valheim-chat

[keen cliff]

... or reading words in the game

you get to the plains and it pops up a big Plains with dramatic music

[plush umbra]

God bro i stepped on a plains biome before

[keen cliff]

then you should have recognized it.

[plush umbra]

Like i got black metal scraps

[plush umbra]

It was a small island with dead trees so i stepped on it second i stepped on it i got 1 shotted

[keen cliff]

hell, when you're in a biome, your minimap has the actual name of the biome right there

[celest fractal]

deathquitos are just an anolog for malaria

[keen cliff]

gotta drink a lot of gin to keep the deathsquitos away i guess

[nocturne wolf]

Deathsquitos are fast, once you enter a plains it’s usually too late already

[plush umbra]

I know but i didn't pay attention to that due to from what i experienced i need to get a little inside of island for the biome name to pop up

[keen cliff]

ah, this game, like life in general, is easier if you pay attention

[celest fractal]

damn

he's not wrong

[plush umbra]

Mb dawg for not knowing how a swamp looks like and get 1 shot by a random enemy

[celest fractal]

sounds like a swamp

[nocturne wolf]

Swamps aren’t that bad

[celest fractal]

you can look at it on the map it will say @plush umbra

swamps are bad at first and if you dont have posion resist or are new

[plush umbra]

Man it didn't look like plains no plains grass whatsoever it was js a dry island with dead trees

[celest fractal]

swamps tend to be darker and more dinjy, plains are quite vibrant so fair enough

[plush umbra]

Yeah figured that out later when i cameback

[civic crypt]

Whats the optimal size for the kitchen??

[nocturne wolf]

I make it 6x6 metres minimum (more is better for ingredient storage)

[trail pelican]

getting insta murdered by setting foot into the plains way too early unwittingly has to be like one of the staple valheim experiences

[keen cliff]

second only to dying while chopping down a tree

[trail pelican]

exactly

[civic crypt]

ok

[nocturne wolf]

Dying to your first tree, or was that only me?

[celest fractal]

its when the deathsquito flys out to your boat and clarts you. absolutely horrendous @trail pelican

[trail pelican]

100%

[celest fractal]

being chased by your first troll
terrifying

[rotund parrot]

And unfortunately, you shared a picture of your boat stuck on the shore of a plain a few minutes before you rage quitted. So you can try to convince us it was a swamp all you want but you shared the moment before that deathsquitoe killed you

[keen cliff]

the 3rd staple valheim experience is dying while building up high

[plush umbra]

Um guys what is a rancid remain? Its 1 star

[civic crypt]

that was my first experience in Valheim^^

[trail pelican]

1. death to tree
2. death to overly enthusiastic jumping
3. death to smoke inhalation whilst
4. oh shit, what's the giant blue thing?!
5. wow, what a peaceful golden field...hey, what's that buzzying sound?

oh shit, I skipped "welcome to the swamp, bitch"

[celest fractal]

whats this noise in the mist?

[nocturne wolf]

It’s a rare skeleton with a mace that deals poison damage

[trail pelican]

sounds like an air horn

[keen cliff]

who's playing a trombone in the mistlands....

[plush umbra]

Should i bother fighting it does it have the same attack patten as a normal skelly?

[celest fractal]

yeah innit XD @trail pelican

[nocturne wolf]

It has a different, slower animation but just like a skeleton it only has one attack and no random movement so it’s completely predictable. It won’t drop anything unique but may be between you and a treasure room.

[civic crypt]

and with storage? ca. 5x5 or?

[celest fractal]

what would yall say is a good price for a basic server for valheim?

[plush umbra]

Yeahh he is blocking off my enterance to the chamber

Holy shit he isnt taking any damage

[nocturne wolf]

What weapon are you using?

[vocal thorn]

Yo wait can we mod the board game? 😭

Imagine getting checkmated by a troll 😭

[plush umbra]

Flint knife but i killed him now

[keen cliff]

lol

[keen cliff]

gportal's pricing is better than getting a linux shell host on AWS

[plush umbra]

I love knifes jump attack 😌 such a good move

[celest fractal]

thinking of running some servers and renting them out as i have some spare machines

[keen cliff]

you probably will need to beat gportal pricing at a minimum. but honestly it sounds like too much work for too little return

[celest fractal]

yeah its a wonder how the make money from it, but i have the know how just curious as to how much they charge for a vanilla server

[keen cliff]

https://www.g-portal.com/en/gameserver/valheim-server-hosting

economy of scale.

they've most likely greatly generatlized all their infrastructure code. they negotiate better pricing for bandwidth and compute, etc.

[trail pelican]

indeed, lotta 'one weird tricks' in this economy that only work/become available once you reach a certain scale of wealth/capital

[celest fractal]

damn, sounds like id have my work cut out for me. still gonna try it on the side as a little hustle. might be the next big thing haha

[keen cliff]

$150 if you buy a year upfront for 10 slots for a valheim server. if that service is any good, that's nearly impossible to beat imo

depending on what type of servers you have lying around for this, you may pay more for electricity alone

[celest fractal]

i could beat 150 dollars

[keen cliff]

good luck. at that point the question is, how much is your hourly return going to be from this side project 🙂

[celest fractal]

oh like 5 pound ($6.50) a month per server if i priced it at 7.50 pounds a month ($9.80)

but i would face problems scaling it i reckon. theres only so much you can do on domestic internet

[keen cliff]

i would also check if your contract with your internet provider allows running a business on it. in the US, comcast has a seperate business internet vs what most people get. and i bet the fine print has things to say

#screenshots message @tacit crystal you can do a fire and rested bonus down in the ground too. But it looks neat. I'm just nitpicking the efficency

[celest fractal]

yeah thats the thing with domestic internet here that someone from work mentioned. it may be fine for one or two servers but if i scaled it all up a bit it would probably start causing alarm bells for my ISP lol

idk its just an idea at this point im gonna just play it by ear. just have fun with it

[light moat]

Funny you mention that! I actually used to work at a major internet provider- won’t say the name. But yes, technically in the fine print… you’re not allowed to host a business on residential internet service. At least, that’s how it was when I was there lol

[tacit crystal]

I know, I just wanted a tower.

[keen cliff]

i used to host a valheim server for myself in AWS, and only turned it on when i wanted to play. it was a fun technical exercise, as i wrote code to manage the DNS and automation around it. But it probably wasn't cost effective

[celest fractal]

damn. i mean im still pretty much a noob with it. i just started cause we were doing loads of networking at my work. pulling my hair out trying to get medical devices to talk to a virtual central station over a network through Vlans. stressed me right out but also made me think i could try my hand at hosting a game server

its all good fun tho. im learning as i go

[keen cliff]

... in fact, i'm still getting charged 65 cents a month for secrets management. i need to go delete those

[celest fractal]

whats that

[keen cliff]

i'm using https://aws.amazon.com/secrets-manager/ to host the password for the valheim server

very much overkill, but it's the way you'd do it with a "real" app in AWS

[celest fractal]

oh damn, it hosts a password? so what does that mean.

[keen cliff]

applications usually need 'secrets'. passwords to in the app, stuff for database connections, 3rd party services, whatever. generally an app reaches out to a secrets management service to get the ones it needs. secrets management service enforces best practices around passwords and their rotation, etc

valheim server has the password you need to connect. in my setup, when the valheim server started up, it would read that password from secrets manager

[celest fractal]

oh damn, yeah i usually just put in some random numbers for the password XD

[frail wagon]

have they talked about us yet?

[vocal rivet]

Huh?

[fair kindle]

who is "they"?

[frail wagon]

#news message

[merry pebble]

wdym?

[nocturne wolf]

They’ve talked about valheim

[trail pelican]

they gonna talk about it 2 more times I believe

[frosty rose]

Hello, does anyone have massive fps drops as a peer in ashland biome?

[silver hound]

my friend has a curse or somthin like that cause every time he drives boats he hits somthing and when i'm alone then i don't hit anything

and i don't see anything under the boat do

too*

[trail pelican]

tell your friend you're just a better sailor

[azure yacht]

Lag can cause damage to the boat while sailing

[crimson cradle]

why is there no ashlands tier knife

[vocal rivet]

There are gaps in armor / weapons in most biomes.

[merry pebble]

all weapons have some gaps in progression 🙂 knives didnt have one since black forest

[crimson cradle]

i guess

[keen cliff]

it's tough being a harpoon-main

[merry pebble]

harpoon is counted as a spear i believe 🙂

[crimson cradle]

but like every type of melee weapon excluding heavy weapons usually extends to the ashlands

[keen cliff]

shhhh

[crimson cradle]

swords and spears have no gap at all in progression

[keen cliff]

two handed clubs have no ashlands weapon

[crimson cradle]

i said excluding heavy weapons

[keen cliff]

god why do we have this same argument every week?

[merry pebble]

plains dont have a spear

[keen cliff]

can we just put a FAQ on the wiki discussing this topic? Q: Why doesn't X biome have Y weapon?!?!

[crimson cradle]

huh, never noticed that

fair i guess, but swords are still very reliable

[merry pebble]

and swords are indeed in almost all biomes, exept meadows

[keen cliff]

Why doesn't every biome have a buckler? Why doesn't every biome have a tower shield?!

[crimson cradle]

yes there is no meadows sword but theres only like 3 or 4 types of weapons

it's like the tutorial level

[keen cliff]

Why doesn't every biome have an armor set with a set bonus?

[crimson cradle]

bro i just wanted to know why there was no ashlands spear

knife i mean

[keen cliff]

the answer is... because there isn't

[vocal rivet]

Because the devs didn't want one.

[crimson cradle]

i love the splitnir tho

[crimson cradle]

you couldve entered with that

[keen cliff]

possibly. It doesn't have the effect though, i'm betting. I'll try the next time this question comes up. I'm starting the clock now.

mark the calendar boys, 11:28AM PDT, go

[crimson cradle]

it's fair some weapons have a gap though, but i wish i didnt have to switch weapons just to keep my damage up

[keen cliff]

oct 8th

it's a common thing some people are unhappy with. The response is generally: the game incentivizes you to be flexible in the weapons you use and carry.

[crimson cradle]

but what doesnt make sense is the fact the dundr requires bloodstone

[keen cliff]

if someone wants to specialize in only piercing weapons, they end up unhappy against a mob with pierce resistance, for instance.

dundr should be iolite 100%

i totally don't understand that one.

[crimson cradle]

the real issue is that like every boss past the elder is resistant to pierce

it's so unfair as an atgeir glazer

[keen cliff]

i think it's offset by significant mobs that are weak to pierce

[crimson cradle]

not really

[vocal rivet]

See this complaint actually makes sense.

[keen cliff]

and generally how well bows perform throughout the whole game

i CAN understand the boss pierce restistance more

[crimson cradle]

it's understandable that bonemass and moder are resistant to pierce but how is yagluth or the elder

what kind of bone is buddy made of

[keen cliff]

some stuff is just dev choice for game balance reasons

[crimson cradle]

i havent fought fader yet but i bet he is too

[keen cliff]

the devs might have decided that pierce weapons tend to out perform other weapons, so lets make some bosses resist pierce

i don't know if that's true, but it could be logical

[crimson cradle]

atgeirs have a pretty bad downside to their rediculous stagger

they take a ton of stamina and are fairly weak with their block armor

same with knives in their lack of block armor but you can use a shield with them

[keen cliff]

right. it's a game design decision. their secondary attack so strong, it makes sense that they have downsides

[crimson cradle]

but what shouldnt be a game design decision is the lack of a real bloodstone magic weapon

[keen cliff]

the game isn't finished yet, of course

[crimson cradle]

fair

[nocturne wolf]

They don't need block armor if they can stagger everything though

[keen cliff]

who knows what the deep north may bring

[light drift]

Do log beams support more weight than normal wood beams? I assume so, but support is not super well explained. I have my house wrapped in beams to support it's weight 😂😂

[keen cliff]

i'm sure some of the ashlands ingredients will be used in DN recipes

just like refined eitr is used in ashlands stuff sometimes

[crimson cradle]

bosses can't be staggered and enemies with enough health still take a lot of hits

[keen cliff]

i'm excited to see a deep north two-handed hammer. it's going to have a tough act to follow after the demolisher.

[crimson cradle]

with an iron atgeir it takes like 4 or 5 secondary hits to stagger an abomination assuming he hasnt made you roll away or run out of stamina

[keen cliff]

abom is resist to pierce

[crimson cradle]

yeah

the iron atgeir is like 70 pierce

[keen cliff]

it's like someone saying "my dagger isn't doing much damage to this rancid remains!"

smh

[crimson cradle]

okay well a bronze atgeir to a troll still takes like 2 to 3 hits

[keen cliff]

troll is weak to pierce

[crimson cradle]

a lox to a blackmetal atgeir

[keen cliff]

resist and weak are huge game mechanics

[nocturne wolf]

No, it's usually 1 once you raise your skill a little/upgrade it

[keen cliff]

i want to see atgeir secondary hitting troll's head lol.

[crimson cradle]

that'd be really funny

[keen cliff]

"hold on troll, let me climb this tree so i can smack you harder"

[crimson cradle]

it'd be really fun if there were aerial secondaries

or if there was a magic weapon with a secondary

[valid python]

Matches root armor, I suppose

[crimson cradle]

come to think of it, abominations are pretty similar to the elder

[nocturne wolf]

The elder isn't, and yagluth is a skeleton
Moder is not resistant to pierce

[crimson cradle]

i coulda swore he is

[nocturne wolf]

Bonemass is very resistant, and Yagluth, The Queen and Fader are normal resistant.

[cobalt canyon]

Barbecue bonemass over a surtling flame

[nocturne wolf]

Fader has some visible bones so he's resistant for the same reason as yagluth. The queen is the only boss that seems to have pierce resistance for balancing only and not her design.

[crimson cradle]

i coulda swore they are

[vocal rivet]

If only there was a website that... Eh, you get the drill by now.

[crimson cradle]

why are skeletons resistant in the first place

i feel like piercing bones would be easier

[vocal rivet]

Have you tried to pierce a bone?

[crimson cradle]

maybe it'd be harder to actually hit a skeleton cause theyre thinner

[cobalt canyon]

Try shooting a dog bone and see if it makes it through

[atomic adder]

then add blunt arrows so bow users won't have to make damned maces

[crimson cradle]

have you????

blunt arrows would be really fun though

[nocturne wolf]

The iron mace isn't that expensive, it's not an issue.

[merry pebble]

sure, make bows even more OP xD

[crimson cradle]

bows arent even that op

[atomic adder]

bows arent op

[crimson cradle]

their late game draw stamina is nuts

[cobalt canyon]

Bows are safe at the expense of efficiency.

[crimson cradle]

the spinesnap has what like 14/s

with full stamina i could get like 5 accurate shots out of that thing

[nocturne wolf]

But your stamina bar is very big with mistlands food, and by that point you have lingering stamina mead

Bow skill reduces draw time so you spend less time draining your stamina before a shot

[crimson cradle]

fair

[atomic adder]

tbh i havent ever felt these skills making any difference

[crimson cradle]

with full skill maybe like 10 shots

[nocturne wolf]

Most skills don't but with bows it's very noticeable. At ~70 skill you can fully charge a shot while rolling, which is very powerful.

[lusty dirge]

Bow (and blood magic) skill levels have a very noticeable impact

[crimson cradle]

Blood magic especially

[hazy viper]

I've definitely felt an effect of the axe skill using the electric berserkir axes a lot.

[crimson cradle]

With full blood magic, summoned skeletons deal 3 times their regular damage

The magic barrier has 3.5 times it's normal health

It doesn't affect the trollstav though

Except for the eitr cost tho

[atomic adder]

troll is so op

most useful staff 🙏🏿

[nocturne wolf]

Staff of protection is better. Even at blood magic 0, being able to take (and parry if you want to) any hit without dying is op.

[vocal rivet]

Yes, smashing or crushing is MUCH easier.

[atomic adder]

idk i feel like in most cases im not awarded by parrying, mostly with bubble

it vanishes as soon as i hit my parry

[light drift]

I need to get stronger woods and stone. I finally got my house standing properly and it took me like 8 in game days 😂

[nocturne wolf]

You're making yourself vunerable to make another enemy vunerable

[trail pelican]

the point is it doesn't matter how much damage OR hp left on bubble--you will ALWAYS parry--that's the secret power

[atomic adder]

yeah but i can parry almost every enemy without the bubble

[vocal rivet]

I wonder if there's a connection..

[trail pelican]

well then you don't need it so much lol, but it opens up interesting build possibilities, being able to guarnatee a parry off the bubble

[atomic adder]

but i want it

[trail pelican]

without having to specifically have a certain health & block armor combo to reliably parry

[cobalt canyon]

ok so

v-hard combat, 2 star seeker = 1,000 dam to my skeletons?

[light drift]

Build full stam, go in naked, get the parry and then 2 hand swing

[cobalt canyon]

That accurate?

[atomic adder]

what is he yapping about

i can parry a nuke

[nocturne wolf]

You'll need eitr food to make the bubble
Or a friend can eat it for you

[light drift]

Oh I guess

[atomic adder]

sad thing i can't play as paladin

[nocturne wolf]

What do you mean by that?

[atomic adder]

being able to use magic+melee weapons at the same time

[vocal rivet]

You can.

[atomic adder]

nah i cant

[light drift]

Bro thinks he's in baldur's gate

[vocal rivet]

Because Valheim is classless you can do literally anything you want.

[keen cliff]

you can always do 1 eitr/1 stam/1 health if you wanted

[nocturne wolf]

With an eitr and stamina diet you should be ok to do that.

[trail pelican]

literally the build I'm describign lol

[atomic adder]

because i have to eat eitr food which takes most of my life

[keen cliff]

get enough eitr and blood magic skill to cast bubble

[nocturne wolf]

But with a staff of protection you don't need any health

[high tide]

Yo, am i able to transfer characters between steam and xbox if i have previous saves/characters on xbox and im now planning to get the game on steam?

[atomic adder]

but i need everything else to even cast it

[vocal rivet]

So just do EES.

[atomic adder]

thats not how paladin works

[keen cliff]

yeah, this ain't D&D

[vocal rivet]

Given that it doesn't even exist in this game it can work however we want it.

[atomic adder]

yeah so

it can be mfing garrys mod

[vocal rivet]

Play that then, maybe you'll enjoy it.

[atomic adder]

this aint dnd this aint baldurs gate

[vocal rivet]

Exactly. You're the one trying to make it that way.

[atomic adder]

like wtf no one ever mentioned these games punks where you got that from lmao

i want to be a paladin in valheim xd

[nocturne wolf]

Then how does a paladin work? With a staff of protection and some eitr & stamina food, you should be able to use magic and melee efficiently together

[keen cliff]

because valheim and viking myth doesn't really have paladins. that's why it's mentioned

[vocal rivet]

Paladin, being a D & D class.

[keen cliff]

you're asking for something, paladins, which is most known in D&D

[atomic adder]

i don't know paladins from d&d

d&d got that from you know where? real life, and that's where i heard about paladins

[keen cliff]

i wouldn't be surprised if dungeons and dragons had the first rpg instance of paladins in history

[nocturne wolf]

This is how you described a paladin, and it's already completely possible within valheim

[atomic adder]

nah i dont feel like it's possible

[keen cliff]

you can't mention paladins and not deny the connection to dungeons and dragons

[atomic adder]

i absouletly can

[keen cliff]

well, if you're an idiot who is like 12 or something sure

[vocal rivet]

Hang on a second, that's a bit much. They might not be 12.

[keen cliff]

lol

[atomic adder]

xdd

[vocal rivet]

Actually 12 would be against Discord TOS.

[nocturne wolf]

Why not?

[atomic adder]

and you're a fucking nerd who thinks everyone knows about d&d

[trail pelican]

lol

[keen cliff]

thank you

[vocal rivet]

You're on the Discord for a video game. Pot, kettle, black anyone?

[merry pebble]

what you feel and what is reality are two completly different things, you cant present your opinions like facts if they are just plainly not true

[marsh plover]

Was there anything globally important said during the tabletop/console section? Missed that one.

[vocal rivet]

I think it's still happening.

[keen cliff]

if you're nerd-like enough to be all hard about wanting paladins, you gotta respect your nerd elders buddy boy

[atomic adder]

only nerd around here is you with your talking about d&d man

[keen cliff]

i was coloring in my dice with a white crayon to roll ability scores for a paladin before your mom got knocked up by your drunk daddy

[atomic adder]

lol

[keen cliff]

🙂

[merry pebble]

Guys...

[atomic adder]

congrats i guess?

[vocal rivet]

Yeah, you right.

[atomic adder]

you don't know nothing old punk

find god in your life

[vocal rivet]

Odin?

[keen cliff]

i get my fictional deities in video games

[merry pebble]

Oh yes

[light drift]

The paladins remained a popular subject throughout medieval French literature. Literature of the Italian Renaissance (15th and 16th centuries) introduced more fantasy elements into the legend, which later became a popular subject for operas in the Baroque music of the 16th and 17th centuries. During the 19th and early 20th centuries the term was reused outside fiction for small numbers of close military confidants serving national leaders. Modern depictions of paladins are often an individual knight-errant holy warrior or combat healer, influenced by the paladin character class that appeared in Dungeons & Dragons in 1975.

[atomic adder]

lol

[keen cliff]

yes, i don't argue that the concept of a paladin didn't exist previous to D&D. I specifically said RPG paladins. And someone with such a love of paladins is an idiot not to know their paladin history

[atomic adder]

did i ever said i love paladins

[keen cliff]

sorry, you lust paladins?

[atomic adder]

do you have less chromosomes or what

[vocal rivet]

Fewer.

[warm sandal]

that is basically what i always do 😄 i am likeing melee AND magic 😄

[keen cliff]

ahahah

[atomic adder]

ahahah choke on your mfing d&d

[light drift]

The only "historical" paladins that you "learned of from real life" were twelve dudes who thought they could take a full army themselves "because God" and got stomped on. The next major mention of paladins was fantasy which led to dnd

[atomic adder]

i wish tos wouldnt exist

[trail pelican]

bros thought it was a game of Crusader Kings 3 and they had stacked knight effectiveness high enough

[light drift]

😂😂😂

[atomic adder]

bunch of nerds gotta study whole wikipedia

being 40 must be tough

loans and all uhh

[spare fable]

last night i put a suggestion in the suggestion chat "iron ore deposits.

[trail pelican]

lolololololololololololololol, omg bro, stop givign everyone rope

[spare fable]

(rare of course)

[merry pebble]

I wish there would be some pointers to follow on servers...Like being polite, not hating on anyone.... we could maybe call it rules and have a channel for it so people could read it 🙂

[vocal rivet]

We already have those.

[spare fable]

people disliked it

[nocturne wolf]

#suggestion-discussion would be the right place to talk about it

[light drift]

40 😂😂😂😂 it's something I remembered reading in class studying history. Was relevant

[spare fable]

oops

[spare fable]

if youre talking about scrap iron in the flooded crypts i thing its silly that its the only way to get iron

[vocal rivet]

It's not.

[spare fable]

its not?

[nocturne wolf]

You can already use a wishbone to find iron under the surface of swamps

[vocal rivet]

No, it's probably the best, but certainly not the only way.

[tacit crystal]

There are other ways to gather iron also in later game.

[vocal rivet]

You can even fish for it if you're really bored.

[merry pebble]

at least 6 other ways to get iron from top of my head

[light drift]

😱 Whaaaaaaaaaaaat 😱😱😱😱 no way!

[valid python]

Can dismantle structures in Mistlands as well as Ozzers drop it

[trail pelican]

the poo piles are close enough to iron ore deposits, especially when you account for there being extra just scattered around the swamp, so my guess is people just didn't see any novel addition from the suggestion

[spare fable]

the wiki only lists scrap iron and fishing

[foggy glacier]

there is iron available in later biomes.

lots in Mistlands, as @valid python said.

[spare fable]

mmaybe the wiki just needs a little updating

[trail pelican]

weirdly there is an in-game asset for iron ore veins already in game, wonder if they just started and abandoned that--OR they'll maybe drop it in elsewhere, maybe sneak it in as a more readily available source in deep north?

[vocal rivet]

No, the wiki is accurate.

[cobalt canyon]

do you even technically need smelters?

[nocturne wolf]

You need a blast furnace if you want to fight the queen without glitches, but not normal smelters

[merry pebble]

but crypts remain the best one 🙂 (the others are fishing, underground mudy piles in swamp, oozers, sealed tower cage walls+window barrs, bridges in mistlands and armor+swords in mistlands)

[vocal rivet]

There are a lot of assets that are unused now. I suspect they were mostly all works in progress.

[spare fable]

i see

[vocal rivet]

Frost cave doors.

[merry pebble]

Ah, true 😄

[rotund bay]

did we get any leaks or sneak peaks during The Spill livestream?

[merry pebble]

#general message

[light moat]

Putrid caves sometime have iron as well!

[rotund bay]

beautiful

so much qol
many thanks

[merry pebble]

Aaaah, also true 😄

thats 8

[blissful kiln]

Anyone got tip how I can level up mage easily?

[keen cliff]

despite all the alternate sources of iron later in the game, i did just say screw it and go back to the swamps and did a few crypts. doing it with stone portal available and high level gear is fast and easy

[devout idol]

is the only fix to ride a 5 star lox to reduce its size when using CLLC ? its like the lox is stuck

[merry pebble]

there are no starred loxes...

[light moat]

https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1202934289898151966

[devout idol]

Yea but who wants to ride a lox with zero stars when you can ride a 5 star badass 😛

[merry pebble]

you cant... and if you are using mods then this is not the channel for it

[serene talon]

still hoping they add starred loxes

[devout idol]

Of course i am playing with mods LoL

[serene talon]

would sure make lox meat pie production easier and make it more consistent with other tamed animals

[merry pebble]

Bleh

[vocal rivet]

Why 'of course'. Most don't.

[devout idol]

Maybe because the question i asked was mod related.

[vocal rivet]

How were we to know that?

[devout idol]

it was stated in the question ?? thats how lol

[vocal rivet]

I didn't see you mention mods anywhere.

[devout idol]

you dont se it says when using CLLC ? i guess you need to read it again

[vocal rivet]

I have no idea what 'CLLC' is.

[light moat]

Gotta remember, not everyone knows what CLLC even is.

[devout idol]

you also know its not a standard thing in valheim

[vocal rivet]

People have weird names for vanilla items.

[devout idol]

Sure buddy

[vocal rivet]

Given you've posted in here it's reasonable to assume you weren't talking about mods.

[tacit crystal]

Some tips I use for leveling them skills:

• For Elemental magic, trap a Stone Golem in a pit and shoot it with Ice staff, it is immune to frost damage but targeting it still count as hit, getting xp from every hit
• For Blood magic, find a spawner (like the Draugr spawns in Swamps, ideally 2), raise ground around the spawner(s) so your skellies don't hit them, raise skellies, cast bubble, let skellies kill spawning Draugr, cast bubble every time one bubble breaks

[merry pebble]

then why are you bringing it into standard valheim channel?

[devout idol]

were does it state its a standard valheim channel tho xD, it just says valheim-chat

[light moat]

Someone who is new to the game might not realize what CLLC is, could potentially confuse them 🙂 that’s why the channels are separated.

[merry pebble]

Does the "not for modded valheim content" really have to be added to each and every non mod channel? Cant people just think and look at what channel are availible to them?

[vocal rivet]

Apparently.

[devout idol]

Cant people like you just ignore the fact people write something in the chat ?

[copper orbit]

Love all the teasers mentioned during The Spill's live stream.

[lean storm]

Does anyone know any of the new valheim info from the event today?

[light moat]

Agreed, really good stuff!

[merry pebble]

#general message

[light moat]

#valheim-public-test message

[copper orbit]

I'll probably make a video summarizing it all 😉

[merry pebble]

they dont have public tester role 😉

[light moat]

New video soon Jiroc? Edit: ahh I see now!

[copper orbit]

working now 🤠

[lean storm]

BRUH FINALLY THEY STARTED ADDING THAT

I’m excited

[light drift]

What's the difference for color of fork on good items? Some have white some have yellow

[merry pebble]

red=hp, yellow=stamina, white=balanced

[tacit crystal]

And blue = eitr

[copper orbit]

Anyone else think the ||"Bog Witch"|| will be another ||Dverger vendor||?

[merry pebble]

tho tahts a bit later in game 😄

[tacit crystal]

It could be also similar to ||fuling shaman|| maybe

[light moat]

My personal guess is a ||fuling||

[merry pebble]

i think they said it will be an type of enemy that will be a trader

[trail pelican]

they said it's based on/similar to a preexisting enemy, so they'd be trolling us at least a bit if they meant "yeah, like the dverger enemies, that you already have encountered 2 merchants of"

[light drift]

Are there any specialized storage units later on? I know we have craft able piles for like wood and stones and bones and whatnot, but do we ever get like a fridge or a valuable chest or anything special to help organize

[nocturne wolf]

No, you just get bigger chests for better organisation.

[light drift]

Fridge as in preservation box

[hazy viper]

Magical afterlife spirit food doesn't spoil.

[trail pelican]

KINDA the personal chest, but mostly no

just straight storage space upgrades

update, finally remembered to build some bonfires at base, got a bat raid--tactic works EVEN better than I imagined it would, it's almost like the bats have a death wish and beeline straight into the bonfire!

[teal matrix]

Hahahaha, nice. Now you can rake in those free leather scraps.

😎

[light drift]

Will rafts and boats stay put if I leave them? Or should I dismantle and have to make another workbench later

[tacit crystal]

They stay still, but mobs can target and break them

[light drift]

👍

[trail pelican]

yeah it really depends--i'd break them down for materials unless it was a place I had a definite intent to return to and anticipate needing a boat when I do--but they're gonna generally be safe to just leave, as long as you leave the area it will unload and mobs then won't be able to destroy it

[rotund bay]

I really hope we get more types of jerky 🙏

if this qol update brings them then praise Odin

[vocal rivet]

I wouldn't call more recipes particularly QOL.

[merry pebble]

it would be nice to have higher tier balanced food, but i dont think we will get it, at least not in this update 🙂

[rotund bay]

but

jerky 🥺

[keen cliff]

I could imagine better cooking UI. the long list of things to cook is clunky. QoL would be like tabs of food types, for instance

[vocal rivet]

Oh, don't get me wrong, I don't think more jerky is bad, I just don't think it comes under QOL. We will probably (hopefully?) get more with Deep North.

[keen cliff]

at a mimum, i could see tabs for Health, Stamina, Eitr, Balanced

siilar to the Upgrade tab in workstations

[merry pebble]

yeah that would be nice 🙂

[vocal rivet]

That would be good. I'm not sure making it more granular than that would be beneficial.

[keen cliff]

i would do those groupings, and then reverse sort by number. Highest value recipes at the top of the list

so you go to the health tab, and first recipe is always your most health producing food

the way it's sorted now is kinda crazy

and for food that needs to be baked, just keep it in the sorted list by the value of it's cooked version

[light moat]

If I had to guess, they’ll probably separate the mead bases and bait from the list.

[keen cliff]

oh snap

[merry pebble]

i would do it the other way around actually, or at least having the option to switch the sorting from highest-lowest to lowest-highest

[keen cliff]

yeah. i just assume most people want to cook their best food usually. that's my only thinking on the sort highest->lowest

and yeah, a separate mead tab would work well

i always forget about bait. we have a lot of tabs in this arrangement though 🙂 i could put mead and bait together in a Misc tab

🤷

[blissful kiln]

Tysm

[tacit crystal]

No problem!

If Stone Golems are hard to find, you can also target your tamed Lox (if you have) because they are durable and resist frost damage. When low health, feed it and it will (probably, not always) heal fully.

[valid python]

||Farming Sythe|| is hype. I love diagetic solutions for QoL.

[tacit crystal]

Yep, I imagine it could work like ||Butcher knife||, but can only ||target crops||

[light moat]

I had the same thought! Would be interesting.

[tacit crystal]

Could also be interesting ||polearm weapon|| but probably doesn't work like that 🥲

[azure yacht]

I'm afraid of a building/crafting skill.

I hope the building one doesn't increase piece hp or something. Having 100 hp pieces where some have 100, others 101, others 108 and so on seems nightmarish

It's why I never liked those ideas

[vocal rivet]

I don't think it'll do that.

[azure yacht]

What else could it do? Don't think it'll just be reduced stamina consumption

[tacit crystal]

That remains to be seen.

[light moat]

I’m stumped, I have no idea what it could do. Stamina consumption rate would be weird, I agree

[vocal rivet]

That's what most other skills do essentially.

[azure yacht]

Not weird, more like lame. Seems like a waste having an entire skill that just reduces stam consumption when we 1) have hildir's clothing which do that and 2) there are ways to make it a non-issue with comfort and snack food (like cloudberries).

It's not weapons, running or jumping where reduced stamina IS super important

[vocal rivet]

Well that's why it wasn't ever anything I wanted, personally. What else COULD it do, as you say?

Farming I can understand increasing plant radius, reducing growth time etc but building is instanteneous.

[azure yacht]

Precisely.

Also, rather than crop growth (which would also become highly inconsistent), higher yield + reduced stamina would be much better.

It could even just be higher yield and that alone would make it useful

And mass farming

[light moat]

#valheim-chat message I’m just so excited to hopefully get a whole hog 😁

[vocal rivet]

Higher yield would be hard to scale, when currently we have 3:1 for most crops and 1:1 for barley and flax.

[azure yacht]

Oh right.

Also there's resource slider, but they balance things based on default settings.

[fair kindle]

that awkward moment when you find out that you didn't actually quit a server, 1 hour later... xD

boy am i glad i wasn't in my base, and was sneaking in the black forest when i left my laptop. My character was still alive right where i left her! 😂

[plush umbra]

hey question, if I leave a fuling camp after clearing it without breaking anything will the fulings, crops, and loot chests respawn?
single player

[vocal rivet]

No, dungeons don't respawn.

[fair kindle]

however, there will still be regular spawns of fulings around the camp

[oak river]

did anything cool about the game get revealed or just board game stuff?

[vocal rivet]

Oh, many many things. Where've you been/

https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Future_content has a summary.

[crimson cradle]

i really hope that witch hut thing is gonna be cool

i saw the picture and it looks really nice

[light moat]

Board game stuff is cool 🥲

[trail pelican]

Crafting skill could also reduce durability cost per use

[light moat]

I really hope crafting skill doesn’t give any sort of buff to damage

[trail pelican]

Yeah shouldn't

[light moat]

Only thing I can think of is crafting speed?

[trail pelican]

Maybe--I guess I am assuming build with hammer and crafting at benches (both/ either) could be meant by "crafting "

[light drift]

Wait. Do you actually need to beat the elder to get access to stone? Can't you get some iron outside the crypts?

[vocal rivet]

In theory, but killing all Forsaken is kinda the point of the game.

[light drift]

Yes! But I'm bad at games and iron would be helpful. Also I wanna build a house 😂😂😂

[light moat]

Do you mean iron? Generally, yeah, you’ll need to defeat elder first. There are some niche things you can do to get a little iron early, but for most it’s not really worth it.

[trail pelican]

just the crafting at benches all I can think of is speed, affecting final stats of item crafted, or increasing number of items in decreasing order of what I think is likely

Oh MAYBE it can reduce mat costs for initial creation and/ or upgrades

[light moat]

“Skill not high enough to craft stone 2x1. Skill needed:30”

[cosmic summit]

Should I buy valheim on the Xbox store or steam?

[civic dune]

steam. not even a question.

[vocal rivet]

That's definitely a question.

[valid python]

Steam, community mod support, easy peer to peer multi-player, should run fine on most computers ect

A strong community infrastructure is one of the most valuable things a game can have.

[vocal rivet]

It is?

[azure yacht]

This does seem feasible

[azure yacht]

Which mod support?

[vocal rivet]

Well, I think they mean that you can actually HAVE mods with the Steam version whereas neither the PC nor the XBox MS store versions can. Not that they actually have support.

[light drift]

Wait. There are realtime seasonal event in this game?

[vocal rivet]

Realtime? In the sense that they're based on IRL dates, yes.

[humble mica]

So did they talk about anything significant in the video mentioned in the announcements? Haven't had time to watch it. I noticed there's no new news posted, so I'm guessing no.

[vocal rivet]

Oh, there was a LOT.

https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Future_content summaries them.

[humble mica]

A summary, sweet. Thanks brother

[light drift]

That's wild. I was wondering why I hadn't seen the may pole recipe and it was like wait for midsummer

Or be stupid lucky

[vocal rivet]

Yeah, they do spawn naturally, but very rare. I've been told you can change your system clock to cheat it, but I've not verified it. Seems a lot of effort.

[light drift]

Changing my ally date for a pole seems not worth

[trail pelican]

if you really want to, can't one of the build modes, like the hammer mode, or with commands, let you override the date limit?

[vocal rivet]

Oh, sure, you can obviously just spawn them in.

[trail pelican]

like if you were THAT determined to consider messing with the system clock

ya that'd be much simpler i'd think

[slim magnet]

Will Valheim ever get steam achievements?

[plush umbra]

by 1.0 probably yes

[vocal rivet]

Practically confirmed at this point.

[light moat]

If I’m not mistaken, it was confirmed during the dev talk today as well

[plush umbra]

i figured but i wasn't 100% certain anymore, better safe than sorry~

[keen cliff]

stupid rng. 3 chests in a fortress, only 11 flametal total, 2 gems. the gems is fine, but 11 flametal is weak

[hazy viper]

Your next fortress might have 90. I found one of those.

[light moat]

Just caught some copper ore, pretty neat!

[maiden harness]

So I am trying to run a valheim server for me and my wife but it looks like I either have to go through a long process of setting up a dedicated or renting a server, is this true?

[light moat]

This is true, are you having trouble?

[maiden harness]

I actually don’t know yet, we tend to hop around games a lot whatever the mood that may be. So renting a server kinda sucks because a lot of times that means we have to restart again unless I remember to save a backup.

[light moat]

Gotcha, if you’re not like super into the game, just invite her to your world 🙂

The advantage of a dedicated server is that the ‘host’ doesn’t have to be online in order to play on the world. But if that’s a non-issue, just host a world from your system

[maiden harness]

We played valheim years ago and loved it. I am sure we will love it again especially with all the recent new content.

@light moat thank you for helping out, at least we know what we need to do next 😁

[light moat]

Happy to help!

Wow, so I just caught that level3 trollfish, it’s huge!

[light drift]

Very few games make achievements during early access, because it tends to change aggressively and therefore achievements get deleted and or changed. Gets completionists all miffed.

[plush umbra]

yepp, i wasn't implying they'd come before 1.0, at that moment i just wasn't sure if my memories of them saying they'll do chievos at all were guarantees or "we might"s.

gotta be real careful not to turn the latter into the former here, especially if your name's green

[light drift]

Wow the shutters in this game are ass imo

They never flip the way you want them to it feels like and the fact they open 135° makes they look just bad.
Also to not have two high shutters to fit a full wall is criminal.

[merry pebble]

You can add those in suggestions 😉

[somber pelican]

Max level arctic salmon is huuuuuuge! 🤭

[wooden tapir]

how you even catch one of those, feel like it would drain your stam in like 2 seconds

[somber pelican]

Abusing terrain really... try to find one on the coast and then raise/lower terrain or build to have a spot you can quickly drag it out of the water... and then run up and grab it fast.

It makes a glorious wall decoration 😎

[light drift]

Does pickaxe level change the damage it does to ores? Same question for axes. Or does upgrading just affect durability

[lusty dirge]

It does. Look at mining dmg (chop for axed): https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Bronze_pickaxe

[light drift]

Anyone else feel like better wood should give more coal in the kiln?

Like throw in some corewood and get 2 per

[valid python]

So I just finished the final Hildir's quest!

The sealed tower is kind of genius. It challenges you in a way different to anything else so far. Thematically it reminded me of an old popular Minecraft mod called battle towers.

Also very lucrative! I did the Ore-drop shuffle all the way back up XD 70+ Black Iron and 10+ Iron.

I will probably do the other sealed towers for funnsies.

[light drift]

I have learned you cannot use flooring as a roof. Shame. Flat roof would be nice.

[wooden tapir]

there are some mods that add building pieces if you really wanted to try it

[nocturne wolf]

Stone floors work as flat roofs

[light drift]

Oh do they? Great

[topaz vortex]

Does anyone know about the combat tech where if you do a secondary attack with a sword and dodge roll at the same time, the roll cancels the attack but you hit the attack and instantly roll all while having i-frames? It seems they patched this recently. Now, the roll comes out first, and the attack second, but the attack no longer has the i-frames. Did they really patch this? Is my timing off? Is there anything similar to it on the current version?

[opal prairie]

Morgen gjall!

[finite trail]

I am hyped of the bog witch update. Hope its coming soon. Nice work 👍

[merry pebble]

I believe it was said to come out in 1-2 weeks? Not 100% sure, memory Is kinda foggy

[opal prairie]

Punched to much by drakes or drank too much punch or just getting or being old?

[grand wagon]

Just wondering, why is every valheim community server I try to join 18+? A little sad for someone whos 16

Of course I respect their decision and don't complain I'm just asking here.

[merry pebble]

Punched in the head by school and having a bit too much semi-fermented wine yesterday 😄 (on top of not having great memory anyway 😂)

Its basically just to say they want mature people who will not do dumb stuff younger people usually do 🙂

[opal prairie]

They hope to get mature people if they put that age restriction but sadly enough there are enough adults that act childish compared to some teenagers.

[grand wagon]

Yeah.

I could possibly convince them, no?

[opal prairie]

Certainly, you have a no right now, you could get a yes.
There is nothing wrong with asking.

[grand wagon]

Well, I'll try.

Can't continue without trying

[rain flare]

Never try and you’ll always fail neh?

[opal prairie]

Never try and make sure everything stays the same.

[tacit crystal]

Well said. And later you'll regret you never tried when you had a chance.

[bright siren]

Im trying to make a resin farm without making it a super long project to complete and its so frustrating.....i surrounded a spawner with wood and put fireplaces inside, but the mobs are breaking them while they run on them, why there's dmg on stepping on objects? thats kinda stupid...

[fair kindle]

pufferfish will do damage but do not take any damage 🙂

[bright siren]

? what

[fair kindle]

touching a dropped pufferfish will apply poison, dealing damage over time. Being an item, they also don't have any durability that can be damaged. They might be a replacement for the campfire, as they do not need to be repaired

[bright siren]

oh you mean an actual fish in-game.....understood. Well this campfire setup is a mess. I cannot stay here repairing so it will eventually break

[opal prairie]

Because else bosses could be easily cheesed, cover the whole spawning area of a boss with campfires or hearts and run circles around it so the boss is constantly in contact with the fire.

[flint nacelle]

I have been to four separate swamps, and not a one has had a crypt or has been of any substantial size. I even sailed far enough to find the plains but no decent swamp

[bright siren]

lol, wow.....there's really no way around anything in this game huh? devs are obsessed with fair play. Jeezzz...

[opal prairie]

You can use wolves or skeleton archers.

[nocturne pasture]

dunno the Boss mechanics and the 100million HP Pool makes it so that there is no chance for me not to feel like I cheesed the boss.

[opal prairie]

Still lots of ways to make bosses easier though and even cheese some but yeah.

[bright siren]

I do not want to fish puffer fishes it will take ages to get a decent amount. What's another good way of making a resin farm without it being too complicated.

i just need a lot of resin

[nocturne pasture]

you can jsut mod your valheim

[bright siren]

I'm trying to stay as Vanilla as possible here.

[nocturne wolf]

How much is a lot? You can get lots of resin by chopping trees, and that will also get you a lot of wood to.

[bright siren]

i have a big base i need to light it up lol

that could be 1k resin xD i dont know haha just need loads

im not far in the game to unlock the no resin torches

[nocturne pasture]

the no resin toches need another rare item^^

[opal prairie]

Get some wolves and make a breeder close by the spawn and connect the pit under the spawner to the pit where your new wolves drop in, close the spawner pit and the wolf pup pit of with a door and once wolves have matured, have them follow you and take them to the spawner pit.

[nocturne wolf]

||Wisps|| aren't rare?

[nocturne pasture]

well I dont consider these real torches

[nocturne wolf]

So what no resin torch were you talking about?

[nocturne pasture]

the green and blue

[bright siren]

Hmm interesting i will take note of that

you know what i was thinking? might remove a lot of troches in my base and replace them with surtling trophies. That will provde enough light srouce i think

[merry pebble]

So guck and greydwarfs eyes iirc, only guck Is somewhat "rare", and if you want a lightsource you don't need Fuel for mistlands have 2

[opal prairie]

Once you are in the mistlands and can get the dead raiser you could use that and train blood magic at the same time.

[nocturne pasture]

well they have iron which is rare/unconvienent too

[bright siren]

hmm okay cool cool

[merry pebble]

Then wisp torches are the way to go 🙂

[tacit crystal]

Hanging Brazier on ground level, they don't take damage but set mobs on fire.

[pastel terrace]

@opal prairie Doesn't work as ingots don't slide very well unfortunatley. Even coal gets stuck a lot.

[opal prairie]

True, maybe make a drop first so it has some momentum and then make it roll down or so.

[pastel terrace]

Doesn't really help, even a 10m drop does nothing and beyond that point you may aswell just have a drop chute 😄

Anyway, the idea is to go sideways and upwards etc
The main challenge is if i can make it work outside of ActiveZones

[opal prairie]

yeah if even that doesn't work a drop chute with 4 connected smelters and a gathering point a floor down might work.

[past hill]

Hi Guys!

What do i need to summon the secondboss? (Elderwood or something)

[nocturne wolf]

Three ancient seeds

[opal prairie]

The elder requires ancients seeds that drop from brutes and when you destroy greydwarf nests.
Plus you will need his altar.

[nocturne wolf]

They drop from the brutes. Shamans drop bukeperries.

[opal prairie]

Already changed ^^

[past hill]

Okay so we find the nests?

Like the spawners?

[opal prairie]

Yeah the greydwarf spawners are called nests.

[spare token]

Yo, to the abomination who just destroyed my ship, i hope you rot in hell

[obtuse glen]

No, you will get that abomination and make a root harnesk out of it

[spice mural]

I typically run around swamps chopping up abominations for the mask just so I don't have to brew the anti-posion meads 🫡

[rotund parrot]

The bees are happier if you use their honey to make meads

[coarse jackal]

are wolves cannibals will they eat wolf meat

[light moat]

Nope!

[coarse jackal]

thanx

[frigid gust]

The mask is handy in the swamps, but the Harnesk is useful in the Swamps, Plains and Mistlands even. Halving piercing damage before any armor is factored in is huge.

[faint nebula]

the Adze has to be near a forge not a workbench? but it's a workbench improvement? I've never noticed that before

[trail pelican]

that's a wonky consequence of it being a forge built item--i.e. you have to build it within the radius of a forge much like a number of other build pieces usually those involving metal (at least not the later metal that might require a black forge)

it doesn't otherwise interact with it--it buffs the workbench its near--but you have to put down a forge (doesn't have to stay there, just initially to build it) somewhat nearby to allow you to build it in the forge's radius

[mossy knot]

Hello. So, a few friends started Valheim last month, and I wanna start today. They are already a little strong. I would like to, in a few days, become close to them as a stronger character. Would like tips to start and get strong faster.

Saw some youtube videos but not sure if they are up-to-date. I would appreaciate if a experienced player tell me great start tips like: what to gather, what itens to buy, how can I have fast as possible a shield for parry, fast a possible good armor that is not expensive, best way to create arrows fast too. This is it, I guess.

[nocturne wolf]

All shields have the same speed, and anything except tower shields can parry. Don't worry too much about buying anything except the megingjord (<-this)from Haldor.

[uncut mason]

Grind my friend. Takes several hours to explore and level up skills. My advice, don’t follow them around until you have catch up.. @mossy knot

[nocturne wolf]

You could ask your friends to make some appropriate equipment so you can be at the same point of progression as them, or use some of their older equipment as it should be good enough

[mossy knot]

Would like to know where in The First map should I Go, How to create The base faster for more bonus stuff too

[nocturne wolf]

There aren't any specific points on the map to go to except for bosses when you're ready for them. There are some places such as traders you'll want to visit, but the only way to find them is to randomly discover them when exploring.

[uncut mason]

@mossy knot I also don’t recommend going in their bases and buildings because you will unlock things in the game that you haven’t discovered yet by simply learning as you explore the world.

[rotund parrot]

If you want to greatly speed up the early game, avoid building for a while, craft your first weapons on the go as you gather ingredients, kill animals, explore the map, find beehives in old houses and only start getting established when you get close to a black forest

[frigid gust]

Your "power" in Valheim is very much tied to your food, and your crafting stations. Skills are just a nice bonus that build up over time. You can speedrun to their "level" by them giving you appropriate food, gear and letting you live with them, but you won't necessarily have the experience to be able to use those tools as efficiently.

There's not really the same concept of power leveling in Valheim since there isn't anything specifically gated by any kind of levels or skills.

[fallen zephyr]

Yep. Valheim is basically Pacman with better graphics. 😛

[frigid gust]

It's like Factorio + Pacman. Gotta keep the food supply rolling 😉

[hearty niche]

I live a pretty nomadic existence early game and just build structures as-needed.

[distant field]

So I was right about potions, eh?

[rotund parrot]

Wise man

[hearty niche]

I wouldn't go that far but it's definitely been a working strategy for me hahaha

[light drift]

Is the kiln the only method for coal? Or is there a way to mine it? Other than burning food obviously

[vocal rivet]

You need more?

[hazy viper]

Kill sertlings in the swamps. Sacrifice trash to Thor. Leave out unprotected wooden structures in Ashlands. Did I miss any?

[trail pelican]

I THINK you still just need to have fire tick world modifier setting turned on (off by default) and you can burn 50 wood stacks to turn tem into 50 coal?

[distant field]

Enable the burny stuff setting.

[trail pelican]

not sure how best to set it on fire--dunno if just placing a campfire works--without staff of embers

maybe, fire arrows?

best way without doing that before ashlands besides kilns probs is digging out the surtling spawn fire geyser so they die almost immediately on spawn to the water damage then you can collect the coal drops

[hazy viper]

How much coal do you get when your base burns down?

[rotund parrot]

With fire hazard when I want coal I just build a wood pile overlapping a fire very slightly and it will catch on fire without extinguishing the fire

[trail pelican]

oh didn't know that would work, that's probably simplest

[serene talon]

the equivalent of the wood i think

[rotund parrot]

Worst way to get coal is from portals turning into 2 cores, 10 eyes and 20 coal. Especially in areas where you can't get fine wood

[light drift]

That sounds like a fast way to come back to no house

[distant field]

Right? I've not yet tried it myself, but I can't imagine it's fun early game (before you can build with stone).

[rotund parrot]

Fire doesn't really spread from one burning piece to another and it won't happen when you are not there. If something catch on fire, you will hear it and have plenty of time to react before even one piece burn by either repairing it untill the fire stop or destroying it and rebuilding it

[hazy viper]

Yeah, I was kind of being tongue-in-cheek there. I'd never turn that setting on just to avoid using the kiln.

[rotund parrot]

The best part of fire hazard is how cool and realist it makes the game look when using fire arrows or fighting enemies that uses fire

as it catch the grass and trees on fire and make the fights look epic

[hazy viper]

I might try it someday when I replay, so any builds I make will already have fire safety built into them.

[rotund parrot]

A meter clearance between a fire and any wood is sufficient to not run into problems, biggest danger to your base is probably yourself with arrows and eventually surtling raids

But in any case just destroying the pieces on fire will stop the fire

[hazy viper]

How does it work with sconces. Can they set stuff on fire?

[trail pelican]

i don't THINK so--i think the light sources are all "non fire"

[rotund parrot]

No, standing torches cannot set anything on fire either

[trail pelican]

as opposed to, say, braziers

[hazy viper]

Well, that's good. I still suspect my hearths would be too close to their surrounding floors. I'll live without it in this world. 🙂

Oh, braziers. That I have hanging from wooden beams. Yes, this setting might be a bad idea right now.

[trail pelican]

rrrrigggghtttt

my builds, DEFINITELY wouldn't pass a fire inspection

[light drift]

I probably need better armor at this point, but it's so heavy 😭

[nocturne wolf]

Do you mean the movespeed reduction or actual item weight?

[light drift]

Actual weight

I'm always running out of weight limit cuz I'm always farming ores and woods

[trail pelican]

if you haven't already stumbled across this, you can buy a belt that increases carry weight 150 at the trader Haldor @light drift

[desert tangle]

or a cart

[frail wagon]

Or a foward base :>

[desert tangle]

thats what i do!

[frail wagon]

need to make 4th minibase in this random island...

[desert tangle]

quite relaxing doing transport as im done with farming, i load stuff up on my ship/cart then head to my mini base that i created

[hearty niche]

I love that you can stack the stacks of bones. I stacked 2 stacks and put a Jack-o-Turnip ontop

[light drift]

I was just about to ask is there a way to track down haldor

I knew about the belt, but can't find the bitch

[merry pebble]

sail around islands that you see have black forest, or try to look around elder, sometimes he is somewhat close to him

[trail pelican]

yeah there's actually not any good way in game lol

you just kinda have to know where to expect them to spawn, and sail around, hoping

GOOD news is, they will show up as an icon on your map PRETTY far away (like well into unrevealed fog of war) so you GENERALLY will be able to find them with just sailing coasts method (until the icon pops up) PROBLEM is still that's a lot of valheim world surface area to cover before randomly bumping into one--at least it's just, IIRC, black forest only for haldor, meadows for hildir, so narrows search area considerably

[light drift]

My elder is like 3 islands away 😭

Ugh

[merry pebble]

you dont have portal there?

[keen cliff]

just try to do a spiral search out from starting area on your boat.

[light drift]

I haven't even revealed that area my guy. I'm taking my time with home building and exploring for my first time playing

[stray island]

HOLY SHIT, didnt realize the infested mines would have that many resources in them lmao

[keen cliff]

may you find many black cores easily. that's the important one

[merry pebble]

Oooooh, then take your time 😄

[hearty niche]

Let's say a guy did something dumb like deconstructing one side of a portal without notating the name of said portal

[uncut mason]

Late game Ashlands provides coal when ash trees catch fire.
The other way to cheese coal would be in the swamps at the Fire Pits where the Surtlings spawn at. Mine around the fire pit and you will get coal when they instantly die spawning in the water. Spawn rate is 3 every 2-3 minutes.

[light drift]

I'm on my way now. But it got real dark while boating so now I'm vibing in the ocean waiting for light

[hearty niche]

Is there a way to list all the portals in a world? I found some python on a reddit post that I thinkc an work but if there's a built-in way I'd prefer to do that

[light drift]

So fill the space with water?

[keen cliff]

i think you can just drop a stack of 50 wood in ashlands, and burn it with a fire, and BAM, you have 50 coal

[hearty niche]

use a hoe to make the surrounding water level with the spawner

[uncut mason]

Pickaxe ⛏️ around it which crates water because you’re in the swamps.

[keen cliff]

pickaxe or hoe around it, yeah. and then set up a safe AFK spot near it. (what i did). afk for a couple hours, come back, collect cores and coal 🙂

[stray island]

found 9 already

[keen cliff]

you're golden! i think 15 is the magic number. but once you have 5 you can get making stuff

[stray island]

bet

also im getting so much fucking royal jelly and carapace shit lol. idk what ima do with it all

[keen cliff]

royal jelly is a much more limited resource than crapace.

[uncut mason]

Want to pick a large swamp area where you find multiple Surtling spawn points and have a portal colocated in the center of them all or nearby away and from mobs for protection. Then run to each and keep circulating them until you’ve collected enough.

[keen cliff]

and you'll want to save all royal jelly

[stray island]

i figured. and i feel like im getting more royal jelly than i am carapace tho. maybe its just rn since ive barely started getting both and i found a dungeon right away so im getting more jelly atm

[keen cliff]

carapace, being dropped by seekers, is everywhere in mistlands. royal jelly only has 2 sources. and generally almost always only in a mine

[uncut mason]

Royal jelly is used in recipes in Ashlands potions.

[keen cliff]

and food in mistlands

[trail pelican]

if you're a mage or want to be, you'll be glad you got the jelly

[light drift]

Oh does water just fill in holes in the swamp

[trail pelican]

well, sort of

water will appear anywhere you did low enough to be beneath the 'water line'

the way swamps spawn basically puts the whole terrain low elevation, right at or very near the water line

so anywhere you did will basically turn into a big pool of water pretty quick

the point people are getting at with surtlings specifically is that there are these fire geysers throughout some swamps

[uncut mason]

Correct.

[tacit crystal]

Royal jelly actually respawns inside the mines

[trail pelican]

that surtlins spawn around, and they die in water very rapidly, so the 'pro strat' to quickly and easily turn these areas into surtling (core & surtling wood, and occasional trophy) farms, is to just dig

[keen cliff]

yes, royal jelly and seekers respawn in mines. it's like the only respawning in a dungeon that i'm aware of

[uncut mason]

If you dig enough, yes it should start filling up.

[keen cliff]

it's a more limited resource, but not finite.

[trail pelican]

dig all around the fire geyser in a decent radius, not even necessarily so deep you have to swim, just enough to cover all the places the surtlings can spawn with water--they'll periodically spawn, die immediately to water, and drop their drops to be collected

[keen cliff]

i have a portal near a mine for whenver i want to grab some more jelly

[hazy viper]

Seekers do? I knew about jelly, but have tons so never went back to old mines, but easy carapace would be a good reason.

[keen cliff]

yeah, seekers do too. i guess they wanted some risk to going back for more jelly.

i've gone back to a mine once, and got jelly and dealt with some seekers

it didn't feel like a fresh mine amount of seekers however

[tacit crystal]

Some seekers and ticks respawn in mines, around 3 hour ish

Also the royal jellys

[keen cliff]

oh yeah, ticks too. i forgot. and that's more useful. yum blood clots

[ember panther]

Bog witch when

[keen cliff]

that's FAQ questions #5 now

[stray island]

finally cleared out the mine, it was irritating cause there was a soldier guarding the top of a spiral staircase that i had to climb and any time i got near it alerted it and it knocked me off the staircase lmfao

[keen cliff]

did you find the soldier's weak spot?

[hazy viper]

That's better than going down a staircase and coming face to face with a 2-star seeker with no room to escape.

[stray island]

ya its behind them. but i honestly just brute force it, i do enough that i can stagger them after 2 hits so whether its one or 5 i just swing until theyre staggered and then i keep swinging lmao. i just hit em from behind 😏 when im tryna be sneaky

im also running high armor + harnesk in the dungeon so i dont get the movement speed so it takes extra stam to get behind them, so i dont bother with it

[keen cliff]

i've been impressed by how speedrunners have killed soldiers with crappy spears. they've got good timing to jump behind them and hit

still takes forever of course

at this point i just parry and brute force it

[nocturne wolf]

‘crappy spears’?

[keen cliff]

i don't mean spears are crappy. i mean, they are using like flint spears or not much better. 🙂

in the mistlands, with generally "crappy" equipment for that biome

and no wisplights. honestly i suck at this game. 🙂

[stray island]

i saw a dude do a modded world where it was just mistlands

[keen cliff]

yeah, i watched that video too

[stray island]

and he legit killed seekers with his bare hands lmao

[keen cliff]

that was honestly ridiculous lol

[stray island]

ya fr

[keen cliff]

he did show how long it took however.

[hazy viper]

I've been leveling unarmed all wrong.

[rotund parrot]

Seeker soldier I wait for the attack where they hit both side, parry it from the side, which gives me plenty of time to get behind him and use the sword special attack hitting him for about 1000 damage

[rotund parrot]

9 in one mine is extremely lucky!

[stray island]

i do have inreased drop rate.

also wtf my refinery is destroying my house lmfao

guess ima have to put it outside

[nocturne wolf]

Iron cage and black marble pieces won’t be damaged

[tacit crystal]

Also earth wall

And copper wall

[stray island]

does it have the ability to shoot through the holes in the iron cage? or are the openings just asthetic

[light moat]

Nothing can go through the holes, including smoke. Enemies cant see you through them either I think.

[rotund parrot]

It doesn't I usually surround 1 or 2 of them with marble 4m high, put an iron gate to get in and then have iron bars on the top. The height is perfect so that you can add soft tissues as the grinder is the only part that sticks out while all the eitr spark gets blocked

[keen cliff]

i used raised earth and some marble walls. it's ugly, but it works

[drowsy magnet]

terrible design decision imo

[keen cliff]

funnily enough, that's what my wife says about me: "it's ugly, but it works"

[drowsy magnet]

for cages not able to let smoke to pass thru or give enemies a clear line of sight

[stray island]

sounds good. i just have it in my basement rn and it was damaging the floor tiles for the floor above it lol. i was like nah my whole house is boutta collapse 😂

[rotund parrot]

I did so much damage to my house during the mistland public test

[keen cliff]

iron cage is probably the coolest, since you can see the action going on

[rotund parrot]

Dont worry I add windows, make it look good

[stray island]

i just want it functional rn, idc about looks atm

[tacit crystal]

I built a cellar made of black marble under my mead hall, it is nice.

[keen cliff]

you could also just build it in a deep pit lol

[stray island]

ya on my next build that ima be making out of black marble, ima dig out an actual basement below ground and then build everything up around it

[keen cliff]

i guess since i don't have much to do until deep north, i could tackle a big main house rebuild, with a nicer forge area

[vocal rivet]

Well, we'll have new content in a few weeks.

[stray island]

i was about to ask what the point of the arbalest was cause the carapace arrows do 72 base dmg, the same dmg as the bolts.. then i realized the arbalest did 200 base dmg 😂

[rotund parrot]

Different reload time though but for the initial sneak hit the difference between arbalest and bows is huge

[light moat]

@keen cliff #building-screenshots message here’s my black marble eityr workshop, inspired from another build I saw here somewhere lol

The stairway with the treasure chest leads up to the top part of the refinery, accessible by an Irongate

[tacit crystal]

Quite nice!

I have pretty simple cellar for my 3 eitr refineries 🥲

[keen cliff]

very nice!

i just have one refinery in my compound, seperate from anything. and my forges are outside, and my workbench is inside. it's all kinda a mess. i like the idea of create a dedicated building for forges/table/workbench though

granted, at this point, i don't need the refinery anymore. i made enough refined eitr to make everything

i think i did the math for everything + max levels

[light drift]

Wait. Mesh doesn't allow smoke? Or line of sight?

[nocturne wolf]

No, it has solid collision.

[light drift]

Then I agree. Terrible decision lmao. They look cool though

[vocal rivet]

Makes calculations MUCH easier = higher FPS.

[hasty citrus]

What did they talk about in the spill this morning

[drowsy magnet]

shouldnt it be simple to have smoke ignore cages entirely without screwing up FPS?

[vocal rivet]

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

[vocal rivet]

Sure, they could ignore it, or they could block it. Either way people would still find ways to pick faults

[drowsy magnet]

pointing out obvious issues is not picking faults

theres a silver lining: you could trap a skeleton in a small hanging cage as a decoration and since it cant see you it wont break free

[burnt glen]

I wonder who would actually complain about smoke passing through cages. Such silly arguments lmao

[vocal rivet]

Now I KNOW you're not new here...

[drowsy magnet]

a year here, no one can say anything even slightly negative any criticism without getting shut down lol

[keen cliff]

ashlands performance is sometimes not good. 🤷

i think a lot of people express stupid opinions though. 🙂

or, just think their opinion is correct, even if people disagree. note the word opinion.

and also some people just come to whine and complain and are SHOCKED when everyone doesn't agree with them

[drowsy magnet]

honestly the same as any other servers, you either agree with the devs or they label your opinions as stupid

[keen cliff]

the devs don't label anyone here

[drowsy magnet]

i mean the members

[keen cliff]

it's other players who think other players are stupid lol

[vocal rivet]

Fortunately it's nothing like that here.

[keen cliff]

yeah, that's like an opinion. anyone can have one.

[lunar sapphire]

Opinion - onion flavoured pi

[keen cliff]

i got about 25 stacks of onions with nothing to do with them. bring on the feasts

[azure yacht]

So people are not allowed to disagree with you and should not accept/like/agree with things you (and specifically you) dislike?

[low venture]

Morning everyone! Returning player (has been almost 2 years since I last played properly). Loving starting fresh and reexperiencing the game, just defeated Eikthyr and on to the Black Forest once more!

[drowsy magnet]

what im saying that whenever someone tries to point out a flaw or give feedback on anything certain people instantly shut them down, almost every time, its like you're only allowed to praise every decision the devs make

[light drift]

I FOUND THE BITCH

He literally is beside the elder.

[vocal rivet]

I don't think there's a single player that does that.

[hazy viper]

Depending on how beside, that potentially opens up some boss cheesing possibilities, since his bubble dispels aggro.

[light drift]

Not that close. But same island like blob suggested

[hazy viper]

Ah, So only figuratively beside the elder. 😉

[light drift]

Yall make more than one base? Or do you just make baby shacks by tp points. A bed, a fire and the portal

[hazy viper]

Longhouse in meadows, large mountain cabin in mountain, castle in plains, "mage" tower in mistlands. Someday, a grausten retirement cottage somewhere.

Those are the major ones. Several little ones (portal points or hubs) dotted around on major islands like the boss islands.

I'm sure lots of players are the baby shack variety, though.

[light moat]

I have one major base where I keep all my stuff basically. I have outposts in other biomes to accommodate biome specific needs.

[light drift]

I don't wanna make a bajillion bases, so I'm thinking just a basic shack 😂😂

[hazy viper]

Just expand as you need more storage or crafting space.

[tulip patrol]

two types of players in Valheim.

A) The Main mega base players, typically in the Meadows

&

B) The smaller FOB base players, building a moderate size base in all biomes

[light drift]

I know but if you leave a portal in the middle of nowhere it's gonna get busted

[hazy viper]

Most of my forward bases are just a 4x4 or 5x5 stake wall square with a portal, workbench, and a couple of chests inside.

Optionally throw some roof on if there are flying enemies in the biome.

[tulip patrol]

in Black forest, just build a quick stake wall around it. greydwarfs are'nt gonna break down stakewalls

Swamps: build the portal on top of swamp crypts

Mountains, chair glitch into rocks and youll have an indestructible "base"

Plains, chair glitch into the rocks

just keep the stone golems away from it since theyre gonna be the only thing capable of breaking terrain rocks in the mountains, but with workbenches they shouldnt be able to spawn near

[light drift]

Will trolls not spawn and get angry at the portal in black forest?

Or greydrawves bust down a door?

Idk how aggressive stuff gets to bust up player stuff. Like idk if dwarves would bust a door to get at a portsl

[hazy viper]

They can when you're around. Not when the area's not loaded.

So basically you just need enough defense to give you time to react.

[light drift]

O

And I guess a fire helps with that too

[hazy viper]

For greydwarves, greylings and boars. Not really for anything else.

[frail wagon]

wait wait wait. were getting a scythe for crops?

[tulip patrol]

I would love an upgraded Cultivator.
Like maybe perhaps an Iron cultiavator for 3x3 planting, and Black Metal for 5x5 planting

[frail wagon]

i just want a combat scythe :>

[light drift]

Can you ever make a drawbridge?

[tulip patrol]

not a working one, but you can make a bridge that looks like one

[rotund dust]

How does one find motivation to sail 30 minutes, when they die and forgot to put down a portal.

[wooden tapir]

feel the need to go back and aquire your gear

it always feels really bad when you come back, then the dread hits you again as you realize you died 30 min away and have to go sail first thing when you get back on

i try to always end my day with all my gear, and in my house, keeps me motivated in the long run to keep playing

since i know no matter what, when i get on its a fresh start from a familiar location

[atomic edge]

how does healing work in this game?

[light drift]

It's a rough feeling, but sometimes ya just gotta get the most available shit and trudge back out there. I died after a 15 minute kharve trek with the wind in my favor and had to get back there by raft with the wind against me. That took a solid 30 minutes of me watching TV and making sure I was headed in the right general direction.

[light drift]

Slowly based on the foods in your system as far as I can tell. Apparently there's a mead that heals you aggressively, but I ain't there yet

[wooden tapir]

you also heal like 5x as fast if you are near a fire and getting the "resting" buff

[atomic edge]

why the fuck everytime i place a floor it automattically breaks?

[tacit crystal]

If it is off the ground it needs support.

[atomic edge]

like what?

[nocturne wolf]

When you move the crosshair over a build piece when holding a hammer, it will change colour depending on how supported it is. If it’s red, nothing can be built off it. You could use walls or pillars to support it.

[opal prairie]

Morgen gjall.

[sturdy pagoda]

Hello

[opal prairie]

There.

[eager rivet]

i need help in monster slaying ? who is with me ?

[coarse jackal]

why doesnt my progress savee

i lost a whole hour of progress i did like 2 hildir silver chests

[opal prairie]

PC, mac or xbox?
Cloud or physical save?

[coarse jackal]

PC

i fink physical

[opal prairie]

Game gets saved to your pc, if so check that the map to save to hasn't changed to read only and that that disk isn't full.
You can try switching to cloud save and back again, sometimes fixes the issues or try cloud saving.
If it is on cloud saving you should check your network connection.

Though this topic should go to #valheim-help it might get more traction there.

[grand wagon]

painful

Which bosses?

[merry pebble]

Silver chest is from the mountain miniboss Geirrhafa 🙂

[grand wagon]

OH

i forgot there are different chests

[scarlet galleon]

Hi, I am complete beginner to Valheim. So would you please give me some tips for start?

[merry pebble]

pick up everything you can and try to craft all the stuff you can at least once 🙂 hammer is your dearest friend so take care of it

[opal prairie]

Play the game without knowing anything in advance it will be the most fun.
Listen to the bird.
If you really do get stuck then come ask questions.

[vocal rivet]

Listen to the bird!

[plush umbra]

also listen to any tips the raven has for you~
(not this one)

if you missed one, you can look at it again in the compendium (that raven icon in the rop right of your inventory)

[scarlet galleon]

Thank you guys 😄

[wild shale]

Is there a way to play with mods on a dedicated server? My friend is on xbox and i'm on PC.

[topaz thicket]

[merry pebble]

On dedicated server? Yes. On xbox? No.

[vocal rivet]

This what?

[merry pebble]

they probably want to know the same thing?

[topaz thicket]

Yes.

[wild shale]

So no way to make a dedicated server with mods with the server being playable for xbox and PC?

[merry pebble]

not really sure about that, i think client sided mods could be possible, but as someone that doesent use mods or xbox i am really not sure

[vocal rivet]

As there are no mods for Xbox I'd be inclined to say no.

[lusty dirge]

I think its possible with serverside-only mods, but there are few of those and they are limited in what they can do.

[tulip patrol]

are you placing it on the ground? And what stability does it have.

[royal tendon]

Wait i only need one 2* wolf to get a 2* cub lets goo

[merry pebble]

yep 🙂

[plush umbra]

Yall am i lucky #screenshots

idk what to do honestly

does he dissappear?

[frozen jewel]

@plush umbraNo

[plush umbra]

isnt it weird he spawned on starter island

[frozen jewel]

no you are lucky to find him on the starter island

[plush umbra]

And like the island is huge

idk how big starter islands get

[frozen jewel]

its good build a portal in a smal hut next to him 😉

it depends on the seed haw its generated

[merry pebble]

Literally all shapes and sizes 😄

[plush umbra]

So like is there a record of the biggest starter island? So i can compare

[merry pebble]

there might have been before january in #1202740443352137838 not really sure, but i dont think now there is anything since most channels were wiped

[frozen jewel]

Hope the qestion is good here . I folow the stream from The Spill thei sed that the Bog Witch update is in a few weeks . After thows few weeks it wil hit the PTB or the live game ? Ty in advance

[plush umbra]

This island is too big for my comfort 😭

[merry pebble]

i am pretty sure they meant ptb 🙂

[odd helm]

Always PTB first, yes

[frozen jewel]

@plush umbrain my opinion its beter to have a bit biger starter island for more resorces That is my opinion

[plush umbra]

😭

[frozen jewel]

ty for the anser @merry pebble @odd helm

[plush umbra]

Ma'am when does someone gets privilages of sending images in the valheim-chat?

[odd helm]

Oh nobody but staff can~
If you want to send game screenshots we have #screenshots, if it's related to an issue you're having any of the help channels should be able to upload media, otherwise #memes-and-clips or #fanart

[plush umbra]

Aww such a shame

[odd helm]

Helps to keep the server organized

[plush umbra]

Fair enough.

[midnight goblet]

Think I'm gonna challenge my second forsaken one today, wish me luck people!

[pliant niche]

How do you join dedicated servers when they all have passwords I play on Xbox and me and my friends wanna be able to play when the host is offline

[odd helm]

Ideally your group would host their own dedicated server that y'all know the password for, but otherwise you can find one in #1024264966712340510 that the host agrees to have y'all in

[plush umbra]

Man wtf the starter island i am in is near to a swamp aswell

Yeah next to the starter island it has a swamp greydwarfs are fighting swamp creatures rn LOL

Folks i have a seed where starter island has swamp and mountains 😭

[light moat]

That’s not too uncommon!

[nocturne wolf]

Mountains appear closer to the centre, but swamps on the starter island are rare

[plush umbra]

island is huge tho

[light moat]

Nice 👍

I like when my starter island is small personally

[plush umbra]

I wanna send a pic i think this is the most huge i ever got

[plush umbra]

Yeah i'd prefer that too but i think ill use this seed when my bf finally gets the game -w-

[light moat]

Post it in screenshots 👍

[plush umbra]

I think i did cooldown is alot tho.

2 minutes left i shall send the end version of it.

[light moat]

Ahh gotcha, I see it now. Very nice, bonus points for Haldor!

[plush umbra]

Here ill send i js slay a troll

#screenshots

I can't make a comment because i played till swamps

[nocturne wolf]

It’s one of my favourite biomes, the enemy variety is huge! (I judge a biome almost entirely from combat btw)

[light moat]

I find Ashlands to be a really enjoyable experience, as well as very challenging. The music is amazing, gear is super diverse and great. Charred fortresses are little meh, that’s my only complaint really.

The landscape is really good looking as well

[nocturne wolf]

It’s really not that bad. The biome is just more combat focused than the others. The friendly fire really helps for clearing large groups.

[frozen jewel]

@plush umbrai think that you have 2 islands that are close to ech other and you took a swim on the second one with out noticing from wath i saw from the picture

[plush umbra]

I didn't swim they do connect

[light moat]

There’s a lot of enemies, but I think if they toned it down further it would really detract from the biome.

Don’t go out at night 👀

[plush umbra]

gulp

[nocturne wolf]

Easy ≠ superb

Half of the enemies would die before you do anything and there would be less aggro on you

It’s the second to last biome, it’s supposed to be hard

[light moat]

I haven’t played as mage at all, so I can’t really say much on that. I do find that traveling slowly and remaining calm helps a lot. Fortresses can be overwhelming, so it’s extremely important that 1) you’re well prepared, and 2) you have a plan of attack

Are you using the Bonemass power? It’s extremely good for taking arrows!

[nocturne wolf]

Root harnesk will work too, if you don’t want to rely on a five minute power for everything

[tacit crystal]

Even a mage will benefit from that

[nocturne wolf]

Yes, but only if they take a hit with a broken bubble

[light moat]

Blob is always one step ahead of me 😂

Once you break the door down, don’t be afraid to step out and kite the enemies.

[nocturne wolf]

Have you discovered jump attacking? By attacking off the ground, you can keep full movement. It’s great for recasting your shield in an otherwise dangerous position, and also for hitting enemies with a melee attack before they can even try hitting you.

If you don’t like it to be hard, change world modifiers

[tacit crystal]

You can dodge the blow with right timing, avoiding all damage

[nocturne wolf]

If that’s not abusing them, what is?

[vocal rivet]

You must have played pre nerf to find it that hard.

WE'RE toxic?

I will not DM a stranger, no.

[light moat]

Maybe let’s put it to rest, I feel we’re all just trying to help you 🙂

[vocal rivet]

Noone has dog piled you either.

The difficulty is about perfect in Ashlands now, after the tweaks.

[light moat]

I think it’s important to remember that souls games and Valheim play very differently. In Souls games, you can beat the final boss level 1 with a club- with an insane amount of skill. In Valheim, you can’t really do that. In Valheim, preparation is like 80% of the fight. Having the right food, the right mead, etc

[vocal rivet]

This, you CANNOT rush into Valheim.

[cobalt canyon]

Not when you tune the diff to very hard

[vocal rivet]

Presumably they haven't.

[cobalt canyon]

Had a mod that broke the console last night

(Passive enemies work just as well if you need to retrieve a corpse)

[vocal rivet]

#mods-issues

[cobalt canyon]

Nah, straightened it out

[vocal rivet]

Valheim is very far removed from Dark Souls.

[cobalt canyon]

A lot fewer enemies, a lot stronger enemies

[light moat]

I don’t mean this as an attack, but maybe mage isn’t your playstyle? Perhaps try a different approach?

[vocal rivet]

Mistlands is tough environmentally, but the mobs are OK.

[nocturne wolf]

Mistlands is good because I can jump over almost every enemy there

Try the feather cape, then jumping for your shield (and jump attacks in general) will work much better

[light moat]

Are you using lingering meads?

Yeah those will help a lot 😁

[odd helm]

It's been a minute since I've actively played in Ashlands but EEH or balanced was a mainstay with me for mage, not as much eitr upfront for some of the expensive staves but more than enough to survive and kite around

[light moat]

If I come across a starred Askvin, I really sit back and think about my actions. If I encounter a 2-star, I break down and cry

[nocturne wolf]

2-star asksvins only spawn at night

[odd helm]

The knockback of an upgraded ember staff is such a bonus too, almost always prefer it over even the newer staves

[nocturne wolf]

Asksvins mostly aren’t too bad but the bite hitbox is much taller than it looks

[light moat]

Yeah I know, shouldn’t really be out at night, but sometimes (rarely) I get caught in it lol

I’ve only encountered two 2-star Asksvins; tamed one (found it intentionally) and the other one killed me lol

[tacit crystal]

In my first time in Ashlands I wanted to tame 2 star Asksvin and woah it took so many nights before I encountered one (around 15ish)

[light moat]

Ahh unfortunate! It took me 4 nights? I think?

Like a 1% chance to spawn