valheim-help

[spare bramble]

how did you get those items if you haven't beaten elder? lolol

[versed yoke]

Shot a seeker soldier a ton until it died

I used over a hundred arrows

[lilac coyote]

Why are you even in Mistlands? People really do like to make life difficult for themselves.

[versed yoke]

I thought it would be funny

[lilac coyote]

I guess going from the 2nd biome to the 7th IS funny.

[versed yoke]

Are you including ocean in that?

[lilac coyote]

Of course.

[versed yoke]

That's the second one

The elder isn't usually on the starter island

[lilac coyote]

That's entirely RNG and he often is.

[willow moat]

can some van help

Can someone help*

[frosty frost]

Try to remove all mods first and try if this still happens 🙂

[willow moat]

ok

it work

[weary robin]

I'd say the black forest is the second biome bc for instance it is on the first island always and unless you plan on rafting you need copper to go actually into the ocean

[versed yoke]

Oh true

[frosty frost]

The ocean always was an outlier when it comes to progression 🙂 i personally dont really include it when counting biomes, so for me its Meadows, Black Forest, Swamps, Mountains, Plains, Mistlands, Ashlands and Deep North + the Ocean

[weary robin]

it kinda doesn't feel like a biome, it barely has anything: 2 mobs 2 fishes and 3 other unique resources

[versed yoke]

One mob

[weary robin]

serpent and leviathan

[versed yoke]

Leviathans aren't mobs

[weary robin]

not arguing that

[versed yoke]

They don't have a health number

[frosty frost]

More resource nodes 😄 but lore wise they are living creatures

[weary robin]

birds dont have health bar either so are they mobs?

[true steeple]

No

[frosty frost]

They are items given movement 🙂

[weary robin]

🤣

[true steeple]

Fishes are items, birds are unique

[frosty frost]

Similar to fish

[true steeple]

It would be fun if they were items though, then you could get one in your inventory if you're quick

[weary robin]

at elast fish have names xD

[frosty frost]

Yeah, items might not be quite correct, objects may fit better 😄

[true steeple]

Birds are birds

[mystic tinsel]

Hi, does anybody know where character save data is stored? AppData > LocalLow > IronGate > Valheim > characters does not contain the character I've played in 2025, only the ones I played in 2021-2023. I play this online on a server as well as single player.

[frosty frost]

Go in game and switch saving to local 😉

Most likely you save to cloud now 🙂

[mystic tinsel]

Thanks, this was it!

[mint warren]

Help, is there any asia modded server that anyone can tell?? just wanted to try valheim in a community than doing it solo.

[frosty frost]

Look in #1024264966712340510 🙂

[mint warren]

checked\ the tags and none of the result shown

theres an asia server, but none are modded sadly

[frosty frost]

Then you will unfortunately not find any modded ones at this time

[frosty frost]

One just appeared 🙂 https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1356550318888063106

[mint warren]

yeah i saw it too, hopefully i can get a response. i felt lonely playing solo all these years

[ashen verge]

Hi team, I just entered the mistlands and I have a few questions :). What's theweapon do you recommend (after obtaining eitr and the black forge) and should I get the buckler or the shield?

[true steeple]

With each biome the gap between a buckler and shield's strength gets bigger so by this point the buckler is a significantly better option

[tired root]

Whichever weapon you prefer. Buckler if you are confident with your parrying skill, shield if you still learning.

[ashen verge]

Is there a point upgrading from the black metal buckler to the carapace buckler as the block armor and force is the same. Will it be able to block higher starred enemies, which the black metal shield couldn't?

[true steeple]

The black metal shield has a lower parry bonus. Parry bonus is used to increase block armor when parrying.

Block force doesn't affect what you can block, that's knockback dealt when blocking.

[misty relic]

How important are base defences? I watched a few videos on them and people do massive ugly moats or walls. I don't really want to ruin how my base looks 😛

[true steeple]

Just run outside during a raid and enemies shouldn't attack your builds. They only break what they need to in order to reach their target.

[misty relic]

and will raids happen if I'm away from my base?

[true steeple]

Some build pieces such as workbenches and beehives will be attacked even if they don't get between you and an enemy

[true steeple]

Only one, the wolf raid.

[misty relic]

so what happens if you're miles away and that starts? The base just gets wrecked?

[true steeple]

It starts at you, not your base

[misty relic]

oh right

[misty relic]

Hey, I just built my first boat, a karve. I slept, left my house and it was gone?

Any ideas? And how do I prevent it from vanishing when I sleep?

[true steeple]

That's not supposed to happen...

[misty relic]

oh

well... it did 😛

Scared to make a new one

[true steeple]

Are there any materials in the water? Sometimes a boat could be destroyed by a hungry neck.

[misty relic]

Don't see any

[jagged oracle]

something you need to know is that a boat that stays on water and loaded will continue taking damage if there are some waves, and it may break your boat if you are not paying attention

But if you didn't see any materials in the water.... the ocean spirit wanted to build a boat for itself maybe 😅

[misty relic]

It was raining when I slept

Maybe the rain messes with the tides?

[jagged oracle]

maybe it really broke because of waves then, but that's weird you didn't find the materials

[true steeple]

Boats can't move without a player very close to them, so they can't drift away

[jagged oracle]

I know

they can still take damage though

and break, but that doesn't explain the vanishing of materials ^^'

[tired root]

Might be an odd bug, or do you have any mods in use?

[barren seal]

So I have bought a new PC and switched from my laptop to a desktop, I am using Linux (can't remember if I was also using linux on my laptop)
I remember getting into some mods, I think mostly QoL ones like farming and maybe portals.

Downloading steam and Valheim, I used steam cloud, my world seems intact but my character seems to have no armor at all, I have only iron leggings in my inventory but I am pretty sure I had the swamp chestplate/leggings and also an iron helmet?

Any idea how I can fix it? (I still have the laptop but I haven't checked on there if the stuff still exists)
Also important to note I haven't played for a few updates so maybe smthing has changed (and also I am currently not using any mods)

[frosty frost]

Might be that the items were in some way affected by the mods and thus vanilla game doesent know what to make of it, i would try asking in #mods-issues if somebody encountered this issue before 🙂

[barren seal]

Are the items still saved just ignored by the vanilla game? so if I were to reinstall the mods will they appear or is it now lost as I loaded the character and it'd save a version without those?

[frosty frost]

I do not have the slightest idea as i never used and most likely never will use mods 😄 that is why i refered you to the channel with people that are used to them and their issues

[barren seal]

Alright thx

[proud coyote]

How does one get rid of fog in large indoor areas? I feel like it shouldn't be here...

[buoyant peak]

you don't

[steep tusk]

One does not.

[compact heath]

Build somewhere with less fog!

[iron wolf]

Anyone doing corpse rescue on modifiied servers?

[alpine tapir]

what are the yellow numbers in parentheses next to things like damage, armor, and block on the item card tooltips for my equippable gear?

[steep tusk]

Those are the actual numbers. One sec.

So this is at 100 skill level.

The 13-15 is the actual damage you will get. It is not 15. It is a range from 13-15 per hit because arbitrary randomness for unknowable reasons.

If you are less than 100 skill, your yellow numbers will be even lower.

[alpine tapir]

thanks!

[upper inlet]

Has anyone ever heard of the modder yellowbee?? They reached out to me from this group and I'm pretty sure they are a scammer

[alpine tapir]

I've never heard of modders reaching out to anyone. especially a single individual.

[steep tusk]

#mods-discussion or send something to @lofty orchid if you are concerned.

[upper inlet]

That's what I thought lol so many of these damn scammers I blocked them and they had someone named montynugget vouching for them as a previous client but like they both had been on discord for less than a few months lol

I post looking for someone to help me with some modding and get these scammers reaching out to me lol asking for payment in gift cards and shit lmao

[willow dust]

Is there a new method for Valheim mods? Ive been away for years and it seems Nexus just has a bunch of no longer working mods...

not looking for a lot...mostly just the equipment and quick bars one maybe a stack one if its still arounfd

and crafting from containers for sure

[tired root]

https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1202934289898151966

[willow dust]

didnt even notice that channel. Thank you again!

[versed yoke]

Thunderstore works also

[barren seal]

So this shadow on the chests (I think from my spice rack decoration) bobs up and down crazy
This occurs on any setting except low quality, any idea how to disablei t

[true steeple]

Move the spice rack further from whatever light source has flickering shadows

[barren seal]

Kinda an issue

I found a way to fix it by setting "active point light shadows" in settings to 0

[wicked scaffold]

Does anyone also have the problem that a phantom steam-overlay is stuck on valheim and only on valheim whenever you start the game?

No, wait, it's a discord overlay

[frosty frost]

Just turn the overlay off 😄

[wicked scaffold]

Yeah, I did as soon as I realized what it was. It was really annoying. Who is this even for? People that are too lazy to switch to another tab? 😂

[lost sandal]

I find it's most handy in FPS games, where you can't afford to look over at another monitor/tab out mid combat. Really useful for seeing who on your team in discord is talking while keeping focused on the game. So I personally really like the discord overlay.

But in a game like Valheim, not really needed lol

[inland girder]

Since when do tamed animals try to run back to the place where you found them from because the very second i missclicked and broke my fence this boar ran to my docks jumped into the water and swam away

Will harpoon kill a 2 star boar?

[jagged oracle]

it may be because you bring it from to far of its spawn point, in this case they always try to go back there
and I think not 😅

[inland girder]

So i guess i have to breed the boar and keep its babies

[jagged oracle]

yes

that's the better way (or should I say I never found a better way ^^')

[inland girder]

Omg i just discovered a dupe glitch on accident

I destroyed a raspberry bush on accident, opened task manager and ended valheims task so it wouldnt save the game

I lost no progress but the things i had in chest before smelting them and using them to upgrade my gear are still in the chest even though my items are still on mx level

[true steeple]

Breaking a single raspberry bush is not that big of a deal

[inland girder]

Free 3 stacks of iron ingots and a stack of blackmetal

[inland girder]

It is when its in your base specifically next to your front door

I cant move it or plant it so i decided to build my entire base around it

[lucid berry]

I wish you could get berry seeds when you destroyed the bushes

[sullen lynx]

How many instances do you guys have at your base?
I've got 18.000.
And the performance is slightly bad.
Around 38 - 45fps with an 14900ks and rtx 3090 (res @5120x1440) witch gfx command.
Are there any tips for more fps?

[lilac coyote]

Fewer instances.

[paper cape]

How do i get cooking station upgrades? i've been over to iron, swamp biome already i'll move up to mountain soon but im struggling on food

i only have those no qualdron upgrades

Do i just get it after the mountain?

[jagged oracle]

Did you farm all the seeds you found ?

You need some for certain upgrade

[paper cape]

ive had carrot and turnip too

i dont know why i still dont have the upgrades open

[true steeple]

Have you collected dandelions?

[jagged oracle]

And did you upgrade your others workbench ?

Have you collected thistle too ?

[paper cape]

ofc

i have like 4 stack of them i collect all i see especially plants and seeds

[paper cape]

all of them are maxed out i have all of those upgrades built in my house, yes i have a lot of thistle too

[true steeple]

You have all of this?

Dandelion x3
Carrot x2
Mushroom x5
Thistle x3
Turnip x3

Are you playing with any mods? That can break anything

[paper cape]

i have a few qol mods but i don't think any of those would break something

[smoky acorn]

They definitely could 🙂 You will want to check their documentation and news to make sure the versions you're using are compatible with the version of Valheim you're playing.

If you've recently created a new character, make sure to pick things up your prior character already learned about.

[true steeple]

Any mod can break anything. It doesn't have to be related to their content

[jagged oracle]

like I suggested to someone else few days ago, try taking all you need to craft the spice rack on your character, create a new world and look if it works on it

last time that person said it has worked 🤷‍♀️

[paper cape]

Alr thanks

[sweet moss]

can i change difficulty after i played world some time ? its to easy

[frosty frost]

Oh yes, you can change the world modifiers whenever you are starting your world 🙂

[surreal quiver]

Regarding my cosplay, what weapon type should i make??

[frosty frost]

Crystal battleaxe is incredibly cool 😄

[surreal quiver]

Iron level

[tired root]

Then battleaxe.

[frosty frost]

Then elder bark spear 😄

[surreal quiver]

I’ll go with spear

[frosty frost]

The battle axe is cool, but the spear looks better imo

[tired root]

Bark spear looks cool ngl.

[frosty frost]

Be sure to post pics in #fanart 👀

[surreal quiver]

It will be fun

[tired root]

My usual choices for iron weapons nowadays: (yeah we have no AB spear emoji )

[hollow monolith]

just managed to beat yag, killing him by one of the curved pillars
one of the torn spirits is in said pillars, any way of getting it out?
I can't seem to pickaxe it.

[frosty frost]

Try to dug under it, not dure how deep they go tho. And if you cant get it then dont worry too much, you realistically only need one and if you really want all 3 then you can spawn it using commands. 🙂

[jagged oracle]

Yaggluth can break his pillars, so maybe if you... do it again x) and make it so he touches the pillar ?

[frosty frost]

Eeeeh... The pillars are weird, sometimes they can be destroyed and sometimes they cannot.

[jagged oracle]

even by yag ?

[hollow monolith]

i think what gets destroyed are stone nodes beneath/ inside the altar

[jagged oracle]

they looks like emmental usually after the fight x)

[frosty frost]

Yeah, they sometimes have "overlay" of another, invincible, finger pillar through which you can break the inside ones. But at other times they get destroyed completely. As i said, they are weird 😄

[hollow monolith]

got it (used fly, goto+ coord from finditem to tp into the pillar and get it

thanks for the help everyone!

[paper cape]

deleted and reinstalled works now

[surreal quiver]

I actually might make a mace

[tired root]

Go ahead. Mace is good against most mobs during swamp and mountain.

[elder coyote]

Does anyone know how to get communinty servers to show up on the Xbox release of this game? Me and my buddy havent been able to play for weeks since we bought it

[sweet spear]

Hey Jotunheim! I am new to the game. Just started a new world and beat the first Deer Boss. I even killed my first troll! I have a bunch of copper ore and I want to smelt them. How do I unlock the forge?

The internet says just kill the first boss and I should be able to build with hammer, but I don't see that option.

[lilac coyote]

You need to smelt the ore first.

[sweet spear]

How do I do that?

[lilac coyote]

In a smelter

[sweet spear]

I'm sorry I'm still new lol

[lilac coyote]

That's Ok, not sure why you're apologising.

[sweet spear]

I realized I need to find a surtling core to unlock smelter

Is the best way to find one of those in a dungeon? Burial Chamber?

[lilac coyote]

I would say so, yes.

[prisma void]

ideas to fill the gap?

[alpine tapir]

Draugr Fang.

[hallow fossil]

so for the world modifier "Fire Hazards" is there a way to put out fire if it spreads? or prevent it from occuring?

[lilac coyote]

Remove the burnable things.

[hallow fossil]

so like early game if something catches fire because you can only build out of wood, you're just kinda screwed

[lilac coyote]

Yeah, but I have no iea why you'd have it enabled that early.

[hallow fossil]

well for playthroughs of games I generally like to do the world modifiers at the beginning and then not toggle them the whole time, so I wouldn't want to enable this later on. Seems like a silly one anyway, you just avoid it by building out of stone once you get the stone cutter

there's no non wood roof pieces in the game though, from what I remember

[surreal quiver]

That’s mountain level

[lucid berry]

does anyone know if the "no build cost" option applies to crafted items? or just crafting buildings? and what about building add on peices? like forge and crafting table addons

[finite bluff]

anyone having trouble with the map showing ocean when i`m actually on land or mountain when in meadows ???? no mods just plain playing the game

[buoyant peak]

build pieces

[compact heath]

never heard of this before, did you have mods installed at some stage previously or never at all? if no mods I'd try verifying game files and that sorta stuff

[compact heath]

It only applies to buildings, stuff you do with hammer, not at the crafting stations, so forge addons will be free with that world modifier. But you will not be able to craft a sword for free at the forge, that is called nocraftcost and is not a world modifier its a dev command (not recommended to play with those unless you know what you're doing

[compact heath]

Let it burn down and start again, or try to remove some items with hammer to stop it spreading, its a big change and challenge, use it at your own risk, its probably not that well balanced before Ashlands where it becomes the standard -- if you have your campfire etc far enough away from other wood, it will not catch fire

[desert monolith]

smoke bombs would put the fire out -but if you are low tech you wont have access to them

[steep tusk]

What is catching fire?
Because the only way something should be on fire in the early game is if you built a fire inside your wooden house...

[hallow fossil]

well, I do typically build fires inside my halls, or at least right outside adjacent to them. They need to be near enough for you to sleep and get warmth anyway

[steep tusk]

And then you remember that wood burns, so you build your fire on the dirt with enough clearance that it cannot catch anything on fire... right?

[hallow fossil]

what's the range of clearance, I don't know. I have never played with this setting. Is the range that something can catch fire less than the range the fire gives warmth, so you can move it away enough from wood that it won't burn but still gives you the ability to sleep?

if so then yeah obviously you would do that, and then when you get stone cutter just build out of stone, so again my takeway is it's a pointless world modifier

[steep tusk]

If you perfectly place it in the middle of where a floor tile would be you're fine, but usually give it a bit more clearance (the 1m floor tiles help with this)

The range for comfort/sleep is much further than the range for ignition.

It is not a pointless modifier at all. It makes coal acquisition a fuckton faster.

[hallow fossil]

faster than having 8 furnaces just churning out coal?

[steep tusk]

Yes.

Kilns do 25 coal 1 at a time.

Build a fire place, build a 50 stack wood on top, wait 3s. 50 Coal.

Also doesn't require the space or resources of Kilns.

[hallow fossil]

I suppose that's a nice use of it, but I'm not sweating that much over coal in the game

it's never been something I've thought, man I wish I could make this coal faster

Valheim for me is all about the slow grind, that's the fun of it

[misty sage]

When tf did they take away the extra strength that you get when picking up your gear? That was one of the few things that made getting stuff back less obnoxious.

[steep tusk]

When you have 1100 iron to smelt, making coal faster becomes a concern 🤷‍♂️

[hallow fossil]

you just smelt it over time while you rotate your crops, slaughter your animals, do base building, etc

weave taskes together

why are you ever standing around waiting for 1100 iron to smelt lol the beauty of the game is there is so much you can multitask with your base work

[steep tusk]

Why are you ever standing around waiting
Because:

• Crops are planted and take days to grow.
• Animals take days to make the amount needed to culling.
• Base is built.

[hallow fossil]

there's always something you can do in this game

you have to wait for the iron the smelt anyway, it's not instant, in the time that you can smelt a load of iron you can prepare the coal for the next batch

just saying, that's not a big enough problem for anyone to justify an entire useless world modifier so adhd zoomers can get their coal faster lmao

[steep tusk]

for anyone to justify

I justified it for me. So either I do not count as a person, your opinion is specific to you and not universal.

[hallow fossil]

no it's universal for sure

[steep tusk]

Self-inflated troll. Got it 👍

[hallow fossil]

nah, like I said above, you have to wait for the iron to smelt anyway, that's dead time that you can make the coal inbetween batches, so you're not speeding anything up by having it all. it's just simple math

anyway, thanks for the clarification on the function of the world modifier, appreciate it

[drowsy crane]

While I agree on the point about passive coal accrument, outlining how people 'should play' isn't cool.

[uncut mirage]

Once you get an iron axe and over 50 chopping skills, getting wood is no long that time consuming, if you portal it from dense forest, then you just need setup 10 furnances and stock pile coal
Also, if you create a number of portals to sutling spawners that's free coal.

[inland girder]

I got this swamp with 6 durtling spawners really close to each other so i have built a road connecting all of them and also a dirt wall to keep the outsiders out

[lilac coyote]

They didn't.

[misty sage]

Then what would be causing situations where I died with the belt equipped but when I try to pick up my body with an empty inventory, it opens it as a chest instead of taking everything? And I'm always immediately encumbered if I hit Take All and it's over 300.

I got insta killed while trying to wobble around in the Ashlands cause I couldn't run to a safe place. It's happened multiple times.

[tired root]

It won't take all your stuff from the gravestone immediately if there is no space in your inventory. When you go to retrieve your stuff you need to make sure your inventory stays as empty as possible, pressing V to disable autopick helps a lot too.
The corpse run buff is applied only when your grave breaks aka when you get all your stuff from it.

You are not using any mods that would cause an issue?

[random thunder]

hey guys can anyone help me? my friend leave his pc on for while and now we have charred enemy on our base with their spawn here

is this mechanic that I didnt know of?

[uncut mirage]

haha
you want help destroying them

[random thunder]

naah its ok . challenge accepted lmao .

but is this their mechanic tho ?? probably got raided but no enemy killed that they can build the spawner ??

[uncut mirage]

yea, sometimes their raid is just enemies spawn, other times its those stone spawns and they just keep coming lol

[random thunder]

bruuuuh

[tired root]

One Ashlands raid spawns those spawners around.

[uncut mirage]

I have an impenetrable castle 10 ft up off the ground with moat around, when those things showed up they just got into fights with fulings
Archermen did a bit of dmg to my walls though so had to fireball them all from my towers lol

[finite bluff]

no no mods has ever been installed

[spare bramble]

If you have anything in your inventory it wont auto pick up everything from your corpse

It also wont auto equip your gear when you do so you have to re-equip your belt after you loot it

You can also just hand loot the items you want first, deal with any threats, then figure out the rest of your inventory

[silver sigil]

can you not make 2nd and above floors of stone?

it breaks as i place it

[true steeple]

You need iron beneath the stone. You can either place the stone on top of cage floor or use horizontal iron wood beams underneath the floors.

[versed yoke]

You need stone floors around it too

And pillars every so often

[terse tiger]

Can I prevent these mobs from spawning in this pool? I know it's their "natural habitat"

[true steeple]

With a build piece such as a campfire, workbench or stonecutter nearby they won't spawn. They're still able to swim over from further away though.

Just don't kill any of them ok

[terse tiger]

There is a stone cutter in the middle of the building

I might have to add spikes to the sides of the build

[true steeple]

Torches are a peaceful solution which just scare the necks away instead of impaling them

[tired root]

There is another solution: pet wolves.

[barren seal]

I haven't touched the game in a few months, I was right before fighting bonemass but now I feel very unready due to forgetting combat (I am basically maxed in terms of gear), any tips?

[true steeple]

Bonemass is fairly simple. His attacks are slow and if your gear is maxed, shouldn't do much damage either.

[tired root]

Poison res mead is one of the most important item to have.

[barren seal]

So do I just go for it even tho I only fought greydwarfs and was barely even to parry them?

[true steeple]

Parrying bosses isn't as effective since they won't get staggered

[barren seal]

I am stacked on poison/minor stamina/medium healing and my foor rn is sausage, turnip stew, and dear stew
Gear is iron helm, then root legs/chestplate and huntsman bow

Also I need to do some terraforming probably to flatten the boss arena

[tired root]

Food, meads and armor seems well enough, do you have another weapon besides Huntsman?

[barren seal]

Oh ye iron mace + iron buckler (totally forgot about them)

[tired root]

Yeah, all checks out, you're good.

[barren seal]

There is some way to turn carrots into carrot seeds right?

[true steeple]

Yes, with a cultivator.

[tired root]

Plant carrots with cultivator so they grow seeds.

You gain 3 seeds per planted carrot (or other farmables like turnips).

[barren seal]

Oh I see carrot -> carrot seeds and carrot seeds -> carrot weird way to do the conversion but sure

[tired root]

1 carrot produces 3 seeds and you get 1 carrot per seed.

[terse tiger]

Hoh, thats a good one

[lucid berry]

Wild pet wolves, let them run loose on the island breeding and slaughtering everything

[barren seal]

Also for my stage is this fine for skills? also should I train some of them more just for QoL (like running/jumping?)

[versed yoke]

How do tankards work

Do you consume them multiple times?

[tired root]

You basically drink some mead from your inventory when you use a tankard, but I don't remember in what order tho.

[versed yoke]

Oh ok

So you don't fill it

[tired root]

Yeah, it is another way to consume meads. Not efficient in combat but for RP drinking in mead hall with friends for example.

[versed yoke]

Cool

[tired root]

"Wild" and "pet" don't seem to fit together. 😅 Maybe "free roaming pet" more like.

[barren seal]

Is this wide enough or should I make the area larger to avoid the water

[true steeple]

Last time I fought bonemass I didn't need to move at all from where he spawned, you should be ok

[tired root]

Seems more than fine to me.

[barren seal]

Alr thx

[uncut mirage]

I just fought bonemass and I flatten everything for a good 50ft radius just so I can run around easier
Up to you

[terse tiger]

Upgrading black metal axe and pickaxes makes gathering faster doesnt it?

Just confirmed it does, just don't know if its worth the time to upgrade them before mistlands

[steep tusk]

Worth is subjective to the individual 🤷‍♂️

[tired root]

Upgrading increases the chop damage of axes and pickaxe power of pickaxes.

[stoic trench]

I’d say it’s worth it for me at to upgrade the black metal pickaxe. Faster gathering, higher durability, low-cost. It’s pretty solid.

[spare bramble]

Technically you can't get the black metal pickaxe before mistlands

and you need the black metal axe to get the black metal pickaxe so

and then you need the black metal pickaxe for the late biome resources

[uncut mirage]

Black metal pickaxe is the the last pickaxe in the game so far, no new axes in mistland

[frosty frost]

Ehm... Jotun bane 😉

[uncut mirage]

that's poison dmg don't hurt trees 😄

[frosty frost]

It has higher chop dmg than BM axe 😄

[true steeple]

Slash damage doesn’t hurt them either

[uncut mirage]

I made Jotun Bane, never used it because my axe dmg was never high enough until Ashlands gave us dual axes, then I got my axe skill to 90 lol

[frosty frost]

It looks quite cool 🙂 i think i will do a full axe playthrough, didnt do one ever since my first one maybe 😄

[uncut mirage]

axes are slower and clunky. I always prefer swords
My mace skill is now the lowest

[tired root]

Jotun Bane looks cool but would look much cooler as battleaxe.

[frosty frost]

Oh i also do preffer swords 🙂 but after 10-15 playthroughs the same thing over and over again can get boring

[tired root]

And sadly poison damage is not that good.

[uncut mirage]

mistwalker is such a superior weapon I never gave others a chance

[true steeple]

1h axes are pretty similar except for the useless secondary attack

[frosty frost]

Still agree, not the point tho 😄

[tired root]

Krom tho.

[frosty frost]

Slower, quite significantly, so you get fewer full 3 hit combos, and yeah the secondary is not that good 😄

[uncut mirage]

considering it's a viking game I would have thought axes would be cooler and deadlier
Which they ARE now in ashlands

dual axes are now my only weapon I use

[frosty frost]

They are so fun to use, thats for sure 😄

[true steeple]

I find that berserkir axes aren't great unless used in combination with a jade weapon (and not the jade axes themselves)
Against a starred warrior for example who is too strong to stagger through damage or parrying, all you can safely do is one or two primary attacks at a time because of the slow recovery, and it just takes forever to kill

[uncut mirage]

they should do a bronze, iron and silver addition

[frosty frost]

We do have bronze and iron axes...

[true steeple]

[frosty frost]

actually 2 iron axes

[uncut mirage]

dual axes I mean

[frosty frost]

Oh, true we do also have "silver" axe 😄

[frosty frost]

Wouldnt make sense

[true steeple]

Would make as much sense as the flametal ones

[uncut mirage]

craft two iron axes then combine them...how does that not make sense

[frosty frost]

We do not have 1h flametal axe 🙂

[tired root]

Jade axes are my favorites.

[uncut mirage]

lightening axes are my go to

[tired root]

And using this strat you deal with warriors quickly: #memes-and-clips message

[true steeple]

Do it to a two-star

[tired root]

I tested with Blood axes agaisnt 1 star, around 50% HP I was able to stagger it with that strat.

[uncut mirage]

I just dodge a ton coz they are slow as shit

[tired root]

2 stars I deal with Klossen and axes.

[true steeple]

Before gemstones I jump around them with a silver sword, hitting them with secondary attacks usually without even baiting an attack from them. It feels a bit risky at times but I can't find any other method that is both safe and fast. I hate enemies taking too long to kill.

[tired root]

Himminafl or Krom secondary also staggers non star warriors easily.

[true steeple]

I was talking about the starred ones, non stars are easy

[tired root]

Ah.

Himminafl is goat tho.

[delicate ocean]

How does Bonemass' forsaken power grant resistance to blunt when he is weak to blunt?

[true steeple]

It's just a resistance to all physical attacks. Not the same damage modifiers as Bonemass.

If it was it would also be very resistant to pierce but it's a regular resistance instead

[fluid tendon]

gang do ancient cave markings do anything?

[ebon marsh]

Lore

[delicate ocean]

Can the bronze pickaxe mine silver veins?

[ebon marsh]

Iron

[delicate ocean]

noted

[ebon marsh]

Antler -> Iron -> black metal only pickaxes you ‘need’

[steep tusk]

Iron -> Black Metal for "need"

[terse tiger]

Are Hildir's 3rd dungeon, Sealed Towers, good to get black metal from?

[tough hare]

Yup. Plenty of Black Metal suppliers in there.
It's also a good source of iron. 😉

[terse tiger]

How do I even get inside

https://tenor.com/view/parkour-theoffice-freerunning-gif-5128248

Like wtf, don't tell me PARKOUR?

[tough hare]

Drop a workbench at two sides of the tower, then build platforms and ladders to get up.

You're able to either enter from some balconies or - which is somewhat easier - from the top. The problem with the latter, however, you will have to clear the top before you can actually enter it. And it won't be easy.

My advise, do that tower after you went to Mistlands and got the cape from that biome. And the new combat path.

[terse tiger]

Bro

I need the black iron now lmao, before Mistlands, this seems scuffed like I'm about to lose my items without being able to get the mback

[tough hare]

Well, in that case, find and eliminate the Fuling villages. Lots of BM found there.

And in case it's too hard, use a bow to lure a few Fulings out. If you're able to craft a dirt pilar or climb on top of a boulder it's quite easy to pick them off one by one.

[terse tiger]

Why am I right about the dungeon? If I fall down the dungeon I can't get back up?

[tough hare]

Entering a Sealed Tower for the BM is similar to entering a Howling Cavern for the Fenris Hair. The level of the monsters inside is harder as the regular biome's monsters. So doing them too early is giving you quite a challenge.

[tough hare]

As long as you got the ladders on the outside you're able to get back in and get your stuff again.

[terse tiger]

I've defeated Yagluth and I'm confident I won't die, my fear was that there wouldn't be stairs between the floors inside the dungeon lol

Only thing I might skip challenging is the boss

[tough hare]

There are stairs.
It's a tower after all. 😉

And afaik, elevators aren't invented in this game yet. 😄

[terse tiger]

It would be cool to have one without stairs, but people would defo cry about it

[jagged oracle]

Imo these tours don't need more difficulties 😂

[tough hare]

I don't see the benefits of a tower without stairs.
People need to drop down from one floor to another, thus loosing a bit of health, not being able to see what's awaiting them and thus not being able to anticipate on what's attacking them; which means that using some weapons would become more beneficial than others in it and without those the chance to get killed is higher, which then would lead to people simply using cheats to get the tower done.

I mean: if that's the challenge, the easiest way is to use the dev-commands and press "K" to kill all monsters in it.
Then enter the tower, pick up all the loot and leave.

"Challenge" completed.

[steep tusk]

And a source of chickens!

[terse tiger]

I mean I was about to post this and say wtf

[frosty frost]

What is strange about eggs? 😄

[alpine tapir]

this is what I did. Hell, if you find a fuling spawn close enough to a swamp you can aggro an abomination to squish a few and then mop up the survivors.

[oak rampart]

is there a command to unlock all biuld pieces?

[tough hare]

enable dev-commands, press the "B" key and you have all.
How to enable dev-commands can be found on the Wiki

[still pine]

How to deal with lox early?

As in like i have padded armor maxed and stuff but what should i use to well not suicide

[true steeple]

You're not early. Early would be using swamp-tier equipment or worse.
Pierce damage works well so use a spear and parry them, or use a polearm and stagger them with the secondary attack.

[tired root]

Parry and hit with spear, or secondary Black metal atgeir and following up with primary hits.

You're not early, you have more than enough gear to deal with them. Also you can use bow.

[true steeple]

What food do you have?

[still pine]

Not the best thats for sure, eyescream, sausages and cloud berries just about to break into tier 4

Why i wanted to hunt lox but im not super sure of myself and dodging and such takes a ton of stam

How much do skills matter?

[tough hare]

If you got padded armor you should have at least wolf meat for food as well.

And probably barley too.

[tired root]

Switch cloudberries to wolf skewer and you have enough HP to deal with lox by melee.

[true steeple]

Bread would work too

[tough hare]

Wolf skewer, bread and Sausages should do.
If you got fish and barley, craft Fish wraps and replace the sausages with those.

[still pine]

I havent played in a while and i was always not great at the combat in this so thanks for the help honestly was afraid id get laughed at

[tough hare]

You're not the only one asking this question, or having problems with block / parry some enemies. Nor will you be the last one, so there's no reason to laugh at.

Anyway, if you need some help with food; check this out: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/18CIv39YFMqIhB8horGHsp2OrTB4e5zcscHPotUR8MbU/htmlview#

And another tip, if you've got unexplored swamp, start exploring that. You will find a new merchant over there which will be helpful with food and potions. As well as some changes in crafting stations.

[still pine]

I forgot about that one i havent been there yet

This is a save pre swamp witch update so thanks

[tough hare]

yw.

I had forgotten about it when I mentioned the Fish Wraps; as I try to find each biome's trader asap in my games, so I can unlock their advantages asap too.

[still pine]

Aye thanks

[tired root]

Yep, some fish types got additional uses for very useful stuff.

[still pine]

What about lox pie

If i do wolf skewer bread and that is that more then enough

[tired root]

It's good, but you need lox meat for that first.

[still pine]

Uhhhh i died getting it but i have some

[tired root]

You could make some then.

[still pine]

As i was asking about how to deal with them i was going into the plains and died 3 times to 3 lox lmao But i got them back

[tired root]

Ah, it's is very recommendable to deal them 1vs1.

[still pine]

I did, i have passive mode

[tough hare]

Is there a swamp near that plains?

If so, you may consider luring the lox in there and let them fight it out with the monsters in there.
They may not get killed, but they may be weakened enough for you to kill them.
Plus you can use the indestructible (ancient) trees to stand on, giving you a safe refuge.

[still pine]

oooo good idea

[tired root]

Or luring them to tar pits against Growths.

[still pine]

What do yall reccomend i do for fishing stamina

[fringe mirage]

Does bow skill not help with accuracy at all?

[tired root]

Bow skill doesn't affect to accuracy, crude and finewood bows can sometimes be inaccurate (crude much more).

3rd bow has straight arc.

[fringe mirage]

Spears seem like a decent option for somebody of my skill level 🙂

[barren seal]

How does item despawning works? is it real time or will sleeping speed it up

[tired root]

1 hour real life when the item is outside of spawnproof area or over 2m deep water.

[tired root]

There are folks that like spears very much (me included).

[fringe mirage]

For throwing 🙂

[still pine]

There isnt really a way to make farming bloodbags easier right, besides swamp runs

[tired root]

Throwing too, the arc is much more accurate than first 2 bows.

[cinder sandal]

hey all, im getting back into valheim after a hiatus and i was curious if anyone had any good solo seeds?

[spare bramble]

If you DM me i can send you the one im currently soloing when i get home later. First 5 bosses and 2 vendors on starting continent, bog witch and mistlands boss on neighboring continent

[still pine]

Real fast i am assuming skills do matter pretty well later into the game right?

[tired root]

For few skills the skill level matter more, which are run, jump and bows.

[still pine]

Aye alright

[oak rampart]

I mean ALL blocks (like the dvergr copper banded marble or smt)

[tired root]

Afaik those are not possible to build even with devcommands.

[barren seal]

Erm they spawn kill me

The portal is next to that door

[frosty frost]

I think you should be able to spawn it with commands 🤔 but exact placement would be near to impossible

[barren seal]

Ok nvm I guess they just despawned after I slept

[frosty frost]

If they are nightspawns then yeah, they will despawn at dawn 🙂

[barren seal]

Phew

[tired root]

Not buildable, but spawnable probably.

[frosty frost]

Ah, you were talking about building them, my bad, i thought you just meant putting them anywhere you might want

[barren seal]

ofc lol

[still pine]

Does anyone know how to make all enemies passive except for the serpent? mods or otherwise

[frosty frost]

No vanilla way as far as i am aware, try asking in #mods-discussion 😄

[still pine]

Good lord how do you even fight yagluth solo

[frosty frost]

With sword and a shield 😄 (and some good barley wine ofc)

[still pine]

It felt like i was smacking him with a wooden stick with frostner

I used god mod with wemod cause i have autism and wasnt gonna do it without it

Is normal combat difficulty meant for multiple people?

[frosty frost]

Nope, it is meant to be quite challenging on normal difficulty 🙂

[spare bramble]

Its definitely soloable, just can’t face tank him

[still pine]

Im confused

[frosty frost]

Why?

[still pine]

Which combat difficulty is meant for solo

[true steeple]

Default

[frosty frost]

Normal, the games description starts with "A brutal exploration and survival game..." so that is the normal difficulty 🙂

[true steeple]

Enemy health and damage scales with nearby players

[still pine]

i mean i was doing what felt like pebbles of damage as solo, i dont expect to like 3 hit the guy but damn

[true steeple]

Valheim's later bosses can take a while to defeat, even if you're properly prepared.

[still pine]

I must just be a whimp or something cause thats brutal

[willow sand]

I entered the teleport and then exited the game. When I entered again, I did not have any items on me

[spare bramble]

Hes definitely hard. Preparation makes it easier

But hes probably the most tactic oriented boss in the first 5 biomes.

The rest you can either face tank or spam arrows at

[still pine]

Him being a duck and hide and run boss feels more like the issue for me then

Thats not a problem its just i prefer to face tank lol

[tired root]

Just to ask, did you have fire resistance wine when you fought against him?

[still pine]

Yeah

[tired root]

Other gear, foods?

[still pine]

I had what you guys reccomended food wise, with Frostner 4 black metal shield

[true steeple]

Lox pie, bread and either a wolf meat skewer or blood pudding depending on if you want more health or stamina.

[still pine]

Yeah Loxmeat pie, bread and wolfmeat

[tired root]

Had to remind myself about that earlier convo.

[still pine]

Aye

[tired root]

Which attack do you find the most difficult?

[still pine]

I wasnt trying to dodge or anything, i was blocking the blue hand smack and Trying my best to run and dodge the meteors

I just had to turn on god mode as i got a bit frantic and anxious

[true steeple]

You can block meteors instead of sprinting if you want to stay close to him, but you should still walk back so they don't all hit you or get behind you

[tired root]

And you can dodge the impact of his ground slam so you don't take as much fire damage, but it increases every second you stand there.

[spare bramble]

Yeah id block the ground slam, use the columns to dodge the meteors and breath. Also kept a stack of health potions on me that helped a ton

My previous runs i almost never used health pots, now i never leave home without them. In case of emergency 😂

[true steeple]

For his breath jump attack around him and you'll be able to deal consistent damage while he can't hit you.

[tired root]

You can also wet yourself so you don't catch fire as easily.

By diving on water I mean.

[true steeple]

This doesn't stack with barley wine so if you already have that, being wet will just reduce stamina and health regeneration

[tired root]

When you are wet you won't get the burning debuff, but your wet duration will lower rapidly.

I resorted on that trick against Yagluth on Hard difficulty.

[true steeple]

I never knew about that

[kindred swan]

Hello guys , new here, i'm exploring since 3/4 hours in the dark forest to found the 2nd boss , there is a tips to found it ?

[tired root]

Tasty meads also counter the lessened stamina regen from being wet.

[true steeple]

You can often find his vegvisir in burial chambers

[tired root]

Inside dungeons or in some stone buildings with greydwarves you can find the vegvisir.

[kindred swan]

ok ty guys

[fringe mirage]

Right after the first boss is it too soon to go in to ||skeleton caves||?

[true steeple]

No, that's where you're supposed to go right after killing him

[fringe mirage]

For somebody who is objectively terrible at combat, I mean.

[true steeple]

Generally if you killed the previous biome's boss you will be strong enough for all challenges of the next one (except for that boss, of course)

[fringe mirage]

ok, it makes sense that that is the place to go, just seemed a bit difficult 🙂

[tired root]

Club and fire arrows deal good damage against the skellies.

[true steeple]

An upgraded shield can help a lot

[fringe mirage]

I didn't think the spear made sense but its what I had at the time

[true steeple]

They are resistant to the spear's pierce damage

[viral cave]

Set up a bed outside if you're terrified so that you'll respawn at the entrance and can get your stuff back more easily.

[tired root]

Yeah, spear is good against other enemies in black forest. Weak against skellies.

[fringe mirage]

Physiologically that makes sense to me.

[viral cave]

Axe ain't too bad against skellies either. You don't need bone fragments to upgrade an axe

[fringe mirage]

I will set up a bed closer to the trouble spot so I don't have to spend some much time crying my way back to my corpse.

[tired root]

Just FYI: when you hit an enemy with your weapon you can tell by the color of damage number how effective the weapon is against it:
Yellow: target takes increased damage from your weapon (it's weak against that damage type).
White: target takes normal damage from your weapon (not weak nor resistant).
Grey: target takes less damage from your weapon (it's resistant against that damage type).

[still pine]

Oh wow, i did not think about utilizing corpse run either, as i do and likely will die, i just make a spawn near

What about the reccomended meads besides fire resist and healing for yag

[tired root]

Stamina and Tasty are very useful for stamina regen. Ratatosk for speed boost. Anti-sting against squitos. Berserkir plus Bonemass power for less stamina usage for a moment.

[still pine]

Im 100% sitting on 4 raspberries, welp

Time to get naked and go running

[steep tusk]

Tasty Mead is the best mead in the game.

[barren seal]

Does this also apply to mountain dungeons?

[tired root]

Yes, you can find vegvisir inside the frost caves too.

[barren seal]

I can't find a large enough mountains, only got 2 small ones with only 1 cave in one of them

[tired root]

Keep searching, you will eventually find what you're looking for. 👍

[barren seal]

Oh yep, I see 3 mountain edges on my map, assuming they r connected, should be big enough

[fringe mirage]

Am I boned if my corpse is amongst a pack of enemies?

Even if I can grab the corpse I'll be dead before I can put my armor back on

[steep tusk]

Grab it and keep sprinting?

[tired root]

You gain corpse run buff after getting your stuff from the grave, which gives you very resistant against all physical damage types, less stamina usage for running and rapid hp regen.

[fringe mirage]

I don't have any armor on so grabbing it without getting hit isn't really working.

its in a narrow hallway with two enemies blocking the opening

[delicate ocean]

How do Trolls drop coins upon death? They seem like wild cavemen, living in caves and such. I don't get why they value coins when they have no established economy.

[frosty frost]

Shiny!!!✨

[delicate ocean]

I guess it makes sense

[steep tusk]

No establish economy

How do you think they bought their perfectly sized, weighted, and sanded tree clubs?

[delicate ocean]

They didn't buy their tree clubs. They just pulled a tree from out of the ground and used it as a weapon

[steep tusk]

Lies.

[frosty frost]

Then it would have to have roots 🤓

[delicate ocean]

maybe they de-rooted it?

[steep tusk]

And somehow they all get them at exactly the same length?

[fringe mirage]

Am I right thinking that given I have died a number of times trying to recover my corpse that I pretty much have to start my gear progression from scratch?

[frosty frost]

By a clean cut? 😄

[delicate ocean]

that's just how the trolls with clubs are modelled

[frosty frost]

If you want i can hop on and help you 🙂

[tired root]

Have you seen how all trees get cut the same way?

[frosty frost]

We know 😄 we are just making a bit of fun

[fringe mirage]

I'm not on a server, just single player

[frosty frost]

You can enable it for multiplayer temporarily 🙂

[delicate ocean]

I didn't know, sorry

[steep tusk]

Dude... you wanted coin explanation besides "because the game made it that way" and when I give you one... you counter with "because the game made it that way"

So pick which side you're actually on.

[fringe mirage]

I won't lose my tombstone if I exit the game?

[frosty frost]

Nope, that stays

[tired root]

They stay until you pick them.

[fringe mirage]

@frosty frost ok for me to pm you?

[frosty frost]

Sure 🙂

[fringe mirage]

you just need the 6-digit game code and pw?

[frosty frost]

Yep

[fringe mirage]

115706, objects

[frosty frost]

You might want to delete this before anyone else joins 😅

[fringe mirage]

I assumed everybody here was good natured 🙂

[viral cave]

Most of the active members are, yes.

[frosty frost]

This server has more than 140K users... so i wouldnt expect all of them to be that

[spare bramble]

This is still the internet

[fringe mirage]

I'm not too bright, huh

[viral cave]

Happens.

[fringe mirage]

I'll remake

[topaz igloo]

I think the idea is that the trolls have killed other vikings and hoard random crap including coins

[fringe mirage]

Thanks for the assist @frosty frost

[frosty frost]

No problem 😄

[barren seal]

So this might be a weird question, but I like to have "use" and "block" both as right click
This mostly works except interactions like beds/chars
I have found that if I spam right click sometimes it'll interact, so I usually spam right click for 10s then if it doesn't work I just temporarily switch the key to sleep, then revert it

Any1 who also has this weird combo can consistently reproduce the spam glitch to still interact with a bed?

[trail ridge]

am i not able to mine through this?

[frosty frost]

Nope, that is indestructible 🙂

[trail ridge]

thank you! good to know im not stupid hahahaha

[wet sapphire]

does anyone know some strategy for catching tuna? I know they can be caught in the ocean but still cant find them.

[frosty frost]

Pretty much just go into middle of the ocean and cast the heavy fishing bait, i dont think you can really see where exactly they are.

[wet sapphire]

on any other fish you can but ill try

[frosty frost]

They are deep in the water i believe, so you cant really see them 🙂 and thats why it is a heavy fishing bait

[wet sapphire]

you were right finally caught it, should have read the description of the bait, thanks

[polar isle]

How do I place a bonfire, it keeps saying invalid placement

[true steeple]

Can you send a screenshot of where you are trying to place it?

[polar isle]

Not really, I have gone off, but it's in circle of portals on flat ground, there's no grass and the closest thing to it is a workbench

[weary robin]

question about damage, what does the yellow number means?

[true steeple]

That's the range that damage is randomly () selected from when you hit something. It's increased by your skill level. The orange number shows the maximum possible damage once your skill level gets high enough.

[weary robin]

wait so the orange number is not the base damage but a damage cap?

[true steeple]

Yes

[weary robin]

that some false advertisement ngl

[lilac coyote]

In what way?

[weary robin]

its not intuitive, common practice is to show the weapon damage value

what i was thinking was something like base damage and the yellow numbers are for crit, or something extra, not the actual value i was looking for to begin with

[viral cave]

Valheim has a few interesting UI design choices

[tired root]

Critical damage is always double the damage. It applies on staggered enemies.

[lilac coyote]

It does.

[fringe mirage]

Is there a way to contact the "corpse recovery squad"?

[lilac coyote]

I'd imagine so.

[fringe mirage]

Some people are helpful... others....

[tough hare]

... want you to look in the https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1024264966712340510, where you may be able to find #1033392094817046630 message

[fringe mirage]

Thanks, I just set up in that channel. Cheers!

[lilac coyote]

Others...?

[tough hare]

Yeah, you know: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230600/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_The%2520others 😄

[still pine]

What sword is better then the silver

[steep tusk]

For...?

[still pine]

Im just asking tier wise

[steep tusk]

And I'm telling you that you need to be more specific.

[still pine]

mistlands

[steep tusk]

Blackmetal until you get Mistwalker.

[still pine]

Okay

[viral cave]

Upgraded silver sword

[spare bramble]

Tier wise it’s silver then black metal, but use wise silver is better in some scenarios

[steep tusk]

In the given context, silver is not better.

This is why I asked for context. 🙃

[spare bramble]

And by tier i strictly mean material progression

[cinder hawk]

is this a help channel for the just the game or for the server too?

[steep tusk]

What discord help do you need?

[latent pulsar]

Is silver very rare or am I doing something wrong, looked in 4 different mountains found none with the wishbone, are these mountains too close to spawn or something?

[steep tusk]

Silver is about elevation.

[latent pulsar]

I did look that up

[lilac coyote]

The requirement for silver is height, not distance from spawn. Silver tends to spawn from around the same height as obsidian.

[latent pulsar]

I was at elevation for drakes to spawn and obsidian, still nothing

[lilac coyote]

Is your wishbone equipped?

[latent pulsar]

Yes

I will say that these mountains while they did have elevation to get obsidian and drakes to spawn, they werent huge areas

What are the odds of me not finding silver at all on any of these mountains, It does feel like I maybe did something wrong

[lilac coyote]

I'm not sure what you could be doing wrong. It IS possible there's none there.

[steep tusk]

50/50

[lilac coyote]

Do you have your seed available?

[latent pulsar]

yes

GnN0YM0eMj

just dont want to spend more frost resistance potions triple checking this area if I was doing it right lol

[lilac coyote]

Bleh, does the world generator really not show ore deposits? Meh. It's been a while since I looked.

[latent pulsar]

Ive been over these mountains a couple times and found nothing, maybe theres just none there

searched for some on a fifth mountain and found some, sadly very far away

[lilac coyote]

That's still pretty close to spawn.

[latent pulsar]

further away then Id like at least lol

How much silver should I expect to get per vein?

[lilac coyote]

80-100

[latent pulsar]

Thats great news, I was worried the answer was gonna be like 10 lol

[desert monolith]

no, because ore is part of the "vegetation" pass of the procedural generation - so for ore it would need to simulate every tree, rock etc.

[lilac coyote]

Yeah, that's valid.

[latent pulsar]

I imagine it would be pretty unreadable if it displayed every tree and rock lol

[desert monolith]

it doesnt need to display it - but it has to calculate it in order to get to the part(s) where the relevant Ores are calculated. Same as Oak Trees etc

so its actually doable - but not currently done on the web version. You can write your own, but lots of work obviously

[spare bramble]

I find the mountains adjacent to plains and/or swamps tend to be larger, and therefore more likely to have silver

Also a biome i tend to set up a mining outpost at for ease of processing. Bonus points if i can also use it for the swamp or plains nearby

[magic kraken]

Will Maypoles be buildable again in June?

[tired root]

During Midsummer eve, yes.

[magic kraken]

is that a certain date? or is there a time period?

[tired root]

Don't remember the exact dates but from late June to early July has been the time period usually.

[magic kraken]

perfect thank you everything I saw was from 2021 so I wasn't sure if it kept happening

[tired root]

Yeah, and nowadays the seasonal buildable pieces automatically are added to the building list when the certain eve is due without the game needing a new update.

[barren seal]

What gear/prep should I do for Moder?

[tired root]

The ones that are available: wolf armor usually does the trick, for bit more movement you can mix a bit Fenris armor too. Any silver/iron weapon fits, except Frostner is not the best suited due to the immunity of frost damage. Best foods available after getting proper crops and meats (onions and wolf meat) and if you have serpent meat that's even better. Hp, stamina and tasty meads are surely useful and if you have found the Bog Witch you can use another useful mead/tonic too (Ratatosk).

[barren seal]

Tasty meads r good? -50% regen seems like a bad idea when fighting a boss

[tired root]

They are absolutely good. It lasts 10 seconds, which means only 1 health tick regens you but your stamina is regenerated rapidly. It has no cooldown which stamina meads do have.

[barren seal]

Ah I see, I should be carriyng some then

[tired root]

As long as you don't do any actions that use stamina during the 10 sec period your stamina regens rapidly.

[steep tusk]

Best mead in the game is good, yes.

[barren seal]

Also for shield, do I go iron buckler or silver shield? I like the extra parry damage but I might skill issue on parries in which case a safer block might be nice

[steep tusk]

I think you answered your own question there.

Keep in mind that parrying bosses is a literal waste of stamina.

[tough quarry]

For some reason, the Bog Witch wont sell me 'Seafarer's herbs', I went out and slew a serpent, I came back and she still doesnt have it in stock. Any tips?

[tired root]

But, more xp from parrying.

[tired root]

Which bosses have you defeated? It might be locked behind boss progression, iirc.

[barren seal]

Parry uses stamina?

[tired root]

Yes, like blocking but more.

[steep tusk]

Parry uses the most stamina?

[barren seal]

Haven't noticed either of those used any lol, I'll buckler for non-boss use but will craft silver for the boss fight

[tired root]

Silver shield has slightly more armor even when parrying than iron buckler.

[tough quarry]

All bosses have been slain, but before the bog witch update. I do however have access to the ashlands feast

[barren seal]

But less attack dmg after parrying

Which really helps me against golems

[tired root]

Hmm. Try logging out and logging in again.

[tired root]

That's false. When you parry an enemy it gets staggered and it takes 2x damage during the stagger.

[tough quarry]

That seemed to work, thanks!

[tired root]

Parry multiplier in round shields is smaller (1,5x) than in bucklers (2,5x), but round shields have generally more block armor than bucklers, which makes them better for basic blocking.

[barren seal]

I mean the "parry bonus: 2.5x" on buckler compared to 1.5x on silver

[tired root]

Parry bonus is applied to block armor, not damage.

[barren seal]

Oh huh, but parry bonus in sword applies to dmg? that's a bit confusing (always used bucklers so I guess I didn't notice)

[hollow monolith]

do mistlands/ plains islands exist?
i'ld like to have an easily spawn-proofed farm area

[true steeple]

Parry bonus multiplies block armor when parrying

Staggered enemies always take 2x damage

[tired root]

No matter the source of parry, while staggered enemies take always 2x damage from hits.

[tired root]

They might.

[true steeple]

They can exist, you just need a bit of luck with world generation

[true steeple]

You can use a sword to block if you don’t have anything in your left hand

[barren seal]

So the extra dmg is always 2x and is just from the act of parrying (regardless of shield/sword)
If so then then I am confused on parry bonus, "it applies to block armor" but doesn't parry negate all damage?

[true steeple]

Parrying negates damage in the same way as blocking. With the way armor values are calculated, it will never block all damage.

[tired root]

Your block/parry can fail if you try block too high amount of damage.

[true steeple]

You don’t need to parry to stagger an enemy, enemies can be staggered by taking enough damage. Some attacks even have a stagger multiplier (mace and polearm secondaries are good examples) which makes it easier to stagger enemies with them.

[barren seal]

I am so confused right now

[tired root]

And fists secondary and battleaxe both primary and secondary attacks.

[true steeple]

Parrying multiplies block armor to further reduce the damage taken. This can allow you to block hits that would be strong enough for your block to fail otherwise (although you won’t find many of these earlier in the game)

[barren seal]

Oh I see, so block armor is the amount of dmg that will be blocked, any excess will still be dealt, and parry bonus just makes that number higher, so it seems like it just negates all

What's block force?

[true steeple]

Block armor is not always the amount that will be reduced.
This is how armor reduces damage https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Damage_mechanics#Armor

[true steeple]

Knockback applied to enemies when blocking a melee attack

[tired root]

Which tower shields have generally higher amount than other shields.

But: to your own question, if you want to have better success with basic blocking against the boss, silver shield is better for that.
There are some folks that use iron buckler even in plains, but that is solely up to you if you want to upgrade. Shields don't usually need that much metals anyway.

[true steeple]

Silver shield can block and parry better than the iron buckler so there isn’t much reason not to get it

[barren seal]

Yea I already crafted it so might aswell use it, it has ~7 extra block armor than buckler
I assume ppl don't upgrade bcz they just skip it to save on silver to progress faster?

[tired root]

That, or they are good at parrying, or both.

[barren seal]

And just to not be confused later, how does stagger work

[true steeple]

The enemy takes 2x damage and can’t move or start an attack

[barren seal]

Is the dmg threshold some % of the enemy health, and is blocking/parrying always trigger stagger, or just parry?

[tired root]

Each mob has limit how much damage they can take before getting staggered, based on their max HP.

Range is around 30% to 50% of their max HP.

Parrying guarantees the stagger.

[steep tusk]

Blocking Sheet is pinned in #valheim-chat and explains all of this in the README section.

[true steeple]

When you damage the creature their stagger increases by the amount of blunt, slash, pierce and lightning damage dealt, and multiplied by the stagger multiplier if your attack has one. Stagger goes down by 20% of the stagger limit every second so if you’re dealing less damage than that, you won’t stagger the creature.
When the stagger reaches the stagger limit they will become staggered just like when you parry them.

[steep tusk]

40% Max HP in a single hit or maintaining greater than 10% Max HP DPS.

[true steeple]

40% is for the player

[tired root]

Mobs stagger limit varies.

[steep tusk]

Source?

[true steeple]

Unless the wiki is wrong

I can check in-game now

[tired root]

I read that from wiki some time ago.

[true steeple]

The wiki page for most creatures shows their stagger limit

[steep tusk]

🤔

[true steeple]

And patch notes from a long time ago mention reducing the lox’s stagger limit from 100% down to what it is now

[steep tusk]

I will investigate.

Though it being variable is... odd.

[desert monolith]

its 100% like that

[steep tusk]

Which, as I just said, is odd.

[desert monolith]

I think its to keep mob fine-tunable

[true steeple]

Lower limits are given to tankier enemies which would otherwise be too hard to stagger, and the weaker enemies would stagger too easily with the same limit.

[desert monolith]

but yep - it is what it is...

[tired root]

100% odd?

[desert monolith]

depends what day of the week you ask me - like stagger limits my % varies each day what I think of it 🙂

[steep tusk]

There are simple ways to fix both of those extremes 😉

[true steeple]

It doesn’t need fixing it works well

[steep tusk]

Debatable 🤷‍♂️

[barren seal]

Am I supposed to do something with all of these? lol

Drake mount would be sick

[true steeple]

You only need three, to spawn the boss

[barren seal]

Oh, makes sense ig

[tough hare]

They make nice decoration at your base once you've used a bunch for the summoning. But that's about it.

[tired root]

Yeah, no omelette of those things. 👀

[terse tiger]

Are Ooze bombs good enough to deal with Dvergrs?

Guys, don't rush stuff, play the game, build more often, ffs don't be like me who got into mistlands without proper infrastructure

I don't have shit for myself

[tough hare]

Only if you're able to get them close together. But given they're ranged, that's somewhat unlikely.

[paper cape]

Is there any easier ways to carry silver and such heavy ores other than cart? because even with the cart moving around is too hard if you are not going down or straight you can't even make the tiniest up ways need help moving silver around ngl let me know if theres something useful please

[true steeple]

If you're in multiplayer you can have a player stand inside the cart with the metal in their inventory and it won't make the cart any heavier.

[paper cape]

Oh that would be so useful but im in my solo world rn

[true steeple]

Are you able to move the cart well with half of the silver inside? It may be faster to make two trips if it's currently just too heavy.

[paper cape]

i just pre farmed like 4-5 veins on the mountain and was just starting to move them itll be too long to make few trips probably i have a full cart and half full of silver so

i'll try to figure sometihng out

[tired root]

Other player harpooning the player attached to a cart also helps a lot dragging the cart.

[paper cape]

would i be able to open like 2 clients at the same time for valheim? to come with an alt account or something?

[true steeple]

How close is the ocean to the mountain? Boats aren't slowed by item weight.

[paper cape]

Yeah i know that but theres a black forest along the way and will have to climb up the hills in there so i doubt im gonna make it out without few trips or player help it doesnt even climbs the tiniest bit of hill so

[gritty warren]

Antler pickaxe isn’t upgradeable?

[frosty frost]

Nope

[gritty warren]

Awh man

[frosty frost]

You can give it levels with commands if you really want tho 🙂

[tired root]

Craft 3 of them and you can mine longer.

[solar hound]

I'm a returning player who hasn't played in two years, I just opened up my old single player world and my own wards are locking me out of my stuff, any clues why that may be and what I should do?

[frosty frost]

Are you still using the same character?

[solar hound]

Yeah, even says so on the ward owner tag.

[frosty frost]

So it is the exact same one as you used 2 years ago? Not newer one with same name?

[solar hound]

Pretty sure, aye.

[frosty frost]

Then i am not sure why, you can just destroy them and build them again 🤔 but you dont really need to if you are playing solo

[solar hound]

Could it be a sync error perhaps?

[frosty frost]

Maybe, i really dont know tho 😄

[terse tiger]

To connect the second floor on these, what would be enough to maybe build a second floor of stone (not the floor but the walls)

Wood iron?

[forest viper]

Yes. Or iron cage walls + cage floors (clip the cage floors under the stone floor pieces)

[placid magnet]

can someone tell me how much % a enemy get in damage par star?

[frosty frost]

50% of 0 stars dmg per star i believe 🙂

And 100% of 0 stars HP per star

[placid magnet]

ty mate 😄

[fringe mirage]

Does flint respawn?

[frosty frost]

Yep, after 4 hours 🙂

[trail ridge]

Hey guys~ Question. I've decided a dock would be a nice addition to my area, but i was wondering...if i use beams in water...wont they degrade faster?

[jagged oracle]

I believe there was a "bug" that when there is a roof above it doesn't degrade even if it's in water... idk if it has been fixed ?

or you can use stone

[trail ridge]

oo good idea, i just unlocked stonecutting so i can try that now

[jagged oracle]

best way to know is to try 🤷‍♀️ it won't be long to see if it's degrading

[trail ridge]

true, thank you!

[jagged oracle]

you're welcome ^^

[viral cave]

Even then, I'm pretty sure water damage maxxes out at 50%. This might just be rain, though.

Nope, also applies to submerged pieces

[steep tusk]

Water damage indeed maxes at 50%.

[winged tide]

the wiki has quite a lot of detailed information if you're interested in exact numbers too, but what asatru said is a good general rule

[winged tide]

if you have a debris free path just pushing the cart down the mountain and letting gravity to the work is what i do sometimes

[twin radish]

I would like to know if there will be any updates and achievements for Valheim on Steam in the future? Because achievements are very appropriate for a game like this

[tired root]

There will be, when 1.0 patch is ready. But there is no info when it will be ready yet.

[steep tusk]

They have a list of 500 achievements and they remove one every time someone asks that question.

-# 😏

[twin radish]

oh no...

[tired root]

It would be 2 from today, lol.

[lost swift]

If you can kill 1 Eikthyr you can probably kill 2.

That's always been my thinking on that. My first playthrough I only had 1 but in subsequent I usually carried 2 or 3 until I got an iron pickaxe.

[frosty frost]

Oh it Is taken from values of enemies that have starred variants, it Is always this proportion per star 😄

[mellow hound]

how do i do a double door?

[steep tusk]

You build the taller door and rotate it?

[tired root]

No need to kill another Eikthyr as you get 3 antlers after defeating him.

[steep tusk]

Need to kill 1 more time for the wall trophy 😉

[tired root]

True, for decorative purposes.

[true steeple]

Kill eikthyr 11 times for a full inventory of antler pickaxes. Durability shouldn't be a problem by that point

[spare bramble]

I just build a workbench by the node and repair it when it breaks

[soft frost]

man i killed so many cultists and never got the 1 in 10 for the trophy. I have 350 fenris hair

[true steeple]

Fenris hair is what I always have bad luck with

[soft frost]

i think i did around 15 caves so far

[topaz igloo]

I have like 20 trophies in my world

Had crazy luck with them

[trail ridge]

sorry for how dark this is, but whats this?

[tired root]

Just environmental feature.

[trail ridge]

ahh okay, made me nervous haha

[latent pulsar]

I don't like using the wiki for these sorts of things to avoid spoilers but I really dont wanna lug a bunch of eggs over to the far away moder spawn and then die instantly, is there anything I should know going in and how many eggs do I need

[steep tusk]

3

And placing them on the altar doesn't immediately start the fight.
So you can move 1 at a time or 2, set them in the places, and then return later whenever you actually feel like fighting her.

[still pine]

Who said spears were great again?

As in yesterday yall were talking about them and i missed what was actually said abouit them

[steep tusk]

Spears are awesome.

Anything specific you wanted to ask about them? @still pine

[still pine]

I was gonna make the carapace spear and was gonna ask how viable that one is \For like a mistlands weapon and in general

[steep tusk]

Every weapon is viable. So that isn't really the best measurement.

[still pine]

Fair

Well how do they work in general like besides being a right in front of you weaponm

[steep tusk]

Uh... not besides but in addition to being a right in front weapon, they have the fastest attack speed in the game.
And given you automatically re-equip them on pickup, you can throw for the damage multiplier as you're running to your target and then you'll go into normal attacks when you get in range.

Spears do drop hard initially in the Ashlands though, but come back online when you get access to iolite.

[still pine]

Oh wow

[steep tusk]

Their attack speed also makes them incredibly easy to level up.

Given exp is per hit for weapons.

[still pine]

Niceee

[steep tusk]

If you want rapid leveling just go build like 6+ rank 1 Flint Spears and summon Bonemass.

Keep whacking till they all break and then nuke him with your mace weapon.

Repeat as desired.

(Use high level weapon to one-shot adds)

[still pine]

Interesting

Im assuming my low end skills are not great

Anything like below 25 post elder feels weak

[steep tusk]

Game is balanced around 0.
So feeling weak is a matter of perception (other than bows, which scale hard as fuck for no reason).

[still pine]

Okay

[still pine]

How long does it take for raspberries to respawn

[versed yoke]

Like over an hour

[still pine]

RIP

Gonna just install the plant everything mod lmao

[lilac coyote]

Or just find another plant.

[viral cave]

5 hours, but due to how plentiful they are, it's trivial to get a bunch by marking down clusters of 5-8 bushes on the map and then making a raspberry run whenever you feel like it. And there's a freaking butt ton of those clusters.

[still pine]

They dont feel super plentiful on my map weirdly enough

[viral cave]

Sounds like you need to explore more, then. I felt the same way about blueberries in black forest until I sailed a bit and found a bigger landmass.

[faint escarp]

I'm new to the game & want to find 2-3 people to play the full game with. How do I find reliable people that will stick through?

[still pine]

#1024264966712340510

[tired root]

Their exp gained per hit for primary hits is also slightly higher than other weapons (2,25xp per hit vs. 1,5xp per hit for other weapons).

[still pine]

Well ive only really gotten to exploring the 1st biome on the main continent, so im assuming the numbers of those bushes increases as you spread out to larger landmasses

[lilac coyote]

They're plentiful in every Meadows and Black Forest.

[still pine]

Plentiful i know doesnt mean im tripping over them but with the generation ive usually seen and gotten into, they arent that plentiful unless i spend a good idk 3 hours of what i have experienced as running around for them

Unlesss im missing something which i very well could be

[lilac coyote]

Shouldn't take multiple hours and has been said, when you find a cluster you can always mark it and come back later.

[still pine]

I understand its been said, im not saying anyone here is wrong, im just confused as to why im experiencing one thing and others are saying another.

I usually only ever find clusters of 2 or 4 and commonly find 1 sitting alone, and clusters of 5-8 feels like ive got screwy world gen somehow

[lilac coyote]

That sounds about right.

[rain lichen]

How can I remove this rock? The forcedelete command does nothing

[jagged oracle]

by the look of it I'd take the risk to say this rock is here multiple times at the same place ..? if you just hit the exact same spot and destroy it a few times, doesn't it finally disappear ?

[tired root]

Haven't encountered similar overlapping of stones so far.

[jagged oracle]

neither me, maybe it's a bug caused by mods ? (if they have some)

[fringe mirage]

How many fire arrows should it take to bring down a troll? Using the second bow. I'm probably hitting the troll 30 times.

[frosty frost]

I always carry full stack of arrows with me 🤔 with fire arrows that should be enough for two or three with no problem (given you dont miss much 😄 )

[placid basalt]

Aim for the head!

[frosty frost]

True, that is trolls weakpoint 🙂

[fringe mirage]

You mean a full stack (100) of fire arrows should be enough for 2 trolls? That seems attainable.

Aim for the head, for sure. The problem is that has the easiest chance of missing completely.

[frosty frost]

Even for more i believe 🙂 but not 100% sure about that. For 2 of them tho? For sure 😄

[placid basalt]

you should be trying to get the first shot off all sneaky too to get the stealth damage bonus

[fringe mirage]

That assumes most arrows find the purchase and actually do damage. Remember me? you had to rescue me from a burial chamber!

[frosty frost]

Yep, if they do not have the red ! above their head enemies get extra dmg 🙂

[frosty frost]

Indeed i do 😄

But that was a tricky situation since you had a skeleton spawner right around corner

[fringe mirage]

It seems that as soon as I aim the bow it breaks my stealth... do I not need to actually be in stealth mode to get the damage bonus?

[fringe mirage]

It's very kind of you to make excuses for me haha 🙂

[placid basalt]

no, just make sure you are outside of detection range when you aim

[frosty frost]

No no, if they dont have the red ! above them then they get the extra dmg

[fringe mirage]

good to know!

and when my initial shot misses I just run out of the zone and come back to try again

[frosty frost]

Nah, dont bother, just keep shooting 🙂

[placid basalt]

and then shoot at the horde of graydwarfs that have come to investigate too

[fringe mirage]

Yeah those lil bas..

[frosty frost]

That can happen quite easily xD

However its not exclusive to fighting trolls 😄

[fringe mirage]

It's annoying but super cool that they come to check out why a tree just fell.

[lilac coyote]

Huntsman bow for the win.

[frosty frost]

Its soo good and good looking 😄 tho they cant get it yet since they are still in black forest

[analog mantle]

brand new, first thing I should do when I spawn in?

[lilac coyote]

That is fair. But it IS the quietest.

[ebon marsh]

Figure it out and explore

[frosty frost]

Listen to the bird and pick up everything 🙂

[placid basalt]

read the advice from the bird, pick up everything

ha

[ebon marsh]

Recommend playing as blind as possible you’ll get spoiled a lot reading through the discord

[placid basalt]

that ^

[fringe mirage]

Do I have any credits left for asking "Is [blank] renewable?" haha.
Are sertling cores renewable?

[ebon marsh]

Yes

[placid basalt]

in crypts?

[fringe mirage]

I assumed the ones in crypts were not renewable.

[frosty frost]

They are but only after you get to the next biome 🙂

[frosty frost]

In ||Swamp|| from the ||fire geysirs|| 😉

[placid basalt]

I'm aware cheers, was clarifying the question 🙂

[frosty frost]

Aaaah, alrighty then 😄

[fringe mirage]

Does cooking get more efficient than the 2-slot cooking rack?

It's too realistic. I can't watch something cook without getting distracted and possibly leaving my house all together haha

[frosty frost]

Yes, but you can just use lots of the normal cooking racks, you can fit around 5 on 1 campfire with no problem 🙂

[fringe mirage]

Ah there is also a cooking skill

[frosty frost]

That can sometimes give you bonus drop 😉

[devout flame]

Is it intentional that resource rate ends up squared for some things? (Like 2x becoming 4x and 3x bevoming 9x)

Because it gets applied twice. I noticed it on queen bees+beehives

You get 3x the queen bees, so 3x the beehives. And each beehive gives 3x the honey

[frosty frost]

Yes, each individual drop gets multiplied, doesent matter that you get one using other things that also dropped 🙂

[fringe mirage]

Thanks for the tip on multiple racks over 1 fire.

[devout flame]

do you know if theres a list of resources that benefit more than usual from resource rates in this way?
Like, does this happen with seeds? (3x the seeds and then 3x the crops from each planted seed?)

[frosty frost]

Yes, every drop you get gets multiplied, all of them, none really stand out above the rest i think

[devout flame]

I'm not complaining or anything, just curious if its intentional since it seems like it might break game balance a bit

Like, the "normal" experience is presumably balanced against 1x resource rates
If you apply 3x, now for some resources you get 3x the raw resources (Say, boar meat), but for others you end up with 9x (Say, honey)
I can't think of any raw resources that get the rate applied 3 times, but if there is thatd be like x37 the usual amount of resources

since in a normal playthrough 1 multiplied 1 is still 1
And the game is presumably balanced around that

[frosty frost]

The 3x resource rate is more meant for more players i think 🙂 for solo or only 1-2 more players the lover multipliers are great

[placid basalt]

with 3x resource you can spend one stone to place the new stone piece then immediately loot it for 3x stone...

[devout flame]

this didnt really answer the question. Which was

do you know if theres a list of resources that benefit more than usual from resource rates in this way?

[frosty frost]

Basically if you dont like the grind you turn on one of the multipliers

[frosty frost]

I am not aware of any, no

[devout flame]

is destroying buildings actually affected by resource multiplier? That sounds like it might be unintentional

[placid basalt]

it isnt a building, its just a placeable rock

[devout flame]

ah, I see what you mean

[frosty frost]

Yeah that one is a bit silly 😄 but i really dont mind it, if someone wants to cheat that way then let them

[placid basalt]

and no, buildings arent affected in such a manner

[placid basalt]

if you are on 3x modifier i doubt you care much about whether it's cheating tbh

i say that as someone that has used 3x modifier for when i wanna go BIG

[frosty frost]

On that modifier you might not even need to use that loop, since you will have tons of stone anyway xD

[placid basalt]

exactly

the increased resource modifiers are godly for farming though tis true. More seeds, more crops etc.. just as you described

[mint pumice]

That's why I made 1 pickable stone cost 3 stone to place. If you want to balance it 🙂

[devout flame]

are there ways to improve stamina regen?
Except the mead, its so time and resource consuming to make

Increasing my max stamina feels like it makes the regen slower (Most of the time I'm at more than half (50%) stamina)

[placid basalt]

Being rested/resting

later in the game, some armours will give stamina discounts to actions as well

[tired root]

Those, and you gain access to lingering stamina mead later in game. Tasty mead is also great as it increases the regen rapidly and has no cooldown.

[devout flame]

I'm pretty much always rested already, I assumed everyone knows about that

[placid basalt]

a big one for me was not holding down the run button all the time, i know it sounds obvious and simple but still.

[devout flame]

I'm mostly worried because the regen seems mostly flat and better weapons need more stamina (eg crude bow to fine bow is 4 stamina to 6 stamina. And this is not mitigated by leveling the bow skill, it caps at 33% reduction and at my level its more like 5% reduction)

[devout flame]

dont you move slower if you do that tho?

[placid basalt]

of course, but using it when i NEED to rather than 100% of the time has saved me so much stamina

[true steeple]

Bow skill reduces draw time so you’re spending less stamina per shot because you don’t take as long charging it.

[devout flame]

I'm not too worried about running since I dont think the cost of running ever goes "up" like weapons do

[devout flame]

ah, thats interesting. Hadnt considered that
Thats not the case for melee weapons though, is it? And those also max out at 33% stamina reduction and have similarly increasing costs

[placid basalt]

i think its mitigated by just having a larger pool

[true steeple]

Melee weapons stop increasing in stamina once you reach ashlands. I’m pretty sure the ashlands weapons all have the same cost as their mistlands equivalent.

[devout flame]

but a larger pool with ~the same regen just means more waiting around for it to fill

[placid basalt]

you probably wont find making meads such a chore at that point of the game

[devout flame]

fair. Thanks!

One more q, does resource modifier multiply how many meads you get after fermenting?

[placid basalt]

I actually do not know i'm afraid

[true steeple]

No

[fringe mirage]

Is there a damage benefit to rapid firing arrows vs drawing them back before firing?

[frosty frost]

No, if you have less draw you do less dmg

[fringe mirage]

ok, so typically better to full draw and release asap

[frosty frost]

Yep

[fringe mirage]

I guess a simple experiment could have answered that question for me but I panic when troll is after me

[frosty frost]

[tired root]

Usually open areas are easier to manage movement while shooting. But in thick forests their movement is limited due to their size.

[fringe mirage]

My movement is limited in forests but that's a skill and stamina issue.

For a newbie what is the first thing you would craft from bronze? (I have troll armor except for cape)

[steep tusk]

Cultivator.

[fringe mirage]

"We do not sow". Jk, I will get some farms going. What after the cultivator?

[steep tusk]

Whatever you feel like.

[fringe mirage]

I hadn't thought of that 🙂

I will just go with whatever I can easily afford for now

[tired root]

Axe for the access to chop birch and oak trees.

[jagged oracle]

Personally : axe, pickaxe, and mace (for skeleton)

Then the other things

[true steeple]

The atgeir is very strong against trolls

[fringe mirage]

I have the big aoe hammer already

[jagged oracle]

With trolls I just block and use the estoc attack of the sword, it works great too

[fringe mirage]

So that might de-prioritize the mace maybe

[true steeple]

Secondary attack?

[jagged oracle]

Yes

Isn't it "estoc" in english ?

[true steeple]

All attacks that are activated with the middle mouse button can be called a secondary attack. I don't know what estoc is.

[frosty frost]

Estoc is a type of sword (used almost exclusively for thrusting like rapier or smallsword but it is the size of a longsword), the seconary attack would just be called thrust 🙂

[jagged oracle]

It's when you hit ahead with the tip of the sword

[frosty frost]

Thrust in english 🙂

[jagged oracle]

Ok 👍 in french we say "coup d'estoc"

I love being in an english server, it helps enhancing my vocabulary x)

[fringe mirage]

I think you meant "Trust in English" hahah. I know, probably not

[jagged oracle]

Well I trust you guys when it's about correcting me x)

[frosty frost]

Right? 😄 I also learned quite a few things here.

[jagged oracle]

It helps a lot, but maybe not for speaking sadly 😅

[frosty frost]

Even for that just expanding the vocabulary is important 😄

[jagged oracle]

This is what makes me have such difficulties when it comes to speak in english 😅 I can't ever find the word I want x)

[fringe mirage]

I'm not an English scholar or anything like that but happy to help with conversational stuff

[terse tiger]

Man I aint got the patience to do this Tar Farm

[terse tiger]

Fr this is one of those worsd that came from another language, never heard of one

[frosty frost]

Oh for sure, it is also just a cool (tho not that versatile) weapon, basically a longsword with which you only thrust 😄

[terse tiger]

Any tips?

[frosty frost]

Are you trying to build something around cleared tar pit?

[terse tiger]

I seen the method of finding their spawn and putting a wood pole to make them spawn on top of it and then trap them there

But it takes patience and time to find it, the only answer for me is probably to cheat advancing time, but is there no other source of tar?

[frosty frost]

Hmm, even if that works i am afraid it will be somewhat slow, if i remember their spawns are not that frequent in the pits (checked and 2 respawn every hour). The best source is still finding new tar pits and draining them. No there is no other source unfortunately.

[alpine plover]

hello guys, im new to valheim and me and my friend are having major desync issues and lag problems... neither of us have bad pcs and i have good internet.. any help?

[devout flame]

how much tin or copper should I save (Without turning it into bronze?)

[frosty frost]

Stack or two of both should do fine, maybe a bit more for copper, but you can always get more when you need it 🙂

[lime wagon]

what's the best way to avoid stone golems when traversing the mountains? not really an issue on my shared friend world but def an issue when I'm solo and wondering if there are any tips I don't know about

[tired root]

Either deal with them with iron mace and parrying with banded shield, or dig a pit and drag it down with harpoon.

[steep tusk]

Idk about avoiding them but if you get the parry timing down, they are a great source of crystal for windows. 😬

[viscid junco]

Do y'all have any recommendations for play style on solo? I used to play w/ some people, but no more. We got as far as swamps, so that's the limit of my knowledge

The biggest difference is PvE. Raids and enemies like trolls are way harder. More so because I tried knives and no shields, but that was not a good idea. Knives struggle in those areas because of it's reach

[tired root]

PvP would mean player vs player, you might mean PvE. But anyway, knives are viable weapon of choice, but any else weapon work too.

You can equip shield with a knife too.

[viscid junco]

Sorry lol. True, most of it is skill issue, that I don't have. I can't really git gud because of my little time available, so Im trying different options. The wiki says that swords have a unique ability, that they don't lose damage when hitting multiple enemies, so i was thinking of trying them

That's my current idea, but it doesn't sound too good an idea, frankly

[tired root]

Yeah, currently 1h swords have no multitarget penalty. They are viable option too.

You can try different weapons and use those you like the most.

[wild flume]

Hey, we started playing with friend, we were on my server. I lost internet for 2mins and now he cant join.
We tried restarting server, he is stuck in loading screen forever

[iron talon]

What is your best way to kill a hare? Magic? Trap?

[tired root]

Ember staff is easiest when you get to that point, ooze bombs work well too at the start of Mistlands.

[viscid junco]

I don't know all the weapons but I've tried clubs, knives, bows, and the atgeir.

I found the most success with bows and clubs. However, it feels like clubs get this knock back boost which gets annoying when enemies are knocked away from my range during the poise break or parry

[tired root]

Clubs get more knockback compared to other weapon types, but they share the attack animation of swords, so you might like swords if you like the attack pattern of clubs but dislike knockback.

Atgeirs are strong too, their secondary attack is great against groups.