valheim-chat

[rancid pebble]

Builds a logic gate system using campfires

[dull warren]

I set up a mini portal hub at Holdor's camp, I always feel bad when I wander in through the gate and he's all "Oh look! A customer!" and then I immediately turn around and leave for the witch or his sister

[feral tendon]

Is your fire pit close to sea level?

I've been encountering a similar issue and it's tied to wave height despite the 5m distance between it and the water.

[final bloom]

It’s generally that the smoke moves slowly and needs a large chimney area to get out or it chokes itself. I find it doesn’t like going around bends or sharp slopes at all

[granite grail]

BRUH 💀 💀 💀 💀 💀 I HATE it when the game glitches. I litteraly was in a crypt and checking out those flooded tunnels, and suddenly the game blocked me from going back at all. It yanked my player to the right when I tried to swim out and kept me stuck there I litteraly drowned to a stupid glitch 🤦

[feral tendon]

Ay yes the ever-issue of "Odin just thought it was funny I guess"

Usually I get pulled into the ocean by a combo of a small incline being too much for my soggy Viking to climb, and running out of stamina as well as the ocean pulling me back out.

[final bloom]

No mods at all?

[brittle flower]

are you sure the ventilation is wide enough? it needs to be surprisingly large

if its near water the waves could clip trough the floor to put it out or then there is something that you built too close to the fireplace like raised ground or wooden beams that are blocking it

[granite grail]

Nope completely vanilla. It's not a big deal just stupid lol. I had a full bar of stam I tried going all directions, jumping, etc it just wouldnt let me past that point

But this single crypt had 125 iron I can forgive it 🤣 🤣

[feral tendon]

Next time, if you can, try swinging your pickaxe at the floor.

Could be an invisible polygon left over from mining, I've had that happen before

[granite grail]

I was too deep in the water plus I hadn't done any mining at that point

[feral tendon]

Yeesh... I've been there. Sorry mang atleast you got a good haul tho

[rancid pebble]

Got... Leather armor. Only took 18 hours

[feral tendon]

I remember my first time.

[rancid pebble]

First time?

Is at 1015 hours logged

[feral tendon]

Oof

[rancid pebble]

I haven't even cut down a tree yet. Just grabbing whatever branch I come across as I explore this island.

Good news, no swamps!

[weary moon]

just beat fader

wouldnt wish this on my worst enemy

[paper marsh]

Because it was so awesome that you don’t want your worst enemy to have that joy?

[weary moon]

there was nothing awesome about having 50 ashkvins on my ahh mid boss fight

the queen fight was so enjoyable then.. just hell

[grizzled fox]

ANYONE HERE play valheim?

[chrome badge]

Everyone here plays Valheim.

[grizzled fox]

Super duper amazing
I’m throwing an event next two Sundays. It’s admin vs players, build and defend fortress style. I’ve got bodies and wanna see if more are interested

[chrome badge]

You can always make a post in #1024264966712340510

[grizzled fox]

Fresh or veteran is welcome, weapons and equipment provided and free to keep

I do have a post

[chrome badge]

Okay, keep server advertisements there, this channel isn't for that. 👍

[grizzled fox]

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take, I wasn’t getting any bites on that post

I’ll keep it in the lfg

[feral tendon]

Na, no idea what that is

[sweet gorge]

Nah why would we

what is that game even about

[grizzled fox]

It’s a really immersive survival crafting game, that’s not to overloaded or grindy. Retro graphics and the sandbox world has a lot to explore

[sweet gorge]

Oh like i havent played it 3 times already

[grizzled fox]

The base game is pretty good and some mods give it wild variety which is pretty good while we wait for it to leave early access

[strange cradle]

You know that Elkku was tongue-in-cheek?

[grizzled fox]

100% but my spirit animal is a capybara

[sweet gorge]

I didin't understand that one

[strange cradle]

tongue-in-cheek means, you were not seriously asking Barnabe about the game and were joking.

[sweet gorge]

yeah

[final bloom]

Do you like rabbits?

[sweet gorge]

Hares for the win

[grizzled fox]

I don’t like the mistlands but I never mist a hare

[final bloom]

What’s the answer to the never ending story

[grizzled fox]

And in the end, a new beginning …

Followed by “a new beginning, that takes place in the newly developed deep north : D”

[final bloom]

Ur a funny bot

[grizzled fox]

Damn. That stings, can’t even be quirky without getting accused of being ai

[granite grail]

He's been here since 2021 and on discord since 2015 O_o

[grizzled fox]

K now I feel old

[opal prairie]

Nothing to be ashamed about.

[drowsy badge]

well that

is a quick regret

[swift thunder]

How do i report Phising/Scams coming from this discord server ?

[chrome badge]

You can DM @dusky pivot with information laid out.

[dawn gull]

how do i get my boat on my dog bro

[drowsy badge]

m bac

im back

[dawn gull]

DAMN IT

A TROLL KILLED MY DOG

[drowsy badge]

ah vangeance time

[dawn gull]

imma kill them all bro

[frozen void]

for the future, you have to build a ramp and push them off it into the boat

[dawn gull]

guys i have been looking for the elder for 5 days

idk how to find it

[frozen void]

look for vegvisir in stone buildings or burial grounds in the black forest

[dawn gull]

whats a vegsivir

[analog hearth]

it is like a square stone with a glowy rune on it

[frozen void]

the stones with a red glowing symbol on it

[steel mica]

small runestones with a glowing symbol

[steel mica]

3 response

[analog hearth]

you saw the first one next to uh... the deer boss stone at spawn point

there are so many names in this game that I can't type from memory

🥺

[steel mica]

dog? 🤔

Im guessing they named their boar "dog"

[frozen void]

eikthyr

[steel mica]

[analog hearth]

did the question mean getting the boat on top of their boar or the other way around 🥴

[frozen void]

i think they swapped dog(wolf) and boat

[steel mica]

AH WOLF

I completely forgot they exist

I was thinking boar because he was trying to locate elder

[analog hearth]

how do I push a mob?

I think I tried to push a lox before

[final bloom]

All good man just messing with ya

[analog hearth]

beep boop
you are totally right

[dawn gull]

when do i get pic perms

[steel mica]

You don't, unless you are a mod/helper/or other roles apart from just being a member

[dawn gull]

damn

i wanna show my funeral

[steel mica]

Only way is to just send them here #screenshots

[frozen void]

and only valheim images

[drowsy badge]

i wish we have eye color option

[dawn gull]

did cannons exist in viking age?

[drowsy badge]

i know they exist somewhere

[dawn gull]

rate my funeral design

#screenshots

[drowsy badge]

we even have them here
(well it's more of a swivel gun)

[dawn gull]

my house looks like a construction site everytime i fix the support beams

[tawdry arch]

Did they say a date yet for the release on Playstation?

[tacit crystal]

They haven't.

Only during 2026 is stated.

[dull warren]

I don't think they ever used gunpowder

I'm no expert though

[swift thunder]

Im so excited for the play testing, i got my mum to stock my fridge with g-fuel

[eternal blade]

Nope. Gunpowder was invented around 1000CE, IIRC, putting it in tail end of viking age, but first military applications came about 100 years later, and it spread into Europe during 13th century

[dull warren]

I think the Chinese had gunpowder long before that though, but they only used it for fireworks

meh not that long before - the first recorded use is the 9th century

[eternal blade]

The best remotely plausible thing we could get is greek fire. Vikings raided and traded far and had extensive contact with Byzantine empire, even serving as mercenaries and later imperial guard

[dull warren]

Tar would be aweome as a base defense mechanic, if we got better raids

[analog hearth]

please no more raids 😭

[dull warren]

I don't want more raids, I want better raids

This game could absolutely have some decent tower defense playability if they improved a few things

[frozen void]

at first i thought you mean tar moats

[dull warren]

You could tar some fields to slow them down or light it on fire, which could be possibly risky with fire spread on

And also... fuck growths

I hate those fuckers

[analog hearth]

my first encounter with tar was traumatizing...
I couldn't even comprehend what that was other than a black pool of liquid and the next second I died

it took me ages to recover my loots lmao

mosquito snipes and more deaths to those black blobs

[dull warren]

Actually the deathsquitos haven't been an issue at all for me

[frozen void]

dragging growth to fuling villages was fun to me

[silk token]

thats actually what im doing if i play magic again, tar moat and fireballs

im sure its possible to find 2-3 tar pits near each other, sort of dig trenches so they flow in a sort of shape i can go and draw the enemies to their fiery demise

[dull warren]

Mind you, if we could just set every tar pit we find on fire, that would be a bit cheesy

[analog hearth]

how are the tar pits supposed to be handled?
From the wiki I'm told I have to dig and drain them?

[silk token]

hehe, right, but i dont want a tar moat to be a fire wall, i want it to make things slow and vulnerable

[dull warren]

Yeah my point is that tar could be used much better if we could use it defensively, maybe it could only be used as base defense if fire spread is on

Right now it's only cosmetic

[silk token]

well it slows and applies weakness to fire too

[frozen void]

i dig a deep hole far enough away that there is no tar particles on the ground, as deep as possible, then start digging towards the pit

[dull warren]

I drained the last one into the ocean lol

[frozen void]

yeah that works too

[dull warren]

I be kllin' all the seagulls

[analog hearth]

how do the black blobs spawn exactly? Won't they harass you as you dig towards the pits

[dull warren]

I think two to four of them spawn at every tar pit, and respawn every hour or so

Yes they will attack you if you don't dispatch them first

I highly recommend dispatching them with ranged attacks

[foggy glacier]

their spawns are blocked by player base structures. Kill off the ones that are around the tar pit, then slap down a workbench to prevent respawns.

Then you can drain the tar

[dawn gull]

guys

i have like 50 boars inside one pen

i lured like 20 of them inside

[frozen void]

Roll out

[dawn gull]

i dropped carrots and they wont get tamed

[dull warren]

Sweeet, I love a good boar slaughter

Did you back off far enough that they're no longer alarmed?

[frozen void]

How do you have 50 untamed boars in one spot?

[dawn gull]

i lured them in

duh

[dull warren]

Build a blind, so they can't see you

Hide behind it

[dawn gull]

i am behind the walls

[frozen void]

They get startled by players and fire

You being nearby making sounds too

[dull warren]

Or that yeah, is there fire anywhere nearby?

[dawn gull]

i have like a kingdom when your inside my walls

yeah i put torch inside the pen

[dull warren]

That will scare them

[frozen void]

Yea

[dawn gull]

bro i just accidentally destroyed the wall inside the pen and all my 50 hard worked boars are now roaming the map

[dull warren]

hahaha I would reload a previous save if that happened to me

[paper marsh]

Kill them 😈

You only need 2 if you really want tames anyway

[frozen void]

Yeah, unless you were planning on never killing them

[dawn gull]

uh their trying to destroyt the walls

[frozen void]

Even then its cheaper to tame 2 and breed rest

[dawn gull]

i loaded a previous save

im crowd surfing on the boar pen

check #screenshots i sent the boar pen

i finally got 50 wolfs

now time to transport them to the ashlands and strand them there

and imm acome back 50 days later and see whos the chosen one

[frozen void]

Yeah those are all tamed

[dawn gull]

im smoked

[timid isle]

does anyone know when is the deepnorth update coming?

[analog hearth]

nah

[timid isle]

summer?

[tacit crystal]

No exact date announced yet.

It will be added when it is ready.

[frozen void]

Lets not

[analog hearth]

I'm sorry, what did I send?

right I see

the soon emoji? Sure okay

[frozen void]

Are you aware of #suggestions ?

[terse cosmos]

Umm... I don't understand the question.

[frozen void]

Ah, i see you posted it there but it was deleted because you didnt follow the form

[terse cosmos]

Sorry, I didn't know where to bring this up.

[frozen void]

Reddit doesnt really go well with later comments as theyll get no visibilty, so suggestions and feedback collected together fit better in discord, or the steam forums.

I think feedback on reddit fits better as separate posts, as theyll get more visibility and be upvoted if people like it.

Thats just my two cents though

[terse cosmos]

hmmm

[dull warren]

It's still not a bad idea because it's more accessible, and it could always be sorted by most upvoted. The problem is that later comments on the thread won't be seen much in the first place.

[frozen void]

Like i said, also people wont keep rechecking the same thread anyway

[terse cosmos]

I understand what you're saying. I hadn't really taken into account how Reddit works, but—for instance—I made this silly post, and quite a few people upvoted it... (https://www.reddit.com/r/valheim/comments/1taz7rf/it_would_make_perfect_sense_that_if_youre/). I ​​think Reddit offers much more visibility than Discord. Maybe we could give it a try... perhaps even taking advantage of the ability to edit the body of the post. Alternatively, we could do something similar on Discord—like (https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1024264966712340510) —using the option to remove duplicate entries, or, if ideas are similar, adding them as replies to the original comment containing that idea.

[frozen void]

#suggestions already has voting. Like 👍 dislike 👎 and already suggested ♻️

If people want to discuss it they can do so in #suggestion-discussion

If it aint broke, dont fix it

#suggestion-discussion discussion is also easier to read through and moderate than thousands of threads

[terse cosmos]

Yes, but that doesn't solve the problem of preventing duplicate ideas; furthermore, there is no official voting system provided by the community. In other words, if someone proposes an idea—saying, for instance, "Bears should be tameable"—I would like to know (and I'm not sure if others would, too) how many people are actually interested in having this feature included in the game. This applies to other ideas that might revolve around "bears" as a concept as well. It would help avoid repetition and provide a more consistent record of community votes.

[frozen void]

Whats the problem with duplicates and how would this solve it?

[terse cosmos]

Like: "Tamed bears: 1232 people interested"

First, if an idea has already been proposed, a responsible user shouldn't simply rewrite the exact same thing; instead, they should perhaps add some further details regarding that specific concept. Second, it is worth determining whether the idea is truly of interest to both the developers and the community—given that, if the developers were to decline it for whatever reason, someone would likely end up implementing it via mods anyway.

Moderation might be necessary if users keep reposting it, but if you use the search filter, all that's left to do is cast a vote. When entering the #suggestions chat—since it is a chat and not a ticket-based system—I’m not going to scroll all the way to the top just to see if someone has already writed or proposed "tamed bears."

[frozen void]

Youre expecting people will search through all the comments for similar suggestions. They won't, many people dont even read the pins and channel description of #suggestions so their message gets deleted. Thats besides they will often think theirs is different enough, maybe it is, whos to say? Moderators?

And see, you even admit you wont even search for the word "bears" in there.

Smiffe keeps track of suggestions and if theyre popular both in votes and if theyre suggested often enough.

[terse cosmos]

Sorry, I think I expressed myself poorly.

I mean, when I referred to not searching for the word "bears," I was referring to searching within a long chat thread... However, with Discord's card system, you have the option to "create or search."

[dim python]

i can't read all of this too long (i will soon tho)

but before i do:
i think a good reason to avoid making a suggestion forum somewhere like reddit is a developing insular self righteous crowd

they'll convince themselves of some silly ideas and detest many outsider opinions

[frozen void]

#suggestion-discussion can already become toxic enough

[dim python]

i hope the devs implement some ideas that are put forth but recieved poorly by the active community...

[drowsy badge]

hello

[terse cosmos]

Would it make sense to create a Reddit community called valheimFeedback2026?

[dim python]

no. 🙂

[terse cosmos]

It could only be used that year, and within that community, the posts with the most upvotes would be highlighted, emphasizing comments and added details, making it easier to search within the same thread.

[orchid jackal]

hi guys where i can send a message if i want to find someone to play with ?

[merry pebble]

Why when there is already a system that works?

[merry pebble]

#1024264966712340510 😄

[silk token]

imo the suggestion channel is already pretty good, you can search it for previously suggested ideas, if you missed it people can react with recycle emoji, people can up and down vote, whats wrong with it?

[orchid jackal]

ok ty

[dim python]

i'm still afraid of a small group convincing themselves of bad ideas and entering enmity with the actual dev team

[silk token]

now im stuck searching suggestions looking to see if things were suggested and am shocked by what has NOT been suggested. i seriously couldnt find one suggestion saying “why is the battering ram backwards?”

[strange cradle]

I keep wondering myself.

Just used it today, and wondered why I have to bring myself in harms way to operate the thing.

[silk token]

its insane. when i first made it i spent a good 20 minutes trying to ram the thing against the door, like how the heck does this work. oh, i have to pin myself against a spike wall with a horde behind it, cool

[strange cradle]

It really is insane.

[silk token]

and the only way to do it is pray not that many starred mobs are there and you can get a lucky dodge roll and jump over your ram hoping you dont get stuck on it

[frozen void]

I stopped using the battering ram anyway

[strange cradle]

Yeah, once the door breaks I immediately turn around, roll the thing away and jump to get out of it as frantically as possible.

[silk token]

i still use it because i refuse to build over the walls but i hate it

[frozen void]

I just build stairs up against the walls to get in and then i pickaxe the corner of the tower to get in there

Sometimes you can just jump in

Breaking the walls just sends a horde after you

Going over is much more manageable

[silk token]

well right but. using the battering ram on the door is obviously intended gameplay

[strange cradle]

I may need to try this.

[frozen void]

Yeah

I just got tired of dying 😂

[silk token]

and how did no dev at any point go “whyd you make it backwards, we cant add this”

[strange cradle]

😄

[frozen void]

Its used the same way in the animated trailer

[strange cradle]

Well, they don't GET to the "breaking door" part.

[frozen void]

I dont think being in front or back makes much of a difference

[strange cradle]

Well, the entire ram is protecting you at first.

[frozen void]

I just dont want to have to set up bunch of ballistas to be able to break in somewhat safely

[strange cradle]

Yeah, never done the ballista thing.

[silk token]

what?? you dont think it matters if youre literallt pinned touching the spikes with a janky heavy thing on wheels pinning you against it, or if you’re behind it with an obstacle between you and the freed horde??

[strange cradle]

BIG difference.

[silk token]

ive done catapult too, it takes like 10 minutes to finally get the angle right, and then it just moves slightly on its own

[strange cradle]

😄

Sounds like too much effort to me.

[frozen void]

The only way id feel safe busting the gates dosn awas if i could also have a morgen or two on standby

[silk token]

it is, i swear i fiddle with it for so long and then i fire another shot and im like wait… its slowly drifting left each shot

[tacit crystal]

Just shoot yourself into the fortress and start axing.

[silk token]

hehe, ive set up a forward base with a line to charred targeting ballista before like a proper siege it was fun. but its not even about fighting the horde, its those first couple seconds when the door breaks and you cant see and theres a ball of 10 charred ready to swing on you

[strange cradle]

What are you actually trying to hit with the catapult anyway?

[silk token]

the doors

[strange cradle]

Ok, sooo... why not just use the ram?

Much easier, IMHO.

[silk token]

ive done it, it just takes insanely long because the aim is awful and the catapult moves on its own

[strange cradle]

I can imagine.

[silk token]

because then im pinning myself against a wall and then against a horde of things

[frozen void]

Well maybe you want to be in the back, somewhat safer?

[strange cradle]

Well... been there, done that. 😛

[bright kiln]

Any closer eta for 1.0 release!?!?!?

[strange cradle]

Yeah... I wish you could turn that ram around.

[silk token]

and MOST times there arent starred charred or starred warlocks and i DONT get stuck trying to dodge roll and jump out of there in time

[strange cradle]

Well, every passing day is a day closer to 1.0!

[bright kiln]

Raaahhhhhhhhhh!!!

[silk token]

the only actual safe way is building the ram far out of spawn range and sprinting straight at the door before the spawners spawn so many and hopefully not a starred warlock ready to aoe the doorway

[frozen void]

Each day moves us forward in time

Ah someone else got it before me

Curses

[strange cradle]

😄

[bright kiln]

Valheim is the most active game I've seen, its been verry consistent with active players and everything. It realy is a gem

[strange cradle]

It is a gem.

[frozen void]

Bloodstone? Jade? Iolite?

[strange cradle]

Diamond.

It shines above everything.

[silk token]

i might honestly do this next time, i just hate everything about the ram. imean could it at least FIT THROUGH THE DOOR

[strange cradle]

Yeah... I had to wiggle it through.

Don't ask me how... but I somehow got it through.

[tacit crystal]

You can also break the door frame to fit better.

[strange cradle]

And then you have to get it up-hill.

[frozen void]

I wish i could repair the gates and use them

[strange cradle]

That would be cool.

Can you actually shoot yourself in the fortress and survive the crashlanding?

Nice...

[tacit crystal]

You take max 100 damage from falling.

[strange cradle]

Well... still a lot of health gone.

[tacit crystal]

Depending on distance it might have taken about 50ish last time I tried.

[strange cradle]

I really might try that. 😄

[frozen void]

Build a hot tub below you right before you land

[strange cradle]

I'm too slow for that.

Ok, I will try it. For... science and... stuff.

[frozen void]

Sounds like you need a hot tub time machine

[strange cradle]

I will probably die a horrible death.

Wish me luck.

With my luck, a warlock will have spawned a green fire soup right where I land.

[frozen void]

I also like to bait warlocks to the cofner edges of walls, sometimes they'll get pushed off and i can melee thrm in peace

[lunar sapphire]

often times tho everything else will get pushed off from the corner 😄

[frozen void]

Yeah and thats still easier to take care of

[lunar sapphire]

I can't imagine breaking the doors down is a smart idea

[tacit crystal]

Hey, remember to take a good bath in hot tub placed in Ashlands!
-# ||The water boils you in the tub too.||

[lunar sapphire]

Is this scientifically proven?

[tacit crystal]

It gives the same heat effect.

[lunar sapphire]

so, deadly?

[tacit crystal]

Probably. Didn't test that far tho.

It was during PTB.

[frozen void]

Cleansing

[regal cave]

💥💥💥💣💣💥💥💥 HERES JOHNNY prob one of my favorite parts of the game XD

[silk token]

hehe, it is 9/10 of the time. i have been instantly thrusted by a 2 star warrior while multiple warlocks green smoke the doorway and the ram pins me against all of it because the fort spawned on a hill against a lava field. but otherwise yes.

[regal cave]

Hasn't happened to me yet but once the door blasts I click e on the cart and jump over and into everything 😂😂 im sure it will happen. Catapult is the safest way to open it if one considers themselves a viking and doesnt grandma walk from safety with terrain walls

[dim python]

chat... should i dig random rocks for stone, or a copper node, or a canal?

[light moat]

I recommend a copper node personally, because you get two resources
But if you’re good on copper, you could go and mine stone spires in the plains?

[dim python]

still haven't beat moder

i'm not good on copper >w< i need more

[frozen void]

I have mined tens of thousand of stone from boulders in mountains

[strange cradle]

So... I first yeeted my Thundering Niddhög into the lava... then myself. It's an experience I cannot recommend.

I actually went back cowardly to an earlier save.

[lime wasp]

does anyone know if they'll add ladders to the game? would love some early game wood ladders

[analog hearth]

don't we already have the funny hopscotch ladder?

I mean it is named ladder, right?

[spark plover]

Maybe they mean straight ladders, like e.g. minecraft

[lime wasp]

oh yeah i meant like straight ladders that hang from the ceiling

it would require a new climbing animation for the player

[spark plover]

I think that has been suggested in #suggestions multiple times already

[analog hearth]

ah nice, I would like that too
I assumed my character would climb when built the first wood ladder ngl lmao

we could have teleporting ladder, like on boats

[silk token]

same, but i've also insta-rolled out of the cart-imean, battering ram, and tried to jump over it but got stuck long enough for 10 enemies to land blows on me, for i was pinning myself against where they are because reasons

[vivid yoke]

Is Valheim bossfights balanced for Normal/big groups?

[nocturne wolf]

all enemies damage and health increase with up to five nearby players, but the health increase is below 100% so you'll still kill them a lot faster

[paper marsh]

I’d say no

With a lot of people it’s gonna get kinda easy

[spark plover]

I think the game is mostly balanced around single player cause that's what it was made for

[vivid yoke]

hmm, me and a friend just killed Queen on Hard+, but we were constantly dying and corpserunning, she was just summoning ads over and over and we barely got damage in

[spark plover]

I think when adds are affected it can be more difficult, but I'm not sure how much exactly the player count affects that

[silk token]

well, the game is not intended to be balanced on hard, its meant to be hard

[spark plover]

Also, multiplayer makes more stuff possible like double forsaken power or staff of protection

[silk token]

and even then its not even balanced in an equally hard way.

[analog hearth]

that was so us fr, and it was on normal 😭

queen is just different
we felt underwhelmed when we beat fader later lol

[sleek sky]

Queen is also one of the hardest bosses

She has a big moveset

[paper marsh]

Yea 2 ppl is fine, especially on hard

But 10 ppl on normal gets pretty low stakes

[silk token]

i think shes very well designed to make use of the mistlands gear, fireballs, feather cape to run up and jump down the ramps etc it's not the usually stand still dodge roll stab stab stab dodge roll like every previous fight

[sleek sky]

Shes awesome imo

Ratatosk my goat

The team really cooked with queen and fader imo

Gave them a much bigger moveset

[spark plover]

True, the many attacks make the fights feel way more intense compared to the other boses

[vivid yoke]

i think the boss fight is fantastic, but her summoning adds is too often on hard

[tacit crystal]

You have already reached Mistlands boss?

[vivid yoke]

we just killed her yes

[tacit crystal]

What you've liked on newly added content?

[vivid yoke]

game has been fantastic in general, boss fights on hard though,,, bit too rough

if we put game on normal, exploration is too easyh

[tacit crystal]

Ah you play on hard difficulty.

Difficulty slider should not affect to the frequency of her summoning her adds.

[vivid yoke]

yeah but the frequency is too often for hard

i think the frequency is balanced for normal

but on hard it takes too long to clear

[sleek sky]

At least the adds cant be starred

[vivid yoke]

veryy true, i jsut think that clearing the ads on hard is doable, but she summons them so frequently you cant deal enough damage

[sleek sky]

Can always run away and kill adds seperately

[tacit crystal]

Bile bombs, Demolisher, Ember staff. Those are pretty good tools to clear the adds.

[sleek sky]

Bile bombs are the goat

[vivid yoke]

i was using ember staff, but you run out of eitr thats how often the ads are summoned

but to answer your question , new content is goated

[analog hearth]

what are new contents

[foggy glacier]

Are you referring to the PTB small update last week?

[analog hearth]

I dunno lol, I am new so all contents are new to me
What are new to Trademark though?

[vivid yoke]

everything added since may 2024

thats the last time i played

[tacit crystal]

Mostly Bog Witch and Call to Arms content.

-# You did play Ashlands correct?

[vivid yoke]

i fought the vile the first time i saw it and immediately screamed like a little girl

[vivid yoke]

i did yes

that was pre-nerf

[sleek sky]

Viles and bears are awesome

[frozen void]

New vendor, newfoodstuff, new weapons, better weapon fighting, new mobs, etc

[tacit crystal]

Ah yeah, Viles are nastily neat addition.

[regal cave]

Frustrating way to die for sure, but vengeance will be more wicked 😈

[prime moth]

trinkets are a lot of fun too

[solid portal]

@prime moth Trinkets suck, just takes up more room in inventory. It takes too much to activate and they don’t last long enough

[queen wadi]

False, false, false, depends

[frozen void]

If you parry a lot it goes quick

Ive had fights where i triggered trinket 3 times

[queen wadi]

I've had trinkets turn losses into victories don't underestimate them

[solid portal]

I find them useless, I battle mobs in the Ashlands and mistlands and it never activates

[sleek sky]

[queen wadi]

Mistlands isn't mob heavy so yes you won't activating it outside of mines however in ashlands you should be procing it 3-4 times per engagement easy

[opal prairie]

You equiped the trinket right, not just having it sit in your inventory like I did with the first one I made.

[hazy cypress]

The lower adrenaline ones COULD be worth it, beyond that I don't see them terribly viable unless you're a VERY good parry person.

[tacit crystal]

I have no problems activating trinkets, especially with high staggering weapons.

[frozen void]

Ive triggered the 100 adrenaline trinket twice in a fight in ashlands

[analog hearth]

🥺

how 🥺

[frozen void]

If youre swarmed by double digits its not that hard

[bronze scroll]

2

[sleek sky]

1

[regal cave]

Allsisknowsis u can pop eikthyr and swim your destiny around whatever you want

Except spooky water

[dim python]

black forge is required for crafting krom

😭

[queen wadi]

Gotta Brave the mines

[analog hearth]

wait how much stuff could you make from mistland items without the black forge anyway

I guess except for cooking? Or I dunno

[final bloom]

Generally the crafting benches are the first things you go for in the new biomes to then make the thingers

[frozen void]

Pickaxe?

[queen wadi]

Yeah pickaxe would be the only thing you can make

3 weapons without eitr requirement

[urban basin]

how high can i build without using trees as a support?

[foggy glacier]

#building-tips message

[odd barn]

16 meters with stone, 18 meters with black marble, 26 meters with grausten. 50ish meters with iron grates, then you slap whatever you want over it to hide it. That old video was before black marble and grausten existed. You can cheat a lil bit more by raising the ground before building, but that'll give you eight meters at best.

[rancid pebble]

Just stack each material on top of eachother. It'll be fine, probably

[regal cave]

Supa highhh. To da snowwww - scientific answer

[tough needle]

Anyone add SeaAnimals to the RTDMMO modpack? How did that work out?

[frozen void]

#mods-discussion

[soft path]

You know, after playing the game again for a while, having restarted a server with friends, I kind of wish the Bog Witch wasn’t implemented into the game. We could have crafted candles with wax from honey that’s already in the game, the serving tray could have just been craftable or bought from Hildir, dragon eggshell powder could have been made my using a dragon egg on a windmill, and all of her herbs could have been rare spawns in the world, giving us something else to search for. I would have loved going foraging for ingredients to make biome specific spice blends. The various new plants could have added so much color to the biomes, especially the purple fragrant bundle.

[rancid pebble]

Would gnomes survive in Valheim?

[lone rampart]

They’d get eaten by necks

[rancid pebble]

Hum,

Got killed by poison, spawned at bed,

Troll smashed my house in half, then smashed me in half

[last otter]

Yeah, right. The necks won’t be able to chew them! Aren’t Gnomes made of hardened material?

[rancid pebble]

That depends on the kind of gnome

[last otter]

All the Gnomes.

There’ll be civilizations!

Kingdoms.

[rancid pebble]

Would be silly if you were picking mushrooms one day and a squeaky voice politely asks you to put the shroom back because it is his house

[last otter]

Aren’t they also humanly smart? The weaker gnomes will stay away from the ponds while the bigger, stronger ones take out the Necks.

[rancid pebble]

I'd argue they are smarter than humans

[last otter]

I think gnomes can survive Valheim if they play their cards right.

[rancid pebble]

Gnomes don't invent teflon

... Siberian Gnomes in North?

Just lil guy death glaring at you before dissapearing into the blizzard to do horrible things.

[hazy cypress]

I mean...If you're respawning with no gear, kinda hard to take on a troll that is invading.

[rancid pebble]

Oh it was not invading, it was just.. There. Suddenly crushing my cabin in half in one swing, then crushed the rest of it with the next swing (with me under the club as I tried to hide)

Pictures in #screenshots of the before and after of my cozy cabin life

Now I have to dig through the ruins, shuffle it into my grave stone as temporary storage, then grab what little gear I had in reserve, to recover my actual gear.

Lets see... Looks like I'll be running with a.. stone axe, a club, and leather pajamas. (Unupgraded)

Ooh and a torch. Useful.

[hazy cypress]

Either you were way to close to a spawn point, or there was an event that you didn't see.

[rancid pebble]

Probably the former

I'll relocate once this business is sorted.

... Or get troll hide gear early

[hazy cypress]

IDK, I had some attack me the instant I got back to base (event) despite being a LONG way from a Black Forest area.

[rancid pebble]

That would be a invasion

I have not slain Eikthyr yet however, so that is probably not what happened to me.

I just respawned next to a angry troll with HOA complaints

[hazy cypress]

I've also had them "Kinda" near BF (Also bears)

[rancid pebble]

Shaman got the drop on me, you see. Was exploring forest for bones

Wish map had a little skull icon to denote "danger"

[hazy cypress]

Nope, only death location.

[rancid pebble]

That I could place myself, I mean

I'll just use text

[hazy cypress]

Kinda agree with that. "Danger Zone" as a unique place-able marker would be great.

[rancid pebble]

Also, those wooden towers in the meadows. - I am reasonably sure that they are in fact, not watch towers, - due to the lack of means to scale them. - but simply.. storage buildings..?

[hazy cypress]

Degradation, Damage, Unfinished Project...?

[rancid pebble]

Speaking of, troll came back when I tried to repair the cabin

[languid blade]

Are fist weapons good? I have the frost hammer from the moutains rn maxed, and im progressing through the plains

[rancid pebble]

... Well I say repair, there's only one wall standing

[steel mica]

Good if you can parry since their major advantage is the higher parry bonus

and block force/armor iirc

[hazy cypress]

Can you move away a little bit? Next clearing perhaps?

[rancid pebble]

Counterproposal

I put these flint arrows through his eyesocket until he keels over

Then craft a cape out of his hide

[foggy glacier]

Fist weapons have an amazing stagger bonus on their secondary, as well as 6x backstab.

[hazy cypress]

Sure, Might also want to build a couple fires around the aread to remove the spawn point.

[rancid pebble]

That is probably how he popped into existance

Campfire went out

[foggy glacier]

unlit campfires still suppress mob spawns.

[rancid pebble]

He did not seem very suppressed

Is fine, got a thousand hours on this iron-age sandbox. Just sharing my anectdotes as they happen.

[swift thunder]

Are they planning on making this game harder ? Its far to easy ..........

[rancid pebble]

There is a difficulty slider.

[swift thunder]

yeah even on max its still to easy

[foggy glacier]

what biome are you in?

[rancid pebble]

well I do not know your definition of easy, so can't help there

[swift thunder]

The snow at the moment

[topaz hinge]

Hello

[rancid pebble]

Aye aye, spawning eight wolf packs on you while your pants are down.

[foggy glacier]

It definitely gets harder, especially on VH. if you find it easy now, you'll likely have little trouble in the plains, but the two biomes following that will be challenging, I'd wager.

[hazy cypress]

Sounds like you're picking the perfect point to have every mob ever attack you at any given time.

[swift thunder]

bro lol ive been everywhere thats jus were i built my house

[foggy glacier]

I got nothing then. You're the only person I've ever heard say that Ashlands on VH is 'easy.'

[hazy cypress]

If you're that good, you could always nerf yourself. No map, starting weapons only, no meads, etc.

[thin elbow]

No portal VH ashlands was pain

[foggy glacier]

I can imagine.

I would think the waves would be unrelenting.

[hazy cypress]

You're the one asking for it to be more difficult. There are ways to do it yourself.

[thin elbow]

Almost lost the drakkar twice

[rancid pebble]

how come bear skin is so much thicker than troll skin

[dull warren]

Just cleared the sealed tower, cool dungeon, I only died twice 😟

[paper marsh]

Maybe not thicker but just a different material and more fluffy

[hazy cypress]

I'm guessing because of the slight debuff of the armor.

[rancid pebble]

well moreso, how are trolls weak to flint tips, while the same tips just bounce off bears

[hazy cypress]

Bears are ||weak to Slashing damage|| whilst ||Trolls are weak to Piercing like Legolas Head-shotting a Troll in LOTR||

[foggy glacier]

because bear skin is much thicker than troll skin! 😆

[inland hill]

Hello

[rancid pebble]

Nu, I think it really is just a simple two story bunk-house.

[rancid pebble]

One troll dead, I turned him into a pair of stylish pants

... But now I need a shirt.

[mild mason]

patterns of the bear makes for an amazing matching shirt (tattoos) for those pants

[rancid pebble]

That will have to wait until I have copper

Bears are somehow a lot tougher than trolls

[chrome badge]

I've heard people say Trolls are harder, so I guess it depends on the player.

[rancid pebble]

Speaking of, I should have a chat with the troll that evicted me from my cabin.

Somehow lost my spear again.

[wraith belfry]

Bears a definitely harder

[chrome badge]

For you

[wraith belfry]

Trolls are weak to pierce, which makes them easy targets with a bow.

Especially if you can get at least one backstab attack in.

[mental pasture]

they get much easier as soon as you get a bronze sword, or much sooner just make paws of the bear, but yes i stand by your opinion they are harder than trolls

[chrome badge]

Bears are weak to fire damage, which makes them easy targets with a bow.

Also, Trolls don't care if you're holding a torch, where Bears will be scared.

[brittle flower]

bears arent weak to fire damage, they just arent resistant to it

[wraith belfry]

Trolls can also easily be stunlocked by the atgeir

[mental pasture]

they are much beefier than trolls, and their god damn bite attack has one of the highest damage numbers in the black forest

[brittle flower]

bears are pretty much impossible to kill using a weapon if you havent made copper (or found EA)

while trolls go down with a flint spear and a wood shield

[mental pasture]

the only benefit to that is that bears basically have lox ai, so it gives you a bit of muscle memory on how to fight lox in the plains

[brittle flower]

trolls might be bigger and scarier but bears are far more dangerous

[chrome badge]

Uhm, hate to break it to you, they are weak to fire damage.

[wraith belfry]

And a bears lunge attack is really nasty and covers a lot of ground
Its caught me off guard a lot of times.

[chrome badge]

Bears are also easy to avoid on a large rock. Trolls will swing at you and break the rock itself.

[mental pasture]

and can be successfully parried with a level 2 paws pf the bear, i swear paws of the bear basically has iron age tier-parry bonus with an already decent block armor (30 block armor x 6 parry bonus)

its one of the reasons i heavily prefer it over early axes as a weapon due to how its parry potential is almost too overpowered

[granite grail]

I would say bears are 100% harder lol

Never had a problem with trolls

[brittle flower]

oh well when i lit them on fire i didnt see the yellow numbers so thought it wasnt weak but still it takes ages to kill bears with fire

[brittle flower]

100% agree

[mental pasture]

something i love to do with em is to lure them to a more advanced biome (mountain/swamp) and watch them farm some of the biomes materials while being outmatched lol

they can actually solo abominations sometimes, and are amazing against the mountain’s wolves

[wraith belfry]

Only problem with that tactic, is you need to kill the bears first.
Atleast the fine wood bow is easy to make and does real well vs trolls.

[dawn gull]

This game is very optimized it can run on a potato laptop smoothly

[brittle flower]

of course the optimus talking about optimizations

[wraith belfry]

Granted ive never tried fire on bears.
I should try it.

[mental pasture]

usually for the first and second bears, i actually prefer to use a level 2-3 flint spear and a level 3 wooden shield, learn how to parry its claw swipe attack, and dodge its bite and slam attack. Ik its resistant to pierce but i like the spear for its dps against the bear

after parrying, hit it with a spear 3-4 times before preparing to parry again

cycle repeats and the bears dead

1-star bears avoid at all cost unless you have a decently-leveled paws of the bear or decently leveled bronze buckler/sword

[mental pasture]

its an okay debuff, but the bear is way too beefy to be killed by just fire arrows, youd need to spent like 7 minutes straight of shooting or something, not counting on if the bow breaks in that time or running out of arrows, learning how to melee it is much faster

[nocturne wolf]

don’t avoid enemies just because they’re starred

[lunar sapphire]

Embrace them with open arms

[mental pasture]

more stars means more willingness to give you a hug! you should try it!

[wraith belfry]

Its usually how i deal with abominations. 🤣

[lunar sapphire]

I definitely avoided this guy

first PoI Seeker and boom, RNG gods said "play with this"

[nocturne wolf]

that’s because you’re using a 1h axe as a weapon

[mental pasture]

at least your portal to the mistlands didnt get deleted as collateral after dying to a gjall (happened to me 2 days ago, still mad about it)

[lunar sapphire]

I've got other axes on me

[mental pasture]

i mean granted i skipped bonemass and didnt rush to defeat moder (no blackmetal at all) but at least in the hours before almost ragequitting that world is some seeker and hare meat

at least it was a great island in the south, had a big island, a bit of plains, meadows, black forest, a big swamp, and a mountain in the center with mistlands on almost all sides of it

[lunar sapphire]

-# Still yet to find a single ||infested mine||...

[tepid prawn]

the prettiest looking ones imho though, colour suits them, don't like the 1 star ones

[lunar sapphire]

speaking of

[drowsy badge]

i hate bugs

[wraith belfry]

Ive never gotten that high

Lol

[tepid prawn]

Ugly, swat it away

[lunar sapphire]

it killed me 😄 - but the good news is there's a helpful dvergr there

[tepid prawn]

I think ask the 1 star are the prettiest ones, 2 are uglier

[lunar sapphire]

first death in 4 hours of playing. Not bad

Got rid of it

Welp, the entrance of the mine got compromised... ||1 x normal seeker, 1 x 1star seeker and they helped a seeker soldier into the entrance of the mine||

||2nd seeker soldier has joined the battle after I defeated the first one. what is this mine :D|| I haven't been able to leave the entrance yet 😄

[ashen seal]

will achievements be added to the game? if so will they be retroactive or will we have to start again

[lunar sapphire]

Achievements will be a thing when 1.0 is released
aka Deep North Update

[ashen seal]

do you know if it will be retroactive?

[lunar sapphire]

Possibly, not much is known about the update outside of the monthly devblogs

[ashen seal]

gonna have to restart from the beginning to get the achievements

[visual sparrow]

im fine with that

[rancid pebble]

Full troll set aquired. - Not because I needed it or anything, I just got really spiteful when one of the big blue bastards smashed my hut, with me in it.

[kindred linden]

[mild mason]

Level 5 Coral Cod acquired 😎

[tame kernel]

yeah might finally call it quits at ashlands.

[ashen seal]

why

[tame kernel]

cancer in digital form

[ashen seal]

???

are you struggling? are you having trouble with conquering forts? dying a lot?

[tame kernel]

its just went from a challenge to a contant slog of progress and honestly the time sink isnt worht it tp me anymore

[ashen seal]

if you feel that way then just cheat dude

[strange cradle]

If you use the words "time sink" or "grind" then it looks like you don't have fun anymore. I would just quit and play something else.

And no, cheating will not make the game any more fun.

Any successes achieved by cheating will feel hollow.

[granite grail]

My first couple weeks in the Ashlands was terrible. But I'm pretty confident there now. I had to take breaks and cool off in between, but you'll get there too! Feel free to take a break from it for a little while. But you absolutely CAN do it. Finish the game at least once! Then by all means never touch the ash again 😂 😭

[brittle flower]

i started playing valheim in late 2021 but 5 years and 1500+ hours later i have never even beat the queen or crafted a magic staff in a vanilla game 😂 always lost the motivation deep into the mistlands

but this time i got my buddy with me and we are going to push till the end! (mid to late plains rn)

[strange cradle]

At the very least you got a LOT of hours in Valheim, and probably a lot of it was fun. I think you got your money's worth out of it.

[brittle flower]

yes definitely the best purchase ever

the replayability of the game is amazing

[strange cradle]

Absolutely.

[brittle flower]

and the progression is slow which means you wont just finish it in a week and lose your motivation

also valheims large variety of weapons and armor means you dont need to follow the same meta each run but rather try something different

[steel mica]

you could probably beat it in just 3-4 weeks for a casual player if you just play it consistently

[strange cradle]

I like that Valheim gives you a lot of options on how to have fun in the game.

[steel mica]

mistlands is imo the biggest wall for many players

[strange cradle]

People used to say that about the swamps. 😄

And once you know how to handle swamps, they become easy. The same goes with Mistlands.

[brittle flower]

not sure if im the only one but i just love the swamps :D

[strange cradle]

Hehe, they have an eerie athmosphere, which I like. But I wouldn't want to make my base there.

[brittle flower]

oh right

[brittle flower]

exactly

yeah definitely not the base building biome

[strange cradle]

I have seen absolutely gorgeous bases in Swamps.

Like that ship from Smitty Survival.

[steel mica]

50/50 because some just dont come prepared, and other half is just the enemies hitting quite hard + the environment

[strange cradle]

The same goes with Mistlands.

[steel mica]

mistlands takes all that and dial it up to eleven

[strange cradle]

Exactly what people said about swamps.

[steel mica]

mistlands is a mix of BF and Swamp

the grind of BF for bronze and Swamps ferocious enemies and environment

[brittle flower]

used to hate BF for how tedious it was to get copper

[strange cradle]

You need to find the right strategy for each biome. And that strat might be very different to the previous biome.

[brittle flower]

but then copper mining became easy too lol

[strange cradle]

Trolls do it for you. 😉

[brittle flower]

wish i could pin messages lol

[steel mica]

in my future playthrough I might skip bronze gear especially the fact we have access to troll armor and the almighty "early access"

[strange cradle]

In Plains you could traverse great lengths speedily and then snuck up upon "unsuspecting" villages using your bow to take out as many as possible. Inbetween there was mostly nothing.
Mistlands upends that by making the terrain hard to traverse and having MUCH less enemies that can jump scare you.

Bronze gear is completely skippable.

Troll armor will see you through even in Swamps until you get that coveted root armor.

[steel mica]

Ahem the almighty gjall

[strange cradle]

Exactly.

[ashen seal]

remember the northlands is supposedly going to be more difficult than the ashlands

[strange cradle]

Don't run away. Drink your fire protection potion and pepper it with arrows.

[ashen seal]

so if you cannot handle right now, you wont handle the next biome

[brittle flower]

I love how in the plains it isnt about going to mine ores and chop trees but instead they make you actually use your gear and fight for your materials

completely swaps the game from earlier biomes

[steel mica]

If you cant hanndle the "BS" in your current progression, you are not ready for the next BS coming your way basically

[ashen seal]

i have no idea how the northlands are going to be more aids than the ashlands, but i have no doubt the devs of this team are going to kick our ass

[strange cradle]

Actually, the devs said something that Deep North is not going to be more difficult, just very different to Ashlands.

[steel mica]

wink wink
mistlands

Creature variety would also be nice aswell like ashlands and mistlands

[brittle flower]

could be less swarms but far tankier and stronger enemies

[steel mica]

Ashlands is more war thematic like

[brittle flower]

it is

[steel mica]

so you're constantly fighting

[strange cradle]

"Prepare for war."

[ashen seal]

i think it'll be less fighting enemies but more fighting the elements

[steel mica]

So I figure deepnorth will be calmer but with more annoying enemies

trade off basically

[ashen seal]

everytime you go outside, you must prepare yourself with effects or you will pretty much instantly die

way less enemies and probably more of those ice elementals from the mountains but bigger

[steel mica]

I just sit in the safety of my fort and let my good purple doggos do all the work

[strange cradle]

Something like that, maybe.

[steel mica]

I only explore when I need something

maybe more gems or ashwood

[strange cradle]

Ashlands can be pretty peaceful at times. I've traversed it many times, sometimes for minutes without even aggroing one mob. And then suddenly you're in the thick of it with mobs swarming you from all sides.

It's quite the nail-biting experience. 😄

[steel mica]

Im quite excited for the ost of deep north

[strange cradle]

And in the meantime, I'm going to continue remodeling and changing my base. 😄

And do some more exploring.

[steel mica]

I honestly wanna see more 2h weapons

2h swords just isnt enough for me...

I want 2h HAMMER that have a 3-hit combo

2h battleaxe is there but playstyle not for me 🫠

[opal prairie]

I'm wondering how other people do their forward bases.
I myself make sure there are 2 smelters and all the forge and workbench upgrades available, so I can craft all weapons and tools the moment I have the needed metal and materials.
This way I don't have to first ship it somewhere, process it and then forge.
I also put down a portal and once I'm done with the forward base that portal will still exist but won't be connected to the main base (either in meadows or plains) anymore.
This does take me a while longer to set up the forward base and I need to have bronze, copper and iron with me.

[steel mica]

Depends really, if you're the type of player that really really wants to get the goodies already then by all means bring the necessary mats to make sub-bases

Either way you'll still be traveling back to your base just to bring the newly acquired mats to your main base

[opal prairie]

Eventually yeah but I rather have the upgrades slowly rolling in over time than in a big chunk after I transport the metal to main base.
Moving metal to main base is more for building and also having the crafting tables upgrades there but is low priority and can wait till I for example can also transport some silver over.
I'm planning on transporting 150 ish iron to main base, that gives me 111 left over to play around with after all the workbench and forge upgrades.

How do you handle it, making more transporting trips to main base or do you work with fully functioning forward bases?

[dawn gull]

who pinged me

[steel mica]

Depends on my progression

Meadows (nothing lol)

Black Forest (since your first major way of transportation is locked behind bronze, I just make a temporary base in the BF area that im working in and deconstruct it all once I have everything I need)

Swamps (First biome where I bring one necessity which is 6 copper ingots for forge so I can make nails for longship that way I can transport more materials back home, I dont struggle with swamp so gear is not my priority)

Mountains (similar to Swamp I bring copper for forge so I can craft wolf cape, in terms of gear not in a rush)

Plains (I make outposts so I can farm barley flax safely, for blackmetal I go out at night hunting for fulings so I dont have to constantly search for fuling camps)

SPOILER DO NOT CLICK
||Mistlands (First biome where I bring mats, but sometimes I dont lol, mistlands is so resource rich, you have access to iron and copper there, you dont have to bring mats for forge, just bring portal mats so you can get back to base and bring mats for smelter to refine copper scraps)||

Ashlands (Do I even need to explain this, if you want I can explain lol)

Sorry mods 🫠

wall of text

[analog hearth]

there are iron and copper in mistland?

[glad grove]

That probably should have been spoilered?

[steel mica]

maybe... oops

[steel mica]

You'll find out

[opal prairie]

Yeah, now it is for you to find how to get it. We could tell if you want though.

[steel mica]

@opal prairie still up to you if you wanna be prepared

[dawn gull]

yo this cart thing in the ocean allowed me to travel between meadows and the other side of black forest without a ship

no one saw that right?

[opal prairie]

I'll probably keep doing it the way I am now, having a main base in the meadows till plains then transition to main base in plains and remake the meadows base into a portal hub, breeding and farm spot that supports the plains main base.
Making forward bases per biome with a fully working workbench and forge, except dark forest because that is almost always closeby to main base.

Just wondering what other players do and maybe I can adapt some things into my own gameplay.

I love going really big in the plains main base, space enough for around 100 plantings of each crop.
An industrial kitchen with 2 hearts, 5 ovens and all the trimmings to produce food in batches, having blackmetal chests on top of the ovens where I keep ingredients per food I'll be making.
3 fermenters for the most used meads and a 4th one for one off meads.
Each crafting station gets its own building with storage for all the materials that station might frequently need, all the upgrades hidden under the floor.
A building especially for storage.
And a building dedicated to getting the most comfort available and looking nice while doing it.

[paper marsh]

2H including or excluding dual wield weapons?

[paper marsh]

Wouldn’t say I really do “forward”bases.

I make a shack in the meadows near BF for my first base, to not have to transport copper more than a minute

Then I make a proper base in meadows near an iron swamp and tall mountain to not have to transport iron more than 2-5 minutes, and silver 5-8 minutes

Then a plains base as my final proper base for harvesting crops and getting black metal

Then a farm with some stakewalls in mistlands for crops

Then Thats it for real resource collection, but I might make a mistlands and Ashlands base for fun

[tacit crystal]

Earlier 2h sword would be nice.

[dawn gull]

umm

am i supposed to be fighting drakes and stone golems before defeating the elder

[mild mason]

@regal cave got a 2H sword before facing Elder (troll gear and ocean equipment xD)

[tacit crystal]

Yeah, I've done that too few times, getting black forge prematurely. But you know what I meant.

[paper marsh]

I’m warming up to swords

Still hate maces

[dawn gull]

i picked up this dragon egg

what do i do with it

should i kepp it

[mild mason]

oh I was referring to the wooden 2H sword
no iron from crypts either. He's been using knives and wooden weapons haha

[tacit crystal]

You will need them to ||summon mountain boss||.

[dawn gull]

im keeping this

man fighting drakes and stone golems are easy

[tacit crystal]

Ah, right. Still, you know I meant lower than Mistlands tier but still viable unlike wooden weapons.

[dawn gull]

lets be fr

[tacit crystal]

I enjoy some 2h swords action, but 1h swords I find boring.

[dawn gull]

dropping carts down a hill is the most easiest way of going down a hill with a cart

[mild mason]

I understand. I still think 2H sword and dual axes should be reserved for late game, even tough-to-acquire ones, but I can understand the logic and appeal

[rapid moat]

Any new news on the ps release yet?

[tacit crystal]

Nothing else yet than during 2026.

[dawn gull]

bro ive been looking for the elder runestone for like

3 days and i still havent found it

[rapid moat]

Damn

[paper marsh]

I kinda miss the days when people kept things relatively spoiler free on this Discord

Felt good to talk to people without ruining your experience for a player that hasn’t gone through everything yet

[rapid moat]

Have you got all the required materials to summon him should get a location marker on the map

[dawn gull]

whats the materials

[mild mason]

Random addition to what you're saying:
I'm very much appreciative of people who haven't beaten the game, and I know I can guide some folks in-game, without giving any spoilers. That being said...

If you're on a Valheim discord, you're going to run into talking points about all areas of the game, including the parts you haven't seen yet.. It won't be spoiler-free. Proceed with caution...

My recommendation would be to spend less time in the voice channels and text channels, and more time in-game with trustworthy people who are at your stage of progression

[rapid moat]

Oh my bad gotta keep searching those chambers in the black forest for the rune stone to show his location

[dawn gull]

damn

[rapid moat]

The bad news it can spawn on any black forest throught valheim

[dawn gull]

like on trees?

[paper marsh]

I mean I don’t think there’s anyone here who’s ahead of me in progression, but I’m still getting spoiled on Deep North content

I do recognize that thats what’s usually gonna happen on a Discord, but when I joined it was a lot more toned down and I liked that vibe

I think it was also because I joined right around mistlands release where there were a lot of new players, so people tried to put spoilers on anything post-swamp

[rapid moat]

Inside the chambers they're basically tombs

[brittle flower]

elder location runes are found in burial chambers and sometimes on outerwalls of those stone towers

[rapid moat]

Forgot about the towers been a while since I played

[dawn gull]

i just got in a burial chamber

i didnt find one i only found 5 surtling cores

[brittle flower]

they dont always spawn with the rune stones

[dawn gull]

BRUH

[brittle flower]

but thats the most common way to find them from

[dawn gull]

so i got bad luck

atleast i can craft portals

[brittle flower]

and more smelters

[dawn gull]

imma explore the open ocean after i defeat the elder

[rapid moat]

Keep the cores your gonna end up needing a matrix tone later 😉

[dawn gull]

hopefully theres no nightmares in the ocean:)

[brittle flower]

:)

just fish

and mr big guy

[dawn gull]

whos mr big guy

[rapid moat]

Don't wanna know

[dawn gull]

i wanna build a drakkar

how do i get the hard materials

[paper marsh]

Uhm

You get the materials for that near the end of the game

[dawn gull]

bro my sailboat just flipped upside down

and its gone

[analog hearth]

yeah go ahead, I don't mind spoilers
I went to the current end of contents with my friends but didn't really explore things in depth by myself

[dawn gull]

BRO I HATE THING WIND

[opal prairie]

||The giant swords give copper when mined and the dvergr bridges and other things when broken down by either smashing them or constructing that thing that let's you build with stone give iron.||

[dawn gull]

ITS PUSHING MY BOAT INTO LAND THAT I CANT EVEN GO HOME

[rapid moat]

There's way worse things than the ocean in the game like a certain flying one that everybody loves 😂

[dawn gull]

bro my docks is so far away from my base it takes me 10 minutes to get there

[paper marsh]

Gotta put it to the lowest speed setting

And if it’s grounded you can jump off and run into it to push it back in the ocean

[dawn gull]

oh and its between 2 stones

[analog hearth]

rip

[dawn gull]

bro i put 50 boars in one pen and their going wild

ilike to chill in my stone palace after a long day of exploring

[rapid moat]

Yeah boars take a while to tame if you get close or if mobs are attacking the walls they go Nutts

[dawn gull]

im sitting im my raven throne while its storming

it gives ma aura fr

i gotta upgrae to a stone house bro

i dont wanna keep repairing my house every time it rains

cuz if one of my support beams in my roof gets destroyed its bye bye to the roof

[rapid moat]

It decays to 50% but never fully breaks

[dawn gull]

oh good to know

what about when its raining

[rapid moat]

Think it's the same but mobs will break through quicker left undone

[dawn gull]

wind so strong its making the tree's sideways

#screenshots

[merry pebble]

Rain is what causes the decay, so still only up to 50%

[dawn gull]

i found a second burial chamber

hope theres an elder runestone

[brittle flower]

wood building pieces decay when their center point comes in contact with water

[dawn gull]

YES

I FOUDN IT LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[rapid moat]

Waiting for the how do I kill this thing

[brittle flower]

is it far?

[dawn gull]

yeah

im coming for you elder

[brittle flower]

i guess you get to explore the sea before elder after all

[dawn gull]

its night

im still coming for you

[brittle flower]

stay home lol

[rapid moat]

Ohhhh don't go sailing at night

[brittle flower]

dont anger the fish

[dawn gull]

nah he made my patience

[brittle flower]

its faster than your karve

[dawn gull]

how is a fish gonna hurt me lol 😂

[brittle flower]

oh this fish will

[rapid moat]

You just don't understand trust us 😉

[dawn gull]

im gonna eat him

[analog hearth]

yum

[brittle flower]

its quite the opposite actually

[rapid moat]

Well we tried to warn you

[dawn gull]

i fought 2 stone golems and 10 drakes at the same time

[brittle flower]

with what gear

[dawn gull]

and i still one

wolf and bronze

and a stone axe

crude bow and flaming arrows

[brittle flower]

well stonegolems and drakes hate each other so it was probably mostly spectating the game

[dawn gull]

nah

i killed stone golems first

aww man i crashed my karve again

[brittle flower]

well your wolf/bronze armor wont help against the fish

goodluck

[dawn gull]

bro why is there a maggot in the middle of the ocean

im getting chased

[rapid moat]

Congrats you found the serpent but there's a bigger threat lurking

[dawn gull]

i kileld it

lmao thats the thing you were warning me about

[rapid moat]

Nope

Waaaaay bigger

[brittle flower]

mr big guy

hes got more health than the ashland boss

[dawn gull]

elder?

[rapid moat]

Which horse mythology creature could it possibly beel

[dawn gull]

oh that guy

i dont knwo him

[brittle flower]

you gotta go scratch his back at some point

but he will scratch your back as well

[dawn gull]

ok bro how do i summon this thing

do i offer him some wood

[rapid moat]

Should say at the alter

[tacit crystal]

"Burn their young."

[dawn gull]

what young

do i burn his trees

[merry pebble]

Look at the top of the pilars around the altar 😄

[dawn gull]

ohhhh

ancient seed i thought i had to mine it

alright bro

this guy is huge

how do i kill this thing

[merry pebble]

Hit it

Repeatedly

[dawn gull]

bro

that was easy

lol

[dim python]

😔

[rapid moat]

Fire

[dawn gull]

he was weak be he will be remembered

[merry pebble]

Then why did you ask how to beat it?

[dawn gull]

idk he was annoying but weak

[rapid moat]

You trolling us?

[dawn gull]

no

[rapid moat]

😂

[dawn gull]

i got the trophy

[merry pebble]

You might want to try stuff before asking 😄 might work quite well

[dawn gull]

i wonder if his trophy will make me stronger or weaker

[rapid moat]

Turns you into treebeard

[merry pebble]

You will see, when you actually go hang it at spawn

[dim python]

if you mean his forsaken power it makes you mine and cut wood faster and i think that's it

[merry pebble]

Also faster health regen 🙂

[dim python]

yeah not very useful imo

eikthyr buff remains strong

[merry pebble]

Way more useful than it used to be 😄

And they are just useful in different situations

[rapid moat]

Best buffs are from food combos and mead though

[dawn gull]

no wonder he was weak

holy is there a tsunami incoming

its a big ass wave

whats the next boss

[merry pebble]

You will see once you explore the next biome enough

[rapid moat]

Swamp

[drowsy badge]

morgen gjall

[dawn gull]

i hope its a good boss

[analog hearth]

rip

[dawn gull]

not some weak branches of wood

i wonder if i could have just torche dhim to death

[drowsy badge]

i don't like swamp

[analog hearth]

sounds like he would like it

[rapid moat]

Next boss is a pain in the ass if you go in under prepped your gonna get your ass served on a silver platter

[analog hearth]

what is this big guy btw
I thought you mean serpents earlier

[rapid moat]

Only a cracken nothing to scary

[dawn gull]

kraken

like my favorite food similar to octopus

[dim python]

@dawn gull which weapon did you use versus elder?

[merry pebble]

There is really nothing kraken like on Leviathans tho 😄 they are just big floaty bois

[dawn gull]

a stone axe and a bronze shield

and a bow

the axe did nothing to him

i thought it would make more damage cuz hes wood

[rapid moat]

I used camp fires all around and got him to chase me over them

[dawn gull]

which def makes sense

[dim python]

you should've used... upgraded bronze axe or bronze sword

you relied on your bow?

[dawn gull]

yeah

i ran out of arrows mid fight tho

so i relied on my shield and axe

[foggy glacier]

Yeah, that’s definitely a wussy axe. Why haven’t you upgraded? He’s weak to fire, though. Not chop

[analog hearth]

torch gaming?

[brittle flower]

serpent is a fish

the big guy barely moves

[dawn gull]

how do i summon kraken

[brittle flower]

but hes got big yellow eyes

and back pains

[merry pebble]

You dont

[brittle flower]

because of the parasites

[analog hearth]

yeah I guess that tracks
I thought leviathans suddenly could attack boats now

[rapid moat]

He summons you

[dawn gull]

how do i spawn a leviathan

[merry pebble]

with spawn command

[dawn gull]

aww

[brittle flower]

just go find one

[dawn gull]

how

[merry pebble]

Sail

[rapid moat]

Ahhh not allowed first play through no cheat menu

[dawn gull]

does he have meat?

i wanna eat his meat

[merry pebble]

no

And you know you could actually play the game instead of us telling you what to do right? 😄

[rapid moat]

😂

[dawn gull]

oh im playing and texting

every time i gain an iframe i alt tab to discord

[merry pebble]

So you are just rolling all the time? 🤔

[dawn gull]

no

[rapid moat]

It does sound like you've gone from searching the black forest to killing the elder a bit qiickly

[dawn gull]

oh damn

[merry pebble]

With your text frequency, it does seem you do 😄

[dawn gull]

i threw the elder thropy in the sea

[opal prairie]

Got to kill him again then.

[dawn gull]

i dont want his buff

[rapid moat]

Or he hasn't actually killed him

[dawn gull]

#screenshots

im still on cooldown

#memes-and-clips

[steel mica]

excluding

I wanna see more "heavy" weapons

[drowsy badge]

i usually keep my bronze axe as a backup in case my iron one broke or if i die and lost it

[steel mica]

2h swords (krom slayer)
2h battleaxe (iron, crystal, bm, splittur)

[drowsy badge]

also rocky

[steel mica]

I wanna see a 2h hammer with a 3hit combo

[dawn gull]

so after i defeat elder and im trying to defeat the next boss what armour set should i look into

[drowsy badge]

yeah and not the same
smash AOE hammer

maybe a two handed mace?

[merry pebble]

One of the swamp ones, surprisingly 😄

[dawn gull]

so is the swamp biome far from my spawn

[merry pebble]

Go exploring, you will find out, but bimes do not have a set location, they have a range from where to where they can appear

[steel mica]

Honestly instead of just making a variant just add it as a mechanic to the already existing 2h hammers

with a 3hit combo and secondary as the aoe shockwave with slighty higher knockback

[drowsy badge]

yeah make the slam a secondary attack

also i want a greatswords in early game cus, it's a good crowd controll weapon

[steel mica]

I play monster hunter so the imagination of having a 2h hammer and bonking enemies with it is a dream

[steel mica]

Not really, more so a high dmg single target melee

you'll be using the secondary attack alot more than you think

[dawn gull]

im trying to destroy my boat and it wont get destroyed

[steel mica]

It CAN swipe multiple but not really a crowd control weapon

[steel mica]

Cant deconstruct it, you gotta destroy it physically

so start swinging wildly

preferably close to shore so the stuff wont sink to the bottom

[drowsy badge]

i kinda confused why you're not able to destroy your boat or cart with hammer

like that should already be a feature

[steel mica]

Its probably because its a seperate entity unlike stationary buildables

Its an entity that can be moved

[merry pebble]

Iirc its because you would accidentally destroy it a lot, not sure if i remember correctly but it might have been posible pre early access

[steel mica]

but could probably also b-

[steel mica]

this lol

imagine just doing a drive by repair and accidentally deconstruct it

with all your valuables inside the boat's inventory

[drowsy badge]

i don't have that problem cus i don't put my boat near a construction

[analog hearth]

I can't build anything on a boat right? 🥺

[steel mica]

cant build anything on top of it

[opal prairie]

Correct but you can build boats on top of things.

[drowsy badge]

what are vine barries?

they look like green grapes

[merry pebble]

New type of crop from ashlands

[jovial scroll]

hi

[drowsy badge]

do they taste like grapes?

[merry pebble]

Taste them ,you will see 🙂

[dawn gull]

holy my karve is getting swalled by the storm

[drowsy badge]

i can't it's not real

[jovial scroll]

does anyone need a plus one?

[merry pebble]

Exactly

[merry pebble]

You can look into #1024264966712340510 😄

[drowsy badge]

what's morgen
and why people say gjall

[strange cradle]

You will see. Soon(tm)...

Please don't spoil it. 😄

Half the fun of the game is going "HOLY SHIT!".

[merry pebble]

They have been here long enough 😄

[opal prairie]

Keep on playing and the mist will be lifted from your eyes and you will know.

[merry pebble]

Morgen is name of a mob and at the same time german for morning, so beople use to greet here when its morning for them.
Gjall is also a mob, and it is pronounced as "y'all"
So "Morgen gjall" = "Morning y'all"

[strange cradle]

Ok, to spoil it a bit more: They're the "trolls" of their respective biomes.

[dim python]

idk electricdawn told me to use an axe and i trusted him

[strange cradle]

wth?

I was summoned?

[foggy glacier]

An axe is a good idea; there are three better axes than the one you used.

[strange cradle]

If we're talking about the Elder. A bronze axe is perfect for getting him down in like 5 minutes.

And not everybody finds the early axes.

You WILL have a bronze axe by the time you tackle the Elder.

[dim python]

okok

[dim python]

who is you? early axes i think is the only better axe than bronze pre elder

[strange cradle]

Or am I completely confused?

[steel mica]

b-but swords exist 🥺

[dim python]

don't worry i'm also confused

[merry pebble]

They used ***stone axe ***

[foggy glacier]

He used a stone axe to go after elder.

[opal prairie]

Someone made a Morgen gjall drawing and called it the Abend: #fanart message

[strange cradle]

I go swords too, once I get enough iron.

[steel mica]

aint no way- 😭

[dim python]

okay sorry he said you while ping replying me to a guy who didnt seem to be here

[steel mica]

I mean to be fair ITS A GIANT TREE

[dim python]

i am groot

[steel mica]

you'd think an axe would do wonders

[dim python]

i mean it does just not stone