valheim-chat

[steel mica]

Id say the brain is the "ore"

[merry pebble]

Nope, that is filled with magic, there is even mention about something liek that in some description iirc

[steel mica]

its also limtied unlike sap

[supple solstice]

then you are probably right

[west mica]

And from that grew out the Mistlands, which is populated by giant bugs for some reason. Maybe the magic made them grow.

[tiny tiger]

Technically unlimited from the dwarf dudes

[west mica]

They dont respawn though?

[tiny tiger]

They spawn tho

[eternal blade]

yeah, but their brains are too small for our needs

[steel mica]

Hm yeah that too, they respawn in open areas of the mistlands

[merry pebble]

They do, throughout mistlands

[tiny tiger]

And Ashland’s too

[west mica]

Oh OK

[supple solstice]

farming soft tissue from dvergr 💀

[tiny tiger]

It’s by no means efficient

[west mica]

I thought once you cleared them that was it

[foggy glacier]

it's like farming iron from giant herring.

[tiny tiger]

It’s just a side hustle I guess

[merry pebble]

They never said it was fast xD just technically possible to farm indefinetly

[foggy glacier]

technically 'unlimited' but not worth the trouble realistically.

[eternal blade]

did that, on a server with slow progression, in order to get iron before elder kill

[steel mica]

curious do you get double the fish if you have 1.5x resource 🤔

[west mica]

You can get SOME soft tissue from Morgen lairs but its still slim pickings
youre better off just finding more Mistlands

[tiny tiger]

Realistically you can get enough from mining like 5 giant brains

[supple solstice]

on 2x resources

which is by far the best way to play

[steel mica]

if the trollstav could break jotun remains we'd be swimming in soft tissue

[steel mica]

1.5x for me is already too much

[eternal blade]

I'd say 2x is good for solo

[supple solstice]

I don't really like grinding... especially since I like to replay the game

[tiny tiger]

In terms of most interactions 1.5x is essentially diet 2x

[eager bough]

How smoke and fog in game always amazes me , no windows but fog creepes into my house lol

[supple solstice]

I don't have too much time to play the game anymore so I don't wanne spend it mining rocks for two hours so I can make 6 walls

[steel mica]

if you put it that way yeah I understand the grind is satisfying but ya know *** g r i n d y***

[tiny tiger]

I wonder if house fog will get fixed before final release

Maybe not worth the performance costs or time to develop tho

[merry pebble]

Put torches and fires in 🙂

[eager bough]

currently have lanterns but maybe that doesn't cook the fog but then smoke .......

[oblique epoch]

stuffed mushroom recipe??

ygrdrassil porridge seems cheap too

[tiny tiger]

If you can get enough sap

[eternal blade]

getting so much spare sap is a pain

[oblique epoch]

whags the stuffed mushroom recipe then

[merry pebble]

Blood clot
3 Magecap
2 Turnip

[oblique epoch]

uh oh

turnips is a no no

[steel mica]

start farming

[oblique epoch]

the tanuki guy stole all of them...

[mellow fable]

How do I obtain seeds for berries and all that?

[supple solstice]

you can't

[tiny tiger]

Do any of you guys play with controller how do you find the experience

[mellow fable]

Ahh shit

[supple solstice]

there is a mod that lets you plant everything, but in vanilla some things you can only forage for

[tiny tiger]

I’ve tried recently on pc with ps controller and I feel like you have to play so differently compared to keyboard and mouse

No walking or interacting with inventory open is a huge dealbreaker tbh

[supple solstice]

haven't tried it because I hate playing with controllers

I beat every fromsoft game with a keyboard so I'm certainly not starting now

[tiny tiger]

Damn respect

I’ve only tried demon souls and Elden ring and I barely made any progress on demon and got to the final boss but couldn’t beat it with ER

[icy apex]

isnt there any way to prevent this annoying fog on the floor in the blackforest??

[tiny tiger]

I’m pretty sure it’s determined by the terrain height and possibly long stretches of flat terrain

[supple solstice]

haven't actually played demon souls though since I don't have a playstation

[tiny tiger]

I thought they would have ported that to pc by now tbh

[supple solstice]

DS1/DS2 are the goats

[icy apex]

so theres nothing I can do?

[supple solstice]

no

[tiny tiger]

Try raising the terrain higher maybe

[icy apex]

already did that

[tiny tiger]

Is it near sea level terrain

[icy apex]

yes

[tiny tiger]

If raising it didn’t work I’m outta ideas lol

[icy apex]

the fog just adjusted to the new height 😭

[tiny tiger]

I guess making a raised stone base and hoping it’s taller than the fog

[icy apex]

oof, expensive

[tiny tiger]

Yep

[supple solstice]

just make a treehouse 😺

[icy apex]

it looks quite ugly tbh, just found out xD

the fog also tho

what a dilemma

[oblique epoch]

wait does magecap grow in meadows??

[icy apex]

no xd

[oblique epoch]

why am i allowed to plant it

[icy apex]

you can, but it doesnt grow

[ionic elk]

To experience pain

[supple solstice]

no

[icy apex]

😂

[willow hound]

so you learna harsh lesson

[supple solstice]

as a rule, most plants only grow in their respective biome

[willow hound]

surely the plains prepared you for this mechanic

[ionic elk]

And then Ashlands happens

[tiny tiger]

??? That’s a terrible rule that’s mostly false

[oblique epoch]

damn

[tiny tiger]

You can grow everything in plains but the mistlands farmables

[oblique epoch]

i mean plains seeds dont even plant here

[supple solstice]

plains is a bit of an exception

great biome for farming

I just mean if you aren't sure, grow the plant in the biome you found it in

[steel mica]

you could also make a base boarding the plains and mistlands for farming

[oblique epoch]

I just found 50 turnips gg

[ionic elk]

I only tried once and logged out from despair, but just to be sure - in Ashlands ||you can't plant or grow any of the stuff from Ashlands right?||

[steel mica]

you need more

[willow hound]

finds onion seed in the ocean(from fishing)

[oblique epoch]

i have some onions

[supple solstice]

guess you have to farm in the ocean :'(

[supple solstice]

i honestly don't know I never tried

the vineberry grows there

[steel mica]

some can grow under the protection of the shield generator

with the exception of vineberries

[supple solstice]

I thought they did grow

you put them on a wall

[ionic elk]

Oke, my base isn't a total waste of time then!

[supple solstice]

I honestly love building in the ashlands because the defenses feel very "functional" given the circumstances

[willow hound]

hope the DN gives us an object that lets us plant in the snow

[steel mica]

The vineberries can grow on walls, I havent checked the current but previously vineberry vines couldn't grow or atleast couldn't grow when player isnt in rendering distance, basically everytime you leave or go through a portal, the growing stage for the vineberries reset and no vineberries spawn

[karmic cloud]

does vile despawns when nights end if it's engaged in a fight?

[steel mica]

they despawn when no longer in direct combat and its daytime

[oblique epoch]

NOOOOO MY MUSHROOMS BURNT

[karmic cloud]

oh I see, thank you

[oblique epoch]

and last save is 15 min ago

[steel mica]

how'd you burn your mushrooms 🤣

[karmic cloud]

I was fighting vile but it decided to swim to mistlands instead

[oblique epoch]

i thought the timer would be longer

[steel mica]

enemies do that to get away from your rendering distance so they can despawn lol

so whenever it gets daytime and you see enemies just casually wander off its them telling you peace out

and cease to exist

[oblique epoch]

did they change the way the bow works in the last year? visully

[hearty niche]

GF said she wanted to play some video games and wanted something we could play together... 🤞 She'll be the... 6th? person I've introduced the game to and every time I play it with someone new I try to pretend I know nothing about the game to make the discovery part fun.

[supple solstice]

that's good... nothing is worse than being new to a game and the guy you're playing with just speeds through everything

[neon magnet]

Letting them call the shots and just assisting I find is a good way to go about it 🙂

Build nice things when they figure out how to fight a greyling 😄

[civic inlet]

@surreal bridge
Taking a chance pinging you since you're online and it doesn't seem to be a way to ping the moderator role but I got the usual digital artist scam thing from @muted willow in this server. I can provide screenshot if needed.

[light moat]

Reach out to @dusky pivot

[night saddle]

whats in the small update? it doesnt have patch notes

[civic inlet]

I'll do that but I never interacting with ModMail. Hoe does that work? So I simply write a message here and ping them? or do I need a bot command or something?

[oblique epoch]

should i get fire res for yagluth?

[civic inlet]

Yes

[light moat]

You should just be able to message it and submit a ticket 🤔

[eager bough]

but i will be the bad guy here Plant Everything is only way i can go . Hate haveing to go to 3 diffrent places to farm'

[oblique epoch]

will seekers destroy crops?

[nocturne wolf]

All enemies will attack crops they can see

[oblique epoch]

damn

[eager bough]

yeap yeap

[south cove]

kakka

[eager bough]

Raids are rough when its flyers and they kill your pets errr farm animals.

[civic inlet]

Got it. Thanks

[oblique epoch]

did they change something with mead bases? i cant make any anymore

[nocturne wolf]

They’re crafted at a mead ketill

[oblique epoch]

wtf is that

[nocturne wolf]

It’s where mead bases are crafted

[oblique epoch]

wasnt when i last played

where do i get that

[supple solstice]

they made it because of how many recipes were at the caludron, now mead ketil has all meads

its made from bronze

[wide zenith]

Do bears spawn in already (before update) explored areas? Or their spawns generating with first launch of world as other stuff

[nocturne wolf]

Copper, tin and leather. Not bronze.

[nocturne wolf]

They will spawn in old areas

[wide zenith]

Nice, thamks

[supple solstice]

nvm

don’t listen to me ever again

[wide zenith]

I wish we had more special monsters or some sort of elite

[light moat]

Like mini bosses?

[wide zenith]

Yuh, but in the world, not specific areas. Kinda like they are roaming in their biome

[nocturne wolf]

How strong would they be? Roughly equal to the strongest enemies already in their biomes? Anything stronger could feel unbalanced.

[eternal blade]

I recently had a run-in with a starred seeker soldier. That's a miniboss enough for me, thanks

[wide zenith]

Roughly equal to the strongest enemies already in their biomes?
Yes. And some special reward, because themselves are special 🌟
Let it be one weapon, tool, armor, etc.

[wide zenith]

1* or 2*?

[eternal blade]

** . It took helova long time to wear it down using my staff of frost

[wide zenith]

Oof. 2* soldiers are tough. It's always fun to play around this sponge. Kinda the only mob, that I love sponginess, because of weakspot

[ionic elk]

I think for kinda boss encounters the ||werewolves and wraiths|| do a pretty good job, given you have to be out at night to encounter them. But something free roaming and more cryptid-ey would be cool too

[prime moth]

lmao. got all the way to dyrnwyn and now i've almost died like twice just trying to mine grausten

[orchid locust]

so just making sure: today's update wasn't really anything new, just some assets getting moved around for the PS release?

[ionic elk]

Probably didn't have anything to do with the PS release, hot fixes after a patch are super duper common

[wide zenith]

Bruh, Viles and Loxes do not fight each other?

[trail pelican]

i think they were briefly did during PTB but they ended up putting them in the same faction as most of the plains creatures (everything spawning their natively except growths)

[wide zenith]

It's weird to see undead bear in same team as some herbivore chill dudes

[smoky quarry]

Seeing the new videos makes me wonder if my walls are good enough for what is to come

[gray sand]

Dirt walls conquer all.

[wide zenith]

Why they didn't made bears a rune bears, so they atleast visible at night 😭

I keep confusing stones in the night for bears

[smoky quarry]

Got the aesthetic bug, must be chateau style eye candy.

[gray sand]

Build genuine walls that cover the dirt walls.
Best of both worlds.

And the inherent width needed allows you to walk across the top of your walls like a king.

[nocturne wolf]

Enemies only attack your walls if you let them. Walk outside during a raid to keep your base safe.

[smoky quarry]

ye, for land walls its nice filler, go tall.

[mortal vapor]

I had an update for my valheim server just now, does anyone know what for?

[gray sand]

Disable raids, problem solved

[smoky quarry]

oh, i like to stay on me wall, repair is worth it 😄

disable raids? No way 😄 thats the fun part

[gray sand]

Fun is subjective 🤷‍♂️

I play on harder difficulty but with raids off. So your base is your safe haven, but if you venture forth be ready for the pain.

[smoky quarry]

fun is when they can`t reach you and the balistae keeps missing its shots

got a 100m long moat with a curved bridge covered by a squad of balistae but i`m about to expand base into Constantinople

but first, to explore the new stuff.

[wide zenith]

Trying to find a bear is just frustrating -.-
I just simply need his head

[visual sparrow]

I found one in 5 seconds after the update dropped

Bears are surprisingly easier to kill than I thought they would be

[supple solstice]

I think they are a good complement to trolls - less damage and more health

[oblique epoch]

gf insta died to yagluth again

she doesnt want to dodge the meteor shower

[prime moth]

that move is scary

[oblique epoch]

i might just solo

[prime moth]

willamdafoe_looking_up. jpg

[visual sparrow]

Hug the pillars

[oblique epoch]

hes not tough if i have some healing potions

[tacit crystal]

She could hold shield towards the meteors, it reduces the damage.

[oblique epoch]

it was annoying dealing with a whole fuling camp at the same time tho

[oblique epoch]

ive tried to have her use shields before

[visual sparrow]

Skill issue

[oblique epoch]

eventually i put fenrir set on her so she can just run

she beat Gundyr without locking on before so i know she can learn, she just doesnt want to

[tacit crystal]

Gundyr?

[wind rain]

are these bears blind??

[oblique epoch]

ds3

[tacit crystal]

Ah, different game.

[surreal bridge]

Submit to mod mail please and thank you 😊

[civic inlet]

Done it about 2 hours ago. Thanks 🙂

[nocturne wolf]

They have 15m limited hearing and I think the sight range is 25m

[trail pelican]

they can also smell you

[abstract sigil]

i made the thundering axes and the helmet, what do you recommend i do next with my remaining flametal?

[tacit crystal]

Ashen cape.

[hearty quest]

Are the high level trinkets even good

I run out of stamina before it goes off

[abstract sigil]

really? i feel like the feather is just soooo good

[prime moth]

i have both in inv ngl

ashen cape when fighting and feather cape all other times

[merry pebble]

The ashen one gives you another piece of armor basically 🙂
Depends if you want that over the feather fall with which you should drink fire res

[abstract sigil]

i like it!

ill probably end up having both capes in my inventory

[merry pebble]

Kind of waste of slots in my personal opinion but you do you 😄

[abstract sigil]

feathers just tooo good

[light moat]

Says the guy who carries a cultivator around

[abstract sigil]

😂

[merry pebble]

Oh that is a total waste of inventory slot, i never said it isnt
But i will keep doing it anyway because i am lazy

[prime moth]

i used to do it to but man my inventory is so messed up now i cant justify it any longer

wall mounts my beloved

[gleaming sleet]

Is there no notes posted when there are updates rolled out ?

[trail pelican]

there usually is, I think there was a recent patch that didn't have any

but I think that was just tinkering with 'under the hood' fixes

[gleaming sleet]

just tried to join my server and said incompatible version

[trail pelican]

that would be my suspicion as the culprit--all the versions not synced in light of this recent tiny patch

[gleaming sleet]

That is why I was asking, didn't see any patch notes

[misty oxide]

I couldn't find any either but here's the file changes: https://steamdb.info/patchnotes/19985618/

[fossil delta]

I'm on Steam, so have my game set to auto update. Only time I have any issues is when my cloud save has not synced.

[scarlet fossil]

Modified .DS_Store 🤣

shit they renamed the linux executable

but without changing it in the config https://steamdb.info/app/892970/config/, this might be a problem

[soft lion]

What kind of problem? Will it affect players?

[scarlet fossil]

the files didnt get renamed on my steamdeck but the steamdeck has a modification to remove the normal linux case sensitivity on filesystems. going to test on my linux laptop

nevermind, it does look like the launch executable got changed for the new capitalization too, its just not shown on steamdb yet

[heady parcel]

Ooh sweet I found a reef out in the middle of the ocean where just a couple of rocks come up out of the water, no firm ground whatsoever - but enough to place a workbench on one of the rocks, I'll be able to build a tower without a single speck of land in sight. Whoop!

[unkempt oxide]

What are the armors with chop effect?

Elder has that effect currently and I don't understand which weapons or armor have that effect

[heady parcel]

Axes

No armor as far as I know

[hearty quest]

Are low level trinkets better then higher level onces

[heady parcel]

That's something that's going to be down to playstyle and preference. They will proc more often but have "weaker" effects - but what fits you best is up to you to decide really

[hearty quest]

Cuz the 100 proc I never hit

I don’t have the stamina

[unkempt oxide]

thanks

[gray sand]

Bear armor.

[heady parcel]

Hah, too new for me, haven't made it yet!

[unkempt oxide]

oh

[gray sand]

When chopping trees, you need them bear necessities.

[rugged star]

Guh. I saw a bear and troll chilling on an island together.

[empty nest]

When is foreshaken going live?

[fossil delta]

foreshaken? Whats that?

[silk token]

valheim themed snow globe

[mortal talon]

Best buddys

[chrome badge]

Now I want dream text of my viking fearing the day trolls tame bears

[proud slate]

Anybody having issues with dathost today?

[chrome badge]

There's been countless reports of server issues to be honest, it may have something to do with that minor update pushed earlier. I'm afraid I don't have many details beyond that.

[strange sandal]

Can players that host servers through steam have console players join them?

[fossil delta]

I believe that is what the cross play option allows.

[fossil delta]

So select cross play, all of you, and it should connect everyone.

[prime moth]

what is the brightest light source we can build?

[tawdry falcon]

Do we know if the playstation edition will drop before or after deep north?

[supple solstice]

most likely simultaneously

[prime moth]

holy cow with the ask set and wolf set and swamp pots im faster than the deathsquitos lol

ask cape*

[azure yacht]

you can get the answer here

https://valheim.com/news/valheim-is-coming-to-playstation-

[dark coyote]

build?

[prime moth]

yeah so i can see inside my base lol

[dark coyote]

well I would say a hearth for inside, personally I use multiple bronze sconces, for outside I ||spawn a dverger_demister_large||

[mortal pagoda]

Iron Gate has always been on the up and up. Don't think they would pull a RTM on us.

[dark coyote]

I never purchased mistlands dlc had to skip right to ashlands, very difficult

[near furnace]

erm.. why do you just straight up lie?

[near furnace]

it would never ever be a DLC btw

[prime moth]

neat thanks!

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[near furnace]

oh god no

even tho the game itself is so darn cheap on steam, it still has so many sales that stuff like that wouldn't be needed

[prime moth]

i can imagine people trying to like catapault around the world to bypass the trigger lol

[tawdry falcon]

All this says is that the devs outsourced to the same team that did the other port, while they work on 1.0, nothing about if it's before or after

[dark coyote]

need to open source poi development

[gaunt sable]

feasts are just the best

[shy marlin]

would be better if they have unique buffs

[near furnace]

like?

This food makes you better at swinging your sword?

[dark coyote]

poison fart ability

[near furnace]

or this food makes you constipated so you move 5% slower?

[shy marlin]

Could be something small like +5 to crafting / farming or +2% movement speed, -10% hammer stamina usage etc

It'd give you a reason to use feasts at home even more rather than "food last long"

[trail pelican]

indeed small buffs that are more about uniqueness and distinguishing the feasts from each toehr and regular food than anything else

[gaunt sable]

You have to wear a troll diaper instead of your regular pants, or else suffer an uncomfortable experience that slows you by 50%

[dark coyote]

BoopPerries

[gaunt sable]

Debuff: Brown bottom

[trail pelican]

we have bukeperries at home

mmm, i guess that's the inverse end tho

[gaunt sable]

Troll diaper buff: Blue Bottom "You're hiding your embarassing accident"

[trail pelican]

you take both at once and it's an instakill

[gaunt sable]

"Stuffed" If you jump or run for the next 30 minutes you throw up your food

[dark coyote]

I think they should be auras, like fires, and if you rest within it you get the 30+min buffs

[gaunt sable]

I sort of enjoy them as a "I'm not doing anything for the next hour but building but dont wanna eat every 10-20 minutes"

[rugged star]

I was fighting a bear, and a 2 Star Troll ambushed me and killed me. Then I went back and started getting chased by another bear, two 2 star grey dwarves, a brute, a shaman and that troll. Lmao

Thank Odin I managed to kill them all.

[gaunt sable]

If it makes you feel any better I've been trying to find silver without a wishbone

[rugged star]

I tried to parry that Troll. Don't do that if you're low leveled. Lol

[gaunt sable]

oopsie of the day

[rugged star]

20 troll hide tho. Very nice.

[gray sand]

Low level?

[rugged star]

Well, not well equipped, I guess.

[gray sand]

What you eat is more important.

Food is the most important stat in the game. Like 90% of the time people have trouble we look at their food slots and it's an immediate "problem located".

Food health has the most impact on your ability to block things.

[gaunt sable]

armor helps

[gray sand]

Armor has no effect on your ability to block things.

[rugged star]

Either way, it hurt. A lot.

Plus I'm pretty sure I mistimed the parry.

[gray sand]

Some of the troll attack animations can be deceptive, yeah.

Also their different attacks do different damage.
So in the beginning it's recommended you dodge the two-handed smash and parry the normal attack.

[gaunt sable]

wiki says otherwise lol

[rugged star]

That's what I did.

[gray sand]

Pinned blocking sheet in this channel that I wrote details how blocking works if you really want to "cite sources"...

Block Armor effects blocking.
Normal body Armor does not.

Block Armor is specific to your weapon or shield.
Your shirt/pants/helmet/cape armor doesn't contribute at all.

[fossil delta]

Yeah, that value is given on your shield, not the rest of your armor.

IIRC the rest of your armor just reduces damage taken.

[gray sand]

Worn armor reduces damage taken without blocking or any damage that gets through your block, yes.

Which is the fun part, because depending on your setup, when going to a new biome, certain enemies will do less damage to you if you just block as opposed to parrying 😄

[nocturne wolf]

How? If parrying has increased block armor won't it always block more damage?

[gray sand]

Damage equation changes based on incoming numbers.
So for like 2 enemies there is a threshold based on your skill and equipment where if you Parry it uses the more punishing one against your armor.

It's an extremely niche interaction and not to be worried about.

[nocturne wolf]

Can you give an example of how I actually replicate this in-game? What equipment do I need and what enemy is it?

[gray sand]

Not at this time 😭 I am busy with other things 😭

[shy marlin]

Stalling 😏

[azure yacht]

Then you got all the info we know

[light moat]

Ah, so the PlayStation port isn’t actually going to have an effect on the 1.0 release?

[smoky quarry]

Other games i have ported to PS few months after release. Game needs finalization as you can`t open alpha a PS game

[light moat]

Are you part of the team porting Valheim to PS? 🤔

[dark coyote]

I can confirm this, I parried two charred with one parry last night, in mistlands gear, no double stagger

[shy marlin]

Not saying anything but v rising had playstation one month after 1.0 release 🔮

[light moat]

I’m happy that PlayStation enjoyers will have access to Valheim, super cool

[red jackal]

has anyone noticed that trolls are very sparse and greylings are overpopulated since update?

[mortal talon]

I I got this impression during a raid on my base

[gaunt beacon]

I’ve experienced the opposite, to some degrees. More trolls have been showing up. Had a great night when a bear and a troll joined forces.

[tribal vessel]

I haven’t noticed anything different

[red jackal]

Ive cleared two massive black forests and only one troll 😭

[silk token]

the only thing i've noticed is people seemingly are having drastically different RNG about many different things

[tribal vessel]

You might just be very unlucky
Cause there were several in the small one next to my base

[gray sand]

This is just seed-based RNG tbh.

[silk token]

lol i just sailed by 2 like 20 feet apart. now say "has anyone noticed the merchants are all on the coast?"

[topaz warren]

I didn't notice any change in mob spawning except from how easy it is to meet 1 stars and 2 stars now. I've seen more of those since CtA than in all previous updates.

[foggy crest]

So - Hardcore players - Do you prefer Melee or Magic at endgame?

[rugged star]

Got quite a lot done on the game today. Upgraded my bronze gear considerably, killed a serpent (didn't get the scales tho), killed The Elder boss and found a swamp.

[rugged star]

Ive seen a lot of 1 Star bears too. Never a 1 Star troll tho. They just shot up to a 2. Lmao

Just more star enemies in general.

[gray sand]

Melee. I am viking, not a wizard. 😏

[shy marlin]

Magic trivializes the game

So melee 🙂

[gray sand]

Parry no longer costing stamina trivializes the game.

[gaunt beacon]

My skills are low since I just started using the spear again, but a sneak attack spear throw with Splitnir the Thundering did jack all damage on a 1 star bear.

I knew of the Pierce resistance, but daaaaaamn that was nothing

[shy marlin]

Different level

[gaunt beacon]

This. Once I read that change I said to myself “Ashlands is cake mode now”

[gray sand]

They made it cost double for a reason...
And I'm assuming casuals whined until they changed it back.

[gaunt beacon]

And it is. I can parry to my hearts content, stun lock a Morgen, and still have damage between parries.

What’s double?

[gray sand]

Originally it was free.
Then they made parries cost twice the stamina of normal blocks (balanced).
Now it is free again.

[gaunt beacon]

Oh

Yeah the 20 stamina was ruthless but also opens up so much damage. Worth it. Being free is silly but sure I’ll take it

[rugged star]

Yeah, it's definitely an interesting change.

[vale grove]

heyy y'all, this is my steam id, i just want new friends to play with: 11446450

[gray sand]

#1024264966712340510

[azure yacht]

yes, i noticed this before AND after the update (literally how it's always been)

[clever torrent]

Bears are overpopulated, too.
But I've gotten to the point where I can easily enough take one on (level 3 bronze sword and buckler + full set of level 3 bear armour). They're still annoying -- and I need those blueberries they apparently eat -- but at least they're manageable.

[smoky quarry]

Can`t wait for release, so new game announcement in works comes out :p

something medieval or w/e with wallz and siegezz

greyling nuissance is omnipresent. Can`t lay a plank and one shows up, my throwing rocks assistant

lately i just place a balistae and some fires at build site to keep em at bay :p

[fathom gulch]

What are your favorite types of arrows to use?

[gray sand]

Frost until they please for the love of Odin nerf them.

[shy marlin]

That would be making the game harder and we don't do that here

[gray sand]

It shouldn't be the uncontested best arrow in the game 4 biomes later....

[chrome badge]

Silver Arrows are better in Ashlands 👍

[fathom gulch]

are they overpowered? I haven’t used them yet

[gray sand]

😂

[chrome badge]

Silver Arrows have high stagger and coupled with weakness kill enemies far faster with less materials per kill.

[shy marlin]

Ah yea silver arrows doing a whopping 20 spirit 😎 and losing out on a control effect of frost sure is worth it 😎

[chrome badge]

Slow them down is not as good as stopping them completely with a stagger.

[gray sand]

They do 78 damage + slow.
Which beats all other arrows until the Charred one in Ashlands.
Which does 4 more damage, but doesn't slow.
So Frost still wins.

[shy marlin]

You can staggerlock things with frost arrows so I don't see the point being made

[chrome badge]

You won't do it anywhere near as often

[shy marlin]

That's just not true

[visual sparrow]

Frost arrows my beloved

[chrome badge]

It is, Silver Arrows stagger over 2x more often statistically.

[gray sand]

I would genuinely rather see arrows just being arrows and the bows being what has the elemental side of things, personally. 🤷‍♂️

[shy marlin]

Speaking just from personal experience (Valheim in reverse, hitless ashlands, and no food ashlands) frost arrows have absolutely zero problem staggerlocking things

I'm sure silver can do it but frost can do it as well just fine

[visual sparrow]

Or just man up and use melee

[chrome badge]

Yeah I can't say I've had that experience with Frost Arrows, and when trying them out found myself using more arrows per kill.

They can be a bit of a pain to farm, where Silver veins will net you enough arrows for a long long time

[smoky quarry]

bow was fun early game now I just Leeroy with the pole

[gray sand]

They need to buff arbalests to compete with bows tbh.
Or gasp nerf how hard bow attackspeed scales with levels.

[smoky quarry]

arbalests is good combo with pole, One shot then pole it. Range is great

[shy marlin]

Got it. Buff bow speed by 2x.

[gray sand]

Pole?

[shy marlin]

.....

[gray sand]

inb4 they actually do this...

[smoky quarry]

jump into a pit full of bugs & ticks and start roundkick with pole: epic

[gray sand]

That's no pole...
It's a space station creator.

[shy marlin]

Also kills your ears whenever you hit multiple objects with secondary

[gray sand]

Can't stunlock though because it isn't silver 😏

[smoky quarry]

very fast attack as single also

[steel mica]

buff crossbows wheen

[shy marlin]

Got it buff bow speed by 4x.

[gray sand]

Would create balance and player choice instead of having a best in slot option.
We don't do that here 😛

[steel mica]

😭

[clever torrent]

Defeated the Elder, and am super happy with the rework on the power that he provides. Not better than Eikthyr atm, but for sure will be later.

[smoky quarry]

bow already Op with eikthyr

[steel mica]

anything range, high dmg, area splash... mahem staff of ember...

[smoky quarry]

i can 1shot a `squito from max range, so easy to aim

[gray sand]

Real vikings front-kick deathsquitos 😉

[steel mica]

i do that

just for funs

[smoky quarry]

or just lay a spike as they come in

[fathom gulch]

What is staggerlocking?

[smoky quarry]

evil laugh

Hehe...heeee

[smoky quarry]

when you get stunned over and over, or you do that to mobs. Pole is great for that

[fathom gulch]

Oh I see

[steel mica]

dont you need a workbench though?

plus carrying the corewood and wood is annoying just to swat onea annoying fly

and if you deconstruct it, you lose the materials

[smoky quarry]

yea, but the satisfaction

you can chug a squito pot, gather a few around you and wait for effect off. Then they swarm...and you spike

[fathom gulch]

I thought you always get all resources back when deconstructing things

[echo wind]

For most things yes

[steel mica]

most but there are some exceptions like defensive spikes

[robust token]

Gotta admit sometimes Valheim gets on update, for some it's major update, but for some it's nothing..

[hard sluice]

Hi vikings

Are there many fans of 'immersive mode' here?

[echo wind]

Kind of looks like stalking tho

[fresh plume]

Imagine how could would it be if smiffy says hi to me

[visual sparrow]

i hate fuling camps i hate fuling camps i hate fuling camps

[tiny geyser]

did you die?

[lunar sapphire]

#screenshots message

I survived btw 🤘🥰🎁

[gray sand]

All things are possible by the power of Smiffe!

[visual sparrow]

nah not yet

but i have learned charging in is not the way to do it

[tiny geyser]

Yeah we all learn that the hard way

[tacit crystal]

I love taking out fuling camps with style.

[pliant radish]

hi nerds

[visual sparrow]

i was almost sent to valhalla by a berserker immediately

[gray sand]

Oh if you die in Valheim you go to Hel because you failed your task.

[pliant radish]

I thought you were resurrected, only failing to come back when your will fails

[tacit crystal]

Yeh Valhalla awaits only if we prove ourselves.

[visual sparrow]

i'm tired boss

havent i proved enough?

[gray sand]

No.

Not until the heads of all Forsaken hang on the stones.

And then you still die because Thor comes down and kills you out of jealousy for Odin giving you so much attention

[tacit crystal]

And that is after DN is out. ☝️

[pliant radish]

"How dare he personally stare at you from time to time"

[gray sand]

Exactly.

[visual sparrow]

forget the deep north this should be the ending to the game

cancel the update

[pliant radish]

A boss fight with thor with a scripted loss?

[gray sand]

Been playing KCD2 and the amount of "play this whole fight out even though you lose in the cutscene no matter what" instances are annoying tbh.

[pliant radish]

Whats KCD2?

[gray sand]

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2.

[visual sparrow]

would go hard

[pliant radish]

I've somehow managed to avoid games with scripted losses pretty well so I haven't really experienced it personally before

[visual sparrow]

halo reach?

idk if that counts

[scarlet fossil]

nah, I thought somebody beat the finally scene

[tacit crystal]

Halo 3 and Reach were the best Halos. 🫡

[visual sparrow]

for real actually

[scarlet fossil]

I had every achievement in every halo up until 4, once I finished the story once I was just done

never played any halo games after that

I still use the virgil tone from odst as my notification sound on my phone. its unique and I've had one person recognize it

[tiny geyser]

Bois? Any tips on how to beat the queen boss.

[gray sand]

Make sure her health gets to zero before yours does.

-# Build a forge right outside so you can go repair your weapons when they break mid fight.

If you want it to be easy, stock up on Bilebombs and Tasty Mead.

[tacit crystal]

Here some tips: #valheim-help message

[gray sand]

I though 4 was great but then 5 abandoned everything 4 set up and Infinite is just... bleh.

[nocturne wolf]

Bring tonic of ratatosk, the queen can teleport and you’ll need to catch up

[gray sand]

Oh.. I just wait for her to come to me.

[tiny geyser]

Appreciate it bois

[tacit crystal]

4 is the latest Halo game I've played. I think it was good enough.

[gray sand]

Tasty.
Mead.

Trust.

[tacit crystal]

Damn, situation got almost "too damned" with sudden many mobs in Ashlands. Situation clear now. 😮‍💨

In my language, I would say "tilanne perkelöityi".

[gray sand]

Ashlands is so simple with Demolisher. Nothing can ever get close to you.

[tacit crystal]

Haven't made it in this world. Rocking with Ask set + Ashen cape, 2 pairs of Berserkir axes (iolite & jade), Skull Splittur and Klossen.

[gray sand]

I don't get putting jade on melee weapons, personally. It is strictly a bow enchantment for me.

[tacit crystal]

Primal axes and Klossen are my favorites.

[gray sand]

Ling Axes just nuke things. Swap to Blood Axes if my hp drops enough to make it relevant.

[nocturne wolf]

Are you able to do this now?

[gray sand]

No. 🙃😛

[tacit crystal]

Hmm, at least bloodstone effect is not 🎰 game.

[gray sand]

Because it involves adjusting the page like one skill number at a time across every difficulty setting across every shield and scrolling through all numbers until I remember which enemies it was.
And I just don't personally feel like spending that effort.

[rain flare]

Perfect example of people who don’t understand the stories narrative and just do their own thing

Point 101 on how to completely ruins a franchise

[vernal pebble]

Call to arms is live right

[rain flare]

⚡️🪓 ⚡️

[gray sand]

5 or 4?
Because I thought 4's story was great. It progressed Master Chief and even pushed the "next stage of humanity" with what the Librarian does to him. And Cortana dying at the end really set up for the next chapter to be great from a story and drama perspective.

And then 5 just... ignored all of that.

[rain flare]

Me: exists
Every Ashlands mob in existence: And we took that personally

[nocturne wolf]

I’m just trying to understand what’s causing it because from what I know more block armor should always block more damage

[rain flare]

5
4 was OK

[gray sand]

It's like I said, there are very, VERY specific instances where your skill and shield are right on that line of changing which damage equation gets used.

[gray sand]

4 is honestly my favorite because it really explores how mentally damaged John is. With the contrast of Cortana being full of life and curiosity while he is literally just a human machine due to what was done to him and the fact he's known nothing but war for like 30 years at this point.

The final scene between him and Lasky where L has to remind him that soldiers "are people too" is absolute cinema.

I have killed chat 😭

[tacit crystal]

By derailing chat.

-# Jk ofc.

[nocturne wolf]

So if I just keep increasing block armor by a tiny amount I’ll take more damage instead of less when I get past 50% or am I missing something?

[fair cairn]

12 surtling cores in 1 chamber! lets goo! and 2 ghosts, though no trophy yet

[flint forge]

Hi,
I've been playing Valheim for a while now, and i have yet to have any problems.
Even Mods are easy to use and work well (with enough trials and research), and are very entertaining. I do recommend to play on a medium difficulty server and if you want to build in Hammer mode Server.
I am looking forward to the next update, as getting further is challenging but rewarding.

[fair cairn]

i finally made the cauldron, completely forgot about boar jerky, that could have been very good earlier

[heady parcel]

If nothing else, boar jerky is excellent base-loitering food early on. One cooked meat, one jerky, one honey and you have stamina enough to work but also health enough to not get immediately squashed if you get a raid.

And swap honey for jam & meat for deer stew/minced meat once you have mats enough.

[open pecan]

I love base-loitering.

[rain flare]

I NEVER get tired of the Ashlands ocean theme popping up in my playlist!!! 🤩🤩🤩

Was wearing a headset today and it just popped in
Me: YEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Absolutely love this theme with such a passion ❤️‍🔥

[chrome badge]

Oo that teased furniture has quite a lovely look to it 👌

I wonder if that notched looking beam is just decorative?

(behind the chair)

Also, are those double wide wooden beams?

[rain flare]

Let the thunders roar!
We are off to war!!!

[steel mica]

When I checked out the news the large wooden beam immediately caught my attention

The building potential just got even better

[rain flare]

Indeed ❤️‍🔥
The dev’s do indeed just get what makes their game so epic to play 🥰

[steel mica]

THAT RESOURCE BETTER BE RENEWABLE 😭

[chrome badge]

I am excited for that! No more custom beam shenanigans. 😅

[steel mica]

OR IM FLIPPING A TABLE

[wheat sail]

That table does look like enlarged stool that we have 😆

[steel mica]

Honestly, looking at the Blue Hills build and this news combined made me realized that I shouldn't limit myself

I made a promise to not use different materials in one build

but thats literally limiting myself with so much detail

[chrome badge]

Yeah, and finally some engraved options beyond the few we have now.

[steel mica]

and potentially a cooler build

my based still ended up fine but really the outside is very plain

the inside is decently decorated

[chrome badge]

Yeah, a full blend of materials offers itself to a totally new look!

[rain flare]

It’s fun to work like that though
It inspires greater creativity with the materials at hand

I like to build my stuff using whatever items are actually available in that biome

It makes for a more thematically pleasing and very cool base design

[wheat sail]

I finaly started using grausten to give some details to my plain stone walls. And it actually looks cool

[steel mica]

Im still honestly very happy I was still able to build such a large base just from gathering resources alone

Using the same materials is nice but takes a ton of time mastering details and what not

[wheat sail]

Grausten columns are also good for hiding iron beams

[steel mica]

maybe my next playthrough though

[steel mica]

Anything grey'ish is a 10 in my book

fits well on the village/town vibe

[wheat sail]

Ah fellow millenial 😂

[rain flare]

I prefer my wood vibes
I really enjoyed designing a meadows village with nice 2 story buildings and little swing windows

Very pretty ❤️

[heady epoch]

anything but the north update

[steel mica]

No major updates just sone sneak peaks here and there like the new one rn, and honestly its for the best spoilers kinda well spoil on whats gonna be in the update

I prefer it to be small sneak peaks, nothing too major but atleast something that relates to the deep north biome

[willow pendant]

I agree, I spoiled myself with the mistlands and ashlands. I want to go in blind with Deep Northand feel that nostalgia of figuring it out for the first time.

[chrome badge]

You don't want the north update?

[tacit crystal]

I understood that like "Ugh, IG releasing anything but Deep North right now".

[steel mica]

The fps drops are killing me 😭

[chrome badge]

Shh I am trying to make them look silly 😅

[steel mica]

I look away from my main house:
decent 70+ fps

I look towards my house:
OHHH MY PCC-

[chrome badge]

I always build economically where instances are concerned, I dont want to drop fps anywhere 😤

[tacit crystal]

But also, they have already said no new updates for the end of the year.

[smoky quarry]

I just saw last announcement and that the PS version is playable at the Tokyo show. So its already working. With that confirmation it`s clear game will go full 1.0 in '26 after careful testing. 💪

sneaky little fire sprites

[silk token]

yoooo the board game is “ready to ship”!!! anyone else buy the “take my money” version of the board game???

board game HYPE

[neon magnet]

I feel bad about pine trees not being sustainable due to cone drop rate being low :/ Makes me not want to cut any down

[smoky quarry]

my old 6800xt is doing a fantastic johb at handling my massive base above 60 2k with no issues any longer. Game feels well optimized.

i turned up light sources to max

[silk token]

i couldnt live without corewood beams though, you could always go sail somewhere and bring back wood, deforest somewhere else

[royal bolt]

once I saw the recent update showing a dude with a mullet and stache, I reinstalled and hadn't played in a year prior.

[neon magnet]

Yeah. Core wood is necessary for tools etc... and useful for building. But still 😄 I realize I'll never actually run out, but it just feels bad

[silk token]

hehe, i understand, i made a base this run right next to black forests, and i go deeper to cut trees so i can keep them all next to my base 😅

[smoky quarry]

I just lay portals in a fresh patch with a little base, then have a port at build site. Once i got all the wood rock etc ready, load up full over encumbered and go thru portal, drop, rinse-repeat.

wish I could just throw stuff in the portal :))

[neon magnet]

Maybe I should just have a secondary logging world 😄

[cunning geode]

Is there anyway to prevent players from bringing spawned in items to my Steam Dedicated Valheim server without installing mods like ServerCharacters? I have several friends who would play on Xbox who cannot install such mods, but we also would liek to host publicly but not worry about people spawning or bringing in items.

[merry pebble]

No vanilla way, no, you have to trust the people you play with

[cunning geode]

That seems like something the Devs should do, it kinda ruins progression servers if you want to have the option to allow friends of friends of friends or a public game allowing anyone but cannot stop them from bringing in items

[merry pebble]

Well the game is meant to play with your friends, people who you can trust, not with people you barely know. That is also why all servers have to have passwords, so no randoms will join and ruin the fun.

[royal bolt]

"B-but, bullying fun"
-Barry bullyman

[cunning geode]

Friends of Friends are not always people you barely know, but also not people you can always trust either. I play with several sets of friends some I met while younger who are my great friends since childhood whom I trust, but we play with tons of people who we have met online through various games, who we very much enjoy playing with but still should not have only "trust me bro" as an option if you want the feeling of true progression but want to let some friends' friends tag along as well.

Seems like a no brainer to add this option as a base choice either in the Dedicated Steam Server option, or when creating a game through the game itself.

Same concept as playing D&D with friends or new friends, its cooler if everyone shows their dice rolls.

[merry pebble]

Considering that character saves and world saves are separate it will most likely not be so simple, you could probably just stop characters that have "Cheater" stat from joining, but what prevents them just using one character to spawn stuff and another to bring it over afterwards?

[cunning geode]

There should be an option specifically like ServerCharacters Mod, where the game itself has an option where you either select that characters can come from other servers or client side through save files or they have to create new characters that are only allowed on the server

Seems fairly simple, if community mods can do it - unfortunately this doesn't help Xbox or PS users as they cannot install PC mods - so true progression servers still run on "trust me" and we can't just let everyone on the server because we don't trust them wholly. Seems liek something very basic that should be considered for people who have a large friends list of varying people (social players, who dont just play with only their best friends)

For instance I had this idea to set up Clan Wars on my server that includes family, friends, and friends of friends of friends and invite everyone to it and we could enable pvp.. but we can't just trust everyone to play by the rules.

[merry pebble]

I mean... If they cant follow simple rules like "Dont cheat" then just kick them really...

[eternal blade]

am I the only one who always makes way too much food? I have a whole black metal chest full of misthare supreme and glazed chicken, and another full of porridge and aspic...

[merry pebble]

No such thing as too much food 😄 especially late game food

[tacit crystal]

Guilty as ever. 🤚

[eternal blade]

true 😄 I am playing solo though, no way I'll consume that. Well...the eitr food might be useful for training

[merry pebble]

Play long enough and you will 😉
But i also usually make chests upon chests of food i dont neccesarily consume while in the biome its from 😄

[cunning geode]

I mean.. or they can make the game for all kinds of people, not just the anti socials

I shouldn't have to kick someone when devs can create a game that caters to more than just the closest friends and limits how many you want to bring to your server because you're trying to only bring non-cheaters who lets be honest you can never really know people wont..

[merry pebble]

If anti social means not liking to play with people who cant hold themselves and just cheat... Sure i will gladly be called that.

[cunning geode]

I didn't call you anti social. However a social gamer has several friends groups, who have several friends in them. This is an easy addition to this game and would absolutely bring even more people to it. For instance my idea of having a Clan Wars server would bring several friends groups that we all game with all the time, but we still have our groups that would break into clans for the server. Having the option would enable this type of gameplay for more social gamers

If Minecraft has the option to make a server where people can't cheat, then Valheim should as well.

[merry pebble]

You cant cheat on others servers 😉

[eternal blade]

BTW, why the hell is black marble of dvergr buildings flammable? 😄

[cunning geode]

Right, but you can bring items into others servers from your server. Which is kinda enabling..

[merry pebble]

That is because the character and world are saved separately

[blissful ibex]

Doesnt terraria do that same thing

[cunning geode]

I understand this, and is why I am advocating for them to make some servers able to keep the character for that server on the server side, and keep people from making characters from other servers be able to drop in and out of other servers to prevent obvious exploting on servers where you may want to play with more than 3 of your best friends only

[cunning geode]

I don't know, I have not played it..

[blissful ibex]

U havent played terraria? Thats wild

[merry pebble]

You keep saying that currently you can play only with your best friends... Thats just not true, you just need to find people who actually want to enjoy the game, heck i even played with randoms from this server and we didnt really have any problems with cheaters.

[cunning geode]

If you have a game that directly allows you to just cheat through itemization, you've kinda crapped on your own progression fun. I know it isn't just myself, but my friends and I have talked about it as well and 90% of the ones I spoke to agreed that if you can just bypass the game it takes a lot of the fun out of it. There should absolutely be a way outside of community mods on the base game to prevent people from just spawning items (which is a considered cheat in most rpg/progression games)

I also like people who Build on games like this and they should have their option to spawn in all the mats and items they need, but there should absolutley be a way to block that on the base game to experience the rpg they created.

[cunning geode]

Okay, I am an Uncle and play games with my nieces and nephews, I don't want to have to also sit over the top of them and remind themn about cheating constantly when I know once they find out you can spawn things an 11 year old boy or girl would just go HAM with it.

[silk token]

no such thing! its not like it spoils. worst case it just becomes chore food

[blissful ibex]

I dont understand this point. You CAN do it. Doesnt mean you have to, its even quite easy to avoid it happening. It sounds like your friend group is an echo chamber. It seems like such a silly critique to me. Thats coming from someone that is very critical of valheim, im not a D rider.

[cunning geode]

If there is no way to currently implement a setting to prevent the option of item spawning, and allow my upwards of 30 friends of friends to join randomly in and out to keep the server alive which is a bit chaotic with tons of people (but more fun for social gamers), but I have to monitor everyone's cheating..

Like what?

There should be Builder servers like minecraft, and survival servers as options for sure

[blissful ibex]

It sounds like you're exasperating how big of an issue it is, i cant tell if you're being genuine or just failing to ragebait. Its just such a strange criticism. It isnt hard to join a world on a new character, or the character you've always used if you are returning. Its a non issue

[cunning geode]

What does new or old character save to do with the ability to spawn in items and bring them to any server? Im confused.

[blissful ibex]

Idk what you're talking about in reference to "spawning in items"

If you are referring to having items on a character from an old save, and using that character on a new world, those items arent being spawned in

They already exist

[cunning geode]

So - people can create their own server and enable cheats and then use console commands to summons items. Then they can log back into a Hosted Server (if it isnt modded) and bring those items with them.

[blissful ibex]

People can cheat. Wowww. Maybe dont allow cheaters in your server? Lol what?

Im not understanding the issue

You choose who you allow in your server. If players are joining n cheating, thats on you.

[cunning geode]

If I play with several friends groups, and am a very social gamer who can post to about 30 people who I definitely enjoy gaming with but don't know 100% if folks would cheat or not, and I want to make a server for sayy something like "Clan Wars!" where we break off into several groups and play against one another in PvP etc. I dont want to have to kick or ban people who are friends of friends (or police the server), when there can simply be an option to prevent this from happening at all.

[smoky quarry]

National Guacamole day btw :p

[cunning geode]

The game Devs can simply add Servers as an option that only allow Server Side characters to be used, and make the game much more accessible for all kinds of gameplay, bringing in larger groups for more types of acitivity

[smoky quarry]

those stacked rock formations in meadow are fantastic. about 2000+ rock in <5min

[flint forge]

we need 100 players per server

[cunning geode]

I don't want to go to my Friend's of Friend's 16 year old son, and ban him and kick him causing a rift on the server and ruining the fun and causing drama just because I don't have an option to prevent players from spawning in items which should be an option imo

and sit around looking for signs of cheating rather than just relxing and playing

[merry pebble]

Or you could just tell them not to cheat...

[cunning geode]

Yeah, well "trust me bro" isn't how the world works Astaru

[merry pebble]

It is with decent people 🙂

[cunning geode]

You can always assume decent people, that doesn't mean they wont.

[merry pebble]

It also dont mean they will 😄

[cunning geode]

But they can, and might

[merry pebble]

And they dont have to

[cunning geode]

why not make it where they can't

[scarlet fossil]

sadly with the way multiplayer has been implemented, even with an official server characters feature its still wouldnt be that hard to cheat

[cunning geode]

Right and its a big shame they are overlooking a huge market for people to play the game without cheats, which you would think is a basic component of a survival game.

[merry pebble]

You know people normally play without cheats right? Even on servers...

[cunning geode]

Not everyone plays with 3 friends max like Astaru, some of us are very likeable online and have several friends groups but don't know every single person intimately enough to know for sure they wont dupe items and bring them in and jack up an otherwise fun rpg progression server.

[tacit crystal]

Game is mostly solo with possible co-op, hosting a server for several people is riskier if you cannot trust them.

[merry pebble]

Now i would appreciate if you would not insult me 😄
Also, the game was designed to be played with up to 10 close friends.

[cunning geode]

The game is insanely fun, but I don't want to limit myself to only my most trusted friends, and they should be able to bring their friends as well who THEY trust but I shouldn't worry they can just dupe items and jack everything up unless I'm policing them.

[merry pebble]

All this because of a worry... That is not based on anything...

[cunning geode]

yeah, and if I bring 3 people who want their buddy to play, or their kid to play - I don't want to have to be a d*** and ban them when the devs can just implement a server option that prevents this.

We all know no one can dupe items and bring them, we all know Sammy's kid who just turned 13 isn't going to be a little weasel on the weekend when we are asleep

[merry pebble]

Ah, yes, just implement server option. Where is the IMPLEMENT button again...

[cunning geode]

If the community mad a mod for this, they can simply and quite literally implement it. Are you working on the back end on coding? Are you a dev?

[merry pebble]

Are you? Because i am not and even i know this is not how that works 😄

[cunning geode]

Alright Astaru, the community has a mod that makes characters stored server side. This means it can be implemented into the base game and solve an issue and bring a lot more people to play the game so we don;t have to cause drama if we wanna open it up to more than just our most trusted long time friends and say they can't brignt heir friend bob or their kid because they might dupe

[scarlet fossil]

Community mods dont always do things in the best way possible since they are restricted to a lot of confines of the base game. I actually hate the way serverchars is implemented because it has to follow the base game flow of select a character and then select the world/server. Just copying the mod into the base game would be terrible. Reimplmenting the basic functionality in a new way that is more streamlined and makes more sense to users is the proper way to do such things and that takes a lot of time and effort.

[tacit crystal]

If there is mod available then why requesting adding it to the game when it's not what devs are planning to implement?

[cunning geode]

because Xbox and PS users cannot implement the mod and it must also be installed Client Side to work

Seems like a real no brainer that would bring a lot more people to play together, and not have to worry about everyone being the most trustworthy. Making a simple option to allow server side stored characters instead of characters that can hop around everywhere and spawn in every item in the game.

[scarlet fossil]

I believe its something they are interested in, hopefully they do decide to implement it. But again due to the way networking works in valheim, even with server characters it will still be easy for somebody to cheat using mods.

[warm star]

This is not how game development works. Often times mods like this create a ton of vulnerabilities and issues, you can't just tack it on.

[cunning geode]

Well that may be true, but a lot of the legwork is already done. You might have to close some gaps, or take only a portion of the code - but if that's what players want and are using it often enough - the devs should see it's something that would appeal to more people and make the game more accessible to people to play. Not something that should be overlooked imo

[warm star]

I suspect the bulk of players want more biomes and features, rather than restructuring save file data to be server-side.

[scarlet fossil]

most of the mod code is probably useless as it has to hook into a lot of base game stuff which would be completely unnecessary for the actual game developers to do

[cunning geode]

yeah as do I. However bringing in a new feature might also bring in more players as well.

[scarlet fossil]

And again I agree it would be a great base game feature. It going to stop your little cousin from loading their char in a local world and spawning in whatever they want. But its going to have no impact on that friend of a friend you dont really know that well thats a terminally online powergamer and thinks they need to be the best geared person on your server.

[warm star]

I don't think "Server-side characters!" is gonna bring in as many New players or returning players as "Deep North Patch!"

[merry pebble]

Or really any noticable number..

[warm star]

Honestly, I trust Iron Gate to do a good job. They highly value quality over quantity.

[cunning geode]

That's the thing though with a gamer that is a bit more social. I have more fun when the server is full and there is people doing all manner of activities. Without a base feature to keep people from cheating it makes Valheim not a place to have that kind of fun.

[smoky quarry]

sounds like restrictive measures. Please don`t

[cunning geode]

Well to be fair, this should already be an option in this game imo

[near furnace]

no

[scarlet fossil]

I'm sure the devs have some analytics they collect about how many hours of play are done solo, in a basic match making game, and when connected to a dedicated server. And I bet those number will show dedicated server as the lowest.

[cunning geode]

So there are no plans at all, to keep players from spawning items and bringing them onto your server?

[near furnace]

correct

the game is ment to be played with your close friends together

[cunning geode]

Close friends have close friends?

[near furnace]

10 player limit

[smoky quarry]

y`ou askin for a low-key Ladder type of mechanic.

[near furnace]

the game isn't balanced either for more than 5-6 at the same time

[cunning geode]

I was thinking more like 3 friends going and doing A, 3 others going to do B, and the rest doing C

[smoky quarry]

I want a new Valheim game after this one is finished. Maybe Elysium or whatever.

[near furnace]

however you choose to play the game. is all up to you

if you got 5 teams of 2 player
or 2 teams of 5 players. or 3 teams of 3 players.
then you aren't playing as we intend the game to be played

[smoky quarry]

Most of us over played this game beyond its purpose, at its curent stage. No point asking for more

I can say I broke the game basically by now

[near furnace]

you can always fool the game somehow

doesn't really matter what we as developers do. if someone wants to cheat, they will find a way

[smoky quarry]

if you 200H or less even, id say yes

people over play games to exhaustion then ask for more. Its not doable

most games that try to please the hardcore community end up ruining their base game

[near furnace]

exactly

[smoky quarry]

Please the new players. The old either adapt and enjoy or move on

[near furnace]

and we intentionally don't try to block players from things. so people who makes mods can do things

[smoky quarry]

A clay vase can only be used to pick up water so many times before it breaks

[cunning geode]

But if you make cheating harder, less will do it. Not everyone wants to go make a mod just to cheat.
This is not "hardcore" to expect to have an option for a pure progression server you don;t have to police that happens to blanket invite friends and family friends

[merry pebble]

Just by using devcommands you can break plenty 🙂

[warm star]

"But if you make cheating harder, less will do it." - ~Cries in Multiplayer game developer~

[smoky quarry]

just listing all those hardcore things points to over exhausting the game and trying to find more pleasure in it

akin to people hoping for that initial high

[merry pebble]

Speak for yourself please 🙂

[eternal blade]

damn, I wanted to make mistwalker and realized....I don't have enough iron.

[smoky quarry]

being goofy in this game is part of its charm

[gray sand]

The point of video games is to have fun. If someone wants to look at the map so they know where things are because it helps them enjoy the game more, that is the correct way for them to play.

[cunning geode]

welll then go ahead and hop on over to your own server and spawn some stuff up!

Yay!

[merry pebble]

Surprisingly, people dont do that if they dont want to 😉

[smoky quarry]

I already have to much stuff

[warm star]

I'm reminded of people who get unreasonably upset that difficulty settings exist in single-player games. If people want to play differently, encourage them. "Say Yes to the Player" is a core pillar at the studio I work at.

[gray sand]

HOW DARE THEY MAKE THE GAME FUN FOR MORE PEOPLE

[cunning geode]

yeah, what a perfect world we live in

[smoky quarry]

Game already eats time like my cats eat their treats, few have that.

[gray sand]

Kitties!!!

[smoky quarry]

That being said, would not mind a cat at base 😄

[trail pelican]

deep north tameable snow leopards

[warm star]

Seriously, time to refund the game after... ~Checks Steam~ 1200 Hours and leave a bad review like it's Ark: Survival Evolved.

[fair cairn]

something about the bear just makes it impossible to not kill when you see it, i ahve no use for its emat, pelts or claws yet and yet im unable to stop killing one when i see one

[gray sand]

Smiffe confirmed all cats are in Valhalla, so they will not be in Valheim.

[gray sand]

I feel like Steam shouldn't allow you to negatively review after you cross the 1,000 hour mark because clearly you liked something about the game 😂

[smoky quarry]

kinda hard to have a purring bear on me lap

[gray sand]

No? Because completely different animal?

[cunning geode]

Games change though, updates can kill the heck out of a game. Late game monetization changes come to mind. or the ability to Spawn items and no way to prevent it outside of Modding.

[warm star]

There's so much I wish Steam didn't do.

[smoky quarry]

ye, thats what I call game exhaustion. People frustrate beyond the intent of the gameplay

[gray sand]

Hmmm... seems easy enough to prevent by just not playing with randos.

[warm star]

You... can always roll back to previous versions...

[gray sand]

Valheim is one of the few games that keeps Steam installed on my computer 😬

[cunning geode]

Friend of Friends, or Family Friends arent exactly randoms and are actually the intended audience for Valheim as being for a small group of friends and with a server size of 10

[fair cairn]

after 4 thousand hours i left a negative review on warthunder becouse of the introduction of the KA-50 so i dont agree with that opinion

[gray sand]

Someone disagreed with my opinion? RIOT. SHAME. MY RIGHTS ARE BEING INFRINGED ON.

Oh wait... that's how opinions work. Nevermind... 😏😉💛

[gray sand]

And you can't trust these people?

[smoky quarry]

haha war thunder is a great example. They went greed mode to feed their wagner mercenary boss

[cunning geode]

You trust everyone of your friends friends friends friends?

[gray sand]

Yes, actually.

[warm star]

Yes, actually.

[gray sand]

Because if I can't, you're not my friend and if you're "friend of friend" I have made it very clear to the actual friend I don't trust their friend.

[cunning geode]

well fools you may be, but trusting people when theres a spawn item button a server over is not cool when the devs could just prevent this from being an option.
Im considering that my friends have kids that might cheat, and lame drama that would come from me having to tell them to tell their kid to stop cheating or don't play when we were otherwise having fun, which creates a cringe situation because the devs let everyone spawn items when they want.

[gray sand]

Setting boundaries that teach children about respecting boundaries is cringe?

[cunning geode]

thats okay this game just isnt for me I can see. I'll take myself elsewhere. At least i know now they wont be changing the game to fit my needs so theres no need to look at this project again.

[cunning geode]

Setting boundaries ofr other peoples kids is

[eternal blade]

or just play solo

[cunning geode]

I dont do that

Im a highly social gamer, I wont touch a solo game

this game is for tight knit friends only, thats fine

[merry pebble]

Oh no, some of my friends might cheat, if they learn you can cheat, and know how to enable Console, and learn the correct commands, and learn the correct ids, and learn then have to be on their private world to actually do it... The chances are just too great guys!!!

[gray sand]

Wait no, bring the fancy letters back!!

[cunning geode]

I mean, why have the option? It's just not going to work 100% of the time, with every single friends group. Youll have 90% of your buddies doing the right thing, but someone else can go out alone and die but be like nah screw that, Im not losing all my gear and my boat to that - Ill just spawn in what I lost.

[blissful ibex]

At this point its just rage bait lol

No point further interacting

[eternal blade]

what the hell...despite being encased in black marble, my eitr refinery somehow punched a hole in the stake wall

[cunning geode]

It takes the wind out of me for sure, I can put my head in the sand if I want, but people do cheat.

[warm star]

I can't imagine spending my entire life fretting about what my friends' kids might be doing in a videogame.

[fair cairn]

yes people that cant control themselves cheat in multiplayer games

[cunning geode]

Its's honestly not, don;t rage over opinions. I am just saying my closing argument before I leave

Thanks for your time

[warm star]

This isn't a court of law sir, you don't need a closing argument.

OhNoDontGoGeneWilder.jpeg

[gray sand]

90% of your friends you can trust and the other 10% shouldn't be your friends 🤷‍♂️

[blissful ibex]

[gray sand]

Did I translate that correctly?

[blissful ibex]

10% of the time is 100% of the time

If anyone can cheat, everyone cheats ofc

[gray sand]

60% of the time, it works every time.

[neon magnet]

I think adding a nicely worded suggestion in #suggestions to have "restricted" worlds as an optional feature (inventory saved separately for that world, cannot bring or take out items) isn't a bad thing 🙂 Personally I just trust people, but I can see it being a good option for semi-open servers or for challenge runs etc when you don't want to tempt yourself 😄

[gray sand]

Your Honor, fun should only be had my way.

[warm star]

I sentence you to 10 years of Hard Fun in the Steam Mines. Bailiff, take them away!

[gray sand]

The amount of work to add a system that tags every single drop by which world it was dropped in...

[gray sand]

Nooooo... send me to GOG or EPIC or Directly Buy From Source mines plzzzzz

[neon magnet]

I wouldn't say that. Just need to save the inventory of each character that enters that world as part of the world save. Then only load that inventory and ignore the one saved on the character.

Or something, I'm sure devs are smarter than me with how to implement it (if they do see value in it)

[blissful ibex]

Yeah just seems like wasted dev time

[blissful ibex]

I sentence you to only being able to use the epic games launcher for gaming for 6 months

[gray sand]

I would have access to all but 2 of my games 😁

[warm star]

Jokes on you, I primarily work in the Unreal Engine, so I have been doing that for years now.

[gray sand]

As soon as EPIC released with "we actually pay devs more instead of gouging 30% of their money" I rebought my entire library on their platform.

Valheim is solely on Steam though (for now) 😭

[blissful ibex]

Anything epic touches immediately just fails, and their UI is horrible

Will never intentionally support anything besides steam

[gray sand]

Immediately fails....

Fortnite making a billion dollars in 8 months and continuing to dominate/define the BR genre...

[blissful ibex]

Rocket league being bought by them has permanently ruined the game

[blissful ibex]

Fortnite is one good example, and its got nothing to do with epic

[warm star]

It has nothing to do with Epic?

[gray sand]

The game purely from EPIC has nothing to do with EPIC...

Ok now you're the one ragebaiting, lol.

[blissful ibex]

Epic has nothing to do with why fortnite is successful lol what

It could be on steam and have the exact same level of success

[gray sand]

Moving on...

[blissful ibex]

By nothing to do with epic, i mean how well its done has nothing to do with epic

[warm star]

That's... not how any of this works...

[blissful ibex]

Theres no way to prove it either way cuz fortnite has never been on any other service besides epic

[gray sand]

Tameable bears when? 😏

[blissful ibex]

But the moment rocket league, for example, was bought out, the quality immediately diminished

[gray sand]

Imagine riding a bear into battle against the Fulings.

[warm star]

Tameable Trolls when?

[gray sand]

They are.
They mine copper for me.

😏

[warm star]

I want to ride in a little pouch on their belly.

[gray sand]

I sincerely want tameable Necks 😭

The purple ones are so cute.

[neon magnet]

Was thinking about the "cutting down black forest trees feels bad because they're not sustainably replantable" thing. And got the idea that since oaks are sustainable, a player who wanted to could gradually turn their black forests into oak forests if that feels better than just leaving them bare 🙂

Oak forest with Black Forest ambiance could be fun

[tacit crystal]

Fortunately there are buff necks to be tamed.

[blissful ibex]

I havent even tamed boars and yall want other tameables?

[gray sand]

Tame normal necks and be able to upgrade them by feeding them magic shrooms

[vestal river]

as dumb as it sounds, do you think i can make my own suze canal?

like, trough an entire island

[gray sand]

There is a digging limit. But it is doable.

[vestal river]

or atleast reshape one of the canals to be a straight line

it would make traveling faster

[tacit crystal]

This should be much easier than digging one fully.

[gray sand]

All forests are sustainable. Just go harvest seeds from another world and bring them back to yours 😉

[trail pelican]

in theory yes but the entire terrain would need to 'start' low enough to dig down to water, and i'll add in practice having tried similar things it's a huge pain to try to dig the depth enough for boats

what many people find more efficient honestly is just to break down the boat, collect the materials, traverse the landmass, then build the boat again on the other side

[eternal blade]

try doing that with a longship full of iron

[trail pelican]

ok well if you didn't PLAN a way to avoid that, sure, lol--if you anticipate frequently having to bring a boatfull of iron through that route, a canal might actually be a good investment

[gray sand]

I'm a minority, YESSSS!!!

[fair cairn]

50 seed carrots arent enough i think, maybe i should do 100 seed carrots? for 300 seeds but that just seems excessive hmm decisions decisions

[trail pelican]

can you really be sure you have enough until you have an entire blackmetal chests' worth?

[gray sand]

I usually do seeds in multiples of 6.

So try 60 as it is between 50 and 100 😉

[neon magnet]

True. Not the most immersive solution though 😉

[gray sand]

Immersion? In a video game?
Bah. What's next, you want FUN too?

[blissful ibex]

Adding land is more effective than removing it imo

Theres a limit to how low u can remove a piece of land. Idk what the limit for raising it is, if there even is one. Just has to be high enough initially for ur hoe to reach it i assume

[fair cairn]

wellp ill do that next time cause i just planted the other 50 for 300 seeds
wellp

[blissful ibex]

Rivers arent usually very deep so shouldnt be an issue

[gray sand]

😁

[fair cairn]

its iirc 7 up or down from the starting point

so if its a small and almost submerged connection between 2 islands then its very possible to make your own canal

[gray sand]

Yes.

Which is why I like to build on top of Tar Pits. It allows very deep basements because the starting point is already that far down 😁

[fair cairn]

ive not yet tried basements

[blissful ibex]

How many different tiers of boats are there

Im assuming there are 4-5?

[merry pebble]

4

[blissful ibex]

Unlocked via ||iron and silver||?

[merry pebble]

Meadows, BF, Swamp and after mistlands boss

[gray sand]

They are so convenient.

[trail pelican]

and you already have to dig it out--brilliant

[gray sand]

You still have to dig it out to widen it, but you get an 8-deep basement minimum instead of being locked to a 7-deep one.

[prime moth]

unbjorn is so much cooler of a name than vile i gotta say

[gray sand]

Bryson is so much cooler of a name than Chad I gotta say.

SMIFFE IS SO MUCH COOLER OF A NAME THAN SUBJECT I GOTTA SAY 😏 😉

[prime moth]

is that a swiftie meme

[narrow badge]

I think Potato is better name . . .

[gray sand]

Potato is peak name.
As long as you don't pronounce it potato...

[prime moth]

to read is to read as potato is to potato

linguistics suck

does the vile set buff my staff of the wild blunt dmg too?

[merry pebble]

You can use both read and read, as you can lead and lead, but you should never use potato instead of potato nor tomato instead of tomato 😄

[prime moth]

nice

[gray sand]

Data is the objectively correct way to say it.

[prime moth]

data errata

[worn thunder]

hello fellow Vikings !
I just saw the dev's word and was wondering : who is voicing Hervor Bloodtooth? I thought it was the voice of the streamer Embr the first time I saw the videos 😅

[trail pelican]

this is an interesting question, i don't know for sure the answer to, but my GUT would be there's no obvious (i.e. visible to players/not 'under the hood') reason the game would distinguish between an attack with a weapon that's NOT magic, and one that is (it needs Eitr of course, and it's ranged, but it just says "blunt" not like "Clubs" so...

i SUSPECT it MIGHT buff magic staff (physical) damage lol, intentional or otherwise

[prime moth]

i guess i could test it myself

[silk token]

fireball blunt would be the interesting one. but then its like realy ou're going to wear vile instead of magic armor?

[prime moth]

i was trying out like a hybrid run

blood bubble with vile armor is kinda cool

since you regen quickly

[silk token]

that sounds like synergy, cuz you arent gonna be parrying much with claws

[gray sand]

Vomiting sniper build is ultimate synergy.

[hearty niche]

Early fishing is a pain. You gotta do a lot of "Drag the thing onto shore, beat it with a club" until your fishing skill gets up

(you don't actually have to beat it with a club)

[blissful ibex]

Yea i only go for fish that are close to the shore

I dont even have the preparation table tho so fishing isnt needed for me yet

[gray sand]

Prep table being iron-locked is a bit rough tbh.

[blissful ibex]

Im at the stage of being able to get iron

I have 2 keys, just gotta.. use em

[hearty niche]

You can't do anything with spices until you find the Bog Witch who is in the Swamp - that was always my take on it being iron-locked. I felt like the Cauldron was a perfect place for Fish Bait because of that.

[vernal jay]

I know that hooded man could be Loki disguised as Odin. But I can't prove it.

[hearty niche]

Loki would totally poke his own eye out just to fuck with you.

"watch this, these reborn-yesterday rubes will all think I'm Odin"

[vernal jay]

If that's true, Loki need a class about Eyepatch.

[timid cipher]

is this a official discord server from the valheim devs or is it a fan made discord server

[hearty niche]

Official run by the devs

[timid cipher]

ok

[gray sand]

The devs who are also fans of their own game so it is technically fan made.

😏

[azure yacht]

#rules-and-info message

[near furnace]

http://discord.gg/valheim

see?

[blissful ibex]

A square is a circle and a circle is a square so if im a fan, im also a dev right?

[gray sand]

A square is not a circle and a circle is definitely not a square, so no.

[blissful ibex]

Are you sure?

I feel like i vividly remember the circle fitting inside the square hole on tiktok

[gray sand]

Yes.

[blissful ibex]

Therefore they are one and the same

[gray sand]

Stop trolling.

[merry pebble]

Quoting my teacher: "Prove it." 😄

[blissful ibex]

Have you ever seen a circle and a square in the same room together?

[glossy heath]

-# okay that word has truly lost all meaning

[blissful ibex]

Can you prove they arent the same

[quasi latch]

I can cut my finger on a square but not a circle

[glossy heath]

the helpful pizza cutter:

[quasi latch]

Squares are also tastier

[glossy heath]

okay i can't disagree with that one

[smoky quarry]

help me, i can`t stop building!

[gray sand]

Brownies confirm this thesis.

[quasi latch]

Turn on fire hazards in world modifiers, that should help

[blissful ibex]

Objection: pizza cutter

[blissful ibex]

Pizza and pies

[merry pebble]

I raise another tasty shape, triangles 😄

[quasi latch]

But bread and lasagnas

[lusty dirge]

Cookies

[quasi latch]

But then we're back to cutting our fingers.

[merry pebble]

I call skill issue if you do that 😄

[quasi latch]

Very well.

[neon magnet]

Why do I feel the need to restart every time I sit back down to play the game? 😄

[quasi latch]

That's your perfectionism speaking. Don't listen to it, play to have fun

[fair cairn]

im on almost day 100 and im waiting for carrots to grow to make some food for the elder, litterally all im waiting for is carrots
though i suppose i could get some meads going but i dont think the elder really needs meads

[neon magnet]

It speaks so loudly though. I can't resist it :/

[quasi latch]

They're a helpful "oh shit" button. Might as well, and if they don't finish by the time you go to fight him, you have them for the swamp.

[quasi latch]

Sure you can. I used to be the same way with Minecraft worlds.

[gray sand]

Can never have too much Tasty Mead.

[blissful ibex]

Cuz the beginning is the best imo

[neon magnet]

What made you change? I can understand the issue from a logical perspective, but can never seem to internalize it enough to actually stick with something more than a few sessions

[blissful ibex]

The only time the beginning of a game isnt the best, is if its a story game with a really good conclusion

With some exceptions ofc

[quasi latch]

It's faster to hop into a world and figure stuff out than grinding all that progress back. If you mess up, you get set back by a maximum of 1 biome, and even then you can get the equipment back. If you restart, that's all the biomes of progress gone.

[blissful ibex]

But survival games specifically tend to be most fun in their early game stages

[quasi latch]

But battleaxes :(

[blissful ibex]

I've never made one

I use the 1H axe currently

[quasi latch]

Missing out

[heady parcel]

Bah, axes are for cutting wood

[blissful ibex]

Cuts down my foes just fine

[ember bolt]

and chopping bears in half :x

[blissful ibex]

I prefer it over the spear

[prime moth]

my favorite part of the game is blood slayer so uh... i always have a ways to go

[heady parcel]

Swords do it better 🙂

[blissful ibex]

I dont have a sword made

[gray sand]

I love my one-handed combat axes.
I want to love battleaxes, but their initial windup is like a fifth of a second too slow for me. Make them a smidge faster and I am sold.

[quasi latch]

Exactly. I can save 2 inventory slots by having my weapon, shield, and woodcutter in the same slot

[neon magnet]

That's the strange part, isn't it? Somehow doing things "a bit more neatly next time" or "not messing up that one particular thing" weighs more heavily than hours upon hours exploring, building, gathering etc

[blissful ibex]

Armor took priority

[gray sand]

They fixed two-handed swords finally.
Now they just need to fix one-handers.

[neon magnet]

I gladly throw away builds, progress and stuff just to chase that "doing it right" feeling

[quasi latch]

Yeah, tell your brain to shove some zombie guts and boar cheeks in its piehole and stfu

[gray sand]

Getting it right includes leveling Swim to 100 😛

[heady parcel]

Oh they did? Gonna have to dust off my Krom, it's been hanging on a wall since.. well, pretty much the night I crafted it. Used it in a fight, almost died, realised I would struggle too much to reprogram my fighting to deal with its quirks, so it became decoration.

[quasi latch]

Getting it right includes food and armor in hotbar

[gray sand]

Yeah they finally fixed the MtP bug for one.
Just gotta hope they fix it for the other so one-handed swords stop being objectively better 😭

[neon magnet]

Lately I've been dumping the inventory of my character before starting a new world - get that fresh feeling but still bringing something (skill levels) to get a feeling of long term progress

[tacit crystal]

Yep, 2h swords has no MTP now.

[gray sand]

/vomit

[quasi latch]

It'll feel weird for the first 10 minutes, but that feeling will subside.
What's the farthest biome you've reached?

[neon magnet]

Early swamp 😛

[heady parcel]

That's great, should make the thing a lot more useful against groups

[quasi latch]

That's like, still the tutorial portion of the game

[neon magnet]

Most of the time I start having bronze tools and a solid-ish base and by that point I feel like there's something I would like to approach a bit differently

[tacit crystal]

Yes, although the hitbox can be bit wonky with swords, sometimes despite being on range if targets are too close the hits might not connect to all targets but just one.

[gray sand]

I'm gonna say force yourself to continue just one time because future tech will inform how you play the early game even more.

[heady parcel]

You could always just move to another location on the same world

[hearty flume]

What is best to use against bears?!

[heady parcel]

Swords/Axes

[tacit crystal]

Any slash weapon.

[gray sand]

Like get to the end so you can see the whole picture and then you'll be able to restart with all of that knowledge. @neon magnet

[hearty flume]

I just beat Eikthyr.. I don't have a sword xD

[neon magnet]

I tell myself that... the world still feels tainted somehow though. And I KNOW it's a weird mental "probably some neurodivergent stuff acting up" kind of thing 😄 But even knowing whatever ticked me off exists in the world is annoying enough

[quasi latch]

Flint axe

[neon magnet]

It is a good argument 🙂

[tacit crystal]

Axe does well, also they're weak against fire so fire arrows can be better than regular arrows.

[hearty flume]

I tried, it did nearly nothing!

[quasi latch]

Yep, pretty normal.

[heady parcel]

Then another tip - fire hazards ON and just have a little accident

[quasi latch]

But still better than anything you currently have

[tacit crystal]

They have higher HP pool.

[quasi latch]

Upgrade the axe if you haven't already

[hearty flume]

It is at level 3 xD

[tacit crystal]

Yeah, if you haven't.

[hearty flume]

I can't upgrade anymore yet x)

[neon magnet]

If you feel comfortable parrying bears, then you can do that with a wood shield 3 and kill them quite fast with flint axe 3 🙂

If not, carry a torch in your offhand and just cheese them

[tacit crystal]

Yes, quality 3 is your current max until you get better mats for more.

If you have wooden shield, you can parry its one swipe attacks more easily, other attacks are harder to parry at your state.

[neon magnet]

OK You good folks have convinced me. I won't restart anymore.

... just this one LAST time then I'm done 😆

[gray sand]

I restart every map-gen update.

[hearty flume]

Yeah, I need some more leather scraps and such first xD

[tacit crystal]

No worries, you can eventually do it!

[hearty flume]

At least I tried xD

[smoky quarry]

two words: Big Walls.

[gray sand]

And make the greydwarves pay for them!!

[smoky quarry]

they also patrol the walls

[hearty flume]

uuh.. what is required to build smelter and coal makers?

[smoky quarry]

[gray sand]

Black Forest dungeons have the cores you need.