valheim-chat

[paper marsh]

Getting stuck in the puddles and running out of stamina because you're wet and getting stuck in puddles all the time is definitely a tough part about swamp, but that doesn't have much to do with gear. That's just learning good stamina management and avoiding (or paving over) puddles. Habits which you probably won't have as a new player so swamp claims many a fresh viking

[next sleet]

Like my previous few deaths are like maneuvering around angry mobs and then got caught in a small puddle that disarms me or think I have space but a near invisible log blocking me and grounding me between mobs

[silk token]

the first thing i do is say "arite where am i gonna fight you" when i see something scary. use trees to your advantage to position archers, bring aboms to a clearing without puddles to boop you in, stuff like that. thats all i can really say

there's plenty of worse an dmore frustrating terrain to come

[next sleet]

Yes I am working towards mistlands and beyond because that's when i finished playing a few years ago

Not sure if worse than swamp, I don't recall mount and plains being so bad

Guess the new content have that

[sharp owl]

Where's a good spot to farm just feathers?

or can you even build smth that acts as kind of lure?

[merry pebble]

Once you get to plains or through plains you get ways to farm feathers easily 🙂 before that going through black forest chests and sniping birds in rain work very well 🙂

[silk token]

during storms or wind birds land on the ground, just wait for bad weather and go bird hunting

[sharp owl]

I am in the plains and running outta feathers for 😄

[merry pebble]

Hmm, have you found hildir or killed plains boss yet? 😄

[sharp owl]

I'm laying waste to one village after another but can't find the pointer towards the boss 🙁
That is supposed to be inside villages, right?

yes, and I got Hildir's location

[merry pebble]

Nope, you can only find it near certain stone/stonehenge structures

[sharp owl]

oh now I can see the issue, no idea why I had this in the back of my head.

but going back to the feathers.

[sharp owl]

I can buy smth from Hildir?

[merry pebble]

Have you looked at her table?

[sharp owl]

was quite some time ago, yes. I went to 2 locations so far.

[merry pebble]

Go to the third and clear it, once you do that you will have a way to solve all your feather problems 😄

[sharp owl]

she'll update her inventory then?

[merry pebble]

You will find something at the location 🙂

[sly quail]

Dang, just did my first playthrough of BF since Bears added, little disappointed with how easy they were, but I suppose it makes sense given the trophy drop rate. I did have to kill a million of them.

[echo crest]

That is a lot of bears then.

[near furnace]

oh? ghost ping?

[shy marlin]

mr smiffe

you do not have to throw any devs into mount doom

gj 👏 morgan caves are fixed for me

[cosmic summit]

How do fish schools work? Do they respawn? Will they always spawn in the same place or do they move around?

Trying to decide if its worth it to continue building my fishing cottage, or if I should build it somewhere else

[foggy glacier]

They do respawn, generally in the same area where you see them.

I found a lucky fishing spot that keeps respawning fish.

[cosmic summit]

So it might be a good idea to build next to one? Or mark them on the map?

[foggy glacier]

Yes, either or both. One thing to note though: I think fish count as creatures in the game, so you can't spawnproof your area. Build far enough back that your portal/workbench won't block the spawns.

[cosmic summit]

That would explain why there's never fish near my home

[worn steeple]

Even campfires can stop fish from spawning.

[cosmic summit]

Campfires stop everything from spawning

[worn steeple]

Yes, and no. There has been a lot of bugs, specially in the mountains as Hatchlings and Golems kept spawning in areas packed with campfires.

[steel mica]

Is the spawn proof area like a ball around the campfire or like a giant cylinder with a vertical limit?

[near furnace]

heck yeah!

[worn steeple]

A ball / 3D bubble unless im all wrong

[barren whale]

ball iirc

[shy marlin]

Just wanna say thank you/devs it was probably my least favorite thing in the entire game

[steel mica]

Could be why drakes still spawn 🤔

They spawn above the bubble

[worn steeple]

They spawn on ground or near it before they take off.

[near furnace]

now find something new that anoys you, so we can focus that thing down 😛

j/k

[shy marlin]

🤔 i think my last big grudge with the game is the lack of true difficulty modifiers but that's a HUGE ask

[steel mica]

Ah

[tacit crystal]

https://giphy.com/gifs/oscars-academy-awards-oscars1990-l3q2XhfQ8oCkm1Ts4

[worn steeple]

Tried fire hazard enabled? That can spice up the game until you get stone. We used it, I loved it.. had to turn it off cause someone went nuts during a raid, he chose fire arrows.

[shy marlin]

possibly 🤔

but it's not really the challenge i'm looking for

it's different, just not for me

[near furnace]

True difficulty? 🤔

[worn steeple]

If the current avaliable settings don't do the trick, or no-tombstone, no portal, no map etc then its mods.

[shy marlin]

Stuff more than just number changes

[near furnace]

like NG+ with new mobs, new move-sets, new stuff?

[shy marlin]

yea

which is why i say huge effort required for that to happen.

and I don't expect it to either

[near furnace]

ah right

[noble warren]

I agree we need lava necks that just spew fire like a flamethrower

[near furnace]

I mean.. who knows what happens after 1.0

[versed crypt]

would it be possible to have a random starting point? like sure the seed would have the alters in center. but the characters could spawn anywhere outside of mists/ashlands. bonus to start with no map

[near furnace]

with mods probably

valheim tho is pretty much based that you start at the starting temple 😄

why would you want to spawn somewhere else?

[worn steeple]

The world will freeze.. i can smell it.

[versed crypt]

challenge, it'd be far harder to get going if you're desperate to stay alive 😄

[echo crest]

Uh the game would be insane if you start at Ashlands or Mistlands or anywhere actually except Meadows

Especially spawning at Ocean would be bad

[versed crypt]

i don't think it would be hard to assign a min altitude so you always start on land. and then limit the distance from center to reduce chances of mistlands, and totally block ashlands, or deep north.

[echo crest]

Why would you want to start in the mountains or plains? Nasty things would happen

[shy marlin]

I think an escape ashlands starting with nothing challenge would be cool 🤔

Theoretically doable too

[echo crest]

Sounds like luck to me, so that you dont start near enemies or somehow evade them

[versed crypt]

yes that's the idea, start in a really bad spot, and have to find a way to survive. though admittedly mountain would be very problematic

[echo crest]

World would have to place frost protection near spawn then, but that would probably be best left to mods if you start changing things like that.

And how you could survive the wolves

[fossil delta]

Sounds like mod ideas to me. The IG crew has to make the game survivable for the majority of players, not a minority.

[shy marlin]

biggest issue is not gonna be wolves it's gonna be the passive -1 hp from the freezing

would have to navigate to frost caves and plan accordingly

[near furnace]

well. game modes are a diffrent story tho

[echo crest]

I think currently the difficulty for normal to hard is bit steep jump, noticeable at least when you go to swamps, since no matter how good copper gear you have, they whack you so easily on hard. But normal on the other hand is bit too easy in that situation.

There is also jump on difficulty when going from meadows to black forest crypts. On hard that can be difficult, but not too hard on normal.

[sharp owl]

do you get the bonus parry dmg from your knife if you parry with a shield or you have to specifically parry with the knife?

[fossil delta]

You understand what your team can and cannot do far better than I.

[echo crest]

Could be suitable for some special or secret seeds, a la Terraria.

[near furnace]

it's about who do we change for

like

can the avreage player beat the game in nomap mode?

[fossil delta]

I'm not the average player, and I still wouldn't try.

[echo crest]

Im not into nomap either. No portals is the way to go mostly, but is a bit problem when changing the powers, since that gets kinda tedious. And not sure about the traders also, is that fun without portals.

[near furnace]

so. we have estabilished that a game mode doesn't need to work for "most" players

[fossil delta]

I wouldn't do no portals either, but that's probably because after 5300 hours, I have zero interest in game play being even longer.

[shy marlin]

i'd do no portals/map for the achievement (if there is one)

[near furnace]

portals?

ah no portal challenge

[shy marlin]

brain goes faster than i type

[near furnace]

😄

[echo crest]

I guess some really like the nomap though, i just read you can navigate using the stars...

It can be quite atmospheric I suppose, but probably still not my thing.

[shy marlin]

I like the creativity it brings, seen people come up with clever solns and in the extremes even making their own maps on paper / microsoft paint

[echo crest]

Yeah i am sure it does open up new ways to play the game. Maybe I try it someday, but unlikely any time soon.

Playing without portals is soooo atmospheric in my opinion, since somehow with portals they bring you too much feeling of safety and feeling of playing a game instead of being in there. And then simply gathering resources and jumping out of danger all the time. Hmpf.

Doesnt feel like survival-exploring

[worn steeple]

The world itself feels a bit bigger once the portals go.

[simple lichen]

Play with seasonality and Riverheim.. genuinely makes the world feel so much more alive! Only downside is still having to sail to mistlands and Ashlands though

[echo crest]

Yes indeed

[worn steeple]

I have 😊

[paper marsh]

No, but also you misunderstand parry bonus.

Parry will prioritize a shield if you're holding one, if you want to parry with knife you have to hold just the knife.

But parry bonus isn't how much damage enemy takes after being parried. They always take 2x damage when staggered.

Parry bonus tells you how much extra block armor you get from parrying. If your shield has 10 block armor, and parry bonus of 3x, then when you block it will act as though your shield has 10*3 = 30 block armor. Which basically just makes you take less damage / be able to parry stronger attacks

Since knife has way less block armor than shields, I doubt parrying with just the knife will be any benefit, despite higher parry bonus. Just use your shield

[fossil delta]

That's what makes great games even better, being able to change things up to increase its appeal to just you.

[echo crest]

Those look cool mods. I havent tried any mods yet

[echo crest]

It would be very unrealistic to block anything with a knife. Although of course Valheim is not realism simulator...

[fossil delta]

I'll eventually use mods
After 1.0. I'll probably get at least another 5000 hours of game play out of Valheim too.

[shy marlin]

yea once 1.0 I'll probably dive more into modded territory, really all i've used em for is small qol

[worn steeple]

Very wrong. I even block stone golems with Chitin knife

[echo crest]

Another 5000? 🙂 Wow.

[echo crest]

Yeah but I meant that is not very realistic :--)

[simple lichen]

I can’t sing the praises of seasonality and Riverheim enough!!

[worn steeple]

Thats true, but very doable in the game. Hence why I always max out knife-skills.

They keep my alive

[echo crest]

They indeed look very interesting, although at least Riverheim seems to alter the world a lot

[echo crest]

I heard knife is actually quite overpowered, not sure is it true though.

[worn steeple]

I may agree to that, yes.

[fossil delta]

I'm probably under estimating. There are games I was ready to quit with less than 100 hours, then mods took me into thousands of hours.

[worn steeple]

Building made me pass 5k lol

[echo crest]

My played hours is misleading since sometimes i left the game on for days

[fossil delta]

Mine are pretty accurate. I only left it on while grabbing a drink, a package or bathroom break.

[echo crest]

Dont drink and Valheim :).

Naah im just kidding. In fact I drink plenty of Pepsi Max (zero sugar) when I play games. And otherwise too.

[fossil delta]

I don't drink alcohol while playing. Just soda, water, coffee, etc...

[echo crest]

Ookay. I know many people who do drink alcohol while gaming, especially when playing multiplayer games.

[fossil delta]

Seen them say so here many times .

I stopped drinking alcohol with any regularity this past May anyways.

[echo crest]

I quit drinking alcohol about five years ago and dont intend to drink the stuff again, not a drop ever. Got sick of it.

[paper marsh]

isn't that an expensive power bill?

[echo crest]

Yeah probably has an effect on that :/.

[paper marsh]

I never got into drinking alcohol

or coffee

[echo crest]

Good. Dont start 🙂

Ive lost several people to alcohol. Some relatives and at least one good friend.

And well they lost their lives so they lost more than i did of course :/.

[fossil delta]

Yeah, seems to be best if you don't start. I only did because I liked it better than a life time of narcotic pain meds. Then, finally, they were able to offer me non narcotics better than alcohol.

[echo crest]

I did drink too earlier, but it got to the point it made no sense, since i didnt feel like i had fun anymore. Im glad I quit that before it got bad, since now I realize i could have gone on a very bad path with that stuff.

[fossil delta]

I had an Uncle who ruined his life that way.

[shy marlin]

Everything in moderation. .

[fossil delta]

Yep. That was basically my rule.

Now it's hardly ever even have any.

[echo crest]

Well, five hours until store opens for some chips and cola drinks. Maybe Valheim until then... hmm.

[fossil delta]

I'm visiting my youngest son for a week, so not even playing.

[paper marsh]

pulling an all nighter?

[echo crest]

I slept way too much during the day unfortunately :(.

Im not sure i feel like gaming all night though, but i play at least a few hours

[paper marsh]

I dunno if I've ever pulled an all nighter

I did once stay up until 5 playing bg3 with a buddy

[echo crest]

Ive done plenty of staying up all night, since im kinda a night owl

[paper marsh]

in a few weeks I have a 3am meeting for work 🙄

[echo crest]

Oh that sounds awful

[paper marsh]

US-->Thailand timezones be like that sometimes

[echo crest]

Oh yeah very different timezones can do that

I met one American while staying in Riga, who started working at midnight, since he was teaching English to people in Asia.

[paper marsh]

Interesting

[cosmic summit]

why does my level 1 bronze axe deal white damage to trees and my level 3 deals grey?

[echo crest]

Really? That is interesting

[dim trellis]

maybe you hit a thing next to it that wasnt a tree

or 2 trees

[idle storm]

Pretty sure it's because at level 1 chop and slash damage are equal, at level 3 slash damage is higher and trees resist slash. So it displays a grey number because the larger part of the damage is resisted

[cosmic summit]

nope. it was a single oak i had planted on the top of a narrow hill. nothing else around. i also swapped between axes several times to check

[cosmic summit]

makes sense to me

[red coral]

so whats the deal with fish respawning?

I've "fished out" a few spots in the mistlands, but the spot is relatively safe, and I'd like to continue using it

but all that is left are pufferfish

and it's been a while (easily 100 in game days)

[paper marsh]

Puffeerfish are fun for base defense, catch them!

(maybe not the most effective, but fun!)

[dim trellis]

i thought they didnt respawn ever

[red coral]

I'm actually thinking about using them for hares

[open bolt]

Took a bear to the swamp to help me kill an abomination UwU 🐻

[fossil delta]

I do. You have to saturate the ground but they work.

[red coral]

there's a spot near my preferred extractor roots that I perch on and hunt while I wait and I;ve noticed the bunnies often come up and over and around a particular stretch of rock

it's like a pathing thing, but the rock is in the way, so they always skirt around the bottom

[fossil delta]

Sounds perfect.

[silk token]

just putting spikes here and there gets a lot of rabbit kills too

whenever i make a base in an abandoned dverger tower there's bunny offerings every day

[red coral]

yeah it gets a lot of me kills too haha

kiting lox and deathsquitos helps

[fossil delta]

Best to use all methods to maximize the numbers of stacks.

[red coral]

yeah I finally found the queen vegvisir last night so I'm prepping for when my friend is available for combat

it took 8 or so mines and three landmasses to get

AHHHHH FUCKIN BATS KILLED ALL MY CHICKENS

[sleek sky]

Nothing worse than thr cauldron being stirred

Worst event by far

[barren kraken]

wuh

[sleek sky]

That ive experienced at least

[barren kraken]

what does that mean

[sleek sky]

The event you stirred the cauldron

[red coral]

I like it just for the fact that it gets me bulk sword kills

[sleek sky]

It spawns a million bats who exist to kill ur tames

[barren kraken]

rip

[red coral]

It's like a raid, but it's just fkn bats everywhere

#1 cause of needing a second leather scraps chest

This time it said I stirred the cauldron, but I couldn't find the bats

Good news, I'm cooking chicken

[sleek sky]

Who let bro cook

[tardy hemlock]

has anyone played this windrose game? trying to figure out if the building system has more than just 90 degree rotations

[echo crest]

Interesting game. Thanks for the tip.

[tacit crystal]

Might be better ask in https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1202174832729661470 since this one is for Valheim discussions, General for more varied discussions. 👍

But to reply, it seems interesting.

[echo crest]

It says if you play the demo, you get an exclusive spyglass for when the EA launches

[dim trellis]

i can kill a bear but its so slow, is she weak to anything?

[echo crest]

I used a sword and its a little faster

[tacit crystal]

Neutral to slash, weak to fire.

[dim trellis]

unfortunate combo

[echo crest]

Sword secondary attack was bit faster than lets say axe

[tacit crystal]

New Early axes is quite fast per my testing.

[dim trellis]

how about Amboniation tree things?

[echo crest]

Oh yeah I havent found the Early Axes

[dim trellis]

btw whats early axes? and is it related to mysterious axe head?

[tacit crystal]

Actually similar as bear.

[dim trellis]

roger

[tacit crystal]

Meadows tier dual axes that can chop oak and birch trees.

You need 2 different axe heads which require exploring certain wooden ruins around meadows.

[dim trellis]

ah interesting

[echo crest]

Early Axes is a new addition to the game. It was added early this month when they released a five year celebratory patch.

[dim trellis]

so Curious Axe head is only 1/2 ?

[tacit crystal]

Yeah you need one mysterious and one curious axe head to craft Early axes.

Here is clip of them in action against bear while having meadows tier equipment and foods: #memes-and-clips message

[silk token]

wellp. max early axes vs hard bone mass took ALMOST the entire durability of them to kill him but worked well enough XD

[tacit crystal]

Meanwhile once tested with 3 quality bear paws that broke while 1/5 HP remained.

[silk token]

huh. id be interested to know the durabilities of the two. what was your fists level?

and was this normal or hard bonemass?

[tacit crystal]

Normal and the test character had the level around 30-35 iirc.

Also with bear armor.

[silk token]

i was 65 axes, q4 earlys are 325 durability

oh i was NOT in bear armor so thats another factor... dangit so complicated

were they q4 paws??? their durability is nuts wiki says 450 for q4

[tacit crystal]

Quality 3 as stated above.

Kinda how it is progression vise if not going to mountains early.

[silk token]

dang still 400 durability at q3 im surprised they didnt kill bonemass.

[waxen pulsar]

Anyone want to play with me and my friend on hard-core mod dm if you want to

[humble fable]

what value is normal combat.. i am wanting to change my worldmodifier from hard to normal

i have removed modifier hard from my bat file but didnt change anything

[loud frost]

finally getting shingle roofing is so satisfying

[fossil delta]

It is a nicer look. Even the trim pieces.

[frozen fable]

ashlands is really not that fun solo, it needs a difficulty adjustment, it's ridiculous how many enemies spawn while you are fighting one enemy and several more jump in, it feels like a design decision to think that difficulty = fun when it's really more frustration than fun

[dim trellis]

water bottle

[noble warren]

Bottle water

[lone rampart]

From what I've heard, it's already had an adjustment. It was much harder when first released, to the point that some people find it too easy now by comparison.

[noble warren]

It's more balanced for sure, only night time is a pain now imo, the scaling is just a bit higher than the other biomes

[flat pivot]

it helps to raise 3x3 platforms with a hole in the middle to retreat into. You can safely clear attackers with a Demolisher from the inside. Kill approaching lava blobs, they'll only dent the wall in most cases tho

[stray swallow]

also works to have a few portals on safe spots, and then just spent your time running about scouting, only fighting once you reach spots with relatively few enemies still chasing you

I really love ashlands solo, but could be affected by the pre-nerf state

[steel mica]

You would not survive ptb ashlands

Ashlands already had a significant nerf after ptb

[barren whale]

*bugfix

[steel mica]

That 🫠

The ashlands I believe was intentionally designed to have a ton of enemies since a war broke out there

But many beg for a nerf due to it being too difficult

So they did nerf it whilst still staying lore accurate* you're still going to fight a decent chunk of enemies but not as much as before

[steel mica]

corect me if im wrong but iirc, it was relating to noise attracting literally every single enemy to your current position

[barren whale]

yep

[steel mica]

I dont exactly remember every single nerf on the creatures but for sure asksvin used to spawn as a trio but now only as a duo

Or a solo

[flat pivot]

It's still annoying that you're reliant on fortresses to establish a safe-ish base. I hope we get access to those building pieces eventually,

[stray swallow]

pretty much all spawns have been reduced iirc

you can always build in the spires next to coast

[flat pivot]

well, make sure not to drag asksvin to any base built on a rock

[steel mica]

Or worse a lava blob

Because that thang bout to go 💥

[flat pivot]

eh, a blob only explodes once, charging asksvin can demolish the whole thing

[steel mica]

The headbutt and bite does damage to rocks but not the lunge attack

[flat pivot]

oh

dunno if that's better

[steel mica]

Headbutt has a small aoe

So thats the worst

[steel mica]

Or make an asksvin breeder and breed an asksvin army

If you can get access to a 2** asksvin you're set for that area lol

[flat pivot]

well, lucky me landed right next to the mysterious location with the 2 star spawner in my current world. that was a nice "Welcome to the Ashlands"

"free" cores tho

[steel mica]

2** asksvins are beefy with 2400hp and ability to do around like 240-300+ damage

Make an army and release them around your fortress base and you're free to walk around lol

In that general area

[flat pivot]

once you got a fortress, things get significantly more relaxed anyway

[steel mica]

Not unless a valkyrie flies over

And comes in for a visit

[flat pivot]

heh, i got a pit with 2 dvergr rogues next to my base. they already murked one valkyrie #screenshots message

not sure they'll survive the next one

have they increased the dvergr spawn? I feel like I'm meeting more of them now

I should try to find a healer and push him in

[fossil delta]

I don't like Ashlands for several reasons. It's just something I have to get through.
Definitely not a biome I look forward to. One I like to get finished quickly. The only one I like to finish quickly.

That was a big jump. For whatever reason it didn't show a lot of posts before I commented.

[worn steeple]

Only thing I dislike about the Ashlands is the lack of heights. Its too flat imo.

[fossil delta]

I guess its just another way to make it very different from the other biomes.

[worn steeple]

Swamp is flat. Ashlands is awesome, but some more curves to the land would make it exciting, cause you can see way too far from one spot. Just a personal preference

[fossil delta]

The swamp isn't flat. The land has curves, goes up sharply into other biomes. Only place that I can think of that the Ashlands has any curving is right around the lava pools/lakes.

I don't explore the Ashlands like I do all the other biomes, so I simply may not have seen all the variety it's terrain has.

[worn steeple]

That two biomes overlap on a slope cannot define it as a biome with steep hills. Yes, you can find slopes in a “swamp,” but that’s where the swamp meets another biome, 5-10 meters above the sealevel in a transition zone, not a natural part of the swamp landscape itself, like in the middle of a swamp without influence from neighboring biomes.
If you’re in a swamp that stands alone without a neighboring biome, it’s relatively moist 😅

[strange cradle]

Swamps are always at sea level, and they're always flat. You might encounter a hill in a swamp, but that's another biome.

Still haven't found a turnip in my particular swamp... but a fifth crypt! 😄

[near furnace]

you aren't struggling hard enough then

the game knows

[true lodge]

Hey guys, any ideas .. after latest patch server console show 02/20/2026 11:19:06: Console: Valheim 0.221.12 (network version 36)

But cant connect to server and lobby show version 0.221.10, reinstall server, update force with CsteamCMD - beta public argument nothing help

[twin dust]

bro is right... turnip seeds are the hardest to find... worst than onion seeds which are in nearly all the abandoned mountain houses...

[open bolt]

There was a Draugr inside the scrap pile 🤦‍♀️

not on the other side of it. literally inside the pile.
he hit me when I tried to mine it xD I was like "wtf why did i get hit when mining?" and then there he was 🤦‍♀️

[tacit crystal]

Battleaxe, sledge or atgeir secondary can hit those enemies stuck inside scrap piles.

[open bolt]

I see.

It was kinda funny tho... I never had a draugr inside the pile

I have seen skeletons and fulings inside of rocks tho. So i guess it can happen with scrap piles too.

[tacit crystal]

It's not that uncommon them getting stuck inside boulders etc.

[dense rose]

Me and my friends made a server and we got up to black swamp and can kill most of the stuff there, but now they don't play anymore and all I have is an early game geared character, what do I do

[open bolt]

The iron grind never ends... I feel like I spend more time in sunken crypts than in any other place that has metals/materials to acquire.

[dense rose]

I need iron

Where is it?

[open bolt]

sunken crypts in the Swamp

[dense rose]

True

Im guessing it's mined and not found or anything

[open bolt]

I mean, you can find some chests inside the crypts that may or may not have iron

[near furnace]

don't use public beta

[open bolt]

but usually we have to mine it

[dense rose]

Right

[open bolt]

there's also places with iron outside in the swamp, but very difficult to find. so the crypts are just the standard method

[wraith quarry]

what is this game about?

[open bolt]

places that you'd have to mine too. but there are hidden underground. like, you'd have to mine the floor in specific places. but we don't really know where those places are until we have a certain item that helps find them

[open bolt]

viking afterlife

[wraith quarry]

whats the main quest?

[open bolt]

Bosses 👀

[tacit crystal]

Defeating all the Forsaken in favor of Odin.

[dense rose]

Does this game have good netcode

[chrome badge]

Good enough, it's not an online focused game though.

[barren whale]

not really, in multiplayer the first person to load the chunk does all the physics then sends it to the server which sends it to other players
so your ping is gonna be like double at best

[wraith quarry]

the game still get updates?

[barren whale]

it's playable but don't expect to parry anything unless you're host

last biome update was nearly 2 years ago but we've had smaller updates in between

[wraith quarry]

thinking of getting the game

[loud oracle]

ho wants to play together new world with some mods?

[wraith quarry]

damn 15k people are playing the game on steam

[eternal cloak]

I will

What mods

[rotund parrot]

Yeah and most of them are probably replaying the game and have over a thousand hours

[paper marsh]

When I played multiplayer (with one person a few thousand miles away) I didn’t have any issues

A lot of people do have issues though, especially with more people on a server

[open bolt]

The game is still in early access. But it is already played by a lot of people.

Where's Haldor when I need him? 😂 I need that belt...

[mental hawk]

We are currently waiting for the 1.0 to drop, it will be a banger

[dense rose]

So I'm early geared for swamp but my friends don't play anymore, what should I do

Not FROM swamp, for

[mental hawk]

Trust me its worth every penny

[mental hawk]

My friends dropped the game ages ago, I'm trying to convince some to join me again

[dense rose]

What's yr timezone

[mental hawk]

GMT-3 or UTC-3, I'm from Brazil

[dense rose]

Ahh true

I got a friend in Sao Paulo

He eats strictly pastel

And coxhina

[mental hawk]

LOOL he is a real one then

[wraith quarry]

damn the game only £15.49

[wraith quarry]

textures look weired

[mental hawk]

The game os meant to look like a mix of retro models and modern lighting

[strange cradle]

You can perfectly play the game solo. I usually venture into the swamps with lvl 3 Troll armor and a lvl 2 bone shield. Can easily block Draugr. You might want to make poison resist potions.

Remember to take the game slowly. The game rewards being prepared and being cautious.

[storm sinew]

I can still remember how a 1 star draugr took half of my hp with just 1 swing, while wearing full level 3 troll armor, draugr elites alone are very annoying

[strange cradle]

Yes, starred Draugr are still a pain, Draugr elites even more. 😉 Thankfully, they're not that fast, so if you're not... eh... "swamped" with enemies, they're fairly easy to outmaneuver.

[storm sinew]

True, i always remember before going to swamp that tool hoe is our best weapons against that biome

[strange cradle]

Hoe is REALLY op in swamps. 😄

[storm sinew]

I remember one time i ran out of stamina and i was on a poddle that is inhabited by a 2 star leech and i was like "go away leech"

[strange cradle]

Dang... these guys sting...

[storm sinew]

They poison + they attack like quite fast

[strange cradle]

Yep. With no stamina, you really need high health and poison resist to survive.

[hoary scarab]

Great news guys - after 5.5 crypts in the main swamp I found, I've gathered enough iron for all the forge upgrades, max iron mace, max iron buckler. Have max root armor too so ready for bonemass I think... with ~150 iron in my longship im just glad I never have to go back to the swamp again.

[strange cradle]

Iron is needed later in the game. So, yeah... you always will need to mine it.

But also later you will find other ways of getting it.

[hoary scarab]

j/k of course, it's just nice to have everything I needed in the first swamp I really jumped into.

had to cross ~100m of plains to get there though... Many oopsies were made

[old flint]

Could someone teach me how to tame askvin?

[silk token]

its the same as a boar just more screaming, i believe in you

[prime elk]

Is the Ashlands better after the patch yesterday?

[shy marlin]

Yes

[haughty geode]

man beehives sure are unreliable
previously I noticed that they will switch to "need more space" after being happy
and now I knowingly left them in "need more space state" yet they became happy and made happy
with no changes in environment

[echo crest]

That is interesting and strange indeed

[rotund parrot]

Not trying to explain how beehives work again but people could probably tell you exactly what is wrong with your setup if you just share a picture

[haughty geode]

I tried it in many different places.
so I just conclude that it is moody

[chrome badge]

Something is undoubtedly odd with your setup, I have never encountered what you describe in all 9 of my playthroughs.

[strange cradle]

Yeah, I rarely have Beehive issues.

Mods?

[haughty geode]

I had this in different places
first on a slight heel, that' when they were deciding to stop working.
now in boar pen, wher I was placing them on the fence and wood columns

no mods

[strange cradle]

Hrm... Well, I usually just place them a bit away from the house, but not too far.

Just a short stroll away, like five meter or so.

And they usually work every time.

[rotund parrot]

You can literally burrow beehives all the way to the roof of it so you can just walk on top and easily harvest them and they will still have enough space if there isn't any structure within 3 meters of it

[haughty geode]

#screenshots message

[haughty geode]

I am using 45 degree roofs - no easy walking

[chrome badge]

I can't see anything 😅

It's too dark

[lone rampart]

Why are 95% of the screenshots for this game taken at night? 🤦‍♀️

[sharp owl]

This evolved completely by itself. They kept spawning outside of their spot.
#building-screenshots message

[haughty geode]

wuuut, it's totally clearly visible

[steel mica]

Not spacious enough

[cosmic summit]

Does anyone know if its possible to place an item rack with a swamp key on the ground and then raise the ground or place stone tiles to hide the key but keep the glow effect?

Oooo placed rocks from the hoe would be neato

[chrome badge]

Ah I see now, mustve been my mobile brightness auto adjusting 😛

Looks like you have boars living around them? They could be interrupting the distance checks easily.

[sharp owl]

I just threw a stack of 100 seeds to a hub with literally 7 chickens and they consumed the entire stack instantly? That's not normal, right?

[chrome badge]

It isn't normal. 😛
Are you sure you didn't pick them back up?

[sharp owl]

no, not at all. This wasn't like this before...

same in the other hub

[chrome badge]

You aren't sure or?

[sharp owl]

I am sure, that a big stack lasted long and now they eat it instantly. I think even the first hen eats the entire stack.

[chrome badge]

That's most definitely a bug, are you able to record it?

[sharp owl]

sure, but i play with a lot of mods, so you can't view it as "valid". However not really a mod touching this...

and it just started happening now 🙂

[chrome badge]

Ah, well mods can have unintended interactions.

[dark coyote]

this has always happened for me, I have to split it and throw individual pieces.

[sharp owl]

were you able to fix it?

[dark coyote]

yeah, I stopped feeding chickens

[sharp owl]

I mean I can't throw each hen her individual seed

[sharp owl]

hmm 😄

[dark coyote]

I did,, its very difficult

part of why I quit

[lone rampart]

Is it possibly trying to auto stack in the chicken? I have no idea

[meager fossil]

Is there a way to stop branches from appearing inside my buildings? 😄

[strange cradle]

Theoretically they shouldn't, unless your floor is not high enough.

[pliant hatch]

You can when using the "force delete" console command.
Otherwise, the only option is to "lift" your floor by putting stone walls under it.

[meager fossil]

oof haha. My entire longhouse needs to be raised then. not worth it for 1 branch occasionally

Ill just pretend a gnome is putting it in there

[hoary scarab]

greyling

[cosmic summit]

Someone dropped a bit of firewood while tending the hearth.

Same thing happens in my base 🥲 I just toss it in the nearest fire

[silk token]

since when do rockies poop little stones around them????

[stable flame]

does any1 know around when steam will be back

[tacit crystal]

Since they were added.

[silk token]

is it always or depending on where you place them? ive never seen it happen. ive always put them on tables i think, this time they're on a hearth and makin stones

[nocturne wolf]

you need two together, it's shared code from animals breeding

[tacit crystal]

If you place 2 of them next to each other they pop out regular stones occasionally.

[foggy glacier]

Two within 1.5m I think

[silk token]

hahahah..... god........ ok that's what it is. i've never randomly found 2 of them 20 meters apart before, only ever had 1 per world. they seriously making rock babies??? that's so silly

[bright swift]

Steam down for you too guys?

[tacit crystal]

Just regular stones, not rockies tho.

[full turret]

yeah

[hollow lintel]

I’m writing this because I’ve officially hit the 500-hour mark in Valheim, and while I love the core gameplay, I can no longer stay silent about the state of development. It has been years since the initial release, and the fact that we are still nowhere near a 1.0 version is, quite frankly, a disgrace.

When we bought into Early Access, we did so to support an indie vision, but that support shouldn't be taken for granted. The development pace is incredibly sluggish compared to the massive financial success and resources the studio now possesses. We keep getting small incremental updates and 'teasers,' but the roadmap feels like a suggestion rather than a commitment.

Spending 500 hours in a world that feels permanently unfinished is frustrating. At this point, the 'Early Access' tag feels less like a development phase and more like a shield against criticism for the lack of a finished product. We don't want more concept art or minor tweaks; we want a completed journey.

The community deserves transparency and a definitive timeline toward 1.0. It’s time to stop coasting on the initial hype and actually finish the game we all invested our time and money into.

[paper marsh]

No need to put it in multiple chats

[hollow lintel]

i think we need it. doesn't this issue bother you as well?

[paper marsh]

Not particularly no

[silk token]

this game felt finished to me when plains was the last biome, and beyond worth the $20 i spent. i don't know that it's unique to IG to keep timelines vague as to have the freedom to finish a thing properly and not have people screaming why is it not done

[hollow lintel]

Are you happy that version 1.0 hasn’t been released?

[paper marsh]

Devs seem to put out quality content, I've been enjoying it

Personally I felt like the game felt pretty complete by the end of Plains, and then they added mistlands which was mind blowing to me. Getting Ashlands and Deep North are amazing bonusses but I don't feel entitled to getting them immediately just because the mere 1000 hours of fun the first 5-6 biomes gave me for ($20?) wasn't enough

[hollow lintel]

Money isn't the problem anyway, I'm willing to pay $40 for this game again , my problem is that we still haven't reached 1.0 in 5 years

[paper marsh]

But I can understand that there's different views on it

Also from my understanding the sluggishness / small team despite the game being popular and profitable is just to make sure that future updates follow the initial vision of Valheim and doesn't get rushed / convoluted by adding another 800 developers

Which I won't speak much on the validity of since I have zero game development experience

[hollow lintel]

I already love this game, and I think the developers have done a great job. My only issue is that we only get minor updates, and I don't see any motivation for version 1.0.

[silk token]

im thrilled that they already released 2 more biomes than i would have been ok with

[silk token]

they're actively posting updates and sneak previews of pieces of deep north. do you think they're lying or lollygagging about making 1.0? or what's the issue exactly?

[hollow lintel]

Yes, I think they misled me on this matter.

[tacit crystal]

Wasn't 7DTD 10 years in EA (Early Access)?

[silk token]

see, the thing is they HAVEN'T misled you, because they haven't said when it's being released. so "sometime 2026" is very accurate seeing as its the 2nd month of 2026

[hollow lintel]

If we're going to talk about EA, it's a company I already dislike. EA doesn't interest me outside of this topic.

Do you think there will be a 1.0 release in 2026?

[paper marsh]

Think EA just means Early Access

[cloud robin]

i wish EA would just go away. and die.

they ruined all the things they acquired.

my poor westwood studios ☹️

[tacit crystal]

I meant Early Access, not the EA company.

[cloud robin]

TOO LATE. YOUVE AWOKEN THE EA HATE TRAIN.

jk. im just... passionate.

[tacit crystal]

Please go hate EA in https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1202174832729661470 then.

[dark coyote]

lol was typing that

[hollow lintel]

https://giphy.com/gifs/movie-reaction-gross-4baoNZ5Qo8dX2

ea

[cloud robin]

yes. yes. spreadeth thy hatred

i want to plant berry bushes ☹️

when are they gonna let us plant some berry bushesssss

puhleaseeeeee

[tacit crystal]

Developers are not adding plantable berry bushes, but there are certainly mods for that.

[light moat]

#suggestions message 🌱

Support the effort if you wish 🫡

[fossil delta]

I want a game that finishes as strongly as it has been all along. Not rushed and be buggy and take years to actually give us a solid play experience. This is from someone with over 5300 hours of playing Valheim, as if that some how makes a difference. Plus IG has been transparent all along. Valheim will be done when it is done.

[dark coyote]

I don't like desert/snow "biomes" so idc really

[paper marsh]

In my experience a lot of people don't like desert biomes (self included)

Snow is pretty cool tho

[light moat]

Desert biomes are really hard to pull off it seems. When done right, they can be really cool

[fossil delta]

Pun intended?

Dune pulls it off, Red Dead pulls it off. Not aware of others.

[dark coyote]

its all about pois imo

[steel mica]

I've played a bit if 7dtd

Let me take this to #general

[hollow lintel]

My friend, it's been five years, you know? That's Pollyannaish. I didn't write here in the second year, did I? GTA 6 will take ten years to make. You guys are exaggerating.

[light moat]

Had to look up a new word

[dark coyote]

I still don't get the referrence honestly

[light moat]

How long should a game be in early access for? 🤔
(in reference to Cyphers comment above)

[dark coyote]

many such factors

[hollow lintel]

I don't know, but I know that a game that's been out for over five years shouldn't just keep releasing pointless updates.

[dark coyote]

how is this different than any game, in any state though?

[trail pelican]

i for one am enjoying the 'pointless' updates in the meantime

[hollow lintel]

Friends, you may still be right with these arguments even 20 years from now. It's impossible to argue with these arguments.

[tacit crystal]

None of the smaller updates have been pointless so far.

[silk token]

i'm telling my pet rock you called him pointless.

[trail pelican]

good new pet rock name "pointless"

[dark coyote]

I worked with a guy that made a good point about how physical games were better in the sense that it forced developers to "complete" or at least produce a better product, I think you may lean towards this @hollow lintel

[hollow lintel]

pls find me @trail pelican :D:D

[dark coyote]

corrected

[potent fox]

Is the sea biome will be upgraded or nothing will be done.. ? it's a bit annoying

[tacit crystal]

We shall sea.

[bronze slate]

🤣

[potent fox]

woah, nice

[hollow lintel]

They probably won't do anything. 😄

[stray swallow]

At least having multiple fish in the sea makes it more lively now

[fossil delta]

The sea biome is primarily a mode of transport. Kind of hard to make it even more dangerous without effecting the entire game.

[steel mica]

Floating ship debris 🤔

[stray swallow]

Doesnt even have to be more dangerous, could just have more random encounters than serpent/island creature thing

[steel mica]

Dvergrs use boats

[tacit crystal]

Getting some bit more dangerous enemies via progression (aka per boss killed) would be nice addition IMO.

[steel mica]

They have harbours

[steel mica]

What else could be added to the ocean biome that almost belongs to the viking times

Shark? 🤔

[fossil delta]

Most workable idea may be poi/dungeons, but even that could mess with scaling the over all game.

[stray swallow]

Dvergr trader on a big boat randomly navigating the ocean biomes, sign me up

[steel mica]

The floating shipwrecks could be a nice addition to the areas of the world where mistlands could spawn

Me and toomuchdog thought about this

Dvergrs have harbours so logically they would use boats

[fossil delta]

Yeah but what could be added there without having to change how the game scales?

[steel mica]

Hmm, gold is obvious but possibly a rare item

And maybe some minor potions

[fossil delta]

Besides, right now all I want to see is The North.

If they want to add such things, it can be done after 1.0.

[meager fossil]

My GOD my longhouse is looking sexy

[steel mica]

A material to craft a fishing net

[stray swallow]

well that's easy. You combine the requirements for gear craftable from ocean biome critters with items from other biomes

[fossil delta]

Nets are something I have long wished for.

[meager fossil]

Internets?

[steel mica]

An upgrade from fishing pole > fishing net but is locked behind plains progression

Similar to the scythe

Makes fishing more viable especially in the mistlands

[meager fossil]

One thing I would love the most is being able to get the merchants and NPCs into your base. But I also acknowledge its probably an unpopular desire 😄

[stray swallow]

Right now you can sort of make makeshift nets by building wooden baskets at sea level

[steel mica]

Fish and bread

[thorny lake]

#screenshots message

@nova shale how have u made a cave on the left side???

[fossil delta]

At least that's kind of already established with what we do get, but I'm still not sure on how any of it would be worth while without effecting the scaling of who knows how much other gear.

[stray swallow]

npcs I understand. But as it is its already odd that the travelling merchants don't.. you know.. travel

[meager fossil]

Well, Im biased because of Enshrouded. I LOVE making a base feel alive 😄

[stray swallow]

I think fins would be a great example of how it can fit a new niche

[dark coyote]

I don't want merchants randomly relocating

[meager fossil]

Imagine NPC vikings, that you can place that will do certain jobs, like finding woods, but otherwise idle in your base for living up the area

Holy Odin o'mighty

[dark coyote]

have you played Aska?

[fossil delta]

I guess just giving nice to have gear, but far from essential, is a way to do it.

[meager fossil]

Cant say I have. Time to google

[steel mica]

How would haldor even move around in such a densely compact forest 🫠

Atleast hildir is in the meadows

[errant knoll]

meadows

[stray swallow]

have you seen a lox move, my friend

[meager fossil]

That actually looks like it could be for me! Thanks for making me aware 😄

[fossil delta]

Meadows.

[errant knoll]

Currently playing through the very hard combat modifiers for the first time and the Swamp is SERIOUSLY scaring me.

[dark coyote]

well he got there to begin with, without breaking anything, maybe he teleports

[meager fossil]

Haldor diggy diggy holes to get around

Dwarf or a moleman?

[steel mica]

Haldor would have to carry the supplies on his big cart, doesn't help that he may encounter trolls and greydwarfs whilst relocating

[paper marsh]

If there's one thing I've learned from God of War, it's that dwarves like to teleport their shops to whereever their customers are

[steel mica]

Why are we talking about a static dwarf relocating 🫠

[meager fossil]

Exactly

[stray swallow]

because this is where lore is born

[steel mica]

SINDRI

[meager fossil]

I admit I teared up when... no spoiler.... happened

[fossil delta]

We ride them.

[steel mica]

Im already aware

[meager fossil]

Yeah but maybe someone here isnt aware

And wants to play it

😭 video game trauma

[pure mulch]

is there a way to permanently get rid of dandelion spawns so they're not clipping through my floor?

[fossil delta]

Make your floors higher or dev commands.

Personally I like such convenient to harvest mats.

[sharp owl]

maybe I have been once again ignorant or paid not enough attention, but you stand in that stone ring, Kill Yagluth and then "alright, sooo what now?"

I mean i can look it up now, but does the game give you any hint at all by itself?

[haughty geode]

why do boars try to climb my cliff walls?..

tamed ones. their pen is close to outer wall created from raising ground.
andthey really try to climb it, especially when frightened

I think one time they actually pushed each other high enough to escape that way

[trail pelican]

there's something about tames

you feed and protect them--and the only thing they want constantly, is to escape

MUCH like a certain unruly ingrate cat I have

[fossil delta]

I put my animals in fully enclosed structures to protect them from flyers, and from being able to climb out.

[sharp owl]

If you have e.g. +Parry Window on your sword but whield and obviously parry with your shield. Does this stat even do anything?

[silk token]

that sounds like a mod

[sharp owl]

oh true, sry

is there anything comparable in Vanilla?

[silk token]

nope. its same window for everything

well parrying anyway. i think i just learned parry is .25 seconds dodge is .5 seconds

[sharp owl]

I mean like stats on your weapon not applying since you wéar a shield

[silk token]

it would use the higher on your shield, nothing adds or anything

[sharp owl]

the dagger's parry stats also don't apply when blocking with the shield, rigth? it's not like this would stack by any means?

[silk token]

no it just uses the shield

fyi theres a pinned spreadsheet in this channel with all the nerdy math and mechanics about it if you’re really curious “blocking breakpoints” i think its called

[nocturne wolf]

.56

[haughty geode]

how did I get skeleton and draugr inside Witch's bubble?

[pliant hatch]

They most likely wandered in.

The bubble will prevent you from being attacked, not from enemy monsters moving in.
At some point they will most likely being brushed out, though.

[fossil delta]

Most likely they were chasing you when you went inside her house. For her bubble to work, you have to stay in the bubble, outside of her house, until they turn away. Then go inside.

If you go inside before they are turned away, they still follow. Abominations can hit you while your inside. I don't know how wraith are effected.

[haughty geode]

it looked like they couldn't find a way out haha

[fossil delta]

Well, like I said, the dome does not work inside her house. So if you make it inside before they are repelled, they remain aggroed.

You can even have abominations kill you while inside. I am not sure on the conditions surrounding that, because it happened to my wife, and I was in another part of the world.

[solemn crown]

Well, that was my first troll.

[paper marsh]

Did you emerge victorious?

[stoic moon]

https://tenor.com/view/survive-robert-downey-jr-tropic-thunder-kirk-lazarus-gif-3451974

[solemn crown]

One of us did, yes.

I kited him a bit, but he caught me after a few shots.

[paper marsh]

It's not a fair fight, he's so much bigger

[fossil delta]

Shoot him in the head when you can. Extra damage.

[paper marsh]

Pierce weapons overall are real good too

[solemn crown]

Wood arrows not so good. Need to upgrade to fire.

[fossil delta]

Sneak attack his head whenever possible.

[compact ginkgo]

https://medal.tv/games/valheim/clips/m9YsF2NciForcaNBl?invite=cr-MSxFYnEsMjI1NzYwOTE4

does this look faster than normal running

[paper marsh]

For a troll I'd upgrade to flint arrows

[solemn crown]

Don't have a lot of flint. Need to do a sweep for some more.

[fossil delta]

Yeah, for solo I think flint is better than fire arrows. It's been a while since I have not played Valheim with my wife.

[paper marsh]

Would it not be better regardless of the number of players?

[compact ginkgo]

fire arrows r deff better unless your in swamp

because swamp mobs r wet

[paper marsh]

Well this is specifically against a Troll

Against which flint does more damage than fire

[compact ginkgo]

yes that is true against troll

[fossil delta]

Well, my wife uses fire, while I use flint
I don't track the numbers.

My wife says we have me do the sneak shot because flint is better. She uses the fire arrows to keep him highly visible.

Plus fire is effective on the dwarves. Makes the lesser ones erratic and less of a threat while their buddies burn.

[hoary scarab]

Which pairs better with defeating bone mass - port or brandy?

[paper marsh]

brandy

Though given I don't drink alcohol you should probably disregard my opinion and get port

[dim trellis]

definitely port, it goes better with the rotten fart smell

[tall marten]

Just spend 10000 Gold for Barrel Hoops

[shy marlin]

all my money goes to the bog witch

[paper marsh]

But but megginjord

[shy marlin]

okay just that

[light moat]

Scales hates fishing 😭

[frigid anvil]

Goddamn, what is the spawn rate on stone golems

[shy marlin]

if there is a fishing hat achievement in 1.0 i will catch all of the fish with a boat rather than use the fishing rod

[light moat]

heh, good luck catching a tetra 🤓

[nocturne wolf]

I found some on the floor next to water, no fishing rod needed

[shy marlin]

yea i've never had to fish for a tetra

there's always at least one on the floor

[light moat]

Poor guys, they’re defenseless lol

[solemn crown]

My second troll encounter involved me running back to my house with an elevated platform for shooting at trolls. Turns out, my house dosn't have enough HP for that.

[oblique zinc]

Just tuck and roll. Trolls are the saddest creatures. So big yet so fragile

[solemn crown]

I kited him some, after my corpserun. Flint arrows, this time.

Now, to rebuild my beach house.

[nocturne wolf]

Do you have a knife or spear to try melee?

[solemn crown]

While I was shooting at him from the upper tier of my house, he came close enough I could stab him in the head a few times. I like the flint spear.

[oblique zinc]

Sneak with a knife and then use special. Sometimes they trap themselves in the rock. Or if you have a fallen tree they like to walk around

[solemn crown]

I haven't worked out "sneak" yet. Barely got "parry"

[noble warren]

Just be sneaky 👍

[paper marsh]

Sneaky can be good sometimes

Parry is good always

[fossil delta]

Start sneaking around necks, etc...

Sneaky is good every time you want to sneak attack.

[noble warren]

Or you can be fast enough and get a solid attack in before they even know you're there

[fossil delta]

That is another way to do it, yes.

[noble warren]

It's like loud sneak vs quiet sneak

[winged surge]

Any word or idea when Deep North is arriving? I thought it was supposed to be around christmas 2025

[shy marlin]

nah no word

[fossil delta]

No word/indication it will even be 2026.

[storm sinew]

Just killed my first vile mob in the plains, didnt know that growths and vile dont get along with each other

[shy marlin]

they used to be allied

[storm sinew]

Yeah thats what im thinking, considering they are both undead ish race

[past ore]

Do I still need to start a new world to play through new updates?

[paper marsh]

Only if you've explored the whole map. New content always generates in areas you haven't explored

[bright swift]

Yo guys just conquered an ashlands fort - do i ram my way outta here ?

[chrome badge]

Uhh, did you not ram your way in?

[bright swift]

no, i hoe'd my way in to the walls

[chrome badge]

Alright so what's wrong with going out that way?

[bright swift]

I can make a little staircase but wont mobs come in that way?

or just use the mistlands travelling method

[chrome badge]

Why can't you go out your lowered area?

[bright swift]

I raised ground so I can kill ballistas and spawners first

did not go underground

[chrome badge]

Okay, so what's the problem?

Just jump out.

[solid grail]

any ideas of what date the final update comes out?

[bright swift]

Jumping out I can, but the question is if I can jump back in, wont mobs be able to do the same?

[chrome badge]

No you should be okay, no mobs jump really.

[bright swift]

Cool, cheers

[chrome badge]

Any news will be in #news

[solid grail]

speculation?

[chrome badge]

I speculate it will be finished before 5 years time.

[stray swallow]

@crude solstice it's a poorly spawned drake nest

[stray swallow]

it's not gonna be finished in 2025

[crude solstice]

Huh, I was just looking for that lol

[final bloom]

Hello! Looking to get into this game, but wondering if there is a pre-formulated server setup with good mods or whatever that is generally accepted for gameplay fun and quality of life… ? 😊

[vast idol]

Im kinda in the same boat you are, would you like to join a call and perhaps we can figure the shit out duo style?

[final bloom]

No thank you

[stray swallow]

anyone have any suggestions on what to do in the situation shown at screenshots?

mister morgen pushed me straight through a wall into a tiny dark room

[shy marlin]

do you have a sledge of sorts? you could kill with that

[stray swallow]

Already killed the morgen cus he glitched through the wall. That's not the problem. How do I get out of this dungeon? Is there an unstuck command or something?

[shy marlin]

oh you got pushed out?

[stray swallow]

into a tiny dark room with 4 walls and no doors, yes

[steel mica]

So you got glitched out of the cave correct?

You're technically IN the cave but glitched out of it

[stray swallow]

I am still inside the dungeon, but in a part that is normally not accessible

yes haha, exactly that

[steel mica]

Yeah thats a problem

[shy marlin]

hmm, you don't have any fine wood or core wood on you do you

[stray swallow]

I have fine wood but I cant build because.. well.. dungeon

[steel mica]

Hardcore?

[stray swallow]

regular

[shy marlin]

thought you could build a chair in a dungeon, maybe it's only the core wood logs that can be built in the dungeon

[stray swallow]

right, I could use /kill

[shy marlin]

trying to think of a way to clip out of the wall.

[stray swallow]

but that body would be impossbiel to retrieve as well

[steel mica]

If all else fail /kill and find a way to get your loot back

[shy marlin]

honestly i'd say dev commands is valid here

[stray swallow]

yeah thanks black, that's a solid one

imma scroll through the devcommands and see if anything else makes more sense lol. 1k hours in and this is a first for me

[steel mica]

The only lost here really is the silver sword and carapace armour

The rest are pretty easy to gather back

[shy marlin]

still feels bad to lose that to a bug

[steel mica]

Do tombstone permanently float after touching a surface?

[stray swallow]

they do float on water, but other than that I dont think so

oh wait lava too

[steel mica]

Say you die on a wood floor and you deconstruct the wood floor would the tombstone drop down or stay afloat

[shy marlin]

intuition says it drops

lemme check

[steel mica]

My thought is you could go far in order to despawn the putrid hole up at the sky so that the tombstone can fall

Because I believe tombstone has its own rendering distance

[shy marlin]

it does drop

[stray swallow]

I doubt a dungeon would despawn though. Seeing as the respawn timer of mobs within is a thing. But either way, imma first try go to 0 0

aaaand it worked, I'm back at spawn. Goodness, that was an interesting ride haha. Ty for the help guys

[steel mica]

Sweeto

[steel mica]

What cas could do is this

[stray swallow]

wait are morgen caves glitched for me? Is the treasure room supposed to be accessible after morgen died?

[steel mica]

Its always accessible wether you kill it or not

The chest are just there waiting to be looted

The rooms are just randomly generated

[stray swallow]

how do you open them then? I've had 2 caves now with the treasury being in a closed off section

[steel mica]

Look around harder, putrid holes can be dark you might have just missed the entrance to the treasure room

[stray swallow]

I'm 100% certain. Even flew up to check for holes on the outside

weird.

[steel mica]

I've never had any issues with putrid holes so I have no clue 🤔

[stray swallow]

well lets consider 2 out of 2 to be bad luck then 🙂

[loud oracle]

i need help
where i can find folder lootmultiplier bc i want to change lootmultiplier
i use r2modman

[strange cradle]

You don't need mods for that. You can do this in the world modifiers before logging into your world.

[rugged mica]

Now that we have a radial menu for emotes.. Can we please get a radial menu for our hot bar? There used to be a mod for it (Equip Wheel) but it broke many updates ago and hasn't been fixed since

[storm sinew]

Question? I saw this in the reddit that some are saying the padded armor set is worth to used, especially when upgraded to level 4 against mistlands, but I would like to know what do you guys think if padded armor is worth crafting and upgraded to level 4?

[strange cradle]

I usually(!) upgrade stuff to level 3. Which IMHO is a good compromise between utility and material cost. Lvl 4 is really not needed IMHO.

[stray swallow]

padded is relatively cheap and mistlands is relatively hard. That said, you can swap armour sets to the mistland one pretty early on

[storm sinew]

Oh

I just check the next heavy armor after the padded which is carapace, it cost less iron

[strange cradle]

That's why I said, it's rarely necessary to upgrade to level 4.

The material cost is usually prohibitive.

And the benefit is negligible.

[stray swallow]

benefit can be pretty huge considering how damage is calculated, but otherwise I'd agree

[strange cradle]

I'd argue that sometimes even level 2 might be enough, but that depends.

[storm sinew]

If im going for the padded armor set level 3 is really enough, because i just checked the difference between the two and the level 4 padded armor set has the same armor as the level 1 of the carapace set

[strange cradle]

Exactly.

The added protection isn't really worth the material cost.

[stray swallow]

just be careful. It is a greedy play in that padded is not suited for mistlands

[strange cradle]

Oh, padded is just fine for Mistlands.

Lvl 3 all items, you're good for the most part.

Starred enemies will always be a challenge, but that is the way of Valheim.

[storm sinew]

Considering most of the time in the mistlands there is guarantee you will be attacked by groups of seekers

Annoying part is the flying thingy

[strange cradle]

Gjalls are annoying, but can be dealt with.

[stray swallow]

if you are new to the mistlands, I'd never recommend not getting your padded to lvl 4. But the more time in the game the greedier you get I suppose. Nowadays I like to just rush mountain light armour by going into the mountains with deer armour and a finewood bow

[strange cradle]

And groups of seekers are usually around mines, otherwise you rarely encounter more than two enemies.

[storm sinew]

You go to the mountains with deer armor?

[strange cradle]

I would NEVER do that.

Iron armor level 3 all the way.

[storm sinew]

I mean i just finished watching a speedrunner defeated all the bosses within 8 hours and he goes to the mountains in deer armor with frost mead

[strange cradle]

There's really two ways of playing Valheim: a. You dodge everything, so you don't need any armor... or health food. b. You're like me, and don't have lightning reflexes like a kung-fu fighter, and need something substantial between you and your enemy.

But level 4 armor is usually overkill.

[storm sinew]

I'm like in between XD

[twilit elm]

c. fucking run

[storm sinew]

Dodge and fight

[strange cradle]

I suck at dodging and I really don't like the mechanic anyway.

[storm sinew]

Anw, there is also the vilebone armor set in the plains, but you need the vile's trophy which is quite rare

[strange cradle]

I use movement to stay out of harms way.

[near furnace]

want to learn a secret

[strange cradle]

I listen. 😄

[near furnace]

||all monsters are rooted during attacks. so you can basicly just walk backwards as they attack to get out of harms way||

[charred plinth]

I see you're not a souls like enjoyer

[strange cradle]

That's exactly what I use.

[near furnace]

🙂

[strange cradle]

When a draugr attacks, I take a step backwardds.

Then I smack the shit out of it.

[near furnace]

works great

[strange cradle]

Absolutely.

[near furnace]

or, pre-emtivly attack works on alot of monsters aswell

[strange cradle]

That's also a method I use, when I'm sure I can stun them.

[storm sinew]

Didn't know mobs have that 1 negative mechanic when they attack

[strange cradle]

I usually attack first.

[near furnace]

it's to make animation look better

[storm sinew]

Oh cool

[near furnace]

since they have 1 animation to get to you, then 1 animation to attack you, then another animation after that

[strange cradle]

It really works even against stronger enemies like Draugr Elite. You just have to be VERY careful to not get hit.

[near furnace]

sad to hear you have issues with dodge-rolling. it's basicly OP 😄

[strange cradle]

I'm old. And I don't like the roll.

[storm sinew]

Once i filled up my longship with blackmetals to transport back to the main base, its yagluth time, oh men im excited to go the mistlands for the first time

[strange cradle]

It will be a VERY different experience from plains. 😉

People are torn about the Mistlands.

It's the biome that sparks the most discussions.

[storm sinew]

I'm the type of person when playing this type of games, i love exploring, even at the dangerous lands at low level 🙂

[near furnace]

valheim is build on 3 principes

Adventure
Building
Combat
🫡

[strange cradle]

I, personally, like the Mistlands, but some people, especially the ones coming fresh from the Plains and the ones that like to rush, HATE Mistlands with a passion.

[near furnace]

😄

mistlands is an enclusure

your boxed in

and most peoples "cheats" ain't working

they can't just rain arrows on enemies

enemies will be alot more sturdy and stalking you

and if the seekers catch you and they do the poke piercing attack. you're in a world of hurt 😄

[strange cradle]

Absolutely.

[storm sinew]

I saw this in reddit, where they like "hate mistlands" and then when ashlands is part of the game "i loved mistalands, now i hate ashlands"

[near furnace]

😄

[strange cradle]

Tru. I initially had big issues with Mistlands as well, but I accepted that it was probably my problem, not a problem of the game.

Now, Mistlands is the area where I die the least.

[near furnace]

intrestingly enough, naked corpserun is actually quite funky in mistlands

specially running without a mistlight

[storm sinew]

I mean ashlands is crawling with very dangerous enemies whereever you go

Running without a mistlight?

[near furnace]

oh yes

try it

my current playthrough is mistlands without the light

[idle storm]

I did multiple mistland playthroughs without one

it's fun

[near furnace]

since I can't for the love of my life, find yagluth xD

[storm sinew]

I watched someone did it in youtube and there is actually a trick

[idle storm]

not so much a trick as just exploration. Areas that are naturally mist-free are pretty common

[near furnace]

mhm

[idle storm]

instead of trying to run blindly through the mist just sail around until you find a mist-free shore and explore where it leads

[near furnace]

I just move the camera closer to the player character 😄

[storm sinew]

Yeah thats the trick i saw

[near furnace]

ah

[barren whale]

big fan of running through mistlands without a light

the carry weight is almost always better

[storm sinew]

Oh men, in my last world before deleting it and starting new one because i hated that world, it took me like 6 mountains and couple of frost caves just to find onions and moder's vegvisir and it points like max south before ashlands and i was like "you kidding me"

[strange cradle]

Island worlds are notorious for this problem.

I have one like that.

[near furnace]

yagluth is elusive for sure

I want to adjust that before 1.0

we'll see if we have time for it

[strange cradle]

That would be a good idea.

It's easier to find Yagluth by sailing around shores of Plains, than trying to find his vegvisir.

[near furnace]

yup 😄

[storm sinew]

I'm curious is there a chance that we can plant our very own berries etc in 1.0?

instead of roaming around to the spots

[near furnace]

no

valheim is not ment to have the early game turn out like farmville

you find more stuff in the game early, by being forced to go out and collect food

[strange cradle]

I got used to it.

I marked my farm spots and it is part of my routine.

[storm sinew]

Same, its like our chores in game

Cut trees, plant trees, harvest crops, plant the next batch, etc

[near furnace]

😄

[storm sinew]

I mean for someone like myself who always do chores daily irl, i love doing it

[strange cradle]

It's actually relaxing. I play Valheim to relax.

[near furnace]

same

game doesn't force me to play stressfully

[strange cradle]

Yes.

I just started WoW again (mainly to roleplay), but I hate how hectic it has become.

[near furnace]

oh?

[strange cradle]

To me at least.

Again, I'm old. I can't multitask. I'm slow.

And they just throw stuff at you left, right and center.

It's way too much, and leveling is insanely fast.

[near furnace]

you sound like you're like 90+ old 😄

[strange cradle]

Not THAT old. 😉

[near furnace]

but I know people who are 90 years old, who plays WoW 🤔

[strange cradle]

Yeah, my parents have been playing it. 😄

But they're still in their 90s.

80's.

Late 80's in case of my dad.

I'm 64.

[near furnace]

that's not old anymore

[strange cradle]

Trust me, once you hit your 60's, things do change.

At least they did for me.

I also had a burnout.

I can't take stress any more.

I had to retire two years earlier than I expected.

[near furnace]

can't apply the good old coffee to solve things anymore?

[strange cradle]

Nope.

[near furnace]

dang

then reverse and drink tea and slow down time instead

[strange cradle]

Which doesn't mean that I no longer drink it. 😄

Tea is nice.

[near furnace]

tea is indeed nice

[stray swallow]

plantable berry bushes would take the fun away, but can the berry bushes at least respawn?

[strange cradle]

They do.

[stray swallow]

they do already? Great

[strange cradle]

That's why you just mark them on your map.

The mushrooms in Mistlands don't if I recall correctly.

[stray swallow]

ik, but way back I played with some ppl who enjoyed hammering enemies in pure panic and at some point my entire starting island was without raspberries

[strange cradle]

lulz

Yeah, I like to stay away from my bushes when fighting enemies.

[near furnace]

berries respawn witin a few days on bushes

but if you destroy the bush, the bush itself won't respawn with berries on them

[stray swallow]

yeah, could that be added at any point, or is there no interest in doing so?

[near furnace]

um. no

if you break it, it's your loss

[stray swallow]

alright, ty for answering. I figured, but in multiplayer that can be... annoying

[near furnace]

there are like 1 millions berry bushes in the game 😄

and it's mostly not needed for to long anyways

like, in swamps, do you still go out and farm 100's of berries?

[rotund parrot]

If you take a health potion every time you screw up and take a hit like I do and eat ratatosk constantly, yeah!

[near furnace]

mad 😮

[rotund parrot]

Not even a little, I know I need them so I just grab them and always have plenty!

[near furnace]

ah

The game do give you so many diffrent ways to play the game

[rotund parrot]

Yeah and doesn't force you in a set path, that's what makes it so good

[stray swallow]

What can I say. A man loves his berries

[rotund parrot]

I mean it does but not really, take the same map and hundreds of people, where they build, where they kill the boss, what they explore, how long they take, etc. Will look vastly different

[open bolt]

Is it normal for a smaller Mountain to have zero obsidian?

[tacit crystal]

Yes. Obsidian requires certain altitude.

[merry pebble]

Yep 🙂 it starts spawning only abovecertain height

-# I was too slow xD

[open bolt]

I wanted the 4 obsidian for the workbench upgrade so I came to the Mountain with campfires. But I found zero so far.

[open bolt]

hum... I see. 😩

maybe there is no obsidian in this Mountain...

[rotund parrot]

IIRC it's above 100 meters that obsidian can spawn

[storm sinew]

I think there is a video guide on tips about the mountains and it also covers what are the certain altitude on where you can find silver, obsidian, frost caves etc.

[open bolt]

Obsidian acquired. 👍 from a different Mountain

[strange cradle]

If you have an island world then you might have real difficulties finding one that is high enough.

[nocturne wolf]

what's an island world?

[dusky anvil]

Any faster way to kill Moder?

Took me 3+ minutes just to not even get a quarter of the way there

For reference, Drauger Fang bow and Fire arrows are the ones I used. Is there more than just swapping to poison arrows?

[tacit crystal]

Obsidian arrows.

[strange cradle]

A world that consists mostly of smaller islands instead of large continents.

I have one with my second character. Moder was way down south on my map. There's Mistlands and Plains right next to it.

[open bolt]

How many arrows would I need if I wanna kill bonemass with pierce damage? 😂

[strange cradle]

Too many.

Depends a lot on the weapon used, the arrows used and your skill level. 😉

[lunar sapphire]

@visual kraken Even if somebod crafted the Odin set, you won't be able to use/wear them without owning the DLC itself.
The DLC was given out as a thank you for the beta testers back in 2020

[open bolt]

Yeah... I guess the best would be frost arrows, but I'd have to go to the Mountain to farm the materials.

[strange cradle]

Honestly? Bonemass is a pushover even with a zero skill level character. Just don lvl 3 Iron armor, round shield and a mace and smack dat b*tch.

Fight's over in less than five minutes.

With ZERO skills on mace.

Just make sure to be rested, well fed (HHS) and have poison resistance potions in you.

I use a mace just for Bonemass (and Golems) but that's it. I don't even level it.

[nocturne wolf]

HSS can work too

[strange cradle]

IF you're good at dodging.

I'm not. 🙂

[open bolt]

Yeah... That's the best build that I always use. That's why I wanted to try something different this time 😂

maybe my axe is still better than arrows...

[strange cradle]

A bit maybe.

[nocturne wolf]

Bonemass takes 2x slash compared to pierce

[dusky anvil]

Why not poison?

[tacit crystal]

Because poison damage doesn't stack like fire/spirit damage does.

Meaning you'll deal overall less damage per second if you don't let the poison damage last until the end of its duration.

Which would be slower.

Or in other words, hitting enemy with new poison arrow would only add the full timer again but not increase damage.

[frigid anvil]

Ready to go to the plains, but first I gotta go to the swamps again to get more iron 🙄

[old flint]

More iron!

[open bolt]

Always the iron...

[tacit crystal]

Or hunt ||viles|| for their mats for new armor.

[near furnace]

*2020 only 😉

no

if

you

signed

up

for

early

access

testing

in

2021

you

did

not

get

a

free

DLC

gift

PERIOD

[lunar sapphire]

Have corrected that

gomenasai

[near furnace]

you better

no want to spread lies

👀

to many people think buying the game in 2021 gives them the rights to the DLC

[last otter]

Crazy.

[limber peak]

hallo

Any body here

i want to join to server but i have no friend play this game

[paper marsh]

check out #1024264966712340510 . A lot of people make posts in there, hopefully you can find someone you vibe with

[limber peak]

i do not why but it takes a lot of time

to answer

[storm sinew]

It seems like iron is more demanding metal when crafting the stuffs in late game i think

I mean there is like almost 30+ of stuff you need to built or craft that requires iron as one of the materials

[tacit crystal]

That is correct. Most of them require less iron to craft and upgrade than iron tier equipment tho.

But for builders there is no such a thing as "enough iron".

[storm sinew]

If you like filled the entire iron chest with iron and like you are guessing i have pleanty, then when it comes to mistland you will see like all of the stuff there requires iron

[muted elm]

so uhh

i made a new world

and i spawned underwater

soo my forsaken altar is underwater

how fix

[strange cradle]

I would just delete this one and try again.

Since it's new...

[nocturne wolf]

what is the seed?

[strange cradle]

Are you using mods?

And yeah, seed would be nice to have.

[paper marsh]

Need is maybe a bit strong of a word

But there is a lot of cool gear that uses iron yeah