope. it's daytime. but it's raining in the meadows. so i guess there's some bad weather in the ashlands too

[distant field]

Yeah, Ashlands storms are horrible. Gets super dark.

[unreal bear]

ah, I see. I'm not sure I've noticed

[keen cliff]

okay, time to waste some time at base while this weather passes i guess

[keen cliff]

made it through another day cycle. placed some campfires spread out a bit. killed some more stuff. really wish i had more free inventory slots. putting some stuff in a chest at the base of my portal spire. went back to base to rest and drop off resources. skellies are proving very useful right now

need to leave more gear at home. with bubble, i don't think i need to bring my shield, even with mistwalker

[heady parcel]

Is there really no way to hide or at least off-center the steering wheel when sailing with HUD hidden? It ruins screenshots when sailing - and it's not always a good idea to drop the rudder for the pic... 😦

Like, the sail being fully or half deployed or not at all should be pretty self evident, as should paddling, someone who'se running running without HUD is probbably fine without on-screen indicators anyway.

[keen cliff]

well, there's my first death. was fighting a warrior, then all of a sudden it was warrior, twitcher, archer, and a Morgen showed up. Bubble popped, hit again, dead.

luckily, i'm at the base of portal spire. i can recover not so bad

[foggy glacier]

that's at least a respectable one. My first time was turning myself into soup. blew up an unstable lava rock on one of those stone spires and spent too long swimming while trying to collect the proustite powder.

[keen cliff]

doh!

i felt pretty good until i died lol. i had 3 skellies, maybe 2. and i was evading, and dropping fireballs

i /think/ there's only the Morgen left. i'm going to go in with melee gear to recover

[heady parcel]

Mages be very squishy without the bubble though. Sooner or later it will pop and chances are you don't have time to put up a new one before...pain

[foggy glacier]

yeah, I've been sacrificing my speed in favour of wearing carapace armor just in case my bubble pops.

[merry pebble]

just a tip, when you refresh the bubble timer you dont refresh its durability, its best to wait till its completly destroyed before casting another one 🙂 (ofc if you didnt takeany hits yet feel free to refresh 😄 )

[dark dawn]

Anyone noticed like.. weird freeze laggs in ashlands?
We never had these issues in mistlands or any other biome to be honest

[keen cliff]

time for health/health/stamina, carapace gear plus root, and ... huh. frostner and demolisher i guess

[heady parcel]

I always go heavy armor. Even in bronze age - just to keep myself from getting used to (and crave) greater mobility. With 100 running I can pretty much sprint non-stop anyway 😄

[keen cliff]

yeah, i read how refreshing bubble doesn't top up its points. so best to let it go if you've been hit

i should have popped bonemass. i didn't even think about it

stupid mistake

[heady parcel]

There's always a bit of stutter around world saving, other than that I haven't noticed anything

[plain mantle]

ok

[vocal rivet]

Any seed is good seed.

[heady parcel]

I just play the world I get

[sharp raptor]

Most of my playthroughs are just random seed. Only time ive checked a seed before starting it was when I wanted one with 20 fortresses all on one island for a gauntlet I ran

[merry pebble]

just because there are better ones doesent mean others arent good 🙂

[molten shore]

anyone know when nexrt update is

[heady parcel]

If you want the ideal seed for your way of playing use that map generator site thingamajingy, and pick one that looks cool to you

[vocal rivet]

As per the recent news in, well, #news, sometime in the Fall.

[keen cliff]

huh. Morgen wasn't there anymore. Just a barely alive warrior. getting my hear back...

[vocal rivet]

Hm? When does a seed become good? That's such a nebulous question.

[heady parcel]

It's just that there's no defining what a "good" seed is - it is so subjective. Me - I want shit spread out so it forces me to explore and move around a lot. Others want all bosses close so they can speed run, etc etc

[rotund parrot]

Probably a trader not too far from the center, a decent forest, maybe a few leviathans in the ocean around the first island

[fossil belfry]

hey guys, I see a lot of people talking about shields in hardcore dont work. I started a playtrough in hardcore no map with 3 friends and im currently using iron buckler and im able to tank normal and 1 start draurgs hits on parry. In contrast, the tower shield take at most one hit before I stagger.

What do you think? Shields are useless at hardcore? Or people just dont upgrade the shields and train skills enough to use it?

[rotund parrot]

I played hardcore and shields felt useless, could only parry things that were not a threat anymore

[teal mica]

what's the update for ?

[vocal rivet]

its for everyone.

[keen cliff]

i'm tempted to back to melee

[fossil belfry]

When you say "felt useless" you were getting one shot with tower shields or you could only hold a single hit that almost killed you?

[keen cliff]

or maybe use mage stuff, but stick with heavier armor also

[merry pebble]

https://valheim.com/news/development-blog-new-and-improved/

[rotund parrot]

I always use bucklers, it felt useless because I could not use it to parry any of the big threat like a troll, abomination, golem, etc. to kill them faster. I could just parry things like graydwarf, draugr, etc. and I didn't even need to to kill them efficiently

Getting used to dodging all the attack and killing the mobs normally was the way to go for me at least

[teal mica]

ty

[keen cliff]

what are people's opinions on root harnesk in Ashlands? still worth it?

[rotund parrot]

No

[mild creek]

my valheim server crashed ?

[rotund parrot]

Archers dont do enough damage and you really dont want to be weak to fire

[mild creek]

is there a general problem ?

[keen cliff]

morgen's do a lot of pierce damage though. hrm

warriors do pierce on 2 of their 4 attacks

[rotund parrot]

Good idea to not let those hit you to begin with

[keen cliff]

yeah, true

[rotund parrot]

I am a big fan of the root harnesk but when I am done with the mistlands it gets obliterated

[merry pebble]

i dont think so, nobody else posting about something like that atm

[keen cliff]

i'm going to take a break, and consider melee vs mage, as well maybe not going full mistweave vs maybe just robe + carapace. Happy to hear anyone else's thoughts

[heady parcel]

I have never used the root harnesk tbh

[keen cliff]

root harnesk was great all the way through mistlands for me.

[rotund parrot]

It is great for the swamp, plains and amazing for the mistlands

[nocturne wolf]

#screenshots message

[heady parcel]

Oh, I know it is great, I've just never felt the need to make use of the resist, there

are so many other ways to avoid getting killed. Being dependent on one old armour piece is not something I fancy

[nocturne wolf]

I don’t use it either (the screenshot was from a commands character), but it can be very powerful

[heady parcel]

I did use the helmet a lot to not need to waste an inventory slot on the meads 😄

*mask

And the Fenris suit gets dusted off whenever I need to do exploring on foot

[merry pebble]

try combining it with the ask cape 😄 that speed is insane (when going downwind)

[heady parcel]

<making notes>

[vocal jackal]

can confirm, I tried to measure how far you could jump with fenris + asksvin cape while running downwind, using the wood flooring in base to measure. first attempt actually jumped outside by accident. second attempt clocked in at 30m (15 2x2 floor tiles)

[merry pebble]

Oooh, nice 😄 i never measured it

[cosmic kindle]

How can i build a bridge over my moat to my base that me and a cart can get across but enemies cant?

[vocal jackal]

leave a little space in the bridge. big enough to break the ai pathfinding, but small enough to not get the cart stuck

[heavy parcel]

anyone know if theres any hd mods that work?

[vocal rivet]

#mods-discussion

[distant field]

Yes. It’s better than it was pre-patch. But it can get laggy at times. If playing with others, vary who goes into an area first, as this may help.

[sharp bluff]

preferably the guy who lives at the geographical center of your group irl

[distant field]

I don’t recall - does the mage armour have a set bonus, or is it per piece?

[sharp bluff]

per piece

[keen cliff]

No set bonus

And hood is only 20% regen bonus. Pants and robe are 40 each.

So maybe I'll keep robe, but switch to carapace helm and pants. And mix in some more weapon use if necessary

[sharp bluff]

so replacing the helmet is the way to go if you need more defense (despite bubble being bubble)

[keen cliff]

Yeah. Or just hood

[sharp bluff]

bubble doesnt care about your defense

[keen cliff]

Right. This is a hedge for it popping in a bad spot.

[sharp bluff]

just abuse the feather jump to recast

[keen cliff]

In a perfect world with perfect play, sure. I did just get popped and hit again before I could recast. I'm just considering options.

But possibly an over reaction to a single death.

[sharp bluff]

magic just plays very differently to melee

[distant field]

The quality of the connection is sometimes more important than geographical distance (though with everything else being equal, ping can be a good indicator of distance, and vice versa).

[sharp bluff]

assuming that guy has enough bandwith available, yes

(and has a stable connection)

[oblique steppe]

Would you say this is the most complete Norse game there is? Ik theres no deities but i mean like the creatures and stuff of Norse mythology

[vocal rivet]

There are at least two deities and the Forsaken are pretty close.

But it's BASED on Norse mythology, rather than trying to recreate it faithfully.

[oblique steppe]

True

[dark dawn]

Oooohh omg thanks for answer! 😄

[oblique steppe]

What game would you say recreates if best? GoW is out of the picture because i play Xbox. AC Valhalla?

[vocal jackal]

gonna post a more detailed answer in #general to keep valheim chat on topic

[cosmic kindle]

I did not realize how long it would take to build a moat

[rotund dust]

Everything in Valheim takes longer than one expects, but the finished product normally is worthy of the time invested, so all is well

[cosmic verge]

My Valheim was updating, anything new?

[rotund dust]

Is Silver Ore or Silver Bar heavier?

[near furnace]

we fixed a Mac issue. but not much more besides that no

[cosmic verge]

Thank you for letting me know

[nocturne wolf]

They both have 14 weight

[rotund dust]

Was hoping one was lighter 😂 I have about 1000 silver from the mountain I just explored i need to transport back to base, but thats going to be a few hour mission 😦

[nocturne wolf]

If you really have that much silver a few hours would definitely be worth it.

[rotund dust]

Half carts full is faster to transport than full carts right? I havent cleared a path from mountain to water for boat

[nocturne wolf]

How full the cart is doesn’t matter. The cart gets heavier depending on the total weight of items inside, and eventually will be very hard to move up slopes.

Fortunately carts are very good at getting items down the mountain (and riding down on them is fun too)

[rotund dust]

Ah its weight dependant i see. I remember on one of my servers, I fully loaded a cart with iron or silver, and the smallest of small slopes the cart would get stuck

Yeah you just run them down a cliff, itsthe bottomof mountain to ocean thats the issue if too full XD

[fair cairn]

usually doesnt matter much for me, push the full cart downt he mountain
catch up to it at the bottom, repair it get it a few more meters closer to the boat and load it up and get going

[keen cliff]

lol. while exploring a little of the beach in ashlands, a bonemaw spawned and was pissed he couldn't get to me. so he destroyed my boat. well, i better get another portal down on the beach somewhere just in case

[nocturne wolf]

You can never have enough portals, just make sure they’re protected.

[keen cliff]

my current beach portal is under some stone on top of a spire. next move is to get another one established somewhere else

okay, well, i just ran the fuck out of there. fallen valkerie showed up in the middle of a fight. unfortunately it followed me back to my portal. not too far away

phew. killed the valk. portalled back for a second. now just have 2 warriors to clear

still not making any forward progress though. hah

[distant field]

From your base do you see any ruined buildings?

[stable spire]

I just got a valheim update on my Xbox but the patch notes channel says it was two days ago, what's going on?

[distant field]

If so, make that your next target. Get there, and set up a shield and a portal. Drop campfires in between and around. Clear out any spawners you see around. Then do the same again - spot somewhere else to make your next mini portal post and go for it. Then once you have a couple of portals setup you can start to think about piggy-backing them. Go back to older portal, take it down, move to the next portal location, and so on. Gradually making your way in-land, or along the coast (up to you (but in-land will more likely lead to what should be your next target)).

Well, actually, as you’re running mage stuff, there’s a couple of potential next targets.

[keen cliff]

Yeah that's a good plan. And I have made SOME progress. For example, I now have level 2 embla hood and pants, upgrading my level 3 eitr wave. So it's not all doom.

[elder haven]

tips??

mp me pls

[distant field]

Xbox and Mac things have to go through extra hoops. PC stuff can be pushed immediately.

[distant field]

How far into the game are you?

If just starting, pay attention to Hugin, the raven.

[rotund bay]

punch dat birb

[keen cliff]

managed to get a little ways up the beach, and put another portal down with a fortress in sight, on top of a big spire. no ruins around that i could see. i'm going to fortify this one with some stone for the moment

had to take down another fallen valk, and some charred, and askvin along the way. also dropped another campfire

[keen cliff]

ashlands is stressful. sheesh

[low warren]

do bosses regen when you're out of the zone? my coop buddy has a power outage and we need to "pause" the fight lol

[nova pelican]

Anyone ever have a weird issue where animals just will NOT drop meat?

[slim imp]

I remember a patch a long time a go in which they nerfed bonemass's regen because it was higher than it shoud be. So.. yes

[slim imp]

I only know it happens if you kill tamed animals when they're in their baby stage

[low warren]

I mean I know they regen, the questiuon is do they "freeze" when you are not there, or is it only regen in combat

[nova pelican]

It's literally every animal at this point. 7 deer, 8 boar. 1 meat drop from any of them

[shy marlin]

yes all enemies passively regen 1.67% of their max health

(their health does not freeze if you leave)

[hybrid whale]

On my first run and just got silver, should I use the drake helmet or root mask? I’ve heard root mask is good against the deathsquitos

[slim imp]

root mask is useless against deathsquitos, you're think of the chest piece, root harnesk

[hybrid whale]

Ahh okay cool, good to know. Thanks!

[slim imp]

deathsquitos deal pierce damage, root harnesk gives pierce resistanse, halving the damage from deathsquitos

[distant field]

Yep. I was really tense the other day after a session making just a small amount of progress along the beach the other day.

[warm sandal]

tell me about it... it is a threadmill making very slow progress and I do not even fight everything there is but at some point the enemies do get so many that you just have to reduce them some, but then run back to safety because soooo many ... at least i got SOME ashlands gear now, still not easy. And then you come back in the morning and they are all respawned.

[gusty oracle]

I see mentions of seasons. Are there wipes each month?

[merry pebble]

Wdym?

[gusty oracle]

I saw a few servers that were mentioning seasons and was wondering if it was like Rust where they do mandatory server wipes each month.

[merry pebble]

Depends on a person running the server, there arent any seasons or wipes in vanila game

The wipes would be a stupid idea anyway, why would you even build anything if it would get wiped

[gusty oracle]

Have you ever played Rust? 😂

I’m glad they don’t wipe, thanks for answering!

[merry pebble]

Exactly why i never played it and never will

[gusty oracle]

It was fun gun and build game for a bit but I’m definitely having more fun here in Valheim.

[opal prairie]

Morgen gjall.

[valid python]

I've decided I'm going to get what may as well be a crown for the 'Explorer' player type! I'm going for the fishing hat! 🎣

A side task that forces me to go to every biome and perform one of the more hidden skills and rewards me with an obscure peice of gear? Yes please!

[elder haven]

mountain

[timid moon]

my bf is on console and toggled the autopickup thing to be turned off. idk how console works or what he needs to press. the controller is for xbox, what does he have to press to make him auto pickup again?

[near furnace]

it's not in the console, it's in the game settings

[timid moon]

hm, weird. i got no idea how he turned it off then lmaoo

[near furnace]

V is the default key to toggle on / off

[timid moon]

hes asking where he can find it in settings

@near furnace ^^

[opal prairie]

Try: Left bumper+ push left joystick

[near furnace]

but he probably pressed the key while playing

it's a toggle. it's not a setting

[timid moon]

but hes on console so he doesnt have that key,,,

[near furnace]

Xbox or PS controller?

[timid moon]

nvm this worked HAHA tyy!!

[near furnace]

but settings menu -> controller and then choose "glyphs" to see

[timid moon]

thanks so much ill send that photo to him haha

[near furnace]

he can find it ingame aswell 🙂

[stable spire]

Corpse run icon is funny

[merry pebble]

#mods-discussion 😉

[keen cliff]

i'm having a slight crisis of wondering if it's actually /fun/ at the moment. 🙂

[distant field]

I am honestly not sure it is.

[keen cliff]

yeah, this phase of the game just might not be my cup of tea with default settings. maybe i would have fun again with some settings tweaks. later tonight i'll play some more with current settings and think about it.

for my first failed attempt at a beach landing, where a bonemaw destroyed my ship in the sea and i died, i actually rolled back server and character saves to the day before. something i've never done in Valheim.

[royal tendon]

Wait mountains doesnt give a new pickaxe?

[hallow canyon]

But the sense of accomplishment you get when you finally manage to build a base in Ashlands is worth it

[keen cliff]

no new pickaxe in mountain

[hallow canyon]

I do agree that Ashlands wasn't as much fun for us as some of the other biomes - it did get rather frustrating sometimes

[royal tendon]

Dang

[hallow canyon]

Next new pickaxe is in Plains

[rotund parrot]

Most mage I see seem to struggle a lot with the ashlands, I'd recommend melee with 3 health but if you tend to die a lot at least make sure to get a new portal down every so often so you never run far in case you die

You unlock the final pickaxe in the mistlands

[keen cliff]

i've only died once since getting to the beach in Ashlands. That's not my real worry. I see the path forward. It's just a grind that may not be fun enough for me to play as default.

[hallow canyon]

Isn't the final pickaxe the black metal pickaxe from the Plains?

[rotund parrot]

It use yggdrasil wood so you wont be able to make it with just black metal

[hallow canyon]

Ah, that's right. Forgot that. We did some sailing down to Mistlands before we ever killed Yagluth to get the yggrasil wood

[rotund parrot]

It might feel like a grind because you try to fortify your portal too much. I'd say just put a portal bench and shield generator down, put a few bones in it and just progress. You just need to make sure you clear what's aggroed on you before getting back in

[hallow canyon]

One group I played with that usually plays on very hard turned it back to default for Ashlands after 5 failed landing attempts

[keen cliff]

i'm not fortifying it really. the one i just dropped at the top of a spire was just two stone walls on each side, plus stone roof. just to protect from fire. the grind i'm feeling is the struggle to make it to the spot. with the uptick in mobs, and the increased danger, progress is slower.

[rotund parrot]

Always have a couple portal up for safety and when moving forward carry the stuff to make a new portal

[keen cliff]

for me, "grind" is when i feel the pace of forward progress is slow.

and of course, "slow" is subjective

[distant field]

I found reducing the death penalty to minimum has helped. It’s still stress tension inducing, but I at least I don’t feel like restoring from a backup every time I die now.

[empty stirrup]

....I have a question

[keen cliff]

yeah, i'm going to consider that. I'll give it some more time to see first, but i'm leaning towards settings changes.

[rotund parrot]

In my last hardcore playthrough I first landed in the ashlands on day 83 and killed the boss on day 90 after having gathered all the material to make the best armor and weapons, progress does not feel slow, the minute you step in you start unlocking food and material that increase your health, health regen and new armor

[empty stirrup]

Wait, I can't post screenshots here, damn

[distant field]

I don’t feel it worth making much of a base until you get a fortress, and even then consider it more an outpost than a base.

[keen cliff]

you are obviously a better gamer than me, bro 🙂

[distant field]

You can post them in the help channel

[rotund parrot]

To me the mistland is the one biome where progress is slow but they did a great job for the ashlands at making the progress steady

instead of having it all at the same time after unlocking the right amount of black cores

[keen cliff]

yeah, i don't really plan to make a base at all. for now, it's just (relatively) safe portal spots. Then I will use a fortress for something a little more safe feeling.

[empty stirrup]

Already did, sorry in advance

[keen cliff]

there is a fortress not too far away from my newest portal. I think that will be my next goal. try to get a better portal position near it to take the fortress out.

[rotund parrot]

Might want to find a cave where you might find something that will allow you to transport some flametal back to your base that you will then bring back in the form of siege weapon to get in that fortress

[keen cliff]

yeah, i haven't seen morgen caves yet. My fortress plan is really: Embers staff for corner ballista, and then using the hoe to just raise earth on a side to take out things on walkways, plus spawners

my hope is that the fortress would have some cores available for first stone portal

[rotund parrot]

likely and also likely to have flametal in the chest that will allow you into the center

[keen cliff]

from research, i think you can use pickaxe on ground in a corner to get in underneath into the center

[rotund parrot]

Hope it is not the case, does not sound easier and is definitely not as cool as destroying the door using a battering ram!

[keen cliff]

heh.

[distant field]

I think they fixed that exploit. Maybe.

[keen cliff]

Maybe. I was checking and they definitely fixed tunneling under main walls. Center tower not sure

[royal tendon]

What do you think about using wolf trousers, drake helmet and root harnesk in mountains? Is the root harnesk worth it or should i just use wolf chestpiece

[sharp bluff]

probably wolf
root harnesk is extremely overpowered but there arent many pierce threats in the mountains

[royal tendon]

I mean theres bats and stone golems, also wolf would cost extra

[sharp bluff]

bats dont do relevant dmg either way and half the golems, already a somewhat rare encounter, dont care

oh, and cultists destroy you

[royal tendon]

Hmm well i guess

Ill make the wolf and try it

[sharp bluff]

silver isnt iron
yes, you dont get it thrown at you and the weapons consume a ton
but you have almost no uses outside of mountains tier gear for it

[broken summit]

hi

[turbid cairn]

does the board game "launching" oct 1 mean that's when it will be available? Or that's just when a fundraising campaign will begin?

[cosmic kindle]

How do you guys clear enemies out of your moat i dug mine way deeper then it needs to be and killing them with a bow is tricky and takes forever

[nocturne wolf]

I’ve never made a moat, but putting some tamed wolves (or any tamed animal) in there should work

[keen cliff]

1. just ignore them. 2. the wolf thing is great. i have 1star wolves in my moat, and have tried to make the moat wide enough that raids would spawn inside it.

[cosmic kindle]

Wolfs sound like it would work great but have not to got that point in the game yet

[nocturne wolf]

You could use boars

[turbid cairn]

i would just ignore them until youre strong enough to kill them. they aren't going to just keep piling up forever

[mighty rain]

roadmap after 1.0 is released?

[keen cliff]

i'm surprised you have mobs actually ending up in your moat. in my experience, since the walls of the moat are steep, they never actually go in. sounds like you have slopes

[nocturne wolf]

We likely won’t be getting content updates past 1.0

[turbid cairn]

you dont put little ramps out of the moat in a few places?

[cosmic kindle]

From what iv seen they push each other over the edge

[mighty rain]

😢

[keen cliff]

yeah, but not super frequent

[keen cliff]

nope. my moat is steep edges all along it. This is to keep my wolves in, so they don't run around outside. and also, it becomes an absolute barrier to mobs, generally

[turbid cairn]

ah i just never bothered with the wolves tbh

[keen cliff]

it's not really needed. i just found it fun. but a steep moat keeps enemies on the other side. They generally don't end up inside it. most mobs can't jump/fly

[turbid cairn]

ya i also almost exclusively build in black forest, so the only danger is if a troll sees you and throws a rock

[nocturne wolf]

I make a wolf pit to kick greylings into

[keen cliff]

i might take a break from Ashlands and widen my moat more. I really want to see a horde of wolves fight a charred raid

i guess at this point, it's less a moat, and more of a wide valley/plain that's contained, with base on a mesa in the middle. heh.

[cosmic kindle]

How can i get natural light in my base?

[merry pebble]

make big windows 🙂

[cosmic kindle]

So i plant carrot seeds and they give me 1 carrot but how do i get more seeds? Do i have to go harvest them?

[vocal rivet]

Plant carrot.

[cosmic kindle]

Nvm i see it

I looked right over it lol

[royal tendon]

Do resistances ever stack in any case?

[fair cairn]

nope

the higher will always override the lower resistance

[nocturne wolf]

Because it’s applied in blocking calculations instead of damage reduction, serpent scale shield’s resistance can stack with root harnesk/bonemass power’s pierce resistance

[cosmic kindle]

If only you could farm blueberries

[nocturne wolf]

You can farm carrots

[royal tendon]

Ookay good to know

[nocturne wolf]

Stacking the resistances lets you do stuff like this #screenshots message

[fair cairn]

maybe i shoulda added the same resistances dont stack, wellp

[slate grove]

Do need to kill moder before going to the plains?

[merry pebble]

yes if you want most of the future stuff 🙂

[slate grove]

You mean access to the mistlands right?

I’m just running out of mountain and I haven’t found a an altar yet. I wanted to take a detour to the plains before I started looking for more mountains

[fair cairn]

with out moder you cant build stuff you need for plains

[slate grove]

Can I make the plains weapons without it?

[nocturne wolf]

I think you can make new arrows, but that’s about it. It’s not worth going there before Moder.

[cosmic kindle]

Blueberries and coal are gonna be the death of me m

[keen cliff]

i'm assuming you're still in the black forest stage of the game?

[cosmic kindle]

Yep

[sharp bluff]

the game will make the former obsolete and the latter abundant soon enough, dw

[high flume]

most items retain use throughout the progression of Valheim. iron most prominently. used for tall builds and even endgame equipment. lower tier food may not always be the case.

[vocal rivet]

Disagree, early biome items also become obselete as you progress.

[sharp bluff]

most retain use, even if somewhat marginal

[cosmic kindle]

Im about to attempt the elder im probablywau under prepared but i want to see what its about

[nocturne wolf]

What equipment and food do you have?

[cosmic kindle]

Finewood bow troll armor deer stew queens jam and cooked deer meat and then my melee is a bronze mace

[dense rapids]

Is there any way to build a longer bridge without support than by using iron wood?

[cosmic kindle]

Oh wait im gonna have to sail there

[nocturne wolf]

Make a bronze buckler or bone tower shield. While 1h no shield can be great for the movespeed, it’s a good idea to keep a shield for when you need it.

[keen cliff]

good idea to make the bronze buckler, yep

[cosmic kindle]

Ok what arrows should i use?

[nocturne wolf]

Fire arrows for the elder, but melee should be your primary source of damage

His melee attack is very slow so you can easily step back before it hits you

[cosmic kindle]

Ok and its ancient seeds for his offering right

[nocturne wolf]

Yes, I think you need 3. Don’t forget to bring a portal.

[cosmic kindle]

A portal?

[hidden gorge]

not necessary, but nice to have

[rotund dust]

Good Morning Fellow Vikings! Whats everyones goals for today ? 😄

[rotund dust]

Bow + fire Arrows, you can be naked and still win (Assuming you dont get hit)

[keen cliff]

A B P. Always Be Portalling

[vocal rivet]

looks at clock reading 10pm I think I'm done with goals for the day.

[cosmic kindle]

Is there anything i need to know before sailing for the first time

[rotund dust]

Only sail in the ocean at night.

[keen cliff]

do the opposite of Andre

[rotund dust]

Why? Then you're wasting sailing time 😂

[nocturne wolf]

Don’t be scared of serpents, they’re balanced to be killed with black forest equipment.

You’ll only find them in rain or at night so you can avoid them if you want to. You can’t use either of their drops without iron.

[rotund dust]

But the goodies that drop ❤️

If hes about to kill Elder, he ain't that far away from Swamp regardless 😛

[nocturne wolf]

Serpent scale shield

[rotund dust]

Just checked my skills, and my daughter played 5 minutes for me last night, to cook food, while i was busy, and i died twice and went from 81 sword to 71.. FML

[keen cliff]

i have older kids, but i still wouldn't let them play my character in this game. 🙂

[dense rapids]

I managed to retrieve 31 iron from mistlands on my own without dying 🥳😎

[keen cliff]

are you skipping swamp crypts, and getting iron from mistlands instead?

[mortal igloo]

lol we are currently at the iron age, and i'm venturing in the mistlands for black cores

serpent scale shield + root chestplate is so OP in mistlands tho

[dense rapids]

No I'm end-game mistlands, but the place still freaks me out

usually play with friends but they have been busy lately

[nocturne wolf]

#screenshots message

[cosmic kindle]

How do i make i portals?

[nocturne wolf]

Make a bronze axe and chop birch or oak trees for finewood
You’ll have the other materials already

[dense rapids]

10 greydwarf eye + 20 finewood + 2 surtling core

[keen cliff]

when you pick up surtling cores (from burial chambers), greydwarf eyes, and finewood, you get the recipe

[cosmic kindle]

I have finewood but what station is it

[dense rapids]

with your hammer

[keen cliff]

workbench

[dense rapids]

first tab on the hammer

[keen cliff]

yeah, you need a workbench in range, but crafted via hammer

[nocturne wolf]

When placing the portal near the elder, you should also make some stake walls (5-7 + a gate) so enemies can’t see it

[rotund dust]

I just saw my firsrt 1* BAT 😮

[keen cliff]

lol what a waste of a star

[rotund dust]

Haha

[keen cliff]

and i guess you're playing modded. wiki doesn't show bats can have stars

[rotund dust]

Nope, I have no clue how to mod, i liek the game as itis

Stock standard normal, altho all 5 bats in this cave have been 1*

[keen cliff]

hmm

[rotund dust]

Posted it in SS

[keen cliff]

that inside the frost cave?

is that Hildr quest cave?

[rotund dust]

Hildir?

[keen cliff]

howling cavern

[rotund dust]

The flames are blue, and the Ulvs are 1* too

I might leave this one be 😂

[keen cliff]

yeah, i'm betting you are in the Howling Cavern

which is a mini quest for Hildr

the 1star bats make sense there. and the ulvs.. and other things you'll find

[rotund dust]

Well, i havent found Hildir yet, and never done a Howling cavern, so i might come back later

[keen cliff]

it should say Howling Cavern on the zone in text

[rotund dust]

Oh so it did

[keen cliff]

nice. it's basically tougher than a normal frost cave. and there's a boss with a drop for Hildr

[rotund dust]

Āt what point of the game, does one do these? Im full mountain gear

[keen cliff]

hmm

i don't know. The howling cavern was the last one i did. And I was already wrapping up plains

[mortal igloo]

any time you like i guess

[vocal rivet]

Yeah, all of Hildir's quest locations are slightly buffed versions of the dungeons in that biome.

[mortal igloo]

yeah

[rotund dust]

Imma prepare and give it a shot 🙂

[keen cliff]

i guess i never noticed the bats in there had stars

[rotund dust]

There were even 2* bats

And the Ulvs were starred, so im guessing everythign in there is starred

[keen cliff]

so they will have a whole 30 health?

[mortal igloo]

lol

[keen cliff]

so funny

[cosmic kindle]

Im headint to the elder boss fight ill let yall know how it goes

[rotund dust]

GL

[keen cliff]

good luck!

[rotund dust]

Also this howling cavern mountain, is the biggest mountain ive ever seen, practically goes to the sky

[keen cliff]

sweet! big mountains look amazing

[nocturne wolf]

Are the howling caverns any good for fenris hair? I never find much (usually 5-10) in frost caves.

[rotund dust]

Dunno, i hitched my pants up, and sprinted out of it as soon as I could, (waiting on potions to brew before i fully exlpore it)

[nocturne wolf]

Hildir’s dungeons are balanced to be taken on with that biome’s own gear, unlike normal dungeons which are for the previous biome’s equipment.

[rotund dust]

Yeah but still want Stam/Health/Tasty just incase 😛

[oblique stirrup]

If I put a portal in the swamp will it get destroyed ?

[nocturne wolf]

Make some stake walls around it. Enemies won’t destroy what they can’t see.

[oblique stirrup]

Got it thanks

[keen cliff]

lol so i guess i had too many player objects near my portal in ashlands. i just got the "you got the chills" raid

[rotund dust]

Moder Vegvisir Aquired ❤️

[keen cliff]

i wonder how those guys are going to like the ashlands mobs....

lol at the Fenrings going after the charred warriors and such. this is great

granted, that 2star cultist did some work

[rotund dust]

Cultists dont exist, and even if they did, i doubt they drop a trophy 😂

[nocturne wolf]

Cultist trophies aren’t that hard to find

Fenris hair is what doesn’t exist

[cosmic kindle]

Well i died but only cause i had 50 of them dwarf guys and a troll trying to kill me almost the whole fight

[nocturne wolf]

That’s why you bring a portal. Rolling makes you invincible, so it’s great for getting items back near a boss that may kill you in one hit otherwise

Next time you fight a boss, clear all nearby spawners and enemies so this doesn’t happen

[cosmic kindle]

Yea well i forgot to place the portal and my ship is on the coast of the other island so i extra fucked

[keen cliff]

Always Be Portalling. Portal early, portal often.

[nocturne wolf]

Would you be able to sail there with a raft and build a small bed shelter so you can at least respawn on his island, then retrieve your stuff?

[rotund dust]

Ive done two Frost Caves, and have level 3 leggings/coat, no Cultist trophy tho... The Hair is common as

[cosmic kindle]

Probably its very close to the island i live on

[keen cliff]

i got my trophy from my first cultist kill lol 🙂

[rotund dust]

Are there cultists in the Howling Cavern? Might explore it for a bit to get one if there are

Altho, they'd be starred 😮

[warm depot]

I encountered a 2 star gyall 💀

man has almost as much half has bonemass

[plush umbra]

Anyone else annoyed by the mist in mistlands

[warm depot]

its part of its personality

would u eat a burger without bums?

[plush umbra]

They could’ve at least added a command to get rid of it tbh

[rotund dust]

KFC made a burger with no buns

[warm depot]

f# kfc

[plush umbra]

Right

[rotund dust]

But MISTlands, needs the MIST 😄

[warm depot]

but IT DOES NOT need 2 star gyalls

[cosmic kindle]

Do. Bosses not despawn?

[rotund dust]

It sounds like you had a GREAT time 😄

[warm depot]

nah miss me with that, I ran away

[rotund dust]

A wise man 😛

[warm depot]

I was not mentally prepared for a 4200 hp gyall

[keen cliff]

i would just avoid that section of the mistlands forever

[warm depot]

I was sprinting myself to the queen

guess it was just friday 13th luck

[keen cliff]

i'd mark it on the map: stay the hell away, doomgjall

[warm depot]

the queen fight is so hardcore compares to the others lol

[rotund dust]

Long as theres no Freddy jump out at us, we'll be right

[warm depot]

dont spoiler ahslands!!!!!!

[warm depot]

doomgjall lol

[keen cliff]

if you're trying to go into the Ashlands completely blind, good luck to you sir. And I'd recommend not hanging out in this discord. you'll get spoiled

it's been out long enough that mostly we don't spoiler tag Ashlands stuff. so incidental spoiling will happen

[warm depot]

I know about stuff from posts teasers and trailers, but I gotta ask, how sudden is the arrival, how much do u have before getting jumped when u first set foot off the boat

[vocal rivet]

Before.

[grave mural]

set foot?

[keen cliff]

you can see stuff from your boat. and yes, you get jumped in your boat too. on the way in

[warm depot]

ye I know, I had exams when it was released, so I waited and started a new world

[warm depot]

🗣

[keen cliff]

i went in, full spoilers, and had a rough time.

[dense rapids]

which raid is The dead have been summoned?

[warm depot]

ashlands?

[keen cliff]

ashlands

[dense rapids]

I havent set foot on ashlands yet, but im there in a boat now xD

Im screwed hahah

[keen cliff]

you get that raid in your list after you beat the queen

[dense rapids]

do they fly or swim?

[keen cliff]

no

oh, you got an interesting raid, imo.

[vocal rivet]

That sounds like a rubbish answer but is actually correct.

[keen cliff]

lol

[dense rapids]

Ill just get the hell out of there none the less

[keen cliff]

i mean, he asked a yes or no question about the raid, right? i think "no" is valid. it kinda sounds like he's mostly not getting spoiled, so i don't want to provide too much info

[dense rapids]

yeah thanks! Not really want spoilers

just freaked out there haha

[keen cliff]

i have much respect for ya'll hitting the Aslands with little spoilers. Turns out I'm big baby in comparison

[vocal rivet]

Try beta testing, it's a weird blend of going in UTTERLY blind yet somehow spoilered for everything at the same time.

[keen cliff]

i do think, as a solo player, the stakes feel higher to me

[keen cliff]

interseting, but i kinda get it. you see patch notes i assume, as they work on it?

[vocal rivet]

The patchnotes are nicely vague usually, but naturally in the testing channel people are always talking about x, y and z and it makes no sense to try and spoiler tag everything.

[dense rapids]

I have seen some spoilers, and of course I have been curious as well. Just trying to keep it to a low level of spoilers.. if there is such a thing..

[cosmic kindle]

Elder has been defeated it was actually pretty easy when there wasent a million other things also trying to kill me

[keen cliff]

yeah, the first rule of boss fights (for me) is to clear out the area first, maybe even lay down some camp fires for spawn prevention. Then start the fight after i sleep for the night.

[warm depot]

valheim still needs a 2 people bed so I can sleep together with my gf 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[vocal rivet]

I don't think the game really needs to be that accurate.

[warm depot]

dragon bed also having the option to be a 2 people bed would do wonders because on busy servers if u want to make a joint sleeping space its hard to put 4 dragon beds next to eachother and it wouldnt look that good

[cosmic kindle]

I have killed the elder what now? The raven did not show up to give me ant tips or info

[slim imp]

search for the next biome. Which is ||swamp||

[vocal rivet]

You got a key, I wonder where it fits.

[sullen sigil]

Is there still a road map available for Valheim, like in the beginning of the journey?

[vocal rivet]

There hasn't been a roadmap since May 2021 and likely won't ever be. We have one more biome, Deep North, to go. Other than that, see the Swamp update mentioned in #news.

[sullen sigil]

Alright ty

[plush umbra]

💀

[rotund dust]

So the spawn for Geirrhafa is always random inside the Howling Cavern? Or is he always at the bottom of a stair case, in a small square, that you can just stand on the rock pathway up and shoot him 😂

[keen cliff]

I cheesed him similarly. He was down from me, and couldn't get up to where I stood.

[rotund dust]

Yeah it felt wrong tho #screenshots

[keen cliff]

Mine wasn't exactly like that. But the end result was.

[foggy glacier]

he's not always that way. I've had to run back until I could jump on to an ice column, then (same).

[keen cliff]

can a morgen cave be empty? i'm smashing stuff all inside this, and it hasn't popped out yet

[sharp raptor]

Usually means the Morgen is somewhere outside of the cave. They are rare but it happens.

[vocal rivet]

No, all three variants of Morgen Hole should spawn a Morgen.

[keen cliff]

yeah. i'm confused. i went in, popped bonemass, summoned skellies, walked all around inside it, smashed everything, took the 2 cores that were there. (under average, boo!) still nothing

this cave is JUST on the edge of lava. I wonder if there's any chance that could affect it? but what i heard about dungeons actually being up super high in the sky, makes me think no. so odd. .... good, i guess?

[vocal rivet]

Technically if it somehow managed to spawn outside of the hole I guess it would just drop down and then fall in the lava in that case.

[keen cliff]

i mean, a win is a win. my first two cores.

[vocal rivet]

Any time you don't have to fight a Morgen is a good time.

[keen cliff]

can mobs spawn normally on lava?

i actually don't know if lava hurts mobs. obviously not askvin

they hurt my skellies, i know that

wow, embers staff is amazing at taking out ballista from long range. just gotta get that arc right. halfway across the map lol

oh, hmm. i just read on reddit that some putrid holes have walls inside? maybe i could pickaxe around there and find the morgen?

and potentially more cores

[distant field]

oh, really? how do you tell if they have walls?

[slate grove]

Is there a good way to find leviathans other than just blind luck?

[distant field]

Sail a search pattern.

[wispy path]

large open oceans at night

storms, but it can make them hard to spot

[distant field]

but also I believe there's a band in which they spawn

[distant field]

Leviathans, not serpents.

[wispy path]

mb

[distant field]

They require at least 30m depth, so you can ignore narrow water ways.

[keen cliff]

Not sure. I'll bring a pickaxe in next time and try to smash the walls

[slate grove]

Thank you!

[digital veldt]

is it worth it getting the iron sledge if you get an elite drauger trophy in a casual playthrough?

[warm sandal]

i make a point to get one and stand next to a spawner and kill what comes out until i get one if i have to... that sledge is such a help in frostcaves!

[keen cliff]

Big hammers are the best.

Granted, the iron sledge uses SO MUCH iron. I almost regretted it but didn't.

Now I miss my demolisher as I play as a pansy mage.

[timid moon]

whats a morgen?

[hidden gorge]

late game (ashlands) monster

[timid moon]

i keep making worlds but cant make it past mountains lmao. i need a good group so i can finally get to ashlands

oh my god morgens look so cool????

omg theres so many new things

[hidden gorge]

heh, there's quite a lot between ashlands and mountains -- patience and perseverence will get you there

[timid moon]

is ashlands the place at the bottom of the map?

i think the furthest biome i got to was plains but didnt do the boss because the group fell out </3

[hidden gorge]

theres #1024264966712340510 but I find it's best just to drop into other people's worlds or casually invite people for a day or so

it can be hard to keep up a consistent schedule of a particular games -- they shouldn't be work after all

[unreal bear]

yeah ashlands is the place at the bottom. after mountains is plains. then they added Mistlands biome. and then Ashlands biome

[digital veldt]

what crafting bench do you need to make a seal breaker?

[nocturne wolf]

Galdr table

[digital veldt]

thanks