valheim-chat

[last otter]

Loll.

[wintry valve]

I'm torn. I have a level 4 black metal axe and I really wonder if its worth it to make the jotun bane.

[tacit crystal]

As the message says, you can send DM to @dusky pivot for discussing the reasoning for your warning.

One of my group (who hasn't gotten back to the game yet) was thrilled for the change when she heard about it. So for more casual players it's welcome change, but understandable for veteran players feeling that it might make things "too easy".

[shy marlin]

Imo it should at least pause stamina regen for a duration

It’s silly you parry something but the stam bar keeps going up

[tacit crystal]

True. I'm kinda in thinking that parry should still cost stamina but the "perfect block" could restore some of the stamina similar how perfect dodge does, plus blocking skill could reduce the stamina usage.
In my thinking with 0 stamina parrying should be impossible and kinda like consequence for wasting all stamina.

[shy marlin]

The perfect block and dodge thing makes me giggle a little

It’s just irongate putting smoking mirrors and “adding”a “system” that already existed to make the game easier

But yea it would be cool if it was partial refund similar to dodge

[gray sand]

Or have it cost the double it used to but give more adrenaline.

[wintry valve]

I just went to sail and you know how you can see fishes that sorta just hang out at the surface of the water. Im in the mistland and I saw a weird green fish. I was like, whoa, thats a rare one oh wait its a fuling...

[wintry valve]

As for stamina, I dont know what to think much about it. Im not a big fan of the whole "soul-like" stamina model where you cant do stuff once you run out of it. I dislike being prevented from doing things. I wish stamina just did something else altogether.

[shy marlin]

Learning how to use and manage stamina is a form of skill expression and it’s ultimately being lost is the issue

Like it’s getting to the point where the stamina bar is largely cosmetic

[wintry valve]

I dunno, its still quite relevant to me

I run out of stamina all the time

like right now, when im digging this brain

its not like I can "learn" to manage that

[shy marlin]

I’m talkin in terms of combat

Not resource gathering

[wintry valve]

Yeah, I suppose its not quite what you were talking about

[shy marlin]

100% agree with the resource aspect

Recently got close to 35k core wood and I know the feel of that part

[slate grove]

Does anyone around here run light armor heavy weapon? I’m experimenting with fenris set and crystal battle axe while I’m at the swamp/mountain stage

[copper bramble]

unusual combination

i run full heavy with atgeirs in my current run

[tacit crystal]

I like to use that combo, light armor plus battleaxes.

[wintry valve]

does the berzerkir axe count as "heavy"?

[vast wren]

Place a campfire above the skull and dig from the side. The heat will boost your stamina regen as you are in shelter inside the skull and resting.

This is one way of learning how stamina works

[wintry valve]

do you also do that when mining iron, or chopping trees?

[slate grove]

I usually don’t break out the atgiers until the plains. The baxe comes in clutch in tight spaces like frost caverns but I think an atgier would probably work just as well there

[gray sand]

It's a running timer more than anything tbh.

Also @wintry valve to your point: that's kind of the opposite of what it should be imo.
Stamina should be a limiting factor in combat making you think about to to time your engages.
It should not be a limiting factor in... mining, woodcutting, farming, etc.

[wintry valve]

In either case its something thats theres that ends up preventing me from doing things. The punishing factor, should I mismanage it, is that I do not do things. Its frustrating and boring to me.

Its been like that in every game where I saw a "soul like" stamina system.

[gray sand]

To be fair even Stardew Valley has a stamina system...

[wintry valve]

I did think of that and somehow I feel like its a different deal, but I cant explain it.

[dark coyote]

this chat has a stamina system

[wintry valve]

Its just that when I have four seekers on me, one of which is blue, and im wet because its been raining a lil bit, do the entire fight constantly without stamina. its not hard but its just a whole sequence of me trying to attack only to be unable to do so.

Because my battleaxe takes a huge chunk of it each time. Because somehow more advanced battleaxes take more than earlier ones. Because they are the same weight, but heavier, you know.

Im sorry if im unusually cranky about this game these days, but I am in the mistlands and I think its no secret that this place fills me with sadness.

Everything about it frustrates me to no end.

Like, just now I realised that the dvergers that uses crossbows use them better than I ever could. Not because they aim better but because its a slow but hard hitting weapon that penetrates armor well. They do not have armor so me using a crossbow does not that this advantage.

So they just obliterate me.

im also thinking of just heading straight for the ashlands instead of attempting the queen

[nocturne wolf]

Armor penetration isn’t a thing in this game
Arbalest actually has much higher damage than mistlands Dvergr crossbows, the difference comes from having low skill level while enemies always get the damage range of skill 100.

[wintry valve]

Armor penetration is a thing because of how armor work in the first place, but its only one way: against the players.

Its not like this game has a mechanic for it. Its just a consequence of armor.

Its like in morrowind. There's no armor penetration system, but you actually do fare better with a warhammer than with a higher dps weapon against someone in heavy armor because of how armor work in that game.

[wary nimbus]

is there a sound or visual cue I might be missing to tell me when I've hit the lower dig limit?

[merry pebble]

Nope, the ground simply stops going down

[tribal trench]

Just found me a skelly arena in the meadows hehe those buildings are kinda cool

[agile star]

Niceeee, there are some chests there and you might find the wooden mace in them

[tribal trench]

Oh really!? crap i gotta go back to it then lol thank you

[vocal stone]

ok Moder was so boooriiing this dude only had one difficulty tons of hp thats all

my iron mace was doing like 30-50 dmg full upgrade it take me soooo long time to kill him

[chrome badge]

You used swamp tier gear against moder? Welp there's the reason it was boring

[vocal stone]

well i try silver sword but it was dealing less dmg soo

also i would only kill him bit faster thats all, he still could not hit any spells out of idk 100 attack i block like 10 reset just missed

[chrome badge]

Silver sword does double the iron mace damage fully upgraded 🤔

[vocal stone]

well i don;t have it upgrade and i don;t have level up sword, also using them feels weird for me so i just tested if it was worth

[chrome badge]

It is worth, you just need to go beyond a level 1 and train a little bit

Regardless, glad Moder was easy for you, I have seen plenty of people ask for help with that fight.

[vocal stone]

God i hate my self that i made my base so sooo close to spawn that i can't build in one direction and right behind my base it big ass "valley" and i would need to level it up 😭

[chrome badge]

Start a better base with everything you've learned, things are always done better the next time!

[wary nimbus]

yeah tear down and try again elsewhere!

else you can always put in a floor and support it

[vocal stone]

ye but moving all that stuff Also don't particularly like bulding in this game it can looks nice but is it annoys me that i need to be so precise when even trying to put floors

@wary nimbus hmm oh ye i get log pole log time a go never used it before

thats might a plan

[wary nimbus]

theres even a regular wood one but yeah, thats a good use for core wood

[wary nimbus]

hmmm, maybe progress a little into the black forest, you unlock some stuff that helps with that

[vocal stone]

i just beat cold dragon 😄

[wary nimbus]

also experiment with the snap options, tnhink you can scroll 'em with Q and E. 'auto' is the default and its great but getting a bit more precision is helpful!

oh loool you're way farther than I am then! excuse me lol

[chrome badge]

Yeah, Valheim is one of the easier building games because of the snap point options, most survival games leave it at an auto snap function.

[polar osprey]

Valheim is the best base building survival game on the market. Only one game comes close and that's enshrouded.

[wary nimbus]

is there a faster way to use the armor stand? i'm trying to find a slightly faster way of changing outfits, and putting clothing onto the hot bar to dress the doll is slower lol

[chrome badge]

I wish, these boil down to being decorative imo, it's faster to outfit swap from chests.

[wary nimbus]

ah well, thanks for the confirmation

[copper bramble]

is there an ashlands tier polearm/atgeir?

[tacit crystal]

There is not.

But Himminafl fares there well.

[copper bramble]

yea i have himminafl at maxxed for the mistlands

polearm skill at 80

[wooden tapir]

Himminafl is one of my fav weapons and i dont even like polearms

its just that good

[tacit crystal]

Gotta say, quite conflicting statement.

[wooden tapir]

I just like having a shield for parries, Ik u can parry with polearms too but shield better imo

Only time I swap to no shield is in ashlands where I prefer berserker axes

[tacit crystal]

Yeah, parrying is quite possible with 2h weapons, able to parry most non star mobs of the biome. But the strength of polearms aka atgeirs is the secondary attack which has AoE and high stagger and knockback for crowd control.

[wooden tapir]

yea im just not a fan of the playstyle

slow and methodical more comfortable for me

if im fighting more than 3 enemies ive prob made a mistake and need to create some distance

[wary nimbus]

do stairs block sunlight for plants?

[wooden tapir]

like im well aware that polearms are very good, they just dont fit my playstyle

so i dont use them often

i make an exeption for Himminafl

[tacit crystal]

Fair, for most atgeir secondary works as "knock them all and retreat" button in tight situations.

[wooden tapir]

does it knockback the "tank" mobs like fueling berserkers and seeker soldiers?

[tacit crystal]

Blackmetal atgeir can stagger berserkers quite easily with the secondary attack.
Soldiers definitely if you manage to hit their weak point, they otherwise resist all physical damage types but not elemental, which makes Himminafl better against them. But have to check that later.

[rugged bridge]

Yep

[wooden tapir]

oh thats pretty decent then, maybe ill try them out more

i usually just stick with frostner entire plains

[tacit crystal]

It's 6x stagger multiplier with their secondary attack. That means they deal stagger 6 times of their damage to enemies, and stagger limit for enemy mobs varies in 30-50% of their max HP.

[orchid locust]

plants need an open sky, so unless you place the stairs above the plants, they will still grow as normal

[tiny mortar]

is there a trinket that gives better sword stats

[tacit crystal]

Not sword levels, but Resounding shackle grants +10% to slash damage.

[tiny mortar]

hm nice

[tacit crystal]

Also 100 instant stamina.

[tiny mortar]

only one trinket at a time ye?

[shy marlin]

Stack it with bear armor and you're off to the races with slash dmg

[tiny mortar]

aw that sucks a bit but i understand

[gray sand]

Wears all trinkets simultaneously
"GAME HAS HORRIBLE INVENTORY SPACE"

[copper bramble]

i'm using it purely for the stamina

i'm playing atgeirs so +slash isn't doing me anything

[tacit crystal]

Bronze pendant is solid also for stamina.

[copper bramble]

yeah but what if i want my stamina NOW!!!

it lets me continue a combo to get the 3rd hit in

[wooden tapir]

rn im running mage build with the nimble circlet

its pretty good combo

[copper bramble]

i've tried out the mage loadout some more and i think it's not for me

right now i'm using a hyprid build, heavy armor, one of each food type, staff of embers, arbalest and himminafl

the one eitr food lets me shoot 2 fire balls for crowd control or at a safe distance. it's working pretty well

[gaunt perch]

Ah, thx

[tacit crystal]

https://tenor.com/view/tomorrow-shawshank-redemption-not-now-gif-25215515

[copper bramble]

greydwarves are so funny. they see a decked out viking with heavy armor and glowing eyes, carrying a weapon that summons lightning and they think "yeah i'm gonna go slap that mf"

[wary nimbus]

does damage increase weapon skill gain, or is it just indibidual uses being counted?

[neon magnet]

Flat increase per attack that hits something. Hitting multiple in one hit doesn't help. Rested is the only thing that speeds it up

[dawn cedar]

Lol

Noticed that too it's op

[uncut bough]

my conspiracy is that the dev programmed the wind to at least turn headwind 70% of the time to force player to use more moder power

aint no way i just got 3 headwinds in a row after every turn

and it is in ocean too so if i got jumped by serpent it is prolly joever

[polar osprey]

Sail backwards and the wind ends up pointing the way you want it to!

[uncut bough]

but then when i turn back it turns the other way again 😭

[clever torrent]

The very first swamp I found in my world had not only a bunch of crypts but also Bonemass.
Every other swamp I find seems to be a pathetic puddle with maybe a dozen trees. I wanna find the witch...

[wary nimbus]

talk really loudly about how you want to go in the other direction, reverse psychology

[copper bramble]

next april fools: devs make moder's wind power work in reverse

[orchid locust]

so just normal Valheim, got it

[minor wigeon]

Hey, are there any new leaks from the DeepNorth?

[orchid locust]

there are no leaks because all the water in the Deep North is... ice

[minor wigeon]

xD

[heady yacht]

Valhalla biome when

[wooden tapir]

after DN

so prob by 2030

[heady yacht]

Isn’t there already a snow biome tho

[wooden tapir]

no

thats a mountain

[orchid locust]

mountains do have snow...

[clever torrent]

DN is in the game, just empty until its content comes out. So, yes, there technically is a snow biome outside of Mountain. It just has nothing in it.

[heady yacht]

I meant mountain ye

[copper bramble]

it would be cool if the deep north was surrounded like the ashlands by a new obsticle, but instead of the spikes and boiling water, it's a maze of ice bergs and a smooth plain of ice. and fader's drop would be used to build a new component for a sled to treverse the ice before reaching the mainland

a sled with a sail? that'd be cool

[shy marlin]

Sounds cool

I’ll just catapult myself into deep north instead

[undone forum]

Real

Most effective way of travel

Excluding portals

[neon steppe]

i've not sailed to north so deep north will work on my save when it's released but what does it look like in there right now? like just snow plains with nothing else?

[copper bramble]

nah i think it will look way different

[merry pebble]

Yes now it is just empty snowy plains 🙂

[copper bramble]

remember pre-ashlands ashlands? a plain of an ugly texture with surtlings everywhere

[maiden birch]

Hi guys
I considered buying this game
Is it good

[merry pebble]

Welp, considerin what discord we are currently on we might be slightly biased here, but yes, i would say it is quite good 😄

[maiden birch]

Perfect thank you

[copper bramble]

the base game is a bit too grindy for my liking so i play at 1.5x resource rate and portal items

[pliant radish]

Very fun game

I would personally not recommend messing with world modifiers your first time playing, especially since they can be changed later if you so choose

[copper bramble]

yeah for your first run play on default

[gray sand]

Remember pre-nerf Ashlands? Fun time 🙁

[copper bramble]

the swarm

[pliant radish]

Pre nerf ashlands made me quit the game

[gray sand]

The war biome actually being about war... better times 🙁

I think Mountain was the last biome I cannot remember them nerfing?

[copper bramble]

mountains weren't hard in my current run

drakes were annoying as always but i died only once in the mountains which was bc i mistimed a dodge vs a cultist while wearing the root harnesk

no barley wine 🥀

[smoky gate]

My Valheim is updating, did they add anything new or is it just my PC?

[copper bramble]

there was some update? i saw the changelog yesterday

[gray sand]

Last official patch was 9/9

Anything past that is just fixes or steam being steam.

[copper bramble]

i'm prolly misremembering

[smoky gate]

ok, i have valheim in xbox pc

[copper bramble]

my top wish for deep north is an atgeir/polearm with frost

[merry pebble]

New atgeir would be really nice 😄 tho frost would probably not be really useful in deep north if the enemies will have frost resist

[copper bramble]

yeah, same goes for the uhh- the legemdary flame sword in ashlands

using a fire weapon there doesn't make much sense either

[merry pebble]

That one is a good concept imo even if its fire weapon from fire biome, because you will be able to use it in the frost biome that comes next 🙂
-# Only if the fire dmg wast so abysmal 🥲

[copper bramble]

i want a frost atgeir because i love the frostner and the polearms

having frost damage and the slow on a polearm would be insane

[tacit crystal]

The 10 fire damage follows the same pattern of gem variants of Ashlands weapons (10 lightning/poison). Would be great if Dyrnwyn had unique effect like some fiery wave or else.

[tacit crystal]

Frost damage only doesn't add any stagger tho.

[merry pebble]

Yeah i know... But you really would expect more from a special quest weapon 😄

[copper bramble]

i am aware, but i'm after the slowing effect

[tacit crystal]

Yeah I know.

[quasi latch]

[rugged bridge]

If we screech about it loud enough, perhaps it'll get buffed/reworked in the DN update

Though to be fair it is just an old model they pulled out from their files and decided to make into a "special" weapon

[merry pebble]

Well, it worked for the folks who wanted mistlands and ashlands nerfed...

[gray sand]

😭

[merry pebble]

It is entirely new model, the old one was flaming iron sword

Only the name is the same

[rugged bridge]

Ah yes, because I'm definitely going to be able to tell the difference next to the blinding flame

[uncut bough]

are the feast "food" even worth to make?

[merry pebble]

Spawn the old one 🙂 it looks quite a bit different

[rugged bridge]

They both look the same to me lol

[uncut bough]

like i see food like swamp dweller delight gives 35 hp + 35 stam but at swamp tier food already gives either 45 health or 45 stam

so is this even worth it? I mean 50 minutes duration is a big deal but the health and stam bonus isn't

[rugged bridge]

They're a nice entry into a biome, but once you obtain that biome's foods the feasts aren't really worth it anymore

[merry pebble]

They are awesome as base and general exploration food, and if you combine bes one you have with normal food then they are also good for new biome conquering 🙂

[rugged bridge]

I.E. sailor's bounty, mountain stew + any of the initial 3 feasts > mountain tier food when you enter the plains

Once you start making plains food, feasts suck

Will add though they're pretty nifty for building purposes since they last for 50 minutes so you don't have to think about it

[uncut bough]

why though? like maybe economically feasts lasts much longer but they give only 35 max hp and 35 max stam

which is 10 less for the highest tier swamp food which either gives 45 hp or 45 stam

i am currently at swamp fyi

[merry pebble]

Yes, but the total stat points they give you are more than the individual foods 🙂 but to get most of one stat (hp or stam) its usually best to go with the biomes best and not feast. For most total stats (which will almost always be inherently balanced diet) the best will be feast and best food from its biome

[rugged bridge]

For comparison :
3 feasts I mentioned = + 125 health, + 125 stamina
vs
wolf skewer, sausages, eyescream = + 131 health, + 104 stamina

You could replace the skewer and sausages with serpent meat + stew, but that's high maintenance

[merry pebble]

At this point the most stats you can get will be the 3 first feasts or 2 of them + sailors bounty 🙂

[uncut bough]

so until plains it is still good to eat the feasts?

alright i will keep that in mind

[merry pebble]

Even after, just not having more than on or two if you want most benefits because the older ones will fall out in favour of normal food due to lack of stats they give

[rugged bridge]

Was just using plains as an example for stat comparison, but generally like I said, feasts are the go-to for entering a biome, until you get that biome's foods pumping

This does tend to slightly fall off as you go since the first 3 feasts you generally unlock give the same stats

[uncut bough]

the feast's purpose is kind of self defeating as bog witch are only accessible once i get to swamp tier

[merry pebble]

Which actually makes them the "best" food you can get in swamps 😄

[uncut bough]

like with meadows or early black forest tier it is insanely risky to sail toward the unknown searching for the witch ducking and dodging serpent with the Karve and fighting my way toward the witch

so realistically swamp tier is the earliest time to access feast

[rugged bridge]

Pretty much

They stay useful until you obtain plains food, after that I'd personally switch off of them

Especially since 50 minutes in the mistlands goes by in the blink of an eye

At that point just eat the best feast you have and a stamina/health food for entry

[empty cradle]

is it normal for the iron cage panels to take weather damage? ive never noticed it b4

[merry pebble]

Yep, they will appear rusted 🙂

[empty cradle]

but also lose 50% hp ?

[merry pebble]

Yes, but no more than that 🙂

[empty cradle]

guess i gunna hafta put rooves on my zoo then

[neon magnet]

Killing Eikthyr a bunch of times with minimum draw wood arrows before moving on, just to grind some bow skill on a safe target... Probably not worth the time, but 😄

[empty cradle]

the target don't hit back even safer lol

[merry pebble]

But it also gives only third of the xp enemies give while being hit by arrow 🙂

[neon magnet]

Full exp, harmless, available and I'm going to the altar anyway 😄

Not making extra trips mind you

[uncut bough]

oh wow sailor bounty gives crazy buff

i mean appropriate given just how hard it is to get serpent meat

hard as either me being underequipped and in a Karve and cant withstand serpent attack, or actively hunt serpent which unsurprisingly has the ocean to be calm water + tailwind

[gaunt sable]

Me just leveling block skill with three twigs attacking me in my home lol

[gaunt sable]

My current choice of food setup is sailors bounty with serpent meat and serpent stew lol

[weak stone]

@silk flower i need u

[stark wind]

hey guys, i just got the game. I'd love to join some people and learn how to play!

[merry pebble]

If i may i would suggest trying to play through your first playthrough on your own 🙂 playing with other, more experienced players can often diminish the fun of exploring and learning quite severely. Not saying it cant be fun tho! 😄

[stark wind]

okay! I'll try that first, then. Thank you!

[wintry valve]

That or learning the game with another similarly clueless friend.

"Lets play the fun viking building game together, itle be fun!"

"Bonjour" -troll

[merry pebble]

Yeah, if any of your friends never played and are interested then take them with you 😄

[wintry valve]

My first "this is a real moment" moment in this game was when the ocean yelled at me

[fringe apex]

FIRST time in the Ashlands, I am so excited ||to die there||

[merry pebble]

Good luck 😄

[fringe apex]

I am aware of the whole team dying at some point, I just want to build with the materials

Ty though ❤️

[dry dome]

is swamp the 3rd biome then mountain?

[glossy heath]

yes

[delicate igloo]

Anyone on Xbox in here? Been wanting to play with some people but very limited player base on console. Lmk if anyone’s looking for players on Xbox.

[gray sand]

#1024264966712340510

[fringe apex]

||died twice||

||I know you didn’t ask, but still||

[delicate igloo]

Yeah went there first. Mostly pc people.

[gray sand]

Doesn't mean bring it to the wrong channel.

[merry pebble]

Thats not so bad, especially for first time conquering

[delicate igloo]

So asking a general question in general chat makes you be hostile?

[gray sand]

How is a neutral, true statement being taken as hostile?

[delicate igloo]

The way you worded it of course. How else?

[gray sand]

?????????????????????

[zealous bridge]

Join the dark side 😂

[delicate igloo]

Would love to but not currently able. I’m assuming the pc world by dark side lol

[merry pebble]

You can play with people on PC too 🙂

[gray sand]

Not if they use words apparently.

[zealous bridge]

Yea, I’m not sure who is the dark side anymore. To @merry pebble point there is cross play

[fringe apex]

This might sound submissive, but I think they tried to conquer me 🫥🥴

https://tenor.com/view/guten-morgen-morgen-valheim-ashlands-доброе-утро-gif-10180171655961938771

[merry pebble]

-# We don't have embed rights

[fringe apex]

I’ll cry myself to sleep

[dry dome]

sucks i have to work the weekend on trick or treat night

[uncut bough]

guys how do i find 1 or 2 star boar?

i need to do some cattle rustling to mass produce some feasts but i dont want to keep hunting boar

[gray sand]

Further out from spawn is when they start getting stars.

[uncut bough]

man i ran around the spawn dozens of time and i probably seen 1 star boar like 5 times

[gray sand]

The runestones that spawn boars have a small % chance to override the normal rules.

[uncut bough]

how can i find them"?

[cosmic summit]

how does one reach the flame metal?

I've been putting off mining it for awhile, i figured i could build out to it using graustan. but when i try it burns up in the lava. do i have to tame an askvin?

[uncut bough]

i remember there is a throwable of sort that like interact with lava and gives you a platform to stand on to mine flame metal

the catch is the platform will collapse after a while i think

[elfin mist]

super excited to get my valheim board game today! cant wait to get the pals together for gamenight 😄

[wooden tapir]

there are little bombs you craft that make temporary platforms

[wintry valve]

Can we make a viable farm in the ashland?

[tacit crystal]

It's possible for regular crops inside the shield bubble, otherwise the environment is too hot for them.

Plains and Mistlands crops won't grow there.

[wintry valve]

Welp, good thind I made a plain settlement then

Anyway, I think this game needs a way to cook rotten meat

[copper bramble]

why would you want to cook that

[wintry valve]

to make something horrible

[copper bramble]

if it's used in a new bomb then maybe

btw we have poison and fire bombs, could we havr frost bombs

or oh better yet, tar bombs

[tacit crystal]

You looking for a way to cook the maggots crawling in the meat?

[wintry valve]

no, imagine if you could make some kind of extremely poisonous dish that almost kills you when you eat it with little to no benefits

[fathom gulch]

Mushrooms seem to be kind of hard to find consistently.

[wintry valve]

then you set it with a platter at some friend's house

it would be very funny

[dark coyote]

I always mark reds on my map

[fathom gulch]

It would be cool if they could be farmed

[wintry valve]

I also wish we could dual wield without having to make specific weapons for it

incidentally, I wish we could have single berserkir axe

I also dont know if I used incidentally correctly

[merry pebble]

Just marking them Is quite enough 😄

[wintry valve]

if I trap a wild boar in a box but not tame it, will it stay stuck there?

[fathom gulch]

Perhaps I should have done more of that

[copper bramble]

i've ever only marked blueberries in the early game

if i marked everything i wouldn't be able to see anything when i zoom out

[merry pebble]

Yes it should

[wintry valve]

I discovered I can sneak my Twig so I dont need a boar-in-a-box

[jovial locust]

hyeee

Everyone

[fluid cove]

are charred fortresses hands down the best place to build a base in

[copper bramble]

in terms of defense? i think an ocean base on a tiny island, where you raise thr ground to create more space is better for ease of access but still very defendable

i'm living in a mountain base and many of the raids can't spawn in mountains

[mint phoenix]

There is no definite best place to build. The forts are very defensible but so are the things you can build.

[fluid cove]

nah i forgot to mention "in the Ashlands"

compared to repairing/retrofitting the broken buildings

[copper bramble]

oh exclusively ashlands then yeah they're prolly the best

unless you have mods on that let you build in caves and dungeons

[fluid cove]

i currently have a small base in front of a morgen nest with raised earth around it lol

currently prepping to raid a fortress nearby

[copper bramble]

the fortresses are the safest place i think once cleared out

put in some shields and fix things around

[merry pebble]

No need for mods for that. 😄

[copper bramble]

since when can we build beds and crafting stations in dungeons?

i thought it was only stuff that was misc.

[merry pebble]

Ever since we got the dungeons build game key 🙂

[copper bramble]

the what

[merry pebble]

Basically a world modifier you can access through commands only

So no need for mods, just console

[tribal trench]

is rotten meat good for anything at all?

[agile star]

It works the same way bukeberries work, you just throw out your food that you have in your stomach to eat something else

By the way, why do all 3 fists weapons have the same block Armour? That's weird

[tribal trench]

Hmmm I was thinking that but wasn't sure. Thank you

I was thinking maybe fishing bait possibly in the future I'll hold on to it

[agile star]

Baits need trophies to make but who knows

[tribal trench]

very true and those vile trophies are hard to come by

[agile star]

I am in mountains right now, I am hoping I can get a vile trophy because I am doing a fists/spear playthrough up until the Mistlands where I will switch to full mage

[tribal trench]

ahhh very cool.. My crew and I just dropped Yagluth and we are in the process of getting the boat ready for the mistlands voyage once again =+)

[agile star]

Very nice, what is your build? Armor and weapons

[tribal trench]

I use swords and battle axe.. currently it's all black metal with padded armor maxed level

I am working bows up but can't get my guys to log in to grind the skill

[agile star]

Swords and battleaxe okay, full slash

[agile star]

Just use the archery target or TWIG

Unless you are not the host

[tribal trench]

I do but it's more engaging to clear the map while skilling up and I think it keeps the guys engaged in the game

every now and then I see a guy running full sprint past me with bears and trolls on em it is great

[agile star]

I mean yeah if you are with other people you don't want to be alone and grinding your skills, you wanna play with your buddies together

Are you the host of the server?

[tribal trench]

yes I am

[fluid cove]

is it not possible to let another player to use cheats in a server im hosting

[agile star]

Oh so you can load up the server anytime and grind solo your skills on the TWIG

[agile star]

That's good

[tacit crystal]

Not possible in vanilla game.

[fluid cove]

we were renovating our base quite far south, and my friend died jumping off the roof and he spawned back in the boss trophy altar and i'm too lazy to go pick him up by boat

[agile star]

His fault but it is your friend so idk

That's why I eat food basically all the time so that I do not die to fall damage or tree falling on me damage

[river forge]

The run backs are the most annoying thing

Turns into running simulator fast, even with portals

[agile star]

Unless you don't die 😅

[river forge]

Oh yeah, that's likely

All you do in valheim is die and run back to get stuff that took 3 hours to get to

Die, spawn, no armor, no resources, 25 hp, no damage reduction, kill a few things, cook food, hightail it back to your grave and get killed running through plains by a deathsquito after spending 30minutes non stop running and pausing to make sure nothing will catch you out of stamina

[copper bramble]

surely you have old armors you can put on

[river forge]

That or just let the gear go and spend another few days getting back to where you were

[copper bramble]

it's not hard to get your stuff back unless you're playing on hard or are in a really bad spot

[river forge]

I usually die because it's a really bad spot

[copper bramble]

when i die it's either really really bad of it was bs

[orchid locust]

imagine surveying everything around you, making sure there's no threat before cutting down one single tree, and by the time the log is falling a seeker AND a gjall are high on your tail seemingly out of nowhere...

[proven knot]

Are dev commands working on xbox? And how i use em?

[spring moat]

google exists

[merry pebble]

Go to settings and there should be "enable console" in gameplay tab 🙂

[proven knot]

I found nothing that was really Helping 🙃 99% was for PC. Bit sassy you are

[proven knot]

Ty i will try it out later

[merry pebble]

And should be LB + LT + Start combo 😄

[agile star]

If you are having so much trouble in valheim you can change the world modifiers to make the enemies easier or to not lose your equipped items when you die

Or passive enemies even

I personally with normal difficulty in my main playthrough only died 3 times in the whole playthrough and killed Fader

[proven knot]

I made the game on easy Mode because i dont have much time and its my first playthrough so i just wanna see what the game does have and not be Stuck for days

[agile star]

Practice parrying with your normal shield or buckler, super useful and strong

[proven knot]

Its LT+RT+LB+RB+ start Button i made it work finally tysm ☺️

[white falcon]

Hi I am looking to start a new adventure with players I am new in the game

[tacit crystal]

Hi, look no further than https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1024264966712340510 👍

[dry dome]

2nd boss aint to bad solo

is there always queen bee in hive i killed one and didnt get one

[tacit crystal]

There is always quaranteed queen bee. It might get elevated bit higher when you break the hives.

[dry dome]

ill take another look ty

[tacit crystal]

Just a note if any item is on ground outside of spawnproof area for an hour it will despawn.

[dry dome]

yea i dont see it

[tacit crystal]

It probably despawned then.

[dry dome]

naw it was just 15 min ago

[tacit crystal]

Ok, did you check inside wall, it can sometimes clip through and stay there.

Then if there is water next to the hut it could also been dropped into water.

[dry dome]

i destroyed the whole hut and nothing : / weird

no water around

[tacit crystal]

Hmm. Did you miss it somehow in your inventory then?

[dry dome]

nope

[tacit crystal]

You got the honey from it, right?

[dry dome]

yea i got honey

does it matter i used a bow to kill it?

[tacit crystal]

No it doesn't, breaking the hive guarantees the queen bee drop.

[dry dome]

ok i found another one and got a queen lol

different one

[tacit crystal]

Hmm, can't tell why you wouldn't get one from the earlier one.

[dry dome]

weirld glitch or i dunno

[hollow sleet]

Hello, do you know if they have said anything about expanding the inventory space in some way? Or placing equipment items in a separate space? I've been playing the new update and between food, potions, weapons, and trinkets, the inventory fills up quickly.

[chrome badge]

The developers did make a post asking players what they would do to improve inventory, so they're putting out feelers at the very least.

[dry dome]

I think weight should be a little higher from the start

[rugged bridge]

Where's this post?

[rugged bridge]

Weight's not really a problem, just the amount of inventory slots available, another slot which you'll never get back was recently sucked up by trinkets

[merry pebble]

https://x.com/Lumahlin/status/1960677865021677637

[polar osprey]

Spawning naked in a fresh reality with no experience in anything and being able to carry 300lbs isn't too bad.

[neon steppe]

dedicated armor and trinkets slots would be nice

having very limited inventory space doesn't make the game feel harder and more rewarding, it's just annoying

[frozen elk]

A system for backpacks would be neat, could have giant backpacks with debuffs and tiny backpacks with buffs.

[gray sand]

Worn items slots = good.
Backpacks = why even have slots...

[tacit crystal]

Personally not a fan of backpacks.

[gray sand]

The only way I see backpacks as a good addition is if they take the same slot as the belt.

So you can either have more weight capacity or more slot capacity, not both.

[polar osprey]

Be nice if you could use wisp and belt at same time

[uncut bough]

be nice if wisp removes fog permanently in mistlands wherever it travels

so i actually have incentive to go explore instead of keep guessing what i will encounter when i go further ahead, maybe another cliff, another minee, seeker soldier, more seeker soldiers because why not

[mint shadow]

Anyone here get a 5 star fish legit (no devcommands or mods)

[uncut bough]

at this rate there is no much incentive to explore mistlands other than getting the brain matter something that turns into energy ball or sth. Copper and Iron are already farmable at other 2 much much easier biome

[uncut bough]

5 star fish? or u mean lvl 5 fish

[mint shadow]

Yes

[polar osprey]

If you want to be technical it's quality 5

[tacit crystal]

You cannot even spawn quality 5 fish with commands.

But so far gotten 6 out of 12 fish with quality 5.

[mint shadow]

What's your strategy to find them

[uncut bough]

I mean i never saw a 5 star fish so i wanna ask

I havent playd this game for a year

[tacit crystal]

That's the neat part: I don't have a strategy.

[uncut bough]

Idk how to even reel in big fish, they drain stamina like crazy

[tacit crystal]

Fish have 20% chance to gain extra quality, so gaining quality 4 times is very small chance.

[uncut bough]

So i just either fish and then just drag it into land and collect it or row a boat and letting the hook be at 2m and just reel in when hooked

[echo marsh]

my mic

no work

[wintry valve]

The concept of a backpack with hindering effects borders too much with the idea behind carts.

[wicked quarry]

Can you grow a garden inside? Like have a stone floor, throw down grass, cultivate it, plant?

[wintry valve]

Crops must not be covered by roofs. Or anything, I think

[limpid vigil]

Waiting for a seagull boss fight

They always mock me

[clever torrent]

Perhaps after Deep North, there will be a secret, ultimate boss in the Ocean biome: a giant seagull.
After defeating the DN boss you unlock seagull raids. They don't destroy or kill anything, but they steal any food items they find.

[empty stirrup]

Any ETA on Deep North update?

Oh nvm, searched the server

[errant knoll]

With one exception (and even that exception has caveats), you can't grow things indoors.

[gray sand]

Is that why kids are shorter these days? Because they never go outside? 😏

[neon steppe]

what's the exception?

[errant knoll]

Ashvines must be grown outdoors, but once they're grown you can build around them and give them a roof, and they will continue to grow vineberries

[distant girder]

thank you for this personalised hell.
I can't even begin to express how passionately I hate seagulls irl

[neon steppe]

uhh did i do something? my minimap won't zoom in as much as before

but it zooms out really really far now

[shut fable]

Does it make sense to have a mixed pig and chicken farm?

Or do they influence each other

[gray sand]

It is video game, does any of it make sense?

[ocean breach]

they do not influance each other, both pigs and chicken don't know how to use social media

[neon steppe]

you are gonna end up with chickpigs!

new breed

[shut fable]

I mean if you have many chickens or pigs the dont breed anymore and i wonder if you mix them, how does it count

[ocean breach]

they only cross breeed if u have crossplay on

[merry pebble]

Doesent matter really 🙂

[ocean breach]

pig and chicken breed number is separate

[gray sand]

They have separate systems.

[shut fable]

thx

[fathom gulch]

What happens if you plant crops too close to eachother?

[nocturne wolf]

They won't grow

[west mica]

Just some food for fought over if the Ashlands is still too difficult/spammy.

My private server had a core group who went through the whole game no problem. It was only in the Ashlands people started dropping out.

[visual ivy]

ashlands definitely gets mentally exhausting after some time

like you have a pretty lenghty game and at the end there's this unending gauntlet with enemies that two shot you and take stupid amounts of damage to kill

[wooden tapir]

i think its a good thing, by then you have had roughly 100+ hours to learn the basic mechanics and how to manage your resources ( health, stamina, potions) im not saying its not somewhat difficult but i think its a warranted difficulty increase

[visual ivy]

and there is no interesting visuals or music it just drains you and you want to finish it and be over with the game

[west mica]

My view is it should stay the same level of difficulty just stop with the spammy spawns.

I think its likely its overtuned currently because its the 'last' biome, but when Deep North comes out it will be rebalanced as the penultimate biome. Much like how in WOW they tweak down the difficulty of the second most recent set of raids so you can clear them quicker and catch up.

I like the look of the Ashlands tbh. I like how the look of the biomes scales with their difficult, they become more foreign and extreme as you go on. Considering its got almost no verticality I think it compares favourably to the Mistlands.

[visual ivy]

deep north will be most likely less challenging in the enemy department, it's more chill and you have time to appreciate your surroundings

[west mica]

It looks like it wont be as spammy, but I think the individual mobs will be harder.

Like the trolls the size of a town lol.

[brisk herald]

I wanna play but I don't nescessarily wanna join a discord or a server, well I'm open to discords, I guess I'm just not looking to vc right now and I assume it's heavily used - recruit me pls, will chop wood for lowest bidder

[orchid locust]

#1024264966712340510

[brisk herald]

Yeah I know it was more of feeling it out, i'm not gunna make a thread about it

Cheers though

[wooden tapir]

there is a large amount of players that enjoy the difficulty increase and would be quite disappointed if they were to lower it. It is a good change of pace to let you know you need to up your game if you want to survive. its a survival game that is somewhat brutal in how you need to survive. If people struggle to get through the ashlands its a good thing, it means they have more to learn even at a late stage of the game

[wooden tapir]

not really, most of the communities are play at your own pace, you dont really even need to interact with the other players on the server, can just go do your own thing as long as you arent like greifing people

[orchid locust]

it could be argued there is a difference between "it's harder because it requires skills you don't have yet" and "it's harder because there's too much stuff", but I have yet to step foot into the ashlands, so I can't say much

[wooden tapir]

there is a lot of stuff, but that means you need to learn how to maneuver and pull mobs so you dont get overwhelmed

[orchid locust]

idk, more mobs just sounds like a single mob being given more HP and faster attack speed, all in all, with the difference it can even attack from different angles at once

[wooden tapir]

its the same as like the black forest when you get there, sometimes you have like 10 greydwarfs that come at you and you have to maneuver and think about how to thin them out

i do think that mele players have a much harder time than mage players

[wooden tapir]

most of the mobs in the ashlands have realatively slow attack speeds

[orchid locust]

I'll get to experience it one day, but surely not in the near future

I'm taking my sweet time making a nice cozy base

[wooden tapir]

target selection is also a big part of it, if you are wasting time trying to kill a slow warrior while 3 archers are shooting you, you are going to have a rough time sure

[wooden tapir]

good, thats how the game should be played, there is no rush

some people only care about the bosses tho and try to rush through the game to "complete" it

[visual ivy]

honestly true

but just because warriors fuck over your parries with their fakeouts

[nocturne wolf]

You can tell if they're feinting or not by the sound, or just parry twice

[wooden tapir]

there is also just not as many aoe dmg options for mele players

so when you do get overwhelmed with numbers its a bit harder to thin out the crowd

[visual ivy]

I mean, mages only have like, one wand that has some aoe

[wooden tapir]

no

[visual ivy]

if you're not minmaxing embers doesn't do that much

[wooden tapir]

they have fire staff, staff of wilds, trollstav

[visual ivy]

wilds and troll are only after the fortress though

[wooden tapir]

yea, i mean when you first land its obviously going to be harder

landing is the hardest part

i think of it as the same way newer players think about the swamps

it is a wake up call for difficulty that you have to learn to adapt to

[orchid locust]

any biome you go in unprepared is hard by default

[gray sand]

And every biome after Moutains gets nerfed because people complain about it 😄

[wooden tapir]

the main problem i think is even if you are prepared for ashlands, its still pretty difficult when you first get there

but i think its a good thing

[gray sand]

Demolisher makes Ashlands much simpler.

[shy marlin]

Ashlands is easy 😏

[wooden tapir]

where was the first time you "struggled" on your first playthrough?

[gray sand]

Sitting through the unskippable flight is kind of rough.

[wooden tapir]

but it is skippable

i still think aside from some minor bugs that can happen, if you die its probably user error

i dont think there are many deaths you could blame on the game

if you just played a situation better you wouldnt have died

[gray sand]

?

[wooden tapir]

just exit the game and when you reopen you will spawn at the altars

but then you dont have the map trail from the flight

[gray sand]

I don't exactly call that "skippable" but I do see your point.

For context, if logging out instantly killed Fader, you wouldn't call the fight "easy".

[wooden tapir]

fair

[shy marlin]

First ever play through? Swamp, I thought farming was optional side content so I was rocking deer meat, boar meat and honey

[wooden tapir]

LMAO

that sounds pretty much like most peoples experience

when i see people struggling and see their foods they chose im like, well your food sucks, could be much much better

[shy marlin]

I also thought burial chambers were like endgame dungeons you do so I scratched my head for hours trying to figure out how to smelt my copper

[wooden tapir]

oh yea you are supposed to skip those and actually sneak into the swamps for surlting cores

makes sense

[coarse gust]

if you just played the situation better you could complete darksouls 1, 2 and 3 in order, hitless, naked, with your fists

[orchid locust]

I actually did the same with burial chambers my first time

[shy marlin]

Oh the things I’d do to replay this game for the first time

[wooden tapir]

if you learn attack patterns sure. and this game is similar with the combat. learn the attack patterns and play accordingly and you wont die

[orchid locust]

I had no clue how many biomes were there, and those skellies don't give you the easiest of times the first time you encounter them

[wooden tapir]

what i actually meant is, if i die and dont just immedetly get angry and actually think about how i died, 99% of the time it comes back to me being impatient/stupid

[wooden tapir]

i didnt struggle too much with skeletons, but ghosts were a big issue for me

[rugged bridge]

I hope it's more chill in the enemy number department, but more intense in the enemy strength department and the dangers of your surroundings department

[coarse gust]

dont get me wrong
i am bad at this game. i am completely useless at darksouls
however, if i prepare enough.
meads, fully upgraded armor and weapons, grinded skills. slow and steady progress. run from problems
I do okay.
until ashlands

the other biomes are like
meadows - tutorial
black forrest - easy
swamp to plains - normal
mistlands - annoying but normal
ashlands - hard and unforgiving

I would be fine with it if they just buffed everything other than ashlands. then i could set the game to easy and be done with it.

right now if i set the game to easy and make ashlands acceptable, it trivialises the entire rest of the game

[visual ivy]

ashlands is just kinda basic and creatively starved

compared to a masterpiece that is mistlands

[gray sand]

It was better before people complained it into the ground.

[visual ivy]

nerfing an army of skeletons won't make it anything but an army of skeletons

[gray sand]

Nerfing an army makes it a platoon.

[tribal trench]

I beat Fader and completed the biome 11 months ago and it was a blast!! I loved, absolutely loved how unforgiving it was and still is.

but I see how others may dislike such a hostile place

those dang Valkyries...man that was my worst enemy, besides cracking open a Fort mayhaps

[tiny mortar]

Plains is where it gets a bit more difficult, I dont think its on the same level as swamp or mountains

[coarse gust]

Depends how you play
Id rather be in the plains at night than mountains
2 star wolves eat me
2 star fulings i can kite and run from

Plains is very hard if you play offensively, but not that difficult defensively. Lots of room to manoeuvre

[gray sand]

Berserkir Mead + Atgeir makes Plains simple.

Spin2Win

Or, as with most biomes, just pew-pew and never take damage.

[wooden tapir]

my consensus on ashlands
is it hard? yes its difficult sometimes
is it so hard i think it needs changes? no i think the difficulty it managable for most people if they learn to play smarter

and no im not good either, i died probably 50 times my first time going through ashlands

[gray sand]

I personally would have kept the original mob density but reduced mob HP if people wanted it easier.
So you still get the war feeling, and can smash through groups of enemies.

Have things like Morgens stay as they are so you still have "elite" enemies in the crowd you need to account for.

[tiny mortar]

If only I had the bog witch meads ☹️

Its gonna be a second hildir situation

[tacit crystal]

Would be neat if asksvin still spawned as deadly trio but they would belong to animal faction so they were hunted by the other mobs there (as their skeletons around volture nests and putrid holes would indicate).

[neon steppe]

everytime i clear mistlands i keep wanting to start a new save

im never reaching ashlands 😭

[gray sand]

Valid. And yeah, I would have preferred to see Charred as numerous but mediocre, and let the Morgen/Ask/Valks be the heavy hitters.

With the star ratings for Charred being the ones you have to watch for.

[ebon oyster]

What do we think of the ancient bark spear?

[gray sand]

Good. Why?

[wintry valve]

hunting serpents is annoying but I got the hang of it this morn

I need stamina stuff though

also I decided that im not skilled enough to use spinesnap yet. It takes too much yellow juice for now

[nimble adder]

Is it just me or is the difference between max raid frequency and one below super steep? When we had it one below max we had a raid once every 5 days or so and with max it's literally everyday

[wintry valve]

speaking of raids

Im not sure I like the new graphics for the ghosts.

[nimble adder]

Is my game bugged or is max just everyday

[wintry valve]

Maybe you were just unlucky

[nimble adder]

Like it's kinda annoying that there is no in-between

[merry pebble]

https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/World_Modifiers#Raid_Settings Here you can see exactly what changes at each level 🙂

[wintry valve]

That does seem like what yap is saying tho. The difference between more and much more seems exponential

[nimble adder]

Would be nice for a 50% or even a 45

[wintry valve]

I think the interval is silly, personally

[nimble adder]

We want the extra challenge of proper base defense being a common issue but don't want to need to stay at home to avoid getting destroyed everyday

Maybe a mod can solve it

[wintry valve]

theres basically four time as many raids in "much more" than in more

[nimble adder]

Yeah that seems real steep for one level up

[wintry valve]

and I understand that you feel like theres not enough if you just select "more"?

[nimble adder]

Same way there is effectively no way to set a true 1.5x since it rounds up in 90% of drops

[nimble adder]

For us atleast we saw them rarely

It felt weird so I upped it and now it's too much

[wintry valve]

how far are you?

[gray sand]

Normal to More is:
40% faster interval
60% more likely

More to Most is:
50% faster interval
100% more likely

🤷‍♂️

[nimble adder]

Only dark forest

[wintry valve]

I say that because when you start the game, theres basically no raids available

[nimble adder]

We have half bronze stuff, since we are new and are taking time to learn everything

[wintry valve]

So that might be why you think you didnt see enough

[gray sand]

Taking time to learn while already modifying?

[nimble adder]

I played the game with friends about a year ago and got to swamp, but I forgot alot of it

We felt it was too easy then

So we said we would do a higher difficulty

[gray sand]

You feeling that the easy biomes are easy is... kind of how the easy biomes are supposed to be.

[nimble adder]

It's really fun so far, raid frequency is out only issue

[nimble adder]

Does our equipment not scale us up to relatively the same level as our enemies scale up?

[gray sand]

The nicest way I can put it is "no."

[nimble adder]

Ahh

Sorry autocorrect made that a scream

[gray sand]

NO TAKEBACKS

[nimble adder]

Well either way I will keep it as is (one below) and see how we do

We can always change since we are on non dedicated (although I wish we could do dedicated)

[wintry valve]

I think that once you get a fuling raid, you'll think that its fine that you dont have too many of them

Or "You are being hunted" when you are gathering tar

[nimble adder]

I wish this game used a system I don't see many games use, where when one person logs in they host the server, but anyone can log in and begin hosting non dedicated on the same world. Like a shared save file that can be used by anyone, where other join them as though it's non dedicated

[gray sand]

When getting Tar is the best time 😄

[nimble adder]

I just hate the idea of having to buy a server

[wintry valve]

pretty sure you can do that

[nimble adder]

And tbh me hosting was a bad idea since I have college work to do and can't always be online

[nimble adder]

Really?

[wintry valve]

Yeah but I wouldnt know how to do that. I was playing with a bunch of friends who rented a server to host a world.

[nimble adder]

Will the world sync with each save

[wintry valve]

I could pop in whenever I wanted.

[nimble adder]

How much did it cost?

I might try it

[wintry valve]

I dunno, I didnt ask

Technically you can also set a server for yourself. Just get a computer, hook it and and never shut it down while its running valheim or something.

[nimble adder]

What is the most well liked server hosting place for the game?

[nimble adder]

Electric bill would be crazy

[wintry valve]

Not more than, you know, letting your computer run all day long which I know half the population does already.

[nimble adder]

Fair

[wintry valve]

Ideally your home server should run on some linux distro.

[nimble adder]

Only issue is the other pc hasn't got the best specs

[wintry valve]

I dont know enough about the topic to talk about specs and all that

[nimble adder]

Alright

I'll look into it

[merry pebble]

Might be also worth asking in #dedicated-server 😄

[ebon oyster]

I always only make the iron mace and was thinking of mixing it up

Been using bear claws still in the swamp. They are so good

[gray sand]

Mace is usually just because it is so good vs. Bonemass.
All the other iron weapons are great for the rest of the biome.

[ebon oyster]

I am thinking I will find silver with my trusty sledge hammer and just go straight to frostner

[gray sand]

🤢

[tacit crystal]

If you try find silver without wishbone you'll do better with Stagbreaker. It will show "Too hard" message when hitting silver deposit, iron sledge shows "0" which shows for everything else too when on the area for both sledges.

[ebon oyster]

Thank you

[tacit crystal]

Also note that "Too hard" message shows for obsidian too with Stagbreaker.

[ebon oyster]

Will upgrading stagbreaker affect that?

[tacit crystal]

Afaik no.

[shy marlin]

ye it doesn't

[jovial sleet]

did call to arms change weapon attacks or mechanics or anything

[shy marlin]

didn't add new ewapons attacks but added 2 fists and 2 battleaxes and made sloped combat easier

added a trinket system with adrenaline

2 armor sets

[gray sand]

I really wish Jotun Bane was the two-hander tbh. Ashlands all immune to it, but poison battleaxe just sounds awesome.

[shy marlin]

sounds awesome but then you realize poison dmg is trash

[jovial sleet]

theres still only 2 2h swords and 3 2h maces??

idk why there arent more.. i hate gaps in some weaponry from zone to zone

[shy marlin]

i was surprised they skipped out on sledges in the ashlands

[jovial sleet]

is there a sword and mace in every biome?

[chrome badge]

I think 1h swords are in every biome, but maces skip a couple iirc

[shy marlin]

swords aren't in meadows but yea

but meadows is hardly a combat biome

[jovial sleet]

is there a generally best piercing wep, not counting bows?

and are 2h axes as good for tree chopping as 1h?

[gray sand]

Best is subjecthive.
And yes.

[shy marlin]

atgeir reigns supreme

[gray sand]

Can't throw an atgeir 😉

[shy marlin]

you haven't tried hard enough

[neon steppe]

wooden sword in meadows

[shy marlin]

The weapons that do less dmg then hitting stuff with fists

[wintry valve]

what, no, 2h axes are terrible at chopping trees

they have less chopping damage and they take massive stamina

[shy marlin]

they don't suffer from mtp while cutting trees

so if you can hit multiple trees they're better

[gray sand]

They have no MtP so you can chop multiple at once much faster.

[wintry valve]

I havent considered that, but they still take so much stamina and do less chopping damage that I feel like that unless you are chopping like 4 trees at once, it doesnt matter

I guess I should try

[shy marlin]

i haven't looked at the numbers myself but how much chop does the blackmetal 2h axe do vs the 1h axe

lol

it's the same 😐

[wintry valve]

is it?

[shy marlin]

according to the wiki

60 vs 60

Now you do have to consider attack speeds, but yes 2h axes are 100% better if they can hit 2 or more trees

[wintry valve]

Its weird, the other axes dont have the same chopping damage

[shy marlin]

yea iron is 50 vs 40, weird

[wintry valve]

also for some reason, the chopping skill seems to affect 2h axes less, but thats hardly noticeable

what does the chopping skill even do?

[shy marlin]

increases dmg done to trees is the only benefit i think

i know that axes skill only affects the swing

[wintry valve]

wait... I read that the skill increases the chop damage by up to 141%

whats the numbers in brackets them?

hi

OH! when it says 60/69 chop, its the upgrade level... im stupid

[lyric shale]

What are some mods yall cant play without?

[gray sand]

None.

Because none are needed.

Best to ask in #mods-discussion .

[wicked quarry]

What do you need to feed chickens?

[neon steppe]

seeds

[gray sand]

other chickens 😈

[wintry valve]

I feed them barley

[tacit crystal]

Hello, there is https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1024264966712340510 for looking for people to play with, you can post yourself or look for other people's posts. Remember to keep it in English. 👍

[wintry valve]

english? whats that?

[vernal eagle]

Normally I feed them turnip seeds, carrot seeds or onion seeds though in a pinch barley.

[graceful crescent]

Yo, so recently me and my friends died from the blob boss in the swamps and we forgot to put a portal for easier recovery, and it would take us more than 3 hours to get there by raft so its pointless, and we decided to make a new server and I wanted a dedicated server, I searched in YouTube but found nothing helpful. If someone can help me please do🙏

[lunar sapphire]

Please see 2 messages above. In this case the same channel can be used to find a dedicated server.
If you or your friends want to know how to make a dedicated server the #dedicated-server channel is the place to check/ask

[graceful crescent]

Oh okay, thanks

[agile star]

That sounds painful, I always put a dedicated boss portal. For bonemass on top of the skull where you summon him it is a good spot

[graceful crescent]

We were going to do it, we even made a new portal but I kept telling the friend that summoned bonemass to make the portal but he didnt listen

And summoned him

Then I look at him and he looks at me and says "Whoops, I guess we die"

[agile star]

Miscommunication

[graceful crescent]

It was hell to beat him

[agile star]

You could still make the raft and jump from island to island to run

Did you have poison resistance meads?

[graceful crescent]

Yes we did

Even tho we used them, the friend that was supposed to make a portal, got attacked my draugers and blobs and was yelling "SAVE ME BRO I WANNA MAKE THE PORTAL" and then he died and when I was defending myself from a drauger with an axe I got killed by one with a bow

Then the other friend with the mace was fighting for his life but bonemass threw up on him and he died

And now we have another person who will play with us so we just say "lets just make a new server"

At the end of the day the hard work, a really good house and skills were all thrown into the trash by one who had 1 job🥲

[agile star]

Lol he summoned the boss before dropping the portal

What difficulty combat level did you have?

[graceful crescent]

Everything was on normal

[agile star]

Lol

[graceful crescent]

I didnt mess with the modifiers

[agile star]

That sounds like a messy situation where you guys went alone and did not coordinate to fight together and do things properly

Each one of you did their own thing basically

Also you did not clean the area from enemies before the boss fight

[graceful crescent]

Actually we had a whole plan, make a portal FIRST, summon the boss, one attacks with the mace, the other shoots from range, and I had to keep them safe from skeletons, blobs and draugers

[agile star]

Solid plan, poor execution😅

[rugged bridge]

Sounds exactly like the kind of friend I'd rather go out for drinks with than ever play a video game with

[graceful crescent]

I was the one who made the plan for the boss, the friend that was supposed make the portal suggested the portal thing I said sure

He didnt do HIS job that he assigned himself with

[rugged bridge]

Damn, so it's the one that invites you for "a few quiet ones" and then ends up being the first one to get drunk

[agile star]

Well you gotta make the portal the moment you discover the boss altar

[rugged bridge]

Just have the exploration kit on you, consisting of boat + portal

[graceful crescent]

Yea😭

[graceful crescent]

I just hope this time nobody forgets to make a portal

[rugged bridge]

On another note, how'd you even die to bonemass? Undergeared?

[agile star]

They had poison resistance meads I know that much

[graceful crescent]

No, the 3 of us had iron Armour, but I had a wooden mask for the poison damage

[rugged bridge]

Was anyone a mace user?

[graceful crescent]

Yes

[agile star]

If you have the root mask you do not need the poison resistance mead, they do not stack

[rugged bridge]

You blame it all on him

He should've demolished bonemass on his own if he had a mace

[agile star]

Well we did not see what actually happened so we cannot really judge right?

[graceful crescent]

I had it just incase I didnt use it

[rugged bridge]

Mace user died against bonemass
I judge him with skill issue

[agile star]

Maybe some other ads took him out. I mean I can solo bonemass easy but I got 1200 hours under my belt

Plus the more the players the more hp the bosses have

[rugged bridge]

Key to playing the game is preparation, hence why even players with low hours should know that by the swamp

[agile star]

The more prepared you are the easier it is I know

[rugged bridge]

Yeah the problem is if you have iron armor and poison resistance active bonemass's attacks feel like tickles, especially if you just parry the one physical attack he has

Just a waiting game at that point

[agile star]

Well now that they will restart the whole server they will learn from their mistakes and destroy the bonemass 👍

[rugged bridge]

But if they are indeed all new players, I pray for their poor souls in the current final biome

[agile star]

Even plains is a big difficulty jump for new players

[rugged bridge]

I suppose, then again I'm thinking of the beta client version of the ashlands, which was my one and only time playing through it

Haven't yet experienced what they've done with it since then, can't make all that much progress when only playing during weekends

[agile star]

Much easier for the first landing, the rest kind of similar but a bit easier. Still a challenging biome

For my first landing 0 bonemaw serpents spawned. Maybe I got super lucky idk

[graceful crescent]

No he got attacked by skeletons and blobs when I died, that was my job but since the portal friend didnt make one and I had to keep him safe we both died

[agile star]

Oh well, now that you are starting again things will be different. 1 tip for you, axes are not good weapons they swing really slowly. If you like the slash damage try the swords

[graceful crescent]

Yea I found that out the hard way

I once tried the Iron axe and the sword on greydwarfes and I was really slow with an axe

I lost sadly

[agile star]

What type of shields do you use?

[graceful crescent]

I used a bone tower shield

But then I tried the serpentina shield

[agile star]

Tower shields ok. If you like them ok but try bucklers or normal shields and practice parrying enemies. It is really strong. Also, with the tower shield try using spears. They swing super fast and they have the fastest attack animation so that you go into blocking after attacking really quick

[graceful crescent]

I think i will stick with atgier

Its my fav

Atleast until I try the staffs

I gotta try the staffs when a game has them

[rugged bridge]

Gotcha, was pretty fun landing on the biome and getting jumped by everything instantly

[agile star]

The Atgeirs are fantastic, secondary attack is very strong. Just make sure you always parry instead of just blocking and don' t parry 2 star enemies

[graceful crescent]

Bet, ill have thay in mind

I've used spears and I was sure that I will use spears the entire game, but when my friend who was with the mace said "Yo wanna try a weapon, I dont really like it" and I said sure

Since then atgier is my fav

[agile star]

On my Main character I have the polearms, swords, clubs, axes and bows skills to lvl 100. Ready for the 1.0 patch

Now I am in the plains currently doing a fists/spears playthrough, a new playthrough and going to switch to full mage when I get to the Mistlands

[graceful crescent]

Damn😭 the fact that atgier is really good against trolls is amazing

[graceful crescent]

What's a really fast way to level up skills?

[tacit crystal]

T.W.I.G. would be one way to fast level up weapon skills.

[agile star]

Do you know of the TWIG?

[graceful crescent]

Oh yea

[graceful crescent]

In the next server I will definitely make it

[tacit crystal]

Previously known as "battle brother".

[graceful crescent]

What does TWIG stand for?

[agile star]

It is the name of the dummy

[tacit crystal]

[agile star]

Go to the burial chambers in the black forest and kill ghosts

[graceful crescent]

Yea but im just curious why T.W.I.G.

[tribal trench]

Introduced my friend to the Mistlands last night and he was soooooooo adamant on bringing his tower shield.. First thing we run into was a gjall.... Never seen a viking run so fast with a tower shield untill he couldn't HA

[graceful crescent]

I have some plasma in the 1st server I gotta get them

[agile star]

a slender woody shoot growing from a branch or stem of a tree or shrub.

[tribal trench]

Did you bring a hoe for flattening the ground so your not waste deep in muck?

[chrome badge]

Brother did you just post the definition for twig?

[agile star]

I am sure this message makes more sense when in context because out of context I have no idea what you are saying

[tribal trench]

I"m sorry ><

well I ment his bonemass fight prep

[chrome badge]

Whos?

[agile star]

Now it makes sense💪

[graceful crescent]

The boss wasn't that near a muck

[tribal trench]

I see

In the past I have dropped a work bench and brought a few stones with me to level the ground around the bonemass altar

[agile star]

The conversation started 1 hour ago I think

[graceful crescent]

Yes and its still going👨

[chrome badge]

Ah okay, I couldn't find the bonemass bit anywhere 😅

[agile star]

Yeah you gotta scroll and scroll

[graceful crescent]

I mean the subject was changed a bit

[tribal trench]

I been reading a bit for a while 😆

[agile star]

It started from here

[chrome badge]

The power of the reply function 😛

[tribal trench]

I said I"m sorry lol

[agile star]

Your welcome😂

[graceful crescent]

Its just a bit

[agile star]

No need you did not commit a sin

[chrome badge]

Damn that was over 3 hours ago

[agile star]

Almost 4

[graceful crescent]

Anyways another question what do i do to not freeze in the mountains

[chrome badge]

Frost Resist Mead

[agile star]

You kill leeches from the swamp and unlock the frost resistance mead. After that you can wear the Fenris Coat or Wolf armor chest piece or Wolf Hide Cape to get a permanent frost resistance buff

[graceful crescent]

Which has more armour?

[agile star]

The wolf armor chest piece for sure

[graceful crescent]

We have 2 wolf skin and I know that isnt enough😭

1st thing we died in the black forest were the wolves

[tribal trench]

They do be hungry lol

[chrome badge]

That's pretty common, just takes one friend to inch up a snowy mountain.

[graceful crescent]

Too hungry if u ask me😭

[agile star]

20 silver, 5 wolf pelts and 1 chain to make the Wolf Hide Chestpiece

[graceful crescent]

Damn

For the next server

[agile star]

You can still recover your things from your current server I believe

I can help you in 4 hours from now

[graceful crescent]

Well I cant for sure

Im still in school then I have to go to work and so on🙏

[agile star]

I see

[graceful crescent]

Today im not so free I can play at 10 pm GMT+3

8 hours from now

9

[agile star]

Oh wow we are at the same timezone ok, unfortunately I go to bed at that time. Hold up let me dm you

[graceful crescent]

Bet

[agile star]

I dmed you

[chrome badge]

Nice I got lucky with a 2 star boar near my base at a boar runestone 🤘

[agile star]

Niceeee time to tame

Although after the Mistlands they become obsolete, basically as soon as you get chicken

[orchid locust]

I use my personal boar pens as decorations around the base

they look like tiny round huts and add a bit of variety to the landscape

[chrome badge]

Maybe for you but I utilize banners on every build, their feast is quite reasonable material wise, and I utilize sausages for base work. Sausages are easy to have an abundance of.

[polar osprey]

Sausages are great base food

[fickle bramble]

yeah same with bread

[agile star]

Sausages are great, but chicken meat I stronger tho

[chrome badge]

I didn't mean to imply sausages are stronger if I did.

[gilded slate]

@magic yew is probably a bot

[tacit crystal]

Send DM to @dusky pivot to address that to moderators. 👍

[lethal mauve]

Serpent stew is cool :3

[fickle bramble]

yes but hard to make unfortunately

I just save it only for boss fights

[lethal mauve]

I sailed around in my boat and got as much as I can. Dragged the em to shore to so I can get the scales

[polar osprey]

Turns out you don't need cold resistance while you're under a silver deposit. You get sheltered buff. 😛

[fickle bramble]

definitely not safe though because drakes come and shoot you

[polar osprey]

dodge dip duck dodge and dive

[fickle bramble]

what about mine

[chrome badge]

If you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a drake

[near furnace]

how much fish can fish fish before fish fish fish?

[chrome badge]

12

[near furnace]

||1||

[polar osprey]

cold fish warm fish or spicy fish?

[near furnace]

https://tenor.com/view/scooter-how-much-is-the-fish-techno-rave-dance-gif-16958308

[chrome badge]

12

(please let it be 12 this time)

[near furnace]

||(1)||

[near furnace]

https://tenor.com/view/sesame-street-muppets-vampire-dracula-scary-gif-7942991188276025072

[ionic elk]

This is still to this day the definition of a fever dream - in song form

[shy marlin]

[dawn cedar]

Yo what I just died to a bear near river and tombstone is nowhere to be found.. help??

Phew. I thought i lost em forever turns out it bugged i had to go inside a dungeon for it to appear again?

[cosmic summit]

Are there any phone apps for valheim? A recipe guide would be nice

[gray sand]

Food sheet is pinned in this channel.

#mods-discussion

[pliant hatch]

Some in https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1202934289898151966 might.

[gray sand]

Next time just post in ONE channel plz...

[dusty garden]

Why?

[gray sand]

Because mutli-channel posting of the same message is annoying and can be considered spam?

[pliant hatch]

Well, for one reason:

It makes it easier for other users to see if the question has been answered already or not.

Another reason: it takes some pressure of the moderators.

[dusty garden]

I don't think so, it's a 150k server of course there would be a lot of ppl hiding some chats not all ppl like you that have all chats open if i post them all in the same chat that would be spam

[gray sand]

Whether you think so or not isn't exactly relevant compared to facts. 🤷‍♂️

[dusty garden]

I gave you a fact

[gray sand]

So did I, yet you're arguing with it 😄

[dusty garden]

And you are arguing with mine 😂 so let's just end this already

[gray sand]

Where am I arguing with any fact you presented?

Server pop? - Fact, not argued.
People hide chats? - Fact, not argued.
Posting in all chats is spam? - Fact, not argued.

[dusty garden]

You said I'm arguing with you when i just presented some facts from my perspective How am I arguing with you then? Yet you consider yourself not arguing with me it's the same for me too

[gray sand]

"can be considered spam"
-I don't think so
"Whether you think so or not..."
👍

[near furnace]

there are rules 🤔

[dusty garden]

And I didn't break any of them

[near furnace]

yes you did

read rule 3

4 posts within 1 minute

[dusty garden]

In different chats

Spamming is sanding the same mesg multiple times in one chat in a short time period not the same mesg in different chats after all not all pp have all chats open it's a 150k server how I'm i spamming with just 4 mesgs in just 4 chats

[gray sand]

Dude.. don't argue with Smiffe..
This whole thing should have just been- You asked, you got your answer, I noted to not post in multiple channels I EVEN SAID PLEASE, to which you say "Ok 👍 " and we all move on.
Yet here we are...

[pliant hatch]

I was thinking, what if the introduction story we get is actually a lie and we're actually an unknown forsaken, used to make life easier for Odin?

Think of it: we're send to Valheim to slay the Forsaken, which can't really die.
And neither can we.
Yes, we might loose some of the experience we have gathered, but eventually we rise again, are able to get our things back and continue our journey.

Just like the Forsaken can be summoned over and over again, if we like.

And Odin monitoring us?
Sure, the old guy wants to figure out if he has to deal with one opponent or multiple. And we're doing exactly what he wants, removing the competition and thus making it easier for him to deal with only one enemy, instead of many.

[gray sand]

That's some deep north conspiracy right there.

[pliant hatch]

It's one of the oldest political strategies: divide and conquer / rule.

[chrome badge]

Well there's something to be said when it comes to how compliant we are to a figure like Odin.

The very nature of our characters speaks to things being as they seem.

[pliant hatch]

Another thing that speaks for what I said: In basically all mythologies it takes multiple "good" people / gods to defeat one bad person / god.
And all the sudden there's ONE person that has to defeat multiple bad persons? Realy?

[gray sand]

Yes.

We are a wizard, Harry.

[chrome badge]

We're just a proverbial gardener in this field of weeds.

[gray sand]

OR...
Valkyrie drops us into Valheim and we roll up smashing Forsaken out of the way because "I'm goddamn Mr. Terrific." 😏

[chrome badge]

Also, it can be done by multiple people.

[orchid locust]

but what about the other vikings that came before us? They left behind runestones and ruined shacks all over the world, but they're nowhere to be found. What happened to them? Did they succeed? Did they fail? The fact all the forsaken bosses are still there doesn't necessarily mean they failed. In fact, it might be they succeeded and arose to Valhalla, since they, just like us, can't actually die.

and if they actually succeeded in their venture, your theory about Odin crumbles

[gray sand]

I think the opening scrawl is accurate about us.
I think the previous Vikings did what most players are doing 😄 Getting caught up in Valheim itself instead of eyes on the goal of Valhalla. 😄

[orchid locust]

highly likely, yes 😂

[chrome badge]

To be fair, we just can't reach Valhalla yet

[gray sand]

We will in 1.0

[orchid locust]

and once we do reach Valhalla we'll just decide to go back

[chrome badge]

1.0 The Feast in the Great Hall with Odin

[pliant hatch]

We don't know that yet.

[chrome badge]

We kinda do though, unless the path we're told about changes with 1.0, it is stated we will go to Valhalla after killing the Forsaken.

[shy marlin]

I bet there’ll be an option to stay in the 10th world if we want

Just from a gameplay perspective

[chrome badge]

New Game plus on 1.0 would be hype

[orchid locust]

rather than boring banquets with Odin, better go down in Valheim and back to the grind

[rugged bridge]

Mm valhalla biome, my favorite

[chrome badge]

It'd be neat if Valhalla had a unique portal we could craft, and visiting is just a portal away

but it's a static place you can't really alter, just interact with Odin/Hugin/Mugin/Valkyries/etc.

[wintry valve]

why is iron heavier than iron scraps?

[grand meteor]

anyone from portugal? 🇵🇹

[gray sand]

Because steel is heavier than feathers.
Oh wait... 😄
(No one knows, and iirc it's the only metal that gets heavier with smelting? Could be wrong)

[pliant hatch]

There might be.

If you looking for Portugese players for a co-op game, check out https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1024264966712340510.

If it's for other reasons, just wait until someone replies. Just keep in mind that the only language allowed to be used in this server is English. (for moderation reasons.)

[orchid locust]

copper, iron, black metal and flametal go from 10 to 12
tin and silver remain the same (8 and 14)
why? Who the hell knows, because it makes no realistic sense (there might be some game logic behind it, but the intention behind the choice is not clear to me)

all ores technically have impurities, which is way we smelt them, thus reducing the total weight of a single chunk of <insert metal>

[tough crater]

Yes they should weigh less after smelting lol

[orchid locust]

and yes, steel is heavier, but only because you're supposed to add carbon to the mix while the iron is being smelted

Valheim does not have steel

the only reason I can think of for having this difference in weight is to perhaps make it harder to carry certain items/ores around? But then again, the purified version of a metal shouldn't gain weight, at worst it should remain the same

[cosmic summit]

Anyone have an ashwood house in the swamp?

[cosmic summit]

Doesn't it take two ore per bar?

[orchid locust]

I assume you're referring to bronze, which I haven't even mentioned

but yes, that's another whole can of worms, because it doesn't respect realistic weight NOR realistic material proportions

[cosmic summit]

No, bronze is two bars

[orchid locust]

but no, you add one ore in the smelter and you get one bar back

[cosmic summit]

I thought two ore were consumed in the process of making one bar

Well alr8ghty then

[orchid locust]

you consume 2 coals

[orchid locust]

bronze is 3 bars, not 2

[cosmic summit]

Idk. I use stone portals and huff troll endurance potions.

[orchid locust]

which shouldn't hamper your ability to do basic math, but I understand you just meant "I don't even pay attention to it"

[cosmic summit]

Nooo the tasty mead im consuming irl is what hampers my math skill

Im thinking of mining a couple swamps worth of iron just to mass produce demolishers and hang them on my walls

[gray sand]

Bronze is 3.
Everything else is 1:1.

[shy marlin]

Valheim math class

[gray sand]

kg of iron vs. kg of feathers 😏

WAIT
Feathers are 0.01 per right?

Holy crap no, they are full 0.1 kg 😬

[cosmic summit]

I always assume one unit of feathers is a handful, not a single feather

[cosmic summit]

My point was bronze is made from bars and I was talking about ores

[gray sand]

Yeah but how big of a handful is 0.1kg though?

[fossil delta]

Some heavy feathers if they are actually singular. So yeah, they might be representative.

[cosmic summit]

How big are your hands?

[nova burrow]

big enough to choke two trolls in one.

[fossil delta]

Our hands are not weight scales, but apparently that's the weight we get off of 1 bird, x3. So .3 kg.

[thick hollow]

Hey guys, I'm thinking about buying Valheim, but I'm still in doubt about some things, how long did it take you to complete the game on the first playthrough?

[copper bramble]

like 100 hours

[cosmic summit]

I started in September 2021 and still havnt beaten it

[copper bramble]

it's a long game

[tacit crystal]

Don't remember, although I played the game back when there was only 5 bosses in game, now since then there been added 2 new biomes with their own bosses, so now total is 7.
Can take tens of hours, or even few hundreds of hours, depends on what pace player takes.

[cosmic summit]

But my base is pretty sweet

[tacit crystal]

Although technically the game doesn't end yet since there will be the last biome update coming in future.

[copper bramble]

would we actually get to see Valhalla at the end in 1.0

[rugged bridge]

When in doubt, wait for the steam sale because it's a smart decision regardless of how much you like the game
Took 2 months the first time around, inconsistent gameplay. You'll get around 60-80 hours of active gameplay from the game during a single playthrough

[tacit crystal]

It's confirmed that the game will end. None of us don't know yet how.

[rugged bridge]

Replayability is the game's strength

[copper bramble]

i get stuck in mistlands bc i think that there is s bit too much bs for my liking

low visibility and verticality are so bad

[rugged bridge]

Hope so, and that it's not just a visually pleasing place, but rather act as the game's finale biome

Or at least have some content to play through