valheim-chat

[next sleet]

Tho you might end up with a monstrosity of a floating portal sometimes, I don't know the exact reason

[west mica]

OK, have the portal back to your base
Then another portal next to it
Which goes to a portal to a catapult

Launch catapult, go through 1st portal, go through base portal
After youre going, catapult chare lands and blows up the portal

[candid basalt]

Why would you want it to destroy after going through it?

[next sleet]

To replicate free recall while not wanting to leave tagged portals everywhere

[candid basalt]

Ah

[next sleet]

Yeah think of terraria magic mirror

[west mica]

Honestly, Dragonwilds does this better

You click on portal, it shows all other portals, you click on the one you want to go to

[flat stag]

should i wait with building my main/final base until I get stoneworks? I only killed Elder

I saw a few building tuts that said something like: stone pieces can extend the foundation, instead of building upon it, if it makes sense. So if you create a stone floor or pillar then it remains blue

But maybe I should just drop the stone and build using core wood pillars to create good foundation?

[dusky anvil]

Could someone help me beat Bonemass?

Long tanky boss fights are annoying enough, but needing to do it solo on my first run is painful

[idle storm]

I wouldn't worry too much about base building until you get to the plains at least. Have a reasonably defendable place for storage and crafting but there's no reason to start some kind of megabuild when you don't even know how much space you need for future crafting upgrades and such

[limpid vigil]

Have you tried lowering the diff?

[idle storm]

Bonemass dies pretty fast to iron mace

[limpid vigil]

Anti poison mead?

[idle storm]

Also if you can't handle him wolves will destroy you

[dusky anvil]

Trying to get it

[idle storm]

I'd bring root armor, iron mace and banded shield and use serpent stew, sausages and turnip stew for food. Throw in some healing meads for if you mess up and you shouldn't have any trouble.

[dusky anvil]

Already am doing that. Only landed about 20% of HP before DOT wiped me

[idle storm]

Don't stand in the poison vomit

just walk out, he'll follow you and you can keep beating on him without taking damage

[dusky anvil]

Oh, really? I thought i wanted to breathe it in like my favorite new edition to a scratch and sniff collection

[idle storm]

when you see him leaning back for the poison vomit animation just sprint away a few meters

[west mica]

Did you use poision potions?

Have you upgraded to meals you have to cook and not just berries and campfire meat?

[steel mica]

iirc armor reduces elemental dmg of poison, fire, and frost yes?

[steel mica]

Anything is possible with just meadow food

[dusky anvil]

Those were in the process. Didn't think I'd need them. I was wrong

[west mica]

Yeah you need the right potions for all the boss fights after elder

[dusky anvil]

Serpent Stew, Sausages, Deer Stew

[west mica]

Better to have one stamina food

quite a lot of running around with bonebody

Use the potion and you should be ok

Its pretty much a hard limit to completing boss fights after elder

[flat stag]

makes sense

[idle storm]

The poison vomit is hardly undodgeable

it has a giant attack indicator

[west mica]

Yes, if youre good at ducking and diving, you could get away without

But it sounds like youre on your first playthrough so youre probably not there yet

Plus you have other poision damage sources in the swamps who join the party

[idle storm]

The issue with cheesing this fight is that you'll need the very same skills to survive the next biome. If you can't figure out how to read attack indicators stone golems and wolves will destroy you, and they're much less forgiving on the timing than Bonemass is.

[west mica]

I wouldnt say using portions is cheesing

[idle storm]

No, of course not

[west mica]

Cheesing is making it so the boss cant damage you at all

[idle storm]

i meant in general

[west mica]

I do agree then

[idle storm]

like building a platform on top of the skull to use stagbreaker and such

[west mica]

Dont cheese bosses

[next sleet]

Bonemass I only fought once before hearth and home

Still no idea why they made the boss like only response well to blunt

Some people may never figure it out without external sources

[idle storm]

The raven hints tell you in the first 5 minutes what grey damage numbers mean. If people don't read that's on them.

[west mica]

Qoth the raven, damage more

[next sleet]

Grey number also pop out when mining tho

[west mica]

Skill issue

I always get yellow damage numbers when I mine

or whatever the best one is

[idle storm]

That's because pickaxes do pierce & mining damage and stone is immune to pierce. The color always goes after the strongest resistance so if any part of the damage is resisted you get grey numbers even if another part is super effective.

[flat stag]

if I have corewood poles that support my building, can i safely replace them or reenforce them with iron poles later?

[merry pebble]

Yep

[flat stag]

Here is a screenshot of what I am aiming for. #screenshots message

What is the procedure later? Replace 1 pole at a time, especially in the outer edges? So that the walls can go higher..

[merry pebble]

Yeah, 1 at the time Is your safest bet

[dusky anvil]

Second try for Bonemass

Needed those poison meads, learn how to time 5 seconds with mace swings, and back off for a medium healing mead every so often

But parrying was largely successful

Oh. Was also fighting an abomination in the process

[west mica]

Abominations like to join the party lol

First time I did bonemass I just kept running
Bonemass caught up before the fucky tree did

[frozen fable]

Nice job, that is how it is done

[dusky anvil]

So, what should I craft before I head to the mountains?

[smoky saddle]

Definitely take a cape with you if you dont already have one. You freeze to death otherwise

[idle storm]

iron pickaxe is the only real necessity i think? Aside from frost resist mead of course

[dusky anvil]

Cape is the troll armor

Frost mead it is, then

[idle storm]

if you crafted the iron mace it'll serve you well against wolves and stone golems too

for drakes finewood bow and wooden arrows are more than enough lol

[smoky saddle]

Also, pro tip. If a wolf comes to attack you, the second it does its snarling sound block immediately.

They have a hefty bite

[dusky anvil]

What if I am a parry kind of player?

[idle storm]

that is how you parry wolves

they have one of the shortest intervalls between sound indicator and attack of any mob in the game

other than that... don't go into frost caves wearing root armor

and make sure your tamed animals are in roofed enclosures before entering one

[dusky anvil]

Yikes. Good to know

[dusky anvil]

And elaborate

Entering what?

[idle storm]

frost caves

they unlock a new raid

and have fire damage enemies

[dusky anvil]

Oh

[idle storm]

but you can craft the wolf armor without entering one so no need to waste iron on the iron armor set

unless you really feel you need the extra defense

root armor and an upgraded banded shield lets you parry wolves and stone golems fine though with decent food

[dusky anvil]

Chest piece for root, troll cape, iron for the other 2. All 3rd level

[idle storm]

that's more than enough

[hoary scarab]

I used the hoe to prepare a large, clear, flat area to run/fight him on

[strange reef]

I have now.

[solar plaza]

Safest way I've found to store pigs is just a pit with iron bars and some heavy structure on top of it (entrance inside the heavy structure) bats are evil.

[tough mulch]

floors are enough. mobs cant attack floors and if they cant see it they are stuck in the alerted stage and not attacking

so they just stand on top of them without doing anything

[timber marsh]

NO ONE TOLD ME THE MAGIC SHIELD WORKS ON THE CHICKENS HAHAHAHSHS

Bubbles everywhere

[tough mulch]

lol

imagine releasing a bunch of HP shielded chickens on the enemy

[timber marsh]

If only we could tame hares...

[tough mulch]

I wish man I wish

[timber marsh]

Wait u gave me an idea with wolves...

[tough mulch]

but damn would it be the hardest thing to capture

[candid basalt]

A bubble pack of wolves is hilarious

[timber marsh]

Would be a nightmare trying to keep all your wolves running around shielded

But dam. Would it be effective

I only have a single wolf at the tavern named beeboo

Was never a wild wolf

[tough mulch]

there was once an incident in my server while we were running around we found a 1 star tamed boar

and no one knows why it was tamed

the end theory is that someone discard a berry at one point and the boar ate it

[worn steeple]

Thats the game mechanics- they are learning lol

[timber marsh]

Yeah, the chicken barn is just barely in range of the tavern with an excessive amount of turnip seeds. Came back and the flock tripled

[lone rampart]

They would have to stay nearby for the boar to tame though

[tough mulch]

it was near my blood afk farm so must have been when I was afk

[lone rampart]

That would do it

[timber marsh]

Had to delete half the lighting because everyone complained about the lag 😭

But those thistle lights are so pretty over the bar

[tough mulch]

heh, we have this communal kitchen made by the server chef, looking at it lags everyone

[lone rampart]

“Avert your gaze!”

[timber marsh]

Yeah, there's a tavern and village at spawn. Others have built their own bases on islands

[tough mulch]

the forbidden diner

[timber marsh]

Can't stop mobs from spawning in the spawn circle tho...

Shall I surround it with ballistas?

[tough mulch]

its all fun and games until the ballista locks on to the players

someone should have told me these things are aggressive

[timber marsh]

Want to change your forsaken power?

Want to play a little game?

I'll be fine I always use eikthyr anyways

[tough mulch]

im permanently on elder

[timber marsh]

For health?

[tough mulch]

no, gathering

[timber marsh]

Yeah I may just spawn in a bunch of rocks... I ain't wasting hours mining a whole mountain just for a foundation.

[gray sand]

New Moder is the only one I use when I get it. Before that, Elder.

[toxic wave]

Bone mass is still OG

[tough mulch]

New moder? did it get changed recently

[gray sand]

Tailwind + 10% movespeed + 300 weight increase.

Changed the same time Elder added the mining buff.

[tough mulch]

oh same as I know it, im pretty new afterall

[timber marsh]

Only time I REALLY need forsaken is when I got trapped in a corner in the mistlands... and I gotta jump

I got ambushed by 3 seekers at once

[gray sand]

Moder is clutch when mining and you go over cap. Pop it and use the extra speed to run all the mats back.

[tough mulch]

imagine being stuck in a corner and gjall comes flying your way

[humble plinth]

Can we please get a way to find spears I've been searching for it for almost 20 minutes now

[tough mulch]

give up brother, the spear is in a better place now

[gray sand]

Ok but why did you miss? 😉

[humble plinth]

omg I found it yay

[toxic wave]

Training one?

[tough mulch]

the wood spear? those are for collections though

[green reef]

for training on the training dummy 😄

[strange reef]

i just built a standard house around my open pen

im a turd when it comes to building

[tough mulch]

sky covered and all othersides covered right?

[strange reef]

yes

[tough mulch]

good enough, hopefully a troll doesnt come waltzing in

[strange reef]

and the exterior of my base has the wodden defensive walls

trolls never killed my pigs. it was the drakes

[tough mulch]

its always the flying lil shts

[strange reef]

wooden stake walls i mean

one day im going to learn to build nice bases. ive watched guides but everyone is always flying around spawning in unlimited resources

[timber marsh]

This is why I main bow

[strange reef]

or they spent 100 hours building one structure..... id rather fight monsters

[tough mulch]

boxes are good enough

[humble plinth]

spear long and spear throw damge good

[candid basalt]

judges

[timber marsh]

Yeah it's a tradeoff, vanilla and gather everything. OR build your barbie beach dream house with unlimited creative mode

[tough mulch]

well you can also take inspo from the prefab structures in the game, Ive taken some and reinvented it to be bigger

[candid basalt]

I gather my mats usually. But we have 2x multiplier on our server

[tough mulch]

problem is it looks so random when I look at my base I feel like AI made the blueprint

[timber marsh]

I have also found a village next to Hildr so that became the livestock farm

[candid basalt]

I use house plans I find online sometimes. Or castle layouts

[timber marsh]

Should I move all the chickens away from spawn to the plains farm to reduce lag?

But we rarely go over there so they don't reproduce unless a player is present...

[tough mulch]

that works as well?

[candid basalt]

Gives me layout ideas. Still have to build and decorate

[timber marsh]

I started with a little box... then made the box bigger
And bigger
And bigger

Maybe this is why the lag is getting bad

[gray sand]

Then boxes on top of other boxes? 👀

[lone rampart]

My Hildr had a village next to her but it’s a FULING village

[tough mulch]

the box is one thing, I bet its the decorations and entities really pushing it

[timber marsh]

Oh, I took their tower

Drop workbenches inside their village so they don't respawn

[tough mulch]

'their' tower? what are you talking, its always been yours

[candid basalt]

Motte and baileys are good for Valheim builds

[tough mulch]

when you look at mobs, you have to remind yourself, "they will own nothing and be happy"

[weary egret]

I turned one of those house ruins into my base which lasted untill the end of dark forest, then i decided to take some time off and build a proper base with raised ground and all, after i killed moder the base was no longer big enough so i found a plains island, spawn proof'd it and it was good enough for rest of the game

[gray sand]

Jack and coke are also good for Valheim builds.

[timber marsh]

So far I haven't murdered the dverger... but I still take the stuff...

[gray sand]

Only dverger I leave alive are the ones who have things to trade. The rest are just short, blue draugr in my eyes.

[timber marsh]

First dverger fortress I found I kinda lured a gjall to it... broke it all open lol

[candid basalt]

I don’t kill them. The eityr I dropped does

[tough mulch]

Ive only gotten blood on my hands once, because my teammate thought stealing was allowed to the dvgrs

[timber marsh]

Took their extractor and they hailed me as a hero!

[lone rampart]

I tried my hardest not to murder dvergr…until one of them murdered my tamed asksvin. Now it’s on sight.

[timber marsh]

Devious. Nice

[gray sand]

Killing Queen with eitr balls is so satisfying 😂

Drop 300 on the ground floor and just hide in the corner 😁

[candid basalt]

It works

[timber marsh]

Wait... you can do that?

[gray sand]

Yup.

[weary egret]

I started slaughtering dveger bases after i got trollstav, just drop acouple of fire trolls and watch them beat eachother up

[timber marsh]

Ooh... sparky balls

[gray sand]

It does take.. a while 😂

[candid basalt]

Yeah have to single drop them and then take a nap

[gray sand]

☝️

[timber marsh]

Yeah but ganging up on yagluth with 9 players was a LOT of fun

Even if we all got 15fps...

[gray sand]

Single-drop button from hotbar when? 😭

[timber marsh]

Could probably set it to a hot key

[candid basalt]

I love putting eityr in moats

[timber marsh]

I had many emotes on hotkey until the new circle menu

I want to import more dances...

I have a ton of them already

[gray sand]

Can I interest you in:
spawn TarLiquid

[tough mulch]

I didn't notice they replaced T with circle emotes... a guy came by after the patched and asked if T was a hotkey, I said no

[candid basalt]

Current server we aren’t using devcommands

[timber marsh]

No no no cheating your progression I only spawned in a ton of rocks for the tower foundation

[gray sand]

It is good for moats 😁

[timber marsh]

You want magic staff you gotta go earn it

[gray sand]

No cheating, just an example of cheating? 🤔

[candid basalt]

I could build near a tar spot and drain into a moat I guess

[timber marsh]

Cosmetics =/= gameplay

[gray sand]

Both are cheats 🤷‍♂️

[tough mulch]

if only resource modifiers can be more specific on which part they multiply

[candid basalt]

Play how you want but don’t lie to yourself 😁

[gray sand]

Building ON tar pits lets you have a basement that is 1-2m deeper than the normal world limits.

[tough mulch]

only cheat I do is exploremap cause Im not into exploring

[timber marsh]

Yeah won't cheat actual weapons or level progression.

That stays vanilla

[candid basalt]

I live for exploring. We are not the same 😊

[gray sand]

My name starts with S. We are not the same.
😉😏

[candid basalt]

We are different. We are not the same

[tough mulch]

I live in a box, you live in a castle, we just grew up different thats all

[candid basalt]

🍻

[tough mulch]

I will make the most glorious box one day

[gray sand]

Vecken makes castles out of boxes!

[tough mulch]

I don't believe till I see it

[candid basalt]

castle is just a box with style

[gray sand]

@timber marsh We have a doubter to your creative genius!

[timber marsh]

That's just the tavern. The castle is going up the hill

Hence all the rocks I need...

[lone rampart]

All the rocks. All of them

[candid basalt]

Rock concert incoming

[gray sand]

Stone? You mean Copper Byproduct? 😏

[lone rampart]

No she means Rocks. Someone build a house out of Rockys!

[paper marsh]

Rock & Stone!

[gray sand]

🎶
Rock and Stooooone
Start to wonder why you left your hooooome
Kept on sailing while the moonlight sho-oone.
But you're a strong little vikiiiinng.
🎶

-# Sorry...

[west burrow]

is anyone playing no portals?

[gray sand]

Many, many people.

[gray sand]

Do you have a specific question about doing a no-portal run?

[west burrow]

yeah i think no portals make exploring fun

[paper marsh]

No portal is pretty chill

No map is cool but it's tough for me to go back to it

[west burrow]

im looking around to find a group thats running some

[gray sand]

#1024264966712340510

[west burrow]

naw fam no map is evil fr

u atlest gotta know where u walking

[paper marsh]

you haven't tried evil until you hit up a couple buddies to play vhard hardcore max raids no map no portal 0.5 resources fire tick

Somehow evil turned out kinda fun though. That was my only no map experience ever

[west burrow]

dude that sounds fun fr minus the map part real survival and what if u had thirst and real hunger what a doozy that would be

[paper marsh]

Honestly 0.5 resources and no portals I thought would just make things a slog, but it added some interesting unique new concerns

Like having to kill 3-4 aboms to get a root harnesk

Or having to worry about the durability on your weapons and the food in your inventory

All compounded by the constant imminent threat of death deleting all your skills and gear

[west burrow]

sounds like you where playing the perfect game

[tough mulch]

What in the satanic ritual is that, all its missing is no map

[paper marsh]

No map is in there

I dunno if I left anything out, it was all the hardest settings

[green reef]

when you turn fire spreading on, does it spread to the environment or only burn down your building?

[gray sand]

Both.

[paper marsh]

In my experience it doesn't start like a wildfire if there's just grass nearby. But it can definitely set a house on fire and burn most of it down, or if in a forest it can start setting the trees aflame

Haven't toyed too much with it, I usually place my fire in safe spots

[candid basalt]

If wood is with 3 meters of fire center it will spread

[green reef]

sounds interesting

hard part is, I usually use wood around my fire to keep the wind from blowing it out

[candid basalt]

Wind doesn’t blow fire out

Smoke buildup or rain does

[gray sand]

As long as the fire itself is on the dirt you're fine.
Until you get to building stone floors.

[green reef]

definitely had to shield fires from the side during windy rainstorms to keep them going

[gray sand]

The rain is what puts it out, not the wind.

[candid basalt]

The rain is what did it

[green reef]

sure, but they had roofs, if it wasn't windy and just raining it'd be fine

[candid basalt]

Was a roof directly over the fire?

[green reef]

yup

[candid basalt]

I’ve never seen wind put out a fire

[paper marsh]

just gotta build a bigger shelter around the fire

or risk the fire spread early game

[green reef]

sure, but when you are sailing around and just need a night spot to sleep, the less you have to chop and build the better. Never played with fire spread. so thats a new twist. burned down a tree here and put out the fire, but didn't catch the trunk.

[paper marsh]

Playing a lot of no portal it sounds?

[green reef]

recent playthrough yeah, creats new situations you don't usually have to think much about

this birch aint burning down.

oh I got it!

ooo made coal, no fine wood

[paper marsh]

coal not so bad. Next stop, ditch charcoal kilns and instead just build a stack of 50 wood then hit it with a torch

[lone rampart]

Fine coal though 🤣

[green reef]

my 50 wood aint burning, it breaks the stack, but doesn't burn the sparkly 50 combined waiting to be picked up

[paper marsh]

Never had a placed (built) 50 wood stack not drop coal when destroyed by hitting it with fire damage

[green reef]

maybe some of my other World settings don't match up.

[charred plinth]

Guys i bought this game with 2 friends and we're discovering things together, just built our first forge!

We're loving the game sm, it gives us nostalgia, even tho we've never played it before, what a game!
I love it, and love the feeling it gives u

[paper marsh]

Glad to hear you're enjoying it viking 🫡

[charred plinth]

What surprised me more is how big the map is, it feels like we've travelled sm in the map, then I zoom out the map and i discover I've done nothing

[mint plover]

I just got to mistlands, What is the thing i should focus on in the start?

[gray sand]

Finding Infested Mines.

[mint plover]

ok

How does those look like?

[gray sand]

There is no one description.
Just play, you'll be fine.

[paper marsh]

That took me by surprise too!

[mint plover]

alright

[idle storm]

There are only two styles of infested mine, that's it. Let me find some screenshots.

[charred plinth]

i wanna ask, hows the late game content?

[gray sand]

Missing the ones inside towers, and the ones inside what used to be towers.

[idle storm]

#screenshots message is the first style, look for that formation of rock spikes above the mist to find them from a distance.
The other looks like one of those ruined dvergr towers without the blue drapes around (and seekers instead of dvergr).

[paper marsh]

I really like it personally. Adds some fun twists, and every biome seems to have its own unique challenge to overcome

[charred plinth]

ive had lots of hard times in the dark forest

just now i unlocked the location of the second boss

[tacit crystal]

Why you are pinging bot? Also, streaming other than Valheim in this server is not allowed by server rules.

[mint plover]

I found one 😄

[paper marsh]

can't lie, the next biome after black forest is a biiiig stepup in difficulty

[green reef]

yeah, I would say each biome gets progressively harder in its own way, sometimes the changes in difficulty feel more jarring. Swamp introduces the permanently wet challenge, which reinforces the requirement to be eating the best you can eat and don't go out at night that was less of an issue in earlier biomes.

[little shore]

When did controller get a update on the crouch and emote button schemes.

I have to hold left stick to crouch now

[green reef]

2 days ago

[little shore]

Ok

[green reef]

you might have to redo some mappings

[little shore]

I play on classic nothing has changed but the holding down of the sticks

[green reef]

they added the emote wheel, so it had to map somewhere

[timber marsh]

THE DEMOLISHER

[fossil delta]

I go for Mistwalker first, then Demolisher. The way I gather mats, I pretty much make them at the same time anyways.

[tacit crystal]

It takes some time before getting chances to craft that tho.

[timber marsh]

Yes also building a concert hall, because we're all playing as vocaloids vtubers and gundams...

[gray sand]

If Frostner was two-handed I would use it 😭

[timber marsh]

That would be OP

[gray sand]

That would be perfect for a control-type weapon without being OP imo.

[fossil delta]

What is wrong with making melee as OP as magic is?

[timber marsh]

The vikings made maps tho... but they didn't have portals

Or did they?

[paper marsh]

OP stuff ruins the balance of the game and makes it much less fun. At least for me

I'm a fan of nerfing OP stuff rather than making everything OP

[gray sand]

No portal + yes map = good.

[dark coyote]

just nerf magic, current spells should be seconday attacks, main is magic missile

[timber marsh]

At least magic is technically offset by being hard to craft (but not for long)

[west burrow]

if i could warp to England and back id be op bruh

[timber marsh]

I know exactly where I'd drop a portal...

A specific bar in shinjuku...

[fossil delta]

I actually agree with you, I just find it curious how people tend to ignore how OP magic is, but jump all over making melee as OP.

[timber marsh]

People say hybrid heavy armor with magic isn't a great build but... I'm loving it

[paper marsh]

people are wrong

[timber marsh]

Bloodstaff with tallshield you can just tank it

[fossil delta]

I always do pure heavy armor. I find it the most helpful in keeping me from dying.

[timber marsh]

Tbh any lag at all makes parry useless

So for multiplayer...

Does not help my friends are on other continents

[west burrow]

is pvp decent in this game ive only got 100 hours or so

[fossil delta]

I found PVP to be laughable, but that was years ago.

[gentle estuary]

haha I've only used it to beat up my friends in the arena's we've built over the years, it's a good time. I'm not sure how it would play with more on the line thought like a rust-esque situation

[fossil delta]

My only prior experience with PVP was Warcraft. So thats my comparison. Laughable compared to Warcraft, which I last played about 15 years ago.

[dark coyote]

I was a challenger survival hunter in BC, miss those days

[fossil delta]

Our eldest son wants us to start playing Warcraft with him again, meaning my wife and I. Looks like I am very reluctantly getting dragged into doing so.

[dark coyote]

do you play dota? or league?

[fossil delta]

No, I have avoided MMO's like a plague ever since I last played WoW online.

[gray sand]

Those are MOBAs.

[fossil delta]

What does that even mean? If I am avoiding MMO's like a plague, what makes you think I would know what MOBA means? End of the day, large groups of people contain far too many jerks. So I avoid them. Period.

[tacit crystal]

Multiplayer online battle arena = MOBA.

[sleek sky]

i prefer MOAB games personally

[tight halo]

DOTA + LoL = MOBA

WoW, ESO, FFXIV = MMO

Also FFXIV has to have prolly the nicest community of players i've ever experienced lol

At least in MMO's that is

[meager fossil]

My freaking god. Ive probably discovered 10% of the ENTIRE map, trying to find the dwarf. Ive been sailing along the shore of my starter island trying to map out its size and look for the merchant. However the island is like 10% of the entire map

Ive never seen such a huge landmass in valheim before. And its REALLY long, making the sailing part take hours 😂

[green reef]

on some worlds it can be really tough, one way to help resolve it without ruining things for you is to have someone else look up the seed for you and guide you to one of them.

[meager fossil]

Naah! I get a seed and I deal with it 🤣

Even though I have a grandline on my map, Ill just stick to 1 side of the map

[ocean sable]

Aaargh!!! I'm trying to get into the Black Forest and have run into more bears than Burial Crypts😵‍💫😵‍💫😁

[meager fossil]

Got a trophy yet? I had to kill almost 20 😄

[ocean sable]

I'm not strong enough yet to actually kill a bear. I've captured 6 though

[nocturne wolf]

why look for burial chambers if you're not strong enough for black forest?

[sleek sky]

because this game is supposed to be challenging and they want a challenge

[ocean sable]

I'm not strong enough to kill a bear. Those things are tough 😅

[nocturne wolf]

upgraded wood shield and flint axe is strong enough

[strange reef]

Even though I'm finding that the transportation of silver annoying I am really liking the mountain biome so far

That dungeon was really cool

[paper marsh]

Took me a while to realize that flint axe was my favorite meadows weapon for burial chambers

Though I suppose it may be early axes now

[lone rampart]

The coolest 🥶

[ocean sable]

I barely make a dent with a bronze axe and a bone sheid

[strange reef]

Luckily I got me a nice fur coat. I 101 dalmatianed a few wolves

[green reef]

hold a torch in your left hand and you can kill any bear

[meager fossil]

I heard the only thing you need to avoid with wooden shield and flint axe is the attack where it lifts both its front legs. But if you are already close enough to parry and it decide to do that, is it enough to dodge roll backwards?

[nocturne wolf]

when they lift both legs or no legs, roll. The bite is strong too.

one leg is a swipe you can parry

also roll forwards, not backwards

[meager fossil]

I wouldnt do that myself. Too little room for error. Its doable if you are on point, but in the forest with terrain and endless spawn of greydwarfes, I wouldnt take that fight lol

Upgrading to a bronze buckler to parry all attacks was much more comfortable for me

[strange reef]

Dark souls that bear. Dodge roll

[meager fossil]

Im not hardcore enough for that

Ill play Elden Ring or Dark souls if I want that experience haha

[nocturne wolf]

just sprinting around a bear's side is enough too

[meager fossil]

What if Im a scared little girl?

[shy marlin]

just hold a torch then

[idle storm]

You can also block them with the bone tower shield and leather armor if you're not confident in your parry timing.

trolls too

[strange reef]

Don't disappoint the allfather. He expects great things from you.

[meager fossil]

yes brother!

Gaegogae Ginu Gahelija!

[strange reef]

Now go Viking that bear

[meager fossil]

[green reef]

neato

[meager fossil]

I was going to craft the berserk set after finally getting a trophy but decided on the trinket instead.

[green reef]

I love the berserk set

[meager fossil]

Does it go well even if I use shield?

[green reef]

I don't see why not.

[fossil delta]

Shields are very effective, regardless of which type you use, parry or just block.

[meager fossil]

Fair enough. I wasnt sure if the berserker was more for going all in on damage and dodge

[fossil delta]

Well, there is something to be said about full out aggression. Thats how my wife plays, with no shields, ever.

[green reef]

a full set of q4 bronze armor is only 3 AC higher than Bear Armor.

less than 10%

[fossil delta]

Yeah, I now prefer the bear armor for the BF biome.

[green reef]

clearly its fine in the swamp too, might even be better since its more mobile. at least until you are making iron armor. (I think you can skip iron armor with bear even)

[fossil delta]

However, I still use shields, all the time.

[fossil delta]

Its even more viable to skip armors when you use shields. Blocking or parrying is your first line of defense.

Whatever gets past your shield is soaked by your armor.

Then takes away your HP.

Which is why I stick to heavy armors once I get past swamps.

[sinful needle]

How's everyone go with the animal farms as built a few different ones and they always hit and miss on eating.

Tho I think I've got a simple build that I haven't seen anywhere that works well

[paper marsh]

Simple: I don't build animal farms

[frozen fable]

Same, never have tamed anything

[strange reef]

Level 3 Frostner, Level 3 Silver Shield, Level 3 Wolf armor. Is that good enough to push into the plains? or should I keep mining silver and go for level 4?

[paper marsh]

level 3 is plenty fine. And frostner is very nice

[flat stag]

I just noticed that Valheim is a game of "glass is half full" mentality 😄 instead of "you are hungry", it says: "you could eat another bite". In stead of "you are tired", it says: "you are not rested anymore"

Next goal - instead of: "you died", it should say: "you kinda stopped living" 😄

[idle storm]

I've currently got working ones for everything except lox. They eat fine as long as you throw the food in the right spot.

never really bothered with lox since they're so plentiful in the wild

[sinful needle]

Just found sometimes they stop eating for no reason

[idle storm]

usually the best way to avoid that is removing all floors around the pen/stall except the one where the food lays.
Basically if they're turned into any other direction they're trying to pathfind there and ignore the food. Make sure there's no valid path and they turn back and eat.

And yes they try pathfinding through half-walls

[fossil delta]

I just build a 5 piece by 3 piece (10 by 6 meter) house and throw food on the ground. They seem to do fine the vast majority of the time.

Also do not tame Lox. I much prefer hunting them as well.

[paper marsh]

For me I don't tame boars because I feel like they're so plentiful, and not wolves either because I don't need their drops much / they're plentiful

But I might start taming lox and askvin to have a mount, plus askvin meat seems pretty useful. Might do chickens too, haven't decided

[fossil delta]

Yeah, I don't farm when its just my wife and I. We get plenty just hunting them. I only did it on servers with more players. The Hunt gets us plenty of wolf meat as well.

[placid charm]

Is there a chat where you can look for people to play with? Im kinda new and could use the assistance

[merry pebble]

There is 😄 #1024264966712340510

[placid charm]

Ah thank you

[idle storm]

I mostly use the boar and chicken meat for mass burning into coal these days. Much easier than farming wood imo.

[timber marsh]

Viking game defeating elder gods...

WE ADDED CUPCAKES!

[timber marsh]

Need chickens for cupcakes

[fossil delta]

I use honey more than anything. Helps I often end up with 36 hives in my play throughs, if not more.

Not to say I don't use boar, neck and deer meat a lot, as well as wolf. I've yet to use chicken, though.

[timber marsh]

Meanwhile my valheim playthrough has been farming simulator with some light combat...

[fossil delta]

The vast majority of my play throughs try to be more about combat. It can be hard some times, with how much food is needed. That said, I have to fill up those BM chests with BM and iron!

That said, I have filled up a BM chest with coal, for the first time ever for me.

[near furnace]

@thin vapor english only please

[paper marsh]

Damn fins of destiny are meadows tier? I honestly thought they were like swamp tier

I'm not complaining

[dark coyote]

Is it meadows tier if you've already killed eikthyr?

[cobalt heath]

does the flower garland grow if its placed outside? my girlfriend placed one and its all green and big and lowkey glitchy looking

[paper marsh]

Ah true it is made in a forge. Black forest I suppose

[last hazel]

hi, is anyone using valheim plus on your dedicated server?

[fossil delta]

Doesn't it require a certain Ocean trophy? Not sure that is Meadows tier either.

[dark coyote]

in theory you could kill a serpent with a raft/spear/bow or whatever but there is no getting around the pick and forge

[paper marsh]

Ocean just isn't really at a set point in progression since its available all throughout the game and doesn't really have any significant boundaries to entering it (imo), so not really counting it

[dark coyote]

ok hear me out, you kite a troll onto a raft right....

[fossil delta]

Yeah, but people are terrified by the serpents, even with a fine wood bow. Which you can't easily get until the BF either.

Not to mention a raft, instead of a Karve.

[paper marsh]

Yeah not the most easy especially for a new player. I'm just thinking what's possible to get early to boost your power level / utility, probably with an inherent bias for my own skill level

[dark coyote]

wwell swim speed isnt going to help really

[paper marsh]

I think there's a decent bit of utility in being able to swim far/fast. Can forego ships for smaller trips, and it gives you an easy escape if you're feeling overwhelmed with enemies

I've really only used it for the "escaping enemies" purpose in swamps and mistlands, but it's very nice in those biomes

I'm sure it would work as well in BF and Plains

[dark coyote]

imo, t2 flint spear is the biggest/easiest power spike in meadows

[idle storm]

it was

[paper marsh]

Agreed

[idle storm]

it's not anymore

because axes

[paper marsh]

Up to preference I guess. In my eyes range is always just gonna be OP, more so than a couple axes

[dark coyote]

thats why I put easiest there, you may never find the axes

[flat stag]

"no skill drain" buff just reset and i didn't even die - bug?

[chrome badge]

Yeah that's a bug, I believe it's known about.

One of the helpers had mentioned it was a bug, so I assume it's been reported. 👍

[flat stag]

Well, it was a lucky bug for me

[chrome badge]

Oh, I don't think the bugged reset timer actually makes "No Skill Drain" happen twice, it's just a visual thing.

[green reef]

well that's horrible

[dark coyote]

early numchuk maces when?

[pliant hatch]

Isn't that called a "club"?

[dark coyote]

when you defeat Ulf Norris, the final boss,, you unlock them:
#memes-and-clips message

[hard sluice]

i was thinking yesterday, would it be cool if the gjalls speed was affected by wind?

[agile kelp]

So, I started to look for Rocky... Its such a silly endevour, checking up all the rocks in large proximity xD Its just hillarious...
Any tips how can I find it? 1000m from center + 5-20m high still makes it a huge amount of space to search in 😮

[tired path]

Oh so it's just a visual thing? I was trying to find out why it activated but couldn't find any significant pattern

[strange reef]

i just crafted the obliterator..... its by far the best thing in the game

[green reef]

you mean the new Rocky?

your looking for the triangle set of glowing thistle, I wonder if its more visible at night? kind of an open no tree spot right?

[agile kelp]

huh - its that specific?

[green reef]

there is the random rocky, but they just added a new POI in the black forest that has like 20 of the guys around it

[agile kelp]

is it some specific black forest?

does it have to be unexplored?

[green reef]

something you haven't uncovered yet since Feb2

[agile kelp]

thanks a lot!

I didnt notice it in the updates

[green reef]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jIXD5Jg6uxI

[granite grail]

Hi guys :) I recently got the game and fell absolutely in love with it but the friends I'm playing with are speedrunning it, and I'd rather do a chill playthrough that's still at Meadows/Forest biome level. Anyone have a newish world I can join?

[hard sluice]

the standard response to this is : check in #1024264966712340510
But also, i think you are making a good choice to search for other players that play at a similar speed that you do, else it becomes boring, in my opinion.

[granite grail]

I did check there, but most of the posts are no recent or haven't been responding to others anymore :/ I'm still kind of torn about it tho lol since I love playing with them, but we've done four bosses in the two weeks I've had the game, and it's going by too fast

[hard sluice]

its a tough choice but you can't experience this game for the 1st time, twice..
idk if you know what i mean

[fossil delta]

I have to say, I am glad that I am the type that can play solo and be happy doing it. Granted, I enjoy playing this with others even more, especially my wife, but I have done lots of solo play throughs as well.

[hard sluice]

i like to play solo also. i can decide when i want to progress, or just fart around... theres no pressure. its my own little world :3

[fossil delta]

Exactly. Even my wife has us go faster than I like to.

[hard sluice]

the one thing i really love about solo... is that i can pause when i want : P
its a great feature for a single dad...

[fossil delta]

Having raised kids, I have no problem imagining why. 😄

[sleek sky]

Isnt that just wives in general 😏

[brittle laurel]

Anyone here run a dedicated server via LinuxGSM? Just a question about config

Where to disable the -crossplay feature. Seems it's now enabled by default

[hard sluice]

does anyone use the wind that pushes out towards the edge of the world to sail around?
i killed the queen in my immersive game, which was very close to the edge of the world, and i had this intrusive thought to bring back the loot using that wind, sailing along the edge... but i didnt have the guts. that decision will haunt me xD i wish i did it.

instead of a super cool ride along the edge, all the way to my base, i sailed around the landmasses, got lost twice. it took me over an hour :(
it reminds me of that saying smiffe quoted the other day : no one remembers a coward :(

[stuck heath]

Hello Mori

[green reef]

I guess I never sailed along the edge much after watching what happens when you sail off

[hard sluice]

its terrifying ! but i was forced to get close to sail around some landmasses, and i realized theres a good distance between where the wind starts to push, and where the current actually makes it dangerous.
i think in theory, its a very fast way to sail.
But i could not stop thinking : what if i fall and lose the queens loot. i will need to get more soldier trophies, come back and do it again... it gave me cold feet.

[green reef]

ok I think I have a boat near the edge of the world.

gotta go a long ways north to avoid the boiling ocean

so this perpendicular wind would be almost as good as moder. consistent.

[hard sluice]

moder doesnt override that wind btw. dont find out the hard way 😛
you get the idea, a consistent and powerful side wind. and no landmass to block the way

[green reef]

whoops

I died

wind turned more head wind as I got to the halfway mark seems like.

[hard sluice]

that does make me feel a bit better for chickening out of doing it... ngl.

[green reef]

I made this world not drop items on death I thought, and I still dropped my inventory. I didn't have any gear

oh equipped gear

[green reef]

I wasn't being super duper careful, but I thought I was fine, until suddenly I wasn't

[hard sluice]

note to self : keep buttcheeks clinched at all times when sailing the edge

thanks for testing it

[green reef]

95% sure that the failure happened when I crossed the equator

[honest frigate]

the milisecond i teleported through the portal the lox frame one'd me and now i gotta sail all the way back :/

[hard sluice]

loxes killed me more than most enemies, i think. especially on hard mode.

[honest frigate]

you beat the game on hard mode?

[hard sluice]

i did..!
(the game so far*)

[honest frigate]

bro does the game know where im going to make sure the wind blows the opposite way????

this is not the first time

[honest frigate]

wow thats insanely impressive im not even at bonemass yet and im dying to everything

[hard sluice]

the wind is a on schedule, from what i read. but it does feel like the devs are looking and having fun punishing us with it, sometimes : P

Thank you very much !
but i have to be humble, there are players with twice more game time than me, doing stuff i can't even understand yet.

[honest frigate]

THE WIND IS DIRECTLY BEHIND ME :D

[honest frigate]

wdym stuff you cant even understand like tech?

the forbidden tech 💀

[hard sluice]

some people ride flying creatures by jumping on it. theres also a glitched technique to make multiple attacks in a very short time. or they skip large portion of the game by sailing to the last biome with a small boat, for exemple.

its not necessarily stuff that i need to learn, but there are people who know the game mechanics a lot better than i. i just play.

[green reef]

some of these challenges come about by being on a sever where boss deaths are scheduled and such

[hard sluice]

i joined a server where it was pretty much encouraged to use those methods, while the bosses were slowly dealt with 1 by 1, when everyone was ready.
i learned a trick or two, and i enjoyed trying it. But i prefer playing the normal progression.

the 1st time i tried this game, i got killed twice by the 1st grayling i encountered.. i almost gave up right away xD

[fluid dust]

lmaooo

I got killed by a skeleton like an hour ago. Had some decent loot. almost immediately alt f4'd

[hard sluice]

careful with the f4 ! the 1st time i rage quit like that, i came back and i had no grave ! all my gear was gone.

[fluid dust]

Oh crap lol thanks. I'm actually booting the game back up now. Hopefully it's still there

[honest frigate]

dying in this game is even worse cuz you lose the skill points bro

[hard sluice]

thats when i learned about backups : p

[honest frigate]

bro what glitched technique is that cheating?

[hard sluice]

the game makes backups of your world and your character. if theres a serious problem, you can revert back to it.
its not like a save file though, it overwrites when you log out, so you will likely lose a few hours of progress.

i'm glad i did it back then. i had died because my mouse broke down, right when i summoned the elder for the 1st time.

[fluid dust]

Yeah losing the skill points sucks. I guess I’d rather be able to keep my equipment though

It’s a fair trade off but it still stings 😂

[hard sluice]

there are modifiers for that.
to me... 5% skill drain on normal is very punishing..

[green reef]

in world settings you can turn down the dealth penalty.

[honest frigate]

just died again to a lox bro im so bad

[hard sluice]

when i think back about it, i think its hilarious, but at the time, it pissed me off xD
i had spent hours preparing for the elder. i didnt know what to expect, i had bases all around, and stake walls. all kind of weapon types and ammunitions.
200% overprepared.
and as soon as i summoned it, i had a hardware issue and died on the spot.

theres a trick with loxes, but it will ruin the fun a little... want to know?

[honest frigate]

yes

[hard sluice]

walking backward...

[honest frigate]

bro they dont even aggro on me

they deadass just play passive and i have to fucking guess

[hard sluice]

i think fire arrows work on them... i think i read that here.

[green reef]

looks like a spear or a fist weapon would be best as well as they aren't resistant to pierce

[hard sluice]

thats how i do it. as soon as i get a fang spear, i go get some lox pelts for a cape*

i never crafted a wolf cape 😅

[honest frigate]

is fang spear better than

bronze polearm

atgeir

[hard sluice]

i really like the spear, and i dont use the atgeir nearly enough.
so my answer is yes... but i'm sure others would argue that i'm wrong

in my current world, my spear skill is 100, my polearm skill is 0... i think that says it all about my personal favorite : P

[paper marsh]

Fang spear would definitely be better

[hard sluice]

(the spear gains skill faster than the other weapon types)

and once you get used to throwing it (without losing it... theres a learning curve there), its even better.
sometimes i have fun doing a parry and following up with a throw, for 300% dmg, i think.

[fluid dust]

Got all my stuff back!

[honest frigate]

damn

[tough mulch]

makes me wanna try carrying 2 spears, one throw for backstab another throw after a parry

[hard sluice]

i still remember the 1st time i killed a gjall with my carapace spear :3
i hide until its low and nearby, then i move behind it and throw the spear in its belly. i think it hits for 300+dmg.
just dont miss, cause you might have a hard time finding it xD spears are all pretty cheap though, so no big deal.

[tough mulch]

hmmmm anorexic spear throwing sounds good rn

def has more attack speed than a crossbow

[granite grail]

The only weapon I really use apart from my bow is my sword, aren't those the best? It's at silver atm. Is there a benefit to carrying other things like a spear or atgeir? I've never used them.

[hard sluice]

if you can place yourself under it, it bounces back right in your hand , its very satisfying :3

swords are a very good choice. and bow is king.

[tough mulch]

some people carry multiple weapons for other enemy types, but a ranged weapon and a melee is enough for most

if you are going to fit one more though, staff of protection is nice, its pretty hands off and acts more like a support Item

[granite grail]

Okay good to know thanks!

I've crammed so much information in my head about this game in two weeks from asking questions and researching so much but it still feels like I know nothing 🤣

Really goes to show how much there is to do in the game

[tough mulch]

abalest is def the middle child between spears and bows

doesnt get enough attention

[hard sluice]

i love the crossbow ! its awesome. but i feel like i have to pick between the bow or the crossbow. so i'm thinking about the current end game and picked the bow

[tough mulch]

yeah I only carry crossbow because its cool

reload time takes too long and the fact that you can't run jump and reload is very penalizing

[hard sluice]

on my 1st play, i was carrying both the bow and xbow because i just loved both so much xD

[tough mulch]

Bow is so OP

[hard sluice]

earlier i was preparing for ashlands, and crafted hundreds of frost arrows... thats what make it better, imo.

[tough mulch]

imagine frost bow in DN

auto applies frost

[strange reef]

anybody here play valheim on steam deck?

[granite grail]

I play it on steam but not on a deck

[charred plinth]

I play it on steam sitting on a deck

[untold prawn]

I play it on steam while building my deck

[cobalt crater]

Hello, im looking to get into Valheim after some time away and was wondering if there any other maybe newbies who would like to start a world

[hard sluice]

i suggest looking at #1024264966712340510 and using the filters..!

i'd love to play with the newcomers, but i would only ruin it..!
i hope that you will find your tribe.

[cobalt crater]

Haha why would you ruin it

[paper marsh]

Dual spears is very fun for killing Gjall

[oblique zinc]

I play on steam while holding my deck 👀

[strange reef]

the mountain biome is rapidly wearing out its welcome. ive cleared 5 frost caves and still no sign of the boss marker. and these caves are annoying to locate.

[paper marsh]

I usually have more luck with stone towers

Most runs I find Moder pretty easily, but I've had one or two where it was a slog

[strange reef]

thanks ill start looking in the towers.

[fossil delta]

I had no idea you could even find them in the caves. Never seen them inside of them.

[charred plinth]

Which area of the game that u guys think needs improvements?

[burnt glen]

The deep north, thankfully they're working on it.

[terse wagon]

Finding vegvisir, is all up to the RNG gods.. and become more difficult the more biomes you further progress.

Exploring will be your greatest be benefactor

I think one of the hardest ones to date to find is Yagluth

Honestly, I tend to explore the islands and all biomes the best that I can, sometimes you'll find boss Summoning POI just by simply exploring, some are visually unique to the landscape that you will know from a distance you found it

[tough mulch]

My friend and I found his alter first before the vegvisir

It should spawn in fuling villages or something cause why is it so unnecessarily rare

[fossil delta]

Many of us have been asking that for years. I mean, they have plenty of potential locations for them to show up at. Just with RNG how it is set, they all too often aren't there.

[terse wagon]

For plains, I just look for the Stone Hands and that's when I know I found him, looking for a vegvisir I never really look for this for Yag, out of 2.5k+ hours of gameplay time.. I have only came across possibly 2 of the most max for Yag vegvisir throughout my entire time playing

[fossil delta]

For several years I usually found his altar first. For about the last year I have usually found a vegvisir first.

I have over 5300 hours now.

[idle storm]

In over 1000 hours of playtime and multiple playthroughs i've found... one. One Yag vegvisir.
And the one i did find was after already finding the altar the hard way. 😂

[charred plinth]

I have

10

Bought the game recently

[fossil delta]

I bought it in 2021. Been pretty much addicted to it ever since.

Fortunately, so has my wife. Otherwise, we may have had issues...

[dark coyote]

same here, and it wasn't at the henge, it was some individual arch

[fossil delta]

There are something like 6 stone features where we can find them. At least 2 are pretty small. They look a lot like those things we can find bones in, in the meadows. The rest, I think, look like some variation of stone henge.

[idle storm]

#screenshots message this was the one i found

[fossil delta]

Thats the version I found this time. Just that top piece was on the ground.

[idle storm]

Man how hard did they nerf Ashlands spawns? I just did a run around at night trying my 2* asksvin luck and there was just nothing. A single non-star Morgen and a couple charred the whole night, that's it.

[near furnace]

compared to when? 🤔

[idle storm]

A couple months ago? Before CtA i think

I'll do a couple more night runs to see if it was a one-off but is was seriously empty.

[near furnace]

things shouldn't have changed between then and now tho

[idle storm]

it's not supposed to be that empty is it?

[near furnace]

nope

you don't run any mods right?

[grave parcel]

any gueses when deep north?

[near furnace]

I can't guess since I know 😄

when it's done, it will be out

[idle storm]

no fully vanilla

feels like i spawnproofed the entire place lol

[near furnace]

spawn proof without spawnproofing? 😮

[idle storm]

second night seems more reasonable so far. At least i'm getting the expected horde of charred

[near furnace]

still kinda wierd

[alpine sphinx]

Mistwalker is so damn goated at the Ashlands

[runic pasture]

when is 1.0 releasing? is it public yet???

[tribal perch]

Do numbers matter that much to you? 1.0 is just a number

[near furnace]

when it's done, and it's not public

but you should know this

[grave parcel]

are there any mods for fist weapons?

killing fader with vilebones doesnt sound good

[runic pasture]

sorry but iv been waiting since like 2020😭😭😭

[near furnace]

how can you been waiting since 2020?

you joined the server in 2023

[candid basalt]

And the game came out in 2021…

[near furnace]

well.
itch.io version was pre 2020
closed beta was late 2020
Early access in 2021

[candid basalt]

2020 wasn’t real

[lone rampart]

There's still a part of my brain that thinks it's 2020

[candid basalt]

It’s can’t be.. we have Valheim

[gray sand]

The further we get from 1995-2005, the more I understand why the machines considered that "peak humanity" for the Matrix. 😭

[flat stag]

does Hildir have any useful (non cosmetic only) items?

[tacit crystal]

Farming set is quite nice.

[gray sand]

Does she have any useless items?

Main clothing line buffs your building and hoeing.
Farming set buffs... farming.

[nocturne wolf]

Fireworks most useful way to make pretty explosions

[gray sand]

Firepits also a great decor item that provides warmth.

[silk token]

also iron pit is a way to get fire buff indoors on wooden floors if you’re short on chains for hanging fires

[gray sand]

☝️

[silk token]

jinx!

[gray sand]

I moreso was talking about chickens. So same item, multiple uses 😁

[limpid sigil]

hey

Why can't i send photos?

[tacit crystal]

Because regular users have no embed rights in most channels.

[tough mulch]

Iron pit? whats that im interested

[tacit crystal]

You can send game related screenshots in https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1202267437647527977 👍

[limpid sigil]

can i get help here?

i encountered a rather severe bug

[tough mulch]

the help channel is below here

[tacit crystal]

You can post in https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1202549675924787220 in case of bugs (other than seekers). 👍

[tough mulch]

I see I see, so ticks and Gjalls are fine then

[limpid sigil]

Thanks i try

[silk token]

its like a campfire in an iron floor stand you can place on wooden floors or wherever, same as a campfire otherwise

[tacit crystal]

Ticks are arachnids actually.

[nocturne wolf]

Still bugs though?

[tough mulch]

I didn't know that

[tacit crystal]

They are not technically bugs.

[tough mulch]

same same but different

[nocturne wolf]

What is then

[tough mulch]

the Gjall should be a bug then, it has 6 legs and 2 antennae

[gray sand]

More fun question: what is a vegetable?

[tacit crystal]

Arachnids like spiders and ticks are not in same class as most bugs/insects.

[tough mulch]

well a more TLDR, 6 legs = bug, 8 legs = arachnid

[tacit crystal]

Bugs have 3 part body and six legs, while arachnids have 2 part body and 8 legs.

[gray sand]

Centipedes being classed as...?

[nocturne wolf]

wiki says they have six legs but I swear they only have four, maybe soldiers only

I haven’t played up to mistlands in years

[gray sand]

4 walk-only legs.
2 walk/attack legs.

[nocturne wolf]

What even is a seeker if soldiers and the queen are so different

[tough mulch]

hmmm did the queen lay the eggs, I mean the queen is sealed in the game but the bugs have eggs laid everywhere in infested mines

I would assume the queen is based on a termite

[tacit crystal]

More importantly: how does the seeker meat taste like?

[gray sand]

Worker ant vs. Soldier ant?

[tough mulch]

packed to the brim with protein, if its related to meal worms they should have a nutty flavor to them

[gray sand]

Queen is sealed. There may be smaller passages out of the Citadel. So it is possible she lays the eggs and the normal seekers fly them off to other parts of the Mistlands.

[nocturne wolf]

She lays so many eggs that they clip out the walls and fall down onto the mistlands

[tough mulch]

the last time I clipped out of a wall I fell to the void

[nocturne wolf]

Dungeons are placed above the main world

[terse wagon]

This would be more compared to a lot of real life insect colonies, seekers are basically your workers, soldiers are breed differently for the purposes of defense

[tough mulch]

hmm so thats why seekers magically appear in my queen fight, makes sense

I should be happy they dont spawn Gjalls in queen fights atleast

[runic pasture]

Got the game 2020 basicly

[gray sand]

I have Jeremy Irons' voice in my head:
"Yes.. bred to be predators. But bred also to be controlled."

-# Very OG Time Machine reference.

[near furnace]

how?

[lone rampart]

Probably like crawfish 🦞

[dusky anvil]

So

I got sent into orbit by a Snow Golem

Even parried the hit too. Just got slammed into the horizon and died. No fall damage

[stable plaza]

im sorry but i spit me tea that u got yeeted far af by a snow golem lol i wish u recorded that

[dusky anvil]

My recording software is not good ay all

And I am hesitant to stream it and test my luck again

[stable plaza]

sad day but thats ok .
i went on a cruise to avoid the snow storms came back not knowing an update happen so i logged in and all my base collapsed ( im not good at support beams) well i guess more the top halves of everything lol . turns out the new up date took out wards for me completely cuz of a mod lmao so at least ur year of work and end game build didnt come crashing down on ya lol wish i recorded that too and my reaction seeing crafting and wards stuff just missing

[dusky anvil]

Parries ftw

Snow Drake, why??

[tough mulch]

Roll back the world and record it

[dusky anvil]

We're back

[stable plaza]

so im one of them gamer that is not "techy" i know how to install and start a game basically and use the UI in game . no clue how to do that but ill look it up and see for valheim

[tough mulch]

No no its a game setting

No technical stuff needed, when you are at the world selection page,click manage save, then click the drop down arrow besides the world name

The older world save files will be there named after date and time

[stable plaza]

i didnt know this existed!

thank you!!

[tough mulch]

No problem, make sure to record the chaos! Ur mods wont be fixed for the time being afterall

[runic pasture]

I got it on releas

Idk the exact date...

[near furnace]

so 2021

[runic pasture]

Yea

[vast jewel]

VALHEIM ON SWITCH 2?

HUGEEE

[gritty falcon]

damn nice job guise

[errant forge]

are the new items in the last update, time limited?

[nocturne wolf]

[ivory girder]

Why did i read it as Valheim 2 is comming 🤣

[weary egret]

Is valheim on switch 1 already?

[nocturne wolf]

no

[restive linden]

Switch 1 wouldn’t be able to handle it

[weary egret]

So cant gift it to my big sister

[fierce belfry]

so I assume it'll be 1.0 for the switch 2

[hushed heron]

most likely 1.0

[fierce belfry]

no more EA... we're finally getting there

[errant forge]

can anyone answer please

[nimble forge]

Yeah now i get why they optimized the game so much

[nocturne wolf]

They're staying forever

[ivory girder]

We have to be getting close to 1.0 🥳

[nimble forge]

Is it coming to switch 1 too?

[restive linden]

I’m sure it’ll coincide with the PS5 release

[fierce belfry]

I hope the full release goes well

I haven't played the game in years, busy with other stuff

I think I don't mind waiting till 1.0

[nimble forge]

Sounds like a weak excuse

[fierce belfry]

yes and

[urban ivy]

I adore those new fairylights in the update!!

[vast jewel]

I hope it does not come to Switch 1.

Optimising a game for a 9 year old handheld is a waste of resources.

[lunar dome]

for sure

[runic pasture]

bbrroo

[restive linden]

There’s no way it releases for Switch 1. Plus I think they would have mentioned Switch 1 along with 2

[runic pasture]

wwhhyy iss mmyy kkeeyybboorrdd sseennddiinngg 22 lleetttteerrss?? eevveerryyttiimmee ii ssaayy aa wwoorrdd........

hheellpp mmee!!!!!!

bbrroo wwttff....

[nimble forge]

Clean it

[thorny lake]

it didnt do it with the first "i" 👀

[lone rampart]

I keyboard sticks sometimes too it’s just a Cheeto crumb or something 🤣

Get the canned air!

[pearl horizon]

It’s a shame most people have no motivation to get a switch for Valheim

[little moat]

Turn off the dildo

[steel mica]

The what now? 💀

[chrome badge]

Mobile Valheim? I will be buying it again, no questions asked.

[rotund dust]

PC Master Race, wasting resources on other versions means longer til 1.0

[nocturne wolf]

Iron Gate gets another company to do the ports

[light moat]

Valheim from the comfort of my bed? Yeah, I’m pretty stoked

[chrome badge]

That's not how ports work.

[light moat]

And even if that were the case- who cares anyways

[little moat]

The porting and new buyers are financing version 1.0.

[lone rampart]

But Valheim is my only reason to get OUT of bed!

[chrome badge]

If it sells well, financing the next project for IG.

[runic pasture]

ggoooodd qquueessttiioonn nnggll------

[vernal wedge]

Exactly this, happy I'm not alone

[chrome badge]

You're not alone in being wrong don't worry. 🥹

[indigo shoal]

Yo, Valheim on the Switch 2?! 👀 I am SO excited! I started my streaming journey with Valheim back in 2021. I haven't been able to play for years because my gaming laptop won't play PC games anymore, but I'm upgrading to a PC tower soon and I'm soooooo excited, I've been telling all my friends that we need to play Valheim when I upgrade, and the fact that it's coming to Switch 2? That's going to make it possible for more friends to join the journey 🥹 I'm so happy, thank you devs ❤️

[slender saddle]

I feel like the game is closer to .5 than 1.0. I don't feel like 1.0 will release this year. I'm quite content so far with this game though. My biggest gripe is with the ashlands, in that I was hoping that we'd have to raid actual castles, instead of the mini-forts. Also, I miss the difficulty of daytime ashlands like it was when it first released, indeed felt like a warzone.

Keep up the good work. Still come back to this game, nearly every day.

[lunar dome]

https://tenor.com/view/that-was-a-bit-aggressive-thats-not-nice-little-brutal-its-too-much-bet-network-gif-15326145

[nimble forge]

If they release this game on more than one platform it might become more popular and they will have more money to add more content isn't that obvious

[slender saddle]

Game is pretty popular enough.

[nimble forge]

It can be more popular tho

[slender saddle]

More is better, sure, but also more bugs and optimizations.

[vernal wedge]

knowing how they work I doubt even a new big influx of players would change their mind post 1.0

they're probably burnt out on valheim

[candid basalt]

Valheim 2 when

[lone rampart]

Probably burnt out of players that complain all the time. I know I would be!

[vernal wedge]

we paid for a product of course we're gonna send feedback

[slender saddle]

More optimizations is always a great thing!

[shy marlin]

yea, this update made by 32k instance build go from 50 to 60 fps i'm greatly pleased

[nimble forge]

It's part of making something that people will complain not really a reason to give up

[vernal wedge]

yep

also great update for performance ngl

[slender saddle]

Ashlands felt better from what I've noticed.

[near furnace]

Valheim will only come as a onto the Nintendo Switch 2. not switch 1

[lone rampart]

Rephrase that before you get people freaking out that all other platforms are getting shelved because you know someone will!! 🤣

[near furnace]

xD

better?

[vast jewel]

Is this Valheim Switch 2 trailer on the 1.0 release?

[lone rampart]

Better

[vast jewel]

Looks like the hair is animated but can't tell completely.

Oh yeah, this is on a newer version.

New armour shown.

[rare haven]

I have never crashed in this game, but since the day of the latest update, ive crashed every 1-4 hours

[chrome badge]

Oh? Pic??

[vast jewel]

I'll DM.

Sent.

[pure otter]

why DM? I wanted to see to, are images not allowed in this channel?

[rare haven]

anyone else experience crashes since the update?

[merry pebble]

In this one you cant post them, but there aer channels for sharing media 🙂

[vernal wedge]

on news picture

the person on the right has a new armor i think

or something

[worn steeple]

I did the HotFix mod, temporary solution for modded worlds, and 3 of us went online. Had major issues around a mountain castle thats barely 10k instances, terrible lag, people died.
So only issue I can see atm is lag, thats on modded dedicated.

Didnt stay on for long but I'll check again later

[rare haven]

yeah not quite the issue we are having. its a vanilla dedicated server and so far its just my client that seems to be crashing. Its happened while exploring, building, fighting, hanging out... so triggers arent obvious. It is still a relatively fresh world at day 100 with no lag issues

[paper marsh]

I'm gonna admit I didn't use to interact too much with the hildr bosses, but this run I've made it a challenge to defeat each miniboss of a biome before the main boss. Darn shame that the smouldering tomb spawned halfway across the map

[rare haven]

this appears to be client-side only, maybe specific hardware

[merry pebble]

Nope, that is eitr weave armor 🙂

[worn steeple]

Try https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1202550119191412736 , decent brains there ❤️

[granite tide]

Are we getting cross play for all platforms once 1.0 launches?

[merry pebble]

It says so in the news post 🙂

[rare haven]

that is a good question. Can my playstation buddy join us PC master racers lol

[granite tide]

Yeah i saw it mentioned “all platforms” i just wanted to be sure. I really don’t wanna give up my mouse and keyboard to play with my ps5 buddies

[vast jewel]

Any confirmation if the Switch 2 trailer was on a newer build?

[vernal wedge]

doesn't seem like it

[pure otter]

what is the deal with maypoles? I tried looking for one in my world using valheim-map.world and it doesn't exist at all. Is it like you have to have a seed that contains one at all, then go during the right season or what?

[merry pebble]

Only certain seeds get them 🙂 season only matters for the ones you build yourself

[paper marsh]

My bog witch is surrounded by 3 crypts, each with an oozer at the entrance

Maybe I should get a bit of oozer iron before killing Elder?

[slim dagger]

yeah but we paid a sweet price
I paid $10 for this game, its my favorite game, even over games I spent $40 on like helldivers

I'm waiting on 1.0 like everyone else, wish it didn't take as long as it does but hey, I trust the devs, every update has been enjoyable and in my opinion, pretty balanced. I'm happy to wait as long as it takes, because I know they're taking time perfecting their craft. I am hoping for a 2026 release tho pretty please

[vernal wedge]

i'm getting used to swedish devs taking their time now

but i agree for balance

i'm just afraid of feeling like the 1.0 will be underwhelming

[white bane]

If we keep getting Valheim news I'm gonna pass out 😅

[slim dagger]

If im correct, we're getting updates to every biome, a new biome, and a lot of bug fixes, optimizations, a more finished polished game

that shouldnt be underwhelming

this isnt another biome update where they drop ashlands and then immediately have to update it 4 times, they're overhauling a lot

[chrome badge]

Keep working! I want to hear your opinions. 😄

(but seriously take a break!)

[vernal wedge]

i'm aware but even that... i hope they go the "early axes" route, where adding one item makes quite a lot of impact on the rest of the progression

as for everything i'm just very passionate and want to see a great game for 1.0

[gray sand]

Great is subjective 😏

[slim dagger]

im hoping for more weapons, maybe a new or few new places of interests, maybe another medium armor set progression for each biome, as right now we just have light and heavy

theres many ways they can go, im not the dev, im sure whatever they come up with will be far better than what i come up with

[vernal wedge]

there's a lot to hope for

[slim dagger]

there are some games where im like dang they're missing the mark so much and i genuinely believe i have better ideas, but valheim is the game where im like, nope, i completely trust the devs vision

[vernal wedge]

well it's a really hard game/idea to develop properly, kind of like minecraft where you don't want to lose the simplicity in a sense

i wouldn't want weapons for weapons sake, but more meaningful movesets or truly unique things to look for

or side things to do, like fishing or quests

[slender saddle]

I want flametal knives, personally.

[slim dagger]

i have over 6k hours in minecraft, and the first time i played valheim in 2024 when ashlands came out, it ruined me
i just dont like survival minecraft anymore

i would rather beat valheim 10 times over before going back to an open world sandbox

[vernal wedge]

i'm on a hard save, chitin knife is my main weapon i ignored it way too much before it's so good

[smoky saddle]

Survival minecraft kinda got a bit stupid when they started adding the warden

[slim dagger]

I do still play minecraft with friends occasionally, and i play minigames etc but as for a progression game, valheim is my go to

[gray sand]

I want DN to actually be challenging and stay challenging.
Not go the Ashlands route of "really good on release, then repeatedly nerfed until boredom because casuals."

[slender saddle]

More lore would be awesome too.

[slender saddle]

Thisss

[slim dagger]

hey im not a casual and even me too was saying, the ashlands was way too much

[vernal wedge]

well minecraft suffers from nostalgia for most of people, we all played it a thousand times in a lot of ways and we know the game too much

[slim dagger]

did they need to nerf it as far as they did maybe not, but it was definitely bad

[slender saddle]

Abbyssal Razor is really, really good

[vernal wedge]

i upped my knife skill to 60 and it doesn't even take that long

the 3 hit burst is just too good

[vernal wedge]

yes please more challenge

[slender saddle]

Ashlands was meant to feel like a warzone, not just more of the same but harder. The second raven warns you of it.

[smoky saddle]

Minecraft has progression but it can easily be circumvented. With Valheim you cant just charge into another biome and expect to do well. You will get slaughtered

[slender saddle]

It feels like more of the same but harder now.

[vernal wedge]

i wish ashlands had even more enemy type

[gray sand]

War biome was war.

Now it is... light skirmish...

[vernal wedge]

what did they nerf exactly?

enemy density?

[slim dagger]

yes

[slender saddle]

Spawn rates

[slim dagger]

spawnrate too

[gray sand]

Mob spawns, mob density, couple other things.

[vernal wedge]

mmhh that's why i wish for more then lol

[slender saddle]

It was so chaotic when it released.

[vernal wedge]

gotta be a mod to spice things up

[gray sand]

I would have preferred they just lowered the hp on the Charred so you have swathes of enemies to cut down in THE WAR BIOME and you need to be careful with your occasional elite enemy or morgen.

[smoky saddle]

A mod where enemy density for all biomes past meadows are like pre ashlands

[gray sand]

🤢

[slender saddle]

Like, yeah, sure, you can set the difficulty to hard or harder and what not, but its still just more of the same.

[vernal wedge]

i love how the game once you get to ashlands, is a true test of how far you've come along and to master crowd control etc is a great feeling in this game

[gray sand]

You and I play a very different version of Valheim.

[slender saddle]

Where as you had to rely on your skills before. It was an accomplishment to survive.

[slender saddle]

I remember the version your speaking of. I miss it.

You know the amount you fight at night in the ashlands now? Thats what it felt like during the day. You dared not staying till night time.

[gray sand]

I don't see Ashlands as a "true test" of anything.
And the only "crowd control" it takes is your basic shield mechanics 🤔

[slender saddle]

Parry and move.

[vernal wedge]

speaking of meadows, my biggest wish for it would be to have a tree enemy that only spawns at night, just like the creaking in minecraft (haven't played since its addition i just really like the idea) but isn't super aggressive or oppressive, just to add variety or some sense of horror

[vernal wedge]

wdym

[gray sand]

I explained.

[vernal wedge]

ok main character energy over here

it's still way different from what you encounter before in the game

in terms of density

[slender saddle]

Nope.

Black forest to swamp is now the main difficulty curve.

[vernal wedge]

i see where you're coming from

[gray sand]

Slightly higher density, sure.
But if you had bumbled your way along so far, you can keep bumbling just fine.

It's not a skill check by any means.

[smoky saddle]

Ive found mistlands to be a bigger hill to get over.

Quite Literally too

[slow leaf]

Ashlands doesn't have any higher density than the swamp or black forest, the creatures just hit harder

[gray sand]

And I'm still unsure what you were pointing to in terms of "master crowd control" 🤔

[vernal wedge]

i played ashlands with a sword and shield at first but then switched to double axes and got my ass kicked a bit, tho i was very reckless because of coop foolishness

[vernal wedge]

not enough enemies imo

[slender saddle]

Thats the problem, Ashlands used to be more dense than the swamp.

I guess lore wise it makes sense to be kind of a barren hellscape.

[slow leaf]

Ashlands is absurdly easy given its the second to last biome

[slender saddle]

But 'prepare for war' no longer applies

[gray sand]

Swamp is more dense because it has the Mass in a smaller area 😉

[gray sand]

Lorewise it is supposed to be filled with warriors, not barren 😭

[smoky saddle]

There arent many enemy types but the progression is a lot slower because of the terrain and mist

[lusty dirge]

The main increase in difficulty imo comes from the biome's isolation. You cannot build a forward base with a safe portal in a bordering biomo, once you're there you're there. And losing portals on death is a lot more likely due to fire, morgens, etc.

So it has the potential to be a lot more frustrating on death. The combat difficulty per se is not such a spike

[slender saddle]

Mayhaps, but Swamp has quite a diverse selection of enemies. When coming from the BF, they hit hard.

[slender saddle]

If majority are dead because the King went crazy and killed his kingdom, only a few would be there.

[gray sand]

That was a physics joke... about mass and density, and Bonemass... 😭

[slender saddle]

I'm short, quit sending jokes so high.

[gray sand]

Go get high so you can understand jokes 😉

[worldly fern]

i liked that one

im a more casual player though and havent made it past the second biome so thats all i can provide to this topic

[slender saddle]

I'll find a ladder.

Gameplay wise, original ashlands makes sense - Warzone. Lore-wise, second iteration makes sense - wrecked kingdom.

[trail pelican]

they should add a raid that only triggers in ashlands that's like the wolf raid--spawns only AWAY from base, timer runs even if you leave the radius--and a bunch of charred swarm the location

[worldly fern]

as someone whos never played in the ashlands, with ow its been described i would expect large and powerful lumbering enemies that are borderline bosses more than anything else

[slender saddle]

Thats the way it was originally. Its not the same anymore.

[worldly fern]

awww

that would be cool

[slender saddle]

Too bad we can't find the original spawn rates irongate had, so folks could see the difference.

[slender saddle]

The raid from the ashlands respawns all the spawners in the ashlands, if i recall correctly.

[nocturne wolf]

it only places spawners near the base

[smoky saddle]

We turned raids off. Theyre annoying when youre wanting to build something cool

[slender saddle]

Interesting.

[trail pelican]

yeah the existing raid I think is like the 'normal' ones--where you need to be within a certain radius of at least 3 'player base' objects--and also the version I'm imagining wouldn't spawn the spawners, just a wave of charred attacking, like the enemy found your position

a relatively easy way with what's already in-game to implement more of that "surge"

[burnt glen]

Does the nintendo switch allow early access games?

[gray sand]

@slender saddle @nocturne wolf I got your raid down in #suggestions 😉😏

[idle storm]

That one exists too. There's one charred raid with the spawners and one without. You'd only need to remove the is-at-base requirement from the second really.
Though i mean... that's just Ashlands? It's already full of charred anyway, a couple more don't really make that big a difference.

[trail pelican]

yeah you could do that--i think the other one you're referring to is the "post-Queen, pre-Fader" raid tho

that might get removed after beating Fader, I can't recall offhand

and also, i think it CAN find you in earlier biomes, though not as sure--the earlier "pre-boss" raids could IIRC

[idle storm]

They're both only active post-queen and pre-fader iirc

[trail pelican]

also, it's another "base" raid not like the, so different

[idle storm]

but yes, definitely show up in other biomes

[trail pelican]

right they both activate post-Queen, my point is there's a set of raids that operate distinctly--one for each boss, activates after beating last and deactivates upon beating next (or in Eikthyir case, it just starts game active)

that's one of those charred raids, the other is a special extra raid just unique to the biome--I'm talking about a third raid you could get away from base in the ashlands

[idle storm]

There's nothing special about either of them. They both stop when Fader dies. My point is that the "charred without spawners" raid is basically a happens-everywhere tag away from what you want. And not ending with Faders death of course, but personally i'm happy to NOT have even more charred running around earlier biomes, TYVM.

Maybe a morgen or valk raid instead 😁

You know, something that at least drops loot you may want 😅
not even more charred.

[slender saddle]

Charred bones makes strong arrows and bolts though.

[idle storm]

they do 10 pierce over carapace but cost tons of ashwood in exchange

and frost arrows are better against everything except charred warlocks anyway

So rn they're basically only useful for fueling shield gens and you get way too many for just that

[trail pelican]

i didn't know they both ended, i feel like only one should but in any event you're not wrong--it's ALMOST what I'm describing already (the one without spawners), just would be an AWAY from base version

[idle storm]

Maybe we need some charred bone build pieces

[trail pelican]

i would love bone build pieces--get that fuling barbarian camp vibe going

[timber marsh]

If you defeat fader before deep north releases, what happens?

Or should I wait

[gray sand]

Only thing is you will have the Fader Drop which will convert itself into what is needed for DN automatically.

[trail pelican]

also the forsaken power and feast

those are nice to haves

[burnt glen]

It'd be cool if "The undead army marches" event spawned them in 3 incresaingly more difficult waves of enemies. One at the start, another in 30s and the last one in 60s.

[timber marsh]

So maybe wait till deep north before "finishing" the ashlands

I'm holding off on defeating the queen for now

[gray sand]

There is no reason to not finish it.

[idle storm]

i was thinking more in the style of the charred skull throne we already have. Skull decorations, bone beams and decorative walls and things like that. Might look nice together with grausten builds.

[gray sand]

We need charred bone stacks the same way we have normal bone stacks 😭

[timber marsh]

The temptation to put flowers and thistle everywhere all over the base and make it lag excessively...

Gotta make the viking barbie dream castle pretty

[trail pelican]

i'd like that--as a greedy builder i'll never REALLY say 'no' to more build pieces lol

[timber marsh]

I think I'm gonna have to move the chickens away from spawn cuz lag...

Because wow there's so many now

[slender saddle]

This is true, I don't believe they are the most efficient use of mats, but they are strong.

[paper marsh]

Fader power is very good

[gray sand]

Moder Power >>>

[timber marsh]

Still using eikthyr power. Because when you gotta run...

And using the first stamina amulet because it triggers so quickly due to low adrenaline cost and frequently while fighting