valheim-help

[woven narwhal]

im on xbox game pass

[fathom badge]

Hrm. I've only got experience with the Steam version, not sure how different they are.

[spare badger]

Could try setting launch arguments for setting the resolution if it's a tiny window 🤔

[woven narwhal]

wdym?

[spare badger]

You said it's a small grey window, if you set the resolution size through launch arguments that would "fix" that. But idk if that would fix your game. Might need to update graphics drivers

[languid nacelle]

Anyone know the best way to level blood magic? Would draugr spawners work? I heard the best way is to use a greydwarf spawner but I am unable to find any. Edit: can't find any draugr spawners either.

[plush knot]

yes i like to use those swamp spawners.
You can usually find multiple skeleton and draugr spawners in those stone formations, and they respawn very fast.

you should build stone or marble flooring over them to protect them so they dont break.
bring a stonecutter and try to put some down immediately, its kind of hard with everything attacking you.

[languid nacelle]

Ok, I will make another attempt at finding draugr spawners thanks for the help!

[static finch]

when would one get magic?

[languid nacelle]

Mistlands biome currently the last one

[marble roost]

Mistlands (last current biome)

[clever anvil]

Hello, is there any mod that removes items that are on the ground? My server started to suffer a lot of fps drops due to the amount of items spread throughout the chaos in several different biomes

[marble roost]

I'm sure there's a mod that let's you lower the time before items despawn. Ask in #mods-discussion tho, they're more likely to know

[languid nacelle]

On nexus there is a mod called: "Loki's Autoloot Trash Filtering Valheim Mod"

[languid nacelle]

That should help if you have any further questions I would recommend going to #mods-discussion as others have suggested

[oblique hawk]

Items despawn after two days unless they're in range of a base item though, so modding them to despawn faster seems like a lot oh hassle for very little gain.

[languid nacelle]

Just curious, is there a command to make bosses fight each other somehow?

[sudden solar]

Hey guys ! I'm currently hosting a Server for me and my lil brother. He's playing on xbox but hey that's a bit laggy/ he seems fine with that but I just buy him an Xbox so I really want him to enjoy the game a bit more. I've saw this in the log of the Servers Command prompt and I would like to know if there is any way to change the default setting that the server will pre-render?

[clever anvil]

Yes, but the problem is that my map has a lot of items on the ground, regardless of the biome I have already explored and this could be the reason why my entire game is slow.

[marble roost]

I don't think an hours worth of items being dropped on the ground should lag your game out (I think 2 in-game days is about an hour)

[clever anvil]

I understand. would you have any idea then why my game is extremely bad in fps frame rate? I played Valheim and in the first 3 days, I had an fps rate of over 100

but now it's impossible to keep it at 50+

[fathom badge]

You said server, are you running on a hosted server or something? Or is it just local?

[clever anvil]

I use the community standard, does it have any influence?

[marble roost]

50+ doesn't sound like your system is struggling too much. I'd just make sure your graphics settings are low. Can also look up a youtube vid, there's some good optimization tips out there

Some parts of the game are often gonna be laggy regardless, like if you've built a mega base or if you're wandering the mountains in a snowstorm

[clever anvil]

My computer runs warzone on high, my computer is good

[clever anvil]

ata, so there are some places where this loss of fps will unfortunately occur

[fathom badge]

Valheim uses more CPU and memory bandwidth than most games, of you have a custom built computer you should be sure to enable XMP/DOCP for best performance.

[sudden solar]

Yeah it's a dedicated server downloaded on Steam and installed on my C:\ (public access btw)

[sudden solar]

I don't have any issue. But when my broter join with his Xbox, he's lagging. I saw a comment about Graphics mode so I was wondering if is there any way to switch these setting server side

[halcyon crag]

not afaik, unless you can alter their faction somehow but i don't think there's a command for that either

[languid nacelle]

Yeah, I don't do coding I am sure there will be a way eventually.

[sudden solar]

Go take a look on chatGPT. I'm coding my own game with it in C#. I obly have basic coding skills with Python. That AI is pretty dope

[tawny hemlock]

can you tame boars with raspberries and blueberries?

[sudden solar]

it can be done with any food that grows in the ground – raspberries, blueberries, mushrooms (yellow or red), carrots, or turnips

If I remember correctly

[frail cave]

(they won't eat yellow mushrooms but the rest is correct)

[sudden solar]

Btw, I've found a Way to Tweak my server's setting:
1. Open Windows Registery (Windows button > Regedit)
2. Proceed to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\IronGate\Valheim
3. Every change made in the Registery will take effect on the Valheim.exe application.

It will also affect the valheim_server.exe settings. Just tweak your setting, start the server then start the application.

[pale kindle]

my friends mouse is still invisible when playing valheim can anyone help?

[languid nacelle]

I do alot with chatGPT coding is something I have not tried yet so maybe I will.

[marble prairie]

Guys, I wanna start a long term playthrough of Valheim before the Ashlands update comes out. Is there going to be a problem with the map when the update arrives that would cause me to reset the map or restart the playthrough?

[crystal matrix]

You probably will need to start a new game when a big update come

[marble prairie]

Darn, I suppose I better wait then. Thanks.

[lilac coyote]

Not particularly.

[lilac coyote]

As long as you leave the extreme North and South of the map, you'll be fine.

[stoic trench]

No, you can start it now, just don’t go too far south 🙂

[subtle parrot]

something something skynet

[zenith nimbus]

gpt4 generates very disgusting code. He is able to answer primitive questions, but immediately falls on problems a little more difficult.

[lilac coyote]

I don't think you'll really learn to code using it.

[limpid cloak]

helpers

i cant to join the servers where have this

[fluid venture]

Am I missing something or do new worlds only have "_forestMaskTexture" "_heightTexture" "_mapTexture"?
I can't find any .db or .fwl files

[marble prairie]

so as long as i dont load those areas they should update normally when the update arrives?

[mighty ruin]

Yesh

[marble prairie]

Thanks

[limpid cloak]

@undone pecan

@slender heron

who can help me with error failed to connect

[crystal matrix]

A plains biome farm base would be best for most crops, yes?

[gloomy edge]

gotta use a mod for that, change one boss faction to player

[hard heart]

Hello everyone!

I have a question.

You know how sometimes, you stumble upon a very tiny biome? Like a ridiculously small mountain, or just a couple of swamp ponds?

I was wondering if there is a size limit for a biome to spawn its own mobs. Like, can a biome be so small that it won't spawn its own creatures? Can there be a mountain so small that it won't spontaneously spawn wolves? I'm not talking about base raids, just the random ennemies you encounter when walking around.

[stoic trench]

In my experience, it seems these very tiny biomes do spawn their respective enemies. I have a tiny meadow and a tiny Black Forest, and I see biome spawns in those areas quite frequently.

[gloomy edge]

Nah, it varies. Each mob has its own spawn zones, its own rules. Wolves only spawn in a full mountain biome, which I guess at least 64 by 64 square. While other mobs have different needs like they might need a certain altitude, weather conditions, key, etc
👉 https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Spawn_zones

[hard heart]

Ok, thanks a lot for your answers! 😁

[subtle parrot]

#self-promotion

[broken bough]

wasn't aware, thanks!

[frail cave]

My world says missing db and I can’t play it

[heady pike]

I really just need turnip seeds if anyone can help me !!

[fathom badge]

Explore the swamps more. They can be a little hard to see, but they exist. If you get super desperate you can always enable the console and spawn some in.

[oblique hawk]

It's often easier to see them if you look into the swamp from outside.

[dreamy basin]

So uh, Im having trouble raiding these fuling camps. I did my normal protocols to maintain my distance and using the huntsman bow, but evey time I snipe one fuling, they don't see me but all the folks in that camp came out searching for me. Am I doing something wrong?

[lavish tendon]

thats normal them leaving camp to come for you. high bow skill and frost arrows will help keep larger groups at bay, if you're approaching with a bow, keep eikthyr power ready if you need to get away quickly. fenris armour will also help with this

[dreamy basin]

I doesn't matter whether I shoot a fuling, a shaman or a berserker? They will all come searching for me?

[lavish tendon]

i think once one is aggroed, they all start running out at you

[void trench]

@fathom badge

do you know how to enable xmp or docp perchance

[fathom badge]

The Huntsman bow has a 4m aggro range around where it hits, so any Fulings within that range will hear and then go investigate. If you start physically fighting them, that range is a little bit larger, so make sure that you are a decent ways away from the camp and handle them in small groups. An atgeir is super useful for stunning the berserkers, and try one-shotting the shamans for the first shot since they make everything more dangerous.

[fathom badge]

It depends on your PC, but it's almost always a BIOS setting so you need to consult the manual for your motherboard.

[void trench]

So like while my pc boots up and you gotta spam f2 or something?

[fathom badge]

For some systems, yes. Mine uses Del. It's really up to your motherboard configuration.

[void trench]

Okayyy tyyyyyyy

[spare comet]

So, I've got a problem for over half a year now. I tried everything, FPS boosts from Youtube, lowering the settings in game and even going to a computer shop to fix it (they didn't find anything), when I play valheim, sometimes my FPS drops from 40-70 to just 3 like in the video, I'm sick of this and I died countless times because of that problem. I would like to solve that problem once for good.
https://outplayed.tv/media/N7aYMx

[vague bay]

so uh, when would i know i am ready for the elder boss?

i got level 2/3 troll leather armor, with bronze arrows, spear, and buckler, and a fine wood bow

[stoic trench]

Basically when you have the food for that biome, and the armaments. It sounds like you’re nearly ready, what foods are you using? Have you made meads?

Maybe get the last piece of that troll armor though.

[vague bay]

i mean i have an average of level 2 troll armor set

and i have the means for making mead and such

though having problems with blueberries

[stoic trench]

It doesn’t hurt to have some healing mead and some stamina mead, but it’s not necessary.

How about carrots? Do you have a nice supply of carrots?

[vague bay]

i have 10 of em, though it seems that since i have no fencing, boars are getting to it

[stoic trench]

Ah, I would get a decent farm set up. It’ll help you in the long run.

[solemn nacelle]

Does anyone know if Greydwarfs despawn if they are trapped?, I just trapped one and i am wondering if it will despawn or stay.

[real nebula]

If it spawned during the night, yes. If it spawned during the day, then no.

[frail cave]

(ones that spawned from an invasion can also despawn)

[solemn nacelle]

Alright, Thank you!

[dreamy basin]

Thanks for the tip, I'll be going back to that camp with 2 berserkers 🫥

[subtle parrot]

I would suggest fire arrows instead of bronze, generally it's a bit of a waste of bronze in my opinion, and he's weak to fire

[vague bay]

ah

[subtle parrot]

Indeed, but Dogg is right, get you a nice little farm set up, you'll want it for later on too

[vague bay]

i already made a whole stack of bronze arrows, but i guess i can use that for another circumstance

[subtle parrot]

They're good for general hunting if you have them, they will also be decent for when you first get to the next biome, the swamps.

[pearl mortar]

Bronze arrows will be more useful for trolls

[subtle parrot]

I would use fire arrows on trolls personally, but again imo using bronze on arrows in general is a bit of a waste since it can be used for other things later on

[vague bay]

should i be wary of the mountain biome? thats the one i found after the forest

[subtle parrot]

That'll be the 4th biome, definitely wait for exploring those

[stoic trench]

Yeah, stay away for now. It’ll freeze you to death anyways.

[spare comet]

does anyone have an idea how to solve this problem?

[vague bay]

is there any way of finding an enemies weakness besides hitting them with the different damage types

[stoic trench]

Hmm I don’t think so? Just trial and error. Some are obvious, like skeletons being weak to blunt, or greydwarves being weak to fire. Not every enemy has weaknesses though afaik.

[marble roost]

Nah, not other than looking them up on the wiki

[soft gulch]

having issues connecting to buddies world on steamdeck, getting failed to connect every time. tried switching to proton experimental which worked for a few hours, lost connection and now same issue.

[lethal ridge]

If i were to make a world now and play on it now, what would happen when the ashlands comes out? will the world generation fix itself or will I have to restart?

[stoic trench]

As long as you don’t explore the Ashlands, it’ll be fine!

[halcyon crag]

unexplored areas will generate new content as always

[real nebula]

You will be fine as long as you don't get close to the Ashlands before the biome releases

[lethal ridge]

Wait really?

but i thought that ashlands was getting a island generation overhaul? will that still change on my old world as long as I dont explore it?

[real nebula]

The worldgen changes should only affect the border of the placeholder ashlands range, we've been warned that this area will sink below water level to give the biome an ocean buffer.

[halcyon crag]

short answer: yes, long answer: what Scarlet said

[lethal ridge]

thank you very much! ngl, I was stressed thinking that I would have to restart my world

[halcyon crag]

if you keep away from the extreme South of the map you shouldn't have issues at all

[chilly ember]

Guys, why i can break a pile of dirty scrap with a deer antler pickaxe?

( i use google translate )

[carmine delta]

Hello guys, anybody know how long it usually take till the patch is fully released ( also for xbox ) ? the server i play on is already .43 but game pass versrion stuck at .38

[oblique hawk]

No set time for that, it'll be on the test branch until all the found issues have been fixed.

[oblique hawk]

Because the game is designed so that an antler pickaxe is enough to break the scrap piles.

[chilly ember]

👍

ok

[buoyant peak]

Weeks

[carmine delta]

ok, thanks for the feedback. i will get in touch with the server provider for updating an not official version on the server.

[vague goblet]

I asked in building tips but maybe this is a better spot to ask, any recommendations for the cheapest way to light up roadways? I'm currently doing a no map, no portals run and am creating more pathways when exploring but at night it can be hard to see them when exploring new areas. I've thought about placing wards down but burning through that many cores seems like it'll be a hassle to keep up with.

[subtle parrot]

I've been using the basic standing torches and placing a 1m vertical wooden beam over the torch so the flame sticks up but the pole is covered. It will keep mobs from aggroing them and only costs resin to fill them.

[gloomy edge]

yellow mushroom on item stand

[subtle parrot]

Also been keeping a handheld torch in my inventory if I've been pathing but not putting standing torches up while going.

[haughty hinge]

Colorful signs

[vague goblet]

The resin is the issue because I'm exploring new areas and sometimes won't go back for some time so the torches will be out so I'd like something that doesn't need to be refilled.

I should've noted I'm playing 100% vanilla.

[subtle parrot]

This channel is for vanilla help, so no worries there. But that's understandable, then probably the yellow mushrooms on item stands might be more viable.

[vague goblet]

I'll have to give it a go. I've seen it on youtube before but never attempted it myself because it seemed like such a waste of bronze but having a lit pathway with no maps or portals seems like a necessity when first landing in new areas

[haughty hinge]

You've asked for the cheapest way, it's fs signs, but how exactly to use them is up to you, you can be as creative as you wish

[vague goblet]

The amount of times I've explored, gotten lost for a while, only to realize if I had turned left 10 meters at a certain point I would've been back on a path I already created, is hilariously high

[vague goblet]

I'm not even sure how to do that, I thought that was a mod thing

[subtle parrot]

Ales's suggestion is also viable, but I'm not sure how far away youcan see them. But to change the color of the sign just type <color=????> and in place of the ?s put a color name or a hexadecimal sequence.

[vague goblet]

Gotcha

I'll give both a try, thanks

[haughty hinge]

Oh, believe me it can be seen the furthest possible, there's no limit on font size 😉

[subtle parrot]

Lol i always forget you can change the size too

[vague goblet]

What's the code for size?

[haughty hinge]

Not only color can be changed, bht plenty of stuff, size font, offset..

[subtle parrot]

Same as color, but 'size' in place of 'color'

[vague goblet]

Thought so but figured I'd double check

[haughty hinge]

<size = "">

[subtle parrot]

Values are 1 to 32000 or something like that

[vague goblet]

I'm sure I won't do a billboard size since that would kind of defeat the purpose of not using a map a little bit

[subtle parrot]

Understand that, 💯% up to you

[rain flame]

hey, what can I do to stop these fuckers from spawning/somehow getting in my farm

[subtle parrot]

Place a workbench or campfire closer to it/ in it

[frail cave]

torches, crafting stations and other fire sources have a 20 meter enemy spawn protection, but most of them are also attacked on sight by enemies, so i'd recommend campfires because they're one of the few that are normally ignored.

[haughty hinge]

You can literally make a highway lighting with those if you want, up to you how and what to use, but the possibilities are endless. Check voffset as well

[rain flame]

ah sure thx

[vague goblet]

So any basic HTML works for the signs? Oh boy

[haughty hinge]

Yep

[abstract harness]

ok so my son messed with the settings and took it off 1080 and now the game is so zoomed in i cant go to setting to fix it i have tried to reload nothing is working im lost

[vague goblet]

I'm not at my PC right now to check but I know some games have config files that can be opened and altered in notepad. It might be worth looking at until someone else comes along with a better answer.

[idle dove]

Moved messaged to the the mods channel

[swift scroll]

can someone help me, how can I get the public test?

[real nebula]

Tick 'I want to be a public tester' in the Channels & Roles tab at the top of the channel list. Read the instructions in the pinned messages of #valheim-public-test (visible once you get the role) to access the branch.

[solemn nacelle]

do greydwarfs heal overtime?

[frail cave]

all enemies always very slowly regenerate health at a rate that amounts to 100% of their max health per hour.

[solemn nacelle]

Alright, thank you!

[frail cave]

(this regen isn't paused by them being unloaded or attacked)

[carmine marten]

How do I update? My friend has a different version and on Xbox it’s not giving me the option to update valheim

[patent zenith]

Will killing a group of dverger affect my relationship with every other group I encounter?

[frail cave]

only the ones present, not sure what the range is

[patent zenith]

Good enough for me

[serene tangle]

Something like 20-50m

[stoic trench]

I haven’t fought any yet, kinda nervous to take on a whole squadron lol

[vague bay]

so i beat the elder and got a swamp key, how do i use it?

[stoic trench]

Find a swamp, you’ll be able to tell when you find dead looking trees. The key is used ||on the crypts in the swamp||

Make sure you have decent gear and your rested buff!

[marble roost]

The mages are ☠️ ☠️ ☠️

[elfin dragon]

They might be using mods

[carmine marten]

he isn't but I think its because of xbox insider

[elfin dragon]

Ok

[keen zodiac]

Mob spawn can be prevented by putting down workbench or other stuff.
So where can I find info about the effective range of those?
Only the workbench shows it. Is it same radius for all of them?

[vapid warren]

https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Player_base everything but artisan table is 20 meters, artisan table is 40 meters. workbench and forge is increased by a few meters for each upgrade

[keen zodiac]

Thanks!

[stone epoch]

Do ooze bombs deal damage to boars/chickens/wolves if friendly fire is turned off?

[vague bay]

swamp is indeed hard

[marble roost]

hardest biome in the game imo. Watch that stamina!

[vague bay]

the swamp i found was a small strip

so i got the creatures from it, and the wood, but no structures except for some minor ones

[somber mulch]

Hey is it possible to transfer my console world to PC?

[vapid warren]

it should show up in your gamepass client

[atomic breach]

yoooo can someone explain to me how block armor, block force, and parry bonus works? i’m trying to get a parry build going

right now i have a bronze buckler level 2, and a bronze sword. i was thinking i should’ve made a copper knife instead, should i have?

[vapid warren]

https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Blocking_(Skill)

[gloomy edge]

how do i make autosave more frequent? seems it only autosaves at night

[vapid warren]

i think you can only change how many saves are kept as backups

it saves 30 minutes after last saves

it always saves when you sleep

[gloomy edge]

Aw crap. I accidentally deleted a support and whole structure fell apart. Wish it had autosaved like five minutes ago lol

[stray socket]

is there any way to make rain not break my buildings?

[vapid warren]

cover it with a roof

but rain only brings durability down to 50%, not below

[stray socket]

got it
thank you

[vapid warren]

👍

[atomic breach]

i read it before, and i just did again because i thought i missed something, i just have a question. would you be able to transfer the block armor and use that as a multiplier to the parry bonus of a weapon?

like, if i blocked with a buckler, and i used a flint knife

[vapid warren]

[frail cave]

if you have a shield equipped, the weapon's blocking stats don't matter

[atomic breach]

sorry not blocking i meant parrying

[frail cave]

by blocking stats i mean anything related to blocking, including parry bonus

[atomic breach]

so if i parried with my buckler, it wouldn’t count the parry bonus of the knife?

[frail cave]

yepp

[atomic breach]

okay, that’s all i needed to know, thank you

[pale kindle]

my friends cursor is invisible when she loads in and in game can anyone help?

[atomic breach]

try setting the game to full screen borderless instead of full screen

[vapid warren]

Try shift + tab twice. Might be steam overlay interfering

[pale kindle]

nope

[crystal matrix]

Is there a difference between how much wood fir and beech gives?

[frail cave]

doesn't seem like it.
but firs only have an average cone yield of 0.5, so beech is more sustainable.

(the wiki lists 20 wood for both)

[dreamy python]

"show to other players" on map is marked?

[crystal matrix]

Oh its in the wiki? I didnt see it. Sorry and Thanks!

[frail cave]

no worries 👍

[next zephyr]

Does massive terraforming still cause lag like previous version?

[tidal drum]

Hello all!

Has anyone experienced multiple days passing when sleeping in game? The logs show day 110 skipspeed 91.82
Then immediately after shows day 111 skipspeed 149.82.

[lunar cedar]

are you playing with mods or have you changed tick speed?

[tidal drum]

I am playing with mods yes. Wanted to see if anyone else has experienced before I start doing the whole testing of removing one at a time

[lunar cedar]

maybe the game is still just passing 1 night and the skipseed is related to how much left of the night was skipped and therefore a different skip speed is required each time

oh it did 110 and then immediately 111 nebermind

I need to sleep

[tidal drum]

Just slept again and it hoped to day 113

[lunar cedar]

it shouldn't be a problem tho, right?

[midnight saffron]

I can't unlock sap extractor recipe, what do I need, beyond wood, metal and the dvergr item?

[tidal drum]

Yes and no. The true day would be nice to have. PLUS, I am guessing that what ever is causing this issue is related to some of the members freezing when logging out and then their character rolls back about five minutes when they log back in.

[lunar cedar]

that's it

[tidal drum]

Ok, I will just start the testing by removing mods. thanks for the response

[lunar cedar]

if it's doing that since the start, true day is going to be half the doubled day

[stark merlin]

do you have yggdrasil wood

[lunar cedar]

good luck

[tidal drum]

The freezing on logout is a bit of a pain though. Thanks! 🙂

[midnight saffron]

yeah, I have everything

[lunar cedar]

this is modded, but ok... post a picture of your hammer tab

[midnight saffron]

ohhh
it needs to be built with hammer
ty!

[lunar cedar]

there you go

you can always check the chatlog, if it's new build piece it's with the hammer

[midnight saffron]

thank you

[limpid cloak]

guys what its mean

[narrow robin]

hey, what are the requirements for adding stakes onto walls?

[mighty ruin]

Stake walls or? Just core and regular wood

[narrow robin]

sorry, badly described question, i want to do this:

[mighty ruin]

Oh, they only go on a ground afaik, try putting a ledge?

[limpid cloak]

?

[narrow robin]

will try shortly, in the meantime, first hunt event happened, lots of loot in water, any tips for retrieval?

[loud linden]

The further you fall, the deeper you'll go into the water. Jumping off ladders is good.

[tough hare]

On the music player at my phone it means "shuffle".
Where did you find that symbol?

[limpid cloak]

when i wrote playfab or dedicated server im getting that symbol

i can join to servers where dont have this

and i dont understand why im cant join to dedicated server bruh

[tough hare]

Most likely because dedicated servers are password protected.
While some player created servers aren't.

So perhaps it implies that you need to have a password for that server.

[narrow robin]

that symbol means crossplay- something to do with co-op

[buoyant peak]

Crossplay enabled

[lament gale]

My gravestone disappeared when I clicked to pick it up. It said that items were recovered and it just disappeared. There was also a deathsquito attacking me at that moment and we punched each other at the same time in front of it if that has anything to do with it. What do I do

[mighty ruin]

So your items disappeared?

[lament gale]

yes

[mighty ruin]

You could try rolling back to a previous save I guess

[fallow phoenix]

recently my Valheim wont show the cursor in game
I'm on win11 on steam, no overlays or anything. I've searched and read every forum post I can find with no success. I've reinstalled steam, nvidia drivers, mouse drivers, changed monitors. Works fine on steamdeck so its something this PC specific I assume, but cant figure out what

[oblique hawk]

There's been a few reports of that recently, seems to be an issue with a recent windows update.

One fix I've seen work is reinstalling windows (#steam-bugs-discussion message). There hasn't been a lot of info found on the issue so far that I've seen posted here, but it's affecting a few people in several games.

[jovial ledge]

do I level my blocking quicker if my shield gets hit harder?

[subtle parrot]

No

[jovial ledge]

so it makes sense to level my blocking with Necks rather that stronger melee mobs?

[subtle parrot]

Pretty much, neck greyling boars, if you're already in the black forest then no star skeleton archers are good, they'll just keep shooting at you as you hold your shield up

[visual radish]

Only if you have a large group of them. Otherwise their pattern of running around before attacking again really slows the process down and isn't worth it.

[marble roost]

A bat raid is decent for training block skill. Can also get a ton of skeleton archer together and you can get bonkers block skill quick, but it takes a bit of setup

Parrying gives slightly more skill than blocking, but tbh often just blocking is faster for levelling the skill bc you don't stagger the opponent

[native ridge]

HELP

There is a raid on my maim base (blackforest) and i'm naked in my firtt base and all my stuff is in swamp biom

and all of the locations are separated by ocean

[halcyon crag]

have you tried getting to the top right spot by travelling over land? it looks possible

[native ridge]

somwhere like here the land cuts off

no i tried

[halcyon crag]

you may have bits where there is a short swim

or even a short raft ride

[native ridge]

i have a portal there but is's instant death

[halcyon crag]

ye i'd approach it and draw the mobs away if you can't realistically fight them

those raids only last for 2 mins, then the mobs start wandering away and despawning

[native ridge]

ok thank u

but probably by base will be in ruin

[halcyon crag]

gotta have defences for that in future, a moat/trench or raised earth wall will keep the base safe from most

[native ridge]

Ok i'm going by raft to get items back from swamp and than i'll return to my base

[halcyon crag]

try to stay in the shallows/hug the coastline and avoid that Ocean where you can and any Swamps

and if you have bits of land you can travel over instead, break the raft down and run, it's faster 🙂

[narrow robin]

for after you recover stuff, start working on crypts for surtling cores and try to bring portal parts with you, especially on cross water journeys
get across water, clear things out a little, workbench, wee house, portal

[native ridge]

I had copper tools with me

Byt they're on the swamp biom

Even a sword and 2 pieces of armor

[vapid warren]

yes

[subtle parrot]

Chambers* for surtling cores

[spare drift]

are magic wands causing horrible fps drops for you guys too

i have a 3060ti and r5 3600 and i get like 20 fps when im using my spells

[marble roost]

No

Mountain snowstorms always kill my fps tho

[vague bay]

i am high tier vergil, magic is for plebs

parry is the true path to power

[marble roost]

Magic bows and atgeirs do feel kinda plebby to use

But on the other hand, magic looks cool

[spare drift]

if you were vergil you wouldnt diss power in any form

[vague bay]

since i am vergil, i praise the greatest power

[vapid warren]

#mods-issues would be where to ask

[left bough]

Ah sorry about that

[median stirrup]

Hey, I have this thing in the corner that says 'The Elder' and ready. What is it and how do i use it?

[marble roost]

press "F"

Any boss you defeat and mount their head on the Stones of Power (middle of map, where you spawned), you can take their "power"

Elder lets you chop trees faster for 5 minutes, then has a 15 minute cooldown

You should also have Eikthyrs head you can put on the stones and get its power. Makes you use less stamina while you run (my favorite power)

[vague bay]

i found a plains biome, is there anything there?

[oblique hawk]

Death.

It's a biome, with everything a biome entails (resources, mobs, stuff, a boss). It's the 5th biome, after mountains in the progression.

[median stirrup]

where do I put it...

[vague bay]

on a trophy hook at the world spawn point

[vague bay]

im looking for a swamp, which is 3rd

so that's a nono

[median stirrup]

I don't have Eikthyrs head yet because I haven't spawned him because none of my offerings are working hahaha

I think it's bones I'm looking for tho

[vapid warren]

2 deer trophies

[vague bay]

its deer trophys

[vapid warren]

you skipped eithyr and have done the elder boss?

[marble roost]

Put heads of bosses on the stones in middle of map. Each stone is for a specific boss. Press E on the hook on the stone

Switch your power by going to a hooked head and pressing E

[median stirrup]

OH WHAAAT I hate those I have literally never caught one in my life ever

[vapid warren]

easier to shoot them

unless you wanna stealth up and kill them that way

[median stirrup]

i have the bow and arrows but for some reason I don't even get closer

[marble roost]

Just gotta spot them from afar and do a long shot if you have good aim or sneak a bit closer to shoot them. If you run at them they’ll see you from pretty far away, and if you just regular walk they might spot you too

Helps coming from behind them

[oblique hawk]

You can get right up to them by sneaking (holding ctrl) behind them. they don't have much health so you can usually kill them in one hit.

[marble roost]

I love lunging at one with a knife

[vague bay]

i thought it was pretty obvious you needed to kill deers for a deer boss

[oblique hawk]

It does say hunt his kin on the altar, but it's easy to miss all the hints the game gives you about stuff.

[median stirrup]

Right? and I'm like.. Sir, we haven't even met, you haven't taken me out to dinner.. so how am I meant to know who or what you are

[oblique hawk]

Well, exploration and discovery is a big part of the game. Look at stuff, read what things say, think. The game tells you pretty much everything you need to know, but it doesn't hold your hand and spell everything out in the most obvious way.

[fathom badge]

Hrm. This is odd... I've got two tamed boars, they do the breeding pink hearts, but babies never pop out.

[vapid warren]

how long have you been waiting? and you're sure only 2?

[fathom badge]

Definitely sure only two, and I waited almost a whole day after the pink hearts. I'll sleep for a night and see if anything happens tomorrow.

[marble roost]

All about clues, but its tough yea. There's a big deer statue at Eikthyr spawn, giving a clue. And then it tells you to "hunt his kin"

[frank moat]

whats thunderstone for?
i found it in traders menu

should i buy it?

[vapid warren]

yeah, you only need 1 tho

[true sand]

Hello. I have a problem, I can't connect to dedicated servers 😦 "Failed to connect" is still displayed, guides on the Internet didn't help, I've tried everything 😦 Has anyone had a similar problem and managed to fix it?

[fathom badge]

Looks like sleeping and/or restarting the game fixed it. Just weirdness.

[fathom badge]

Failed to connect has a very large range of causes... it could be anything from your computer's firewall to the remote firewall, something at your router level, getting the wrong address, all kinds of things. What dedicated server are you trying to connect to?

[true sand]

We set up our server on 4net. And it was fine yesterday, and today it's fine. I can create a regular server, but I can't go online ;/

[narrow robin]

are stone golems big tanks with hella punches or am i missing a technique/skill/weapons?

[pearl mortar]

Pretty much. They're weak to pickaze lol

[narrow robin]

not sure if legit

oh ok legit, still dangerous as f though

[vague bay]

i need some help here, something called an abomination just appeared

[lusty sigil]

beat it up, it drops candy

[split crag]

Abominations are pretty easy to dodge, use fire arrows/axe, good armor

the chest is one of the best in the game and the helmet is really good for poison

[lusty sigil]

Don't think you can use fire arrows if the abomination is still in the swamp, since it's always wet.

Well, you can use them they're just wholly ineffective

[vapid warren]

iron mace is more efficient and safer than pickaxe

[fathom badge]

Unfortunately that doesn't sound like a Valheim problem 😕 Something else changed that you need to figure out

[rain flame]

they're still the best option from my experience

[vague bay]

or, just avoid them until i get iron from the crypts

[lusty sigil]

Arrows in general are about the worst option you can go for against Abominations, since they're very resistant to pierce damage and take 1/4 of the normal amount.

[fathom badge]

Parrying them with a bronze or iron buckler and hacking them with a sword or axe is my go-to, unless there's a Surtling spawner I can lead them to and then parry them when they're on top of it 😉

[lusty sigil]

Sword and Board 4lyfe

[abstract harness]

ok so my son messed with the settings and took it off 1080 and now the game is so zoomed in i cant go to setting to fix it i have tried to reload nothing is working im lost need help

[lusty sigil]

In game settings or out of game settings?

[lusty sigil]

Right click Valheim on steam, properties > launch options > in the box, type "-w 1920" to force run the game at 1920 x 1080 p

[vague bay]

all this swamp, no crypt

[lusty sigil]

thinbois don't usually have crypts sadly

[narrow robin]

@vague bay yea slim coastal ones likes that tend to have nothing from my recent experience

[lusty sigil]

MAYBE the occasional turnip seeds..... maybe......

[visual radish]

It's because things tend to only generate so far out from shore and from neighboring biomes. I have a screenshot of one that's slightly wider than that one and pretty much everything I found was in a straight line down the middle.

[vague bay]

i did get turnip seeds

[buoyant peak]

Mobs aren't affected by rain

[lusty sigil]

Not insofar as stamina is concerned, no. But fire is affected by rain, though. Fire DoT is extinguished by it.

[buoyant peak]

Oh right, forgot that that is how science actually works. Rain does put out fire

[abstract harness]

didnt work

[lusty sigil]

Sad, that was my only spark of idea. Sorry mate

[abstract harness]

ya sucks i get black screen and every few secs i can see the light from the fire flickering

but its so zoomed in i cant fix shyt

[marble roost]

You sure about that? In my 600 hours I haven't seen rain extinguish flames currently active on mobs

Like you can easily apply fire to abominations in swamp and it'll last the full duration

The only interaction between water and extinguishing fire seems to me to be if a mob submerges more than 50ish% of its body in water (the ocean/lakes)

[vague bay]

i have only been finding those ruined houses and the draugr runestone structures

[pearl mortar]

i find the fire doesn't last as long in the rain

[vapid warren]

Only on players. Mobs it still lasts the full duration cause theyre not affected by the rain

[versed stone]

when you find a discover a new item for the first time it will pop up things you can craft with it, this only pops up very briefly and is easy to miss is there anyway to recheck this again somewhere?

[subtle parrot]

You'll have to look through the various build menus/ work stations for things you have yet to build or craft. There isn't a list anywhere unfortunately.

[versed stone]

thats unfortunate but i thought so since i havent been able to figure it out myself

[halcyon yoke]

Can I ask where do I direct a question about framerate on my Xbox?

I really love this game but it's like unplayable when you get to the Swamp

[limpid sinew]

Is there a way to make the game "back up" the character like every minute?

[limpid sinew]

What do you mean? Too hard?

[halcyon yoke]

No, I wish, it's just my framerate drops so bad to the point where I'm getting input lag and killed by things I could easily handle. It's almost as bad as the Forest and so far it's at its worst during boss fights and crypts

[limpid sinew]

Yeah well due to the game crashing otherwise I slapped all features to their lowest except render distance.

[halcyon yoke]

Almost as bad in the Forest sorry

Yeah, I've tried that too and it helps with the biomes that don't have it too bad. It's just key parts of the swamp and it's at a point where I'm so frustrated I've had to step away

But it's such a great game, I don't want to have to

[limpid sinew]

My laptop's pretty old, you must have a pretty low end computer :(

[vague bay]

it sounds like he has an xbox

which yeah, an older xbox probably doesn't do too well with this game

[subtle parrot]

What model xbox? My 2015 xbox struggles in the swamp. Recently I've mostly been playing on the xbox game pass mobile app on my phone and casting to my tv. It's really not too bad, solid 30 fps on in game quality graphics and solid 55-60 fps on performance graphics. A bit of a drop in picture quality due to casting but it's playable.

[halcyon yoke]

I think mine is actually from 2020

I wanna say it is, it used to be my brother's. I'll give the casting a spin! It's worth a shot

I plan to eventually upgrade my console but my job's not too keen on hours at the moment

[lofty coyote]

Hey gamers - does anyone know how to rollback server/character progress on a multiplayer session?

My friend I were playing and decided to try out hand at killing the third boss, which, to get to the ritual site thing, we traversed a large plains biome. Sadly we died to him, it was only after that we realized - getting our equipment up to that point is going to be infernally difficult due to having to traverse the plains with next to nothing.

We were at our wits end and didn't want to lose out on so much grinding and progress, due to a mishap like this.

[marble roost]

Not sure about how to reroll things but you are able to enable cheats to fly you guys back to your gear, or even spawn stuff in

Also for the future: Always prepare! A portal is very clutch in recovering gear, but backup gear or a nearby spawnpoint (bed) can be good too!

(to enable cheats look up devcommands on youtube or google)

You can also put free build mode on (in world modifiers - lets you build for free) in case you need a ship to traverse

[lofty coyote]

Yeah, we actually had to build a portal to get to the island with the friggen thing in the first place. I proposed we try and snag stuff for a portal, leave one un-tagged and just spam build it closer and closer to our stuff as we inevitably die to deathsquitos lmao

I appreciate it the tips!

[fringe merlin]

Could some one HELP me? Floating on Longship fully loaded with metal. crashing into something. there was nothing in front but as I turned out, I was in the middle of swamp so about 10 monsters quickly broke the boat and me. I got angry and turned off my computer. I launched the game a little later and discovered a problem with my save, it was missing, but not completely, only the gameplay. map and all buildings and inventory are preserved, but I can only start a new game. I checked the folder worlds_local there was nothing and I copied the files back, which I save before or after the game on my own, but the game does not see them. strange situation, there are files but the game does not see them. what should be done to run the game with all the process passed, or almost all, not counting the last few hours? THANKS!

[tropic wigeon]

I just started the game I already made a base and a workbench what else I should do?

[willow raft]

Roam around and explore.

[vapid warren]

hunt, gather, etc

[oblique hawk]

Listen to the bird, pick up everything, pay attention, don't rush.

[marble roost]

Brave the Black Forest. It has a lot of good materials

[tropic wigeon]

How I made a bow?

[oblique hawk]

Pick up/kill stuff until you have gathered the required material types, then it will unlock on the workbench.

[tropic wigeon]

Can someone join me on xbox to explore together?

[vague goblet]

Can oak trees be planted in the mountains?

[weary crag]

just wanted to ask how tf i get this

[fathom badge]

You build them with materials you gather in the Frost Caves

[fathom badge]

No. Only fir, not sure about pine, but those two at best.

[weary crag]

not gonna lie the one thing i hoped u wouldnt say is that i need a frost cave for it... man i already died in there last friday and didnt play since then cuz my bro isnt home and like damn my items are still in that cursed place

time to watch some wild tutorials!!!!

[marble roost]

Hehe frost caves are dangerous. You could always come back later when you have better stuff and your bro at your side

[heady pike]

ill help you if can let me have 1 turnip seed 🥹

ive literally went to 4 swamps and couldnt find any lmbooooo

[lilac coyote]

It's possible you just missed them, people seem to find them hard to spot in the swamps.

[marble roost]

They aren’t SUPER common tho. Definitely feel more rare than carrots

Just gotta keep rechecking the swamps and finding new ones to check

[heady pike]

Headed out on my ship now 🤣

[subtle parrot]

#1024264966712340510

[fathom badge]

Make some ooze bombs and the frost caves get much easier. You should be able to deal with bats, and poison will annihilate everything else.

[jovial ledge]

what is Crossplay in server settings?

[weary crag]

oh i forgot the game had bombs but i just prefer muckshakes :( guess i will have to make a base next to the cave xd

[fathom badge]

Whatever works, ooze is pretty easy to get, and you probably already have a ton of resin and leather scraps. It really does make the caves much easier.

[serene tangle]

to play from xbox and PC (Steam) on the sme server?

[fathom badge]

It also allows you to run servers where ports can't be forwarded easily, but it can be a bit slower than a regular server because it goes through the PlayFab servers for communication

[heady pike]

omg

[marble roost]

Don't die with them ;)

Don't plant them all at once and end up having a greydward destroy them ;)

[clear marlin]

It’s easy enough to secure a garden 😸

[marble roost]

Fairly easy yea. I still tend to keep one seed in reserve just in case. I also tend to be too lazy to shaman proof my early game farms

[clear marlin]

I have 100 seeds of each type in order to quickly produce the required number of plantings of 500-600 pieces 😸

[marble roost]

Honestly I don’t see much point in turnips

I use them for the spice rack but that’s it

[lilac coyote]

Not turnip stew, black soup or stuffed mushroom?

[stoic trench]

Turnip stew is pretty solid before onions I’d say

[marble roost]

ah might have forgotten stuffed mushroom, that ones pretty solid. Turnip stew and black soup ain't it for me tho

Turnip stew chews up my precious boar meat which is for sausages (and carrot soup is fine anyways), and black soup feels like a more expensive version of deer stew but it still has about equally good stats

[lilac coyote]

Fair enough.

[marble roost]

Man I really need to get back into Mistlands, it's been too long

[fathom badge]

So, the thing about Turnip Stew vs onion soup is that Turnip stew gives you more healing, which can be quite useful at that stage of the game.

Lots of people overlook the healing rate of the foods, and it adds up to be pretty pivotal at times

[vague bay]

what are the withered bones for?

[marble roost]

Are you sure you want to know? The excitement of discovery can be quite valuable

[vague bay]

i wouldn't be surprised if it was just for the bonemass boss

[tropic granite]

10 bones to spawn the Bonemass, all over 10 - useless, absolutely

[marble roost]

it's a good bet

[plain ivy]

Is there STILL no way to prevent fog INSIDE? 😭

[marble roost]

Don't think so

[jovial ledge]

anyone knows what's the difference in jump height between zero skill and 100 skill?

[marble roost]

I believe it is double height

[fringe hazel]

I'm new here, I don't know if I can ask in this chat, but my game every time I try to join an online server with someone it just says "connecting and then just fails to connect"

[eternal oracle]

can some one help me whit world map info can not follow text need help whot screenvideo in call plees help much thanks from me'

[fathom badge]

Are you just trying to join random servers? Or is it one you know about and have the password to?

[eternal oracle]

if help in sweden lago is possibel thats even better but eng is medium find

[fathom badge]

Please don't DM people. Everyone here is a volunteer, and I personally cannot do video chat for support. I'm just here as a distraction sometimes while I'm working.

[eternal oracle]

ok

[fringe hazel]

My girlfriend is trying to log into my server and she won't

It just says "failed to connect"

[fathom badge]

Ok... how are you starting your server? Just start the game, hit the "start server" as you start up, then go to your steam list and invite her? That should work.

[eternal oracle]

sorry pitabred my fullt i will not do it agen sorry

[fathom badge]

It's fine. If you can explain your problem here a bit I might be able to still help, but I can't do a screen share or anything like that

[fringe hazel]

Still fails to connect

[fathom badge]

Do you have a windows firewall or anything that might be blocking the connection? Or something on hers? If you're both on Steam try making sure crossplay is disabled when you start the server.

[fringe hazel]

We don't use anything that blocks the connection

[marble roost]

maybe try having the other person host the server

[fringe hazel]

We just open the normal game and try to enter the server

[fringe hazel]

We've already tried

[fathom badge]

Have you tried both with and without crossplay enabled?

[fringe hazel]

Yes

[fathom badge]

Unfortunately the "Failed to Connect" error is generic, and it tends to happen when there's some kind of filtering or blocking going on. Can you connect to any other servers? Are you two playing on the same network, or over the internet?

[fringe hazel]

I can't log into any other server even without a password

We are not playing on the same internet

[fathom badge]

All Valheim servers require a password, but if you get "Failed to connect" to a public server instead of "wrong password" it would seem that there is something on your computer or network that is blocking Valheim.

[fringe hazel]

Thanks bro

You are an angel ❤️

[woven sorrel]

What was the fix?

[fringe hazel]

Disable crossplay and do not launch for community

[woven sorrel]

Ohhh okay.

[fathom badge]

Good to hear! I'll keep that in mind for future troubleshooting.

[winged dust]

👋🏼 Is this server fixed now 👀 i just found it again after it was hacked n such.

[hard estuary]

hi how do i fix this gap? i tried leveling the ground but it stayed the same

[halcyon crag]

long since now yes 🙂

[marble roost]

The hole in the wall? Place another wall

It's not gonna line up perfectly so it'll intersect some but it'll close the hole

[halcyon crag]

i'd remove the panels you have on the left and snap them from the right

[marble roost]

If you want it to look perfect you'll have to plan the build and measure carefully to make sure everything matches up

[halcyon crag]

never does that xD

[fathom badge]

My guess is that there is another piece that is not rotated regularly, slightly offset somehow. If you do the same size steps of rotation for each piece and snap them to each other it will line up perfectly each time, but any deviation from that will lead to situations like you have. It's not the vertical alignment, it's the snapping/rotational alignment of some part of that hut. A view from above might help diagnose where it's happening.

[hard estuary]

oh ok thanks for the responses. i will try it again

[fathom badge]

With all that said... I'd highly suggest learning to build with more rectangular setups. Rounded walls are an advanced technique that even good builders have trouble with at times, especially the roofing because there really aren't great pieces for that.

[oblique hawk]

You can also place a 1 metre vertical beam or two in there to close the gap. It'll just keep not lining up upwards though, so better to re-do it if you're going to build more than 1 wallpiece high.

[broken elbow]

Hi, I need help with a problem that arose within the game.

[halcyon crag]

the snapping system is there to help as well, getting things snapped in makes sure you can build as high as the materials allow without losing stability

[broken elbow]

when I open the game everything turns blue, both in the menu and in any world.

[halcyon crag]

mods?

[broken elbow]

only 3

only for more FPS and first person

[marble roost]

try disabling them 1 at a time and if that doesnt work, all at once, and see if it fixes it

[broken elbow]

I've been playing for a long time with the mods included but this is the first time it's happened to me.

[broken elbow]

ok

[winged dust]

Thank you ☺️ for responding

[broken elbow]

the blue problem continues

[fathom badge]

For further mod help, please check in #mods-issues . This channel is for help with the vanilla game, and the only troubleshooting for that would be to remove all mods, not just disabling them from your manager.

[broken elbow]

ok, sorry

[marble roost]

Mods tend to be the source of a lot of issues even if it seems totally unrelated

[halcyon crag]

also if it isn't mods misbehaving, the problem could be a lot worse, malfunctioning graphics etc

but you'd likely notice that system wide

[coarse sorrel]

Silver sword. Usefull or not? Didn't use swords at all before

[pearl mortar]

I mean, it's good, but whatever skill you've been leveling will probably feel better

[fathom badge]

The silver sword is great against Yagluth, but since so much of it's damage is spirit and most enemies are immune to spirit, it has very limited usefulness. It's pretty ok in the mountains themselves, but is outclassed in the general sense by the Blackmetal sword in the Plains. The Frostner though... there's almost no better ROI on a weapon in Valheim than that one 😉

[fathom badge]

I'm not aware of a way to do so, unfortunately. Can you turn the sensitivity down on the mouse itself? 20k seems a little outsized in general.

[real nebula]

Depending on the mouse, you might be able to use its associated software to tune down sensitivity

iCUE for Corsair, for example

[lost swift]

I deal with that by adjusting my mouse sensitivity. 20K DPI is absurd precision.

[frozen geode]

Hello everyone,
I would like to ask if someone has any experiences with devcommand - spawn_location.

i would like to spawn frost cave with tetra fish lake in to the different biom.

I can spawn the frost cave, but i have issue with spawning specific seed of the frost cave.

I don't know how syntax of the command should look.

Can someone help me?

[serene tangle]

i think seed is not provided during spawn, you need to spawn and then update seed

[faint zephyr]

Anyone have a functioning chicken breeder build? Mine just will not eat

[vestal gull]

I’m sort of stuck on my world. I’ve beaten the first boss but can’t get any new materials because the mobs are way too overpowered. Any advice?

[pearl mortar]

Only attempt exploring during the day, build yourself a base and drop campfires around the area to prevent spawns

[oblique hawk]

Make a bow and shoot them from afar, run away of too many start to get close to you.

[fathom badge]

Make sure you're making good food and armor. Food is mechanical in valheim, you always want to be eating all 3 slots worth. You can also upgrade and repair items by adding new crafting upgrades to your workbench.

[serene tangle]

whic biome have you entered? The one after Meadows should be Black Forest. Maybe, you are trying to enter a biome which is too hard?

[oblique hawk]

The black forest can be rough for beginners, I found it rather scary at the start.

Carefullness and slowly gaining experience with it is a good way to stop being scared of it.

[pearl mortar]

Brutes and trolls are scary af with only leather armor

[marble roost]

Go to world modifiers before you load up the save, and adjust the difficulty

[smoky lion]

How do I support stone walls? No matter what I do they stay unsupported

[fathom badge]

You can use iron-wood beams, but that's just how they work. Yellow is fine, it will be perfectly structurally strong. Stone has issues if you try to build it horizontally, and you can reinforce a lot of things with iron-wood beams you should have access to build with iron, but I don't see an actual issue with your screenshot there.

[vestal gull]

The black forest.

[visual radish]

What armor and weapons/etc. do you have on you? And what kind of food are you using? Also avoid going out at night as much as possible until you're better equipped.

[frail cave]

hi guys, i am trying to load into an old-ish world and i crash after about 2 minutes of loading in and walking around. what can i do?

[vestal gull]

Not using any armor because I died and lost my armor to a glitch. Extremely hard to get deer hide with my weapons.

[visual radish]

Losing stuff to a glitch, game crash, etc. is why I always have cheats available to undo the damage.

[fathom badge]

Make a flint spear, deer are fairly easy to kill that way. You really do need armor, and good food. Don't try to move forward to the next biome until you're a bit tougher and have a reliable food backlog.

[pearl mortar]

Even a flint knife is good, you can run fast enough to swipe em a couple times

[rotund gale]

I’m scared of what’ll happen to my main world if I turn on hammer mode. Can I use the optional systems freely, on/off no trouble in my OG survival world or are there any consequences

[fathom badge]

All settings are unique to a given world, so it doesn't hurt anything if you enable them. You could even make a specific character just for that world if you so choose, characters and worlds are separate.

[rotund gale]

My master builder and I are putting together a large project for an event. We want to use our mains, and original world we opened with all our buildings and progress since 2020

Can I toggle hammer mode on and off in that world or am I incorrect assuming we can make edits, and then host our event normal mode.

If not, is there a way to grant him admin creative mode

[reef flame]

Does the 1 or 2 star wolf have a range limit to the spawn zone?

[fathom badge]

Depending on how you're hosting, yeah, you should be able to enable and disable any settings for a world without any ill effects. Just might be more complicated or take a restart if it's a dedicated server, etc.

[rotund gale]

It’s hosted, we hold session Sundays. It’s not a live server

[vestal gull]

I had leather armor and some what reliable food source before I died and logged out. When I got back on, it disappeared. And also do you know the best reliable source for bones to upgrade armor?

[marble roost]

Tombstones sometimes get deleted if you log out or close the game immediately after dying. Give it a minute before you quit after a death

[heady pike]

Can anyone help me kill Bonemass?

[marble roost]

No but I can recommend a mace, poison resist, and health/stamina potions

[fathom badge]

Best source for bones are skeletons, in the Burial Chambers of the Black Forest. As for the armor disappearing... are you saying you were no longer wearing it after death? Did you go back to the location where you died? Your inventory is in a gravestone where you died, it probably didn't disappear.

[timid shore]

If it’s an old world it likely needs the command opttertain run anywhere and everywhere structures or terrain modifications were done. I Believe the command is good for a couple hundred meters max it’s an area of effect command. Hopefully that helps

[timid shore]

Sorry misspelled the command ( optterrain )

[vestal gull]

I died with armor on and quit the game right after the death. After I got back on , my gravestone disappeared.

[fathom badge]

Gotcha. Yeah, rage quitting can cause weird desyncs, even locally.

[reef flame]

What is the point in the mountain caves?

[static finch]

Is there a typical spawning direction for mountain biomes? Just beat up bonemass.

[lilac coyote]

Every direction, pretty much. Biomes (aside from the final two) spawn based on distance from the centre of the map.

[static finch]

Alright, I'll keep my tradition of sailing west then

[lilac coyote]

Mountains spawn above 50m anywere from 600m from the centre.

[smoky lion]

Is there anyway to destroy items. I have a bunch of junk and want to burn it

[lilac coyote]

There's an items you can make that will do that for you, but it needs an item from the trader to build. Otherwise anything dropped away from any base items will despawn after a couple of days.

[lusty sigil]

For a while and until you build the thing Derek is referring to, I advise doing what I do. Pick a hole in the ground and name it the trash hole.

[vestal hatch]

First time returning to Valheim in months and noticed a decline in performance. Which graphics settings affect framerate the most aside from VSync?

[upper vale]

Grass is usually a big performance killer in most games, if that helps

[mossy barn]

I'm getting absolutely demolished by Yagluth, I have no idea how to progress. Good friend and I have been playing Valheim in tandem, never progressing past each other and playing together consistently on the same servers (we've done a few from creative to total immersion) for years now and we've finally hit Yagluth; an immovable object where we are a very breakable force.

I've tried to read as much as I can from weapons, armour, potions, protection strategies... Nothing is helping at all. We have plenty of meads (stam, hp), fire resistant, all padded armour, black metal weapons (we've tried spirit, blunt, pierce, slash, poison, combos, bow&arrow, shield and pray). Nothing has helped. Any suggestions? 😢

[rigid silo]

Get gud?

[mossy barn]

Certainly been trying lmao

[rigid silo]

Well only thing missing that i can see is the bonemass buff

That reduces magic damage

[mossy barn]

Ah, yes, that's always up for Yagluth. Forgot to mention that

[rigid silo]

You've maxed out all your gear? Its all lvl 3 or higher yes?

[mossy barn]

We both hold Bonemass buff to try to give ourselves as much of a chance (mine resets, he uses his, vice versa). All gear is maxed as well.

[frail cave]

Yag is a force to be reckoned with for sure. And for all the helpful advice it took me several deaths to get him. Bonemass buff, silver sword for melee, and dodging his attacks, stock up on heath n stam potions and use the best foods you got

[rigid silo]

Eh dont bother trying to double up, one goes bone one goes eik to help stam regen works better ive found

But yeah definitely silver or spirit damage gear better than blackmetal for it

[mossy barn]

Thoughts on silver swords and blackmetal tower shields? Silver swords are what we've settled on, though I have FNFO with the crystal battleaxe lol

[rigid silo]

Dont bother with a tower you need a standard shield its better for stamina

[frail cave]

He's undead so silver is my go to and a tower drains stam. Too heavy.

[rigid silo]

Yeah tower is only good if you're playing body block against beserkers

Not much better anywhere else

[mossy barn]

LOL yeah we've been playing pingpong with porcupines and tower shields on fulings

[frail cave]

Also try n get behind him and hit his "tail"

[rigid silo]

The spinal cord

[mossy barn]

Yep

[frail cave]

Not an easy task but better damage

[rigid silo]

Its dragging on the ground behind him. And agreed it takes some serious teamwork

[mossy barn]

I've been trying to avoid his face but got damn he has a deadly dance lol

[frail cave]

Yes that lol

[rigid silo]

Good to aggro one way then the other

So it chases one then the other hits it from behind

[frail cave]

You both going together right?

[mossy barn]

Fair, fair.

Absolutely. All bosses/big fights/most general playing (non-resource farming) is done tandem

[frail cave]

Then one can be bait while the other sneaks behind. Not easy but doable

It's how we took him on my server

[rigid silo]

If one is a really good marksman, we had a guy who draugr fang shot ice arrows at it while it chased me and another guy around

[mossy barn]

I find the meteor showers, despite being able to see their general trajectory, are what gets us every time.

[frail cave]

Doing him solo is the real challenge lol. XD dealing with those damned fulings

[mossy barn]

Oh hell yeah, noted. We're both excellent archers so I can raise that as an option

[rigid silo]

But yeah its good to hit the fuck out of it ASAP. The sooner it drops health the less hassle the fuhlings are when they spawn. Coz it spawns incrementally

[frail cave]

And we won't talk about my number of deaths fighting the Queen solo first time

[rigid silo]

I havent even dared yet -_-" im still shitting bricks trying to get through the fog just to get wisps

Barely unlocked any of the new upgrades yet

[frail cave]

Just do eeeeet lol 😆

[rigid silo]

IT REMINDS ME OF SHELOB'S LAIR OKAY?! I IS SCAWEEDDDD

[mossy barn]

We had a few sudden seekers while trying to haul ass through the mist and I gotta say, not a fan. Queen scares me for sure lol

Usually involves accidental basejumps because they spawn at us on marble spires lol.

[frail cave]

Lmao 🤣 well now I took the Queen I get seekers roaming meadows at night

[mossy barn]

https://tenor.com/view/futurama-farnsworth-shreds-to-shreds-you-say-gif-19143723

[frail cave]

Lmao 🤣

Honestly I'm at the point now where I go out hunting em

It's the soldiers that are the worst

And Gjalls

[mossy barn]

Should we jump ship per se and just build a proper base on Yag's island? The spawn we found is pretty far from our current base but if we have to, we can move a ton of goods over

We've been doing portals when we die, dug a pit house with enough amenities for a quick rested 10, I feel like that's good enough but I dunno. Definitely at a loss lol

[marble roost]

Personally I'd go for at least a bit of Fenris armor and then Eikthyr power. Better to outrun all his attacks than trying to tank them. Maybe padded helmet and fenris chest/legs

I'd say Yag is the hardest boss in the game tho. Gotta be patient with him

[mossy barn]

The speed is unbelievable and the fire resistance is amazing, but I ended up putting it all on a rack for padded because I felt like a punching bag every time we'd fight anything

[marble roost]

Yea usually I don't like going hard on Fenris, but specifically for Yag fight it feels nice. Never get hit by meteors, never get hit by lasers, and then you just gotta learn to run or roll away when he's about to slam you with his hand

[mossy barn]

Worth a try if we can gather enough to make another set though.

[marble roost]

Also pay attention to which hand he raises. One hand always summons meteors, the other slams down into the ground

[mossy barn]

Yep. We've got his rotation of hand - hand - roar / laser down pact

The lightning bubble is stupid easy to avoid, like three backrolls or less and we're out of the way entirely

[marble roost]

You couldddd also go get some mistlands food to fight him with. It's not very hard to get, but it's probably not enough of a boost to warrant you guys braving a difficult biome you've never experienced, without having the boss item that is supposed to help with the biome 😅

[errant hatch]

where should I ask for help regarding memory leak ( that might be caused by mods )

[willow raft]

#mods-issues

[topaz wyvern]

hey Vikings! i have a stupid question, im building a big base atm but i have a problem,

Is there a command that can destroy the large rocks in a circle formation? Im not talking about the spawning area but other giant rock structures in the meadows.

[whole geyser]

Hi... This is about howling caverns.
I have one marked in the map because of the trader, but I've already farmed it. Are there more in the map or does this cavern reset?

[lunar cedar]

there are more

[subtle parrot]

Look up and strafe left while sprinting

[lunar cedar]

if forcedelete + their ID doesn't work you can mine them

[topaz wyvern]

@lunar cedar ok, can you tell me the id of that construction?

@lunar cedarthx for the information

[lunar cedar]

I don't know it, there is a list of IDs on the wiki tho

search for rock, stone or boulder

[topaz wyvern]

thx 😄

[tropic wigeon]

Can someone join me on xbox to help me build a shelter

[barren seal]

Is this a crypt or just a random structure?

Here's another shot of it, it has a rune in there

[acoustic vine]

it's just a structure, the sunken crypts will always look the same

[barren seal]

alr thx

[serene tangle]

the id is Stone1_huge, they are non-destructible in principle, but forcedelete should work

[reef flame]

My friend has root armour, he likes archer. Should I encourage him to change his armour? Next we are on plains

I'm concerned for him but maybe its not justified

[proud pine]

Root armor is perfectly viable in the plains especially for someone primarily using the bow.

I would not recommend they try going melee unless they are very comfortable dodge rolling!

[reef flame]

Okay. I'm just worried about his armour is all

[reef flame]

Okay so you think I shouldn't bother getting him the mountain cave armour?

[proud pine]

Well, let him worry about it. Be careful and experiment! Armor doesn't matter if you can avoid taking damage 🙂

[reef flame]

I was going to do it as a gift for him, to see if he wants it.

He's also concerned

[proud pine]

That is not normally how I use gifts!

If you guys are concerned, making the best available armor and upgrading it, while grindy, certainly provides an extra degree of survivability in new areas.

[acoustic vine]

he will be fine especially if the armor is upgraded. the only concern would be the weakness to fire debuff that the set has. but that is really only applicable to the boss fight.

[real nebula]

The fuling shaman does fire damage at range, but an archer should be prioritising them anyway.

Root armor is absolutely viable in Plains as long as you're sniping those guys first in any encounter

[reef flame]

Okay so don't change it? Maybe it's worth getting him the set that gives MS so hes not weak to fire

[proud pine]

Don't overthink things too much - knowledge of the area and mobs means far more than gear. Get in there - and have an escape plan!

[reef flame]

I guess I could charge in with the shield and tell him to stay behind me

[proud pine]

That's certainly an option. Personally I prefer more sniping and trying to split groups, but it's really about what playstyle works for you!

[reef flame]

I dont really like using a bow

[proud pine]

Try having your buddy shoot first to pull enemies towards you guys, rather than rushing in. If executed properly it can be much safer than running into a full camp.

[weary crag]

how do i counter the bugs with the pointy things that i totally didnt forget in english (thing that one shots from the plains)

[buoyant peak]

Harbingers of Perdition

Deathsquitos

Time your attacks properly, they have 10 hp

Or use a bow when they're about to attack you

[willow raft]

Having the root harnesk helps a ton. Else do what rianu says.

[versed island]

Hey can anyone help me get my item? 😅 its in Swamp and i died too many Times there

The poison are annoying

[real nebula]

#1024264966712340510 for direct ingame help like that

[versed island]

Why i can't post it?

[willow raft]

You need to go into the threads or make a new one.
new post or new thread button at the right top of the page.

[versed island]

Is it correct?

[willow raft]

Yeah, so either yo'ull get dmed or people will respond in there to ask for the server credentials.
You can also look for the body recovery squad.

[versed island]

Aight thx 😁

[willow raft]

https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1024264966712340510/threads/1033392094817046630

[weary crag]

guys silver sword or flash rippers ? i cant decide xd

i wanna go full fendrir but i dont want to at the same time cuz no shield or any armour

[willow raft]

It certainly is a different playstyle, hit and run, using the terrain, dodge rolling.
Go for full fenrir and try it out, worse that can happen is that you die a couple of times and lose some skill levels.

[brisk wharf]

I'm unsure what's going on.... My Valheim has been sitting at 70-90% GPU usage in the menue.

But that I go in game and it goes to 20%

[willow raft]

That is weird.

[marble roost]

Flesh rippers are a lot of fun but yea you really gotta hit your parries and even then its not super strong parries. Fist skill is also useless in the game so far other than for flesh rippers

But if you have even skill on both swords and fists and you know how to parry flesh rippers are definitely stronger

[brisk wharf]

It goes from 20%-95% depending on what's going on. Like if I'm in a base with around 20k instances it's at about 75%

[topaz wyvern]

@serene tangle mate thx for the inforamtion! big big thx

[marble roost]

Also everyone uses silver sword, so do you wanna follow the others or be unique?

[mighty ruin]

Damn snail that's a lot of peer pressure

[fathom badge]

I can't even remember the last time I made a silver sword...

[oblique hawk]

I've never made one

[clear marlin]

the sword is like a beacon in a sea of ​​bad luck, for the warrior’s luck 😸

[weary crag]

welllll this rippers are made so boring sadly, no heavy or light animation like wtf- u litreally have ur CLAWS and he uses his leg?

and btw guys how do i craft the fenrir hat? idk why it didnt appear yet

[fathom badge]

You need a Cultist trophy. It can be rare.

[mighty ruin]

Swords make a sound that I don't like so I don't use them

[weary crag]

nvm i never got the trophy...

[clear marlin]

you just speak different languages ​​to him 😸

[clear marlin]

it actually drops quite often, just go through more caves 😼 👍

[oblique hawk]

The trouble isn't the droprate, it's the number of cultists in an average cave. :p

[clear marlin]

well, on one mountain there are from 2 to 8 caves, at least for me, and in each there are enough cultists, at least 4, I think even by going around one mountain, you can get a couple of trophies 😼

[weary crag]

3 caves no heads

do they respawn guys?

[clear marlin]

you need to go around about a dozen, as I remember 😼 👍

[clear marlin]

hardly 😿

[weary crag]

aaa

well i did all this shi for nothing great

[clear marlin]

@weary cragI can give you a trophy if you really need it that urgently, I have a lot of them lying around 😸

[oblique hawk]

"A mountain" is really not a useful metric as mountains aren't the same size or height and many mountains have no caves at all.

Caves can also have no cultists at all.

[clear marlin]

I meant an average mountain that occupies a certain part of the island, and not a small hill with snow 😼

[oblique hawk]

Still no guarantee for a cave, or for that any cave(s) on the mountain will have cultists.

[clear marlin]

#screenshots message that's how many caves there are in the mountains in my world 😺

[weary crag]

well thanks a lot but sooo far i did a lot by fair play and no cheats sooo i have hope one day imma find it

anyways is there a good armour sett in the plains? plus idk if i will switch to just silver armour cuz first time getting this far and idk if im comfy enough to play fenrir xd

[flint crown]

there are materials found in the plains that unlock better armor, yes

[fathom badge]

The Wolf armor set should give you pretty decent protection in the Plains to start, and yes, there is a good armor set in the Plains. You will need ~100 iron or so to make it and upgrade it, so hopefully you saved some aside 😉

[weary crag]

i have a full of 0 iron rn :)

the love hate relationship i have with this game

[fathom badge]

Yeah... iron keeps coming back to being necessary for things, so just keep getting it 😉 The Mistlands has some more sources of iron too, but...

[weary crag]

BRUHH

[lunar cedar]

30 iron if you are ok with level 1

[pure pollen]

guys, i wanted to ask if there was a way to completly remove the building restriction? soo whenever we place something we dont need to worry about it breaking down because its not stable.

and im not talking about a mod, cause we cannot do mods

[real nebula]

There's no vanilla way to remove the structural stability mechanic, no

[pure pollen]

dam, thanks

[pearl mortar]

Best weapons for dealing with wolves?

[fathom badge]

For quick hints, you can attach items to rocks and other natural structures and they count as fully supported and can make it easier to build. At the end of the day, the stability is based on the type of material and the number of connections away from the "ground" (blue) stability pieces, not architectural style static analysis.

[serene tangle]

Whatever. Mace, sword, axe, bow

[fathom badge]

Generally something that you can use quickly. Sword or mace and a shield are the most general purpose. I actually recommend against an axe unless you're very well practiced with it because the attacks are slower than maces or swords, and wolves are fast.

[serene tangle]

Mace has a good knock back, helps when 2-3 attack at once

[marble roost]

Ranged weapons (spears and bows) work great. Otherwise any weapon to melee them just as they come into range. Attack speed isn’t too important since you can see them coming at you, but a wide reach is nice

[candid dawn]

So ice walls are just a pain to build on eachother or?

[marble roost]

Crystal?

[candid dawn]

Yeah crystal ye

[marble roost]

Yea I think they gotta have one side connect to a non crystal piece? Haven’t played around with them much

[candid dawn]

meh

[pearl mortar]

You playin on very hard right? Do you manage to stagger them with one hit? It's been takin me two and I can only take two hits from a wolf before it kills me

[solid moss]

what do i do in early game if an shaman with his army spawns on me? they are as fast as me so i cant run away also they basicly act like a chain gun with their stones

and they have unlimited sustain so i cant hit and run

[pearl mortar]

Kill the shaman first, they stagger easily enough. Dropping a campfire or holding a torch makes them less aggressive too

[oblique hawk]

Greydwarfs are afraid of fire (not the shaman but the normal ones) so hold a torch to make them not get close. You can outrun them by sprinting (holding shift), but that uses your stamina fairly fast so you have to go back to normal running.

[solid moss]

so can i run away with a torch?

so basicly im holding a torch and another weapon to get the greydwarfs off me and kill the shaman?

[pearl mortar]

You can even beat them with the torch itself, they take a lot of damage from fire

[oblique hawk]

You can see when it's about to do its poison breath attack, make sure to move well to the side then.

[solid moss]

well i tried to attack them all at once with the torch to get a good dot on all but they still got healed trough it and killed me somehow

[oblique hawk]

Take them one at the time, that's easier than all at once.

If you have a bow and fire arrows that's a good way to dot them all from a distance thouhg (but hitting them takes aiming practice and can be extra tricky if they are running).

[solid moss]

so technicly aslong as my torch burns i could stay afk if there are only greydwarfs

[oblique hawk]

They'll still toss rocks at you.

[solid moss]

ah yes

im sad that i cant do that or something like a molotov resin bomb crafted with resin and something to lit the ground on fire for a short duration would be cool

is there a throwing skill?

[oblique hawk]

No, but there are thrown aoe weapons later.

You can use a campfire as a molotov. :p

[solid moss]

that actually could be a cool thing for throwing knifes and throwing bombs as a sort of support tools or a fun run with throwables only

im stuck at bronze age for 40 hours i think xD

[visual radish]

Sounds about right.

[solid moss]

why do we not have canues?

[marble roost]

Yea 1 hit staggers at least with like a fully upgraded bark spear or a fang spear

Damage is only lowered by 30% on V hard which isn’t too bad. Wolves are pushovers

I now have 90 spear skill and max fang spear and half the time I one shot wolves

[solid moss]

should i dont use the axes as weapons i have been using them for ever but i tried spears and clubs they where so insane fast

[marble roost]

Regular melee hit on them staggers too

[marble roost]

Axes are a bit meh, just resource and inventory efficient. Swords are largely a better version of them

Personally tho I like the fast attack speed of spears and knives, crazy good

[solid moss]

do spears have more range later on cuz the flint spear has lesser range than unarmed or maybe the same

i wish i could use the spear like in darksouls or something

[marble roost]

They do not. Just their damage change

Am atgeir might be for you? Although it’s slower

I gotta say tho knives are hella nice, maybe try them out

[pearl mortar]

I have not been pushing spears... Got like mid 60s on blunts and knives. The knife has just been cutting a little too close (literally)

[solid moss]

so what do i do against skeleton army except stagbreaker

[marble roost]

Yea I’ve had to push spears bc I banned bows and meleeing dragons just isn’t consistent

[marble roost]

Run, hide, mace

[solid moss]

or is stagbreaker the only way to deal with more than 1 skeletons

[pearl mortar]

Skeletons attack so slow

[solid moss]

i mean i can parry them but the other just attacking in between

[marble roost]

Prob the best way but mace works great too

Fighting multiple enemies at once is always a bit difficult

[solid moss]

well greydwars are just running away with torch so i guess they deal with them selfs kinda

[vague goblet]

Jump on a tall-ish rock that they can't get to.

[marble roost]

Mobs have gotten better at climbing rocks

[pearl mortar]

They can't use ladders tho. I've made lots of little platforms to hop onto but ofc I only see drakes when I make one

[marble roost]

I fight them like a true Viking

[solid moss]

so why cant i build wooden ladders btw?

like with wood or core wood only

[oblique hawk]

Wooden ladders are unlocked with wood and a hammer and a workbench.

[fathom badge]

It's called a "ladder", but it's a 45 degree piece. We don't (and likely will never get) fully vertical ladders.

[visual radish]

Honestly, I'm fine not getting actual vertical ladders. Ladders in various other games are notorious for being very finicky and a pain to use at times (generally getting off of them at the top).

[solid moss]

i guess it depends on the quality of the game

so greydwarf army with shaman and brute

i parried the dwarf brute with the torch but i got staggered aswell

[static finch]

How can I transfer from swamp to mountain? I've got iron mace & buckler and about 51 armor so wolves are making it miserable. I have frost res mead too

[solid moss]

ah a campfire would carry there right?

[fathom badge]

What kind of food are you eating?

[pearl mortar]

I'm in the same situation rn. I always GTFO at night time and try to slowly sneak around during the day. Once in a while ya get ambushed by a couple wolves though and that's what I'm havin trouble with 😅

[static finch]

Im usually eating muckshakes, sausages, and cooked wolf/boar/deer/serpent meat. I also have quick access to honey because of beehives so I can setup something considered more late game

Averaging 120 stamina or so and 100 hp

[static finch]

The buckler is a lifesaver then but yeah, getting swarmed usually results in a stunlock death

[marble roost]

Main thing for wolves is that they're glass cannons. You wanna hit them before they hit you. One hit and they should get stunned, 2 hits and they should be dead. Arrows are great, but just timing a hit with your melee weapon is nice too

[fathom badge]

Ok, that sounds reasonable. I'd suggest replacing the plain cooked meat with like, black soup or something to give you a bit more HP. Dodge rolling, and managing the terrain are key with wolves. Don't be afraid to run away 😛 Also going slow and seeing them before they see you. Ooze bombs can really help with groups of them, and are also super OP in the frost caves.

[static finch]

My iron mace usually takes 2 hits to stun so I cant consistently stun without a parry which is risky

[fathom badge]

I'd also not just eat the plain serpent meat... you need it cooked to make one of the best meals in the game, but I think it might need a level 3 cauldron

[static finch]

I mean cooked serpent meat, mb

[marble roost]

hmm that's rough. Maybe you need to upgrade it

[static finch]

I definitely need a more stun focused weapon or to upgrade my mace

[marble roost]

You can get mountain tier weapons very quickly if you can just survive for a bit, which should definitely stun them

[fathom badge]

You can't eat it raw. Save it when it's cooked, you can make Serpent Stew which is amazingly powerful.

[visual radish]

For me it's always when the wolves are either just above or just below where my attack will land. If I'm fighting them on even ground it's usually manageable.

[static finch]

Im not amazing at timing parries and dodge rolling, and im struggling to find silver

[marble roost]

Yea I always run to even ground to fight the wolves on

[static finch]

So im at a standstill until I upgrade my iron gear

[marble roost]

I'm assuming you've killed swamp boss?

[static finch]

Yup, abusing the poison res mead was hilarious

And the root mask

[vague goblet]

Take your time surveying the area the first few trips in and set up little outposts you can run to if the wolves show up.

[marble roost]

Try to do some exploring and scout a tall mountain. Silver won't spawn unless the mountain is pretty tall, and it will be up near the top

And use the wishbone from bonemass to locate it

[vague goblet]

I've read that if there are drakes then it's tall enough for silver. Not sure if that's 100% true but I do use that as a rule of thumb

[fathom badge]

Bonemass power also helps a ton when you're being mobbed in the mountains

[static finch]

I would put my world into the world reveal website thing, but thatll kind of ruin the mystique of my first playthrough

[fathom badge]

If you see obsidian, silver starts at like 5m above where obsidian starts

[static finch]

I never really put 100% thought into that, always used eiktyhr. Thank you

I did get this one mountain with a few drakes so Ill try mining down below the obsidian deposits

[marble roost]

Eikthyr and Bonemass are both amazing powers, really just about playstyle

Most people like bonemass tho bc it kinda puts the game on easy mode making mobs attacks just mere tickles

[minor zinc]

Will a two star wolf disappear after it’s eaten but not fully tamed if I leave the area?

[static finch]

Ooh, could also try a hut under the snow to retreat to

[static finch]

I think I read animals in the taming process cant despawn

[marble roost]

It will stay there if you've started the taming process

[fathom badge]

Wolves will attack walls to get to you and can destroy them surprisingly quickly

[static finch]

So my hobbit hut idea could be the best choice then

[marble roost]

2 star wolves only spawn at night, and despawn at day. But they will not despawn if you've started to tame them

The taming progress will only progress at night time when you're nearby tho

[fathom badge]

Not as safety, no 😉 There are some stone castles you might be able to use, and especially if you get up high enough they won't think to try to destroy it under you

[vague goblet]

Above the obsidian deposits*

[pearl mortar]

Seriously?? Imma test that out

[fathom badge]

It's not like directly tied to the obsidian spawns. It's just that silver veins can only appear in the mountain biomes 5m in altitude higher than the lowest altitude that obsidian appears or higher.

[pearl mortar]

Ah okay, well I'm slowly building into a huge mountain. Hopefully it has moder on it. Already found two frost caves

Still no wishbone tho. Bonemass has been a pain to find in this seed

[fathom badge]

Ohh... yeah. You know about the sledge/stagbreaker trick to find it, then?

[pearl mortar]

No but I think I understand how that would work 👀 smart

[fathom badge]

Yeah. Just make sure it's not triggering on the obsidian, but if you see "too hard" pop up when you swing it that means there's a silver vein underneath.

[pearl mortar]

Noted. Thanks! I really want the next tier of cooking

[marble roost]

I decided to just entirely skip bonemass on this run

[fathom badge]

I know the winning Trial of Tyr run dude skipped into the Mountains and came back to get Bonemass once he had the Frostner, it carried to the end of the game, including the Queen

[vague goblet]

I'm trying to get that right now to make Bonemass a bit easier

I always struggle with him more than any other boss

[fathom badge]

Huh. I've always found an upgraded iron mace is plenty for him. Iron sledge makes it even easier with the adds but a stagbreaker will work in a pinch. A root harnesk will help with the draugr and skeletons (I ran full root set), poison resist, flattening the area beforehand and he goes down like a sack of bricks if you manage things properly. Keep some health potions at the ready, and jump up on top of the altar to get a short breather and heal if need be.

[marble roost]

I know a ton of people like to get frostner for bonemass. I usually do too

[fathom badge]

My advice is mostly applicable to normal difficulty 😛

[marble roost]

eh don't think it's so much about difficulty as it is about preference

Grabbing frostner shouldn't be too much effort if you've found Haldor already, but Bonemass also isn't a bad boss

For a newbie I def wouldn't recommend skipping tho

[fathom badge]

Yeah. This latest run Haldor was way off in BFE, literally same island as the Queen.

[vague goblet]

In all of my previous playthroughs I've used swords

[marble roost]

I've gone at bonemass with a spear before, although I would not recommend 😅

[vague goblet]

I know that's not the most efficient way to do it and I love the mountains so I'm seeing if I can make it happen

[lapis cobalt]

Hey guys, If I used skiptime command to rewind time, will it make crop timers longer?

[vague goblet]

Quick question: If I set up a tree farm on a hill and place spikes at the bottom, will it cause enough damage to pop the trees when they roll down there?

[fathom badge]

Oooohhh... yeah. That would be the issue. Bonemass resists all damage you can do with Swamp-level weapons except for blunt damage. He is super resistant against pierce.

[marble roost]

Hmm I wouldn't expect spikes to damage the trees. But anyways making spikes and having them break will waste wood which isn't great for a wood farm

[fathom badge]

That'll probably just destroy the spikes. Trees are great at breaking each other up in general, just let the logs roll into each other.

[vague goblet]

I hate having to run down the entire hill to get them so I was thinking of putting the spikes midway and having them do damage to the tress+stop them. I know I could just put stumps or something to stop the rolling but the added damage from the spikes was intriguing.

[fathom badge]

Yeah, I'd have to test but I would doubt that the spikes actually do any extra damage to the logs, they might just take damage and get destroyed, thus losing the materials like SoftSnail said.

[vague goblet]

I'll give it a try and report back. I suspect you guys are right but it might be worth trying.

[fathom badge]

As a general tip, Valheim's mechanics really discourage singular "builds" due to the various resistances and weaknesses of enemies and bosses. Don't consider yourself just a polearm class, or sword, or whatever. Use whichever weapon is most appropriate for the enemy and you will have a much better time. All of them have weaknesses, or at least take neutral damage from something you have access to.

[lapis cobalt]

i currently have 13 hours timer on carrots

[pearl mortar]

If you defeat moder before bonemass do you just skip those raids entirely and go straight to goblin raids?

[marble roost]

Yes

I believe if you skip bonemass you'll be having Draugr and Fuling raids. But you won't get drake and wolf raids

[swift sierra]

I have problem connection problem

I can't play with my friend

[solid moss]

what are the must haves for bronze stuff like bronze axe and maybe the cultivator?

[fathom badge]

Cultivator and axe are the bare minimum, and bronze nails. Beyond that it's pretty much all preference, I like making the atgeir and the mace, but whatever makes you happy beyond that.

[real nebula]

Don't forget a fermenter

[solid moss]

i just want to move on to iron i dont like farming copper so i want to do the bare minimum so i can progress safely towards iron

forexamble i need poison resistance do i get this with the fermenter?

[real nebula]

Yes

[fathom badge]

You do, for sure. If we're just talking Black Forest, you also definitely need a cauldron.

[real nebula]

Cauldron is just tin tho, so you're good there

Make sure you build all crafting station upgrades as well

[solid moss]

i never really was in the swamp except dying twice in my boat cuz i got stuck in enemies

do i smelt iron the same way i do bronze kinda? so is it worth to get more than 5 cores

[pearl mortar]

Swamp is gonna be tough, but yeah, you'll even find cores in the swamp

Same process, if not easier cause it's just iron

[pure pollen]

you can acually get cores in swamp, it drops from the fire enemies, if they have spawner there

[solid moss]

what fire enemies

[candid dawn]

How much armor do i need before i can take a few punch from Stone golems?

[solid moss]

man i hope they make a leash for tamed animals in this game the ai is unbelievable

[fathom badge]

Better to roll into them and avoid all damage. But wolf armor and a silver shield with good food should have you set. Food is critical, health is related to your blocking ability

[pearl mortar]

It didn't used to be yea? I recall blocking feeling much better my first playthrough

[fathom badge]

Depends how long ago that first play through was, I think they rebalanced that with the hearth and home update

[oblique hawk]

Blocking being based on max health came with hearth and home iirc.

I'd count that as new.

[pearl mortar]

Yeah my first playthrough was at release, then I played through mistlands. Now doin a very hard playthrough with no map or portals and harder death penalty

Really noticing the block nerf

[oblique hawk]

Not a nerf, really, just a change.

[pearl mortar]

Feels like a nerf, but could be the stronger enemies breaking parries

I remember usin bronze buckler all the way into the plains lol

[oblique hawk]

That's still perfectly doable.

Oh you're playing on very hard. That doesn't mean blocking has been nerfed, it means your game setting is harder than normal so mobs do more damage.

[wraith jay]

How do I unlock the dverger lantern in the building menu? Do I need to make the lantern weapon?

[marble roost]

I don't think there is a buildable lantern. There's just the one you can craft and then place it down

[wraith jay]

How do people use it in their builds? I have seen it on youtube

The lantern I do have is a weapon from the mists forge table

[pearl mortar]

There's a lantern pole, need a black forge nearby

[wraith jay]

I thought there was a lantern on the build menu?

[real nebula]

You should be able to craft the lantern then place it in build menu near a black forge

[wraith jay]

I mean the building blocks menu, I thought I saw a lantern there like a standing torch that you make

[real nebula]

Aye, in the working radius of a black forge

[wraith jay]

No, when you use the build hammer

[real nebula]

Yes

[wraith jay]

Like you build marble blocks right? And an iron standing torch

That menu

I don't have one in that menu

[real nebula]

You need to have crafter the Dvergr lantern item first, which is crafted at a black forge. Takes bronze, surtling cores and crystals.

[wraith jay]

Ah okay, that is what I had thought but wasn't sure

Thank you 🙂

[real nebula]

After that, you can build it into a pole or hang it on a wall using the hammer, within the radius of a black forge.

[wraith jay]

Gotcha

[candid dawn]

Any way to build so that cores / coal dosent despawn from a surtling farm but still enable the spawner? ive tried once to build it inside my house and it stopped spawning surtlings

[subtle parrot]

I assume you can't have a workbench nearby the spawner. So after you build the structure, get rid of the workbench and any other items that disrupt spawning.

[north sonnet]

Can we play the game with family share right know ? With new beta family share feature.

[real nebula]

I believe Valheim was enabled for Family Sharing previously, so it should be up for the new one.

Remember that you need a copy per player if y'all are playing multiplayer or at the same time.

[lofty spade]

I am looking for someone on xbox who can help a friend and myself out in some "how does this work" aspects of the game. Specifically, we have stalled out at Bonemass. Anyone feeling like a bit of N00b education? 😅

[wraith jay]

Stand on the object that you put the bones into and use the stag breaker, it's boring but you can beat him

[true steeple]

Bonemass has a 1.5 blunt multiplier, a 0.5 slash multiplier and a 0.25 pierce multiplier. Come back with a mace.

[wraith jay]

I did it solo this way, just make sure you have stagbreaker or the iron one (can't remember the name) fully upgraded

[lofty spade]

How do you get up there? Build steps etc?

[wraith jay]

Just jump, it's climbable

Bonemass will just stand at the front of it, use a poison resistance and you can stand infinitely in the poison, he will occasionally spawn mobs up there but stagbreaker will just kill them or knock them off

[fathom badge]

The swamps are the first place your preparation is really tested. An iron mace is best at that tier, and you definitely want to be using poison resist mead regardless of your armor. A stagbreaker or iron sledge helps with handling the mobs he adds. Make sure you are using the best food available, likely a mix of sausages, black soup and turnip stew at your level. If you can't make all those, you need to make sure you upgrade your farming and food situation. Food is pivotal in Valheim, and should be your #1 priority in every biome.

[wraith jay]

@lofty spade Here watch this video, pull up for the time markers and go to stagbreaker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc9aQ3t8mdI&t=828s

[vestal gull]

Best way to chop down birch trees early game? Before beating the Elder boss?

[marble roost]

Bronze axe

[lusty sigil]

Bronze axe(1)

[prisma dove]

Hello

[vestal gull]

Are surtling cores supposed to find in the Black Forest?

Be hard*

[prisma dove]

I have a problem with the manage saves It doesn't open

[lusty sigil]

Really depends on your luck in finding their associated dwellings. Some black forests have plentiful, some are sparse.

[rustic salmon]

Get a troll to chase you and knock them down

[vestal gull]

The big blue ones carrying clubs?

[rustic salmon]

Yep, but be careful that you don’t get smashed yourself

[vestal gull]

Using the stage breaker? Or just arrows and spear?

[rustic salmon]

Trolls are susceptible to pierce, so arrows are best unless you are playing with a partner and can have one with a spear and one with arrows

[subtle parrot]

You can also use other trees you've cut down to bump them repeatedly until they fall down, but really if you're already in the black forest, and ideally have beaten eikthyr (since you're going after the second boss the elder) use the pickaxe to get tin and copper, make a forge, make bronze with the tin and copper, and make bronze tools.

[vestal gull]

Just defeated the troll. Thanks for the help.

[vague goblet]

Wanted to mention that this does not work. The logs take no damage but the spike take a bunch.

[brisk wharf]

i need some serious tech savy help ive tried eveything i can think of with no luck and my pc keeps bluescreening/freezing but ONLY when playing valheim

sometimes it does it after 1-5 minutes and sometimes its hours before it does it and its only valheim

i can have games liek forza horizon 5 and 4 both open along with monster hunter world all running max graphics all day with no issues heat wise or ram usage wise but valheim just keeps breaking everything.

I did some looking online and somebody else fixed their issue by disabling their factory overclock on their machine(IM on a laptop im not overclocked)

[frail cave]

Did you check temperatures? If it's bluescreening, download bluescreenview to get the error codes and post them here

[brisk wharf]

i had task manager on screen when it crashed last time nothing was above 75 degrees

[frail cave]

Does valheim have vsync or a framelimiter on? if not, try to enable that

[brisk wharf]

i have my fps limited to 30 currently since im just building

[frail cave]

https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html download bluescreenview here

then post the error codes from your bluescreen, it should be able to retrieve the past ones youve had

really no way of saying whats wrong without those

[brisk wharf]

alright got it downloaded but its not showing my last bluescreen today or the past few days

also have a bunch of these every time this happens

[frail cave]

if you open system properties (the older one from OG control panel), and then go to Advanced > Startup and Recovery > Settings, then check under System failure, what does the dropdown there say? The "write debugging information" one ?

[frail cave]

if its related to your BSOD, I'd recommend unplugging any USB devices you have that you don't use. Especially game input controllers like xbox controllers and whatnot. If that resolves it, you could try upgrading the drivers for them, or try other USB ports

[brisk wharf]

im on 10 not 11

[frail cave]

it's the same settings windows in 10

[brisk wharf]

i have my mouse and my headset thats all thats plugged in rn

[frail cave]

you can open a file explorer, and paste this in to the address bar t oget a shortcut Control Panel\System and Security\System

then hit "advanced system settings" in the left panel, and then go from there. It may very well be your mouse, keyboard, or any other input device that's messing things up

only proper way to identify the actual issue you have is to replicate the BSOD by letting it write a minidump (i.e. have the right option in the image above, and then not shutting it down on BSOD but let it restart by itself so it has time t owrite the minidump)

otherwise all anyone can do is guess.

[brisk wharf]

thats what its on, also i dont know how to check if its the mouse or headset, both of which ive been using since i got this pc in december of 2021 and its only valheim thats had the issue and only this year

[frail cave]

also i dont know how to check if its the mouse or headset
thats what getting a proper minidump going fixes

[frail cave]

set it from automatic to "small memory dump"

[brisk wharf]

incase this information might help

I did change it to small memory dump as well

[frail cave]

and then trigger the BSOD, and then let it write it fully (dont force restart your PC let it do its thing)

[brisk wharf]

how do i trigger the BSOD

[frail cave]

then when you start again, you should be able to see it in bluescreenview, when you do, gives us all the error codes as well as any loaded modules (and the active module most importantly)

you trigger the BSOD by playing valheim and letting it crash

[brisk wharf]

o

one thing troubled me thoe when i saw it in the event veiwer

also there a ton of distributedCOM

[frail cave]

whats under details there