valheim-chat

[merry pebble]

Would make sense, but again, balance 😄

[dark coyote]

love it, parry ~ uppercut all day

[long peak]

btw i wonder is the final boss gonna be the winter child

[dark coyote]

gonna be ||Ulf||

[merry pebble]

I would think it will get more lore stones (at least i hope it will :D), but for a boss... I dont know, so far the bosses were all big, intimidating creatures, little child doesetn really fit imo

[long peak]

damn

[cedar stump]

dyrnwyn should be pretty op over there I imagine huh 😛

[merry pebble]

I still hope the fire dmg on that will be upped

[long peak]

btw guys is the lore stones in the mistlands gets under the rocks i didnt even found any and i should have be i have explored like 30 mistlands already but culdnt even find a single lore stone

[merry pebble]

They seem to be really rare in mistlands, so just bad luck

[long peak]

i think they are same rarity but glitch under giant rocks

like i have thinked about it a bit
i can find a lot of in plains
Meadows
black forest
Swamp
Ashlands

but i rarely find in mountains and mistlands
and i have finded a lore stone inside a rock in mountain few times while i was mining stone for my build

they have 2 similar points mountains and giant rocks

[brittle otter]

I usually find 1-3 per mountain, but only if theyre a decent size. I usually find 0 on the smaller ones.

[long peak]

i dont know maximum i saw on a mountain was 2

||This stone was placed by me, Astrid, in my seventh year in Valheim. At this spot, the Allfather spoke to me. I awoke from a deep sleep to find his words scattered around me on the ground, frozen to pebbles by the deep cold. When I warmed them in my hands they thawed and spoke his message to me, one word after another.
Slay the Forsaken. Chain their heads. I will come.|| i found this mountain lore stone on wiki interesting

[brittle otter]

in all fairness the seed im currently playing on is the best seed ive ever played on and maybe even seen, so ive been very grateful.

[long peak]

aww man i whish they havent removed the meteors from the game

[merry pebble]

Which meteors? The ones from ashlands placeholder?

[long peak]

them and thre was a plains meteors too that giving directly iron

[merry pebble]

Hmm, dont remember the plains ones

[long peak]

i still have some glowing metal ore and glowing metal ingots from ashlands one btw XD keeping them as a memory

btw

i know there is still a runestone for plains and i saw it on game too you can check the wiki

[merry pebble]

Yeah, there is, but that one is talkinmg about single meteor iirc

This one: "||In a land far from here I once saw a star come unfastened from the great curtain of night and fall into the sand. It glowed red when I approached but by morning was cool. Blessed sword-flesh, furnace-food, a gift of strong metal from the Gods!||"

[long peak]

there was few meteors in plains that you could find as i remember in a version

i think i saw it in a youtube video about valheim again in a youtube video pretty uhm close time ? new time ? not sure what the word

[spare quail]

never saw plains meteor, I know you can find iron with wishbones underground in plains (or you could) dunno if that's still a thing

[marble sable]

I think my game is bugging out, I am on day 27 with hard combat and more raids, and I still haven't gotten a single raid in the black forest or meadows.

[merry pebble]

I would almost say that if they were in plains then it would have to be pre-EA release

[long peak]

WHAT

[merry pebble]

Not in plains 😄 in swamp

[marble sable]

no mods except for a render distance mod

[long peak]

oh

[merry pebble]

🤷‍♂️ Could be just lucky

[long peak]

i wonder why ulf dont return to meadows tho 😂

btw this guy named ulfgrim

is it the ulf himself or another one

[merry pebble]

That the devs would have to clear up i am afraid 😄

[long peak]

if ulf dies at the end imma start a ground is shaking event in the devs home

[dark coyote]

he is the final raid event, once you beat the game and put the head on the altar he appears "ULF CHALLENGES YOU!" He looks like a draugr but he can sprint, and he has wrestling moves, and if he beats you he steals your humanity and goes to valhalla leaving you in valheim as a draugr. All true.

[marble sable]

I doubt it, I have settings on more raids, do they only raid if they've gotten close to your base?

[long peak]

oh hell nuh i wont gonna be a drauger ulf

[merry pebble]

You need to be in vicinity of 3 or more player base structures to get most raids if you mean that

[long peak]

lets see what he thinks about my troll staf

[marble sable]

I have a pretty large base for early game so thats not the case, what I meant was do they not know your base is there if you haven't led many back to it.

[snow aurora]

What's there to do after beating fader? Just expanding the base rn

[long peak]

another run with challenges

i wonder what scales up to this time i think after 1.0 release he will find and beat every single posbile challenge in the game

i wonder if he is realy a human

[dark coyote]

"Oh we'll see about that, bröder!"
#memes-and-clips message

[long peak]

man its looking like ai hell nuh

be a true viking and draw yourself

anyway to be honest if we think ulf made it to ashlands he is porbably survived queens so probably a troll wont be enough anyway

[marble sable]

also even though I'm on hard combat the mob spawn is unusually low

[long peak]

did you tried pre nerf ashlands ?

[marble sable]

Something has to be wrong with my valheim game, its supposed to be way harder than this

it is at the edge of the black forest but even in the black forest deeper in there are so few daytime enemies

[sharp bluff]

the game isnt particularly hard until freak accidents happen
until the third biome its quite easy in fact

(then you die to a random arrow to the back)

[long peak]

if you keep roaming the same area that will make it seem like it because you are killing things spawning before the others cooldown end so you cant find high amounts and maybe you could have been spawn proofed the are by placing campfires and workbenches around

[abstract warren]

I wish taming didn't take half a dang hour 😮‍💨

[tacit crystal]

There is mead that halves the taming time.

[abstract warren]

Oh cool!

Which one is that?

[tacit crystal]

Animal whispers.

[abstract warren]

Oof I need pungent pebbles and onions...

[lone rampart]

The pungent pebbles is poops 😛

[tepid prawn]

If you haven't killed bonemass yet you only get raids if very close to your base, need 3 base items to start raid

[sly quail]

Raid checks are also on a set timer, if you aren't at your base when that timer ticks, you cannot get a raid. (But you can get hunted instead once you reach the mountains)

It's entirely possible you're just never at your base at the time a raid check is done

[dark coyote]

on my first playthrough, once I found the BF, I started building a shack at the edge of it, and as soon I built the bed I got raided by greydwarves insstantly, never recovered

[sly quail]

yeah I get hunted more than I see raids since I'm almost never at my bases

I don't think I saw a single raid until Ashlands in my last playthrough.

Had a ton of raids in my last magic playthrough sitting around farming and refining EITR

[dark coyote]

I built an island base, so nothing spawns, everything else is jusst a production satelite

[abstract warren]

Lol tasty mead only lasts 10 sec

Useless

[fossil delta]

You might want to see what it actually does before writing it off.

I prefer it to stamina meads.

[modern copper]

is the belt what gives more weight carry? and if so who sells it?

[fossil delta]

Haldor.

[modern copper]

does it have belt in the name? cuz i didnt see it there or on the bog witch

[nocturne wolf]

It’s megingjord

[modern copper]

the name of item?

[nocturne wolf]

Yes

[fossil delta]

And Haldor sells it.

[tacit crystal]

I find them very useful.

[abstract warren]

Why boar is running away

[tepid prawn]

boar want not be food?

[abstract warren]

But usually they chase me

How am I supposed to lure them into the pen

[paper marsh]

one can only hope

Especially frost arrows

[fossil delta]

Have them chase you in, then you jump out. After closing them off inside.

[paper marsh]

They run away from fire

[paper marsh]

Never really liked it myself. But it can be pretty nice if you eat a good amount of stamina food so you can quickly replenish that bar

Also I imagine it got a pretty big buff from stamina consumption on parry being removed. I believe parrying now doesn't cancel stamina regen so you can stay in the fight while using tasty mead rather than having to take a breather

[marble sable]

lol

for some reason I feel like there were a lot more greydwarves spawning in the BF before

I have to search for them in the daytime now

[lost fiber]

I know I have asked this before, but please can you tone the Ashlands down , it's too relentless, I have spoken to a fair few streamers and expirenced players who don't even r play the Ashlands biome as they find it too hard even on easy mode , and it's not really fun , can you at least take a think on this , , I have at least ,,5 k hours and finding Ashlands too hard

[dark coyote]

i just don't understand why the charred have to respawn constantly? Like the whole zone is a spawner. 🤦‍♂️ 🤷‍♂️

[paper marsh]

I'm torn because I liked the difficulty in ptb Ashlands where the mob density / aggro was a lot more intense, but even in the current ashlands I find that it's just too much clutter / tedious to be constantly fighting them

From what I heard the plan for Deep North is to have it be more toned back but then just have smaller pockets / areas with some difficult enemies. That sounds like the ideal to me

[odd flare]

Is there more to the stonecutter table then just building?

Trying to decide if it's worth sailing around this whole island to bring my extra iron to my main base or not

[paper marsh]

Not really no.

Interacting with it it opens a crafting menu where you can only craft one item, but that item is needed for a workbench upgrade. Other than that it's just for building/dismantling stone stuff

[odd flare]

So it's not a do now thing, it's a do when I feel like it

My workbench is max level though, do you mean forge upgrade?

[oblique zinc]

Later on you'll need it for stone portal

[odd flare]

Are those the ones that let you portal metals?

[abstract warren]

How long for waterlogged items to despawn?

I think I just lost my first iron haul

4 stacks ffs

Abominations BE DAMNED

[odd flare]

Just build a bonfire and kite them around it. I got 13 under my belt now

Still gotta dodge, and fix the bonfire so it's not a total cheese

[abstract warren]

Good idea

I finally just got my last piece of root armour

[odd flare]

Nice!

[soft goblet]

What is the stuff you get off leviathans used for? Is it worth trying to get more if spotted again?

[abstract warren]

Still can't believe I lost all my fkin iron

Still have 5 somehow...

[paper marsh]

Abyssal razor (iron tier knife) and harpoon (lets you drag enemies around)

Harpoon is cool, knife is very good for getting to fight Elder with or start swamp with

Think it’s also used for an ocean trinket that lets you swim faster/longer. most consider that trinket a meme but personally I actually find it very useful

[lone rampart]

Is there a trick to crafting Dyrnwyn? We have all the pieces but it won't go

never mind

[odd flare]

Think I'm finally done with iron. Have all the necessities, and 83 extra bars. Might be time to venture up this mountain right behind my base. Might just build a staircase to the top

[odd flare]

I love the knife for when I'm sprinting around gathering. Its alternate attack hits so hard and it doesn't alter run speed

[spare cairn]

ya know. I never thought id say this. But I need more clutter items when building XD.

[mellow shadow]

I totally forgot I could level the ground with the hoe in the Swamps. This makes my life easier by creating paths and avoiding leeches. 😂

[paper marsh]

Think that first sentence might have jinxed it

You're never done with iron 😉

[odd flare]

if i could ss the starter island swamp youd know im okay

and theres a 2nd swamp here too

its nuts. huge mountain and plains also. idk how big the plains are

[paper marsh]

Well good luck on your adventures 🫡

[odd flare]

only 9 more crypts to clear haha

[burnt glen]

seesh

[odd flare]

yeah it aint a bad swamp. just mapped it fully and only did 3 of the 12 crypts. i gotta map out the other one on the opposite side. killed my first furling too, got some black metal scraps

[raven otter]

I am so damn jealous of everyone in here ;-;

[steel mica]

The wait is worth it luna dont worry

Plus you'll be able to play with others

[abstract warren]

Do you guys have any method of marking which rooms are cleared in those damn huge sunken crypts?

[steel mica]

Cant build inside the dungeons

but what you could do is destroy the thing in the rooms

like the lights, chest and stuff

But generally you'll just have to memorize

[merry pebble]

Not really, i use "always left" rule when exploring them.
And you can build certain pieces in dungeons, tho only the ones that do not require any workstation like campfires. 🙂

[steel mica]

Does cooking station work aswell?

Oh it does

I just tested rn lol

[merry pebble]

I don't remember if they require a workbench, but i don't think they do So they should work

[steel mica]

You just cant put it on the water

So campfires are better imo since it lights up the room and immedietly indicates that its already looted

[merry pebble]

-# Yep, tho if you always go only left or right you don't really need anything to mark stuff

[odd flare]

I just follow the wall to my right. It will eventually clear it and bring you back to the entrance

I also keep all the iron on the floor in the entrance. Portal everything back to base, then come back and make my trips of iron

[steel mica]

Rarely do I get lost tho I just look at my map and find my way out using the entrance marker

[abstract warren]

Yeah ofc

[raven otter]

But u know I hate waiting ;-; I hope it's within the next month

[steel mica]

I swear everytime I get to mistlands

I do the GREAT IRON HARVESTING

That means me slurping up every single midget of iron in the nearest sunken crypt

[abstract warren]

Most of you guys play solo?

[steel mica]

Alot of us play solo yes, but some play with a group

Game is balanced towards solo but its also playable with a group

[abstract warren]

Yeah

Banded Shield or Iron Buckler?

[steel mica]

If you wish to parry, iron buckler

in general bucklers = allows you to parry stronger attack

[abstract warren]

Yes

I haven't tried parrying as much in this playthrough

I think I was quite good at it though

[tacit crystal]

Banded shield is enough for parrying too, at least when having the best available HHS food setup.
Plus you can set different style for it before crafting.

[steel mica]

I like the rounded shields bc aesthetics but for practical use bucklers will be your go to

rounded shields can still parry but some strong attacks you might not be able to parry

[abstract warren]

Yeah I like banded shield's viking look more but I guess buckler is the more natural choice

[long peak]

yeah unfortuneatly mostly

[chrome badge]

It's not really unfortunate, I vastly prefer it tbf

[long peak]

its unfortuneate when you start 6 player and 3 of them quit in swamp and other 2 says others quit lets forget it 🥹

[chrome badge]

It is indeed, but not unfortunate for everyone.

[long peak]

oh i think you bit missunderstood i wasnt talking at the name of the comminity i was saying i am unfortuneatly mostly playing solo*

[chrome badge]

I understood as well as I could with those three words. 🤷

[steel mica]

Ohhh that feels so satisfying

[long peak]

my bad

[steel mica]

filling up an entire cart full of IRON

[long peak]

sorry

[steel mica]

[long peak]

itss not gonna be enoughh

[steel mica]

No this is ENOUGH

I have like 5 barrels

Full of iron

For building tho this is not enough

[long peak]

ahahah

[steel mica]

I am very confident that the resource multiplier also affects muddy scrap piles

I am encountering so many double scrap piles

[long peak]

i know its effect chest loots and the jewelery that you found around

[steel mica]

8/11 of the current sunken crypts on my swamp had atleast more than 3 double scrap piles

[elder hearth]

@near furnace Happy New Year. Any sneak peeks, progress news planned anytime soon plz?

[steel mica]

I could feel the hesitation on that ping

[long peak]

noted its interesting

[tacit crystal]

They're on vacation till 12th. And whatever they're planning to reveal happens in https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1202150165449035816 so keep that in mind.

[tacit crystal]

Even if Smiffe is okay tagging him please don't try pinging other developers.

[visual apex]

[long peak]

is smiffie okey with taggin ? or i just missunderstood

[tacit crystal]

Usually, since he is mainly who interacts with people here of developer team (as his role as CM). But I'd assume depends also on context.
Asking directly for news about the update(s) I would avoid, for example.

[long peak]

dont wanna get the anger of the smiffe the mighty to be honest

[vital umbra]

when are greydwarves getting removed from the game

i am only half kidding

1300 hours later i hate them maybe more than anything in the entire game

[long peak]

i am on 1300 hours too thanks to them i get my clubs level 100 XD so nuh uh grey dwarfs will stay

[abstract warren]

Are the boats' speed affected by weight like the cart?

[vital umbra]

they aint fun i have never seen a more obnoxious enemy in any game i don't think

every, single, thing, i do, anywhere, within 50 miles, of a spruce or pine tree, half a dozen come along to molest me.

[long peak]

no as in my experience

[tacit crystal]

They are not affected.

[long peak]

i dont know as a mace player who has a 100 level mace sending them to allmighty father odin himself is quite fun 😛

[vital umbra]

its fun until 10 playthroughs later of trying to build

[long peak]

i dont know i usualy makes walls around my build areas and spawnproofs them with workbenches maybe you can put campfires around it could help a bit i think

[abstract warren]

Is the battleaxe powerful against abomination?

[long peak]

yes you can kill them with 2 combo after stunning him with a parry

[abstract warren]

Dang

[long peak]

you can keep him stagger lock

[abstract warren]

Probably the best weapon against it

[long peak]

in swamp age probably

[tacit crystal]

Example: #memes-and-clips message

[long peak]

such a good clip

i think i am not using secondary attack enough

[abstract warren]

Dang nice

I should probably make a battleaxe asap

[tacit crystal]

Secondary attack is fast has good knockback and stagger which can be used for quickly finishing staggered enemies or to make room for yourself against multiple enemies.

[long peak]

btw do you rather create a new character for every run or have some permanent character

[tacit crystal]

It might take some use first for its relatively slower first attack and bit higher stamina usage, but both are adaptable.

[tacit crystal]

New character for each world.

[abstract warren]

Were you using power attacks or just the regular combo?

[tacit crystal]

Both: secondary attack is quick stab looking attack which deals half damage but also uses half stamina compared to primary attack and has big knockback and 4x stagger multiplier (or effectively 2x due to half damage).
Primary attacks have 3 hit combo and 1,5x stagger multiplier for the attacks.

[abstract warren]

Ok so power attack for stagger and then combo + repeat?

[tacit crystal]

Basically secondary is good starter against single mobs like abominations or some later bigger enemies then continue with primary attacks. But the secondary attack is also very useful for making room for yourself or finishing some mobs with low hp when fighting bigger groups.

[abstract warren]

Yeah maybe a bit like Atgeir's power attack

My favourite weapon so far

[modern copper]

im at hildir and i see no megingjord 🙁

[wet wolf]

the megingjord is at the trader in the black forest

[modern copper]

wth i was told here 🙁

[near furnace]

@elder hearth please don't try to ping developers 😅

[modern copper]

bummer its not on the bog witch either for me 🙁

[near furnace]

and no more sneak peaks than our usual news posts every now and then

[modern copper]

are there multiple versions of bog witch inventories on a map?

[dusty rover]

[wet wolf]

no you can only have 1 bog witch per world and the inventory gets updated as you progress

[tacit crystal]

No, Bog Witch has her own inventory of items she sells (mostly ingredients for meads/potions and feasts). Defeating most bosses unlock new items for her.

[modern copper]

ok i think im being confused, is there a hildir and haldor?

[wet wolf]

yes

[modern copper]

thats the issue then lol we havent found haldor

[tacit crystal]

They're siblings, Hildir spawns in outer meadows areas and Haldor in black forest.

[modern copper]

i presume theres no easy way to find his location either 🙁

[long peak]

there is a way actualy but it could considereable as cheating so its your personal choice you can use a seed map if you dont have time to make a lot of exploration

[tired path]

You have to travel quite far in order to find them. Haldor spawns 1500m away from world center. Hildir and the Bog Witch spawn at least 3000m away from the center (iirc). Your best bet to find them is to travel far away in any direction and explore there

You can cheat their location with the seed map found online, but only do that once you truly give up. It's not very satisfying to have to look it up

[odd flare]

i cant get my iron cooking station to work. 2 fires under it, says i need a fire under it

now i have 3 fires under it and its saying idont have one

[nocturne wolf]

There are three invisible points that check for fire, the easiest way to cover them is with a single hearth

you can build one with a stonecutter

[odd flare]

ahhh okay

[foggy glacier]

You can actually get 3 iron cooking stations over a single hearth.

[odd flare]

I may have to do that. About to start hunting sea serpents

[steel mica]

1440 total iron

Actually 1558 total iron

[merry pebble]

-# You can squeeze in 4 if you put them parallel to the short side, but you have to be quite precise 😄

[foggy glacier]

Too much real estate.

[merry pebble]

I was faffing with the cooking stations for the last 5-10 minutes just to get them all to actually work xD so its not really easy, but doable for sure

[steel mica]

2 carts full and a boat full of iron

We going home big tonight lads

[winter jungle]

different weapons has different ranges right ? but which weapon type has the most range ? i can't find that info or stats when i looked it up

[merry pebble]

Bow 😛
But from melee weapons, which are the ones that you most likely are interested in, it should be atgeir i believe

[tacit crystal]

Atgeir it is.

[merry pebble]

Btw, wiki has the range info on individual weapon pages in the right table in hitbox windows 🙂

[tacit crystal]

For example: axes page show axe hitboxes.
https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Axes

[candid basalt]

Nice start. Need moar

[steel mica]

Thats like 2 and a half worth of iron in the reinforced chest lol

[merry pebble]

Yep, a nice start 😄

[candid basalt]

I used that much making a stone bridge connecting my island base to continent

[steel mica]

Why not use flametal beams for support?

[candid basalt]

Not there yet. We are in mistlands on this world right now

[steel mica]

Ah alright

Iron will do lol

[steel mica]

Try using dvergr walls aswell

Uhm

[tacit crystal]

#screenshots message @steel mica They can spawn during daytime only when it rains. Those don't despawn unlike night time spawns.

[steel mica]

No it wasnt raining

I just saw this one near my boat, which is terrifying

[tacit crystal]

Probably has at some point, it might have spawned while you were bit more away.

[steel mica]

Hmm interesting

It wasnt raining tho back at my base

context: my base is at the meadows

[lofty raft]

is the full release date already leaked?

[steel mica]

Yet to be annouced

But deep north is in the works

[tired path]

Does the Spirit damage from Silver Arrows stack with the one from the Spinesnap?

[steel mica]

They should but its best to just go with a higher dmg'ing arrow since every enemy in the mistlands are immune to spirit dmg

[tired path]

I'm doing some math and realized that Silver and Frost arrows with a Spinesnap are objectively better than Charred Arrows and the Ash Fang, even if the Ash Fang is upgraded with a gem. Frost Arrows are definitely BiS for Mistlands since Seekers resist all physical damage types. In Ashlands, every enemy resists Pierce, so the bow damage gets halved as well. However, since all enemies are affected by Spirit (and most of them are weak to it), the Spinesnap having higher Spirit damage with Silver or Frost arrows outdamages the Ash Fang

I think Frost arrows are slightly better than Silver Arrows in the Ashlands due to the higher Frost damage, but you'll need Silver Arrows for Warlocks due to them having Frost Resistance, for some reason

In fact, now that I'm thinking about it, the Draugr Fang might be better than the Spinesnap in Mistlands. Seekers and Dvegr are all vulnerable to Poison

[tacit crystal]

Valkyries, voltures and asksvin don't resist pierce.

[steel mica]

0.5x - (dmg of weapon) + elemental = result

[tacit crystal]

Draugr Fang indeed is bit better option in Mistlands due to lower stamina cost while drawing and extra poison that enemies there take normal damage, but they're not particularly vulnerable to it.

[tired path]

Level 4 Spinesnap w/ Frost Arrows against a Seeker: Max 107 dmg per shot
Level 4 Draugr Fang w/ Frost Arrows against a Seeker: Max 113 dmg per shot

The lower stam cost sells it tbh

This is factoring in Pierce resistance, frost and poison damage

[tacit crystal]

Charred and valkyries are weak against spirit so Spinesnap + silver arrow combo can be useful.

[tired path]

The thing with silver arrows is that they don't add THAT much Spirit damage. Only 20. Voltures are also neutral to spirit, not weak. Against Valkyries it's a different story

Against Voltures, Frost arrows are def BiS

[solemn hawk]

ive been to the mountain TWICE

and both times ive been jumped by 5+ enemies

i do NOT remember the enemies spawning this frequently

i cant even go and collect the silver there because of the surplus of enemies

fuck this mountain bruh

[tacit crystal]

Voltures actually are weak against frost damage so yeah.

[nocturne wolf]

not updated for CtA

horizontal range will be the same it just needs height changes for the new hitboxes

[tacit crystal]

True, but range was asked which is provided there.

[solemn hawk]

third time goin, not even like halfway up the mountain and 3 wolves just start chasing me

i might just wait for my friend to get on because im wearing bear armor and cannot take 3 at once which seems like the minimum im getting on this mountain

[tacit crystal]

Full bear set? You could try equipping iron helmet (or Drake helmet if you have already acquired silver) for more armor, no movement speed penalty and no slight weaknesses from full armor set bonus.

[solemn hawk]

yeah i just didnt want to go searching for another swamp since we used all of our iron and had no more crypts, cant get to the silver because its guarded by the entire mountain

[tacit crystal]

You're not trying to go during night, right?

[solemn hawk]

NO ITS DAY THATS WHY IM BAFFLED 😭

[tacit crystal]

You could also equip troll hood so it breaks the set bonus.

[solemn hawk]

ive never seen so many enemies spawn at once during the day in the mountains

yeah i could do that but at the same time troll has considerably less defense no?

[tacit crystal]

Troll armor pieces have 6 vs Bear armor 7 per piece at quality 1, so no significant difference. But the set bonus of Bear set grants you slight weaknesses against pierce, blunt and slash, which makes you more vulnerable against most enemies, especially in harder biomes. So if you wear one armor piece of other armor set it won't add you the weaknesses (but no positive bonuses either).

[abstract warren]

Bear armour is bad

[tacit crystal]

That's subjective. I love the armor set.

[abstract warren]

I saw some post calculated it makes you take about 56% more damage from most enemies

[long peak]

i think bear armours this situation harming the balancement much

the bronze armour was so weak i always hated it and they give us a reason to hate it more

[abstract warren]

I like its style but it lacks practicality

[solemn hawk]

i only really get hit when there are 3+ enemies so ive never had much of an issue with the extra damage taken

except for this damn mountain bro

[tacit crystal]

What do you mean with practicality?

[long peak]

+1

[abstract warren]

Idk tbf I haven't tried it myself lol

I only read a bit

[solemn hawk]

😭

[long peak]

bro come on

ahahhaha

[solemn hawk]

how can you say an armor is bad without ever using it broski

[abstract warren]

Lol my bad

I killed quite a few bears and still have maybe one trophy though

[long peak]

hey my friends using that broski word too what does it mean ?

[solemn hawk]

its just another word for bro

[abstract warren]

A bro who skis

Brewskis with the broskis

[long peak]

guys i wonder am i not the only one thinks bronze armour nearly useless ?

[nocturne wolf]

no, 6 defence increase from troll isn't enough

[solemn hawk]

honestly yeah i personally think that troll armor and bear armor is better

i dont remember if bronze armor has a set bonus i havent used it in forever

[long peak]

maybe its head peace maybe but body parts ?

[nocturne wolf]

Heavy armor never has a set bonus

[solemn hawk]

yeah i was pretty sure it didnt i just didnt want to be wrong

[abstract warren]

Light armour is best

[solemn hawk]

frrrr

[long peak]

i cant realy see a reason using it being slow getting you soooo much more hit

[abstract warren]

Light armour is beast

[solemn hawk]

is there a light armor for the plains i forgot

[tacit crystal]

There is now.

[nocturne wolf]

vilebone armor was added in CtA

[long peak]

they just added in call to arms

[solemn hawk]

oh thats good i havent played in a while and didnt know if cta added one

thats goated news frfr

[steel mica]

Do tamed ridables regen their stamina even without riding them?

Lox and Asksvin?

[long peak]

i am like yippie i have new pant

[feral grove]

Vilebone is from plains? I thought it was in mistlands. I haven't been in either of those biomes much since the update.

[long peak]

yeah its from plains now every biome have at least 2 armour set except ocean and deep north

i think it was neceserry

[feral grove]

Ocean armor would be... a thing. Would it give defense between black forest and swamp?

[long peak]

hmm i think its complicated so if we think serpent meat itself is high as mistlands tier food

i think it would definitly be higher than swamp

let me check abbysal razor too

[nocturne wolf]

Serpent scale shield needs iron and abyssal razor has swamp tier damage, ocean armor would probably be swamp tier too

and serpents are balanced for combat against black forest players

[long peak]

then there is ocean feast ?

[nocturne wolf]

yes

[long peak]

in whic level it is

[nocturne wolf]

I think it has the same stats as mountain feast, so post-moder

[long peak]

i think we should check everything

[nocturne wolf]

but it's available before bonemass

[long peak]

realy waow

hmm abyssal razor is definitly lower than silver tier

[feral grove]

It's the swamp knife.

[long peak]

i think if there was a armour set for ocean it should be at least more than swamp

its foods mostly higher than plains

[feral grove]

Probably heavy armor, though. Serpent scales make a tower shield and chitin is heavy.

[nocturne wolf]

but intended to be made at swamp tier and higher

[long peak]

i think i have better theory

so if you think abyssal razor is accesible after black forest

but its higher than there

and so the feast and other things accesible after swamp

but so much higher than swamp tier

the ocean is the thing bounds all biomes

it should be the perfect middle

like 8 biomes and ocean

so higher than mountain i suppose

?

i have to go to dinner i would love to hear your opinions about it

[glossy heath]

feels more natural to think of the quality of serpent drops as a reward for that optional challenge, especially stuff made from their scales or trophy since that almost requires you to get one to shore

unlike land biomes, you usually only enter the ocean in order to get to another place, you're always on the move, so simply outrunning or avoiding serpents is an effective tactic especially once you have a longship

[glass plinth]

hi guys im newbie looking for duo

[tacit crystal]

We have https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1024264966712340510 for searching for group.

[glass plinth]

(:

[elfin fable]

I wanna ask the question

[gray sand]

Which question?

[elfin fable]

When deep north?

[gray sand]

When it is ready.

[elfin fable]

Shucks

[feral grove]

Ah, yes. The question, the most original of questions, that which has never been asked before.

[long peak]

oh hell nuh this man is lying he is a litteral veteran 😂

[feral grove]

Yeah, generally new players don't stalk a server for 3 years before playing the game.

[steel mica]

3 years experience, certainly a newbie

[glass plinth]

🙁

[long peak]

😛

[feral grove]

Feels like it with every new biome.

[long peak]

so i wonder why tho you said you are a newbie ? XD

[glass plinth]

I’ve got just 2,512.6 hours of experience in this game - barely anything

[long peak]

yeah thats what was goverment said when we ask how much the tax cost us yearly XD

hey i saw that

[long peak]

i think there is only one person that can agree to it and thats Scales i wonder how many hours he did spend in game

[glass plinth]

I’m always up for learning new things 🙂

[steel mica]

That's like more than my tf2 hours by like a 100 hours

[steel mica]

Honestly im not surprised if its in the 3k range

Imagine how much more he'll have after deep north releases

[long peak]

man i dont wanna believe that a player get to those skill levels in 3 K hours i am imagining he could have at least 5 K

[steel mica]

Replayability in valheim is astounding, you can still scratch a few more 100 hours and still learn a thing or two

[glass plinth]

Playing Valheim for that many hours without mods is crazy

I only played the first 500 hours on default settings

[long peak]

me 700

[long peak]

did you ever played without mods after that ?d

[steel mica]

You know the base game is good when you can play it continuesly without mods

[wet wolf]

ive played over 1k hours without mods

[steel mica]

Like I said replayability here is nice

[glass plinth]

If the game’s default version was that good, there wouldn’t be so many mods

I really love Valheim, but obviously the game has some gaps, and mods help fill them

[solemn hawk]

guys whats the best way to find turnips

i have explored 4 swamps with no luck

[glossy heath]

seen em before right? they blend in pretty well, not that much rarer than carrot seeds, just very easy to miss compared to carrots

[solemn hawk]

yeahh they just didnt spawn for a while, finally found one

i really wish there was a way to farm rasberries

since theyre like so important for so many crafting recipes

[brittle otter]

default valheim is amazing and can easily provide 1000+ hours of fun

my brother is about 1700hrs in vanilla, im at about 250 and still not getting bored.

I suppose if all you do is try to speed through the bosses like this is some kind of narrative driven game expecting to "beat it" you can get bored of a repetitive loop, but each new playthrough Is an opportunity to create new stories, new settlements, new adventures, make new friends. I dont see how that could be boring for anyone.

[glass plinth]

.

I’ll probably spend around 500 hours just building

I’ve been playing this game since 2021, and the vanilla version just isn’t enough for me

[dark coyote]

wait, this is also a game?

[upbeat sail]

Woww i just mined a silver vein part and like half the vein exploded, instant full inventory

[spare quail]

Hell yeah, silver mining is one of the most satisfying activities

[upbeat sail]

only if the stone golems are asleep haha

[spare quail]

true xd

[odd flare]

They're there they are just hard too see. Gotta walk around staring at the ground

[timber marsh]

im playing pure vanilla with only a cosmetic mod

[granite tide]

im looking forward to the, "We got Deep North before GTA 6" memes... hopefully.

[timber marsh]

because i play with a lot of other people that are on vanilla so no compatibility issues

[bright crag]

so was december the month that the devs took a break?

[unborn dew]

Anyone know how to easily move a boar breeding pen including 4 boars easily across a biome?

[chrome badge]

Did you leave any feedback for the developers anywhere as to why it's isn't enough for you?

[nocturne wolf]

Boars try to move to where they spawned, it's easiest to tame new ones

[unborn dew]

hmm but my base is nowhere near a boar spawn and its annoying to wait for them to breed at a base where there is nothing lol

[nocturne wolf]

how far have you progressed?

[unborn dew]

I have just made a bronze pickaxe, still struggling to kill bears and trolls, but doing alright i guess

[near furnace]

yes. most start working this week or on monday the 12th (next week)

[nocturne wolf]

so your base is deep inside a black forest? Boars spawn anywhere in meadows.

[unborn dew]

no at the border, but no spawns close since i built it

[paper marsh]

Because youre hoping Deep North comes out soon or you want GTA to be delayed?

[snow aurora]

Each boss, each biome I've reached, I realised that I gotta build. Not just get enough resources for 1 set of maxed armor and 2 weapons

Pretty much nothing left to do in the ashlands other than killing fader once you get enough resources for a maxed set, food and meads. Should've played previous biomes at a slower pace

[dark coyote]

have you tried an abyssal razor? slash/pierce and attainable by bf progression

[unborn dew]

Where do you suppose i get chitin in black forest lol

[dark coyote]

no need to be smart, I said "by BF progression" which means you likely have a boat

[unborn dew]

Not really, should i make one? enough land undiscovered still

[dark coyote]

I prefer it, up to you, bear is weak to slash/fire iirc, and trolls are wweak to pierce so

I think there are way too many bears spawning, I've seen them spawn behind me as im walking the coasts, I would make them only spawn at the borders of BF and mountain personally

[oblique zinc]

I would make them tameable and rideable. Just imagine a joy of riding up on a fuling village in the death of night on a 2 star Vile ...

[nocturne wolf]

They’re more common than trolls but easier to avoid because they have a hearing limit

[dark coyote]

viles should have been undead raptor skeletons covered in tar too

[nocturne wolf]

And they both have a spawn limit of 1

[oblique zinc]

So we will never see a sleuth of bears ? 🐻

[nocturne wolf]

You could by spawning them far from each other so none are loaded when they spawn and then bring them together

But in normal gameplay no

[oblique zinc]

Maybe they can make a mini dungeon of goldilocks and three bears

[tacit crystal]

Technically they take just normal damage from slash, not particularly weak against it but it's best option.

[dark coyote]

we need 2h torches

[mellow shadow]

So in Valheim we use phrases like bronze-age, iron-age for progression and not post-Elder, post-Eykthir?

[foggy glacier]

most do, yes

or we'll refer to progression by biome. I.e. I'm in swamp.

[soft goblet]

can I "lock" signs? I'm tired of accidentally clicking on the sign instead of opening a chest in my storage hut

[tacit crystal]

Those, or I like to use [insert biome] era, [insert biome] tier equipment/foods etc.

[plush umbra]

is valheim living a hype phase again or am i tripping ?

[lone rampart]

It's not a phase, mom!!

[foggy glacier]

No, but you can use some clever ascii text manipulation to move the sign. i.e. if you place a sign under the floor, you can use <voffset=50><size=10><#FFF>wood to make the letters float in front of the chest directly above.

[storm plaza]

tffff, excuse me while i redo fscking everything

[foggy glacier]

I know, eh?

[tough garden]

is there any proper way to farm red ores?

like the ones that are used in the forges

[paper marsh]

Hit them with a pickaxe

It is tedious though. Mining metals in later biomes gets a bit less tedious and more interesting

[tough garden]

no i mean the ones used to creat the forges

srry my english is bad

[paper marsh]

Ah, surtling cores?

The one used to make the smelting and coal making buildings?

[tough garden]

yes

[paper marsh]

Only way early game is going in the dungeons (burial chambers) in the black forest and hope you find some. Some dungeons have a lot, some have none. They don't respawn though, so no need to revisit dungeons you've been to

Once you get past the black forest and make it to the next biome, there's another way to get them too that a lot of people prefer

[tough garden]

oh

thanks

[marble sable]

The AI pathfinding really needs some work

[tepid prawn]

constant hype, 8th biome coming out in a big update, (not officially confirmed when) and current update - Call To Arms - is absolutely amazing!

[marble sable]

are draugr supposed to be killed from only a few shots from a finewood bow with flint arrows on very hard combat diff

feels to easy

or maybe im getting better

[tepid prawn]

yeah but if you take a shot from an archer without root chest, good luck haha don't know if you survive even an unstarred one on VH

[marble sable]

whats root chest? I just got to the swamp for the first time

I usually just build bad bases in BF

[tepid prawn]

first time and you play VH? brave haha

[marble sable]

It seemed way too easy compared to last time I played

maybe I'm just good now lol

also trying to do a no death run

[tepid prawn]

also good luck fighting several at once with bow, maybe you're better yeah, the combat modifiers didnt get nerfed, starred enemies are a nightmare on VH

[marble sable]

I usually use my polearm to fight multiple, or climb high up and hope they go away

/try to get an angle to shoot

[tepid prawn]

climbing high up won't protect that much from archers

but yeah, wish you good luck

[marble sable]

yeah archers are super scary, and I only have troll armor lol

thx for the luck

[steel mica]

Curious whats the highest dmg that an enemy can do on very hard 2** excluding minibosses and bosses

[tepid prawn]

I think someone did the maths and it was more than max health someone can have haha

[steel mica]

An enemy that can one shot you

Amazing

[long peak]

my iron mace make sure they sleep usualy so its fine

[long peak]

same man sam

[steel mica]

Directly to the nu-

Can stagger them nonstop

[long peak]

XD

[steel mica]

I think I am over prepared for mistlands

[lone rampart]

That's good! It means you're adequately prepared possibly

[steel mica]

I already done mistlands on my main world but this takes the cake for over preparedness

Fully coated in padded armor, full plains food diet, frostner, krom, arbalest in hand

[long peak]

is it your first time playing ?

[steel mica]

Nah second playthrough

760h

[long peak]

good

man so just gonna say

[smoky saddle]

Beehives are a pain in the ass

[long peak]

try that root armor

and make some barley wines for gjalls

[long peak]

how did you get the krom before mistlans

[steel mica]

I already know this

[long peak]

so why full padded

[steel mica]

I rushed with iron progression lol

[steel mica]

Because looks sick

[long peak]

looks matter you say XD

okkey then 😛

[steel mica]

Yes

On my first mistlands run I did use root

But this one I just went with full padded cause I had the iron and looks beautiful

[long peak]

agreed

[steel mica]

Ashlands will still be hell despite already having experienced it and knowing what to do

[long peak]

i dont like the most of heavy armors but full set wolf armour and padded are amazing

[steel mica]

I sometimes just remove the helmet to gaze upon my viking's facial features

[long peak]

i think ashlands gonna be difficult even after we get deepnorth items its just insane bro i am just tired of getting constantly jumped by 1 star askvins during day time

[long peak]

i remember i have used a mod for seeing my viking face and hair

invisi helm ? was it not sure

[steel mica]

My goal in there is to immediately rush one of the fortresses

[long peak]

+1

i think raiding fortresses is easier than exploring pre nerf ashland

[steel mica]

Building a base in the coast is next to impossible

Or just building a base in the ashlands in general is a nightmare without body guards

[smoky saddle]

Is the root harnesk worth using in the mistlands compared to full padded? That pierce resistance might pay off against the seekers

[steel mica]

Yes

100% worth it

[clear hazel]

What about plains?

[smoky saddle]

I stuck with Full padded for plains

[steel mica]

You negate most of the main threats in mistlands just by wearing that armor piece

[steel mica]

Just wear full

Silver and you'll be good to go

[long peak]

unbreakeable walls help a lot i am usualy raising the ground with hoe to not harm the doors and so much easier

[smoky saddle]

Yeah I'll be running that with a bunch of fire meads for the gjall

[clear hazel]

Cool, already got that and maxxed 😎

[long peak]

if you have hard time about some insect problem try root harnesk 😛

[steel mica]

Gjall's arent too difficulty to deal with

[long peak]

its op

[smoky saddle]

Are they weak against frost by any chance?

[steel mica]

You can dodge roll through the fire ball

[steel mica]

They have a weak spot

[clear hazel]

Is fenrhir armour set any good? It seems situationally good against fire enemies.

[smoky saddle]

Just wondering about the best arrows to use

[silk wedge]

best set in the game

[steel mica]

Even in Ashlands its stupidly good

Free 9% speed

[silk wedge]

wear fenris, drink ratatosk, laugh as nothing can catch you

[steel mica]

Just be weary because you're very weak

[long peak]

if they are wet yes

[silk wedge]

depends on food

[long peak]

nuh to be honest its has resistance but being fast helping you so much more than that fire resistance

[long peak]

https://youtu.be/akemDxzKE3Y?si=BeiMgQQug--AsFCy if you dont have spoiler concerns about mistlands check this

[steel mica]

Ever since I reached ashlands I just rocked with the 2 eitr giving feast

[silk wedge]

same

double feast + marinated greens

goated

[steel mica]

I go with seeker aespic instead

Cheap and still good

[long peak]

they op

[steel mica]

They are honestly broken imo in a group

[silk wedge]

I just run around ashlands and grab 2 stacks of smoke puffs and fiddles

and that's enough to last you a while

[steel mica]

Its cheaper to craft and gives u 3 stats

[silk wedge]

the sap and sagecaps you can just farm

and I'd rather keep royal jelly for meads

[long peak]

when i have tried my latest build just for fun best 2 feast plus any best food your choice is a god like build

[steel mica]

I have a big kitchen on my original world

Very organized

I think the screenshot is still in building discussions

[steel mica]

I already rock with eitr

Because I am a heavy + magic build

[long peak]

i wonder if any point in the would they let us buy directly feast with gold

i have like 3 black metal chest of coins

[steel mica]

I prefer the herbs

Buying them direct is honestly a nerf imo

You get like 3 herbs per buy

[long peak]

after killing the last bosses

[steel mica]

Hmm possible but I still prefer the herbs

2 extra feast per buy

[long peak]

as a working person sometimes i just dont have time for thing and just wanna play the game

[steel mica]

Ah

[long peak]

dont like using dev commands

[steel mica]

I could honestly see deep north being a bit more lengthy than the previous biomes

[long peak]

but i duped somethings few times tho

[long peak]

hope so

[steel mica]

I just use dev commands for screenshot

HERE IT IS

#building-screenshots message

My original kitchen

[long peak]

nuh not against the using it just dont wanna add something to my pure survival world

[steel mica]

Fair

[long peak]

agreed but using dev commands you can do amazing things

[long peak]

btw man your base is looking sick

i am usualy making base that good looking outside but awfull inside 🥹

[steel mica]

I am the opposite lol

The outside is VERY unfinished

[steel mica]

Also ty

[lone rampart]

By your powers combined..!

[long peak]

nuh man probably i am just overrating my self about outside anyway 😂

but maybe one day we make a ultimate base together 😛

[steel mica]

Maybe

[tacit crystal]

Unfinished from outside and awful inside?

[steel mica]

I don't like leaving the roof empty

So I add like little support details that adds a bit of depth to it

[long peak]

#building-screenshots messagebut this was the best interior design i made

[steel mica]

Im talking about the roof inside

[long peak]

owww man come on mercy on us

[tacit crystal]

Kidding ofc.

[steel mica]

My detailing skills is still needing some improvements but my current base on my second playthrough looks fine and dandy

I still like the kitchen I did on my second playthrough

If you are curious dead, heres the current world #building-screenshots message

[long peak]

its feels like a museum

and so tight 🤯

is there a any outside photo of your builds because i feel like probably your builds looking pretty fine

[long peak]

#building-screenshots message the building that claimed to be looking bad outside my builds probably crying in the corner

🥹

btw funny idea if you are not happy because walls looking just empty and basic outside and if you cant put a window and the wall because of interior design you can put two 45degrees or other (i dont remember the degree) pole and put a little ship on to it ?

it would look funny

a litteral ship on to building i am usualy putting ships on my decks roof

[clear hazel]

Now that I've reached up to plains/5th boss, I guess I need to work out what to do next. I found Hildir on the border of a plains and meadows biomes and put a portal down. I travelled by boat and already defeated Geirhaffa but forgot to bring the chest. 🤦‍♂️

Perhaps I should get the serpent shield for pierce resistance.

[smoky saddle]

Youve defeated Yagluth?

After this what we began doing was building a forever base in a biome next to the mistlands. Luckily we found a dark forest to place it in but if you can find a meadows you're laughing.

We could have made a base in the plains but we dont want the trouble of having fulings and the likes attack the base

[clear hazel]

I have not. That is my next goal. I know plains is a dangerous biome so I'm wondering what to aim for. I guess I kill fulings for the black metal ore to get the next best gear?

[smoky saddle]

Yes. Go for fulings for the black metal gear first, but you will eventually have to attack the fuling villages in order to get flax to get the armour and barley for foods

Each village has a beserker so id always try and take them out at long range first.

Barley and flax can only be grown in the plains iirc

[steel mica]

On the slighty finished one I added windows

[clear hazel]

Cool. Are they vulnerable to frost arrows? My strategy will be to snipe them with my draugr fang with frost arrows.

[smoky saddle]

Frost arrows are good. Needle arrows will eventually replace them but I use both anyway

[tired path]

Frost Arrows are arguably the strongest arrow type in the game

They have very high damage (26 pierce + 52 frost for a total of 78 damage, almost on par with Charred Arrows), nothing relevant resists Frost damage, and slows enemies down as well. Frost Arrows absolutely destroy Seekers and make quick work of most Ashlands enemies as well

Needle Arrows are good only when you don't want to spend precious Frost Arrows

Needle and Carapace arrows are very good against Gjalls though

[smoky saddle]

I do wonder if that will change when deep north drops

[tired path]

A way to nerf them would be to make them more similar to Poison Arrows

Instead of applying all the elemental damage at once, poison is a DoT and it doesn't stack, so you can't just spam arrows like crazy and instantly kill something, like with Frost ones

If Frost was a DoT that didn't stack, they'd be way weaker

[smoky saddle]

Having deep north mobs be resistant to frost arrows would at least get us to use something else.

Regardless, I like the fact that the game gives you a reason to use gear from earlier biomes. Most games often power creep the old stuff.

[tired path]

I really like the Silver Sword being as strong as it is in Ashlands. I do believe that the 4th level on weapons and armor should be more meaningful. Right now there's little reason to upgrade something to lvl 4 due to the heavy resource requirement and the little bonus it gives

[smoky saddle]

Thats a good point actually. The only thing that improves is the damage and durability, but I think a slight bump to swing speed for weapons would be nice.

[paper marsh]

There’s not a lot of resistances / weaknesses in plains, and the ones that are there don’t matter a ton

Only thing of note is that pierce is quite a bit better against Lox

[long peak]

is lox have resistance against slash ?

[smoky saddle]

Resistant to blunt, frost and slash but weak to fire

[steel mica]

Back to my fav biome

Mistlands

[sharp bluff]

tbf, anything that isnt strong against frost dies to frost

[lunar sapphire]

Me when deep north enemies are available to kill:

[paper marsh]

I mean that goes for any damage type

But yeah frost is pretty busted. There’s a reason frostner is perfectly valid for 3 biomes after you make it

[lunar sapphire]

the #mods-discussion channel

Thank you for asking ❤️

[steady junco]

Sorry, I looked through the channel lists twice and somehow missed it

[lunar sapphire]

All goods 😄

[steel mica]

I love the mistlands so much

[warm sandal]

me too 😄

[candid basalt]

Mistlands are so pretty. Especially when it storms

[tacit crystal]

Mistlands is my favorite biome.

[mellow shadow]

Have the developers ever mentioned adding NPCs that could function as helpers, guards, or villagers?
I usually play solo and enjoy building, but settlements feel a bit empty without any simulated human presence. 🤔

[steel mica]

Closest thing we have are dvergrs

[mellow shadow]

What's that?

[steel mica]

I was gonna say you probably werent too familiar

I was correct lol

[steel mica]

I dont wanna spoil

[mellow shadow]

Is it part of the game?

[steel mica]

Yes

[rare lichen]

Youll find them 🙂

[steel mica]

That probably aroused their curiosity to look it up

[mellow shadow]

Got it. I’m in the Swamp, Iron Age right now. I’ve just made my iron sword, axe, and pickaxe, but the amount of iron required for upgrades is kind of crazy. 🫠

[steel mica]

Joel, question

[lunar sapphire]

You've got this!

[steel mica]

How many roots have you gotten in one area and made a base around it?

[tacit crystal]

Devs have said they're not planning to add settler like NPCs iirc.

[merry pebble]

The upgrades are often costly 😄 but on the other hand you never need any resources to fix your stuff

[mellow shadow]

That's where "my mobile expedition portal" comes handy! Haha I always carry with me the mats of the other end of a portal.

[tacit crystal]

Hmm, depends. I usually set up several small sap farms scattered around different locations, trying to find those areas with at least 4 roots close together.

[steel mica]

Want me to show ya something?

[tacit crystal]

I'm currently at something IRL but I can reply later.

[steel mica]

I'll just spill the beans, theres not 4, not 5, not 6, but ||9|| roots

All in walking distance

I am so puzzled on what to always prioritize in the mistlands lol

[mellow shadow]

I believe the longship is faster and more maneuverable than the karve, but if the wind’s against you, it won’t budge! Got stuck in the middle of the ocean before I realized I wasn’t moving 😂

[steel mica]

The karve is more maneuverable but not as fast

[near furnace]

full sail with karve is about 2/3's with longship

[steel mica]

Huh not bad

Though the storage is worth it

For the trade off

[merry pebble]

Plenty fast to outrun serpents if needed 😄

[steel mica]

They are on sight for me 👀

Delicous sea serpeant meat

[merry pebble]

Yep yep, i also just kill them most of the time 😄 but if you turn with the wind and put full sail with carve they keep the distance from you quite well so its easy to shoot them

[steel mica]

Dont enemies lose interest if they cant catch up?

[merry pebble]

Yep, but usually i can kill it fast enough that its not problem

[steel mica]

Ah

[strong jacinth]

Any news about Deep North this year?

[tacit crystal]

No timeline confirmed yet.

Other than PS5 release during 2026.

[mellow shadow]

I built a small shelter near a triple-biome junction where the Swamp, Black Forest, and Meadows meet, and for some reason, almost every day I see skeletons and draugrs fighting greydwarfs, wild boars, lizards and sometimes a bear, which is occasionally a 1-star bear. Is it normal for bears to appear so frequently there? 🤔

[lunar sapphire]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1171414605751406592/1459208890544689224/dn1.gif

Credits go to @exotic cradle for creating the gif ❤️

[tacit crystal]

Finally the equilavent for the Ashlands emoji.

[chrome badge]

If the conditions have been met for a bear to spawn previously, it is just as likely for them to spawn again. Though it is possible that spawn can also be taken by another creature.

[steel mica]

Seeker soldier...

👀

You are now hired

Definitely not me inprisoning the seeker soldier

[exotic cradle]

I'm doing my part

[lunar sapphire]

ah, the ol' razzle dazzle trap them in a hole so no more can spawn trick eh?

[chrome badge]

👀 #valheim-help

[lunar sapphire]

Thank you

@chrome badge so I know that that is a top hat emoji but without checking it looks like a toilet

[chrome badge]

Bahaha oh my gosh I see it too

[sick bear]

lf to trade 5 barley with 100 coins

[steel mica]

This is not minecraft

[sick bear]

im desperate i accidentally planted all my barley off the edge of the plain lmao

[steel mica]

What were you trying to do specifically

Making a two in one biome base?

[chrome badge]

Time to raid some more Fuling encampments

[sick bear]

we were flattening out a perfectly sized plains island but i forgot there was a forest biome edge where the portal was near lmao

[steel mica]

Ah im doing a similar thing but with mistlands and plains

[sick bear]

rip 24 barley

[steel mica]

I can hand yall some if you need it

[sick bear]

that would be amazing omg

we’re pretty new to the plains biome (undergeared might i add)

[steel mica]

Ah I see

Alright @sick bear add me on steam

[sick bear]

okay okayyy

[proper cliff]

When will they deliver the patch?

[candid basalt]

On patch day

[lone rampart]

Patch Day should be an international holiday. No work, no school, just venturing northward!

[candid basalt]

Network traffic would suck if we could only get game patches on one holiday

[mellow shadow]

Patch day should be an international 30 days holiday.

[merry pebble]

Heh, will probably take some time off when DN comes 😄

[real void]

if vever u need someone a little more suited gear wise feel free to hit me up and i can helkp you

[cedar stump]

Alright today we finish the game and we kill fader 🙁

[chrome badge]

Time off reason: "Cold" 🤭

[lunar sapphire]

Time off: Reason is sealed

[rocky silo]

do we know when the next update blog is gonna be?

we havent had one since like november

[lunar sapphire]

In due time Viking, In due time

[lunar sapphire]

Christmas holidays during December and the devs are mostly coming back in the next few days

(From holiday)

[chrome badge]

crafts another sealbreaker 😅

[vale holly]

😭🥺

[chrome badge]

Please don't spread false information

[lunar sapphire]

Let’s not @vale holly

[tacit crystal]

It probably is in Deep North.

[vale holly]

Is this true??

[lunar sapphire]

I figured let’s not means don’t spread misinformation but hey

Learning experience

[vale holly]

Is "when hell freezes over" a good estimate though?

[lunar sapphire]

I’ll say it differently. Let’s not joke about the Deep North being delayed period

No matter how you phrase it

[vale holly]

Awww but it's funny

[lunar sapphire]

So you’re checking in for a few nights then?

[chrome badge]

Yeah, the developers work hard and anyone could take what you say at face value.

There's no real joke there anyways.

[vale holly]

I believe the joke was too funny for serious man like you

Hahaha

[candid basalt]

Deep North is like a wizard. It will arrive when it means to.

[lunar sapphire]

Here’s your room key 🔑

[vale holly]

😂😂😂😆😅😆

[candid basalt]

I’ve mastered the art of waiting with no info.

[chrome badge]

I'll be the hobbit meeting the cart as it comes into view. 🪈 📚

[zinc mortar]

HEY

[candid basalt]

LISTEN!

[zinc mortar]

What is the best amor?

[candid basalt]

The one you stay alive in. It completely depends on biome, playstyle, and what you are trying to do

[zinc mortar]

Figthing

idk i am new

[paper marsh]

What biome are you in?

Generally there’s light and heavy armor. Heavy armor lets you tank more hits, light armor lets you move faster and oftne give some extra special effects

Both are very useful, so up to preference. In the early biomes like Black Forest tjough, I don’t recommend heavy armor. The light armor is really good in that biome

[snow aurora]

Troll armor

[zinc mortar]

Okay thanks

[unborn dew]

Why though? Its only good for sneak, but when does one really sneak?

[solemn hawk]

i wonder why higher * bears dont drop their trophy more likely

i had to grind for like 2 hours for the bear armor because of bad luck

[sharp bluff]

it has higher armour values than the previous tier but doesnt slow you down, making it a good option
on top of that its kinda "free" cuz you have troll hides in abundance, contrary to the annoying to farm bronze

the next two light armour sets are annoying to farm and extremely powerful (at least the chest pieces)

[chrome badge]

I used it all the way to Ashlands, it's my go-to set for setting up a portal in a new biome.

[sharp bluff]

thats root armour for me, basically
that chest piece is almost an eternal bis piece cuz resists are broken

[long peak]

i Litteraly have the samemindset

[sharp bluff]

its a common opinion among the experienced players

[north pecan]

I am a big fan of the fenris set with a feather cape, speed pot, and light foot pot

Absolutely zooming in that

[sharp bluff]

sure, but the defense begins lagging behind by the time you hit ashlands

[north pecan]

Doesn’t change how much I love it

[sharp bluff]

thats why you use one resist piece and the rest full armour

[north pecan]

I can run a whole Ashlands and map it with that setup and live

Cause I’m too fast

[candid basalt]

Yeah it’s a great combo for scouting

[sharp bluff]

just dont get into a skirmish xd

only downside the fenrsis set has is the fact that farming it is a massive pita

[north pecan]

You won’t, you’re too fast 🚙

[foggy glacier]

I thought everyone farmed in their skivvies.

[paper marsh]

I only do that with the chest piece. The helmet and legs are pretty doo doo for me

[sharp bluff]

well yeah, the armour ingeneral is only good for the swamp area and the growths in the plains

after I get better pieces i replace legs and helmet as needed

[queen wadi]

Fenrir armour my beloved

[unborn dew]

Isnt the bear set more usefull and more armour?

[sharp bluff]

less total defenses, and a bit more rng to get

the defense value itself is higher, yes
but the res penalty... meh

[clear hazel]

I've been generally going down the heavy armour sets. I've managed to avoid dying in my current SP game.

Such that my running level is 82.

I've nearly died to a troll with 3 HP to spare and to Moder twice.

[paper shadow]

does anyone know what rune to draw if you special summon yagluth with three kvasturs?

[sharp bluff]

the general trick is that light armour allows you to pick your battles with much more ease
also some of the light armour sets have arguably better defenses than the heavy sets due to the added resistances

[mellow shadow]

Holy shii… I love the longship! It gives zero flying Fs whether it’s raining, caught in a storm, an apocalypse, or whatever! 😂

[clear hazel]

That's true

[rotund parrot]

Often light armor is unlocked much earlier than the heavy one and it is much faster to get you just have to kill one type of mob a few times. It also won't slow you down and require less metal so it just makes thing more efficient. A good shield, good food and being confident in parrying is a lot more important than armor IMO

[sharp bluff]

the only exception being our friend fenrir cuz caves are a pain to find and farm

[rotund parrot]

Absolutely, it is not one I farm but I get the appeal

[sharp bluff]

the chest piece is goated but alas...

[tacit crystal]

Bear armor go to after CtA during black forest/swamp era for me.

[solemn hawk]

am i allowed to send medal clips here or no

ill prolly just be safe and send it to clips

[tacit crystal]

You can in https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1202263390056357928

[merry pebble]

Well, you cant send it here 😄 but the channel Joel linked would work

[tacit crystal]

Cautionary tale: don't throw fish on ground near water level.

[solemn hawk]

why is fishing THIS hard though

i feel so bad now knowing how intense the fishing actually is

like i get the gimmick and how it works

but if you mess up even ONCE all your stamina is instantly gone

[long peak]

my english isnt enough :/

[long peak]

nuh we have a lot more advantages

[sharp bluff]

have you considered cheese?

[tacit crystal]

Keeping the line shorter makes it easier, you can also pause reeling since not reeling won't use stamina (but won't regen either) and move backwards to pull the fish on ground.

[solemn hawk]

i just feel like the stamina should be drained a bit less to make the fishing part more fun other than finding methods to cheese it

[long peak]

ahhaah yeah its hard but you can send shorter hooks to catch with less stamina or just run away from the water and get the fish out that way 😛

[long peak]

definitly agree

[sharp bluff]

as is the minigame basically completely focuses on cheese, ye

[tacit crystal]

Also when the fish struggles it will consume much more stamina so pausing during that is good idea too.

[solemn hawk]

yeah but even when its not pulling it still HEAVILY drains stamina relatively quickly

so if you arent only consuming only stamina foods youll have to play far more perfect

[zinc mortar]

I have a bug that means I can't write on my signs. Does anyone have an idea? for some it works and for some it doesn't

[solemn hawk]

is the sign facing the right way

kind of a dumb question but i sometimes but them the wrong way

[sharp bluff]

kinda common, ye

[zinc mortar]

I'll check it

Placed it the wrong way lol....thanks

[solemn hawk]

its all good lol happens

[sharp bluff]

game sometimes just has them face the wrong way if you dont correct it

[brittle otter]

if its the same piece you last built it always starts them back in the same position you left it. same snap point too (though that seems to be less reliable in my experience)

[solemn hawk]

i really wish valheim had proximity vc

[chrome badge]

Why's that?

[mellow shadow]

Do you think the 3rd boss is harder than The Elder? Should I be worried. I hauled my 2nd batch of iron, and I think I'm "ready" 🤔

[solemn hawk]

sometimes my friend vc's with his girl and itd be easier if i could just talk in game rather than just having to type

[solemn hawk]

make sure you have poison resistance mead

[chrome badge]

It sounds like your friend is opting out of speaking with you for the time being though.

You could always have a voice chat with everyone.

[solemn hawk]

yeah but its just awkward being a 3rd wheel yk

[chrome badge]

Typically the next boss is harder, you'll just want to be prepared using new equipment/mead/etc.

[chrome badge]

In my experience it can be a good dynamic just as easily.

[solemn hawk]

yeah but me n his girl have ENTIRELY different personalities that clash so instead of making things awkward i just type in game instead

it aint that deep tho its chill if i js type

[chrome badge]

Fair enough, though it could be said that it'd make things difficult for your friend if he's dealing with two seperate voice channels at once.

[solemn hawk]

he does it all the time ngl, i DO speak in vc in any other game that has it

its just valheim doesnt thats why i was wishin it did

[chrome badge]

Yeah, Valheim is primarily a single player experience, with additional coop features, such a feature would require too much server load on a local host.

[solemn hawk]

i always thought it was intended for multiplayer ngl it just seems much better in multiplayer than singleplayer

its always more fun (for me) when i can play with at least 1 friend

i usually play with 3-4 friends cuz its just peak playing with an actual community

[north rover]

when is the global update

[echo wind]

Some people would say "when it's ready"

[sharp bluff]

almost every game is more fun with friends
even games like DS3 or ER

[solemn hawk]

yeah but this game moreso

since you can build a whole community and village

[plain bane]

Is there some prerequisite for viles to spawn? I've hunted plains for like a week at night and not seen any

[paper marsh]

Don't think so, just has to be night. Might be getting unlucky, I usually find 1 or 2 per night hunt (granted I've only gone hunting for a few nights ever)

I recommend just finding a big plains biome, activating eikthyr and ratatosk, then running through it

They do sometimes look like Lox though, careful you don't miss them

[tacit crystal]

Their spawn rate is very rare and only by night. But I usually don't have problems to find at least 2 of them each night, I think I've found 5 in one night at best.

[dark coyote]

dont they also spawn near tar pits?

[tacit crystal]

There is no such requirement.

[paper marsh]

Yeah I haven't noticed or heard of any relation to tar pits

[dark coyote]

must be coincidence

[tacit crystal]

Viles and growths actually fight each other since viles belong to plains faction.

[plain bane]

Welp. Finally found one. The parry timing on their overhead is slightly earlier than the bear apparently. 💀

[tacit crystal]

They should have quite same attack patterns as bears.

Remember: incase you don't find something after some time, come tell about it in here and it will appear.

[paper marsh]

I like bringing viles to tar pits to get lit up

The vile usually survives with a few hp after beating up the growths, easy to finish up (though this is on hard, might be more vile favored on normal)

Growths will win if I distract the vile

[sharp bluff]

always fun to bait a large fuling village into a double pit
the winner gets frostner

[unborn dew]

Sorry i am too noob to understand this haha what does it mean?

And how do you get troll hides in abundance? Been looking all over for those blue guys to help me mine copper but cant find any lol

[steel mica]

Hunting them is your best bet

[abstract warren]

How come sometimes I can sleep during daylight

[tacit crystal]

After midday you can sleep for the rest of the day till next morning.

[abstract warren]

Ah cool

[tacit crystal]

It helps speeding up certain processes like mead fermenting or crops growing.

[abstract warren]

Yes it did

[near furnace]

if the stars are in the sky, you can sleep usually

[abstract warren]

Does the buff from Elder power affect muddy scrap piles?

Or are they squishy enough anyway?

[tacit crystal]

It grants more pickaxe power, so it mines scrap piles faster too (although their chunks don't have much hp but pickaxes suffer from multi target penalty).

[solemn hawk]

are we cannibals in valheim werent draugr ancient vikings

like if you eat sausage or anything that uses entrails isnt that just straight up cannibalism

[steel mica]

Seeker soldier trophy at this point is just a giant turkey

[somber marlin]

I do feel a bit gross just looking at those "sausages"

[chrome badge]

Slaughters boars: "Ew, gross entrails."
Slaughters bloated zombie vikings: "I should make some Sausages!"

[steel mica]

We make shakes out of slime for crying out lout

[lone rampart]

Let's not even think about the eyescream

[orchid belfry]

are swamps broken? or did the devs make a REALLY bad change to how often sunken crypts appear? My new group has been two three MASSIVE swamps and have yet to find a single crypt. Its a fresh game, so IDK what on earth is going on, but its not a great gaming experience.

[somber marlin]

Sometimes we just gotta get the stat buff.

[orchid belfry]

but they can build ruined towers with glitches stairs with a spawner that cause you to get patryy wiped 50 times over.

devs need to re-play test the swamps. they broken some pretyt important things. its VERY frustrating.

[indigo solar]

Can I join anyone’s server?

[steel mica]

Bad rng lol

[orchid belfry]

the swamps make me hate Valheim. Res tof the game I love. the swamps are jsut horrible IMO and I agree some of its bad RNG, but bad RNG on an alreayd rough biome is killer.

[abstract warren]

Yeah

I just came across an empty sunken crypt...

[orchid belfry]

yeah IDK... It didnt used to be like this? swamp was always a nightmare to start as a biome until you got set up with iron, but now it jsut seems all around bad, and the crypts are far and few between it seems. I dont know if the devs are jsut shifitng a focus into making the game hard and its turning it bad, or if they wanted to slow the game down and now the crypts are way to rare or what.

[steel mica]

You arent prepared for the 6th biome

This is only the start

[chrome badge]

I've had 7 total playthroughs now, that's never once happened to me or my group, and it sounds like hyperbole from my perspective to be honest.

It typically doesn't take long to find a swamp with plenty of Sunken Crypts, as a lot of the time you can just sail by and see them from the water.

[orchid belfry]

Well arent you lucky. Im glad for your random seeds giving you good biomes

[chrome badge]

It's not all because I've had good biomes, but because I also won't dock unless I see a small handful of crypts from the shorelines, which is made easy by the green torches.

[timber marsh]

one swamp had none, another was loaded. keep exploring

[paper marsh]

Yeah I usually don’t land in a swamp until I see either crypts or turnips

I oftne sail by several swamps before deciding on one I find worthwhile. You have to pass up a lot of them, but Valheims world is pretty massive so it doesn’t matter much

[raven otter]

Any new updates for the release date for ps5?

[chrome badge]

You can find #news here, and nothing beyond the initial announcement so far.

[steel mica]

I can feel the itchness to play

[clear brook]

Passed the swamps, the trouble for my group is finding a mountain that is big enough to spawn more than just wolves -_-

[raven otter]

Reeeeeeeee

[fleet temple]

Just beat no map for the first time!

[chrome badge]

God status acheived 🤘

[steel mica]

Nice

Only thing left is very hard on hardcore

[fleet temple]

I think I'd get to the swamps and immediately rage quit

I die a lot

[steel mica]

Swamp is a bit if a nightmare on very hard ngl

You cant parry alot of the enemies

[fallow schooner]

Is there some meta strategy for the mistlands? I see giant tick UFOs flying around and killed at least 1 of everything I could find, and harvested what I could find, and I don't see any recipes for new armor/weapons/tools.

My previous padded armor is tier 4, and I take 70 damage a hit from some of these mobs.

Also, either I'm bad or parry doesn't seem to work?

[steel mica]

If you're experienced enough you can just neglect the wisplight and keep the belt for extra carrying weight

But I know 90% of players will struggle in the mistlands with wisplight

[steel mica]

If you're struggling in the mistlands, carry some barley wine meads and use the root harnesk set

[fallow schooner]

I had to sail a considerable distance to find a mistlands in my world seed, and the wind was against me for 80% of it.

[chrome badge]

Keep an eye out for Dvergr towers with Dvergr in them, theres a crate near the top of their towers you'll need to steal. They will become hostile so be careful!

[steel mica]

Pierce is the dominant physical damage in the mistlands

[fallow schooner]

mistlands is basically vikings meet starship troopers.

[steel mica]

Just adding some extra tip/info, you can go toe to toe with the rongues but if there happens to be 2-3 mages I'd leave them be

But if theres only one mage target first and kill them as fast as possible l, especially if its the healer variant

[fallow schooner]

me sailing to the mistlands, took like 2 day/night cycles, I had to fight off 3 sea serpents. Also had to stop 3 times to repair my longship. I got too close to a swamps shore, got beached on some rocks and an abomination destroyed my ship, had to rebuilt it. Also, the game was basically input reading my sailing directions and made sure the wind was blowing squarely at me, and I even saw the wind direction adjust multiple times against me as I was about to make a turn and get some wind.

[steel mica]

Use moder's ability