valheim-chat

[near furnace]

the world and character have separate saves

[idle storm]

see above, the game makes regular autosaves you can restore. Just be aware that world and character are saved and restored separately

[wispy tree]

so do I roll back my world or character

my corpse is gone

[near furnace]

both

corpse is bound to the world

but if the world rollbacks. the corpse is gone

[idle storm]

you could restore just the character to where you still have the gear on you, but i generally just do both to avoid any mistakes
Because if you for example restored a character save from before taking your level 4 staff of frost out of a chest but didn't restore your world that staff is gone and instead you now have another black metal pickaxe you'll never need.

[near furnace]

The reason behind the crash is important to figure out tho 🤔

[wispy tree]

well, I restored the back ups. and I lost an hour of progress... but at least I have my stuff..

[idle storm]

for me it was on PTB so i had backups for my backups anyway

[near furnace]

could be alot worse

[wispy tree]

Valheim is a deceptively stressful game

[pliant hatch]

Mostly only when you play it for the first time.

Once you know what to expect in each biome, it becomes less stressful and somewhat easier.

[wispy tree]

I feel like I'm never going to not feel stressed by the potential to have to do a long corpse run

[pliant hatch]

Would you like a "Pro-tip"?

Are you able to mine an area out under the Altar of the Elder?

[idle storm]

Setting up portals before you go into something dangerous is a good habit to get into

[wispy tree]

sure but it seems kinda pointless since he's dead

[pliant hatch]

No, it isn't.

You can build portals there, with one leading to your main base.

Include one portal without a name to that, carry the materials for a portal with you or in your boat and drop that portal the moment you get somewhere.
Like next to the crypt you're working in to get iron; things like that.

If something happens you only need 2 portal jumps to get back to the last area you were in.

Bonus to that place, the fire bowl you use to sacrifice the ancient seeds in, also work below the "floor".
So the moment you stand close to that, you will get a rested bonus, as that "floor" works as a roof for you.

[idle storm]

Also the Elder altar is indestructible. Since portals count as player base items they can trigger raids, which is something you very much don't want near your fragile mass of portals with dozens of tags you have to redo if they get destroyed.

[wispy tree]

makes sense

[pliant hatch]

It's most likely one of the most used methods by players for a portal hub. And a very useful one if you start using signs behind or next to the portal to show where it's heading to.

And to make it even easier, you can assign colours to those signs too, giving you an idea about how dangerous the area the portal leads to is. Like green is peaceful (meadows, spawn), Yellow is somewhat dangerous (like close to Haldor), Orange is moderate dangerous (like black forest in general) and red is very dangerous (like the Swamp).
The further you progress, the easier a previous biome gets, so all you need to do is to change the colour of the sign to know what you will encounter in day time.

Night time is somewhat different because of the spawns after you killed a boss, but you will be able to handle that as well over time.

[wispy tree]

uh, what's that last part about

[snow flicker]

black metal is like the easiest metal to get lol

[merry pebble]

It gets delivered to your doorstep basically 😄

[snow flicker]

mhm

[jade pier]

Salve

[west pulsar]

Define easiest

[snow flicker]

dont need a special item to find it, they come from raids, enemies that drop them are very easy to kill, can see clearly during day and knight where fulings are, there is camps everywhere for them which also include chests. etc

theres just black metal literally everywhere, filled to the brim in the plains

you especially dont have to go digging for it

[west pulsar]

"very easy" with later tier gear mayhaps yes lol and well you don't need a special item you do have to progress to a certain point to really use it but i wouldn't say its faster to get

By the time you're ready to fight them iron is extremely quick to get

Also its the most useless metal

You can get through most of the game without ever touching it

[shy marlin]

Silver

[west pulsar]

I don't think the devs understood how op mountain weapons were compared to their progression but id rather use frostner than anything black metal

[west pulsar]

Silver is far from useless

[shy marlin]

wdym

black metal is necessary for progression, silver isn't

[west pulsar]

What is it needed for? The pickaxe?

[shy marlin]

Extractors, refinery, galdur table

[west pulsar]

Yea but again you're not going into the plains with just iron it makes the most op weeapons until mistlands

[west pulsar]

Which is literally 1 camp of black metal

[shy marlin]

I am so?

[proper sundial]

i pref black metal weps over silver.

they suck in the mist imo

[shy marlin]

I'm talking in terms of progression, blackmetal is much more necssary than silver in terms of progression. Silver is completely skippable

[west pulsar]

Over frostner?

[proper sundial]

yeah im a knife/shield guy

[west pulsar]

Yea its skippable sure but thats a little meta gaming the progression

The fun is for me at least going through all the biomes and building stuff

Skipping content so i have less to play is asswards to me

Also draugr fang is just fun to use

I love my bows

Also don't you need silver for a wisp light

Or am i miss remembering

[shy marlin]

you can explore the mistlands without the wisp light just fine

[west pulsar]

...kinda? It's that id rather eat drywall

Its not really fun too

[shy marlin]

I just did it a few days ago and i thoroughly enjoyed it so idk

[west pulsar]

You enjoy meta gaming which is cool

[proper sundial]

why did u do it withouw wisp on purpose?

[shy marlin]

no boss run

[proper sundial]

i see

[west pulsar]

Meta gaming speedrunning the game challenges who knows

Challenge it seems

[shy marlin]

what do you even mean by meta gaming lol

[west pulsar]

Making a meta of the game

[shy marlin]

there is no meta in valheim

[west pulsar]

Min maxing the game

[shy marlin]

i absolutely do not do that lol

[west pulsar]

Theres meta in every game

[agile zodiac]

anyone know how to connect to a dedicated server if I am using a VPN?

Friend is using crossplay for his dedicated server, but we tried turning it off and the server failed to start.

[west pulsar]

Fair enough. My main thing is yeah silver can be skipped but all the cool weapons use silver

Even himminafl no?

[shy marlin]

I'd say the cool weapons are in the ashlands/mistlands but okay 🤷‍♂️

[west pulsar]

Ehhh idk see i wasnt as impressed as other people drynwyn is nice but

Sword but BLUE
Spear but GREEN. Idk it just wasnt like blow my socks off its cool dont get me wrong but even their stats are underwhelming

[shy marlin]

I really like the combos they enable. What you can do for a lot of enemies is root them with a green, then go ham with lightning. I also think (while they are op), magic weapons are fun to use and the coolest

[proper sundial]

i think you mentioned all the cool silver weps, draug bow and hammer. everything else in nothing special no?

[west pulsar]

Mistlands did have cool stuff humminafl uses silver though mistwalker was a less cool frostner the demolisher was awesome having krom as a weapon is a cool reference

[shy marlin]

Mistwalker is the better frostner tbh

[wispy path]

i like the porky

[west pulsar]

In terms of stats

[shy marlin]

sure yes

[west pulsar]

I even like the silver sword theres not a mountain weapon i dont like

[west pulsar]

Idk i like a frost hammer mechanically the knockback is nice

[proper sundial]

yeah I guess black metal weps are boring. I jsut prefer them because of better stats as the silver bonus dmg doesnt work on living creatures:/

[shy marlin]

Thing is is the atgeir is a better control weapon than the frostner so idk 🤷‍♂️

[wispy path]

i basically skip blackmetal and use it for shield and the chests

[west pulsar]

Frostner is just a jack of all trades that thing was usable even in the plains

[west pulsar]

Same the only weapon i like is the pork but it looks fun

[wispy path]

frostner is usable through mistlands until you mistwalker or magic - the weird thing is the mistwalker has higher stagger

[west pulsar]

Mistwalker is the immediate upgrade

No denying i just think it doesnt look as cool

I used it for awhile because it's also fun in its own right

[wispy path]

yah, a brighter light on it would be cool

my problem is i don't think swords are good until silversword, so my sword skill is always low

[west pulsar]

Nah i wanted it to drip with frost

[proper sundial]

my problem is swords are not cool until krohm

[shy marlin]

swords are amazing idk

[proper sundial]

so I start 2 handing lvl 0 xd. 2 swings and im outta breath

[shy marlin]

all one handed swords have no multi hit penalty

[proper sundial]

guys do you know which dedicated server services are dependable? reccomend any?

[wispy path]

dedicated server still runs a p2p connection, so you can host it on your own computer just fine

[light moat]

Swords are pretty powerful throughout the entire game imo

[wispy path]

i just fine maces much more utilitarian, especially against starred mobs

the stagger, knockback and then frostner slow is fun

[light moat]

Maces are super solid as well. On my main character, I main both weapon types.

Frostner is super fun, yeah. Really good looking weapon too.

[west pulsar]

They're okay

I dont use them until mistwalker tbh

[wispy path]

on hard mode, with no portals, no map, i just found that maces, especially frostner, helped keep me alive more often

[west pulsar]

Pretty much why i use them

[west pulsar]

^ this

[shy marlin]

i mean if you're playing on hard/vh atgeirs are pretty much the way to go

[west pulsar]

No portals is masochistic

[west pulsar]

Yea because of stagger spam but not any fun

[wispy path]

it's not bad up until mistlands where you're doing a lot of separate crafting

[west pulsar]

I love me some stagger simulator

[light moat]

On normal mode, I feel like swords are a bit better than average

[shy marlin]

🤷‍♂️ maybe the devs should've made some better difficulty sliders rather than just increasing numbers

[light moat]

That cleave is just too good

[west pulsar]

Agreed i think hard mode should make mobs inherently harder to escape or even enemy swamping is fine

[shy marlin]

New attacks/animations/feints would be the way to go, but that's a lot of effort

[west pulsar]

At that point just make it standard

[wispy path]

normal valheim, after you play hardmode, is a cakewalk

[west pulsar]

Just give them different attacks

[shy marlin]

have you played v rising

[west pulsar]

Have them be different speeds but look the same

[wispy path]

yah, i got to dracula, but couldn't beat him 😦

[west pulsar]

Increase parrying reward

[light moat]

I would even go as far to say that mixing up where enemies can spawn could be interesting. Wolves in the BF at night, seekers in the swamp, etc

[shy marlin]

hmm that's somethin to think about, don't see irongate doing that tho

[west pulsar]

Hell no

I already dont like shit Spawning wherever after you beat a boss

The charred spawning willy nilly at night until you beat fader is gross

No they Still do

That's just raids the raids are even worse

They don't even drop anything good

[light moat]

Charred spawn naturally before you beat Fader? I thought it was just after? (Minus raids I mean)

[shy marlin]

It's only after you kill him

[lavish nexus]

Any dedicated servers for xbox?

[merry pebble]

Surely some in #1024264966712340510 🙂

[craggy niche]

I don't understand maces. Every time I use them, the swing speed is so slow that I get hit at the same time as striking other enemies. If it misses, enemies get several free hits on me. Is there a trick to it?

[merry pebble]

The have the same speed as swords tho 🤔 they are by no means slow

[craggy niche]

Is the hitbox the same?

This doesn't sound right because the swings feel very different

Although I also don't use swords often

Swords also connect their combo far more often while mace is good for a single swing

Anyone that connect 3-hits in a row with a mace, what is the trick?

[sour furnace]

Really, you just have to Parry/dodge the enemy then hit em with da mace

[merry pebble]

Hold the button...

[sour furnace]

I feel like sometimes the enemies fly out and sometimes I can get a three hit combo, I think it's because they go way back if you stagger them

[craggy niche]

The enemy flies back and they swing forward to connect to you

[sour furnace]

That's just bad luck, and bad timing

[merry pebble]

The difference with maces is they have large knockback, that might cause you to spend time chasing after them when they fly away thus getting you less hits

[craggy niche]

So it is exactly the same as a sword swing?

[merry pebble]

Yeah the attack speed is the same

[craggy niche]

Weird because it doesn't feel like it

The cleave doesn't hit the same

The hitbox is exactly the same with the attack extending to the hilt for some reason?

[merry pebble]

The hitboxes are different, yes

and the swords are apparently a bit slower, just a tiny bit tho

[sour furnace]

Iron sword: 55 slash 40 knockback. Iron mace: 55 blunt 90 knockback

[merry pebble]

https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Bronze_sword
https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Bronze_mace
you can compare them here if you want

[craggy niche]

So maces have the smaller hitbox? By visual inspection

Oh yeah, sword has a much better hitbox here

[sour furnace]

Comparison of range:(do note that swords can cleave through multiple enemies while maces incur a damage reduction) Sword(primary) 2.4 sword(secondary) 2.6 Mace(primary) 2.4 mace(secondary) 2.4

Sword secondary attack (lunge) is .2 units bigger, but otherwise the weapons are identical

[craggy niche]

Quote the hitbox data too

[merry pebble]

Mace secondary is 2,5 and sword secondary is 2,7 🙂

[sour furnace]

?

[craggy niche]

Bronze sword hitbox.

2.4 range, 90 angle, 1.0 height, 0.5 ray, no multitarget penalty

Bronze mace hitbox.

2.4 range, 90 angle, 0.8 height, 0.3 ray

Those are not the same.

They are similar.

[opal prairie]

Morgen gjall.

[tiny tiger]

I find the frostner range is pretty perfect tbh

Good morning everyone

[idle storm]

the hitbox also doesn't account for the forward step you make as part of the attack does it?

because that's a big part of mace secondaries reach

[nocturne wolf]

It should do

[wraith flax]

Advance merry Christmas to all ✌🏻

[opal prairie]

Happy holidays.

[cosmic igloo]

u2

[merry pebble]

All one handed clubs have the same range 😉

[thorny token]

hello i just bought the game, i built a little base near the spawn area, im having problems with the troll enemy, does any1 know how to avoid him without him coming near my base?

[tacit crystal]

Killing him is definite way to prevent him come near your base.

[thorny token]

i tried that

what weapons do i get to kill him

[merry pebble]

Bow is probably best bet for new player such as yourself 🙂

[thorny token]

ok ill try getting one thx

[tacit crystal]

Bows are safer option. They are weak against pierce and take more damage when aimed to the head.

[thorny token]

ty for advice

[merry pebble]

Keep in mind that only few enemies have weak spot like that (i believe only 3 in the whole game currently) so for majority of time you are fine with shooting to any part of the body. 🙂

[thorny token]

ill take my time exploring the game and figure out some stuff myself

[merry pebble]

That is the best way to play imo 🙂

[cosmic igloo]

gonna do a sword playthrough on vh but im thinking when would i start heavily using it? because im just thinking "why would i use anything else but atgeir until mistwalker?"

like is there anytime before mistwalker where you'd prefer sword over atgeir?

[merry pebble]

Buckler (in mountains and plains round shield) and sword combo is awesome, i dont necessarily prefer one over the other, they are both great just at slightly different things 🙂

[cosmic igloo]

ive done maybe a handful of vh runs now and i just find myself using the atgeir lol because the spin just nullifies everything

well hell no im using shield on vh xD

[merry pebble]

Oh yeah, on vh i cant advise much 😄

[cosmic igloo]

its sad, i love parrying things :/

[thorny token]

is there a way to dispose of broken tools?

i have a pile of those just dropped on the floor lol

[merry pebble]

Either leave them far from base or throw in ocean or wait until you get to swamp+find trader in black forest, you will get a "trash can" 🙂

[thorny token]

alr ill drop them in the ocean thanks

[pliant hatch]

If those tools are crafted by you, you can repair them at a workbench. Forge for metal tools later.
Same goes for armor, you can repair that at a workbench.
No need to drop them in the ocean far away from you.

[merry pebble]

Oh, my brain is slow today, i though they were talking about old tools 😅

[thorny token]

ohh okiay thanks

[lean mountain]

i wish there was a poll about people's food preferences
since most food are hp or stamina based, do y'all go for 3hp food, 2hp/1stam, 1hp/2stam or 3 stam foods?

[opal prairie]

Depends where I am and what I'm playing.
mage: start of biome: 2 eitr, 1 hp --> later on in the biome with better gear, 2 eitr, 1 stamina
bow: 2hp, 1 stam --> 1 hp, 2 stam
melee: 3hp --> 2hp, 1 stam
Building and chilling in base: any food that I have leftovers from that has at least some stamina.

[plush umbra]

meadows: raspberries (S), honey (S), cooked deer meat (H)
black forest: cooked deer meat (H), boar jerky (B), honey (S)
swamp: sausage (H), boar jerky (B) or cooked deer meat (H), honey (S)
mountains: sausage (H), wolf jerky (B), honey (S)
plains: sausage (H), wolf jerky (B) or honey (S), cloudberries (S)
and past that i haven't settled into any habits yet

[vestal rose]

Hi so I'm new to Velheim and i would want to play with someone so i can understand the game better

[opal prairie]

#1024264966712340510 Is the place to find other Valheimians to play with.
Browse at your leisure or post something yourself.

[vestal rose]

Thank you

[idle storm]

i usually play 1h & shield up through swamp with HHS then switch to HSS once i get Fenris in the mountains & plains. In the Mistlands i switch to SEE once i get bubble and ember staff and to EEE for Ashlands (though i might go with FEE now that feasts are a thing, haven't been to Ashlands past-bog witch yet).

[dim wave]

Does blocking with a shield block 100% damage vs blocking with anything else?

[lean mountain]

Blocking gives you additional armor (you can read that stat on the weapon/shield you re blocking with)
If you parry, you get a bonus to that armor (the multiplier is also in the stat list)

[dim wave]

Hm

Im in the bronze age, whats the best approach to kill trolls? Especially in troll caves

[lean mountain]

Parry is a perfect timed block
Just right click before their attack

I like to walk up to their face, and just parry em

A normal shield or a buckler works fine, just get used to the timing and parry, ez win
Or dodge, it takes more time but is "safer"

[fair cairn]

idk if you can parry trolls with bronze stuff

[tacit crystal]

Parry with Bronze buckler and use spear after, or use atgeir secondary attack and regular attacks when it is staggered.

[fair cairn]

also tbh i was way too scared to try to parry with bronze

[tacit crystal]

Bronze buckler has enough armor when parrying.

[lean mountain]

If you know how to parry, you can 1v1 everyone in Valheim
But huh, gl when 2, or 3 or more enemies show up lmao

[lean mountain]

You def can

You can parry troll with flint stuff

[dim wave]

Is atgeir only bronze?

[merry pebble]

there are 3 more after that 🙂

[tacit crystal]

There are other atgeirs too which are better than bronze.

[dim wave]

Which one is the best, black one?

[merry pebble]

Himminafl

[fair cairn]

i litterally only remember the bronze one

[merry pebble]

Bronze, iron, BM and himminafl 🙂

[fair cairn]

was about to say i think iron has one but im not sure

[tacit crystal]

There are less atgeirs in game than some other weapon types but they are still quite strong weapon type.

[dim wave]

Im currently bronze, how fast can i obtain black metal?

I assume i need to find new biome, plains and then kill a bunch of goblins

But i also need the blast furnace

[merry pebble]

I would not do that, you will probably get one shoted by pretty much anything

and for blast furnace you need to kill 4th boss

[dim wave]

Oh....

[cosmic igloo]

yea if you're new just progress linearly or how you say

[fair cairn]

i need to say it
shotted or shoted isnt a word!

[dim wave]

I got a brunch of bronze today, planted carrots etc, what should be my next move?

[merry pebble]

Just go through normal progression 🙂 meadows>black forest>swamps>mountains>plains>mistlands>ashlands>deep north

[cosmic igloo]

kill next boss

[dim wave]

What do i do in swamps tho, there's just sucking poisonous fishes and bog trees, idk what to do there

[merry pebble]

I am playing "not my first language" card 😛

[fair cairn]

oi
Shot is the past tense of shoot
you cant past past tense shot

[cosmic igloo]

in some swamps, there are buildings that have green torches in front of them, look for that

[fair cairn]

and i would like to state that english was infact my third language i learned

[cosmic igloo]

in fact

[fair cairn]

it is in fact not a past tense of a past tense

[cosmic igloo]

uhh alright anyway merry christmas m8

[plush umbra]

happy holidaysss~

[merry pebble]

Only 4 of them 🙂 There are also 7 axes (+2 two battle axes), 7 one handed clubs (+3 two handed), 7 swords (+2 two handed), 6 spears and 7 knives 😄

[tacit crystal]

Yeah, battleaxes are criminally undernumbered

[merry pebble]

Yeah, i really hope deep north will introduce 1 of each weapon type 😄

[opal prairie]

As are fistweapons.

[pliant hatch]

You forgot the two types of bombs we have. As well as the 6 bows and 2 crossbows.

[merry pebble]

True true, i listed only melee weapons 😄 (tho spears might be considered somewhere in between)

[teal matrix]

Aren't there three bombs?

[merry pebble]

2 that deal dmg

[pliant hatch]

Yeah, but only two dealing damage

[teal matrix]

Doesn't change the item type no?

[merry pebble]

Well, 4 bombs, Ooze, Bile, Smoke and Basalt

[teal matrix]

Ohhh true, I forgot smoke

[merry pebble]

Its the least used one 🙂 so its understandable

[pliant hatch]

I think the only "weapon" that's present in all biomes are the arrows.
And quite often it's even more than one in a biome.

[merry pebble]

And axes, tho that depends if you count battle axes

[teal matrix]

They def count

[merry pebble]

Clubs too then 🙂

[tender thicket]

you're looking for crypts locked behind a gate that you need the key from the boss previous to open. they are stone entrances with 2 green torches on the front.

[dim wave]

What gear do i need to solo that boss

[merry pebble]

Elder? Troll armor will do just fine

As well as finewood bow and fire arrows, melee weapon at your own discretion 🙂

[twilit iris]

Anyone play with mods and need help building stuff?

[merry pebble]

#1024264966712340510 🙂

[twilit iris]

There is so much going on lol

[sour furnace]

I have three modes for my food: one is three health (abusing serpents) for whenever I'm in my first time in a biome, 2 stam 1 health for resource gathering, and 3 Stam if I searching for the goddamn yag rune

[snow flicker]

just wanted to say, i hope you guys (who celebrate it) have a very nice christmas eve and christmas day 🫶

[coral flame]

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[wispy tree]

why are there so few youtube playthroughs of valheim?

[fallen zephyr]

The more poignant question is why do you need YouTube playthroughs of Valheim?

[warm sandal]

for the entertainment value of it? Some folks like to watch other folks play games you know... 😄

[wispy tree]

I always start watching youtube content for any game I get started into to see if I can pickup some new tips

[fallen zephyr]

There it is. Nobody searches "playthrough" prior to doing it themselves without wanting help.

[wispy tree]

I feel like what you just said doesn't make any sense

[warm sandal]

I do... because I like to watch others play 😄 sooooo nobody is a false statemend here... lest you intent to say i am nobody 😄

[fallen zephyr]

I can't help with self-deception. Sorry folks.

[warm sandal]

Oh boy... you are out for clown awards again, ain't you... you should wear a warning label ... gonna go learn some japanese before I get into a fight here...

[fallen zephyr]

I'm a complex mix of troll, consciousness raiser, logistician, and, indeed, clown. It's difficult to express in text only, but I'll continue to try.

[warm sandal]

I'd rather you not... you are annoying at times, not consciousness raising but fury raising. As you stated it is hard to tell what you are trying to do at times but more often then not it is unpleasent to read your comments... gonna get me some coffee now and prepare because I have things to do...

[fallen zephyr]

The best of caffeinations to you. Have a glorious Xmas day.

[cosmic summit]

when clearing my first few infected mines would it be better to use a black metal sword or frostner?

[cosmic igloo]

man y'all rly need to use the block button on ppl u find annoying

good entertainment tho 🍿

[vocal rivet]

You can be infuriating, to be fair.

[warm sandal]

I think i have blocked only one person in all of my time online...and that person was way worse that that person there 😄 I do believe in free speech even if it inconveniences me sometimes 😄

[shy marlin]

Prolly frostner but it's entirely up to you

[warm sandal]

I did go with frostner... the knock back and slowing helped me a great deal back then... but as scales said... up to you... maybe try both and see what you like better?

[fallen zephyr]

I might argue it's more about defence. Lots of pierce damage in Infested Mines.

[fallen zephyr]

You and I both, my friend.

[vocal rivet]

I won't deny I'm not for everyone. Hopefully everyone that sticks with it realises it's worth the effort in the long run.

[fallen zephyr]

May I adopt that as my mantra? That's pretty much where I am, too.

[cosmic summit]

my padded armor and black metal shield kept me alive pretty well

[vocal rivet]

Of course.

[warm sandal]

yay for padded armor and black metal shield 😄

[tiny tiger]

Merry valheimas everyone!!

[warm sandal]

and to you good sir 😄

[fallen zephyr]

Sounds to me that someone that knows how to defend themselves would also know how to apply damage.

[cosmic summit]

i was just hoping someone here could tell me if frostner would be better so i dont have to go dig mine out of my armory and test it myself

[cosmic igloo]

u2 m8

[fallen zephyr]

Yeh I know. 🙂 You got it. Even if you're not ideal, I have faith in you.

[fallen zephyr]

A kick-ass Yul to you, too. 😄

[static ruin]

theres only one correct weapon choice for mines

krom thirsts, and you can lead a sword to water

[fallen zephyr]

Claymores?

[static ruin]

in a manner of speaking

[fallen zephyr]

Cley maws?

[static ruin]

big sword

unfortunately not explosive like the modern claymore

(the scots were just too dumb)

[fallen zephyr]

That's a great fucking joke.

[static ruin]

seriously though krom's special attack goes unreasonably hard

the only real issue i have is it feels a little less consistent at hitting soldier butts

[fallen zephyr]

You might want to reflect on why you're spending so much time looking at soldier butts.

[static ruin]

have you seen it? theyre caked dude

they can NOT sneak

[nocturne wolf]

If a hitbox hits a weak point and normal collision, the weaknesses won't be applied

[fallen zephyr]

I offer advice from a position that I can't overcome. 😉

[steady bough]

😭

[lean mountain]

I built on an island
dug up the river separating it from mainland so mobs wouldn't cross
made a single bridge with defenses, and a gate
made a wall so they don't swim around
places 7 bonfires, 16 workbenches and other stations around the small island after my pig enclosure got killed twice bc they spawned inside
Now, finally, after all of this
A fking greyling swims around the entire island to invade through my port

[static ruin]

and you cannot lie?

[static ruin]

that sounds kinda nerdy

i dont eat enough eitr food to think that much

[fallen zephyr]

Apparently when I do, I become infuriating.

[static ruin]

i dont envy the job of resident troll in a post-solved world, my time trolling was when i could still convince people killing 12 trolls and going into a troll cave spawned a troll boss

i dont even like fishing

(this is a joke about the word troll, since im unsure if it will land)

[fallen zephyr]

Fishing for Trollfish actually has some value now. Thanks Bog Witch!

[static ruin]

i wish fish n bread was... worth the effort for me

i just dont fish enough

[fallen zephyr]

It's not, it's awful. We don't even have potatoes?! Why would anyone want to cook breaded fish if they can't cook chips?!

(chips = fries for our US friends)

[static ruin]

when do i get to make viking pizza

[fallen zephyr]

Oh fun! What goes on a viking pizza?

[static ruin]

a lil boar shnoz, some meat based sauce, and grated blob cheese

[fallen zephyr]

I reckon Lox could provide some decent milk for cheese. Then, cured boar meat for bacon, mushrooms, and onions.

[static ruin]

but then i couldnt thinly slice boar noses for fake pepperoni

im sad we cant tame hares

[fallen zephyr]

Yeh. strange that we can tame asksvin, but not hare.

[dim wave]

How much can i upgrade bronze atgeir? How many levels

[fallen zephyr]

Over 9,000!

[dim wave]

Timesss???

How much damage will it to by then

[static ruin]

no just 9000 no multiplication

[dim wave]

I think at like 100 I wouldn't have enough slots in my inventory for the upgrade items

[dim wave]

Wdym

[fallen zephyr]

I think four is the max

[dim wave]

Oh whats with the 9000 then

[static ruin]

goofin

[fallen zephyr]

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/joke

I'm out. G'nite all. Have a brilliant Xmas.

[static ruin]

Merry Christmas, was nice meeting you.

[wispy tree]

uh, why do people like the root set?

honestly it seems kinda garbage

[shy marlin]

Root harnesk

the -50% to pierce damage basically nullifies all forms of archers, is relevant against seekers, ticks, queen, mosquito, bunch of stuff in the ashlands etc

[cosmic igloo]

ya ppl dont usually wear the entire set, just the chest

[slate flume]

Just bought the game. I am part of the community now

[cosmic igloo]

welcome :)

[tacit crystal]

Welcome aboard. 🙂

[slate flume]

Skol

[pliant hatch]

You do realize you just got yourself a time sink?

Not just because this game is addictive as heck, but also because it has parts that will require some time spend to get it done.

[slate flume]

Parts that will require some time?

[wispy tree]

okay that kinda makes sense

[slate flume]

like gettin current key or something like that?

[pliant hatch]

Yup. You will occasionally have to wait for some items being finished, grown or even gathered.
Some may call this game "grindy", but so far I've found that if you actually switch activities regularly while playing it, the game will be more of a great time sink and not as grindy at all.

[dim wave]

In which biome do mosquitos exist

[pliant hatch]

The good part is, there are modifiers making it a lot easier to gather all your resources, which will make the game a lot easier for a first time play through as well. And very enjoyable too.

[wispy tree]

hoooooold up a sec 👀

I'm listening

[pliant hatch]

They spawn in the Plains, but may "cross the border" into another biome to attack anything moving in there.
Which means you may encounter them in the Meadows, swamp or Black Forest while you're not even beyond swamp at the time.

The good news, with a shield and good reactions you can easily block their attack and kill them. Especially the latter as they got most likely the lowest amount of HP of every monster you encounter.

[dim wave]

Plains sounds chill for a biome like meadows

Do people have a single base in the game?

[pliant hatch]

Some do, some don't. It's all up to what you prefer.

[wispy tree]

I've only heard the opposite, that it's worse than the swamp

[dim wave]

Cause at the moment i feel like its a good idea to travel with boats, then portals and for example for metals have smelters in the biome ur mining them

[slate flume]

I'm there mostly for the vikings and building 😂

[dim wave]

I was talking only about the name, before swamp, black forest was scary to me, now its home

Still haven't slain a troll, they just seem so big

My bows just do milimetres of damage

[wispy tree]

I still despise the black forest because the greydwarfs never stop attacking my boats

[pliant hatch]

Big also means more chance to hit it. 😉

[wispy tree]

aim for the head, try fire arrows

[dim wave]

Meh the dwarfs are easy

[wispy tree]

yes but they are a massive nuissance

[dim wave]

Thats what i do

[wispy tree]

oh, git gud then

[pliant hatch]

And keep moving. That's one of the important things. Don't sprint, just use the normal movement.

[dim wave]

I sailed with my karve yesterday and it just happened to be a troll on the other side of the hill, by the time i parket the karve the troll deleted me and my boat

[dim wave]

They catch up then and throw rocks

[pliant hatch]

When you got the Eikthyr power, you can even use that as it will help you reducing stamina use for sprinting and jumping

[dim wave]

I use elder thing

Tbh i should change it back

[pliant hatch]

But those are easy to dodge.

Move away, turn around, shoot - no need to aim at the head, they're big enough to be hit anyway - move away and so on.

Elder power is good for chopping trees. Not for fighting.
Until you've defeated Bonemass, the Eikthyr power is better.

[sour furnace]

lets go!!!!!!!!!!!! i beat yagluth!!!!!!! only one death!

[wispy tree]

bait an attack, run away from it, then shoot once. Repeat

[dim wave]

What about in the cave

[shy marlin]

which yag alter did you go to btw

[sour furnace]

the one on the left

[shy marlin]

nice, hf in the mistlands

[sour furnace]

i won't

[pliant hatch]

Sneak in, move forward slowly until you see the troll. Aim at the head, shoot and if possible shoot again.
Then go out, wait a dozen second, sneak in. Rince and repeat.

[sour furnace]

would you reccomend i go padded helmet, root, fenris legs, or padded, root padded into mistlands?

[velvet yacht]

root chest helps a lot with the bugs

[shy marlin]

entirely up to you, i think a good match of padded helm, root harnesk and fenring legs is a good starting off point, but if you find that you need some more buffer, don't be afraid to go with padded leggings, if you find yourself feeling comfortable, i'd transition to fenris hood

[wispy tree]

huh, just killed my first abomination.... I'm glad I prepared as much as I did, but that was really easy

[dim wave]

Whats ashlands?

[sour furnace]

comfortable? in the mistlands? that's funny

[pliant hatch]

The current last biome.

And hell in both ways of speaking.

Better not go there now, as you may loose your ship and being unable to retrieve your items from the tombstone

[wispy tree]

can a swamp be in the middle of a landmass? Such that it wouldn't be visible from the coast?

[hexed forum]

Are screenshots allowed in #suggestions ?

[gray sand]

If the little Discord "+" sign is in the chat bar, that would be a yes.

[hexed forum]

makes sense, thanks

I could use an imgur link instead I guess

[gray sand]

Why do you require an image?

[hexed forum]

to show how lighting could be improved

the falloff value seems too small

[gray sand]

Uh... feel free to suggest but something tells me they will not care.

[shy marlin]

Technically yes, but like 99% of all swamps border the ocean or some form of water

[dense relic]

does anyone have a wishbone that ı could borrow? or help me kill the bonemmass boss in their sewrver?

[wispy tree]

be a solo chad

[dense relic]

it's too hard for me

i really need help i'm on the iron age for 12 hours i think(with a friend)

[wintry valve]

bows do a LOT more damage if you take the time to train them

you can go actually really far into that game with the humble crude bow

[dense relic]

thanks i guess? but will you help me get a wish bone?

[thorny token]

im 6 hours in and got the troll clothing

[dense relic]

cus i cant even go near the boss (my loot is there) and i think it despawned probs

[thorny token]

idk how hard it is to get to iron

[wintry valve]

Its fairly easy

[dense relic]

you need find a swamp and all that

[wintry valve]

the problem with iron is that you need a lot of it to make anything so that means you gotta find a way to haul back a lot of iron scraps at once

[thorny token]

yeah im pretty far from getting any iron lol i should focus on getting some copper first

[dense relic]

witha portal its pretty easy

[wintry valve]

you cant transport iron through a portal

[dense relic]

you just need to leave the iron and other things in anouther save and then come back to primary save then teleport to your base and go to the second save and get the iron from there

[wintry valve]

thats maidenless behavior

[dense relic]

wha

i'm not spending 20 minutes for just traveling the iron

[wispy tree]

is there a calculator for your total stats after eating certain foods?

[wintry valve]

cant you use a regular calculator?

its a bunch of additions

[wispy tree]

I'm tryna min max

[wintry valve]

its still a bunch of very simple additions

[dim wave]

Why would anyone go to ashlands

[pliant hatch]

Because they want / have to defeat the last boss.

[wintry valve]

Food isnt complicated. You have stamina food, health food, "balanced" food. Later you get eitr food. Theres no ambiguity with what you should use if you, say, need a health food: they are all a gradation of worst to best. There no hidden features with lower tiered foods.

Although I wish lower tiered foods did extra stuff. I think it would be neat.

[pliant hatch]

You can if you have set the World Modifiers to transport everything through a portal.

[wintry valve]

right

I feel like you shouldnt do that when you play through the game for the first time, tho

[static ruin]

Who is Krismis and why is everyone telling me to marry them?

[pliant hatch]

And you can even ajust those modifiers for a game you've already played for a while.
All you need to do is log out of the game and when selecting your map, pick the modifiers, then change the one for portals.

Also means, the moment you don't want to use a particular modifier, you can revert it the same way.
Without damaging your saved game.

[gray sand]

Food sheet pinned in this channel.
Configurations tab is what you want.

Has the maximum stats for each biome broken down into categories.

[wispy tree]

oooo

[gray sand]

(My sheet, not Scarlet's)

[dim wave]

Why not just live in a huge safe house in meadows

Die from old age

Watch the village grow

[pliant hatch]

I'm afraid you need to play Aska for that.

It's not possible in Valheim

[dim wave]

no

[dim wave]

I want to have a choice how I live out my days

[gray sand]

You've missed the point of Valheim if you believe you are staying.

Your purpose in being there is to kill the Forsaken to earn passage to Valhalla.

Why stay in purgatory when you can achieve heaven?

[dim wave]

Not a believer

[tiny tiger]

Then you will be reborn forever

[snow flicker]

ima be real, i love travelling to new biomes lol. i was finding myself inside the mistlands before finishing moder

(rabbits are a good food too)

[tiny tiger]

Init I like that you can unlock mistlands food just by scavenging the outskirts

I’m just about ready to fight yagluth got frostner, padded armor, fire resists, and I’ve boated over to the island he’s at, lox pie, mustard supreme and blood pudding

[snow flicker]

they are EVERYWHERE on the edge of the mist

[tender thicket]

Because this little island my base is on has a gorgeous view, purgatory is highly underrated

[tiny tiger]

I think I’m gonna skip on other potions I’m waiting on major healing potions and lingering stamina

[gray sand]

No.

[snow flicker]

instead of padded me and my friends are going to try using fenris armor

[gray sand]

We're talking about a video game...
In which the rules of the world are set. Belief is not a factor.

[sour furnace]

Wait, I beat him this morning with exactly that

[tiny tiger]

that also works well the speed helps with dodging his attacks but oh yeah I also have ratatosk for the extra speed

GG

[snow flicker]

Gg goodluck

[tiny tiger]

Have you delved into the mistlands yet?

[sour furnace]

Lol, I also had ratatosk

I'm at the edges but other than kiting seeker into lox I haven't done anything there

[tiny tiger]

I wish you the best of luck lol also if you haven’t already wisp fountains are best in swamps as they continually spawn wisps there

[leaden elbow]

Me and my sister beat the queem around an hour ago, holy shit wtf was that. The queen herself was fine, lots of pressure for her healing, fight lasted 30+ minutes. But the seekers? Why so many? And an unlimited amount... it was ridiculous

She only died at the end once. She forgot othet weapons exist other than the crossbow so the fire staff was a godsend.

[fresh crescent]

Fire staff is one of the best solutions for all those seeker adds I've found; mixture of fire staff and atgier while regening eitr

[cosmic igloo]

yea the seekers is cancer

[leaden elbow]

Yeah i know and agree. Wouldve been less frustrating if not for the constant regen

Overall enemy AI is horrid in valheim, with groups having identical pathing and just being in one spot instead of spreading out. Helldivers and deep rock galactic do it very well!

Thats basically the only complaint i have of valheim

Same with my skeletons. Just fucking move your ass.

And they didnt even notice the queen half the time

[fresh crescent]

flashback to AOE kiting 30+ elite mobs on WoW with mage exploits

[azure yacht]

It should be unsurprising that a swarm queen of a hive mind spams lots of smaller enemies

Also, it should encourage you to use aoe weapons, such as the ones mistlands give you

[leaden elbow]

How the fuck does she breed to make so many unlimited full seekers

At the start there seemed to be a cooldown

[light moat]

Just bug things 🐜

[azure yacht]

Ant queens breed without external factors (afaik), so not surprising that she could work the same way

[leaden elbow]

Also read, im a full mage with fire, frost, skeletons and a protection bubble staff

[leaden elbow]

Not that quickly, yes shes magic or whatever but even new brood is always just tiny, not unlimited full seekers

Its just ridiculous, valheim needs a boss overhaul update. The boss design is awful. The moment it doesnt depend on a swarm of different non boss enemies (which are fun and fair on their own!) The bosses are jokes. All of them. Dunno about darth vader but all the bosses have been jokes.

[gray sand]

Tell us how you really feel.

[leaden elbow]

I thought; oh mistlands was added later! Must be a better designed boss than the previous, even beginning the fight was different, and not 5 items of the mistlands!

generic fight that depends on annoying swarms

[azure yacht]

Queen and fader are the very best boss designs in comparison to all the rest.

Only them should be excluded from an overhaul

[leaden elbow]

The queen has only hit me ONCE. And my lovingly dumbass sister twice. The queen is stupid.

The teleport makes no sense, why dig into the stairs to go up? How does she fit?

[azure yacht]

The fight dynamically changes based on their hp missing, different attacks are unlocked, etc

[leaden elbow]

They felt awfully generic

[vital umbra]

Sooo apparently some people think that the deep north will be an alternative biome alongside the ashlands instead of being the next one in progression..?..

suurely something so silly and unnecessary wouldn't be the case...right?

[leaden elbow]

Wait i worded that as if i know fader, exclude that, havent even been to ashlands yet

[azure yacht]

I hope.

But that is wishful thinking, we don't know

[leaden elbow]

Idk in god of war it was muspelheim then niflheim so why not hot and then cold

[vital umbra]

that sounds like a messy content bloat and like....how tf would that even work with the food/armor/weapons that are ashlands tier anyways

"frometal" weapons with the exact same fucking stats but they look different 🤓

[leaden elbow]

Ooo, they freeze instead of burn :0

[azure yacht]

They can just make all items and stuff comparable in stats to ashlands.

The order of development doesn't mean they're forced to just make it better

[vital umbra]

not how....flametal really works..

[leaden elbow]

Totally original and wouldnt be a reskim

[leaden elbow]

My guy i havent been to ashlands, shit was a guess

[vital umbra]

soo you'd have like 70 weapons in the same tier

[azure yacht]

What?

[vital umbra]

"comparable in stats to ashlands"

[leaden elbow]

Anyway this game has awful boss design, it was stressful and not hard, at all. Except moder, she just stood there.

[azure yacht]

Doesn't mean they have to copy paste everything.

They could also add different enchantments and mechanics

[vital umbra]

yuck

[azure yacht]

You are assuming they will just make ashlands but frosty

[vital umbra]

yes, so i hope its another biome in progression.

[azure yacht]

That doesn't need to be the case

[vital umbra]

I cannot even begin to understand why it would work or be a good idea

[leaden elbow]

8th biome > equal

[vital umbra]

i don't think adding "comparable things to ashlands" sounds....uhhhh good.

[azure yacht]

I wouldn't care if it is, but it could also work if it did

[leaden elbow]

It would ruin my mood

[vital umbra]

if its the same tier then its really just content bloat

[craggy niche]

It is budget souls-like survival with procedural generation. Idk where the other expectations are coming from.

[hearty niche]

do you get cooking experience just putting stuff on cooking stations or do you have to actually pull off the cooked thing?

[azure yacht]

That is true

[craggy niche]

I shamelessly enjoy all of the elements above regardless.

[leaden elbow]

Just a followup question: do people actually find this game's bosses hard? You cant parry (stupid, makes any timing skill worthless) and theyre repetitive. Yagluth just kept screaming balls while i was going around him. Any sort of skill is neglected when you can just run around like a headless chicken... dont get be wrong im addicted to valheim and i love 90% of it, but grouped enemy AI and bosses are just so mood ruining

[pliant hatch]

Have you tried fighting any of the bosses alone?

[leaden elbow]

Imo a lot of it should stay the same if an update ever comes, if, ofcourse. Just let me parry them for one short attack during parry. Thats it. But im mage now abyway so parrying doesnt matter. And also, cooldowns between attacks, please. Stop spamming the same 3 attacks

[pliant hatch]

Because eventhough the bosses get a lot of extra HP when you fight them with more players, it's also easier as you can attack a boss from two - or more - sides, making it a lot easier to deal damage to it and kill it.

[leaden elbow]

Practically alone. When the heavy armored sword player runs around with a bow or a crossbow and i gotta do 90% of the damage, horde clear and actual boss fighting, its basically alone

[leaden elbow]

Damage itself isnt an issue, i can hit every boss just fine. Moder stood there, doing nothing. Yagluth was running around in a circle, sometimes meteoring my sister, sometimes me. But those rocks exist anyway so we didnt notice.

The Queen kept healing and me having to do horde clear, damaging the girlboss and trying to keep my sister protection bubbled made the fight last over half an hour.

[wispy tree]

Is the iron axe better than the iron sword?

[leaden elbow]

What good video game boss fight, a single attempt, lasts over 30 minutes

With constant damaging the boss

Its slow, repetitive, and mindfucky. Valheim does regular enemy stuff well tho. 2 seeker fights were usually pretty fun

The summoned skeletons are good example of wtf ai. One spot, only seperated by hitboxes, same attack time (usually) and in a loop of noone getting hit.

[pliant hatch]

In that case, next time enable dev-commands, press "K", collect the trophy and special item and move on to the next biome.

Saves you a lot of frustrations.

[wintry valve]

For regular enemies, I find that starred enemies makes too much of a difference on their overall power.

[leaden elbow]

Im just yapping about my thoughts on the game so it can be better. It cannot be excused with "its a open world survival". It does most things well. Enemy design in groups is bad, and bosses are sloppy. The queen was 30 minutes long. That is a bad sense of time from the developers. I way prefer the normal video game bosses that can be challenging with timings, and high risk high reward gameplay. If successful, breezed right through, if not, youll need painkillers for the 1236th attempt. Much better than 1 attempt, 1 hour.

I am here to experience the game, and each time i hope they made "this one better"

Goddamnit i got another thing
Eikthyr, fun
The elder, fun, but only hard cus i was unprepared
Bonemass, a pile of slop and stupidity. He did actually follow and fight with a proper attack pattern, nice.
Moder, dumbass stood there, crying.
Yagluth, "ballsi".
Queen, frustration girlboss.

Okay sorry for the walls of text i hope its over now

[pliant hatch]

So you don't like the boss fights.

Fine with me, but like I said, just use the dev commands and continue doing what you do like.

Spouting your frustration here won't help as it's not going to change anyway.

You may post a suggestion down in that channel, but expect a lot of players to burn it.

Or try the alternative and turn up the difficulty to see if that's giving you a better fight.

[wispy tree]

monster hunter

[leaden elbow]

Its objectivelly bad design, skipping a core part of progression is just a weird thing to do since im not even stuck on any of the bosses, theyre easy but annoying

[craggy niche]

2* fuling night patrols have always been harder for me than Yagluth alone

[leaden elbow]

Upping the difficulty from what ive seen just makes them tankier. That is not skill based difficulty

If it werent for making enemies tankier, god of war 4/5 does difficulties the best

More frequent attacks, enemies taking turns, and bosses being parryable

[wintry valve]

I do wish we could parry them bosses, even if it was just for a short period

[craggy niche]

When aren't bosses parry-able outside of magical attacks?

[leaden elbow]

Harder timing, yes, less time to attack when parried, yes, but fair? Absolutely

[wintry valve]

We can parry them, it just doesnt stagger nor slow them

[craggy niche]

Doesn't it trigger the follow up crit attacks?

[leaden elbow]

Just, horrid way to look at game design. More difficulty? Its the same but youll get oneshot by attacks you cant stop! Yay!

[leaden elbow]

Nope

Doesnt do jack shit

[shy marlin]

Yes valheim world modifiers need some work

They’re a skeleton of what a true difficulty setting is

[wintry valve]

I mean parrying does cut more damage than usual even against bosses

so at least it does something

[craggy niche]

So... I see mixed messages now

[leaden elbow]

The games "hard" is just frustrating, time consuming bullshit. Everything else os awesome!

[shy marlin]

Wdym

[leaden elbow]

I dont think it does, not sure though.

[idle storm]

it increases your block armor so it reduces bleedthrough damage

[shy marlin]

Parrying does nothing against bosses

[idle storm]

but that's usually single-digit numbers, if that

[shy marlin]

Dodge then if you’re worried about that idk

[azure yacht]

Bosses are immune to stagger

[idle storm]

it's not really an issue on normal unless you're trying to block 2-stars or skimping on your shield or hp tbh

[wintry valve]

the shield armor is multiplied during a parry, assuming it is not a tower shield, and that does apply against anything

[wintry valve]

yes, im quite aware of that, thanks

[azure yacht]

That it helps you protect more against their attacks yes

[leaden elbow]

Bosses cant even reach my ass. Why does queen's dash attack not do anything except at the end? Also enemies should have friendly fire. Infinite seekers? Make the queen run them over!

[shy marlin]

Dodging is objectively better tho

[wintry valve]

perhaps, but its not what im saying

[azure yacht]

Oh I misread it and thought you said "put"

[shy marlin]

Have you killed fader

[idle storm]

so is magic, yet people still play melee past Mistlands for some reason 😋 Some people just like the s & b style

[wintry valve]

I wish we could summon specific types of skellies with the dead raiser using the secondary attack function

[craggy niche]

Running is also better if you have the move speed for it

[leaden elbow]

Havent even gone to ashlands myself. Each biome im hoping itll be an epic battle of skill.

[wintry valve]

Im not a big fan of the ashlands

[leaden elbow]

It never is.

Gjalls are fun. Why cant we have that but more?

[wintry valve]

I prefer it over the mistland, but I do think the constant relentless combat is frustrating. I just want to cut down this tree before it burns down, not fight 12 flaming warriors.

[idle storm]

because people will cry without end until it's nerfed into the ground. See Ashlands now vs Ashlands PTB day 1.

[leaden elbow]

Good sound design, good enviroment logic, 2 attacks that dont feel repetitive somehow. Why nkt more of that?

[wintry valve]

And then after heroically dispatching them 12 flaming warriors, you go back to that tree and now you gotta deal with all that again because they just respawned.

[shy marlin]

Reminder: The true D-Day experience is gone and will never come back

[wintry valve]

Except that this time, theres a morgen ready to break everything around you.

[idle storm]

yes, including your other enemies

[leaden elbow]

Nothing beats a good ol battle for the samples in helldivers.

[wintry valve]

I find that monster infighting in the ashland is mostly irrelevant.

[craggy niche]

Sounds like you may be interested in mob density slider

[leaden elbow]

No. Helldivers makes enemies take turns

[wintry valve]

Only if I can affect specific biomes with it.

[leaden elbow]

Like literally hunters retreat for example

[wintry valve]

Im also not a fan of how I still havent figured out how to block one star charred warriors

[craggy niche]

I don't think valheim mobs take turns

[leaden elbow]

If theres more, less time between attacks, but its never at the same time. A bile titan and a charger at the same time? Yes! But a charger and a... other rammy creature i forgot? Never!

Brood commander and alpha commander iirc

[craggy niche]

Triple fuling stagger swing or the double squito stagger combo

[leaden elbow]

They can attack another player, but never the same one. Theyll hit each other and die.

[wintry valve]

inb4 "jUsT pLaY HeLlDiVeRs"

[leaden elbow]

Its just just an example of good enemy design

[wintry valve]

I know

Im just sharing the kind of experiences i get here whenever I share my wishes for this game

Im still kinda bitter about it

[craggy niche]

Good example of game design, but wildly different games

[leaden elbow]

One of the first things tbat vets added with hordes of mobs in games is turns and seperated pathfinding. Valheim is still missing both.

[wintry valve]

I wish boats were resistant to piercing attacks

[leaden elbow]

The queen and big terminid fights? Not so different tbh. Judt missing a bomb

[gleaming musk]

Man I hated the queen fight

[wintry valve]

I hate the queen

[craggy niche]

Everyone knows that bugs can't fly /s

[leaden elbow]

All enemies follow the same path, let tbem seperate holy shit.

[wintry valve]

I cheated to kill her and I still had so much trouble

[leaden elbow]

She took 30-40min to beat, i had 24min of rested lost and 40% of her health

[kind pendant]

Queen in my opinion was pretty fun for me & easy

[leaden elbow]

It was just unfun

[gleaming musk]

How

[leaden elbow]

Easy and frustrating.

[craggy niche]

Ooze bomb user maybe

[kind pendant]

Predictable attack pattern, easy to kite seekers else where, use mistwalker, nothing tough

[leaden elbow]

Fire staff user. Although i shouldve given my sister some ooze bombs

[kind pendant]

A few potions too

[leaden elbow]

They were constantly at the same place as the queen herself. How? Huh?

Also she regenerates? How did you deal enough damage to negate that?

[kind pendant]

Well there’s multiple spawn areas for seekers, wherever the mom is, is where they spawn

[kind pendant]

All mobs in the game have the same regen

[leaden elbow]

But fucking hell i told my sister to use her mistwalker but she said "ooo ooo then she'll squash me"

[leaden elbow]

Not as noticable. 40 health in 5 seconds.

[kind pendant]

Lmaoo, don’t worry must’ve been a experience anyways, fun part is up to you

[shy marlin]

not true

it's dependent on their health

[azure yacht]

Last tweak did make it come back somewhat (from what I was told)

So it might still be there

[kind pendant]

Really? Depending on if you include shaman

[leaden elbow]

And healer dvergr

[kind pendant]

I meant, they heal the same percentage, not the same health

[shy marlin]

ah kk

[kind pendant]

But yeah, higher the hp, more hp they regen, same percentage

[shy marlin]

It's not even close to the original experience

[azure yacht]

You are comparing two completely different games...

[leaden elbow]

Fuck ive wasted the last hour here ranting instead of sleeping

[craggy niche]

Extra multiplayer difficulty scaling matters a lot here

[leaden elbow]

Happy holidays everyone

[azure yacht]

Should be better than completely gone tho...

[kind pendant]

Happy holidays

[kind pendant]

This too, more people, the more health mobs have

Every +1 person within 100meters, mob has +30% hp

@leaden elbow so if you were with your sister, queen had +30% hp making it more tough

[trail lotus]

is it new the shield generator block rain or i just never notice ?

[craggy niche]

Anyone know if that multiplayer modifier is additive or multiplicative with the difficulty modifier?

[kind pendant]

Yet, with my friend, I hardly struggled in the fight

[shy marlin]

idk man it's not even close to the ptb experience it might as well be gone

[kind pendant]

Difficulty modifier decreases the damage a player deals, increases mob size, & increases damage

[craggy niche]

Mob size...?

[kind pendant]

& multiplayer isn’t quite a modifier you can choose from

[kind pendant]

Yep, trolls go from 8 ish meters to 12

[craggy niche]

What does that even matter?

[kind pendant]

From my visual

[craggy niche]

So if I want extra big lox, increase difficulty?

[kind pendant]

Yes

[nocturne wolf]

It also increases their speed

[craggy niche]

That's kind of hilarious

[kind pendant]

Forgot that

[craggy niche]

If they retain their stats after taming, then 2* armies could be more useful than weapons...

[shy marlin]

yes tames do more damage on vh

same goes for summons like vines from staff of wilds, summoned troll, skeletons etc

[nocturne wolf]

And summons too

[craggy niche]

Just like a true survival game I see

[azure yacht]

That is disappointing.

People only see the frustrating part of difficulty but don't think about it also making it fun.

It's much better to have a frustratingly fun moment than an easily boring one

[shy marlin]

I really think asksvin should be bumped back up to 3

[wispy tree]

is there a way to hide all the map markers?

[shy marlin]

right click the map marker indicators on the bottom right corner

[wispy tree]

omg that's so nice

[wintry valve]

repeating crossbow when?

Raising the crossbow skill is so slow

[plush umbra]

fun fact: it's not just the lower firerate, crossbows gain 1 XP per bolt while bows gain 1.5

[wintry valve]

I didnt notice that actually

[shy marlin]

Holy pain

[azure yacht]

They have an obsession with one exp per action

I don't understand why...

[gray sand]

#JusticeForArbalests!

[tacit crystal]

#AlsoRippers!

[wintry valve]

Bloody hell, I never used a bow in the ashland until now. The spinesnap is so much better there!

What causes enemies to just leave a fight? Sometime a charred warrior is straigth up my face and then they just turn around and walk away.

[merry pebble]

I think they can do that if they didnt get a hit on you for some time

[wintry valve]

That would make sense but somehow I feel like its something else.

[merry pebble]

Sometimes the AI just does whatever it wants 😄

[wintry valve]

Enemies in the swamp sometime do that too. Its super weird.

I was practicing archery on leeches using a crude bow, and sometime they would just stay there taking hits, and sometime they would leave.

But what was funny is that if they would leave after taking a hit, they would all do it. If they would stay there like champs, they would all stay there.

[merry pebble]

That might be exactly the case when they were not able to hit you for long time

[foggy glacier]

if you let them get far enough they lose aggro as well so you can get a sneak attack bonus from shooting them in the back 🙂

[wintry valve]

I did notice that.

[foggy glacier]

I think it's just effects of RNG

on the AI, that is.

[wintry valve]

ok so right now if I am shooting shit charred warrior from far enough, they just automatically turn around and flee as fast as they care for

which is to say, not very fast

[gray sand]

-# RNGAI (ar-EN-guy)

[rotund bay]

I throw a spear at leech at my feet, every enemy in a big radius comes to my location, keeps throwing the spear

[foggy glacier]

yeah, throwing the spear has an amazing ability to do that. the attack sound on it must be HUGE.

[merry pebble]

its the same alert radius as secondary for ageirs, maces, swords and even fists 🤷‍♂️

[foggy glacier]

sure feels like it's more.

[merry pebble]

https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Creature_senses#Sources_of_noise

[foggy glacier]

I'm not doubting the almighty wiki; I'm just saying it seems like every enemy in the biome hears a thrown spear.

[wintry valve]

Well thats how I feel in the ashland whenever I want to do anything

[foggy glacier]

true dat.

[merry pebble]

Just as well as any other secondary from weapons i listed 😅 (and axes primary and secondary has actually bigger radius than those)

[wintry valve]

me: use an axe once on a tree
the entire battalion of heck: "Bonjour"

[gray sand]

Given Ashlands is down under, it would probably be more "Howdy" or "G'day" 😛

[shy marlin]

you sure about that? when i throw a spear in an infested mine everything and it's mother gets alerted, atgeir special has never done that

[merry pebble]

Pretty sure 🤔 , i checked this stuff not too long ago with the code, tho i dont remember if i actually looked at atgeirs

[wintry valve]

Also I want a charred greatbow

[shy marlin]

If anything it's a bit misleading, because spear special actually alerts stuff, all of the other specials you listed just make noise.

[merry pebble]

The spear alerts them? Is it different to other weapons noise?

[shy marlin]

yes

It functions kinda like the bow, say you snipe a shaman with a draugr bow, everything around that shaman within an 8m? radius gets alerted and comes to fight ya, spear special works like that

because it's a projectile

[merry pebble]

Oh, true that might do that, projectiles let the enemies know the location you shot/threw from, tho you can sneak of from that location if you want

[wintry valve]

The way you worded that implied that the spear special has a specific aggro attracting property

It makes sense when you explain it in the way that its a projectile, though.

[merry pebble]

You basically get 2 radiuses which the spear makes noice, first 10m radius of the throw itself with centre on you and then 30m radius with centre at the place the spear hit something, but creatures alerted in the 30m radius will go to the location you threw from

[light moat]

@shy marlin Did you attempt that Valheim speedrun a while back? Trial of T or something?

[shy marlin]

no

not that big on speedrunning

[light moat]

Would you attempt another challenge, if they were to do another?

[shy marlin]

prolly not

[light moat]

Ah, fair enough!

[dim adder]

it aint like elder scrolls where u can just grab a few scrolls and cheese everything

[wintry valve]

I wish we could hatch volture eggs into some kind of weird turkey.

[hexed forum]

turkey vulture?
https://tenor.com/view/vulture-turkey-vulture-bird-gif-17789384271814010222

[wintry valve]

I say that because getting vulture eggs is kind of annoying.

[lament ferry]

Merry Christmas guys 👍

[wintry valve]

Merry Yule

[slate flume]

You can hatch eggs?

Just downloaded the game

[wintry valve]

Well you can get chicken eggs late in the game.

[loud cliff]

I want to ask, I have collected barley and then made flour in the windmill but when I want to make bread in Cualdorn the bread option doesn't appear even though my Cualdorn is level 4, so I can't make bread, what should I do to get bread?

[ancient agate]

You need to make the Food Preparation Table

And the Stone Oven

[loud cliff]

ok thank u very much, i can get it now🥰🥰

[cedar swan]

What is the best biome to build house currently I have only unlocked black forest but I keep dying

Meadows is great for base?

[slate flume]

Тhis game.. Just started me and already won me with these graphics

https://tenor.com/view/wonders-of-nture-nature-aesthetic-calming-gif-23239051

[slate flume]

Where y'all build your first bases?

[nimble moss]

meadows makes the most sense for first time plays, usually near water so you can sail your boat to/from places

[slate flume]

Alr, thanks

Just discovered black forest 🤘

[mellow lava]

Before leaping into new biomes, make sure you have appropriate gear

There's alota dangers and sometimes especially if you're new. If you discover a new biome and you die in it. It can be extremely hard to recover your items

Just some advice for later in the game, past the swamp biome

[slate flume]

Alright

[mellow lava]

Also. Every item has a purpose. And good ones at that. Love that about the game

[cosmic igloo]

meadows for relaxed playtrhough. otherwise black forest

[idle storm]

The only thing most people consider a requirement is ocean access for shipping in metal ore. Everything else is pretty much negotiable.
Where you put it mostly just decides what enemies will spawn around it (and deliver loot to your front door), what you can farm (but you can just make farms somewhere else and portal there) and what raid events you get.

[cosmic igloo]

and i try to base nearby relevant stuff, like nearby copper nodes

[idle storm]

personally i like a border between as many biomes as possible since most mobs from different biomes fight each other and leave their drops on my front lawn

[tiny tiger]

Plains/mistlands/swamp borders make for nice bases

Free drop wise

[pliant hatch]

My first "base" is usually a somewhat enlarged wooden hut in the Meadows, with enough room for a bed, workbench + 2 upgrades, 1-2 chests, a campfire with cooking spit and (planned later) a portal.

My "real" base is usually located at a Meadows or Black Forest island, with enough room to build everything I need plus some more.

[slate flume]

Noted

[echo elm]

i start with base near first boss and finish boss as soon as possible using bow or spear

[slate flume]

So you killed the boss with bow?

[echo elm]

if location is good can just make big base there and make pit around it

[echo elm]

yeah its either bow or spear both works bcz of long range

but base near water always best

[proper sundial]

hi! is Gportal the only good pay for server service or does someone reccomend another? im pc

[vocal rivet]

I wouldn't say GPortal was good.

[dim wave]

Just bought the dathost one yesterday, so far all good

[proper sundial]

alright, cuz google, reddit and yt only talks about gportal. I very much appreachiate alternative suggestions

Is it possible to switch server settings mid game with a hosting site? such as temporarily go no building costs or switch difficulty?

[dim wave]

Not sure

Don't think that's a thing

[proper sundial]

you think its one time only and cant switc later?

[dim wave]

If anything you should be able to do this in the game console

[dim wave]

no

I'm not an expert tho

[proper sundial]

thanks for the suggetstion anyways:)

[dim wave]

The server settings don't have such options, but id generally assume this could be done via game console at any time

[proper sundial]

i will probably do dathost

[dim wave]

I was only after stable performance and easy setup

Cost came third

[proper sundial]

gportal is 30% more expensive so dathost sounds good 🙂

[mellow lava]

Depends on what country your in. On what hosting sites are good for you, or the price tbh

But yeah I don't think u can change server settings w hosted servers

And that is Def a unique name

[proper sundial]

yeah it seems this was the case when I played a year ago. Some people in our group got discouraged of fighting and losing all our levels when we got to mist and we wanted to lessen the penalty but couldnt do it

however dathost does let you switch modifiers midgame

[mellow lava]

The easier way around that would to simply make sure to stock up on healing mead , upgrade gear and good food

[proper sundial]

so im pretty stoekd

[mellow lava]

Well glad you found one you like that

[proper sundial]

yeah ofc. Im used to play normal but I dont feel bad if I only lose 1 of every elvel per death haha

[mellow lava]

Yeah. I play completely vanilla. I don't like using modifiers cus it seems kinda cheap personally

The dying and getting gear back and all of that just feels like part of the game

[proper sundial]

yeah I enjoy being on the edge. I hope the lesser xp penalty doesnt make me feel too safe and invincible to ruin the experience. We are planing to finish plains boss with normal difficulty anyways and maybe swap for lategame. At least I have the option now! 🙂

[pliant hatch]

I think I just got myself nominated for the bravest - or most stupid - idea of Valheim.

Found a nice map with an island having both Black Forest and Plains biome, so good to grow all crops.
To get there, I need to cross 3 stretches of ocean.

So I started a new game with a new character to get there.
Means I will have to use a raft to get there.

On hard.

This'll be fun. 💪

[buoyant ether]

is there any clue on when deep north might come out ?

[buoyant ether]

on hard the only way to play the game fr

[pliant hatch]

Yup.

Somewhere in future.

Speculations expect it most likely be the end of 2025

[buoyant ether]

thinking if i should start a new playthrough, been a while

[pliant hatch]

Perhaps. But going near / into plains with a lvl 2 shield, lvl 1 club, lvl 3 crude bow and flint or wood arrows? And lvl 1 leather armor?

Some would call that madness.

I think it might be fun.

[buoyant ether]

cant spell fun without mad

[pliant hatch]

well, in that case, try this:

my current map:

https://valheim-map.world/?seed=FarHarbor&offset=-197%2C95&zoom=0.126&view=0&ver=0.219.13

Move to (2920, 159) to see the island I'm considering as a base.

[wintry valve]

Does chopping down ashtrees actually spawn enemies?

[merry pebble]

No

[pliant hatch]

Spawn, no. Attrackt them, yes.

[wintry valve]

I swear everytime I go kill some ashtrees, entire armies shows up to see what im doing

[merry pebble]

Well, that makes sense as it make quite a bit of noise 🙂

[wintry valve]

Yeah but like, where do these guys even appear? Im on a tiny island that I keep clearing of enemies.

Im starting to think that the criteria for enemies to spawn en masse in the ashland is "wherever I'm not looking"

[pliant hatch]

All chared come from the spawners you see. So do Vultures.
Thing is, Charred spawers can be destroyed, Vulture spawners can't. And then there's the hidden spawners for Charred that are everywhere as well.

Just be "glad" you aren't in the PTB. There were a lot more foes at that time as there are now.

[merry pebble]

Tbh i would love to try ptb ashlands again 😄

[wintry valve]

Its a bit annoying because sometime I just want to explore, even if its a little bit, but I take one step and then I gotta take ten back because I gotta fend off an entire legion. And by the time I destroy it, another one took its place at the same spot as before.

[tacit crystal]

Kinda same, I died a bit over 10 times during the PTB but with the experience I have now from the Ashlands I would like to know if I fared deathless during that.

[pliant hatch]

Most useful thing I learned in the PTB was that there were Dverger buildings along the coast which would make a great first base.
With a nice amount of "first step" resources you could access the moment the Dverger were killed by the Ashland creatures and their ward destroyed.

Well, I jus learned a new lesson.

Fighting Eikthyr with a crude bow and wooden arrows on Hard isn't a smart thing to do.
"Glad" I died only once.

[tacit crystal]

I beat him with spear in my Hard world.

Still the best option IMO.

[pliant hatch]

As do a lot of players, but I just can't get along with a spear. I'm a lot better with a bow, but the bad choice I made was using wooden arrows.
Those are fine in normal but too weak in hard.
Should've been Flint or Fire arrows instead.

[merry pebble]

Tbh on normal its not too hard to kill him even with fists 😄

[pliant hatch]

Hence why I said that it's possible to kill him with wooden arrows on normal.
But on Hard I did 10-18 dmg. And the bugger got a lot of health.
Spend about 110 arrows on him and the bloody flappy birds checking out the noise.
And some boars that decided it was a good idea to be in my way as well.

[tacit crystal]

Lower bow skill also might affect a lot for that fight.

The draw is so slow on low lvl.

[pliant hatch]

I had 15 or so in bows before I died.

Tier 2 bow with my skill does 9-18 pierce.
Wooden arrow with my skill does 7-14 pierce.
So that's 16-32 damage on 'normal' monsters. I did 10-18 on Eikthyr.

Fint arrows do 9-17 dmg with my current skill
Fire arrows do 4-7 pierce and 7-14 fire dmg. And fire stacks......

[tacit crystal]

I usually skip Crude bow because it is pretty inaccurate. That's why I main spear during the early game.

It's fast and the throw is much more accurate when you get a hang on it.

[pliant hatch]

I use the crude bow because of its inaccuracy. Because that teaches you to aim well.

[merry pebble]

I skip it if i have enough luck and find a shipwreck quickly 🙂 otherwise i do make it to kill some trolls easily

[pliant hatch]

I was hoping Eikthyr would destroy some of the Birch trees, but alas...... 😦

[merry pebble]

You could summon him again for that 😛

[pliant hatch]

Oh I might. But first there's this absolutely crazy epic journey I have to do.

I'm already having a bit more of an advantage, as I managed to kill some skellies, so I upgraded my leather tunic and pants.

[regal spoke]

Full nomad run to the island no portals or nothing ey?

[pliant hatch]

I found a map with a Black Forest / Plains Island I want to use as a base.
But to get there, I need to cross 3 pieces of ocean. On a raft.........

[regal spoke]

You go full masochist and select no map?

[pliant hatch]

Nope. I'm Dutch, not stupid. 😄

[regal spoke]

Hah lov it

[pliant hatch]

Besides, if I'd go no-map, I wouldn't be able to use the Valheim Map generator either.
And that's where I found that island.

[regal spoke]

You could still use map gen as a resource. Just have to navigate by hand.

Could print the map out and plot your course as you progress

[pliant hatch]

I could, but for now I'm just doing Hard+ and plain Hard later.

One step at the time is fast enough for me.

[regal spoke]

You're run friend. Just making convo. God speed viking

[pliant hatch]

Shame we can't name boats. Otherwise I'd call that raft the SRI (Sailing Raft Idiocy)

And now the best part......

I crafted the raft at the wrong side of my starting landmass. 🤣

[foggy glacier]

lol

[pliant hatch]

There's a river running through it, so it's not that much of a problem. But still.....

[foggy glacier]

can't just break it and rebuild?

[pliant hatch]

Of course, but sailing that river is just as much fun.

Right. Death #2, at the border of the Ocean and a Black Forest island. About 50m from the shore.

[plush umbra]

Guys!
Happy christmax

Hope y'all are viking maxing ! Never let the pesky trolls destroy your Christmas spirits

Huzaaa we are warriors!
We are heros!

[cosmic igloo]

u2

[pliant hatch]

Experiment finished after facing my 3rd death.

I like the Hard setting.
But fighting 3 brutes, including a 1 star, a 2 star shaman, 6 greydwarves, including a 2 star and two one stars and a troll at a tiny island is a bit too much.
Especially since it was the wrong island.
And not in the mood to start collecting items for another raft for the 3rd time.

[true breach]

https://youtu.be/yXQViqx6GMY?si=akrMO6gUVAN0cyxX

[pliant hatch]

I don't think this is the right channel for that.

[lean mountain]

I'm disapointed that we have meads, fermenting barrels, drinking cups to Skal with
and yet, there's not a single drop of beer in sight
Valheim truly is purgatory

[pliant hatch]

We got wine made of barley. What do you think is in beer?

[vocal rivet]

Mead is superior to beer.

[lean mountain]

oh mb lol, didn't made it to plain yet

[pliant hatch]

Depends. If you drink too much if it, either will give you a terrible headache.

[merry pebble]

Tbh, i have yet to find an ammount of beer that will give me headache afterwards🤔 (if i drink only beer that is :D)

[pliant hatch]

I s'pose you never drank that worl famous Dutch brand, which a lot of Dutch people would call Troll Pee (need to be a bit Valheim related after all).

Drink too much of that and you surely will get a headache.

Come to think of it, Lox Pee would most likely be more accurate. 😄

[odd marsh]

Huh. Did in full immersion always pointed you where the boss is?

[vocal rivet]

I believe so. Assuming you mean the vegvisrs.

[odd marsh]

Yaa, well thats pretty cool just started a full immersion run xD

[tiny tiger]

you need to press e on the vegvisir and not move the camera at all for it to slowly point you in the right direction

[shut stone]

Is there anything planned after the deep north or is that the end of production and work on valhiem?

[jaunty stirrup]

havnt played valhiem since mistlands got announced anyone have a open server up? would like to play

[vocal rivet]

Deep North is the final biome, yes. After that just bug fixes.

[pliant hatch]

You will find those in https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1024264966712340510

[jaunty stirrup]

thank you

[cosmic igloo]

they said in an interview something like that it's the 1.0 release but not necessarily the end

here timestamped https://youtu.be/1OGquG74KlA?si=jFVmYG_03pRcZdWc&t=155

[wintry valve]

its funny because Barley Wine is just a brand name for a beer

[azure yacht]

If it looks like a skeleton then it is a skeleton

[pliant hatch]

Unless it's a Greydwarf skelleton? 😉

[merry pebble]

-# look closely, those are no rocks 😉

[azure yacht]

It would still be a skeleton, just from a greydwarf

[leaden elbow]

wasted todays day on ashlands. i fucking hate ashlands. No flametal is accessible, all in lava pools i cant reach. Constant morgens (i legit thought the Guten morgen this is morgen gif was joking, his name is literally morning wtf) in terms that the fight lasts forever, not being able to not do anything proper. The enemies tank everything, and my sister was suprisingly skilled today. The only ashlands tier staff is still shit, and in the central askvin parts there is a constant bombardment of enemies, ending up wasting the day. Most deaths have been testing how to reach flametal, not even in combat haha.

ashlands stink, any tips to clear out those hordes quicker?

although enemy variety and attack patterns are nice, and animations are well done.

[craggy niche]

Build more bathtubs

[leaden elbow]

its difficult, not poorly made. The enemies seem to act pretty smart

[leaden elbow]

5 feet apart

so props to the devs for coding the enemy AI at least

[warm sandal]

I am having more fun than I would have ever expected to have playing hard difficulty and no map (i did turn the death penalty down to easy and the ressources up to 1.5x though, no need to go full tilt with something new 😄 )

[leaden elbow]

high risk high reward!

[warm sandal]

managed to only die once in a burial chamber stuck with 2 onestar skellies in a jumping animation got hit from both sides... that was a thing to get my stuff back 😄 and the spawner i was trying to take out was still alive and spewing skellies 😄 but hey... fun times

[pliant hatch]

Just curious: Have you found one of those Dverger outposts along the coastline yet?

You'd be surprised what you can find there once the Dverger are gone.

[leaden elbow]

ive found some dvergr castle thing with flametal instead of soft tissue

but its just 6

[craggy niche]

Similar experiences will be had in swamp crypts and mists mines--enjoy draugr spawner timers with a random chance of rolling stars

[leaden elbow]

so far ive found: empty castles, small castles, i assume a morgen cave, and middle of lava pool flametal veins

[warm sandal]

well... i am gonna blast them with the stagbreaker 😄 and later the sledge... never had big trouble in crypts... was just i did not have the stagbreaker yet...those deer trophys were a little elusive 😄

[pliant hatch]

Did any of those places have a ward?

Try to look for those. Use the Dverger there as meat shield / canon fodder / unsuspected volunteers and let them handle the monsters for you. When they're dead, destroy their ward and check all the crates and barrels you see in there. You'd be surprised what you will find.

Also, since those places got the spike thingies already up, it's a lot easier to defend it.
And it makes a good secluded spot for your portal; especially once you got a shield generator up and running.

[leaden elbow]

eh the portal part is fine i got a nice place, well its not nice but its a box with a shield gen that enemies cant see

so... just learnt basalt bombs exist. I NEED NEW ITEM HIGHLIGHTS WHEN FIRST SEEING THEM IN A MENU

the notification is not enough, or at least sort by new

theres not even a mod for it which is really weird

[craggy niche]

Default sort is also kinda bad

[leaden elbow]

so, anyone care to just make a
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step by step thing what i should do in ashlands

every other biome ive done spoilerless for the most part, but ashlands is just wasting my time

dvergr outpost, morgen cave, charred castle or whatever, flametal, in what order?

[craggy niche]

1 fire resist mead
2 eat thicc hp food
3 raid and pillage

[pliant hatch]

Get yourself a good foothold near the coast. The Dverger outpost I mentioned is one option. The crates do contain Flametal, which is why I mentioned them earlier.
On top of a Morgen Cave / Putrid hole is a good spot too.
Terraform the landscape if you must. Dirt walls work very well over there.

Look for a green beam and move inland towards it. Spawn proof your path with campfires if you must.
Capture the fortress and make that your permanent Ashlands base.
After that, start working from there to mine the Flametal and other ingredients needed.

[leaden elbow]

im a mage, my sisters the physical down n dirty damage dealer

fyi

[craggy niche]

I am not a clever man

[leaden elbow]

there was no current information that couldve told you im a wizard, dw

[craggy niche]

(never played wizard, so idk how to advise there, just zugzug for me)

[leaden elbow]

abra cadabra your head is now a cobra

[leaden elbow]

(its fun but my sister keeps knocking back the enemies so i miss and waste my eitr)

[craggy niche]

Give her a knife; much less knockback

[leaden elbow]

wait so fortress BEFORE flametal?

[plush umbra]

i think the intended path is to mine a few lavaiathans first since it's a much less dangerous source of flametal and the main reward of fortresses is a material used to upgrade flametal gear (as well as flametal as a bonus)
but it's no doubt possible to do a fortress first

[shy marlin]

Fortresses give so much flametal, havent ever bothered with mining it ever

[warm sandal]

last time i was in the ashlandes i did raid 4 fortresses with NO Flametal in them what so ever... rng can be so mean

[dim wave]

Yo, I'm in the bronze age, maxed tools and full troll set for armour, how much extra copper/tin/bronze should i keep around? I hate mining copper

[leaden elbow]

a fair amount of things still use bronze iirc. Maybe keep 2 stacks

[dim adder]

i dont find myself needing bronze much at all past that point, but if you like the baziers then u might use some

copper for sconces is a big thing for me tho

[warm sandal]

the braziers do take copper

bronze is only needed for some upgrades to the workbenches and later you can build some stuff with bronze.. but you can always find more later... i never keep to much around 😄

ah sorry misread... the sconces take copper

[craggy niche]

16 copper + 5 bronze for T3 workbench/forge base and upgrades.

For cooking, add some extra copper and tin for a full stack of each maybe.

[pliant hatch]

Does anyone know the range of the Fire Hazard when it comes to campfires?

Can't find it on the Wiki.

[dim adder]

if you hate mining copper ur gonna looove mining silver hehehe

[pliant hatch]

You will need about 2 full copper nodes (180-ish) copper to get everything upgraded to the maximum.
After that you may need more for the torches and later in the game another light source and wall piece.
So if you're able to keep another 90-ish set apart you may be good.

[deep vector]

lf people to help me raid swamp for iron anyone down

[pliant hatch]

Oh and for copper nodes the expressions: "There's more than meet the eye" and "there's a lot more under the surface as you'd expect" are certainly true.

[pliant hatch]

You may ask around in https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1024264966712340510 for that.

[dim adder]

yeah plenty more copper under the ground, but you can just ignore it if u want. there's thousands of it out there

just make sure to save all that stone you get while mining because you will be able to use it all later

by doing that i barely needed to do any extra mining to set up a base in the plains made out of stone

[craggy niche]

Mining copper: one of the best early ways to acquire copper ore stone

[dim adder]

when i was new at the game i threw a lot of it away because i didnt have any use for it yet lol. then later on when i got the stonecutter i was like WTF

[pliant hatch]

Stone is like iron: You will never have enough of it.

[craggy niche]

Copper is bait for early stone mining; actual copper ore yield is atrocious

[dim adder]

yeah i had a cart full of iron before i started making my plains base. now i have like 40 left...

happy i stashed barely enough, but i cant even get a full set of padded armor with this

[pliant hatch]

Only a cart full?

I think I used close to 1K for my base, have 1K in storage and another 1K in scraps at one of my swamp outposts.

[cobalt canyon]

New system memory for Christmas. Ashlands runs a lot better now

[tacit crystal]

Well, on the bright side: you have much easier time in swamps when getting more iron due to better gear 👍

[rustic oak]

Quick question, does anyone know if the team plans on releasing a vinyl once the game is finished?

[craggy niche]

And another 1k for that one multiplayer guy that makes iron arrows

[cobalt canyon]

a what now?

[rustic oak]

A vinyl! Of the soundtrack!

[dim adder]

not much longer and i will finally be ready to venture into the mistlands for the first time. kinda intimidated tbh