valheim-help

[fading dirge]

i'm with you on that, i'm at the mountains in my current run through. i honestly can't tell why exactly, but i also haven't set up a boar farm in a little while so i can try and set one up the same way and see if i can get it to work

[willow jungle]

That would be nice, it's not that difficult to build, only bit annoying to get them up in the farm (or you can make the collector below the ground)

[raw moat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EEFQYD4fM8 I've partially tested this design (I didn't include the auto killer) on the current version of Valheim. Should work fine; not sure how it translates for wolves, though. Roof didn't seem to be an issue when I tested it.

Should be translatable into a dug-down pit for simpler boar positioning, too, but I didn't test that either. (I did however increase the height of the drop portion to account for the boars not auto-dying.)

[fervent ravine]

i can bring and drop some boar skins if you need them

[willow jungle]

Might try this later, thanks!

[willow jungle]

I have plenty of those, thanks tho. I have the boar farm for the boar meat, which I use to breed wolves

[atomic needle]

why is there no discount on valheim anymore?

[willow jungle]

How do I get rit of this area? Already tried removing it with the pickaxe and filling it with rocks again, but doesn't work

[ripe bone]

beat it up

[willow jungle]

How/with what?

[ripe bone]

im kidding, i have no idea.

unlucky spot

[true steeple]

I’ve never seen that. How large is the affected area, is it just the stone texture?

[willow jungle]

Yeah, just the stone part

I have been following it, doesn't seem to stop lol

[willow jungle]

It made a circle, back to the other part

[molten mountain]

have you been raising the ground in this area? Sometimes you skip one cell in the grid and get that when you then level the ground with the hoe

[tender tinsel]

wtf is this?

[buoyant peak]

https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Sealed_Tower#:~:text=Sealed towers are open dungeons,a loading screen to enter.

[arctic cove]

does anyone know if its possible to upload a pre-existing non-dedicated world to a server and keep the worlds progress?

[willow raft]

Already answered in #dedicated-server have some patience instead of posting in multiple channels.

[fallow comet]

is this normal that around my whole spawn is a black forest?

[tired root]

Depending on world generator it is possible for some seeds to have small area of Meadows and Black Forest quite near around.

[dense scarab]

Hello everyone. Friends and I are playing on G-portal dedicated server. Due to unfortunate situation, we lost our 2 stars Boar farm. I'd like to spawn two 2 star boars as replacment. If I get this right, we can't use devcommands on dedicated servers unless I install dev commands mod and add myself in the admin list in g-portal serv. Both things are done, except nothing is spawning with the command [/spawn Boar 1 3]. Anyone could please confirm if we can or not spawn boars ? thanks a bunch

[steep tusk]

#dedicated-server

[dense scarab]

Apologies

[shadow fossil]

I have a question why it says the world is procedurally generated ? i tried to make a new world to see if there is any différence but i found everything in the same place the trees the paths etc....

Is it just the areas that are in différent places or ?

[fading dirge]

sorry it took so long to respond, i built a breeder both for boars and wolves using the same build you did. both worked perfectly fine, other than double checking the height requirements the only other thing i can think of would be making sure the feed is accessible by the animals. i used a half wall (with the lower half being the exposed part) instead of a full wall so idk if that made a difference

[steep tusk]

Did your new world have the same seed as your old world?

[tender tinsel]

can you use wolf meat to tame wolfs?

[steep tusk]

No.

[tender tinsel]

ug

[tired root]

They ain't cannibals.

[buoyant peak]

Use different seeds

[willow jungle]

Yes, dug the ground, raised it back at normal height level and then raised it a bit and lowered it again to the normal height, the 'lines' didnt go away. I moved the crop farm to a place where there weren't any lines

[willow jungle]

No worries mate, building stuff takes time. Thanks for checking, good to know that the design is still working

[frail cave]

have you tried using the optterrain command?

such terrain artifacts used to pop up around areas that were terraformed before the mistlands update, i think that command was updated to also fix them, but i'm not certain

[willow jungle]

No idea how those commands work, could you please explain this? I am not using any mods if that's relevant

[frail cave]

if you're on steam, open valheim's properties and add -console to the launch arguments.
then in-game (after a restart) press F5 and enter optterrain.
i don't think it requires devcommands to be enabled, but if it returns "not valid in the current context", just enter that one first.
it's possible optterrain also works in the chat if you add a slash to the start, i vaguely remember that, but i'm not sure. worth a shot.

(forgot to attach the example image for the first part)

[fallow comet]

WHYYY BROO

[subtle parrot]

[echo sparrow]

this is very weird, the only situation I encountered I couldn't cultivate terrain was in Mistlands for some reason (IIRC it was previously underwater terrain I'd raised up to be level with an area near the coast I was farming, trying to expand the farm)

[thorn spire]

Some of the ground in ML cannot be cultivated

[frosty frost]

Only the green grassy ground can 🙂

[shadow fossil]

When i do my computer crash

Why lol?

[buoyant peak]

What

Whenever you create a world with other seeds it crashes?

[subtle parrot]

How do you mean crashes? Does it shut down? Or just seem to freeze while loading, if it just freezes and says something like "not responding" just give it a few minutes and don't tab out of the game or click around a bunch

[shadow fossil]

It freeze

Forever

[frail cave]

oh that, just don't touch anything, let it do its thing, that's normal

[shadow fossil]

Ok lol

Cool It worked tx👍

[scarlet girder]

1. How do I transport my boars to another place? Any easy way?
2. How to Kill Stone Golem? My iron shield/armor seems to not help here

[glossy cave]

Hello, very good everyone. I have a problem in Valheim, the game freezes and the second I get the disconnection icon I have no problems with my network and nor the driver problem because it is the only game that this happens to me. Has this or similar happened to anyone? I can't play it because of this problem, I don't know how to solve it.

[echo sparrow]

@scarlet girder there's really NOT an easy way since there are no functions presently in game to get them to easily and consistenly follow you the whole way there--a few tips to do it as easy as IS possible right now, (1) tame the boars as close as possible to where you intend to move them to, or IDEALLY DON'T even tame them until you get to where you intend their permanent home (aggro them, and just have them chase you, the whole way there); (2) enable friendly fire and hit em with a harpoon to drag em (3) use boats as much of the journey as possible, get them on the boat pushing/harpooning, and building a wood walkway over the boat with them on it, then pushing them off or breaking to get them on the boat deck

keep in mind, tames will go crazy and try to leap off the boat to attack any hostiles along the way (e.g. serpents)

[quasi vault]

There's no way to easily transport boars but it's easy to make them follow you long distances to where you want to tame/breed them. Clubs do the most damage agaisn't stone golems, for the shield you probably need to parry to be able to block but if you do so you will then deal twice the damage.

[echo sparrow]

@quasi vault yeah and he may need to uprgade to silver shield, unless it's just low block sill, i dunno how iron stacks up to the golem attacks for parrying

[foggy stratus]

Hi ..
Looking for some "betterContinents" maps except from nexus .. anyone knows anything?

[quasi vault]

Iron buckler is just slightly worst than the silver shield, both are plenty capable to parry golems on normal difficulty and barely on hard

[echo sparrow]

ok, so he should be fine then so long as he times the parry--which, admittedly, I ALSO find golems one of the mobs I miss parries most on lol

it's the weirdly long PAUSES, and differing lengths of them, on their swings I thnk

[mellow lodge]

i agree. stone golem attacks are oddly paused. the spike variant is easier for me

[quasi vault]

Yeah same, but when I figured it and knew how to time it with the audio queue instead of the weird paused animation I could parry them consistently

[echo sparrow]

yeah some enemies the sound is way easier to time it based on--like wolves too, I find the visual attack animation doesn't line up with the timing quite as well as their growl

[true steeple]

With charred warriors, sound is the only way to tell if they're doing a feint or not before it's too late.

[echo sparrow]

i love that they feint--great enemy design

[quasi vault]

Audio cue* english isn't my native language

One of the dissadvantage of learning by ear, you can't spell

[echo sparrow]

lol didn't even realize--meaning was clear enough, I think my brain just automatically fixed it subconsciously

[glossy anvil]

Are sealbreaker fragments guaranteed in infested mines?

[subtle parrot]

No, there may be mines without any fragments at all

[quasi vault]

No, some will have none like some will have 5 or 6 but you can expect to find 2 or 3 on average

[glossy anvil]

My friend didn't find any in 3 of them, is he unlucky as hell or just didn't search properly

[subtle parrot]

Just unlucky, keep searching, they'll find some

[glossy anvil]

Alright, thanks

[mellow lodge]

he could be dumb and not see them and break the glass box to get them? how smart is your friend? 🙂

i say this, as a person who has had some dumb friends in his life

[echo sparrow]

and also, been the dumb friend, in my case lol

[mellow lodge]

and i just like the idea of his friend just walking by the glass display case, never looking at it, never mousing over it, never smashing it

[echo sparrow]

i mean i WOULD do something like that, easily

[mellow lodge]

this is the guy who turns off Hugin hints before playing the game for the first time, maybe

"Where do I go after beating the Elder? I got this key? What does it open? Where should I go next?"

[molten mountain]

they pay him to lead, not to read 😛

[willow jungle]

I was afk for 45 minutes, so the crops could grow. To my surprise the entire rows of carrots (from carrot seeds) are gone. What did I do wrong here? And yes, I surely planted them

[tired root]

Either:

1. They have no enough space to grow, that row looks kinda tight? Or
2. Some mob destroyed them, since that seems to be kinda open area without protection?

[willow jungle]

1. There was enough room to grow, not on all of them, but for 95%. I placed some of them too tight (according to the message you get when you hove over the crops with your mouse), but not all of them.
2. How come that exactly the carrot rows are gone, and not the other ones? The other crop farms are onions and turnips. Not sure if this is important information, but the wooden beams were undamaged

[tired root]

Actually now I looked again you might have meant those rows on the left? Then it is possible enemy AI targeted them and then stopped, they sometimes do that. In that picture there are Necks, I suspect it's them.

I recommend having a wall around your crops so enemies can't target them.

[echo sparrow]

and maybe their pathfinding couldn't reach any other rows

[tired root]

Good point.

[quasi vault]

Necks love carrots

[tired root]

Necks hate turnips and onions apparently

[quasi vault]

I believe you are making it harder on yourself doing rows like that because you can plant less in the same space while having to be really precise when placing the crops so that they are not too close to the beams

[echo sparrow]

certainly, adding the wood cross beams, just takes away potential crop planting space and adds an object for them to be "too near" and thus not grow

[willow jungle]

Will make one, thanks for thinking alone ^^

[willow jungle]

It's actually quite easy. This way you can walk over the beams in a straight line, therefore the crop will always be placed in the middle of the beams

[tired root]

Make some space between the wall and crops, because some mobs are able to destroy crops even behind wall (Greydwarf shaman with poison attack).

[willow jungle]

Haven't played the game for 2 years, all this stuff is actually so basic, but I just didn't thought about it when building this farming place. I have a moat around my main base for this exact reason. Thanks again!

[quasi vault]

You also seem to have leveled the terrain about 2 feet max above the sea level, I'd usually recommend at least 6 feet otherwise if you build that close to the water the waves will just reduce the hp of your wooden structures to half and make them look kind of bad

[willow jungle]

Ah F me 😂

[tired root]

Moat before walls works too, it prevents Shamans getting too close to the wall. And wall protects from Greydwarves' stone throws too.

[steep tusk]

Roofing prevents water damage.

[willow jungle]

I litterly just finished building those this morning (for a second time lol). Cuz this happend: #valheim-help message xD

[willow jungle]

Not from the sea tho

[quasi vault]

But hey, that was good leveling work! Many people don't really understand how to use the hoe

[steep tusk]

Yes from sea. My current outpost goes underwater during storms and has zero damage.

[echo sparrow]

i didn't realize waves did actual damage at al

[quasi vault]

I recall that they did a while ago and that it annoyed me unreasonnably

[willow jungle]

Thanks! Takes some time, but then it looks so much better, and it's also more practical for the crop farm and also for building in general. My main base doesn't look like this though, build that one 3 years ago 😂

[quasi vault]

Or maybe it was just me getting wet and unable to be rested during storms? Something definitely annoyed me and I swore to never build that low ever again

[steep tusk]

Yeah, bed in the water is rough.

[willow jungle]

Nah, it happend to my structures as well back in the day

[echo sparrow]

yeah it will disrupt your attempt to keep a fire lit and get dry/sleep something awful

[steep tusk]

Roofing 🙂

Apparently a roof overhead negates literally being in water 😂

[quasi vault]

Got to love games mechanics

[steep tusk]

Eh, it's most likley just because the water isn't "real" (for lack of a better way to describe it)

[eager ibex]

Just started playing again after a long break and I still can't find Haldor. I've used my seed on a map and I've checked two places and he's not there for me. Before I took a break, I had gone into a friends server and bought some stuff from him there - would that mess up my world?

[frosty frost]

That would not, but is your world newly generated or are you playing on a world from before?

[eager ibex]

im playing on an old world

i found the female trader though

[frosty frost]

Yeah, that might be the problem, you can just take the normal route of exploring 🙂 he often is quite close to elder, you can start there

[real nebula]

If you're using the Valheim world viewer, it's better to upload your world files rather than check just the seed.

[frosty frost]

thats true, i forgot about that 😄

[real nebula]

Especially for an old world, POI locations can be completely different depending on when the world was created and how much was explored

[eager ibex]

oh wow. so i can load my world and it should help me?

[real nebula]

Aye, it should have an option somewhere to upload your files

[steep tusk]

No. She just mentioned loading your world because she felt like it...

[eager ibex]

ill try exploring also. but just to confirm, me buying something on my friends world wouldn't mess him up?

[real nebula]

It should not

[eager ibex]

that's weird. why would she do that?

[real nebula]

Character and world saves are different things

[frosty frost]

nope, it shouldnt

[steep tusk]

It's about as weird as having someone fully explain something and then asking if what they just said is true or not 🤷‍♂️

[real nebula]

Sarcasm doesn't translate well over text, sev~

[eager ibex]

Cool. Thanks for everyone's help. Even Sev, it's a reminder of why I play solo 😉

[mellow lodge]

lol

[fading dirge]

can't help you with the boars, trying to figure that out myself. but for fighting stone golems i've found that dodging right before they attack is the best way. it uses up a little stamina but then you can stay right by them and just whittle away at their health. the club is the best tool to fight them with

[frosty frost]

Once you figure out the attacks and timing its really easy to parry them to stagger 🙂 and they stay staggered for a long time, you can get like 5-6 hits in 😄

[topaz owl]

someone have tips for encounter mistlands? (what weapons, food and armor)

[steep tusk]

Anything Blackmetal, Plains tier food (HHS for initial contact, can switch to HSS if you want after you get a feel for things), Padded.

[mellow lodge]

bring your best food, and best gear, and explore carefully.

kinda default advice 🙂

[topaz owl]

ok thank you

is frostier good?

[steep tusk]

Depends on whom you ask.

[topaz owl]

i have maxed

[mellow lodge]

i think i used frostner when i first got to mistlands. i can't remember

[steep tusk]

It's fine for Mistlands, yes.

Primary thing that matters is your food tbh.

[topaz owl]

i think its good cuz it can slow enemies

[steep tusk]

If you think it is good, what we think doesn't matter 🤷‍♂️

[topaz owl]

ok thank you

[mellow lodge]

also, the important things are in the low valleys, in my experience. don't waste too much time climbing up high. some coastal stuff too

[frail cave]

the reason it's a fan favourite is because going off of damage numbers alone, assuming all weapon skills are equal, it's the highest damage pre-mistlands weapon you can enter mistlands with against all seeker-related enemies because those resist pierce, slash and blunt but none of the elemental damage types (except spirit, which is unsurprisingly ignored)

[steep tusk]

The important things are in the mines 😉

Winter saying I am not a fan of the game 😭

[frail cave]

the freezing effect is of course a neat bonus, as is its low stamina cost due to being 2 biomes old by now, and the fact that you're somewhat likely to already have it because it's a generally great weapon in every biome ironically after the one you get it in

[mellow lodge]

the low stam thing is real. i remember when i first switched to Mistwalker with a low sword skill. it took some time

[steep tusk]

Hard disagree on the "great" description. 💛

[frail cave]

never the best, but so damn close that it might as well be

[mellow lodge]

and then there's a segment of gamer population that likes to be contrary, and will diss frostner just to be different... lol

[steep tusk]

Assuming I don't have actual reasons... nice 👍

[frail cave]

it's the fact that it's so good in all 3 of those biomes that makes it an easy choice for me

[mellow lodge]

hehe

[steep tusk]

I have stated my reasons many times.

I do not find it good at all post-change.
It used to be my favorite, now I hate it.

[mellow lodge]

aha, maybe i'm blessed by not knowing how they changed it

[frail cave]

knockback got buffed

[steep tusk]

Context: Have you used the Wood Club?

[mellow lodge]

granted, i liked to use a lot more different weapons

sure, i use wood club at the time i'm exploring burial chambers

[frail cave]

annoying if your goal is to quickly kill an enemy with a low damage per hit weapon.
but then you get to ashlands with enemies that won't hesitate to hit you as soon as they get up to your face and suddenly that knockback isn't looking so detrimental anymore

[mellow lodge]

i usually skip bronze mace, but make iron mace

[steep tusk]

So you know how when you're using the Wood Club, it doesn't launch people away from you, allowing you to get in multiple strikes and actually kill your opponents faster?

That's how much knockback Frostner used to have.

And then they said "Hey, let's make this weapon actually work against the user by not allowing them to hit things multiple times."

[mellow lodge]

🤷 the knockback is just a factor of the weapon i enjoy. yes, it may be slower, but it's unique, and has it's own thing going for it

i also love 2-handed hammers. i'm all about knockback

[steep tusk]

Still looking extremely detrimental.

But at that point you have Mistwalker which is better in damage and better in not preventing me from killing things.

[frail cave]

himmin afl was carrying my survival in ashlands until i realized how well and effortless frostner does its job of keeping enemies out of hitting distance

[mellow lodge]

Mistwalker stamina usage was ROUGH at first, after lots of mace/frostner/2-handed blunt

[frail cave]

yea but by the time you start your second swing, so do these enemies
it's not like fuling where they swing once and then dance around you for the next 20 seconds

[steep tusk]

By the time I start my second swing, they are still staggered from my parry 😉

[frail cave]

...coulda done that with frostner too

[steep tusk]

And get only 1 hit in because it launches them.

Frostner knockback BS is the one thing that makes me consider modding this game.
But given it gets outclassed and becomes obsolete 🤷‍♂️

[mellow lodge]

slow+knockback of frostner looked great for charred group management in ashlands, when i was watching some videos

[frail cave]

mistwalker was among the weapons i was cycling through for the first long while, but despite its perfect damage type coverage for the biome, it performed the worst for me.
granted, that was way early, when spawnrates were...something.

[steep tusk]

You know what is even better for group management? Killing things to reduce the size of the group.

[mellow lodge]

granted, i haven't played melee much in ashlands

[frail cave]

frostner does that too, and it may be slower, but safer, the only timing you rely on is hitting them before they hit you, which is the easiest part

[steep tusk]

I respect your opinion and understand the majority love the weapon.
But the one aspect they changed is the one reason I will not touch it.

[mellow lodge]

i was generally underwelmed by Mistwalker. But i think that's because Frostner was so great for me for such a long time

Mistwalker is probably balanced well. While Frostner isn't

[frail cave]

yepp

[mellow lodge]

i think Nidhogg is significantly better, though of course it's a tier up

[frail cave]

wanna add: it was mistwalker, himmin afl and...some third melee weapon.
and arbalest for ranged because i'm a crossbow gal.
then towards the end of my testing, i threw in the silver sword and frostner just for funsies, was not expecting frostner to work that well still

[steep tusk]

Just noticed that everything in the Ashlands being immune to Poison makes all the bombs useless 😭

[mellow lodge]

Nidhogg seems so good at stagger in comparison

[lilac coyote]

Basalt bomb super useful.

[frail cave]

it should, considering its damage is mostly physical

-# at least frost is the one elemental damage type that actually makes up for its detriments with a unique benefit in the form of the freezing effect

[mellow lodge]

i think lightning also applies to stagger

[frail cave]

not counting lightning because that one's basically physical - it staggers and is instant

[mellow lodge]

right

[steep tusk]

-# Can we add the Freezing Effect to my local weather, please?

[frail cave]

-# SAME PLEASE

[echo sparrow]

elemental in the sense only it escapes any physical resistances, and not SURE if there's many if any lightning resistancse

[lilac coyote]

You guys are loving the grey text, huh?

[tired root]

Bit late hopping into the convo but I'm also in favor of Frostner over Mistwalker. Knockback adds a lot of survivability when venturing in Ashlands.

[frail cave]

yea lightning's whole deal is that it's neutral to all enemies except blobs, which are weak to it

[mellow lodge]

morgen's are weak to it also

[steep tusk]

Lightning Arrows when? 😭

[frail cave]

coupled with the stagger, it's literally the perfect damage type for atgeirs, as their "only real weakness" is pierce being often resisted

[lilac coyote]

Ashlands.

[tired root]

Elemental bolts when too?

[echo sparrow]

plus ANYTHING wet

[steep tusk]

That's a lightning bow option, not arrows.

[frail cave]

ah thank you 😅 i haven't checked ashlands resistances yet

[echo sparrow]

is weak to BOTH lightning AND frost

[frail cave]

another benefit to the two good elemental damage types

[mellow lodge]

i have to admit to enjoying running through a swamp with nidhogg and just giggling as i cut aboms and whatever else down

[steep tusk]

Ling Berserkir Axes are gasmic.

[frail cave]

my most-used new weapon~

[steep tusk]

A well-deserved axe addition after the Jotun's we don't speak about.

[frail cave]

(also almost forgot it iirc nerfs fire, which is very funny on this topic)

[steep tusk]

It grants Fire Resistance.

[frail cave]

yea

[steep tusk]

Which is why Yagluth's boss aura makes you immune to Wetness.

No cheesing by fighting in the rain.

[frail cave]

...well it's a boss, it would just deny rain

[tired root]

I like both Thunder and Primal axes and sometimes carry both but usually carry Primal if either ones.

[frail cave]

they all have their own weather

[frail cave]

quadruple axe user, respect~

[true steeple]

Moder’s is the best one

[steep tusk]

The only thing I put Primal on is bows because the root helps in that context.

Melee... I don't really see the use for Primal because if I can hit you, you can hit me.

Ling or Bloodstone for melee.

Primal or Bloodstone for ranged.

[tired root]

Klossen and Primal axes are my favorite combo.

[lilac coyote]

Bloodstone for the win.

[frail cave]

but you can manage it more easily if it depends entirely on your movement and the enemy has no choice, especially if it's a group - forget about that one for a second to more easily deal with the others

[steep tusk]

Bloodstone archery is legit 50cal sniping.

Bukeperries -> Eat 3 foods.
"Oh hey, looks like you're missing 250 HP, have a damage buff."

[frail cave]

i rarely find myself low on health starting a fight, so bloodstone ripper sadly seems as barely useful as the other 2 ´v`"
not much a crossbow can get use out of really with their slow firerate

[mellow lodge]

i put lightning on everything lol. but mainly because i don't use ranged much, and would rather have a fun proc of chained lightning

and i'm a baby who doesn't fight at low health

[frail cave]

i'd probably put jade on my ripper, but again, it barely makes a difference on a weapon that slow, and which i primarily use to initiate battles when i'm still full on health

[mellow lodge]

granted, since i'm mage mostly, i should put a bloodstone on the ripper and then just bubble + shoot

or on spinesnap

[steep tusk]

Bloodstone archery is all about intentionally having lower health for the damage bonus.

[mellow lodge]

or whatever the bow is

[frail cave]

well i'd want it back up by the time that army reaches me

[tired root]

Snipespan 🙃

[steep tusk]

Then you just pop a health pot 😉

[frail cave]

ewwwwww consuming resources

[steep tusk]

😭

[frail cave]

i do have health meads on me, but they're for emergencies, not styling on enemies

[tired root]

Lingering health

[steep tusk]

Horrible mead.

[true steeple]

Lingering health gets mostly wasted unless you’re constantly not at full health

[echo sparrow]

seems suited for playstyle then where you intentionally take damage to do damage

[steep tusk]

FOOD heals you for more than that mead

[frail cave]

well i'd assume it doesn't disable your food regen

[true steeple]

No, it’s +25% health regeneration and won’t work without food

[steep tusk]

It disables your use of normal health pots.

Which is why it is horrible.

[frail cave]

oh, well that is something to consider

[tired root]

All lingering meads prevent using other same type of meads.

[echo sparrow]

the flat restore potions OFTEN feel better to me--I don't hate the lingering eitr

but I still find that I often find the minor eitr giving me back a bunch of eitr fast when I'm on empty more useful

[steep tusk]

Lingering Stamina and Eitr are good.

[true steeple]

I like lingering eitr and stamina, but not lingering health

[echo sparrow]

yeah you USE stamina so much/often, i do find that one pretty useful

[mellow lodge]

and when mage, you use eitr constantly

[steep tusk]

Lingering Stamina also doesn't block the best mead in the game, so..

[delicate hollow]

Hi there, I'm newbie in the game. Does Feather Cape stack with Ask Set's Jump stamina usage reduction?

[steep tusk]

Yes. But since when has jumping been a stamina issue?

[mellow lodge]

hop hop hop hop hop

[grizzled mural]

first time in the ashlands. do i get a fuckin breather or do enemies just infinitely spawn?

[lilac coyote]

As with all biomes, mobs will continue to spawn until you you destroy the physical spawners and spawn protect your new base.

[grizzled mural]

there isnt one for like 300m on the map though

[lilac coyote]

Then you're just left with natural area spawns.

[compact heath]

I don't know if that is still happening but I found sometimes a spawner can be hidden in a rock haha

[grizzled mural]

im using valheim world map so i can see locations of things

[compact heath]

ah okay, anyway the spawn rate in ashlands and the amount of monsters you fight at a time is a lot lower than it used to be at PTB start, there were a lot of adjustments. Can be done a lot easier now if you bring something AoE like Himmin'afl, Demolisher, Staff of Embers when too many things are in the area and then just use normal weapons when its thinned out, that is what I do mostly

[steep tusk]

You know how you were permanently Wet in the Swamp?

The point of the Ashlands is war. So yeah, constant enemies. Which they actually have nerfed the spawnrates on multiple times.

[grizzled mural]

ohhhh okok that now makes sense lol

[thorny oak]

you can still use hammers to find silver right

[subtle bay]

Ashlands was so bad I had to dig a moat so I could finally sit for 10 sec

Now after the patch I can sit for 11 sec

[frail cave]

stagbreaker works, iron sledge doesn't (at least not well) because its tool tier is for some reason high enough to damage silver (even though it has no mining damage to make use of that)
so it'll return "0" instead of "too hard", making it hard to tell when you've hit silver.
stagbreaker still gets "too hard"

[vale rose]

I find setting up a decent mini outpost with Ballista covering at least approach firing lines helps greatly

[mint topaz]

im trying to build a hexagonal shape with 6 equal sides, anyone got a good way of doing this

[glass barn]

Use beams to layout the design you want then build it up? still semi new hope im understanding ya

[mint topaz]

I'm trying to make a perfect hexagon is the problem, and the angles do't line up

[glass barn]

let me see a hexagon is six sides yes?

[mint topaz]

im thinking i gotta do something weird with the corners

[glass barn]

hmm so two flat four curves

[glass barn]

?

[mint topaz]

i want all the angles to be the same

[steep tusk]

Yeah, you're going to need to give up on wanting that.

[past cairn]

eventually it gets better and more fun, with persistence.

[subtle parrot]

As sev said, it's impossible, idr the measurements of the smaller hexagon but i think it's just divided by 4, so like 8m x 7m or so, clipping the outside corners together (with stone never tried it with wood)

[steep tusk]

Everyone always lower-cases my name 😭 😭

[frail cave]

in my case it's just because i write in all lowercase

[distant oak]

"failed to connect" error while trying to join a Valheim dedicated server, how can I fix this

[loud linden]

Enter the password correctly.

[frosty frost]

That would say "wrong password" i believe 🙂

[lilac coyote]

Unless the password is too short weirdly.

[loud linden]

Your password is weird and too short (I have it on good authority).

[glass barn]

12345 best password ever

[gloomy marsh]

I know this is not a good pic, but im standing in Plains, and as far as I know, the only specific fish there is Grouper, this dood dont wanna bite the hook for me with normal nor plains bait, anyone can tell which one this is? Just curious as he swim around in shallow plains

[loud linden]

The fishing baits have specific biomes. It's worth hitting the Valheim Wiki if you want to level your fishing.

[gloomy marsh]

Ye that I know, its not what I ment

This fish according to Wiki should not be here, which makes me curious to what fish it is, Ive used 3 different baits and all 3 are "nah fuck this"

[echo sparrow]

you tried the bait tuna take? could it be a tuna that spawned deeper/further out, and swam in?

[glass barn]

was gonna say looks like tuna?

https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Fish

[gloomy marsh]

yeah thats waht I was afraid of, I got all but serpent one so cant try, its reaaaally far for Ocean here so got very confused

I take it as its a Tune and he lives here now, cheers guys

[silver storm]

HELP, i lost my stuff in the mountains like 1000miles away!!

Cuz there was like 4 wolfs (2 was 1star)

[mellow lodge]

guess you got a LONG corpse run ahead of you. plenty of time to think about portals and kick yourself for not dropping one nearby

mountains, at night, far far from home, no portal setup. recipe for success there

[silver storm]

HOW DID YOU KNOW

I was at the mountains, it was a nigth and no portal

[mellow lodge]

hehe

i'm a witch

[silver storm]

But tomorrow, i have a big sail ahead

[echo sparrow]

wolves only spawn with stars at night--in general, if you didn't know, more dangerous and more enemies spawn at night, so for the hardest biomes you have access to generally best to stay out at night

[mellow lodge]

is there a command to list all the portals you've dropped? i'm curious how many my world currently has

counting on the map i guess is possible. but it would take a while. then add the base portals to it

[molten mountain]

if a dverger circlet is on a wall item frame, what direction does the light point to? (if i could get on Valheim, i would've checked it myself)

[steep tusk]

Whichever way you rotate it to point.

[tired root]

Down if on wall item stand

Otherwise like Sev said, the direction of the arrow on the other item stand

[steep tusk]

👆👇👈👉

[bright reef]

how come his swamp looks so bright but even on sunny days for me swamp looks dark

[frail cave]

that whole game screenshot looks extremely bright, UI included

[lilac coyote]

Is that even a screenshot? It looks like it might be an actual photo.

[frail cave]

i'd be very impressed by the angle

[cyan jungle]

do boars eat turnips

[frail cave]

yes

[cyan jungle]

They arent eating mine ;-;

only my carrots

[frail cave]

should be raspberries, blueberries, red mushrooms, carrots, turnips and ||onions||

maybe the spot you threw them in was bad for pathfinding

[willow current]

what do we think the best like upgrade for the flametal weapons is

[steep tusk]

Depends on which weapon/context of fight.

And your food.

Generally, melee is lightning or blood. Ranged is primal or blood.

If your food is HHS and you can actively manage having at least 30% of your HP gone, blood wins unless facing 3+ targets, where lightning shines until you kill it down to the last 2.

So carrying 1 of each for melee and switching based on context would technically be "optimal."

[willow current]

i use HSE so i can use the staff of protection

and i use the berserkir axes as my weapon

[steep tusk]

Then just use Ling.

[willow current]

alright thx

[red verge]

Valheim is muted
No sound coming from the window, I've tried everything

[paper zephyr]

How much does very hard combat difficulty increase damge and health?

[tropic granite]

+100% of damage and +200% of health

[paper zephyr]

Wild

I've been playing hardcore very hard for so long that I'm willing to bet normal would feel like baby then

[willow current]

these fortresses are so unbearable

theres like 60 enemies

[worthy thistle]

yep it looks unbearable until you take out the spawns. so the way I do it is a 3 step process. first take out the spawners, there are 2-3 in each strong hold, second start hitting the warlocks the best way you can, I do hit and run tactics, (after the spawners are dead you can take it slow). third, start taking down the numbers, after the warlocks are dealt with it's just a battle of attrition. so to recap, kill spawns, kill warlocks, kill adds. after you do that, you have an imortal base that you can build on.

[willow current]

yeah we got it

[worthy thistle]

side note if you have speed gear and you feel good about it you can drop in, do a couple circles to mess up their ai, loot the chests to get some gems and bail, ngl that strait is risky but it can work

[willow current]

was hell but fun af

we managed to get an iolite so that'll be useful

[worthy thistle]

oh hell ya. congrats on getting that endgame gear, ashlands gear is sick.

and save that iolit for your main weapon, it's far and away the best enchant.

[willow current]

yeah im about to make the thundering berserkir axes

[worthy thistle]

as cool as the blood gem looks, there isn't really a use case for it. unless your a speedrunner.

[willow current]

nah we've got a mage so he's using them for the troll staff

[worthy thistle]

love them, you won't regret it. berserker axes are so good if you can dodge.

[frail cave]

just don't forget that their attack animations have pretty long recovery for how quickly they hit, so roll timings may feel tighter than they usually do

[worthy thistle]

^ yep, if your skill isn't high enough and you can't stun the one star warriors with the lunge attack, it can get rough real quick, freaking ashlands mobs can input read so you have to be able to stun them.

[true steeple]

They can’t input read? Or I’ve never noticed.

Charred warriors seem to behave like every other enemy, at least. I’ve fought them much more than any other ashlands enemy.

[rugged haven]

Do gravestones despawn if several attempts to reclaim them have failed? (resulting in multiple more instances of them being spawned in the same chunk)
I just tried to get my inventory back from where two seekers had spawn-ganked me infront of an infested mine and now after around ten deaths in the vincinity of that place i finally managed to get back to the entrance of that mine, only for my gravestone to not be there and not loading in during the minute it took for the seekers to come back and chase me to my death again -.- (and no, of the three players on that server besides me, none were even near the place in the last week)

[junior ingot]

gravestones do not despawn, your stuff is likely in one of the stones

[small nest]

you can get the backup of the server in some menu in main menu, as long as its quite fresh

[rugged haven]

after dying another time it somehow resetted to the top of the stairs, but thanks for the info nonetheless ^^

[opaque glade]

why aint the new emotes or anything from the new update in my world?

[frail cave]

are you on the public test branch?

[scenic sphinx]

Is there a faster way to gather copper? Right now i have to run from my base for 3 min, to gather 10 pieces and run back for another 3 min, takes a lot of time..

[opaque glade]

Im playing in my pretty old server

[steep tusk]

Build base on coast. Build boat. Mine only coastal nodes.
Mine until boat full then sail back. Using portals to skip the walk time when you need to refresh Rested Buff and get rid of the Stone.

[frail cave]

well, the update isn't on the live branch yet, gotta switch to the public test branch beta in steam's properties if you wanna get the update early.
grab the public tester role in id:customize, then instructions should be pinned in #valheim-public-test (you can only see this channel with the role)

[scenic sphinx]

I will have to restart my world to feel update?

[frail cave]

no

[frosty frost]

Nope, you will just need unexplored swamps 🙂

[steep tusk]

Unless Valheim has vibration enabled in controllers, how does anyone feel the update?

[heady coyote]

This isn't quite gameplay-related, but does anyone know why the out of bounds area is ashlands?

[molten mountain]

carts will allow you to transport a lot more over land and aren't too expensive either 🙂

[heady coyote]

It's not that the biome map is repeating, since you dont get any other biomes past that

[heady coyote]

And by out of bounds, I mean past the world's edge. It doesn't drop into the void, theres a seemingly infinite floor

You can do like 'tp 50000 50000' to see what i mean, just make sure you have god and fly enabled

[true steeple]

Ashlands is everywhere outside a certain radius from spawn, but offset north a little.

[heady coyote]

Interesting. I'm surprised the deep north doesn't have that
Or maybe it does, but when the ashlands and deep north overlap, the ashlands take priority

[scenic sphinx]

i dont have them unlocked

[true steeple]

It would check the deep north circle before the ashlands circle

[heady coyote]

Make sure to only have the bare minimum items in your inventory (A pickaxe, maybe some armor, and a weapon) and make sure to use lots of stamina foods

[molten mountain]

they'll unlock as soon as you've made bronze nails

[frail cave]

ashlands completely surrounds a square of the world, even on the north end.
the reason there's no void is because there can't not be terrain, so they simply pull it so far down that you can't see it from the edge

[heady coyote]

That's interesting.

[heavy ridge]

someone know how to fix that?

[frosty frost]

Are you in ptb?

[lilac coyote]

100%

[short zealot]

Hello there, it's been a long time since I played and I'm having an issue where our tamed boars are getting out of the fenced area - there are no holes, it's like they are teleporting

any tips to help with that? - some of them were at the ocean swimming

[heavy ridge]

Yes

I don't have a double click issue

[frosty frost]

Yeah.... its a known bug, you might want to opt out of the ptb or wait until it is fixed.

[heavy ridge]

I just switched the key button to open a menu to MOUSE5

and it's working well for me this way

[frosty frost]

Interesting, could you get the "i want to be a public tester" role from id:customize and put some feedback in #bog-witch-feedback-only or #valheim-public-test ?

[willow jungle]

It still doesn't work for me, I am close to giving up, ngl 😂

They just don't eat

[crisp yew]

Why is the floor inside and outside my house turning green and losing health?

[steep tusk]

Do you have holes in your roof?

[crisp yew]

ye

[steep tusk]

Rain.

[crisp yew]

oh

[molten mountain]

i think it had something to do with boars being close to a wall when the location unloads, causing them to be placed outside the wall when loading in again?

Putting a secondary fence around it would at least catch the few that escape that way

[crisp yew]

can I have red roof? I mean ,it's not colapsing but are there any risks with leaving it like this?

[buoyant peak]

No

[crisp yew]

"no" as in I can just leave it?

[buoyant peak]

Yes.

Trying to connect another piece to that one would make that piece collapse. But the red one would remain.

In other words, don't use that red piece to build higher

[crisp yew]

bet

[short zealot]

I'll try that, as we keep losing our boars 😢😭

[molten mountain]

Red simply means a build piece is getting close to its limit of what can be supported. Only pieces beyond dark red would be destroyed while everything else would remain in place

For a more elaborate description of the support mechanic:
#building-tips message

[worldly basin]

yall will this vent

[crisp yew]

There won’t be any random raids with bosses whose gonna demolish my whole house, right?

[worldly basin]

no it will not

[crisp yew]

👍

[worldly basin]

not with bosses no

[crisp yew]

Ty

[steep tusk]

Trolls say hi 😄

[crisp yew]

Ye i was scared the big man would come and knock on the door while I’m fixing my layout

[steep tusk]

Not just 1.

"The Ground is Shaking" will bring 2-3 at a time 😄

[crisp yew]

SO BIG MAN WILL COME?

[steep tusk]

BIG MEN WILL COME.

[crisp yew]

I CANT AFFORDING LOSING MY HOUSE

how do I prevent mass destruction!?

[steep tusk]

Then disable raids 🤷‍♂️

[crisp yew]

I’M NO COWARD

[steep tusk]

How does that make anyone a coward?

[crisp yew]

i will 1v3 fist fight 🤛

[true steeple]

The bronze atgeir and later polearms are very effective against trolls

[idle kernel]

is there a command that can restore terrain to it's original state before it was terraformed?

[frail cave]

no

[crisp yew]

Wdym effective???? They gonna SMASH me into pieces if i walk up close

[lilac coyote]

Only if they hit you.

[crisp yew]

💀

[true steeple]

The secondary attack has 6x staggering and trolls are weak to pierce. Once you have your skill raised a little (to about 20?), an upgraded bronze atgeir will be able to stagger them in one secondary attack every time. After they’re staggered, use a few primary attacks to keep them staggered until they die.

[junior ingot]

backing away while lobbing firearrows at them works too

[true steeple]

It’s not as fun as becoming a blender though

[crisp yew]

what's a stagger? is it like a concussion thingy?

[steep tusk]

Stagger = Stun + Damage Increase

[true steeple]

Every attack with physical or lightning damage deals stagger. When an enemy has taken enough stagger (usually 30-50% of their max health) within a short time, they will be unable to move, attack or turn and take doubled damage. Parrying also staggers enemies.

[crisp yew]

but the troll has lots of health though

[true steeple]

That’s where the atgeir secondary attack’s 6x stagger multiplier helps, and trolls are weak to pierce

[crisp yew]

also the Flint Spear is the only weapon available in my workbench

[crisp yew]

oh

would u say the atgeir is an overall better weapon than sword?

[true steeple]

Yes, but swords are useful in other ways too. For example, they work well for players who parry a lot of enemies because the secondary attack can get a lot of damage in a short time.

[true steeple]

When you have smelted some metals, you can make a forge to craft better weapons and equipment
And there are some other weapons you can already craft, not just the spear

[crisp yew]

im gonna go grind some wood, maybe 2 chests. then ima make a bow and fight the first boss

[true steeple]

Before killing the first boss, get a level 3 wood shield or wood tower shield, full leather armor and some beehives. The first boss is very weak, but you’ll need to be prepared for what’s ahead.

[crisp yew]

okok

[willow jungle]

I completly rebuild the boar farm for the 4th time now, this time outside of my base, they still don't want to eat. Can someone please explain what I am doing wrong here? I am losing my mind. My wolf farm, build in the same design, still works

[true steeple]

Expecting boars to work for you in those conditions is what you’re doing wrong
(I’ve never made an automatic farm, are they usually supposed to reach that far?)

[willow jungle]

I made it work 2 years ago (took a break from Valheim), it was insane how many baby boars you could farm in a short period of time

[crisp yew]

im a new at the game, so all I can tell you is... as long as the design is straight up a copy/paste build and the world settings are the same as the original world where the farm was designed, it should work. Otherwise it might be an unlucky bug which you need to contact a dev in order to get it fixed

• correct biomes etc. idk if biomes affect your pets

[true steeple]

Biomes don’t affect tames

[crisp yew]

or maybe if the floors or walls are supposed to be rotated to a specific angle (horizontal and diagonal)

[spark pivot]

hey ! sorry to disturb you, i did check that, but i dont see any db or fwl files ..

there's the .vdf and that's it

[subtle parrot]

Hmm welp I'm not sure then, I don't play on pc, I'll let someone else answer that

[lilac coyote]

Your worlds are in the cloud then.

[spark pivot]

the steam cloud you mean ?

[lilac coyote]

Yes.

[spark pivot]

so i can just give my friends that file ?

[lilac coyote]

Huh? Which file? You need the files Fukov was telling you about.

[spark pivot]

am confused, i just want to transfer ownership of the server to some other friend of mine

[lilac coyote]

I understand.

[subtle parrot]

Go in game and switch save to local from cloud, make a fresh save then check the files

[spark pivot]

alright thanks !!

[spark pivot]

not sure if this is dumb but, the vdf file has my steamID, do you think it would work if i add my friends' steam ID in there ?

[subtle parrot]

I have no idea on that tbh

[lilac coyote]

This. Do this.

[crisp yew]

does the skills increase the specific stat by 1% each level or how does it work?

[steep tusk]

Wiki page for that.

[crisp yew]

oh thanks

[frosty frost]

https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Skills

[fervent fog]

🤨

supposed to happen?

[tired root]

Yeah, you need to build a platform, build Ram there and destroy wall slowly, that worked for me.

[fervent fog]

isnt it gonna break whatever i stand on?

[tired root]

Yes it will collapse, then build next platform to next side you need to break.

[fervent fog]

ok

thx

[tired root]

No problem 👍

[crisp yew]

does board respawn if I kill them? Like can I go back to the same forest/area where I've previously killed boars and deers?

[steep tusk]

Yes.

[lilac coyote]

New mobs will spawn, yeah.

[crisp yew]

is there a way to make farms for boars and deers or do I just need to go and hunt?

[wild sequoia]

Hey everyone, has anyone managed to fix the bug with the control from the latest update?

[lilac coyote]

See my answer in the other channel you posted.

[steep tusk]

You can tame and farm boars.

[arctic gorge]

i have never played before and know nothing about the game

ive never even see anyone play before or what the game looks like

anyone wanna teach me how to play

[frosty frost]

I think its best to learn by yourself 🙂 i would love to play again for the first time just to enjoy finding out new stuff again

[arctic gorge]

good idea

someone said that its like minecraft so idk if i will even know what to do when i load in 😢

[lilac coyote]

You'll meet a friendly bird who will help you.

[frosty frost]

Oh it leads you way more than minecraft does 😄 you dont have to worry much about that, i will give a bit of advice, pick up everything you see, try to craft all the stuff you can at least once and LISTEN TO THE BIRD!!! Thats where most people fail 🙂

[arctic gorge]

also should i select vulkan or nah

it asked me when i opened the game

[frosty frost]

Try with and without, one way or the other may have better performance but i personally dont see a difference between the two

[arctic gorge]

i have seen vulkan alot before i just never really looked into what it is

i have a 4070 ti super so it should run whatever the game throws at my pc

[frosty frost]

Well Valheim is a bit more CPU hungry really

[arctic gorge]

i have an i9

i think i have a pretty good pc that can handle pretty much whatever

i just dont know what vulkan is, is it like better graphics

[frosty frost]

Ehhhh, cant say, i dont really understand what it exactly does myself

[mystic phoenix]

How do you recapture a 2 star boar? Just had a two star break out of its enclosure and run what feels like a mile back to the runestone i got it from...

[frosty frost]

Yeah, the ones that spawned at the stone will want to return to it, just breed them and the babies will not have that problem 🙂

[mystic phoenix]

I was unable to breed the boar because i was trying to move it to be with the 1 star i captured. It broke out and bolted. I cant lure it back because its not aggressive. Its tamed

[frosty frost]

Then breed it at the runestone and you can drag the offsprings back by harpoon or push them in fence coridor 🙂

[mystic phoenix]

Can i use the harpoon on the boar itself?

[frosty frost]

Yes, but if you got it from runestone it will always try to go back to it, and you have to enable friendly fire for it to work

[mystic phoenix]

Interesting.. ill try that

[gloomy osprey]

anybody willing to help me make a corpse run? kinda a long sail could use materials to build the faster boat

[frosty frost]

#1033392094817046630 message 🙂

[pliant tide]

does microsoft version have crossplay?

[lilac coyote]

It only has crossplay.

[pliant tide]

couldn't see my friend's server. I'm on steam he is on microsoft

does he needs to select "community server" ?

[lilac coyote]

That would make it appear in the list, I believe. Or he could just give you the join code.

[pliant tide]

thank you

[cunning sorrel]

I totally forgot what I was told before, but is a new save going to be recommended for the next update? Or are they normally?

[steep tusk]

This isn't a massive update, it's just the 1 shop that will have multiple locations. She will be able to spawn in any swamp you have not been to.

[cunning sorrel]

So should I start a new server now, or wait. Cuz the QOL stuff looks good, we haven't played in a long time and excited to play, but debating now or later

[steep tusk]

Just start now and take your time (if you don't normally).
Don't rush to the swamps as fast as possible.

If you get to the swamp, see if you can burn through it with only one swamp, so you leave plenty of other places for the new content to spawn.

[manic mango]

I would start with PTB definitely...

The saves are compatible, so when PTB moves to live, you dont lose anything.

[steep tusk]

You won't lose anything from starting on live either.

[cunning sorrel]

Hmmm starting with PTB would be better, but worried about starting with it if theres any bugs found, as we looking at a long playthrough

[manic mango]

Except the PTB content :). Sometimes PTB has lasted a long time...

[steep tusk]

You can't "lose" a trader...

[manic mango]

Well you won't see it in your game, that's what I meant. If you start now, and are in real Valheim-heat, you get to the swamp rather quickly since you play a lot. I would want to see the witch and the new stuff then.

We started with one of my friends during ashlands ptb, and we didnt regret it, even though there were some issues. But glad we didn't wait, since we got to enjoy some stuff earlier without having to replay.

But okay, I guess that's just my opinion. Some other might disagree. I would go with my gut.

Uh i just invented a new term accidentally above. Valheim-heat. Meaning that urge to play, the lust to explore, not willing to lose any of the experience, to ...- ah i must stop this:)

[lucid oracle]

whats wrong when for example cooked food dont stack ?

can't seem ro have more than 2 deer meat, in one stack.

[true steeple]

Which food isn’t stacking? I haven’t experienced this.

[lucid oracle]

all meat, for ome reason.

can't even stack them in a chest.

[manic mango]

Thats very odd. Do you have mods installed?

[lucid oracle]

yes i do, but i've disabled all that has anything to do with items still same

was a mod called cooking, gave the meat different stats ..

[true steeple]

Are you trying to stack normal meat with modded meat? Maybe this mod works by creating duplicate versions of the food with different stats, instead of changing the stats directly.

[scenic sphinx]

there is no bronze Pickaxe? what is my upgrade from antlers pickaxe?

[frosty frost]

There is, you just need core wood iirc 🙂

but it is not neccesary at all to make it

[willow jungle]

What would you guys recommend to fight the 4th boss ||Moder||? ||Wolf armor: https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Wolf_Armor|| or ||Root armor: https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Root_(item)||?

[frosty frost]

I usually use 1st option and if you dont want heavy i would use fenris set

[willow jungle]

Stupid question time. What is fenris?

[frosty frost]

were you in any caves?

[willow jungle]

Black Forest and Swamp caves

I haven't played the game for 2 years xD

[frosty frost]

I meant frost caves at the mountains 🙂 since thats where you get mats for this --->||https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Fenris_Set||

[willow jungle]

Did they add these caves later? I don't remember them being in the game tbh

[frosty frost]

Yep, they were added later, not sure which patch that was exactly but i think the same that added abominations

[willow jungle]

What would you use for the Plains biome as armor of these 3 sets?

[frosty frost]

Wolf set, tho i tend to use pretty much only the heavy armor, fenris is also fine and you might want to take the root chest piece with either of those, it will help quite a lot with certain bugs that are there 😄

[scenic sphinx]

When is new patch? I don't want to explore swamps on accident..

[frosty frost]

We dont know 🙂 when there is enough testing done in PTB

[willow jungle]

Thanks!

[frosty frost]

😄

[toxic rose]

What happens with raids if I build my base on an island?

[steep tusk]

The same thing that happens if you just turn them off.

[toxic rose]

They won’t trigger at all?

[steep tusk]

What, effectively, is the difference between not triggering and triggering with nothing spawning?

[vapid warren]

certain raids can still spawn stuff

[frail cave]

(bats, drakes, f.e.)

[toxic rose]

I thought they may spawn, just not be able to reach you

[vapid warren]

most mobs can not spawn below water surface

[toxic rose]

Is there a range? What if it’s an island near a coast?

I was thinking of building a bridge to funnel them

[steep tusk]

How is that effectively different than them not spawning?

[toxic rose]

Because they are spawning??? Do you not understand the difference between there being no mobs and they not being able to reach you?

[steep tusk]

You're not giving one.

[toxic rose]

Here it is. They either there or not

[steep tusk]

"Mobs never reach you and therefore walk away and despawn after event" is exactly the same as "Mobs were never there."

[toxic rose]

No it’s not. You’re being dumb

[steep tusk]

So instead of explaining the difference... you're just assuming I am unintelligent.

Winning strategy right there 👍

[toxic rose]

I explained twice

You are being dumb

[steep tusk]

I am not. You are not explaining beyond "because." Which isn't a valid explanation in any debate.

[toxic rose]

The state of a mob being present or not is not “because”

Stop being dumb

[steep tusk]

Again, I am not being dumb. Please stop calling me that.

[toxic rose]

Stop being unhelpful then

[steep tusk]

🤦‍♂️

What's the difference between someone living next door to you and never interacting with you at all and someone living in a different country and never interacting with you at all?

[spare badger]

... If workbenches and other pieces block spawns then raids will trigger and not spawn anything

[steep tusk]

My question was how is this different than just turning them off.

Apparently the only answer they can come up with is "because it is."

[spare badger]

You will get map pins saying there's a raid being the only difference

[toxic rose]

I literally gave an actionable example of how it’s relevant before. If I build a bridge, and they only can get through there, and they spawn, I would funnel them. But maybe you didn’t read that

[echo ore]

why are fenris claws so dang hard to find!?

[spare badger]

There's some raids that can trigger when not at a base, so if you turn them off you won't get those

[steep tusk]

It's all RNG.

[echo ore]

is there a way to locate all the frozen caves?

[steep tusk]

Map Viewer website.

[echo ore]

hmmmm.... ok

ty! ill take a look

[steep tusk]

👍

[lilac coyote]

Effectively yes.

[toxic rose]

Effectively no

[manic mango]

What is this, people arguing and name-calling in here? :/

[lilac coyote]

Name calling?

Oh, the repeatedly calling someone dumb because that think differently. Yeah, delightful.

[toxic rose]

Some seem to have selective reading, delightful. Here, I’ll refer you to my previous message, in case there’s doubts about “thinking differently”

#valheim-help message

[lilac coyote]

Eh, whether you were right or wrong there are surely better ways of putting your point across.

[weak temple]

Does Hugin update the player when they can buy new stuff from Haldor/Hildir after defeating a boss? If he doesn't, I feel like he should. Otherwise how is the player supposed to know?

[steep tusk]

He does not.

[toxic rose]

Yeah, the moment someone starts being passive aggressive, I respond in kind.

[lilac coyote]

Noone was passive aggressive in that conversation.

[toxic rose]

#valheim-help message

[lilac coyote]

That's a question

[toxic rose]

A very passive aggressive question

[lilac coyote]

Not remotely.

[toxic rose]

And very unhelpful

[toxic rose]

So if someone is passive aggressive and unhelpful in “help” channel, I respond accordingly

[lilac coyote]

Well, they weren't. And you weren't passive aggressive either, just rude.

[weak temple]

This doesn't seem like Valheim help atp

[toxic rose]

Call it whatever, it was unnecessary and unhelpful.

[steep tusk]

PTB questions go in the PTB channels.

[lilac coyote]

Correct, hopefully you'll stop it now.

[toxic rose]

Stop what???

[lilac coyote]

Being rude and unhelpful like you said.

[toxic rose]

I’m responding accordingly to you. Again with the selective reading…

[toxic rose]

Stop being unhelpful and unnecessary, and I won’t have to respond in kind

[lilac coyote]

And blocked. Don't need to be spoken to like that.

[toxic rose]

Don’t speak like that then lol

[fading dirge]

try deleting the bottom half so the food is directly exposed. idk if that will make a difference but that's what i did on my breeders (using the same video) and it works just fine, other than that idk

[trail valve]

please any tips to find tuna😭 ive been at it two hours and havent seen one

[fading dirge]

idk i started with the second option but i think i didn't have enough health and anytime i got hit it packed an enormous punch (cause it was a boss ig), so i switched to the first option. but i was running HSS foods so it might just depend on which foods you choose and what trade offs you want

[subtle parrot]

As an outside observer of the conversation an hour and a half later, you were definitely the aggressor in the whole situation.

[jovial ledge]

what percentage of skills do I lose when dying, normally?

[frail cave]

5% of all

and it's rounded (not certain how)
it's always at least 1 full level and resets your XP progress to 0%

[steep tusk]

This implies there are different skill losses for dying abnormally 😉😏

[lyric glacier]

Hey everyone, I play on Xbox(solo) and in need of assistance. Does anyone have a 2 star Asksvin egg? I’ve been looking around for days, killing all askvins on site but nada. I do go out at nights. I’m just unlucky.

[jovial ledge]

I mean "normal" death penalty setting

[steep tusk]

😁

[formal escarp]

i didnt play in abit again and i just saw a video about a update with a new npc will that npc spawn in my word if i made it ashlands update? or do i need a new world

[bitter nebula]

Why do creatures / opponents keep appearing in my base? Workbenches don't prevent spawning and neither do tamed wolves... anyone have any ideas? 🙃

[formal escarp]

i know that at least if you change the ground with the hoe it will prevent spawns

[feral flower]

Are wraiths vulnerable to anything?

[true steeple]

Yes, they are weak to spirit (not neutral like most undead enemies)

[bitter nebula]

yes okay... something... thanks... maybe someone knows more details. 🤔

[jovial ledge]

can a map contain more than one maypole? found one but I don't like the location

[true steeple]

It can, but it’s incredibly rare as most seeds don’t even have one. You don’t need to build near a maypole if you don’t want to.

[subtle parrot]

As long as you have some unexplored swamp, it will spawn

[formal escarp]

i see ty

[subtle parrot]

If you are trying to spawn proof you need to make sure all the circles overlap and there are no gaps or else something will spawn in the gaps

[jovial ledge]

that +1 comfort is too good though

[true steeple]

What’s wrong with the maypole you found already?

[jovial ledge]

too far from the coast

[true steeple]

You could change the date or use commands to build one yourself now

[bitter nebula]

okay is there a way to increase this radius using a console command or similar? It is so tiny that you would have to build 5-6 workbenches, which you would then have to “hide”.

[subtle parrot]

No i don't think there's a command for that, but i think campfires have a similar range and are a bit easier to hide, they just don't show the circumference like workbenches

[tired root]

They are weak against fire.

[molten mountain]

adding to this: workbench upgrades increase the building radius, right? Would that mean they also increase the spawnproofing radius? 🤔

[frosty frost]

I believe so, yes

[willow jungle]

Some questions about breeding/taming I am missing on https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Boar?so=search#Breeding and https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Wolf#Breeding. I am kinda deep diving into the ingame stats here.

1. Boars can breed, provided the boar is happy and well-fed with carrots or other crops
   xxx As far as I know, boars don't eat ||onions||?
2. How many times every X seconds or minutes do they eat 1 crop?
3. ..., the boar will accumulate love points with one another until the pregnancy starts
   xxx How many of these 'love points' do they need to make a baby?
4. How long does it take to get 1 love point?
5. Do you need to be close to the boars, in order for them to breed? I remember when taming a boar, that I needed to be in a certain radius of the boar, otherwise the percentage wouldn't change. If I remember correctly (this was 2 years ago) it was something like 64 meters

[frosty frost]

They do, 10 minutes, 3 iirc but not sure it should be on Wiki under just breeding or taming, also under breeding/taming, yes

[willow jungle]

It's working, amazing tip! Thanks a lot for thinking along 😎

[willow jungle]

Thanks @frosty frost!

1. 👍
2. Is this the same for all tamable animals, 10 minutes, or does it differ per animal?
3. • 4. Ah, the breeding page is hidden under the taming page, that's why I couldn't find it. *Successful love point is indicated by pink hearts. After gaining enough love points, the creature becomes pregnant, which is not visualized *. It doesn't say tho, however the breeding is checked every 30 seconds.
4. 👍

[frosty frost]

2-same afaik 🙂

[fallow comet]

best wepon for swamp? im copper era

[frosty frost]

Maces

[willow jungle]

😁

What happends when you die during a boss fight, when playing solo? Is the fight instantly over and do you have to respawn the boss again? Or do you have to run for your life for your gear, while the boss fight is still going?

[tired root]

Bosses don't despawn so you have to do a hasty corpse run. Remember eating right foods and waiting for rested buff before going to your grave.

[willow jungle]

Thanks!

[scenic sphinx]

Is "elder" boss in swamps? i dont want to ruin my world before patch..

[frosty frost]

In black forest 🙂

[true steeple]

Bonemass is the only boss in swamps, and you won't ruin your world.

[cunning hemlock]

Hey guys i‘m playing on windows with a friend on ios.

Is it posible to play together with mods?

When yes how?

[vapid warren]

would be a question for #mods-issues or #mods-discussion

[small nest]

hey! is it a known bug or hidden feature (i couldnt find any wiki info) that draugr are spawning on meadows biome? (im near spawn so no draugr villages nearby, yagluth's defeated and im around 50% into mistlands)

[lilac coyote]

Entirely expected.

[vapid warren]

draugr can spawn after elder is killed at nights with fog

[lilac coyote]

It's under Spawning on the Draugr page.

[scenic sphinx]

What do i do with swamp key?

[frosty frost]

You go to swamp ans look for something it might unlock 🙂

[small nest]

pro tip for swamp: prepare well, this is one of toughest biomes

[scenic sphinx]

is there a way to stop mobs from coming to my base? I made walls but they just swim inside...

[small nest]

you can surround your base with campfires, they are player base building which means that mobs wont spawn near them (20m i think), the fire will put out eventually so it wont look ugly

it doesnt get rid of raids though

[frosty frost]

It does in a way, the raid monsters cant spawn in the zone that base items give, so if you do proper job you are also safe from them 🙂

[small nest]

this game keeps suprising me, thanks for info

[frosty frost]

The raids still happen but if the surroundings are properly spawnproofed no monsters should spawn 🙂 (doesent work well for flying raids since the spawn prevention zone is a sphere but for basically anything else it works quite well)

[vapid warren]

use hoe to raise the ground to straight walls along the water

[paper zephyr]

Is there a way to rebind my dodge key?

[junior thorn]

So ive been having crashing issues lately out of nowhere, and I cant find the crash logs I've gone to local/temp/ but there is no irongate file.

[tired root]

Using mods? Are you on PTB version?

[junior thorn]

Yes im currently using mods on r2modman

What is the PTB version?

[tired root]

PTB means Public Test Beta - where testers have access to soon to be added content earlier to test the patch in case some unexpected bugs appear so they can be fixed before the initial patch.

Bog Witch patch is currently on PTB testing phase. @junior thorn

[junior thorn]

I dont think im on that

[tired root]

Surely not according to that you weren't aware. But in case your crash is caused by mods you can ask from https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1202550198174486599 too.

[junior thorn]

Well, im not sure if it is. Thats why I was trying to figure out where my crash logs are

[marsh charm]

how rare are the pots in ashlands that drop iron ingots?

[tired root]

Vanilla game doesn't usually have those sudden crashes, in my experience at least. So your issue might be because of mods. Someone with better experience with mods might be better help for solving your issue.

[mint helm]

Im play in beta version on steamdeck. Im have a problem with inventory. When i want to choose a item, cursor just move randomly in inventory. I check controler and everything is ok in other games

[junior thorn]

Thank you for your advice, Im currently troubleshooting the mods rn which can be a lengthy process even with just a few mods lol

The mods I do have dont change or add much so I didnt think they'd have problems

[tired root]

No problem, some smaller mods can sometimes cause some hassle, which is why I've decided to keep my game vanilla, the game has enough content for my tastes. 🙂

[subtle parrot]

#valheim-public-test or #bog-witch-feedback-only is the appropriate channel for this feedback, but it is a known bug, they are working on it

[mint helm]

I dont see chanel names because i have no acces but thanks,

[subtle parrot]

You can access by going to the channels and roles list at the top of the servers channel list, and selecting "i want to be a public tester"

#valheim-help message

[vital meteor]

So I try to cross platform play my xbox to PC (steam) but when I click join on the xbox screen it takes me to the gamepass subscription screen

internet says I dont need subscriton to multiplayer

[fading dirge]

honestly you probably don't have to worry about making a bronze mace, i was able to do just fine with a fully upgraded wooden club until i was able to get the iron mace

[crisp yew]

What's the best way to grind coins so I can buy some nice things from the trader?
I'm still in the bronze age btw so keep it realistic in comparason to how far in the game I am.

[steep tusk]

Dungeons.

[true steeple]

You should be able to get enough for what you need from burial chambers. You don’t need to buy much for now.

[crisp yew]

what's a burial chamber? Also I mainly need it so I can carry mor weight. I want the belt

[true steeple]

A burial chamber is the dungeon containing skeletons and surtling cores, commonly found in black forests.

[crisp yew]

oh ok ty

[whole socket]

@crisp yew can do burial chambers, troll caves, or if you are high enough furling camps give ya tons. But yeah troll hunting works well for me.

[crisp yew]

u get gold from trolls? also what a furling camp? is it one of those in the sand biomes?

[whole socket]

Yeah they are the little goblins in the plains (yellow bio). Every kill tends to grant coins. Yeah trolls always give coins on death, hide and coins. The troll caves have more gems too

[crisp yew]

ah

Also, does ores respawn/regenerate? Like Tin at chores

[steep tusk]

Ore veins do not respawn, no.

[crisp yew]

oh ok. tyty

[echo ore]

what are the placement requirements for a stone oven? i'm having trouble. does it have a fairly large "footprint"? like 3 or 4 m instead of 2, even though it is only 2m wide?

[steep tusk]

I think it is roughly the size of a normal floor square in width and just under 2 squares in length.

[gloomy edge]

anyone know how high you can stack these 1x1 iron cages? seem like they could go on and on since their integrity updates so slowly it just stays red all the time

[jolly turret]

Yeah they will break…
Eventually…

[reef ivy]

This question is to put an argument to rest:
What is the official scientific name for Deathsquito?

[gloomy edge]

fatalis-suckus

[reef ivy]

Really?

[fallow comet]

whats that?

[frosty frost]

You have found a village in Plains biome 😄

[fallow comet]

yep im quitting

i died in a boat

[frosty frost]

It is a 5th biome, so it is quite hard to get by in there if you have not progressed far enough 🙂

[fallow comet]

i lost all my items

bruh i had all bronze items on lvl 3

[frosty frost]

Well... plains are not for you then xD

[fallow comet]

i was just looking for swamp and didn't even go out my boat

[hushed tapir]

Hello, we rent the server, but day is too short. What is best settings for day/time? Longer day, shorter night, but no t too short. And longer overall. Like 40 min day, 20 min night.

[true steeple]

Did a deathsquito find you?

[frosty frost]

You cant really change the length of the day/night cycle

[hushed tapir]

even on rent server?

[frosty frost]

Why would it be different from normal server?

[hushed tapir]

is there mod for that?

[frosty frost]

if anything you can do even less stuff there

[frosty frost]

try #mods-discussion 🙂

[fallow comet]

worst boss spawn ever

[frosty frost]

Thats quite nice Eik spawn 😄

[tired root]

I had one spawn like that in my latest world. Others were further over the water, that spot wasn't that bad tbh.

Wait until you find your 5th boss altar in a small island lol.

[thorny oak]

is there a way to get yggdrasil wood early by having a monster destroy the trees or something

[gloomy edge]

it means fatal suckers

[thorny oak]

I want to speedrun krom because its funny

[frosty frost]

A seeker soldier can afaik

[thorny oak]

where do I find those I have only seen regular seekers so far

[frosty frost]

just around mistlands, you just have to be lucky

[thorny oak]

gotcha

[tired root]

They are as rare as Trolls in Black Forest.

[tired root]

So either Soldier can cut the trees or if you find those empty Black marble ruins with downstairs the stairs drop Yggdrasil wood when destroyed.

[thorny oak]

any way to get a mechanical spring early?

[frosty frost]

You need refined eitr, so not really

[thorny oak]

ah okay

[reef ivy]

😂

[foggy stratus]

Anyone having game freeze/crash on world save?
For me its okay for up till i get to swamp .. but it really depends, the more i travel and explore, no matter the biome, it will crash 50% of on save ..

I assume that if i would be somehow to delete the world i have traveled, it would fix it?
Is there some command, mod for this?

Or any other idea for the crashes during world saves? Its local save.

[mellow lodge]

haven't seen or heard of that one. maybe the devs will chime in

[mellow lodge]

if you're running any mods, try disabling those

[small nest]

you can actually make almost everything from mistlands without beating 5th boss, but navigating there would be almost impossible

[foggy stratus]

game freezes on save is not uncommon .. you can find topics about this for years .. though crashes are rare
and as i said, like first 5-10 hours, its okay .. the more i travel the world, the high chance the game will crash on save ..

saving time also goes from 0.5 second to like 10 seconds ..
In my first game i had no idea about this, my goal was to explore 100% of the world, got unbearable by around 40% of the world .. saving took over a minute
always have to start new game after a while to remove this ..

But in a past i remember one guy who was admin on some server said he had same problem and was using something to reduce the save file .. which helped him reduce saving time

i start new game, save file is like 2MB .. after few hours, my current save is 380MB

[frosty frost]

the size of a save, there should be a slider that changes how often the game autosaves i believe, that might have something to do with it

[pure vessel]

question, do you need to have 2 chickens for them to lay eggs?? Or can only 1 chicken lay eggs if they are fed and happy?

[frosty frost]

i think you need 2

[pure vessel]

Ah, thank you

[torpid basalt]

Hi there! If im gona use my old seed created before Bog Witch to generate new world AFTER Bog Witch release, using the same seed - am i gona find new things here?

[scenic sphinx]

If i put portal in swamps, mobs gonna attack it and break it?

[frosty frost]

Your world should update with the bog witch patch so you dont really need to make a new world

[frosty frost]

If they can see it, yes

[subtle parrot]

If you generate a new world with the same seed the new world will likely be somewhat different than your old world, boss locations and other locations may change, but you will be able to find everything, yes including the new content. But you don't actually need to start a new world if you've left some unexplored areas.

[torpid basalt]

Nah, I'll gona do it anyways. Thx for info

[torpid basalt]

Thank you too

[twilit forge]

Unsure where to ask this but did valheim have a beta name or a pre-game project name ?

[subtle parrot]

Fejd, according to Google

[twilit forge]

Thank you!

[foggy stratus]

there is slider for backup history, not for save frequency .. and i obviously dont count the back up .. each back up logically adds 100% of the size to total, but that is completely irrelevant

[scenic sphinx]

am i safe in the water at night like this?

i don't know if there are any water mobs

[frosty frost]

You are generally safe if you are bit further from the shore but not far enough so the minimap tells you you are in ocean biome, this close mobs from the land can get you and in the ocean there is other thing 🙂

but you will be safer if you make a little house to spend night in

[subtle parrot]

Spent several foggy nights in the shallows, you should be fine

But i like to keep 100 wood on my boat to throw up a small hut and bed with a fire to get a nights rest

[scarlet girder]

So I'm at mountains biome. Already saw like 15 stones and no one give me the boss location. Is the stone in the open snow fields? or inside some cave?

[echo sparrow]

I think the stones that specifically show the boss location--vegvisir--always look the same, smaller, than other runestones

and I know inside the mountain caves--frost caves--you'll find them though I THINK sometimes the ruins on mountains can have them

[frail cave]

image A is a vegvisir, which shows boss locations.
image B is a (tilted and partially sunken) runestone, which just gives lore.

since frost caves didn't always exist, moder vegvisirs can also be found inside those stone towers on the sides of slopes

[spring frigate]

dose eitir regens faster when im sheltered with fire?

and is there no better/easier/faster way to lvl up elemental magic?

[quasi vault]

@spring frigate Yes, I did that for a bit and I had a shelter with a fire that would increase the regen by a lot. You weren't always resting but often enough for long enough to stay rested consistently

[echo sparrow]

Is that a specifically rested

Or being in the radius of fire/shelter alone?

[frosty frost]

While having the "resting" status i believe, yes

[spring frigate]

btw will this golem despawn after some time?

[frosty frost]

I dont think so, no

[echo sparrow]

Think the tool tip still don't mention the eitr regen or xp buff

[frosty frost]

Tool tip?

[echo sparrow]

Like in game status effect I mean

[fervent bloom]

I seen some kind of training dummy in a video about leveling skills, what is that thing called and how could i get one?

[frail cave]

it can only be spawned in with devcommands and its ID is simply trainingdummy

(its model is not really unique, that's just the old draugr model)

[fervent bloom]

so just do spawn trainingdummy 1?

[frail cave]

it doesn't move, doesn't attack, seems to be neutral to everything but chop and mining damage, has absurd HP and is immune to knockback and stagger

[frosty frost]

no meantion of the xp gain but eitr is there

[frail cave]

yea

[spring frigate]

this game game should make you learn skills faster (on weapons at least) the more DAMAGE you do

trying to givr frostburn to a walking rock aint fun -w-

its effective yes, bot boring af

[frail cave]

good old stone golems, that's how i got my main character to level 100 bows back in the pre-hearth&home days

they used to not start moving until you physically got close to them, shooting them wouldn't wake them up

[fervent bloom]

leveling bows is something i may try my hand at since i heard charge time could be reduced by doing that

[echo sparrow]

oh shit, that's cool--didn't realize "resting" also seems to give you a separate additional buff

[frail cave]

i did it once pre-H&H and now i find low level bows so icky that i never use them on fresh playthroughs anymore

[fervent bloom]

i have a couple mods installed so it looks a bit different but these are my current skill levels

when leveling bows do i need to fully charge it or anything or is it just get as many hits as possible

charge time reductions would be seriously helpful for moder

[buoyant peak]

It's considered an enemy as well so even friendlies will attack it.

Even skeletts from dead raiser

It's kinda weird using the command to spawn it but it does work for training

[fervent bloom]

spamming arrows seems to work best

[tired root]

No need to fully draw your bow, just shoot rapidly on some target and raise your lvl.

[buoyant peak]

It's what I did against the dummy.

That's probably one of the few advantages I see of exp being gained at one per hit

[frail cave]

imo stone golems even in their modern state suffice as a less cheaty alternative

[buoyant peak]

But you risk getting hit by them or them running away

[lilac coyote]

Wow, both channels are on a theme, huh?

[buoyant peak]

The dummy can be spawned inside your base for convenience

Also, the dummy only has massive hp, but it's not immortal. It will die after a long while of being hit

[tired root]

You can target your own friendly Loxen.

[frail cave]

just laying out another option okay ´v`"

[echo sparrow]

and honestly most skills don't even really need to be deliberately leveled, usually the equipment is strong enough as is it's just a nice little addition, bows being perhaps a big exception because levelling the skill buffs them in multiple ways with both draw speed and stamina cost (plus just raw damage per attack) improved, and at low levels the whole weapon class is way less impressive but with levels it becomes one of the best

[fervent bloom]

nooo i am not hurting my lox

[buoyant peak]

Chaotic evil 👆

[tired root]

They still love you even after that.

Feed some berries and they heal fully.

[fervent bloom]

final question, will the dummy despawn after a while

[frail cave]

no, the only enemies that can despawn are ones spawned from special night spawn conditions or from invasions

[fervent bloom]

Aight

Also holy shit the silver sword is great

[frail cave]

yepp, they were pretty generous with its numbers

[fervent bloom]

i suppose it helps that my only comparison is my iron axe which is 1 biome behind and slow

[frail cave]

true, axes are maybe a little underbalanced

[fervent bloom]

one thing swords can't help me with is 4 DRAKES

[frail cave]

but still, the silver sword's stats come from a time when spirit and fire damage didn't "stack", as poison still does(n't) today.
each hit would completely cancel the previous hit's remaining DoT ticks, so you'd lose most of the damage advertised by the tooltip, which is probably why they gave it such high numbers.
but now they do stack and the numbers haven't been adjusted, but the much newer silver knife and crystal battleaxe are balanced around how spirit works now, and are thus noticeably weaker

[fervent bloom]

scratch that FIVE

[echo sparrow]

that and spirit only affects a subset of enemies ('undead')

[frail cave]

i hope they considered that for balancing but the silver knife and crystal BA make me doubt it

in terms of stat balancing, the crystal battleaxe is such a sad weapon to leave as the last of its kind for so long. i doubt they'll remain the last at least.

[tired root]

We need Mistlands tier Battleaxe.

[echo sparrow]

I would be very sad to see no 2 hand axe in deep north--id slept on the battle axes until very recent when some folks were talking about it, and so I tried it out, and I can see why it has fans

[mellow lodge]

i'm looking forward to a 2 handed hammer in deep north

[frail cave]

yeaaa i really think battleaxes need something even before deep north.
the crystal battleaxe kinda immediately falls off in damage type coverage since frost caves are the last point for a good while where spirit damage really matters.
plains have one semi-exception in the form of growths (though i really wouldn't recommend using any battleaxe against them) and one good exception with yagluth.
mistlands? nothing.
and by ashlands, your damage total is already 3 biomes behind.
all that is made worse by it just not having very good damage for its weapon class, even against enemies that take spirit damage.
it's most certainly useable, but i think it wouldn't hurt balance for it to be a little stronger, and for plains, mistlands or ashlands to have a new one

[mellow lodge]

i'm guessing that the berserker axes in ashlands are meant to fill the two-handed axe slot

[frail cave]

well they play the complete opposite way 😅

[mellow lodge]

yeah, i know what you're saying. but they are axes, and take two hands. so check 🙂

[frail cave]

true, they deny a shield, but i kinda think the defining factor of a two-handed weapon is the lack of multi-target penalty coupled with wide reach and lower single target dps than one-handed weapons

[mellow lodge]

just like Skoll and Hati are technically a knife, but very much not

[frail cave]

like, nobody's gonna choose a battleaxe over an axe because they don't want to be able to hold a shield - they choose it because they wanna deal with groups more easily

i mean, in practice the reason is most likely "it looks cool"

[tired root]

Two handed playstyle rarely depends on blocking but keeping enemies away from you with their attacks, like Atgeir secondary attack. Battleaxe also has some knockback on its attack pattern and secondary attack even more (althought it is not AoE like Atgeirs)

[mellow lodge]

it's going to be tough for devs to top the "feel" of the deomlisher, imo. it just feels so satisfying

[tired root]

Some changes for battleaxes to make them better IMO would be changing the movement speed modifier from -20% to -10% or -5% and little speeding up the first attack. And also adding a new Battleaxe before Ashlands tier.

[frail cave]

perrssonally i think its slow startup is part of the charm, and what sets it apart, especially considering the following moves roll pretty quick after that.
maybe a slight attack range increase imo

-# i definitely think the secondary attack should have more forward reach, so many times i see it just clip through enemies but make no contact

[tired root]

Kinda reminds me of how long Splitnir is and it can connect but not "hit" because of spear range

[frail cave]

but they'll insist it doesn't need to be changed just because it works as a weapon
my fists work as a weapon, does that mean they're good?

i really don't think changing the melee hitbox of spears a little would catapult them from "good weapon if used right" to "completely overpowered smh"

[mellow lodge]

when was the last time weapons were tweaked?

[frail cave]

axes received a secondary attack with mistlands

there might be something after that but that one came to my mind first

[tired root]

Or adding more range.

[tired root]

Didn't they speed up daggers at some point?

[jovial ledge]

does fish spawn at the same spots?

[frosty frost]

Ashlands weapons had some dmg tweeking but thats probably not what you are talking about 🙂 also maces got higher knockback at some point iirc

[frail cave]

they spawn randomly in valid locations

like basically everything in the game

[tired root]

Right, don't remember who complained about how Frostner now knockbacks too much.

[frail cave]

H&H made the attack speed of axes slower and increased their damage to set them apart from swords (though the increase was a bit small and so their dps dropped while their breaking points stayed pretty much the same)

H&H also decreased the backstab bonus of knives from x10 to x6
it also iirc added the stamina cost progression to weapons, previously each weapon class would just have a universal stamina cost.

oh and it "nerfed" bows but also buffed them and ultimately it's just a buff
the rate at which their draw speed increases with levels was lowered, but due to animation weirdness, there already was a point at which you physically could not shoot faster - instant shooting was impossible even at 0 second draw speed. and this max rapidfire speed can still be reached, just at later levels.
meanwhile, they made it so drawing an arrow starts to cost less stamina once it's fully drawn

[echo sparrow]

here's the current move speed breakdown (ignoring armor, which, you can mix and match in parallel/independently so seems reasonable to me to ignore for this purpose) if I got it right:
-0%: knives & fists
-5%: polearms, 2 hand sword, 1 hand weapon no shield, magic weapons, bows & crossbows
-10%: buckler & round shield + 1 hand weapon
-15%: flametal tower shield + 1 hand weapon (unless the wiki is just wrong, I almost never build tower shields so didn't test myself, but it stands out as significantly lower than all others)
-20%: 2 hand club, 2 hand axe (scale tower shield + 1 hand weapon)
-25%: tower shield + 1 hand weapon

having heavier shield, more defensive = slower, logically makes sense to me

WHETHER it's necessary to put the 2 hand clubs & axes, on a much worse 'tier' than the 2 hand 'spear' (polearm) or sword...i dunno

[frail cave]

(also i guess i should give the mistlands sword changes a mention as much as i still doubt that they were intentional:
one-handed swords no longer have multi-target penalty, and i think one of their hitboxes was buffed slightly?
keep in mind that two-handed swords do have multi-target penalty, which is a weapon class that was added in the very same update, i really think they just confused the two swords when trying to remove MTP from 2h swords)

[echo sparrow]

that wouldn't entirely surprise me

[little thicket]

Can Bog Witch appear in already discovered Swamps?

[true steeple]

No. Also, keep public test spoilers in the public test channels. If you don’t have access, go to channels and roles.

[little thicket]

ok

[steep tusk]

One-handed definitely should have penalty.
Unless they remove it from everything. Because Axes are split with that mechanic, so not having it on swords is genuinely unfair.

[frail cave]

and having it on two-handed swords is just silly

[mellow lodge]

i'd rather leave 1-handed swords not having penalty, but also take away penalty from 2-handed swords

[steep tusk]

Eh. I think 2 handed not having the debuff is what makes things 2 handed.

You're trading block potential for aoe damage.

[frail cave]

that's what i'm saying.

[steep tusk]

Wait, are you saying Krom has an AoE penalty??

[frail cave]

two-handed swords have multi-target penalty.
maybe that's been fixed since (i haven't checked in a while), but at least on mistlands launch they did.

[echo sparrow]

@steep tusk right now technically yes

[steep tusk]

WTF?!?

[echo sparrow]

unless they changed that and wiki never got updated

[frail cave]

oh the wiki still says that too? yea then i doubt it was fixed

[steep tusk]

Will definitely test today.

[frail cave]

and gosh i hope they fix it properly
as in giving MTP back to 1h swords while they're at it

[steep tusk]

But that's ludicrous.

[tiny violet]

does Multi Target Penalty mean that if something swings and normally hits for 150 dmg, it hits 2 targets, then it does 75 dmg to each? Instead of 150 dmg to each? is that what MTP means? thanks

[frail cave]

it's not a split as much as it's just a reduction, you lose 33% for each target

[echo sparrow]

it's a little better than just splitting among targets, but yes

[tired root]

I'm using Slayer and it does have multitarget penalty.

[frail cave]

so hitting more targets at once is still more total damage than just hitting one

[echo sparrow]

https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Damage_mechanics#Damage_Type_Modifier

[frail cave]

but where it becomes troublesome is that terrain, trees, rocks and other things also count as a target, so fighting on uneven ground or in tight corridors will usually reduce your damage

[tiny violet]

ahh i see thank you

[tired root]

Sometimes in Infested mines there are small spots where you hit on 'terrain' even thought it should hit the target

All that wind up for secondary attack with 2h Swords and ... miss

[frail cave]

that's also why standing on top of rocks is better for mining them - smaller chance you're hitting terrain in the same swing, the pickaxe hitbox reaches pretty far down

[steep tusk]

Learning of this backwards mechanic assignment has caused me emotional pain this morning 😭

[maiden nymph]

Hello, Recently i switched to a new wifi and i cant join a friends server. This has happened to a friend of mine as well. Can anyone assist?

[mellow lodge]

you joined a different Wifi network and can't join a friends' server? I'm guessing the network is blocking you, and there's nothing you can do unless you control that Wifi network.

if you can simply connect to a different wifi network, and it works, then it's not he game

i guess you both could potentially use a VPN, and get around the wifi network restrictions.

[maiden nymph]

Thank you.

[willow jungle]

How rare are ||mountain|| caves compared with caves in the ||swamp|| and ||black forest||?

[chilly shadow]

Pretty sure it's all RNG

[frail cave]

about as common if it's good enough terrain.

[frosty frost]

I would say maybe a bit rarer, but even if it isnt by a lot, they are just hard to spot most of the time

[tired root]

Usually an average mountain contains less dungeons than average black forest, but it depends on the size of the mountain too.

[subtle parrot]

Yeh i recently found a small mountain with 2 caves but a medium one with no caves, but at least it had a ruin with a vegvisir lol

[willow jungle]

Thanks guys!

[brazen marlin]

I'm relativaley new to the game, never use mods or creative mode. I just started a private server and invited my friend who just downloaded the game fo rthe first time today. Somehow they have creative mode active in my server which I can't even activate for myslf. How is this possible and how do I fix it/remove it?

[willow jungle]

Is there a way to fix micro stutters in this game? I can run other games that are heavier without micro stutters. The micro stutters vary: 9%-49%

[scenic sphinx]

can i use battleaxe to cut trees? or it wont be as useful as default iron axe?

[tired root]

You can. It's secondary attack is quite fast for woodcutting too.

[mellow lodge]

that's an advantage of using axes for melee, you always have a woodcutter handy

[steep tusk]

Battleaxe also doesn't have AoE penalty, so it is better for chopping multiple trees/logs simultaneously.

#dedicated-server

[tidal kestrel]

sry

[echo sparrow]

it's really funny actually how fast it just pokes down trees

[tiny violet]

I found mtn caves very hard to see and/or find. Rareness aside, even when I used a map generator to see where mine were, I had trouble physically seeing them. sometimes they can only be seen from a very specific angle, and due to mountain side slopes, you may not be looking from that correct angle to see them

[ionic aspen]

Greetings fellow Vikings. Some friends and I are thinking about creating a new world, but as a new update is on the way, here's my question: do we wait for the update to come out, or if we create a new world will the update be implemented in it?

[echo sparrow]

as long as you don't explore the whole map, it should be seamless--I would just advise probably NOT starting it on the PTB/beta version, just the latest live version, as otherwise bugs with long term consequences but not yet found and fixed might be a bigger risk

[ionic aspen]

thx

[clever mortar]

When should we anticipate the new update to come to live? I’m thinking the same thing as other guy but my group is pretty sure we want to wait for all the new food and skills. How long are we thinking beta will last?

[mellow lodge]

no one knows. maybe a couple weeks? but i'm just making numbers up

[clever mortar]

Cool. Wish we had some communication. Hope it’s soon!

[steep tusk]

They did communicate...
"It will be out when it is ready."

[subtle parrot]

If you don't mind spoilers, you're free to join the ptb channels in the roles and channels list and see how things are progressing

[lilac coyote]

Not sure what communication you're expecting?

[clever mortar]

Just, like, a timeline. Sorry if it comes across as rude. I’m just peeing my pants with excitement. I’ll chill out

[lilac coyote]

As they don't know, a time line would be tricky. If you're that desperate, just join the PTB as Fukov suggests.

[tired root]

You should go to the toilet then.

[echo sparrow]

they definitely smart to be wary about specifics that can't really be guaranteed but if it makes you feel any better it doesn't really get to PTB until it's nearly ready for live, USUALLY I think it's a few weeks, maybe month or two, most PTBs have run? I just recall Ashlands not being terribly long (at least from what I expected) @clever mortar

[clever mortar]

Thank you all for the advice. I will go touch grass lmao

[echo sparrow]

now that's a challenge beyond the capabilities of mere mortals

[tired root]

I recall Hildir's Quest PTB taking unusually long, althought it happened during Summer vacation times in Nordic countries.

[echo sparrow]

you recall how long that was?

[tired root]

Just checked from news section on Steam - PTB launched in 16th of June, the live patch launched in 22nd of August

[frosty frost]

June 16 - August 22

Ah crap XD

[tired root]

There is Midsummer eve during the end of June and usual Summer vacations are during July.

[novel viper]

where do i unlock the dvergr door