valheim-chat

[slender saddle]

I like Fader's power. Bonemass/moder are no longer the only choices, for sure.

[merry pebble]

Even before CtA balancing the Eikthyr was used quite a bit 😄

[timber marsh]

Run out of magic? Switch to hammer

[gray sand]

Fair, part of why I like Moder, because +10% speeeeed.

[paper marsh]

I need to play around more with askvin cloak. I feel like that along with high run and jump skill will satisfy my eikthyr/moder needs

Now that they nerfed my carapace buckler tho, I need fader to unnerf it

[idle storm]

nimble anklets are my go-to trinket because of that. The little sta boost is also a nice little cherry on top.

[gray sand]

Anklet v Bronze is basically just % Regen v Flat Bump.

So it is very much preference 😄

[paper marsh]

I've come to really appreciate trinkets for raids

I play on max raids and being able to get constant trinket triggers when defending is nice

I also play with lvl 1 armor and am about to unlock iron brooch which is gonna make me a lot tankier 😄

[idle storm]

As a mage you trigger your trinket pretty constantly anyway. Between refreshing bubbles and getting 3 adrenaline on cast with most staves even if you hit nothing it's not exactly hard to get constant uptime without even trying.

[paper marsh]

I haven't really tried out jormundling and mage, though I know its pretty OP. It's not actually 100% eitr uptime, is it? I feel like Fader could tip that balance to non-stop firing

[timber marsh]

I still gotta get more eitr to make a mage class

[idle storm]

I haven't had any luck on valkyrie trophies so no feedback on the jormundling yet

[timber marsh]

Any tips to not die from fire with the feather cape rather than spamming meads

[idle storm]

my pulsating earrings are running pretty much constantly in the Ashlands though

[idle storm]

use the bubble staff

[timber marsh]

I do

[paper marsh]

What do you die from? I feel like Ashlands doesn't have much fire damage

[timber marsh]

With heavy armor and shield and just tank

Two hp and an aspic

[paper marsh]

I don't use fire resist mead, but I find root harnesk doesn't get me in any troubel with fire. Valkyrie fire is very slow, lava blobs are slow and dodgeable, and I don't interact with warlocks much

Gjalls I just take a dip in water if really needed. That's everywhere in mistlands

[idle storm]

bubble staff doesn't combo that well with tanking hits since it doesn't benefit from your armor

[elder hearth]

Valheim to Nintendo 2. Great news thx )

[idle storm]

it works much better as insurance for dodge builds

[timber marsh]

That extra hit the shield takes helps a lot tho

[idle storm]

yes but not if you spend all your time recasting it

[gray sand]

Bubble makes any attack parryable, so that is an aspect of tanking hits 🤔

[trail pelican]

that's weird combo honestly

HHE--wouldn't most 'hybrids' mix in stamina?

[idle storm]

Yes but you don't need to wear heavy armor and shield for that, it does it just as well in robes and barehanded

[timber marsh]

It's kind of a balance build

[gray sand]

I am aware.

[timber marsh]

Plus playing with others the shield helps them

[trail pelican]

yeah not done it much myself but my understanding of the 'hybrid' is to use the bubble to setup parries, the bubble will make ANY succefully timed block a parry

it doesn't matter how much damage--that's it's real power

[paper marsh]

stamina feels kinda obsolete lately imo

I do HHE or HHF recently

[trail pelican]

it will, of course, break the shield if the damage is enough--but the point is it will always reliably stop the damage, and timed right, parry

[idle storm]

not necessarily

[paper marsh]

I also don't use bubble staff and play on hard tho

[trail pelican]

right i meant hypothetically if the damage is just so high it would--you can still always count on the shield benefit of blocking it

[idle storm]

yeah the overflow gate is really the big survival upgrade

[paper marsh]

Especially in Ashlands I feel like I don't need tons of stamina. Got high skills to lower stamina cost, might use a silver sword which has super low stamina cost, parries are free now, dodges return stamina

You can use a stamina potion or lingering stamina if hungry for stamina

[idle storm]

though at higher blood magic the shield becomes pretty beefy too

takes even charred warriors 4-5 hits to break through now at BM ~80

[trail pelican]

yeah it makes at least a lot MORE sense to do health mixed in hybrid rather than full mage--full mage i feel like it's a waste because i'm NOT really taking hits if i'm playing right (and if not, i'm usually dead with the added HP not making as much difference as if I had say more stamina to run away)

[timber marsh]

Silver or mist walker in ashlands

[paper marsh]

I like silver

[silk token]

same, ive only been short on stamina running up mountains or mistlands rocks. zero parry cost op

[timber marsh]

I want another upgrade to scale shield. That pierce resistance...

[paper marsh]

Lower stamina cost, higher damage

Only downsides are less stagger damage (meh), damage being dealt over time (pretty fast tho, so meh), and not freezing enemies (I guess this is a dealbreaker for some)

[timber marsh]

And it's the prettiest shield

Looks really cool with my character

[meager fossil]

My freaking god! I just ran through the Black Forest almost dying, in the dark, during the rain. A freaking bear comes up behind me but the camera is inside its body showing the inside of its damn head, showing 2 derp looking eyes approaching my back. I dont remember being that startled since I played freaking Amnesia

[gray sand]

I don't remember Amnesia...

[meager fossil]

Amnesia: The dark descent. A notoriously scary game during its time haha

[gray sand]

Yeah I'm drawing a blank.

😏

Having a hard time thinking of it.

[meager fossil]

God my heart is hammering. It scared the crap out of me hahaha

I couldnt even hear it because of the rain and music. Just this inverted bear head coming to view behind me

[elfin turtle]

i noticed that the changelog including the 5 year anniversary update says "2025.02.02", is that intentional?

in the menu of the game right after you start it up

[tacit crystal]

Probably just slight and understandable mistake.

[meager fossil]

No thats inexcusable for a AAAAA studio with this kind of budget and reputation

[elfin turtle]

i understand, but i still wanted to point it out incase anybody else beat me to it

[tacit crystal]

Yeah, you are not the first to mention. 👍

[elfin turtle]

understood, have a nice rest of your day

[strange reef]

Man I cannot wait to unlock the modor ability. It never fails the wind is always opposite of where I need to go

[idle storm]

clearly the game is telling you to explore in the other direction

[strange reef]

It tells me that quite often!

[paper marsh]

Brenna has been slain 😄

She was a tad tougher than I anticipated

[candid basalt]

I love her trophy

[paper marsh]

It looks very cool

Hildr raids only trigger if you deliver the chest right?

[silk token]

hehe. just dont kill the ice wolf and get those raids on hard with the 2 star fenrings and ulfs pouncing at you, they really dont play

[paper marsh]

Do they get up to 2 star?

[silk token]

iirc

and they hit harder htan i thought last time i felt that on normal in ashlands gear i was like OHHHkay that's most of my hp

but i havent done that quest since i went no map, no nearly worht the time lookin for it

[paper marsh]

Interesting. I am forcing myself to defeat the hildr bosses as I go along, not sure how I feel about the raids. I do have max raids on, I don't think I'll turn in Brenna chest tho because I don't want to be stuck with boring skelly raid for the rest of the game. I definitely want the fuling raid tho, not sure about fenring

[silk token]

i think fenring is the hardest just because their mobility, goblins are goofballs

[gray sand]

Chests need to be placeable items for decoration!

[trail pelican]

you can place them on horizontal item stands, so maybe redundant

[silk token]

oooo and also you can turn in the chest and she's like thanks you can keep that old chest, and the chest has a bit more storage than a blackmetal chest

[trail pelican]

oh i love that @silk token

right now she keeps them of course, so you have to beat the 'extra' locations if you want to turn them in AND have them as decorations

[paper marsh]

Damn Kvastur vs blobs/oozers doesn't seem very fair for the blobs

[gray sand]

WAIT? 👀

[trail pelican]

hell, go a step further, and 'keeping the chest' unlocks a crafting recipe for it--I don't even care if it has storage let alone more than BM, just aesthetic options for decorating with them would be lovely

[trail pelican]

yeah the one i just looted from the sealed tower, put it at the foot of the bed i built in the base off the side of the top of the tower because i can't be bothered to turn it in right now--was looting for the eggs anyway

[gray sand]

I do all dungeons twice so I can turn in and have an extra for deco.
Did not know they could be standed.

[bronze ginkgo]

Looking for a group to start a fresh world

[trail pelican]

https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1024264966712340510

[gray sand]

#1024264966712340510

[silk token]

arite wellp. i decided hammers are horrible. fun to try them i guess, worse than swords in every way and 2 hand hammer a joke compared to 2 hand axe. i can already tell im not going to like using them and cant stop wanting to start a game with new berserker axes XD. claws were fun, but kinda uninteresting for me idk.

[trail pelican]

when you say "hammer" do you mean ALL clubs, or specifically 2H club?

[silk token]

imean they're just worse swords. with mtp and too much knockback later to combo anything, just slow and bleh to fight anything

[trail pelican]

generically maybe--the fact there's damage type resistances/weaknesses plus some unique damage type combos (e.g. frostner) means IMO practically they find a 'niche' where they're the most useful thing available

[paper marsh]

Surprised you're not interested in claws

[trail pelican]

but I agree certainly the 2h especially kinda underwhelming in practical use

[dark coyote]

yeah I would give them a combo, like the baxe, and make the secondary the aoe

[silk token]

i am too, they were like... okay? i found myself never using the kick and instaed doing a flying burn of the first swing and landing 2nd swing first which could stagger instead, and like.. idk just trying to get the moveset to do what i wanted

definitely strong takign down bears early, i could even parry the bears big stomp on hard and combo that too

[paper marsh]

I do that too a lot. Though I do like the kick for tougher enemies like a 1 star draugr or something

[silk token]

right, the kick just feels so bad for some reason, like the recovery from the kick is so long and it uses so much stamina

i get one weak it in on stronger enemies and already have to dodge by the time my 2nd strong attack is going they're swinging at me already

like i'd rather just dodge roll and one two dodge roll

then im like why arent i just playing daggers?

[dark coyote]

yeah a pounce follow up attack wwould be nice

[ember panther]

So the early access are dual wielding? Thats so awesome

[strange reef]

modor finally beaten.... now on to the hardest part..... reoganizing the base to make room for new crafting stations.

[paper marsh]

I've actually come to see fist weapons as just better daggers 😆

[silk token]

really! huh. idk the kick just felt like a waste of stamina and id rather have the pounce. maybe i have to go creative and try them side by side to see

or lol not creative imean whats it called mode

[paper marsh]

The kick does feel a bit awkward for sure, but once I got used to it I was a fan. Just an alternative to parrying for me

[nocturne wolf]

kick backstab for 36x base stagger

[paper marsh]

I think fists do better sneak attack damage than knives though, and they parry well. Plus I just like the 2 attack cadence

The kick backstab on a real big baddie is fun. Usually hard to keep the stagger going though if its an enemy you needed that x36 for

[silk token]

i found the flying second strike good, idk what the math would be but i thikn id rather land that than a kick

[paper marsh]

flying second strike x2 stagger, x12 if sneak

Kick 6x stagger, 36x if sneak

But punch does deal double the damage of kick

[silk token]

and the kick is how much weaker than than a normal attack?

[nocturne wolf]

1x damage

not weaker but you won't get the 2x on the next hit

[paper marsh]

Kick and regular attack do same damage, kick just gets x6 stagger. But if you chain into 2nd attack the 2nd one will obvs be double kick damage

[silk token]

oh its same as an auto? hm. ok so ... that's a LOT of stagger

[paper marsh]

Yeah. I pretty exclusively use fists and battleaxes if I wanna stagger something (not that maces are bad, but... I don't like maces)

Think I've one-kick staggered a fuling zerker on hard

[silk token]

so hm.... previously ive liked doing sword battleaxe, swords for single axes for multi. maybe i should do fists battleaxes.

i usually level axe til mistlands then start using krom czu seeker soldiers

[paper marsh]

We got a slash lover

[silk token]

hehe yup. imean i cant not use krom against soldier butts

[paper marsh]

Plains fists is mostly pierce though. Fun switchup

[silk token]

and so good early ashlands til u get zerker axes

hm. arite ima do fists axes.

[runic pasture]

Hmm

[paper marsh]

Hmmm

[fossil night]

Hmmmm

[silk token]

this was an ambush kick right? because i kicked a bears face in a few times testing it and he never staggered

[paper marsh]

No ambush

Bear I don't think you're gonna stagger without sneak tho

[nocturne wolf]

bears and fuling berserkers have the same amount of health and same stagger limit, but against bears you'll be using a weaker weapon

[paper marsh]

Against zerker you'll probably also have higher skill. I prob had like 60 or something

[fossil delta]

What does 60 up your minimums to?

Or by? We hitting +90% by then?

[paper marsh]

On my current run I am on fists 59 with minimum 20 slash on my bear paws

Standard value stated on bear paws is 33 slash

My maximum hits 30

[silk token]

when i unlock battleaxe mode i start permastunning troll, bear, and abomination

[paper marsh]

Just crafted iron battleaxe for the first time ever, excited to try it

[fossil delta]

Yeah, max is not effectd as much as our Minimums. I think max hits like a 90% maximum, where as our minimum hits the 141.

[silk token]

oh rly?? you wait to silver or what?

[paper marsh]

ehh I didn't use to use battleaxes too much, and not too much a fan of crystal. But I've grown more fond of them lately and tried out the blackmetal and skullsplittur quite a bit

I think this might be my first time in swamp since the battleaxe update tho

[silk token]

ah. well you’re in for a treat. on hard they still own, can parry an abom swipe with hp food and permastun, 2 shot normal drauger.

[paper marsh]

mhmm

[silk token]

actually. iirc i parried an abom with like… a dwindling feast, and mediocre boat snack food. id have to check the last video i posted

[paper marsh]

I don't think I'll be using it while out and about in the swamp, since I like not being the speed of a snail. But I wanna try it out in crypts or if an abom rolls up on me

Also just tried it against a bear, seems like you can build adrenaline damn fast with the stagger from the secondary

[silk token]

hah, yeah their adrenaline gain is nuts

iron brooch and just lifesteal health faster than you lose it

[paper marsh]

I'll add them to my list. Spears, knives, and Baxes for adrenaline

[chrome badge]

#self-promotion #mods-discussion

[paper marsh]

how viable is it to try and stagger a golem or hildr mountains mini boss with a battleaxe?

If you get a parry in first I imagine it might be good. But without a parry?

[silk token]

i cant say i parried one, id check the spreadsheet to see if it’s possible. i always just parry them with a shield and use pickaxe on them XD

[quasi latch]

You can parry it with enough health with a battleaxe. Ocean food or better is recommended, though.

[copper karma]

PM'd you a parry spreadsheet, if it helps

[silk token]

i remember it being not great to fight them with axe. i vaguely remember staggering them with a crystal baxe, but was kinda spoopy, plus they have that stagger reset thing they do

[paper marsh]

It's a nice sheet so I like it, but I'm more wondering about using battleaxes for stagger damage, to avoid having to parry in the first place

[silk token]

and it MIGHT have been on normal… during ptb when i axed one last

[paper marsh]

Doubt I can deal enough stagger damage to minibosses, those things have mad health. But at least for Geirhafa half her damage is frost which should make it easy to parry

[oblique zinc]

Always thought Giraffe 🦒 was a male

[copper karma]

Oh! Misread. Back and forth between the kitchen and my desk while cooking.

[paper marsh]

Still good info tho, thanks <3

[paper marsh]

prob is

[abstract warren]

What's the exact difference in potency between the root mask and poison resistance mead?

I just know the mead is somewhat better

[paper marsh]

Mead is 75% resist, helmet is 50% resist

Just for poison. All the cold / fire / lightning resist is all 50% I believe

[silk token]

checked the video, i parried the abom with battleaxe comfortably with 120 hp, 2 feasts and a sausage XD and had like 1/4 stagger bar to spare.

[paper marsh]

nice

[silk token]

wiki says abom and golem have the same hp and stagger, but golem resists slash and immune spirit so.. be a close one if you could permastun on hard idk do share if it works though. theres probably a reason why i always used a pickaxe instead lol.

[quasi latch]

You can parry the abomination swipe attack barehanded with 180+ health

It's so cursed-looking

[wind vortex]

@dusky pivot

did i do something wrong by doing that?

[merry pebble]

If you have question for mods you have to DM that bot 🙂

[wind vortex]

oooohhh

[quasi latch]

lmao

[wind vortex]

thx bro, appreciate it

[abstract warren]

Should I have my main base in meadows or plains?

[oak walrus]

does anyone else hope that valheim will one day have all weapons on every biome? i mean like for example we dont currently have a flametal atgeir but it would be very nice to get one someday

[tacit crystal]

Up to you, but you still need establish at least farming base in plains for growing barley and flax.

[abstract warren]

Yes

That's done

Just wondering where to take my 2nd iron haul now

My plains base is much closer so probably best

[tacit crystal]

Some people prefer making their base in plains, others in meadows. It depends if you're prepared to deal with plains mobs harassing near your base.

[shy marlin]

my question is

Why not both?

I'm doin a run where i'm makin a nice base in every biome -swamp/ash and it's been refreshing

[carmine badger]

Yeah I put a base in every biome, need them for different things...

[fervent arrow]

does switch release mean the game is releasing this year

[shy marlin]

not sure, does switch allow EA games?

[tacit crystal]

Maybe some weapon types for earlier biomes like crossbow/2h sword, but I think it's fine there are gaps. Himminafl still proves being worthy in Ashlands.

[oak walrus]

yeah i guess but when deep north is released will Himminafl be worthy anymore.

[shy marlin]

Likely

Bronze atgeir is strong in mist lands lol

[tacit crystal]

High stagger for secondary attack is still super strong for crowd control.

[oak walrus]

true lol, well im happy if we get atleast somekind of atgeir from deep north

[shy marlin]

I hope that deep north has every weapon type in it seeing that it's the final biome and all

should be the exception to rule imo

[oak walrus]

i agree, give the players the chance to have the strongest version of their favorite weapon no matter what type it is.

[fossil delta]

So now Nintendo Switch 2. Nice!

[abstract warren]

Atgeir is the best

[near furnace]

I think I said no Atgeir's. to OP

j/k

haven't played DN in a while, so can't even remember for my own sake which weapons 😄

[oak walrus]

man i cant wait for deep north, im tired of playing it irl. Finland...

[near furnace]

then you know how it will feel like

[fossil delta]

I used to dream about moving to Norway. Now that I am old I am glad I never did.

[oak walrus]

i hope DN is better than this lol

[near furnace]

it's snow on the ground, so it's not as depressive 😄

[tacit crystal]

At least we don't feel the coldness of Deep North.

[oak walrus]

yup lol

[fossil delta]

Feeling the cold of where I do live is too much for my old bones.

[near furnace]

deep north should come with a bucket for the IRL feeling of having your feets deep in snow while playing

[sleek sky]

Deep South update when

[trail pelican]

Y'allheim

[fossil delta]

Ashlands isn't hot enough for you?

[trail pelican]

alternatively, gjallheim

[oak walrus]

ill just drag my pc outside, -29 celcius should be immersive enough

[sleek sky]

Cornbread, coconut cake, southern accenting devergrs

[fossil delta]

Oh, you want the trimmings.

[trail pelican]

apparently without inhabitants still clinging to a long dead and gone way of life--tabling even the obvious morality debate--it doesn't qualify

[sleek sky]

Maybe have sugar and cotton as new crops

[near furnace]

🤔

[sleek sky]

Ashlands isn’t humid enough to be the Deep South

[near furnace]

sugar would melt in the snow

[trail pelican]

it DOES give me vibes of very 'dry heat'

[sleek sky]

I’m talking about the new Deep South biome

[sleek sky]

The trees are on fire so yes

Nvm, everything is on fire

[trail pelican]

"this is fine" as an army of charred, a fallen valk, a pack of askvin, and a pair of morgen descend upon me

[fossil delta]

Its how the South felt to me when I first moved down there. Everything is on fire.

Then I had to adjust to my sweat pouring into my socks.

[sleek sky]

Problem is it’s too humid for everything to actually be on fire

Ashlands is closer to Arizona or Southern California

Where everything actually is on fire

[fossil delta]

Eventually I moved to AZ, so learned what dry heat is like. At least my sweat started to evaporate, instead of pour into my shoes/socks.

[sleek sky]

Correct

[paper marsh]

nah.

I'd like most weapons in deep north tho

[sleek sky]

New mob:cicadas. they spawn once every 17 days and they spawn in groups of 10000

And they cover every plant within range

[hazy cliff]

Why is vulture meat and eggs so hard to farm lmao
cries in ashlands

[fossil delta]

They WANT us to explore, not just stay in one area. Thats why.

[oak walrus]

id be fine with having every weapon type from like swamp to atleast ashlands or having every weapon type in DN

[fossil delta]

They've done this to us one way or another since the beginning.

[sleek sky]

Why explore the Ashlands when instead you can explore the meadows for axe blades to get enough early axes to fill a black metal chest

[fossil delta]

I haven't even gotten my first one. I've explored too many meadows getting my 36 bee hives. 😄

[sleek sky]

Modded chest if you are feeling brave

[fossil delta]

I won't be modding until well after 1.0, but then I will be modding along with the best of them. Using them, not creating them.

[sleek sky]

Now that I have my early axes before eikthyr, I beat the game and can die happy

[fossil delta]

I always explore heavily, so I am sure I will feel similar my next play through.

[oak walrus]

alr for how long will i be banned if i ask when DN is coming? (jk)

[sleek sky]

Soon

[hard sluice]

about weapons in the DN, i remember that the dev grimmcore (i think its his name) said he thought the las biome should have every type of weapons, because its the end.
(not an official statement, or a promise. just his opinion at the time)

[fossil delta]

Its a good bet it will be before the end of 2027.

Still no promises.

[lapis granite]

Early axes or bear claws? I assume axes

[oak walrus]

what do you think will be the soonest it will release?

[paper marsh]

Preference

[fossil delta]

My personal guess is some time over the Summer of this year.

[oak walrus]

same, i was thinking like maybe 3 months

[fossil delta]

July would be great, since its my birth month.

[oak walrus]

i hope its not on my birthday, november...

[fossil delta]

I'd like it to be sooner than that, but it could still be next year too. So we'll be finding out.

[oak walrus]

i hope its soon, im dying to play it

[mighty pond]

With the Playstation release and now the Nintendo switch release set for the end of 2026, chances are that 1.0 (DeepNorth) will be releasing then!

[lone rampart]

My birthday is in March and I sure wouldn't mind a Vikingly treat! 😄

[lone rampart]

Where does it say "the end" of 2026?

[fossil delta]

In that they do say its this year, so no later than.

[mighty pond]

Generally when a company says "later this year" it means toward the end of the year. I do wonder though if maybe they'd drop 1.0 for OG consoles first and the drop the other versions after.. but that seems like a bad marketing play for this

[fossil delta]

They drop for all platforms at the same time.

[mighty pond]

Yea that would make the most sense

So expect a fully finished product by like October or November, as that has always been the competitive space for game drops.

[strange reef]

I see that valheim is getting a switch 2 release. I was thinking about getting a steam deck just for valheim but this is good news.

[fossil delta]

Yep. The more people that can play, the better.

[dark coyote]

pierce is bad in mistlands

[trail pelican]

and even then, spin to win stagger STILL so good it's viable

also though, is it that worse than ALL physical damage types? seekers just as resistant IIRC, and at least gjall have a pierce weakeness

[dark coyote]

I switched from porcupine to frostner because of it,, noticeable difference

[trail pelican]

i feel like frostner punches so above iTs weight because so much of its damage is non-physical

[hard sluice]

pierce is bad in mislands?

[trail pelican]

AND it slows

[fossil delta]

The freeze arrows with bow are very pleasantly effective as well.

[fossil delta]

Not bad, but using things like a freeze effect certainly make them better.

[hard sluice]

i wont argue that frostner isn't great for mistland. but i think piercing weapons work fine.

[dark coyote]

well everything but ticks are resistant to pierce there

[paper marsh]

Frostner is better against the most common enemies. But pierce definitely takes 1st place in the damage race on ticks and Gjall

[fossil delta]

Yes, they are fine. Just Freeze Arrows, Frostner and Mistwalker are noticeably better.

Their freeze effects help.

[paper marsh]

I find the spear works pretty nice for me. A few hits to kill a seeker, and everything else that matters (outside boss) is weak to pierce where I hit them

[hard sluice]

i love the mistland daggers so much. (except on hard mode)
its the only time i drop the spear.

[paper marsh]

Don't like them on hard because of the low parry armor?

[hard sluice]

yep ! i prefer to hold a buckler

also, the daggers are more punishing in case i miss a parry and get hit.
it happens less and less, but it happens.

[paper marsh]

I'm starting to consider using evasion mantle for fun with dual weapons on hard

[hard sluice]

that does sound fun..!

[dark coyote]

we should get a damage bonus on the next attack after dodging an attack that would have hit

[nocturne wolf]

That’s what parrying is for already

Although that can boost multiple hits

Hasn’t dodging been buffed enough already with CtA?

[dark coyote]

so that dodge players can get something as well, not as much as parrying of course

[silk token]

can confirm it basically turns star mobs into not star mobs

[nocturne wolf]

Dodge players? Nobody is expected to use one method of avoiding damage.

Use whatever fits the situation best

[dark coyote]

maybe some do? I play only parry unless Im overwhelmed

[nocturne wolf]

Because parrying is so overpowered

[strange reef]

I might have to invest in a switch 2 now 😅.... I just wish hardware wasn't so expensive in 2026

[dark coyote]

then you admit dodging isnt

[hard sluice]

i think one issue with balancing dodging and parrying is that one can be used by mages.

[fossil delta]

Yeah, seems like some piece is crazy priced even when another finally drops back down.

[nocturne wolf]

Both can?

[hard sluice]

don't you break your protection bubble when you parry on a mage?

[nocturne wolf]

It can break

But not more often than an unblocked hit

[hard sluice]

when i play mage, i dodge instead of parrying, to keep my bubble up.

[shy marlin]

#MakeParryingCostStaminaAgain

[paper marsh]

yeah, but also bubble enables you to parry more things and lets you do so safely because even if bubble breaks, it still protects you while trying to parry

[dark coyote]

have that scale with block skill though

[paper marsh]

Generally Parry is better than dodge

But dodge has the advantages of fully avoiding damage, and being better against un-parriable enemies and better for back-to-back avoidance of damage

[nocturne wolf]

Rolling is often safer than moving, jumping, blocking, parrying and staggering an enemy first so it should be the least useful in actually damaging enemies

[hard sluice]

i even found that you can avoid the homing missiles from teh support mage dvergr with dodge.. not by dodging away from it (it will turn around and keep chasing), but by dodging into it, and getting hit while iframe

[silk token]

same technique for dodging skeetos

[idle storm]

dodging also doesn't damage your weapon. Which can be an issue with the ashlands gem 2handers.

[shy marlin]

durability 😂

[nocturne wolf]

I jump for deathsquitos. They can fly but their attack hitbox is one of the lowest in the game

I hate how rolling locks my movement

[rotund parrot]

Can't do this, already got used to not having to have enough stamina to parry, can't go back now!

[paper marsh]

Actually a very weird switchup regenerating stamina while parrying rather than having it drain

[shy marlin]

yes it's so op

at least make it stop stam regen for a bit

[rotund parrot]

Yeah probably, I always have that intrusive though when I just parry the attack to regain some stamina

[hard sluice]

thats a great idea.

[nocturne wolf]

I thought it should cost more stamina as you progress instead of a flat 20

And now it’s nothing instead

[shy marlin]

progressively making the game easier over the years

[hard sluice]

i dont think the devs are adjusting the difficulty to match the 'best valheim players' skill, so maybe our impression on the no-stamina parry is a bit biased.

[rotund parrot]

at least we have different difficulty to address that

[shy marlin]

except the difficulty sliders are pretty poor implementation of actual difficulty

[dark coyote]

maybe some things are hard because they are jank, I can think of a lot of "hard" games like that

[nocturne wolf]

The devs probably didn’t even test it, they just thought the numbers looked nice

[shy marlin]

iirc they only exist cause jsmars decided to work more than he was expected to for hildirs quest update lol

[rotund parrot]

hardcore isn't that bad now that I went back to my normal playstyle of just parrying attack and countering

[hard sluice]

i think its jsmars that mentionned it needed tweaks in an interview...
i think they know the modifiers need work

[paper marsh]

I like games that add new mechanics to higher difficulty. Adding parry stamina drain to hard/vhard would be welcome imo

Some AI changes could be cool too. Like reverting seeker AI to its original

[nocturne wolf]

New neck ai with dodge rolling and jump attacks

[shy marlin]

neck zilla on vh

[paper marsh]

Neck shoots fireballs while sommersalting through the air

[rotund parrot]

with triple health food you and decent block level you can parry pretty much everything of the biome you play. I could parry trolls with bronze, abo and 1 star draugr with iron, golems with silver ...

I used to think i'd have to cheese everything on very hard with bows or atgeir

[shy marlin]

imo parrying is on the same cheese as atgeir is lol

[hard sluice]

you cant really use stagger on harder difficulty because your dmg is cut. (85% on hard, i think)

[shy marlin]

that's not true

[nocturne wolf]

Your damage is decreased but not by much

[hard sluice]

you can, but its not as reliable.

[shy marlin]

it just becomes atgeir secondary --> dodge --> secondary

reliably staggers almost everything

[nocturne wolf]

Any high-stagger attack is still a lot more than enough for common enemies

[hard sluice]

probably true for atgeir.
tbh, i hate that spin attack, i never use it.

[nocturne wolf]

[shy marlin]

6x stagger dmg go brrrrrr

[hard sluice]

it feels broken, and i dont like the animation.

[rotund parrot]

I realised atgeir was op like 4 years ago when I right clicked the atgeir at level 1 on a lox and staggered it

[shy marlin]

and you should be realizing parrying is op when it literally doesn't cost stamina 😂

[rotund parrot]

I agreed with you on that just minutes ago

[hard sluice]

it is very powerful. i was surprised they removed the stamina cost.

but its more difficult to pull off, and more risky, than spamming spins

[shy marlin]

i'd argue it's the opposite

[hard sluice]

go ahead : P

[rotund parrot]

I also think the spin is harder and adds variables that are harder to deal with

[shy marlin]

Spin requires stamina, (parrying does not), spin requires actual good positioning, awareness, and adds unknown potential variables to an encounter

[rotund parrot]

Than just parrying the attack and killing something in like 2 seconds after

[hard sluice]

the people i saw using the spin method were the same people that were using bows for 90% of the game, so that may also add to my personal bias

[paper marsh]

I think parry gets limited more than dodge. on vhard enemey damage goes up 100%, making a good amount of parries fail

While player damage only drops 30%. Still works great with a battleaxe, fist weapon, mace, etc.
Or literally any weapon against smaller enemies like greydwarves or fulings

[dark coyote]

there is risk in trying to get all enemies within the spin, still an aoe stagger

[hard sluice]

missing and having to back up..?

[rotund parrot]

I am on very hard in the mistlands right now and I can parry 1 star seekers and 1 star seeker soldiers reliably

[paper marsh]

for super high skill player parrying is better.

For lower skill spinning is better. Spinning is a lot more forgiving in my experience

[shy marlin]

missing and getting nuked because all of the enemies you thought you were going to stagger suddenly didn't

[dark coyote]

I think for difficulty, the star overton window should shift instead, so like you would have 1-3 star enemies on hard

[hard sluice]

if you try to go in the middle of a pack of enemies to parry them all, and miss, you will also be in trouble. maybe staggered from it.

[rotund parrot]

You also keep enemies alive longer and that spin cost a lot of stamina

[hard sluice]

i guess the 2 methods are comparable.

[shy marlin]

i don't think so, parrying is still better for lower skill players because it's inherently more reactive than the proactive style of the atgeir, and lower skill players struggle with stamina habits, and parrying not costing stamina only eleviates some of that stress on the stamina bar.

[paper marsh]

Instead of what?

[dark coyote]

the current system

[hard sluice]

as i said, when i played with players that were not into combat(low skill...), they used bows and spinning atgeir.

[paper marsh]

I dunno, feels like that would be showering players on higher difficulty with a lot of loot. Feels like that just combines the difficulty and resource slider to an extent

[burnt glen]

if I start spinning instead of parrying, can I call myself a high skill player?

[shy marlin]

The reality is any skilled player does both

something something valheim being all about the right tool for the job

[hard sluice]

i think scales made a good argument that you can use spinning skillfully

[shy marlin]

parrying can also be used skillfully

[rotund parrot]

It's true for everything

[dark coyote]

I only parry and kick

[shy marlin]

it's not one is NO SKILL and the other is ALL SKILL

i just think one has more advantages than the other currently which makes me a bit sad

[nocturne wolf]

harpoon and sharp stakes is the true ALL SKILL

[rotund parrot]

But those 2 are just often used on higher difficulty because you need to use the most powerful tools available if you want to succeed

[gray sand]

Right tool for every job?
Fireball staff?

[shy marlin]

uh no

cheat sledge 😏

[nocturne wolf]

ng+255 jotun bane

[abstract warren]

Doing another iron haul

Should I put some in my plains farm?

[neon spire]

We don't have the ability to build the fuling style furniture stuff from the plains, do we?

[dark coyote]

just a farm? + windmill + blast furnace?

[shy marlin]

nah

at least not in vanilla

[abstract warren]

Basically yeah

[neon spire]

Sadge

[abstract warren]

Seems like if I get overencumbered while sailing I can keep sailing but once I get up I can't get back on the rudder without popping another troll endurance mead

[paper marsh]

I set a challenge for myself to not upgrade armor/shields and honestly the metal grind is a lot more pleasant this way

[dark coyote]

so you'll need 10 iron and 40 nails

[abstract warren]

For?

[paper marsh]

Windmill and Blast Furnace

[dark coyote]

and spinning wheel

[abstract warren]

Right yeah

Lol my longship broke in the river

Shouldn't have sailed so fast

[green reef]

takes a lot of ignored damage to have a boat sink

[abstract warren]

Yes

I wasn't careful

There was a lox and I may have panicked a bit

Lol

[dark coyote]

but when it does its usually your 🫏

[green reef]

definitely had loxes destroy my boat before

[abstract warren]

No it wasn't my home plains yet

[analog mirage]

Hour 5 of searching meadow biomes for a house type 6 with a Curious axe head inside 😄 so far found 4, no axe head xD

[fluid dust]

Good evening everyone

They should add a wizard's staff to the game

[abstract warren]

There is

Once you get to Mistlands

[fluid dust]

whaaat! Oh heck yeah

I'm about to cast so many foul spells. Can't wait

[gray sand]

There are 8 iirc.

[fluid dust]

this is important to me

[gray sand]

And they are completely OP AF but never being nerfed so 🤷‍♂️

Enjoy ez mode once you get them.

[fluid dust]

evil druid, wicked conjurer...

I need to get to work

[analog mirage]

I really wish they added the axe heads to meadows in more locations

mysterious is easy to get, there are A LOT of type 2 houses, but type 6 is very rare :/

[lone rampart]

RNG is a fickle mistress.

[hard sluice]

i would have like that the axe heads be found in troll caves :3

[dire kiln]

So I’ve never played this game before
I just downloaded it and I’m ready to jump in. Anybody know a good server for a newbie 🙂

[lunar sapphire]

I saw this the other day at a bus stop:

[feral grove]

You should look in #1024264966712340510 for that.

[dire kiln]

Ok thank you!

[abstract warren]

Knives would be the fastest to level right?

Due to their speed

[feral grove]

Spears also get XP quite quickly, from what I hear.

[tacit crystal]

Spears gain bit more xp than other weapon types with their primary attacks, plus they're fast hitters.

[analog mirage]

5 mysterious axe heads, 0 curious

[tacit crystal]

You need to search from the ||taller box looking abandoned building with chest higher||.

This:

[analog mirage]

found 4-5 so far, no heads

its not so much the drop rate from chest, but that there are like, 5-10 times as many houses with the mysterious, compared to the curious

[shy marlin]

Elder power is actually super nice

gathered 2 carts of core wood in 30 min

[foggy glacier]

Ugh, I am SO tired of rain in Mistlands always having to be a storm with huge waves. I just want to fish!

[quasi latch]

Remember when elder power used to be a complete joke?

And atgeir used to be stupidly overpowered?

Well, the second one is still true...
BUT THEY DID FIX THE FIRST ONE

[tacit crystal]

Well, it still is.

[shy marlin]

the death of stamina management does make me a bit sad ngl

[tawny olive]

so im new in this game what should i do after i get bronze?

[worn steeple]

Get yourself a new axe and some lovely finewood, unless youve already unlocked that part 😊

[tawny olive]

thank you

[green reef]

trying that Mistlands skip to see if I can half make it work

already destroyed one dvrgr base. seeker soldier lives there now

[abstract warren]

Damn I forgot it's good for chopping wood as well

[granite grail]

Are there different types of spawn houses? I just check every abandoned structure I see 😂

[green reef]

yes

[light moat]

I’m not sure how to ask this question, but I’m going to do my best lol.

Do you feel there’s a way to bring back the challenges with the old stamina system while retaining the perks/rates we have now?

[shy marlin]

no

[light moat]

Or rather, is there a way to increase the difficulty in a broad sense that utilizes the current stamina system?

Fair enough

[granite grail]

wdym the death of it? Trust me it's alive and real lol I'm learning it

[shy marlin]

should add context, to medium to higher skill players

for new players yea stam management still exists, and tbf maybe this new system is for the better overall, i personally have a disdain for it

[abstract warren]

Yay found a maypole

Oh it doesn't mean I can craft it does it

[worn steeple]

No

[abstract warren]

So no need to destroy it

[worn steeple]

If you destroy it, its gone

[abstract warren]

Yeah

[worn steeple]

Dont 😅 Its a seasonal structure. Can only make them under the Midsummer event. It provides comfort - increased by 1. Just like the Yule tree during Christmas season.

[granite grail]

Which ones do I need to check for the early axes?

[green reef]

#valheim-chat message

[green reef]

the other one looks like a house I think

[paper marsh]

I feel its understandable they didn't

It's a pretty strong weapon for meadows

[worn steeple]

Have you met these? #fanart message

[abstract warren]

If I can ride a lox while carrying too much why can't I sail then?

[worn steeple]

Riding a lox ignores your personal carry weight because the lox becomes the moving entity, it’s effectively carrying you.
Sailing doesn’t work the same way. The ship still treats your character as the active physics and inventory holder, so if you’re over weight, movement actions (including boarding/sailing properly) are restricted.
It’s less about realism and more about how Valheim separates mount logic from player movement + inventory logic.

I suppose.

[gray sand]

Bring back the old system but make it specific to combat/sprinting/swimming.

That way builders and farmers can just do their thing without worrying, but you have to be strategic when performing actions that have "risk" associated.

[paper marsh]

Wait how did the stamina system change? I'm only familiar with the no parry stamina and dodge stamina return changes

[gray sand]

Those would be the main 2 points.

[shy marlin]

• the additions of bear armor, vile armor, ask set

[honest frigate]

i asked my friend to rank how dangerous do you think these enemies are in the game: bear, wolf and mosquito

😭

[gray sand]

Wolf >>>>>>>>>>>>> Mosq >= Bear

Mosq die in 1 hit and bears completely avoid you if you just hold a torch.

[honest frigate]

bor

[gray sand]

?

[honest frigate]

bear does 20 damage

wolf does like 50 and then mosquito does like 80

[gray sand]

Bear does zero damage if you hold a torch.

Mosq dies in 1 hit so just smack it before it hits you, meaning it does zero damage.

[honest frigate]

so i thought it was funny for someone whos never played the game to get the strongest enemies reversed

[abstract warren]

Yeah. The main flaw is that I can pop a troll endurance mead and sit on the boat, then when it wears off I can actually keep using it while carrying to much

Only if I get up I have to pop another

[fossil delta]

Heh, just saw a U tube video where a person was happy to get to play Valheim with their 60 year old dad. Here I am, almost 60, wishing my kids would play it with my wife and I. (They have, but we've never gotten out of the Meadows)

[abstract warren]

Did they lose interest?

[plush umbra]

is there a setting to where auto run turns with your camera?

[hard sluice]

anyone cares to share their strategy for the ashland 1st landing?
i'm planning to sail around and hope for a gap in the spires and a nearby land.
once near the shore, i'll try to place a workbench in a high place to keep my boat repaired, and eventually raise terrain to start building.
i was curious if anyone had better ideas

[fossil delta]

Yeah, not good enough for them.

[abstract warren]

Did they specify what they didn't like?

[fossil night]

I would not bother building. My cousin and I had a stroke of luck and found a delapidated structure for our first venture into the ashlands completely blind. You get swarmed far too fast for building to be worth your time the first time you land

[hard sluice]

i cant place portals*, so i'll want at least some repair stations

[foggy glacier]

I like to find a spot with a ruined building on the coast. Have mats for your workbench and portal on you, and a forge + shield generator in your hold. Sail full on right up the beach and jump up to at least 2nd level of the ruin before anyone can get to you.

[fossil delta]

Several things, such as they didn't like the crafting.

[foggy glacier]

Take out any birds, then drop your workbench and portal as close to a wall/floor as possible. Once you've got a portal set up, go back to the ship for your other mats to get the shield up.

[foggy glacier]

no-portal run?

[hard sluice]

yeah, immersive mode..!
so i'll have to build in ashlands for the 1st time.. i'm still trying to figure it out

but the ideas still work. i can try to find a structure near the shore, kill the birds and build my repair and storage up there. thats a good 1st step

[foggy glacier]

I would actually put a workbench and some kit on one of the stone spires out a bit from land. You can leave your ship out there even, and hop inland.

If you want to bring your ship in, do so, sure. but at least you've got backup kit nearby if you need it.

[hard sluice]

i was thinking to maybe do something in between a spire base, and one on the land. maybe raise terrain in the shallow part of the sea, nearby

[foggy glacier]

You'll want a shield gen up fast; it provides some protection from ranged damage too.

[viscid wigeon]

build some form of protection immedietly, find somewhere where there isnt morgens or anything to immedietly kill you, make sure you have portals and beds

[hard sluice]

i'm glad you reminded me of the shield, i was going to forget it :/

[shy marlin]

just put a portal on a spire in the sea, don't bother making an outpost on the coast

[hard sluice]

i guess i could build on a putrid hole, if theres one nearby.

[foggy glacier]

Maybe set up a small stone hut on one of the spires out to sea a bit and put a bed in it before you make landfall.

[foggy glacier]

Most enemies can get up the putrid hole. If you can get to the 3rd level of a ruined grausten structure, you only need worry about voltures and archers.

[hard sluice]

i'm planning to bring a lot of stone, but switch to grausten once there

[foggy glacier]

Everyone else just stands on the ground and stares at you stupidly.

[hard sluice]

ty for the suggestions : )

[green reef]

If you can find some dwarven home, those make good bases too

[foggy glacier]

good luck in your war.

[abstract warren]

Should I make a full padded armour set?

[foggy glacier]

I like using it in the infested mines.

[analog mirage]

At this point its ridiculous... I gave up after I fully explored both the world I made to try and get them AND the world i used for storage mulling (which worked cause I never explored outside the spawn)
And loaded the seeds to a world generator to check the spawns. turns out I did find every single house 6 on the first world, and missed one in the 2nd, which had the curious axe head
thats 2 worlds over over 7 hours of exploration, and i was thorough... freaking sailed on a raft over at least 4 islands... this is wayyyyyy harder than pre bronze krakens for chittin

[paper marsh]

Haven't gone searching personally so not sure how rare it is, if its that bad it might be a little too rough.

Could be having bad rng though, I heard a lot of people in here finding the heads within a few hours of starting a world

[abstract warren]

I'm still in plains

[analog mirage]

Im guessing 2-3 hours average, problem is its wayyyyyy too rng dependant :p
Im very much for moving the curious axe head to black forest, and the mystical in meadows, and have em spawn with a smaller chance from every chest? or perhaps from 2-3 different sources, not locked into one specific (nevermind how house 6 is kinda hard to spot)

[fossil delta]

It will make the Plains easier too.

[abstract warren]

Ok

I'm just wondering if I should make a whole fully upgraded set

I'm generally used to light armour

[abstract warren]

What about padded cuirass vs root harnesk against deathsquitos?

[fossil delta]

I usually survive 3 or 4 hits, which I only have to take because I am trying to avoid several Lox and/or fulings.

[fossil delta]

Yeah, the change in movement can take some getting used to, but here is a little secret. Even in heavy armor you can still out run everything else.

Besides, you should be able to buy that piece of squirrel from the Bog Witch to make the running mead. Once you get into the Mistlands, and can then make the Lightfoot mead for Jumping, you will practically fly through the Mistlands if your run and jump skills are decently high. It gets even better once you get the Mistlands cloak.

[abstract warren]

Yeah

I always like to maximise my mobility though

Just found Yagluth's vegsvisir

I reckon I should wear heavy armour when facing him at least..?

[fossil delta]

Not sure. My Tower Shield protects me rather well from all but one of his attacks. But again, as for the mobility, even in heavy armor you still move faster than anything else. Even without meads. Even without the Cultist armor. Your only something like 10% slower than your possible fastest. It does not make you slower than the mobs in the game. The extra HP the heavy armor absorbs will likely do more to keep you alive than 10% more speed.

[abstract warren]

I should probably still wear the root harnesk

[tough mulch]

Not a good Idea if you ask me

[shy marlin]

root harnesk is goated

[tepid prawn]

please stop talking about it I am so scared it will get nerfed lol

don't tell anyone!

[shy marlin]

oh okay

root harnesk is the worst it needs to be buffed

[hard sluice]

bronze armor OP

[tepid prawn]

bronze armour actually is pretty

but so is bear and troll and even the deerhide armour which I never make, usually go naked until some bear or troll or sometimes even until root

[rain flare]

I still love my bronze 🥰

[abstract warren]

Against Yagluth you mean

Yeah probably padded better

[rain flare]

Or cultists

[paper marsh]

tbh I always found it silly it only gives pierce resist. Like it's just a worse bonemass

Would be nice if it gave resistance to all physical damage, and because you do have to sacrifice a chest slot (unlike bonemass) it would only be fair if it was a 75% resist

[abstract warren]

Yeah

[tepid prawn]

bm is only slightly resistant now, I don't use it that often, elder and moder are sooo good

and so is Yaggy as well

[abstract warren]

That's odd

Crafting is probably the best thing about Valheim

[fossil delta]

They listed games they like better, but I don't play any of them, so I don't recall their names.

[fast summit]

waddup yall, just got valheim. Any tips?

[fossil delta]

Listen to the bird is probably the biggest tip.

Pick up everything and craft everything at least once is another usual tip.

[abstract warren]

I see

[fast summit]

appreciate it bro

[abstract warren]

So fully upgraded padded iron is the way to go against Yagluth?

[tacit crystal]

If you want to have highest armor rate then yes, personally I like using Fenris for its speed buff and fire resistance.

[vapid zephyr]

I'm Greydwarfing it

Is 1.0 gonna be the last update or will there be patches and small things coming after 1.0?

Because there are games the get updates after 1.0

[wet wolf]

there will be updates after 1.0

[abstract warren]

Yes

Speed ftw

[vapid zephyr]

Do you have an idea if they are just patches that add small things or if there still will be big updates?

[wet wolf]

just small updates there wont be any more progression updates

[vapid zephyr]

Still adding things though right?

[wet wolf]

i think so

[vapid zephyr]

cool

[sterile dagger]

Before we think and dream about more updates after 1.0
We need 1.0 first

[vapid zephyr]

Agreed.

[tacit crystal]

Bug fixes and improvements, possible smaller content updates.

[rough atlas]

is there a mod that makes it rain.. less?

[tacit crystal]

Have you tried to ask in https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1202934289898151966 ? 👍

[abstract warren]

My tame loxes don't defend me against wild ones lol

Regular black metal shield or tower black metal shield against Yagluth?

[steel mica]

Tamed creatures wont atack their own species

say tamed wolf wont attack wild wolf

[abstract warren]

I see

Is the vile set good for plains?

The weaknesses seem a bit harsh

[steel mica]

Its a glass cannon set so high risk high reward armor

If you can dodge and weave nicely then I'd recommend using it

for the dmg boost

[abstract warren]

Those viles are quite rare though huh

[steel mica]

Its rng so good luck getting full set

[worn steeple]

I dont see them as rare at all, cant think of one single night in Plains I havent encountered one.

[abstract warren]

Yeah found one now

No ribcage though...

Sure as hell no trophy

Oh 1 ribcage

[idle storm]

I usually got 1-3 viles per night farming the set

usually only dropped 1 or 2 ribcages though

and only one trophy out of all of them

Also you're much better off farming the bear hide from normal bears because they only drop 1 of that too most of the time

[abstract warren]

Yeah I got plenty of hides

[idle storm]

The set is great though, especially for a hybrid build once you get the bubble staff in Mistlands to cover the weakness.

though the extra damage is managable if you're decent at blocking/dodging hits.

[abstract warren]

Should I make a regular black metal shield or tower shield?

[smoky saddle]

Perosnally, Black metal

[worn steeple]

Lol

[abstract warren]

Regular you mean

[worn steeple]

He asked for buckler or tower-shield.

[abstract warren]

Yeah

It's not really a buckler though I think

More like a banded shield

[worn steeple]

Its just called Black metal Shield, ive always reffered to mine (round one) as a Buckler 😂

[idle storm]

the normal one is enough to block anything non-starred in the plains and mistlands so there's not that much point going for the tower imo

[abstract warren]

Vile killed my *ss

[smoky saddle]

Oh I didnt see the regular part lmao

[abstract warren]

Lol I can't actually rest in the hot tub since it makes me wet...

But why is my max comfort still at 14

Should be 16

[idle storm]

either you moved too far out of range of something else or you forgot to fuel it

[worn steeple]

Probably bed not close enough or hearth

[tacit crystal]

I think the hot tub is an exception, you can actually have resting effect while on the tub.

[flat stag]

Is anyone here pretty good at building? I struggle to decide how to build a house relatively high up. Still not sure how to create stability properly.

Should I just raise ground with a hoe and then use wood iron poles to extend stability further?

And what about stone pieces?

I think I heard that they extend the "base of the ground" foundation, if it makes sense

There are also too many guides and videos out there, so I am not sure which are the most recent ones, where the rules still apply

[idle storm]

not extend the ground, they just have higher maximum stability than wood. Pieces lose a part of their stability depending on how far from the ground they are.
So wood on a stone base (that has more stability than the max stability of wood) is as stable as wood on the ground, letting you build higher than with wood alone.

https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Building_stability is a good start to look at

Though your best bet for building high early is pine trees. Any building part clipping into a pine tree counts as being in contact with the ground so you can build very high even with basic wood.

[abstract warren]

Seems like nope

Could be nice though. Maybe there's a mod for that

[tacit crystal]

I recall it has worked before. Gotta test some if it has been changed.

[abstract warren]

No I'm standing right inbetween them all

Still only 14

[flat stag]

Just to demonstrate what kind of build I am aiming for:

#screenshots message

I would raise ground all the way to the water, to make stability high up, but then it will create a blockade, that will prevent me from travelling back and forth on that flat area near the water.

Sorry I have to AFK now.

[idle storm]

you can just leave a gap between the raised ground and make a little tunnel to walk through

[flat stag]

not a bad idea, actually

will look kinda ugly, but i guess that is the price you pay for stability

[idle storm]

you can build walls around it

it's not like you have to leave it bare

[abstract warren]

What's considered the best weapon for plains generally?

[flat stag]

because there is this thing with making a fire, too - I can't just make a fire on the floor. So I have to raise ground for that reason, too...

[candid basalt]

The one you like

[idle storm]

most weapons work well for plains. You'll want something with pierce for lox but that's pretty much it.

i usually bring silver sword & fang spear

[worn steeple]

And you have placed what items, exactly?

[idle storm]

+draugr fang

[abstract warren]

I'll be more specific... Best weapon against Viles..?

Because I'm too slow with my battleaxe and it kills me

[abstract warren]

All possible comfort items

[idle storm]

silver sword

no question since they're weak to spirit

also lets you bring a shield to parry because those buggers hit hard

[abstract warren]

Hearth, dragon bed, rug, banner, throne, round table, armor stand, hot tub

All quite close together too

[abstract warren]

Yeah

Silver sword better than frostner?

Oh right they resist blunt and frost

[worn steeple]

Hearth, dragonbed or darkwood table seems to be too far, as they all provide 2 points.

[idle storm]

yes, viles are resistant to frost and silver sword does more than twice the spirit damage

[abstract warren]

My sword level is at 0 lol

I guess it's time to train it

[tacit crystal]

Silver knife is also nice against them IMO.

[abstract warren]

Yes I made one too now

Both fully upgraded 💪

Gonna train my sword skill on some greydwarfs

[zenith steeple]

Are there custom worlds with pre-built structures that are recommended for a new server to play with 3-4 players ?

[tacit crystal]

Guess my memory was correct. Obviously the tub must be heated for it to happen.

[abstract warren]

Ohh

[tacit crystal]

Each world is pre-built in a way (procedurally at least). But if you mean player made servers you can search in https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1024264966712340510 👍

[steel mica]

Ah yes I love taking a hot bath while wearing my heavily fine asksvin armor

[candid basalt]

Yeah hot tub only gives comfort if lit

[tacit crystal]

It was obviously just for testing.

[candid basalt]

Nah just trying to shrink them jeans old school way

[steel mica]

I know I was just joking

[tacit crystal]

I know.

[near furnace]

why?

you're clensing your body, soul and your asksvin armor at the same time 🤔

[runic pasture]

Yall should add a glass cannon build armore

[steel mica]

Theres like 4 in-game

[runic pasture]

nah

I mean one late game one with 0 armore but boosted stamina faster roles more damage and stuff like that

[steel mica]

What are the weaknesses you might add to this glass cannon armor of yours?

[runic pasture]

no weakneses just no armore and like 20% more damage to yourself

[steel mica]

That would be too op imo

[tacit crystal]

There are already 2 new armor sets since Call to Arms that have increased hp/stamina regen, increased damage for certain types and slight weaknesses to physical damage.

[haughty geode]

I went onto tiny island with shipwreck, barely 1 tree on it, parked my raft, went onto another side of it (where that tree is) to check for tin, and... when I return there are 2 greydwarfs destroying my raft...

[runic pasture]

Late game
..

[idle storm]

vile armor gives 40% stam regen and 20% blunt & pierce damage already
And it's just as powerful in Ashlands as it was in the plains since you're not wearing it for the armor value

[runic pasture]

Im talking like better typ if yk

What i mean

Cus vile is still strong armore val

Less armore more buff...

[abstract warren]

What does the vilebone set require for upgrades?

[tacit crystal]

Bear hide, linen, vilebones.

In case of headpiece just bear hide.

[grave parcel]

hey what is that arrow on the mminimap?

i play wihtout map but i remember there is an arrow that points to sth and changes direction but i alwas didn know what it was since beta

[abstract warren]

Wind

[grave parcel]

oh ok

weird cuz iirc i was checking if this was wind / nearest boss

[urban forge]

any french speaking people ?

[gray sand]

About 68 million+

[lone rampart]

clubs Sevrahn with a baguette 🥖

[gray sand]

I do love a good bread!

[flat stag]

man - I have building paralysis - got a good spot and materials but it's... just hard lol

[chrome badge]

I try to let the land tell me where to put things

[lone rampart]

You might have luck in #1024264966712340510

[flat stag]

it's like an empty canvas - writer's block, etc

[chrome badge]

Ah, perhaps looking for inspirations then.

[flat stag]

I always have big dreams and then rage-build something mediocre real fast - something that just... works

[chrome badge]

I always recommend starting small, establish a formatting of sorts for your base/village.

[abstract warren]

That's my default mode lol

Although I don't even have big dreams with building. Just adventure

Just slap something together and head on

Man black metal atgeir is so OP

I can stagger even lox and fuling berserkers with my secondary attack now

Swish bam bam swish bam bam GONE

[paper marsh]

Thats just atgeirs in general yea

[flat stag]

hehe

You mean: eat, run and chop?

[lone rampart]

Tis the Viking way.

[abstract warren]

Yup

Even building with stone feels rather unviking-like lol

Although I could headcanon that in Valheim the viking learns it or something

[steel mica]

Foundation is key and yeah starting small is very important aswell

Dont build too large all at once or else risk just not finishing it

[tawny olive]

should i upgrade my bronze armor lvl 3 or should i go after iron and make iron armor?

[steel mica]

Better to just rush iron

If you have the time hunt some abominations and replace the bronze chest piece with the root harnesk chest piece

You'll understand why once you get it

[tawny olive]

thank you im asking because im new and thats my first journey hah

[steel mica]

Baby's first time swamp

Careful swamp is a bit of a steep increase in difficulty

[tawny olive]

ah

thanks

[last otter]

Lololol.

Am I the only one that thinks the Swamp is the scariest biome upon first entry?

[shy marlin]

it's up there

[last otter]

Hm.

What’s yours?

Probably Mistlands.

[shy marlin]

Prolly mistlands

lmao

[last otter]

Yup.

[shy marlin]

Similar vibes, could go either way between swamp/mist

Swamp is def more sinister, but mistlands has the fear of the unknown thing going on

[last otter]

Yeah, I figured. That first Abomination is thrilling, if you had no previous experience or knowledge of it.

[last otter]

Exactly.

[candid basalt]

Worse was not reading patch notes and finding an abom in a swamp you thought you knew

[last otter]

I guess it’s up to the imagination, first entry Mistlands is however scary you think it is, because you can’t see.

[candid basalt]

My first foray into mistlands a hare scared the hell out of me

[shy marlin]

My first encounter with a gjall was hearing the gjall horn before actually seeing the gjall

[candid basalt]

“Mistlands has dubstep? Neat!”

[last otter]

It’s your imagination, lololol. You heard something and expected the worst.

[last otter]

Oh, my.

I FORGOT about those.

That sound is terrifying.

[flat stag]

are 2 small poles weaker than 1 long pole?

[last otter]

Worse than the first abomination, lol.

[flat stag]

in other words, do 2x 1m poles provide worse stability than one 2m pole?

[candid basalt]

Current world I was looking for infested mines and working on my Mistlands base. Had 14 gjalls I had to kill in a four hour play period

[candid basalt]

It’s maximum height, not how many pieces it took to get there

[flat stag]

alright, thanks

[candid basalt]

Can also put a 1m piece in a 2m piece to get a snap point and then destroy it after you snap what you wanted like a cross beam

[steel mica]

Not alone but a lot of player will grow overtime

[last otter]

What do you mean?

[steel mica]

Players get more experienced overtime

[last otter]

Oh.

[steel mica]

I dont see the swamp as terrifying as before more so annoying due to the environment

[candid basalt]

That’s why they said “first time”

[last otter]

Oh, you said “Not alone” as in you’re agreeing with me.

[candid basalt]

And now I love swamps

[last otter]

I was confused, lol.

[steel mica]

That was on me, bad sentencing

But yes

[chrome badge]

The way Abominations lurch from the ground still freaks me out.

[last otter]

Lolol.

[last otter]

For real.

[candid basalt]

Now that I know what their stumps look like I rain fire down on them when they are sleeping

[steel mica]

I go from
WT-
to
GIVE ME YOUR ROOTS BOI I NEED THAT

Me currently

[last otter]

Hahah.

[candid basalt]

Too many roots.. I farm them for guck fuel

[last otter]

They think they’re slick.

Bro, I see you.

[steel mica]

I still get jumped a bit but ultimately found it positive because root harnesk good

[last otter]

Isn’t that poison damage reduction?

[chrome badge]

Also, I can't think of a sneakier mob than the Wraith.

[last otter]

Hm.

[steel mica]

Pierce resistance

[candid basalt]

Current save I’m leveling blood magic by letting my skeles fight them while I harvest coal from surtling farms

[steel mica]

Helmet gives you the poison resistance

[last otter]

Ahh.

Oh.

So I was right, lol.

[steel mica]

Bears... the fu- BEARS

The amount of times I got snuck up on by bears because I didnt notice them is painfully a lot

[candid basalt]

Bears are ninjas. Wraiths are glowy and that gives em away

[last otter]

I haven’t experienced a Bear, yet. Lol.

I wonder what it’ll be like.

[candid basalt]

So many bears

[last otter]

I haven’t played ValHeim in close or over a year. Which is crazy because I’m somewhat active in this server.

[steel mica]

play

[candid basalt]

Now is the time to return!

[last otter]

I don’t have the game. 😭

[steel mica]

Family share.

[last otter]

It’s off gamepass.

[steel mica]

o

[last otter]

I’m a console gremlin.

[steel mica]

Buy it

[last otter]

I might pay for it, soon.

[steel mica]

Worth hundreds of hours

[last otter]

I know right.

[candid basalt]

Panhandle if you have to

[steel mica]

Im still playing even after endgame

[last otter]

Goodie!

[steel mica]

Just mastering everything I can

[last otter]

What?

[last otter]

I love your love for the game.

[candid basalt]

To afford it lol

[last otter]

Lol.

[steel mica]

Dont take my word, look at other people's hours on the game

[last otter]

For real.

[steel mica]

Im only at 880h close to my 1k

[candid basalt]

1200 here, just beat my Skyrim time

[chrome badge]

I can't say I've ever had that happen, but I have had Wraiths silently join the fight at the worst time on countless occasions. 😅

[last otter]

I can afford it, lol. I might buy it soon.

[last otter]

I think I have a few days.

[steel mica]

Looks like someone has been yearning for the crypts 👀

[last otter]

I beat the Mistlands boss, I didn’t even see what the Ashlands boss looks like yet.

[chrome badge]

Maybe when I was a child

[steel mica]

By the time you finish a crypt its already nighttime

[candid basalt]

I need to farm more iron. And need some chains. I yearn for the crypts

[steel mica]

I always make mini bases infront of the crypts for easy storage and safety back to main base

[candid basalt]

Workbench on top, ladders on back. Chest to store iron and a portal to transport everything else

[steel mica]

Its just stakewalls covering exactly the front porch of the crypt entrance and roof

[candid basalt]

Then cart iron to a shoreline outpost

[steel mica]

I prefer the ground because jumping back up and down makes my back hurt

Plus you're gonna fight the enemies anyways so might as well deal with them

[abstract warren]

Wtf serpent tucked tail and swimming away from me

COME BACK HERE

[steel mica]

The plus side of the mini base on top of rhe crypt is safety

[candid basalt]

I have turned a swamp into a civilized area with stone roads and wisp lights along them

And a castle on the edge connecting it all

[abstract warren]

Killed in 4 shots. I can understand his fear tbh

[candid basalt]

Just for fun

[steel mica]

Does wisplights count for preventing spawning of enemies?

Ah I see

[candid basalt]

No but campfires with no fuel does under trees

[steel mica]

Ah ok

[paper marsh]

oh they don't?

[steel mica]

Well what about the regular wood torch?

[candid basalt]

Yes

[steel mica]

Well no actually they'll stop burning because of rain in swamp lol

[candid basalt]

And if you hide a torch in a wood piece or stone, they don’t attack them

[green reef]

the campfire stops spawning wether its burning or not

[paper marsh]

Burning doesn't matter for spawn suppression

[candid basalt]

I don’t think wisp lights block spawns

[last otter]

Yo, check out this Tale that happened to me and my brothers, in ValHeim. I already told it, so I’m just replying to it!

[steel mica]

I would imagine wisplights preventing spawns because you're using yggdrasil which is hard to gather in bulk

[candid basalt]

Just checked the wiki. They are not on the list

[steel mica]

But the game is only classifying spawn suppression on base structures

So yeah sad

Not a big deal really

[last otter]

Extra Note:

[steel mica]

Just would have been nice

[candid basalt]

I will say, guck torches are a great ambience for swamp builds

[steel mica]

It is dark green'ish

I gotta sleep goodnight valheimians

[last otter]

What is a Guck Torch? 😭

[candid basalt]

Iron torches that burn green like in front of crypts

[last otter]

Hmm.

[candid basalt]

They use guck as fuel

[last otter]

Oh, wait.

I think I remember now.

[candid basalt]

You can get guck from trees, but Abom farming is renewable and better for the environment

[green reef]

unless you are using an auto-fuel mod, the lights that don't use fuel are a lot nicer to use, especially on servers that might run while you aren't around.

[last otter]

I just realized, lolol. What is Family Share?

[candid basalt]

This is why I use wisp lights

And dvergr lanterns

[last otter]

Are these new items!?

I know Wisp Lights.

Dvergr Lanterns?

[candid basalt]

Dvergr lanterns are mistland items

[green reef]

did any new lights come out from Ashlands?

[candid basalt]

Lava lamps

[last otter]

I never settled in the Mistlands, so I probably wouldn’t know, lol.

[idle storm]

last patch gave us feylights made from thistle and finewood

[candid basalt]

You make dvergr lanterns using black forge and its bronze and crystal I believe

[idle storm]

they're pretty dim but take no fuel and you can stack them to increase brightness.

[last otter]

Oooh.

[green reef]

I usually steal the lanterns, but still need step when placing the completed one that requires the forge. kind of annoying to do it all twice.

[last otter]

Cool.

[frigid anvil]

Valheim coming on switch 2… when’s it coming on ios? /j

[candid basalt]

Oh and surtling core is needed

[frigid anvil]

I wanna play Valheim while I’m at work 😂

[idle storm]

copper, chain and a dvergr lantern is needed for the lamps. You can just take those from dvergr towers by the dozen even with the ward still up.

[frigid anvil]

Sadly we don’t have a Norse exhibit, it would be great to play Valheim sitting next to actual Viking artifacts 😂

[candid basalt]

Oh yeah the lanterns are bronze core and crystal

[candid basalt]

Sitting in a longship playing Valheim

[last otter]

Relatable.

[last otter]

Fireeee.

[last otter]

I will literally do that if I ever had the chance, lol.

[abstract warren]

Fishing is so annoying

[last otter]

Fishing is peaceful.

Two types of people, lol.

[abstract warren]

Stupid fish ignore my bait

And yes it's the right bait

[last otter]

Change your perspective.

You’re focusing on the wrong thing.

[abstract warren]

Yeah lol

[last otter]

Unless you’re starving.

If you’re about to die from starvation, then I can see getting upset at no fish. LOL.

[tribal leaf]

So what's the best armor for swamp? Root or Iron?

[haughty geode]

to see "forest moving" forthe first time ever while I was just about to go sleep with no stamina and not ready to fight at any means...

[abstract warren]

Root

[abstract warren]

Yeah

Those trollfish so apathetic though

[tribal leaf]

Seems i got quite a few more abominations to kill. Love using it in plains to early collected Deathsquitos needles since it offers high defense against pierce and iron bucklers are enough to parry. Just didnt know if iron armor is worth my time or not.

[abstract warren]

Nah not worth it

Get a fully upgraded battleaxe instead

[gray sand]

Troll. 🙂

[abstract warren]

It's the best against abominations

[tribal leaf]

Challenge a 2 star Draughr Elite with no shield to flex

[gray sand]

?
Why no shield?
Armor has no effect on blocking, so if your challenge is "get hit" then Iron Armor wins.
But that's just... why?

[tribal leaf]

Oh i was meaning once i have to armor i like to go into plains and do that. I use axe or battleaxe. Which my parry game is usually on point so bronze buckler and bronze axe work

[tribal leaf]

I was being silly. Like i said was curious if iron is even worth bothering for armor.

[abstract warren]

Do you guys usually take the karve or longship for fishing?

[gray sand]

Drak.

[abstract warren]

Don't have that yet

[gray sand]

Then Long.

[abstract warren]

So I guess whatever's fastest then

[gray sand]

Karve should be the fastest imo, but it be what it be.

[abstract warren]

Isn't it faster but less agile?

[candid basalt]

Nope

[gray sand]

1. It should be both.
2. Longship is faster and less agile.

[candid basalt]

Karve turns on a dime

[gray sand]

iirc Longship is faster than Drak too, but I could be wrong and Drak could barely be faster.

[abstract warren]

Oh so it's the opposite of what I remembered

More agile in expense of speed

[trail pelican]

i think they may be equally fast but the drak just 'feels' slower because it's chonkier--it has a bigger turn radius to be sure

[gray sand]

Karve should be fastest and most agile.
And the larger ships should trade those for cargo space.

[candid basalt]

Drak and long are 2m/s faster than karve at full sail with wind

[gray sand]

Given we sail for minutes to hours, meters per second adds up rather quickly.

[candid basalt]

Paddle speed is the same for all except raft

[gray sand]

Raft paddle should be the speediest if I had anything to do with it.

[abstract warren]

Damn trollfish so hard to find sometimes

[green reef]

park a boat on the edge of black forest, sleep, wake up, troll fish on boat. lol

[abstract warren]

Whut

[green reef]

waves will splash fish onto shore/boats but only where you are hanging out

i wonder if making coal or smelting metal while you sleep makess a difference? 🤔

[worn steeple]

It does finish up yes

[abstract warren]

Yeah

[abstract warren]

So I should sleep next to the boat?

[green reef]

ymmv but I was surprised how many free trollfish I got that way. like one every night.

[abstract warren]

Ok I might try it I guess

[trail pelican]

and then me thinking i'm clever trying to take advantage of this mechanics build a bunch of 'fish traps' along the shoreline (mostly just roof tiles with the incline facing seaward) and have caught NOTHING in em

[green reef]

yeah, talked about fish traps with someone recently, I guess youtube mentioned them too. still might require you to be nearby and some kind of wave action while things are still happening.

[trail pelican]

I even built them by my main house where I sleep--no dice--all ALONG the shorelines AROUND the traps though, regularly littered with beached fish

[hard sluice]

i dug out the shore for it to be flat, and barely a meter over the water level, around my last base, and i had trollfishes getting stuck there after every storms.
idk if there are better ways, but it worked for me

[abstract warren]

Hmmm