valheim-help

[river quiver]

steam

[lapis terrace]

try to connect without using crossplay 🤔

through steam friendslist

or just use IP

[river quiver]

pretty sure crossplay was already off from the start

[lapis terrace]

hm..................

wierd

[river quiver]

wdym by this

[lapis terrace]

ad internet IP to connect to your friend

like 192.156.20.20

and not just a bunch of numbers without . between them

[river quiver]

thru console?

[lapis terrace]

ingame

[river quiver]

no work

[lapis terrace]

how long until you get disconnected?

[river quiver]

its random, but a few minutes is how long i can stay in the longest

[lapis terrace]

then it's a connection issue and still. could be the 5G internet

can your friend connect directly to the modem?

a cable?

[river quiver]

we turned on crossplay and it seems fine so far

[lapis terrace]

interesting 🤔

well as long as it works

but my educated guess is that it is your friends 5G modem having to fight other connections

so eliminate as many wireless connections as possible

well. it's almost 2am and I need to sleep. poke me in a DM if something happens to the connection @river quiver

[plucky pollen]

Is there a way to stop wooden structures to rot in the rain without a roof?

[zealous wedge]

@plucky pollen They only rot to 50%. Need a roof to stop it.

[drowsy crane]

Yes, but it requires progressing to the final biome

Final as of the current version, rather

[plucky pollen]

Well, that takes a LONG time. Shame that it rots anyways.

[plucky pollen]

That's good information, shame that it looks horrible like that tho. Otherwise I could ignore it.

[lapis terrace]

Only decay to 50% hp if not covered by a roof

[quick frigate]

hi have make a server and like to play my wold from lokal singelplay. add the world to the server and named it. but he generate a now one. how do i fix it?

[ornate finch]

Are you talking about setting up a dedicated server? (server that runs separately from your game)
How did you install dedicated server? (hosting on website, installed dedicated server app via steam, etc.)

[quick frigate]

i think i fix it. thx. i forgot 1 leter

[wanton veldt]

if something is weak to blunt and resistant to pierce, and u hit with porcupine, would it cancel out and just do neutral dmg? or is that not how it works

[frosty frost]

The partial blunt dmg will get multiplied by 1,5 and the pierce part of dmg will get multiplied by 0,5. The resulting dmg from both gets added together and thats the total dmg

[wanton veldt]

i see. so not exactly neutralize, just addition of both dmg values

[frosty frost]

Yep

[wanton veldt]

thank you

[crimson lotus]

Hello all, i'm tryna run mistwalker + buckle and Staff of Frost, what's the best food combination that i can use? and yes i only have up until mistlands

[true steeple]

If you’re going to use magic, maybe you could have a staff of protection instead of the buckler? Then you’ll probably want two eitr foods and one stamina food.

[crimson lotus]

that's what im planning to do, but currently i only have mistwalker, frost staff and the feather cape, still trying to get mats for the staff

[true steeple]

One health, stamina and eitr food might work but I’ve never tried that combination

[crimson lotus]

alr, i'll give that a try, so far i've only tried 2 eitr and 1 health

[zinc gulch]

https://streamable.com/0ezvlb

Any1 know how to fix the stuttering of other players? its so killing for immersion D:

[warped skiff]

I am wondering if anyone else has experienced a similar issue. When I portal to or log in at my mountain base I can hear the sound of a wooden build piece breaking - but can find no evidence that anything has actually been broken. The one portal that remains in the base has been there since I built the structure, but the issue started after I moved all of the other portals from my attic to a remote portal hub. I thought for a while that the portals were supporting some of the roof but I have used wood iron beams to ensure that none of the roof (or any other wood build pieces) is worse than green when viewed with the hammer equipped. It's driving me crazy that it plays the sound every time, hoping for a resolution other than move my portal somewhere else

[glad swallow]

I'm running into trouble with my save file and I was wondering if anyone knows a solution. I'm attempting to transfer a save file from my computer to my laptop so that I may use the same character on a server even while I'm away from my computer without making a new character and resetting my stat levels. Does anyone know of a solution?

[warped skiff]

Are you playing on Steam or Xbox? I know for Steam you should be able to pick it up and play the same characters and words on any computer you’re signed in on - unless you have selected to move your world and character saves to local storage rather than the cloud. If that were the case I think the easy solution would be to move both your world and character saves to the cloud using the in game menu, and then you’d be able to use your world and characters from any computer signed into your Steam account

[glad swallow]

I'm on steam. I'll give it a try.

[glad swallow]

I think my laptop is having issues accessing the most recent saves because it isn't syncing with the cloud correctly.

[warped skiff]

I have only had steam cloud syncing errors when accidentally leaving the game open on one machine or the other. Make sure you are closed out of Valheim on your main PC, then retry the sync on your laptop

[proper moat]

what is the best weapon to fight the mobs in the ashlands

[glad swallow]

My PC is not running it at all. I'm not quite sure to to retry the sync.

[tired root]

Depends, are you going there or have you been there already and gathered mats for new weapons?

[warped skiff]

If you shut your main pc down before it was able to finish the sync, that would cause issues as well

[proper moat]

we are able to craft flame metal weapons now

[glad swallow]

I don't believe that is the issue but I will keep that in mind.

[proper moat]

so what flame metal weapon is best to murder the ashlands mobs

in combi with my heavy armor

[tired root]

Any weapon works fine, spear has bit disadvantage due to Charred being resistant to pierce, but works well against other mobs.

[proper moat]

so either sword or mace ?

what about the double axes ?

[tired root]

Double axes are nice, they can deal lots of damage.

[proper moat]

we have died many times to the mob spam

[tired root]

Sword and mace work fine too.

Have you found gems inside the fortresses?

[proper moat]

oh we werent in a fortress yet we are prepearing to tho

that would have been my next question

on wich weapon works lightning stone best ?

[tired root]

Berserkir axes are popular choice for lightning variant.

More hits = more chances to proc the effect.

But any other weapon works with the lightning variant too.

[proper moat]

Do the crispy skeletons also take extra damage from blunt weapons like the normal skeletons or not ?

[warped skiff]

they are only weak to spirit damage

[tired root]

They take normal damage from blunt and slash.

[proper moat]

Oh

Ty

[tired root]

My personal favorite melee choices for gem variant weapons are Klossen (jade mace), Primal axes (jade), Thunder axes (lightning) and Storming Splitnir (lightning spear).

[warped skiff]

#valheim-help message

Resurrecting my original message to hopefully get some ideas - now that the other discussions have died down

[small canopy]

hey, I have a question - I'm spawn proofing my base, and the wiki says the Artisan table provides the player base effect for 40 meters to prevent spawns, but I'm still getting spawns

[frosty frost]

Yes, It has spawn prevention radius of 40m compared to most other stuff that has 20m, however when the area is reloaded range of Artisan table and upgraded Forge and Workbench is briefly reduced to 20 meters. So it is possible for enemies to spawn in that brief moment. I usually use campfires to spawnproof stuff 🙂

[small canopy]

ahh that makes sense, thanks. can just be a buried unlit campfire, right?

[frosty frost]

Yep 🙂 but the campfire cant be buried completely at least one part of it has to touch the surface or it will destroy itself

[pure mango]

Is there any sort of 'template' for creating a potentially large private server-based community? Such things as a set of rules for people to follow (no taking down buildings without approval etc.)?

I already have a few people from my IRL meetup group interested and its a bit intimidating about how to start.

[lilac coyote]

A 10 player max coop game doesn't really need that.

[pure mango]

Kk. I noted that one server hosted I looked at allowed more than 10 simultaneous players for more money, is the idea that you might want to have more people in the same world even though this isnt officially supported?

[frosty frost]

Well in vanilla it is literally impossible to have more than 10 players on one world at any given moment

[pure mango]

10 I think is fine as long as theres not at a limit on how much players in total connect ever. We have 2000 people in the meetup group so its not impossible that we could get some engagement from 50 though not at the same time.

[lilac coyote]

This is probably not the game for you.

[frosty frost]

If you are fine with rotating according to some schedule then it is for sure possible that more people can play at one world.
But the game is not really designed for that

[pure mango]

To be clear, I'm not expecting 2000 people to turn up lol. We are mostly a hiking group so only a subset of the members are going to be at all interested.

[lilac coyote]

Even 20 (and that would be modded) is going to stsrt giving you network grief.

[pulsar tiger]

it's fairly simple to add slots for more than 10 people, if you know how to set-up a dedicated server you can but if even 10 of you split the cost of a server it's like 2$ a month for a great game

[pure mango]

As long as 10 is the limit simultaenously, not all added together, we are fine. I have done similar things before and after lots of people dip their toes at the start you get a much smaller but more dedicated player base.

[lilac coyote]

Yeah, it's 10 concurrent.

[pulsar tiger]

Even 4 people in the same boat** makes the game laggy for everyone but the host so don't expect great performance if you all play together (as in right by each other)

[frosty frost]

That very much depends on the connections of everyone involved but most on "chunkmaster" 🙂

[pure mango]

Eesh I never thought that I would praise Eve Onlines networking but yeah 4 is a small number compared to what I'm used to ha.

[lilac coyote]

Eve Online is a MMO. Valheim is not.

[frosty frost]

It is designed to be played solo or with few friends, so the max of 10 is already a lot 🙂

[pure mango]

I'm guessing theres more exploration and planning involved about limited resources such as copper veins, since people are 'competing' over the same resources?

[frosty frost]

Yes, also why networking is not designed to handle tens of players at the same time

The resources of the whole world are really numerous, but with many people you would need to search much farther than you normally would.

[tacit breach]

Yeah, it can be tough for just 10. Especially after the black forest. You only really want to visit a few swamps and mountains. I don't even want to think what it takes to find enough for 10 in the Mistlands. Its rough for just 2.

[frosty frost]

There is plenty resources for 10 people all the way to ashlands imo, you just have to explore much more of the biomes than usual, the ||gems|| in ashlands might become a bit of an issue tho, especially is everyone wants more than one weapon or more weapons with different ||enchants||.

[tired root]

Yeah, unless increasing loot multiplier from world modifiers.

[tacit breach]

Yeah, I have ran servers. I actually understand what it takes. Which is why I worded it the way I did. You have to do soooo many more of everything, compared to only 1 or 2 people playing. The up side is, I am very good at hoarding materials. 😄

[frail cave]

Is there a way to prevent monsters from spawning in X area? Im building a small village with my friends, but when we get raided they spawn inside, making our outside walls pretty much useless

[tired root]

Campfires are cheap and has same spawn proof radius as workbench.

[frail cave]

They must be lit?

[tired root]

No need.

[frail cave]

Wonderful, thanks

[stoic trench]

Joel, Mr. Valheim helper

[tired root]

John Valheim?

[coral pebble]

when i try create a charcter ir doesnt work? i press save then poof my character dissapears

[stray citrus]

What's the fastest way to get stone?
I'm building the beach around my island to max height and need a bunch of stone what's the best method?

[tacit breach]

When I used to do massive builds I would dig out the huge rock formations in the mountains, and the huge pillars in the plains. Hundreds of stone from each. They collapse just like you can get the silver veins to do.

[frosty frost]

Also just mining copper and silver can give you loads of stone 🙂 +all the metal

[tacit breach]

Yeah, but that was never enough. 😄 Had to go get even more.

[coral pebble]

how do i unload the mods

[frosty frost]

#valheim-help message

[tacit breach]

#mods-discussion

I'd go to my recommendation, but help is help. 😄

IE the channel we are in right now.

[frosty frost]

Well assuming they really mean getting rid of them then that message is all they need, if they need further help with mods the mod channel is way to go ofc 😄

[tacit breach]

Just Modders seem to be present in those channels more than this one. Its like they know we send people to their channel.

[half zenith]

We use a dedicated server where would I find the file that the setting for the game would be. Googling and YouTube aren’t helping.

[frosty frost]

Folks in #dedicated-server might have an idea 🤔 you might also try to search in there if somebody didnt already ask this 😄

[plain summit]

Idk if a mod is causing my problems, but I can for some reason move pieces slightly while snapped to a snap point before placing it... my builds end up wildly misaligned because of it. Any ideas? Not able to get any help when posted in mod-help, so resorting to regular help channel.

[sturdy folio]

Sounds like the building changes which came with the "Hildr's request" update:

Manual Snap Points (Hildr's Request):
Increased Precision:
Manual snap points, accessed by pressing Q, allow players to select specific points on existing structures for placing new pieces, giving more control over building.
Complex Structures:
This feature makes it easier to build raised floors, suspended floors, spiral staircases, and more complex designs by allowing players to select corners and other specific points for snapping.
Example:
Players can now place supports under suspended floors by selecting a snap point on the top of a pillar and then placing the support piece below.

[ornate finch]

You will have to reset your controls in the settings, you probably bound alternate placement shift to right mouse click.

[crimson lotus]

is this gonna work, i use mistwalker frost and protecction staff, just starting to traverse mistland too

[frosty frost]

Should work no problem 🙂 you might also want to get the staff of embers, it is quite powerfull

[crimson lotus]

yep currently working on it, alsois it normal i raided 3 infested mine and i only got 8 bcore, i've been breaking and rebuilding the staffs needed to make these 😭

[frosty frost]

8 cores from 3 mines is actually quite good in my experience 😄 i often go through 3 mines without even finding one

[crimson lotus]

o dang, i've just been ungrateful then 😭

[frosty frost]

Sometimes they have 0, other times they have like 6, its just rng 😄

[wanton veldt]

uhh is there an actual reason why jotun puff and magecap is ignored by scythe?

feels like it should just be harvestable

[stoic trench]

I don’t think so, it’s possible it’s an oversight 🤔
We’ll see if it gets addressed in the future I suppose

[potent hatch]

do we have an up-to-date and working character editor? (name and appearance basically)

[frosty frost]

Once you make the character thats it pretty much, you can change the hair and beard later through one station in game tho

[jade rapids]

Anyone here with a bit tight local network setup/firewall, that has been checking the firewall lately for outgoing connections when entering/refreshing Valheim World menu /server list?

[light solar]

is there an easy guide on how to build stable structures?

since i'm not that smart on the architect side of things

[wicked sierra]

Wym stable structures

Mentally stable? Build what you need. Structurally stable? Make sure everything is supported enough. Enviromentally stable? No, deforest every single tree.

[light solar]

structurally stable?

what else would i mean

eh ig i will go with trial and error until i get it right

[wicked sierra]

Just hide pillars in something if stuff starts breaking on placement

Because if they break on placement that means they aint supported

[rare wolf]

Hello, is there any issues rn about connecting to another server ? ( No matter of my friend or me host, we get a unable to connect )

where can I find where the issue come from ?

[tired root]

Either here somewhere or you can check https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1202549675924787220 if you're on Steam.
Check replies that come from user named MaCarBre.

Iirc connecting via favorite tab has issues currently.

[jade rapids]

I guess your friend runs the server with BepInEx, in a docker container, and that turned out to be an issue at some point the last 8 hours

[rare wolf]

We are starting the game through Tunderstore so I suppose that's where the issue come from, i guess we can hope from a BepInEx update that will fix this ?

[jade rapids]

Nope. Has nothing to do with Thunderstore.

The docker image must highly likely get an update

Your friend need to check the server log

[tired root]

In case it's mods causing problems, https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1202550198174486599 might be good place to ask if needed.

[jade olive]

Your just having an artfacting sound. I had it for a time with my shutters. I would portal in and hear them open or close. Or a door even an hammer on anvil. Have no idea what causes it and often times it will just go away. I haven't noticed at all in my builds for some time now

[warped skiff]

It went away when I rebooted the server so I could send my world files in for a support ticket

[frail cave]

What armor is best for mistlands

[frosty frost]

Depends, there is a new playstyle availible there with its coresponding armor set 😄

[frail cave]

Wdym

[frosty frost]

How far in mistlands are you?

[frail cave]

Just started

[stoic trench]

What’d you use for Yagluth?

[frosty frost]

Then i would not like to spoil much, you have only one 1st playthrough, but there is heavy armor there and the one for new playstyle 🙂

[frail cave]

Idc about spoilers I need to know what armor sets are best

Plz stop wasting my time 😭🤣

[frosty frost]

Very much depends on you, the new playstyle is magic, you will have to try it out and see for yourself 🙂

[frail cave]

I alrdy knew about magic i watch you tube videos

Its not like I dont know what armor sets are coming up

I just wanna know what's best for basic crap

[drowsy crane]

If by best you mean the highest armor rating, that'd be the Carapace heavy armor set, but as Asatru is saying-- that'll be dependent on how you want to play.

[frosty frost]

Well, best is subjective 🙂 but since you would be used to melee combat go for carapace armor i guess

[frail cave]

Best all around armor for mistlands is all I need to know

[frosty frost]

Subjective...

[frail cave]

I do fast pace i use sword shield and knife

Rn I use full fenrir

[frosty frost]

You can still use it there, but you will be glass cannon build prety much, i would try carapace with tonic of ratatosk potion

[frail cave]

What potion is that

[frosty frost]

From bog witch, gives you more speed

[worn barn]

Is the 20m radius on a basic workbench actually a sphere, or a column of essentially infinite height/depth?

[frosty frost]

so if you pair it up with heavy armor you will not loose much speed, especially if you keep one of the fenris pieces @frail cave

[stoic trench]

It’s a column 👍

[frosty frost]

Build radius is column and spawn proofing radius is sphere iirc

[worn barn]

I just use buried campfires...or will that not work against flyers and I'll need some vertical spawn proofing?

[frosty frost]

There may be some flying spawns, but not much, i use them too and had no problems really 🙂

[crimson lotus]

do black cores respawn in infested mine?

cause I collected 1 on the infested mine im currently in, but once i destroyed the seeker eggs and came up the stairs there's a black core on the on i've collected

[frosty frost]

Nope, only some enemies and royal jelly does

[crimson lotus]

dang how did this happen then, cause the location of the black core that i "re" collected was inside the secret room

[frosty frost]

Are you perhaps using some mods?

[crimson lotus]

i'm using the farming one, where i can farm like in grid

and evenly placed

[frosty frost]

Hmm, would be surprised if that one was the cause, but then again mods can break literally anything. Anyway, if something strange happens again its a good idea to disable any and all mods and turn them on one by one untill you find the one causing the issue 🙂

[crimson lotus]

alr thanks

[tall hound]

I need help yall

In valheim my friend (PC) made a server that i can join without problem but my other friend who’s on Xbox keeps getting a connection error message

Crossplay is enabled in the server but he still can’t join

[frail cave]

When ur still new into mistlands and accidentally run into deep north while sailing looking for swamp 🤣😭😭

[lilac coyote]

You won't find it remotely that far North.

[tired root]

At least anymore, except in worlds created before Mistlands update.

Up to Ashlands/Deep North border.

[pearl night]

anyone know my problem? im halfway through making my moat and i cant mine stone, tried restarting my game and raising the ground then mining it again

[jade rapids]

You can only dig 8m down from where the terrain was at that exact spot.

[pearl night]

oh i see thank u

[wind timber]

yep that is the terrain floor

[wicked sierra]

how to survive infested mines, we went there and suddenly 10 seekers jumped us

[zealous wedge]

@wicked sierra One tip I do know is to throw in bile bombs first

[wind timber]

Better to use ooze bombs, a bile bombs destroy the structures.

[zealous wedge]

I haven't had much of a problem with that. Take some of each and see which you like? 🙂

[jagged pumice]

Anyone familiar with better continent mods? I posted in mods-issues

[wind timber]

Nope

[tired root]

https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1202934289898151966 would be another mod related channel.

[jagged pumice]

thanks

[crimson lotus]

hello all, what's the best advice you can give on harvesting sap? should i keep 1 extractor on a dried up root or wait for it to fully chage?

[true steeple]

Keep one extractor on the dried root

[crimson lotus]

alr thanks

[wicked sierra]

ooze bombs worked miracles

bile bombs I didn't have on hand so didn't try those

[crimson lotus]

is there any food that is balanced like feasts? cuz i use 2 eitr and a feast to balance stam and health

[true steeple]

Boar jerky, wolf jerky, mushrooms, magecaps, jotun puffs, smoke puffs, fiddleheads and vineberries are all balanced, but not as good as feasts.

[true steeple]

You might want to try two eitr foods and one stamina food since health doesn't do anything if you have a staff of protection

[crimson lotus]

alr, i'm probably just not used to it since i hadso much health before eitr came in, so i'm prolly al ittle paranoid lol, but i'll give that a try

[wind timber]

True magic users run 3 eitr 🙂

[frosty frost]

They also get left behind by the users that use EES 😄

[full mesa]

stamina is your only means of not getting hit the staff of protection is just there for safety net

so EES diet is very nice

[topaz igloo]

True magic users die a lot because they have no stamina to run away with after their staff of protection has failed

[potent hatch]

is it normal that my savefile is 40MB?

i mean, chatgpt tells me it should go from a few kb to 2MB tops after many servers and game time.

[frosty frost]

1st, dont use AI to get answers
2nd, yes it is quite normal if you are playing on that world for some time already

[potent hatch]

i mightve played a couple of different worlds with this character actually

[frosty frost]

Yeah, then it really is not strange. 🙂

[potent hatch]

is there a way to to "clean" up saves? i mean discard info from maps i've already deleted?

[crimson lotus]

what's the ideal armor set to pair with EES diet? eitr weaved?

[potent hatch]

does the game keep track of deaths, damage taken, damage dealt, distance ran etc?

[lilac coyote]

/stats

[tired root]

• PgUp and PgDn to navigate.

[potent hatch]

thanks!

[jade olive]

Bial bombs will destroy the wood bridges and supports. The supports or no biggie but the bridges those are important. Extra fire and poison damage great to help clean out entery ways.

[wicked sierra]

Ohh ok

[inner maple]

Is there any mod or other way to disable the circle indicators when using the hoe and cultivator?

[frosty frost]

Folks in #mods-discussion might know 🙂

[inner maple]

I looked for that channel and was convinced I got my servers mixed up - nope just blind! Thanks :)

[marble igloo]

what exactly does the Draw distance / level of detail setting do in Valheim?
i can still see creatures that are far away

[frail cave]

it does what you'd expect, the difference between min and max just may not as big as you'd expect

using a non-devcommands command (can be used in chat), you can lower the lodbias below the settings minimum or increase it above the max, but the slider is draw distance and LOD, the command is only LOD

at least i'm pretty sure there's a difference between the two, i could be wrong 😅

[marble igloo]

could you explain it again for someone thats doesnt know any of these terms 😅

[frail cave]

the slider affects how far away from you things are rendered and at which distance the high detail model is switched out for a low detail one

based on that little context, i'm assuming you wanna lower that distance even further than the slider allows, which typing /lodbias (number) in chat should allow, though i don't know what number the minimum of the settings' slider corresponds to

the command goes all the way down to 0, which results in basically nothing but terrain and water being rendered

i would assume it accepts decimals too

-# (the difference between the command and slider, if there really is one and i'm not just imagining things, probably isn't important or relevant, i got a bit sidetracked there)

[marble igloo]

well that explaination was very detailed

tysm. I understand it now

[carmine venture]

Hey, so a friend and I lost all our gear and weapons in the mistlands and our portal was destroyed, and we need help getting back. We died to an Ashlands monolith spawning and spamming a crap ton od swordsmen that swarmed us both.

And we basically dont know what the hell to do

[worn barn]

If you can't get some OP help from people here, that sounds like re-crafting all your gear.

But I'm still fairly new, and haven't reached that far; I might be missing a better answer.

[somber trail]

So you're stuck in the Ashlands while your stuff is in the Mistlands?

[carmine venture]

No, not stuck in the ashlands. Ashland monuments spawned during an event and got us killed in the mistlands where we had an outpost with a eithr refinery and an extractor.

And I cant get my only set of gear back because they keep camping where my corpse is

13 enemies dude

[somber trail]

Ah, right, that spawner invasion. Didn't know it could happen outside the Ashlands.

[carmine venture]

I think it is absolutely bs how that sort of thing can happen outside the ashlands

It is unbalanced. It gets people killed.

[somber trail]

Try using the Bonemass buff before going for it. And maybe a movement speed potion, if you have one.

A spare armour set would help too.

[carmine venture]

I dont have any spare armor sets.

And I have been using a mage set prior

[somber trail]

I have an idea. If the trouble is charred enemies in the Mistlands, lure them to Seekers. Or the other way around.

A Seeker Soldier or a Gjall could do some damage (or at least distract the charred a bit).

[carmine venture]

I have one other friend in the server who might attempt this... but I dunno. Chances are really slim.

[somber trail]

That would be really difficult without one of those wisps.

[carmine venture]

And if he dies again we are actually screwed

He doesn't have a wisp

And I lost mine when I died

I dont have the mats to make another one

[somber trail]

Quite the rough situation.

[tawny solar]

Im stuck on a spike in the ashlands water, my drakkar sunk and the ceramic plates and iron nails sunk, anyone have advice?

[frail cave]

hi gang, weird question, but does yggdrasil porridge spawn anywhere naturally in the game, like in chests or such? had some issues on my server with people bringing items from their own worlds that they spawned in, and i found some porridge that doesnt have a "crafted by (player)" subtext while mine does

[tawny solar]

Ive never seen one randomly, maybe it was just spawned in and someone put it wherever?

Where did you find it?

[tired root]

No way getting randomly, so very likely spawned item since it has no tag for who crafted it.

[frail cave]

in someones base, was just wondering if they could have found it naturally before jumping to conclusions

[tired root]

I know for sure that sausages are the only "crafted" food item that can be found inside chests (in Infested mines).

[frail cave]

i mean if this person spawned in food in another world and brought it in thats not so much of a big deal, but it shows they arent against it and probably have brought other stuff in without me noticing which makes me kinda upset

thanks for answering my questions

[tired root]

Understandable, cheating takes the fun away.

[frail cave]

if you have the feather cape you can jump between the spikes and get back to land, i actually made it to the ashlands early in my world by doing this before defeating the queen... if you dont have the feather cape and the distances arent too far you might be able to swim from spike to spike

[tawny solar]

I will try swimming from spike to spike then thank you very much 🙏, and respect for making it to ashlands early

[tired root]

Another Drakkar can help too, given you have spare mats.

[frail cave]

yeah if you have the materials to make another one it might be worth dying and then just heading back to retrieve your body

[tawny solar]

Thats a good idea, I think I will do that, thank you for the advice

[tired root]

Spare bow and frost arrows can help a lot too.

[spice jetty]

Hi folks,
Is it a good place to ask about modding Valheim?

Ah I see #mods-issues channel, going there.

[frosty frost]

That and #mods-discussion yep 😄

[sharp sparrow]

question, when the deep north update comes out, will i need to make a new world or is it ok to use the same one?

[true steeple]

You'll be able to use an existing world, new content generates in unexplored places

[sharp sparrow]

good to know, thanks

[frail cave]

Do i need to be nearby to make crop grow, like i need to tame animals?

nope, crops periodically check how much time has passed in that world since they were planted and then update accordingly

almost all time-based processes in the game work like that, animals are the exception

Ah got it, thanks

[wicked sierra]

Imagine someone explores the whole deep north

[stoic trench]

Hmmm yep. This snow looks to be made of snow.

[velvet zealot]

do i have to keep sneaking around the boar im trying to tame?

or can i walk around it normal

[tacit breach]

You don't have to be that close. You can actually be surprisingly far away and still tame the animals.

[velvet zealot]

will it destroy the taming timer if i get noticed by it?

[drowsy crane]

Nearby the tame it's best not to upset it, it can cause some confusion and delays. Yeah as Robert said, you can move around freely a fair distance from them.

[wicked sierra]

No just pauses it

[tacit breach]

It will reset it. I think it costs you something like 15 seconds, maybe less. You keep the majority of the progress.

[wicked sierra]

15 seconds out of what, 30 minutes not too bad

[velvet zealot]

ok, that's good to know. ty for the help

[tacit breach]

The progress is in increments, so you lose the increment you are in, and keep all the rest of it.

[velvet zealot]

what if i accidentaly walk out of the taming range? does it go back to start then?

[tacit breach]

No, it continues at the last increment you completed.

[velvet zealot]

ok, then i will try killing eikthyr while it tames. he's pretty close to my enclosement 🙂

[tacit breach]

You may still be close enough for the taming to continue. Like I said, you can go a surprising distance away, and continue the taming.

[velvet zealot]

im betting on it, i can see both places at the minimap

[tacit breach]

Then it will probably continue. If you can visually see both, its even more likely.

Either way, you will not lose the vast majority of your progress.

[velvet zealot]

eikthyr has been removed and it seems like my hog has gotten 9% progress

so i think it still worked ❤️

[tacit breach]

Yeah, my base is big. So I can be gardening at one end, and still have my boars taming at the other. Same goes for the rest of them later in game.

[velvet zealot]

what's the best creature to tame later in the game?

[tacit breach]

All of them?

[velvet zealot]

yes, like best thing to tame out of all the animals

[tacit breach]

When you need them as your primary food, its whichever that is at the time.

I no longer use them for defense.

[velvet zealot]

i know it's possible to mount the lox, is that useful at all or more like a gimmick?

[hollow granite]

Can anyone tell me if using an atgeir in swamp is viable (for draugr, abominations, etc)? I remember playing through it with a mace last time but I don’t want to spend any extra time mining in the black forest

[tacit breach]

A pure gimmick, imo.

[velvet zealot]

damn, rip

[drowsy crane]

Viable, yes. Are there better options, also yes.

[tacit breach]

Pretty much any weapon is "viable" There are definite fans of the atgeir.

Heck, my wife uses the axe through the entire game.

[hollow granite]

What would you consider best for swamp?

[tacit breach]

A club weapon, so mace.

[velvet zealot]

that's insane, i hate the axe

[hollow granite]

Okay ty

[tacit breach]

You will never catch me saying my wife is sane. 😄

[velvet zealot]

😅

do 2 star boars only come out at night?

[tacit breach]

No. Those are based upon range from starting spawn. When you start seeing 1 star boar, you can run into 2 stars.

[velvet zealot]

holy moly i just found one

right by spawn, at day

[frosty frost]

It was either in a ruined village or near runestone right? 😄

[tacit breach]

Must be what is called a "boar stone" near there. It happens.

[velvet zealot]

it was close to a stone yes

[frosty frost]

Yep, some of the runestones have one time spawn for few boars and for them the range restriction on stars doesent apply 🙂

[tacit breach]

Ruined villages can get those spawns? Another bit of new info to me.

[frosty frost]

Yep, they also have one time spawns there iirc 🙂

[velvet zealot]

they won't despawn or sumn right?

they are tameable?

[tacit breach]

I've found them, but I think they were also near swamps, so just assumed I was far enough out.

[tacit breach]

They can only be killed, and are tameable.

[frosty frost]

No despawning for them, no 🙂

[velvet zealot]

it is producing yellow hearts right now, infinite food glitch incoming 😈

[tacit breach]

I still have one roaming too far from my base, that has been there since early in my game. I am over 500 days now.

[frosty frost]

Now you just need to wait in area for 30 minutes 😄

[velvet zealot]

how do i make them reproduce? does it happen automatic or do i have to give them some "motivation" of some sort?

[tacit breach]

I' try to get them to chase me back to my base. Put them in a fully enclosed house.

[frosty frost]

Just feed them 🙂

[tacit breach]

You feed them. I use the rasberries.

[frosty frost]

When they have "happy" status they will reproduce (if there is 2 or more ofcourse)

[velvet zealot]

i should've used that too, i gave them my only stack of mushies 🙁

[frosty frost]

Doesent matter 🙂 they only need 3-4 pieces to tame if you dont sleep

[velvet zealot]

also can i sleep to skip ahead?

[frosty frost]

Nope

This cant be skipped sadly

[tacit breach]

Tip on food gathering, always mark your map when you find foods. Up until you have 10 marked,. That way you can always go directly back to get more when they respawn.

You can mark more, of course. Like I do up to 20 for the red mushrooms, since they are such a needed food for so long.

[velvet zealot]

i guess i should mark some spots aswell, last time i played valheim i always needed more bluberries and mushies

[tacit breach]

Yep. Marking them increase gathering efficiency, for sure. They respawn every few days. Check the wiki for specifics. I never bother. I just watch the ones nearest to me, and when I see those, I go get the rest.

Its why I like to have rasberries, and mushrooms, when possible, within my base. It tells me its time to make the rounds.

[velvet zealot]

smart, but u must have a giga base for that to be possible no?

[tacit breach]

No, I usually just take over one of the villages. So that big?

They always have at least one group of berries.

[velvet zealot]

i see

[frosty frost]

Well, not always but very, very often 😄

[tacit breach]

I also chose based upon fish spawns nearby too. So not just any of the villages. 😄 I take a while, being so choosy, to select one.

[velvet zealot]

also if my 2 star hog mates with my normal hog, will it give a 2 star?

[frosty frost]

50/50 2 star or 0 star

[tacit breach]

Every other one will be starred.

So just kill of the ones who aren't, and they all will be, eventually.

[frosty frost]

Basically the ones spawned/born from the 2 starred will be also 2 starred and vice versa

[velvet zealot]

what if i breed it with one of the eventual 2 stars? will it be 100% chance?

[tacit breach]

Yep.

[velvet zealot]

ok, then im kinda glad i got a 2 star this early. i bet this will be huge in the future

[tacit breach]

It is. Just fully enclose at least one pair. Things can happen, eventually, to kill them off, if you do not.

[velvet zealot]

like with a roof and shit too?

[tacit breach]

Yes.

I give a pair one of my village houses, for example. Plus I then fully defend my base area.

[frosty frost]

It is a good safety precaution indeed

[velvet zealot]

ok, then i will do so after a while. but i dont think this will be my proper base yet so i can't be bothered. I will do it when i start building my real base.

[tacit breach]

I do similar, so sounds good to me.

Just don't progress too much before you do.

[velvet zealot]

ye, i think i'll build a proper base after elder or right before or something like that

[tacit breach]

Before. Definitely before.

[velvet zealot]

noted

[tacit breach]

Or after, if you enjoy utter destruction. 😄

[frosty frost]

Armor, weapon+shield, bow+arrows, wisplight, pocket portal+workbench, hammer. That is pretty much all you should need for general exploration 🤔

[velvet zealot]

my boars wont breed, eventhough i have given them sufficient amounts of food, what could be wrong?

[frosty frost]

How large is the area they are in?

[frosty frost]

Hmm, they should have no problem there... try to relog maybe, and keep them fed so they have happy status

[velvet zealot]

they just made a baby

a 2 star piggy. Lets GOOO

[frosty frost]

Ha 😄 so they are fine

[velvet zealot]

i can just kill the no star one and breed the 2 2stars yes?

[frosty frost]

Yep

[velvet zealot]

i'll just let them breed until the piggy is grown, then it's gotime 😈

[tacit breach]

Yeah, I find that to be best as well.

[frail cave]

Is there any way to remove a runestone? Via commands, mods or in-game methods?

[tired root]

IIRC not possible vanilla or commands.

If mod question, you could ask around in https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1202934289898151966.

[frail cave]

Will check it, thanks!

[tawny solar]

Is lord reto always two star?

[frosty frost]

Yep

[tawny solar]

Dang

[vapid ether]

Did they change how you can mass destroy ore veins, I completely dug up a copper vein its literally floating in the air but it is not destroying

[frosty frost]

Nope still the same, the invisible hitboxes just reach out quite a bit further than the model you can see 🙂

Copper was always finicky like this 😄

[vapid ether]

Thanks

[gritty grotto]

Hello is there a way to pick up seeds once planted

I spammed them all close together not realising they need space

[frosty frost]

Unfortunately no, you will have to wait for some to grow up and plant again

[gritty grotto]

Also does sleeping skip the timer for crop growth and honey production

[gritty grotto]

😔

[frosty frost]

Yep sleeping does fast forward the growth timer 🙂

[gritty grotto]

And for honey?

[true steeple]

Sleep at noon to skip the most time

[frosty frost]

Also yes 🙂

[gritty grotto]

Okay thank you👍

[sudden quest]

Anyone have any hint as to when the next major update is going to drop? Days? Weeks? Months? Years? Last one was May 14 2024 and I want to play again but not if an update is on the way. I would rather wait because of mods.

[frosty frost]

We have no info about that really, my personal guess is that we will get the upcoming combat update sometime this year (i bet on autumn) and Deep North sometime next year. Very unlikely we will get that one this year, and as to when next year... We have 0 idea.

[sudden quest]

As long as I can fit in another full run before a major patch drops I am fine. I just hate waiting to update mods or start over mid run because of a major patch drop.

[inner maple]

When the game checks for existing animals before breeding, is that area circular or rectangular?

[stoic trench]

I think circular

[jolly forum]

Hello. Looking for someone to join and help me defeat Bonemass

[wind timber]

mod? World Settings?

[jolly forum]

Not looking for any from you but thanks.

[wind timber]

God grow up! We had a discussion and now you act like that! But thanks for your kind response!

[jolly forum]

Oh I’m very grown! I’m not comfortable with you period and I don’t want you on my world. But again, thanks for the offer!

And it is my right to decide whom I want on my world— the answer is no. Thanks.

[meager fossil]

I want to be able to drop one item from a stack directly from my inventory without using the slider. is there a hotkey for this?

[tired root]

IIRC you can type numbers when choosing a stack to get amount you want.

[pure mango]

Are there seeker spawners in infested mines like skeletons and draugurs in black forrest / swamp dungeons?

Not sure if this room has a LOT of seekers or theres a spawner somewhere

[drowsy crane]

No spawners just a lot most likely

[tired root]

There is no physical spawner for seekers. However, some seekers and ticks and all jelly nodes respawn after some hours after clearing the mine.

[jaunty gale]

Cant u just take ur seeker soldier trophies and let the queen spawn them endlessly for u?

[tired root]

You lose the trophies when you spawn Queen by the sacrificial altar inside.

[winter crag]

does anyone know why these dont line up

[frail cave]

Monster respawn timer are area or global based?
What i mean is, if i kill an abomination in a swamp and i go into another one, it will spawn or it will be on cooldown?

[winter crag]

im so stupid

[lapis terrace]

🤔

[vernal crow]

is there any way to change the keybinds for the hotbar slots (1-8) ?

[lapis terrace]

no

not vanilla

[vernal crow]

:(

oh well ill mannage, anyway thanks for the answer

[bleak lintel]

why not mod the game?

its really easy

[vernal crow]

seems like a lot of work just to change a simple keybind, honestly im surprised something this simple is not in the game by default.

but if it really is that easy, im willing to give it a try, mind pointing me in the right direction?

[bleak lintel]

theres alot you can do with modding, the keybind is just the start. To mod most games, you need a mod manager, I reccomend "thunderstore mod manager" through overwolf. With it you can mod Valheim with ease

[vernal crow]

i consider overwolf a horrible piece of bloatware and refuse to have it installed on my pc.

last time i had it installed, for Minecraft modding it automatically decided it would screen record clips of my league matches and filled my drive up with 50+ gigabytes of footage. all without asking for permission.

[bleak lintel]

fair enough, you could also use R2ModMan. Its the alternative linux users use, but it works for windows

works the exact same and is very simple to use

you can get things like first person mods, freecam, ui mods and more

[vernal crow]

sounds like a better alternative, ill look into it, thanks

[bleak lintel]

if you end up getting it, heres a list of the mods I use that are all visual and dont give you an advantage in the game. I think they improve the experience a bit

freeflys just for screenshots, doesnt actually let your player character fly lol. Stuff like this

[lapis terrace]

what would you keybind it to tho?

F1-F8 ?

[winter crag]

it was the grass in the way, i placed one of the floors under another floor and it went all wonky

[lapis terrace]

ooh gotcha

[vernal crow]

i would rebind the later slots (like 7 and 8) to mouse side buttons to make them easier to hit

[gritty grotto]

Can anyone please tell me how to plant seed carrots

[true steeple]

You plant them the same way you plant carrots, but they cost one carrot instead of one carrot seed

[gritty grotto]

aaah alr

That why I dont see them

[potent hatch]

are the two-handed battleaxes good?

crystal for instance

[stoic trench]

Yeah, they’re pretty reliable weapons

[potent hatch]

can one cut trees/wood with them?

[tired root]

Yes, I'd say they're reliably good, but might take time to practice timing. Nonetheless, you can check this: #memes-and-clips message

[potent hatch]

thanks!

[tired root]

And yes, you can cut wood with all axe types.

[potent hatch]

even "atgeirs"?

[tired root]

Battleaxe is better for woodcutting when hitting multiple logs/trees at the same time due to no multitarget penalty.

[potent hatch]

but not with swords i assume?

[tired root]

No, atgeirs are polearms.

Only axes can cut wood from bigger trees. Although you can cut smaller trees in meadows and plains with other weapons.

[potent hatch]

understood

do we have a BiS armor/weapons before each boss infogram?

for instance, troll armor is as good as you can get before getting the stag pickaxe right?

[tired root]

It's everyone's preference, usually the armor is recommended to upgrade to next available armor set as they offer more protection. Lighter armor sets however can stay relevant bit longer, like troll armor set and Fenris armor set.

While light armor sets have less armor rate compared to heavy armor sets, they also have no MS penalty and offer some other bonuses when using the whole set.

You can also mix heavy and light armor, for example helmets don't give MS penalty but offer as high armor rate as chest and legs pieces, so combining heavy helmet with light armor chest and legs pieces can be good too.

[potent hatch]

is thunderstore some alternative nexusmods or something? just found out about it

[frosty frost]

It is also mod manager as far as i know, folks in #mods-discussion will have more info tho 🙂

[potent hatch]

thanks

[potent hatch]

does the game remove data belonging to deleted worlds from character files?

[frail cave]

i don't think so but i could be wrong

some character save editors out there can manually do it however

[pure mango]

Is it just me or is getting soft tissue way more of a PITA than sap

[frosty frost]

Well you cant really farm it, so for some can be 🙂

[pure mango]

Roots seem to regenerate when not being tapped? So you can just put a portal near 2 of them and swap your extractor(s) every couple of days

But yea you have to hunt out the skulls and they're not super common, and dvergers dont give you much and are much more useful alive anyway

[frosty frost]

They do even when tapped, its just quite slow 🙂

[pure mango]

I want to do both the heavy and magic builds, I'm terrified of how much eiter I'm gonna need lol

[frosty frost]

1 sap per 400 seconds

[potent hatch]

would you mind pointing me to one that still works?
i tried like 4-5 already, but no luck with any of them.

[frail cave]

I'll check the last one i used once I'm at my PC, can i send its link in dms if it still works on the current version?
or well, i could also ping you down in #mods-issues

[crimson lotus]

what's a good alternate for standing brazier for greydwarf farm? campfire break so easily

[potent hatch]

as you prefer, you can DM or ping in mod issues

please ping me in mod issues regardless since i'd like to read the topic too

[crimson lotus]

i'm curently using ember staff 😭

[frosty frost]

Dead raiser 🙂

[manic gyro]

Pufferfish should work too

[crimson lotus]

is it as efficient as the brazier or not?

[frosty frost]

The skellies should be able to kill the greydwarfs in a hit or two i believe 🤔
But you will have to use butcher knife and re-roll for archers probably so they dont get attacked back.

[crimson lotus]

oh aight aight, time to find soft tissue then

also last question, do the archer attack the spawner?

[frosty frost]

I was just typing that, you will probably want to cover the spawner, i am not sure if they will intentionally target it but better safe than sorry 🙂

[crimson lotus]

aight aight thanks

[winter crag]

any tips to make this more circular? and how do you fill in the gaps between the walls and floor

[stoic trench]

You’ll want to make sure that the angle between beams is the same to have a better circle. You want to try and stay consistent.

[winter crag]

the angles are the same im pretty sure

[jade rapids]

Use shorter beams and only change the degree one tick

Or larger circle

[stoic trench]

It looks like on the ‘straight’ sides of your circle, some beams are placed without any sort of rotation. This is what is making your shape take on a more ‘diamond’ shape.

[winter crag]

yeah

but idk how to make it without those

[stoic trench]

Maybe try something like this;
Place two beams down in line. Place your next beams with one tick rotated. Rinse and repeat, and you’ll have a full circle

[winter crag]

i tried that i think

[stoic trench]

https://youtu.be/QQkRsoofUns?si=5x4tZYrSO7SGziGS maybe check out this video 🤔

[winter crag]

oh nice

[potent hatch]

how do i identify my world's id?

[stoic trench]

I don’t think so

[lilac light]

Hello, my friend and I would Need Help in the swamps for the 3rd Boss / 3 abnornalitied and a Goblin RAID we cant fight that alone :/

Or do WE use maybe the wrong weapons? Wr only got swords

[stoic trench]

Fulings are likely a bit too strong for where you’re at in the game currently. What weapons specifically are you using, and what’s your diet?

[lilac light]

We got 100 Life and 140 stamina

And bows and Well swords from iron

[tired root]

Goblin raid, do you mean "Horde is attacking"? All those things you mentioned simultaneously?

[lilac light]

Yes

[tacit breach]

No, not unless they have changed things in the year or so since I ran my server.

[tired root]

You shouldn't get that raid at that point yet, unless you defeated 4th boss in mountain which enables the Horde raid to possibly be triggered.

[tacit breach]

How the heck are they getting the fuling raid by the time they are in the swamps? Thats much later. Difficulty settings? On a server?

[stoic trench]

To clarify, is it actually a raid? Or perhaps some nearby goblins at a camp? 🤔

[tired root]

Who hosts the world? No console commands used?

[tired root]

That could be it too, I realised I got only the answer "yes" to 2 questions.

[lilac light]

Ofc Not. Our Base IS Close to the Steppe also

[tired root]

Could you clarify if it's actual raid with the "The horde is attacking!" text or just some group of fulings appearing there?

[tacit breach]

OK, you indicated a raid. So no red circle? They just come in and randomly attack?

The raid would be far worse than just some randoms.

[marble igloo]

how exactly do you level blood magic? Do i just use the Protection staff with alot of ppl or tames around me or how else does it work?

[tired root]

You gain xp when your summons hit targets or your bubble breaks.

[marble igloo]

aha ok

thank u!

[marble igloo]

i tried it out and it doesnt level by hitting targets

[tired root]

Your skeletons hitting enemies don't grant xp? It should.

[frosty frost]

Experience is gained when a summoned Skelett deals damage, +0.75 experience per melee hit and +0.5 experience per ranged hit.

[marble igloo]

i wrote protection staff

so you cant level with that?

[frosty frost]

You can, but its slow
You get 1 xp per break

[tired root]

When bubble breaks it grants some xp. Skeletts are more reliable way to level blood magic.

[marble igloo]

okay

guess ill make the dead raiser then ;D

[frosty frost]

And you only get experience when the bubble around you pops, not when you are protecting summons or tames.

[tired root]

Hence what I said when bubble breaks.

[marble igloo]

ok then leveling blood magic skill with the protection staff is completely useless

[tired root]

Ofc you'd better protect your skeletts with the shield.

[frosty frost]

It isnt, but it shouldnt be your go to method when you want to raise the skillls artificaly

[tired root]

Easy way to set training ground is finding graveyard in swamp with 2 draugr spawners, raise ground around the spawners so they don't get hit and summon max amount of skeletts, cast bubble around them and let them start killing the spawning draugr. When one bubble breaks recast the bubble, note that you never die due to casting it since you lose 40% of your current HP.

[frosty frost]

You can also use similar setup to make an afk resource+xp farm from greydwarf nest 🙂

[marble igloo]

ye thats sounds great

[tired root]

But where is the fun in that?

[marble igloo]

is there a way to heal them?

[tired root]

No, but you can recast them to get one fully HP in place of one.

[frosty frost]

Nowhere 😄 but when you need to go do something else irl you can just wait around the farm and have some extra wood and stone you can use later.

[tired root]

And hope no raids appear.
-# Yes they can be turned off.

[frosty frost]

Yep, unless you make sure there are not 3 base items around

[stoic trench]

Alright, how do y’all do that small text thing?? Every time I try, it ends up being large text and I get a time out 😂

[true steeple]

Type -# before the text
Without - you’ll get a time out.

[lapis terrace]

just stop doing that ._.

volonteer staff members can do it without punishment since they are excluded from auto-mod

[stoic trench]

So no more tiny text?

[lapis terrace]

it just makes it harder to read

[stoic trench]

Fair enough, rules are rules 🤝

[viral cave]

-# That's kinda the point I think

[lapis terrace]

it's not a rule. I am just lazy to add that to the auto-mod for no real reason

the problem is when people markup text and just spam long sentences

[opaque barn]

is there still chance to find rocky?

[stoic trench]

Yep, it’s a permanent addition to the game

[lapis terrace]

yes

[jade olive]

It took me months with a very old world but I found it

[tacit breach]

Well, it is a slightly different looking rock, among potentially thousands. So it can take a while to find those particular rocks.

[potent hatch]

wait. i just got a big text saying i'm level 27

what does that mean? i didn't know there was such a thing as character level in valheim?

[frosty frost]

There isnt, might be a specific skill level, or some mod causing it

[potent hatch]

probably a mod then.

i got betterui foreverupdate or something lol

[frosty frost]

No idea what that is about 😄

We dabble only in vanilla here

[wicked sierra]

Yes

Mods are in #mods-discussion

[potent hatch]

thanks for the clarification. i thought it was vanilla thing but i guess it isn't

[frosty frost]

I do believe they know that 😉

[jolly forum]

So I'm having a disk load error for the game.

If I verify game files will it destroy my saves?
Also if I uninstall / reinstall, will it also destroy my saves?

[frosty frost]

Certainly not if they are saved on cloud, not sure if they are on local 🤔

[true steeple]

If they’re saved locally they’re in a separate folder so they won’t be removed

[frosty frost]

You could check and if they are saved on local you can make a copy of character and world files to be safe

[jolly forum]

I have moved it to my main drive so should not be a problem anymore anyway.

[worn barn]

I'm fairly certain I am correct but am looking for independent observational confirmation: one will probably not find silver on the lower slopes of a mountain, only in the higher reaches where large flatter areas are found - yes? Much obliged on any feedback - tyty

[frosty frost]

Pretty much yes, it has a minimal height requirement to spawn 🙂

[worn barn]

Ah, height - yes, excellent, thank you 🙂

Just wanted to save time not running around the base, especially of smaller mountains

[slate prairie]

Im trying to summon the queen again with three soldier heads and its not doing anything anyone know why?

[frosty frost]

Are you offering them on top of the infested citadel?

[slate prairie]

yes I am

[frosty frost]

You have them in hotbar and everything? 🤔

[slate prairie]

yes haha

[wicked sierra]

If ye see drakes and stone golems you should be finding silver

[tired root]

And obsidian is another indicator.

[wicked sierra]

Was just about to say that

[frosty frost]

You can guess-timate the height that silver starts spawn at by looking for obsidian, it has a bit lower minimal required height than silver so if you cant see even obsidian, or if the mountain just has few on the heighest part of it then its safe to assume there is no silver 🙂

[worn barn]

That's a good marker to go by - ty again

[frosty frost]

Then i sadly have no idea...

[worn barn]

Ok then - what about....

Fenris and 2* wolves - you just need nighttime for them yah? Mountain size/height don't matter? I've got this great island mountain with no drakes/golems that I thought might be good for hunting those 2 critters.

[tired root]

Playing vanilla or with mods?

[worn barn]

Vanilla

[frosty frost]

Nighttime should be the only requirement 🙂

[tired root]

I replied to other user.

[worn barn]

I might use mods after I get through one full run of vanilla

[slate prairie]

with mods

[wicked sierra]

Fenrongs you find with night but wolves no clue

[worn barn]

OIC - lol 😆

[frosty frost]

Then one of them could be an issue, try to dissable them all and try again 🙂

[slate prairie]

its three of them correct

[tired root]

That can cause issue.

[worn barn]

I already spoiled myself by watching a taming thing, so I know 2*s only show up at night

[frosty frost]

1* too 😄

[wicked sierra]

Damn sad

[frosty frost]

Why?

[tired root]

Those lower mountains are good for hunting those, as they require only night time as mentioned before. Makes it easier when there are no drakes or golems.

[worn barn]

It's MY island 🙂

[frosty frost]

Nice 😄

[worn barn]

One drakes nest but I circled the entire thing w/wishbone and no pingly-pings

[wicked sierra]

Looks a bit like one black forest island with a mountain in the middle we abused for copper

[worn barn]

Yeah this was a fun discover, first place I sailed to thinking I was gonna get somewhere lol

[wicked sierra]

To be honest, valheim is a big archipelago (if that is the right word even)

[frosty frost]

Ton of islands, yep, tho sometimes you can find quite big landmasses connected to each other 🙂

[worn barn]

My seed hasn't seemed to provide that - I've had to sail everywhere to get anywhere

[frosty frost]

Usually the biggest landmasses are caused by spawn connecting some already large landmasses together, so it is quite seed dependent 🙂

[worn barn]

Yeah, my buddy has everything on a HUGE continent on his spawn, I'm over here struggling to find crypts and he's got 20+ of them in this massive swamp 🙁

[tacit breach]

Randomness. I love it, because its what makes playing again and again interesting.

[icy ivy]

does anybody know whats the vfx called for the portal glow? Like the orange circle effect

[azure fog]

I keep getting this error after doing a clean Windows install on a separate drive. Is there a way to get rid of it?

[slate fulcrum]

Hi, I just had a quick question, and it was, is there any plan to have dedicated servers for the game itself? So that when my friends play, I don't have to open the server. Im new hehe

[frosty frost]

You can set up a dedicated server through steam on your own device already, but you have to keep that device running non-stop ofcourse for people to be able to join whenever they want.

[tacit breach]

You selected one of those options and still get it afterward?

[azure fog]

Yes, I selected the top one for the cloud save and it still pops up every time.

[tacit breach]

Is the Steam app an fesh install, on the same drive?

[azure fog]

I had to search for the Steam library when I reinstalled so I'm not sure if that's got something to do with it?

[frail cave]

anyone know how i can make my beach less... lumpy?

[frosty frost]

Try using Shift+Level ground maybe? That usually gives pretty smooth results. 🙂

[frail cave]

doesnt seem to have helped much

i think i might just live with it lol

[frosty frost]

Ddi you raise the beach artificially using the hoes "raise ground" feature? 🤔

[frail cave]

yeah i did

[frosty frost]

Try to put one more layer on top then, focus in the dips and then level it to the proper height again, you may have reached the max altitude that you can get with just the "level" function.

[twin trail]

So Im pretty sure I know the answer but you cant take carts through portals can you

[cloud lichen]

unfortunately no

[twin trail]

so how do you get mats like tin / copper long distance other than load as much as you can carry and hoof it

[cloud lichen]

https://tenor.com/view/row-boat-ods-official-duck-studios-gif-13756831

(boat)

since karves do have a decent amount of storage

[twin trail]

Thank you Im building one now 😎

[cloud lichen]

no worries mate

[oak snow]

Is the DLC actually obtainable?

[frosty frost]

Do you mean the odin cape and stuff?

[oak snow]

yeah

[frosty frost]

That one was given to people who were playing beta and earlier, so nope, we cant get it.

[oak snow]

Dang, I was really hoping to use those

[tacit breach]

Nothing special about them aside from looking cool.

[twin trail]

how do you keep your boat from floating off

[frosty frost]

When you are not in it then it doesent go anywhere on its own 🙂

[twin trail]

it drifted just off shore - can i use arrows to destroy it

[frosty frost]

Yes but you will most likely loose the heavy materials

Why not swim to it and bring it back?

[twin trail]

how would i get back in

[frosty frost]

There is a ladder on one side of the karve 🙂

[twin trail]

Why would a troll take no damage

[smoky sierra]

Does anyone know why this would be happening to my game audio? It doesnt matter what graphics settings I have, even at the lowest it still happens. It's also only ever in the ashlands. This is unmodded but I do play modded.

[tired root]

It's known issue in current game engine version causing that kind of problems with audio when there are many sources of audio at the same time, which especially can be heard more in Ashlands. We just have to wait until it's fixed.

[smoky sierra]

This issue's been around since the Ashlands came out last year. Unity still hasn't fixed it, or has IG not updated the game to use a newer version of the engine?

[acoustic venture]

Hey all is there a first person mode in the game

[smoky sierra]

Nah, but theres a mod for it

[acoustic venture]

I’m on Xbox

Can you mod on Xbox

[tired root]

Afaik no.

[acoustic venture]

Stinky that’s okay

[manic gyro]

No, but you can play on a dedicated server and use mods like ServersideQoL on it

https://thunderstore.io/c/valheim/p/ArgusMagnus/ServersideQoL/

(but first person mode is not something that can be done that way)

[ornate finch]

Unity just recently fix the bug, so the engine version with the fix exists now, Valheim just needs to update to that version
Should be done in one of the following patches

[sinful anchor]

Guys I need some help with my boars, they are acting weird

They are just running into the corner of the pen and they wont eat or breed

[wicked sierra]

Sounds like theyre alerted but

Pathfindinf is silly

[sinful anchor]

Well originally they were just running to high ground and wouldnt move from it

[wicked sierra]

Yeah they do do that

Remove high ground and boom

[sinful anchor]

Now I flattened it and theyre still being weird though

okay I got a baby,

[wicked sierra]

Yeahh paths don't find

[sinful anchor]

theyre still being stupid

Nice its a 2 star baby 😄

[wicked sierra]

Sick

Breed the 2 stars for maximum loot

[sinful anchor]

Yeah i heard about that and I found a 2* really early so thats why i was messing around with them for so long haha

like i havent done the first boss yet

[wicked sierra]

Lol

Kill him and start grinding copper and tin

[sinful anchor]

Im trying to get a house built because otherwise I know I'll live in a tiny shack for the rest of the game

[wicked sierra]

Oh trust me the game forces you to expand

[sinful anchor]

I played a little bit before when it came out but I forgot everything, dont think i got very far

[wicked sierra]

You WILL need a chest room and a crafting room (there a lot of workbenches) and a portal room and so on

[tired root]

They might try getting back to the area they spawned at. They tend to do that but their offsprings don't.

[winter crag]

Whats block force vs block armour vs parry force

[true steeple]

Block force is knockback
Block armor is armor applied to reduce damage taken
Parry bonus multiplies block armor when parrying

[sinful anchor]

Got ya, I will slaughter the parents

[winter crag]

right thanks

knockback on what?

[sinful anchor]

Hopefully they dont freak out and I can make the pen look better

[tired root]

How much enemy gets knocked back when you block its attack.

[winter crag]

right ok thanks

[tired root]

They don't, no worries.

[pure mango]

I've crafted my first set of magic gear plus a staff of protection and fire, its crazy fun wow
I'm still packing my traditional weapons as well for now in case I need to fall back on them
What would be the thing to craft next? I'm mostly running mistlands still, not planning on doing the queen or ashlands any time soon

[wicked sierra]

Looks so silly when ticks get returned to the place they jumped from

[tired root]

Anything that catches your eye. Mistwalker is solid weapon choice, basically stronger sword version of Frostner. Himminafl is great partial elemental atgeir. Frost staff is pretty nice too.

[potent hatch]

is there a craftable building piece that replicates the ship ladder's functionality?

[true steeple]

Chairs might be the closest since they teleport you onto themselves

[wicked sierra]

No we only get stairs and steep stairs

[winter crag]

does fire damage scale off of the initial damage dealt?

like, would there be more fire damage from a finewood bow rather than the primitive bow

[wicked sierra]

No I don't think that scaled with the pierce

[tired root]

No, other damage types don't add fire damage. But fire damage over time stacks when hitting the target in short time with fire damage.

[wicked sierra]

I think its just dependant on the arrow

[frail cave]

-# if mentioned in isolation, that makes it sound like there's a total damage benefit to hitting fast with fire. there isn't, it's just that DoT damage types originally had the opposite problem - punishing your total damage for hitting in quick succession, and poison still works like that

[winter crag]

oh ok

[tired root]

Yes, poison still doesn't stack but fire does (as does spirit too nowadays).

[wicked sierra]

-# why do you always seem to use this instead of just regural text

[frail cave]

50% habit, 50% me not wanting to make it sound like what i'm saying is a major part of the conversation.
this was just a small sidenote since mentioning that fire/spirit damage stacks without the context of additive stacking being unusual in this game can make it sound like fire/spirit stacks multiplicatively.
if you hit 5 times with fire damage, whether the time between your hits is 0.2 seconds or 5 whole seconds, the total damage in the end is gonna be the same, run the same experiment with poison damage and your total damage will be lower the less you wait between each hit~~ because poison sucks~~.

[winter crag]

do bows affect arrow damage at all?

or are they like added together

[true steeple]

The bow and arrow damage are added together

[winter crag]

right

[tired root]

I always forget those terms in English. Glad someone else have more expanded explanation of those things. 🫶

[frail cave]

ahh i hope i'm not annoying about that 😅

[tired root]

No worries, you're still the most helpful corvid in the server!

[plain epoch]

Hello, I just started Valheim on XBox and killed the second boss.
But I am wondering how to join a Multiplayer server.
Anyone that can help?

[frosty frost]

You need the owner of the server to send you the server ip and password.

[plain epoch]

Do you know anyone who's willing to share a IP with me?

Or were to find one.

[frosty frost]

Look into #1024264966712340510 🙂

[plain epoch]

Oh, thx for your help.

[spring frigate]

Loxes have stared variants?

[tacit breach]

Not in standard. Maybe on other settings.

[acoustic venture]

I’m thinking about making me a tower in the Black Forest as a kind of outpost I would like a little fire but I can’t place a fire up high

Is there any trick to this?

[frosty frost]

Nope, lox cant have stars 🙂

[frosty frost]

You can place fire only on ground itself or on stone floors 🙂

[acoustic venture]

I don’t have stone yet

What should I do

[frosty frost]

You either raise ground to the level you want or you will have to wait till 3rd biome to be able to build with stone 🙂

[acoustic venture]

Ok thank you

[tough hare]

Bit hard to do without stone....... 😉
#valheim-help message

[frosty frost]

I assumed they meant stone build pieces 😄 since when they are making campfires they should have stone as a resource 😉

[wooden nova]

Whats the best way to get near boars without startling them? Ive gotten 2 boars taming and dont want them to frighten

[tired root]

If they cannot see or hear you they don't get alerted.

[frosty frost]

To sneak and to have walls if possible between you and them

[nimble terrace]

If I place my base's fences too far out, could it cause a raid inside

[frosty frost]

The raids dont care about the walls, only about if the area is spawnproofed or not, so if the entire fenced off area is spawnproofed no enemies will spawn when raid starts. 🙂

[nimble terrace]

how can ı make spawnproofed the area

[tired root]

Workbench or campfire.

[frosty frost]

Each of these items has 20m radius around it in which nothing will spawn https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Player_base
But as Joel said workbench or campfire works very well

[tired root]

Campfire can be extinquished by placing something above it so it suffocates and don't alert boars.

[nimble terrace]

thank you both

[wooden nova]

Does frightening a taming boar reset the taming timer or the whole taming percentage?

[frosty frost]

Just pauses it

[wooden nova]

Oh thank god, cause i got lucky to get a 2 star boar, so ive been afraid to approach him in case i have to wait another 30 min

Good to know it just pauses

[lapis terrace]

Hide behind a rock or something. so they can't see you

[sinful anchor]

Can i turn the ground back into grass after flattening it?

like this stuff

[frosty frost]

Once you progress a bit into black forest, yep 🙂

[sinful anchor]

Okay thank you, I just fought the first boss so I'll go do that now

I spent a long time trying to make a nice house lol

[frosty frost]

It looks really good 😄

[winter crag]

does anyone know a way to make a sorta circular chimney?

[small nest]

try asking in #building-tips. Most of us are still building crappy wooden boxes 😆

[winter crag]

oh i didnt even see that section down there ahaha

[slender dove]

It noticed me that the last couple of months I have trouble joining my friends. I keep getting failed to connect:

• I have tried many settings like reducing package lost etc.
• I also go a new router like 3 weeks ago and my Internet connectrion on it self is not the problem
• Other friends also have the issue but some also not. Really strange. They all have just fine internet.
• After like 10 or 20 connecting tries, it connects and I can play it just fine for multiple hours.

What is going on here?

(We do play public test tho, maybe there is something wrong with that?)

[tired root]

Iirc connecting via favorite tab has issues currently. What other ways to connect have you tried?

[lapis terrace]

using wifi, 4G, 5G, mobile hotspot internet or VPN services?

[slender dove]

Only via the friends tab and via steam friends connect

[slender dove]

Using 5ghz wifi connection

[lapis terrace]

🙁

[slender dove]

But I use this since it came out and never had issues

[lapis terrace]

we haven't changed the game since april

[slender dove]

Yeah I find this strange... I just connected again but after like 30 attempt. And it runs just fine now

[lapis terrace]

usually 5G internet and stuff. works poorly during certain hours of the day

when everyone is using it in your area

[slender dove]

Could be the reason. Still finding it strange because I play a lot of other multiplayer games and never really have issues. But thanks tho I will upgrade to cable soon anyway so lets see

[lapis terrace]

valheim using streaming data for connectivity

you play on Xbox, apple, steam?

and don't try to connect through steam friends list. that can be janky sometimes.
best is to use the favourites tab

[plush lotus]

I need help building I’m haveing trouble with a big roof

[slender dove]

Steam. And thanks, I will try fav tab

[pure mango]

Any tips on taking down Gjalls with a magic build? I was OK with heavy armor but I'm finding the rotation between avoiding fireballs, staff of protection, killing ticks and staff of embers / crossbow too fast to keep up. I'm using fire resist.

[dense acorn]

Yo @glossy ferry

[glossy ferry]

👀

[slender dove]

Okay some updates: fav tab didnt work. Everyone can join my friend with little issues. One of them had some "connection failed" issues but dissappeared quick. Not for me. I again had endless connection failed attempts...

So I just hosted a server there and there are no issues. Already playing for almost an hour with 5 people.

I am confused now...

[dense acorn]

@ivory frost Got a bot

[glossy ferry]

thanks

[dense acorn]

No problemo.

[lapis terrace]

it's best to make a modmail ticket and send us screenshots

[glossy ferry]

yap smiffe 🙂

[ornate finch]

You shouldn't even click on any other tab other that favourites tab.
Clicking on other tabs can render you not being able to connect for 20-30 seconds. This will be fixed on next patch

If all of you are playing on Steam, tell the server owner to disable crossplay on your server

[slender dove]

Good to know. He just restarted and tried this. Couldn't join again via favorite, recent but I could via friends. So 3 attempts this time. That's an improvement🤣

[frosty frost]

You could try re-adding the server to favourites, iirc there was some issue with that tab 🤔

[lapis terrace]

the favourite tab broke earlier this year, so you need to re-add a server to it

[slender dove]

I added it today for the first time. I never used fav tab before🫣

[ornate finch]

Have you friend send you a Steam invite instead, while you wait in character selection screen

[slender dove]

Yesss didn't work either

[ornate finch]

And you didn't attempt clicking on other server tabs before hand?

[slender dove]

Nope

But I usually just use the friend tab in game

[ornate finch]

Yeah, don't. That tab has confirmed issues that effect everyone who has a lot of Steam friends

If you have issues with Steam invites alone (assuming you are not clicking on server tabs), you probably have some generall connection issues

Did you ever install VPN, hamachi?

[slender dove]

Nothing but I did use Radmin in the past for C&C generals

But I desinstalled it long ago. But some file can still be there in server register?

[ornate finch]

Yeah, best to do some check, like I listed here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/892970/discussions/1/612032374411149472/#c612032512885010678

[slender dove]

Thanks for this list I will check!

Update: Now someone else from my friend cannot join anymore lmaooo. I just joined and now she is the unlucky one. She had no issues untill now. I am not lying atm😭

[ornate finch]

Do you get to password selection screen?

Pr connection fails before?

[slender dove]

Nope.

[marble igloo]

is there any way to make ballistas not shoot players except giving them Trophies?

[lilac coyote]

Nope. Just avoid walking in front of them.

[thorn spire]

I've used wooden gates to block their view when you want to go out, but it's a pain to open and close them each time.

[viral cave]

♫ What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fighter
Footsteps even lighter
Doesn't mean I'm over 'cause you're gone ♫

[wicked sierra]

I feel like wooden shutters would be a bit better

[thorn spire]

then you're closing six of them

[wicked sierra]

Yeah well

[thorn spire]

you need the extra width of the gate, as well. otherwise the ballista will destroy them when they're open.

[wicked sierra]

Mhm

[narrow anchor]

Does anyone play on Steam Deck? Is there a list of recommended settings somewhere?

I’ve tried some things I found on Reddit but they are a year or more old and I can’t get a stable 45-60fps

[strong cape]

here are my settings going from veg quality down. "medium, high, medium, medium, high 40, medium 1, 75%" and then "distant shadows, tessellation, ssao, motion blur" are off, others on

[small nest]

ssao plays a big factor as far as i know. it makes your game generate the terrain twice for a nicer look

[wicked sierra]

Mmm dual terrain

[strong cape]

most "modern" aa etc are horrible preformance hogs

[wicked sierra]

Ssao aint anti-aliasing

And yes TAA is absolutely ass

Literally upscalers>>>>>>>>

[strong cape]

oh for some reason I thought SSAO was tied into the AA pipeline and did things like TAA does since you mention double redering

[wicked sierra]

Me dumb, Super Sampling Ambient Occulsion, SSAO

a shading and rendering technique used in 3D computer graphics to approximate how exposed each point in a scene is to ambient lighting

In graphics, ambient occlusion is a shadowing technique used to make 3D objects look more realistic by simulating the soft shadows that should naturally occur when indirect or ambient lighting is cast out onto your scene.

So just makes shadows look cool, doesn't fix jagged corners

[narrow anchor]

Thanks I’ll try this

Are you running with proton?

[dense acorn]

Gotcha, didn't see a tickets tab or anything, I see the ModMail user now though

[lapis terrace]

@lofty orchid <--

[frosty frost]

-# You send a DM to the bot 😉

[strong cape]

No

[vestal hatch]

Do chicken eggs build hatching progress while away from the area?

[frosty frost]

Yep they progress through hatching and if it finishes while you are away they will hatch immediately as you load the area 🙂

[vestal hatch]

And breeding progress?

[frosty frost]

Breeding itself no, animals growing up yes tho

[vestal hatch]

Can a chicken hatch and grow to full size without loading in?

[frosty frost]

Nope, you have to load the area for it to hatch

[vestal hatch]

This is sufficient chicken intel, thank you

[twin trail]

Question - I built my main base just short of the Black Forest - my wife and I were in our base getting ready to sleep and not making any noise and all of a sudden a troll appeared and started wrecking the place - we recovered and that troll is nowhere to be found ???

[tacit breach]

Did you have the raid? It occurs after you have beaten the Elder, and killed a troll. It could have timed out by the time you responded.

[twin trail]

No didnt have a raid

What is something I can do to better protect against a troll - currently still using wood

[tacit breach]

Raised dirt wall with your hoe, dig ditches, until you get iron. Then you can use stone walls.

The stake walls can buy you time, but trolls will get through those.

[frosty frost]

Best defense against trolls once you know them a little is actually getting out and fighting them outside of your base 🙂

[tacit breach]

When its just one. In a raid you get 2 at a time, and when your good at it, you can get 6 of them.

Total, not at one time.

[frosty frost]

You can get as many as you want provided you kill them fast enough 🙂

[twin trail]

I was surprised the stake walls did as well as they did

[tacit breach]

Yeah, they do buy you time.

Especially if they are a stone thrower, and not a club user.

[fast burrow]

I can’t see any community servers anymore. Does anyone have an idea what I can do to try and fix this?

[jade olive]

I want to get my running up. Is using eikthier and stamina Mead best to use to help boost it up as I run?

[drowsy crane]

I suppose it depends on how much you're trying to level it, if you're going for max, you will quickly deplete your stamina mead materials and I would suggest sticking with Eikthyr.

[jade olive]

I'd like to get back what I lost dur to a few bad deaths. How about the lingering stamina. Could that add to help speed it up a tad?

[drowsy crane]

It won't necessarily increase the rate, just lessen the downtime normally taken on regen, I can't be sure if the time saved is worth the materials.

[jade olive]

I have stock piles so I'm good for now. So ok thank you I can use the power and when its down the stamina to help keep it up and that should help a bit

[drowsy crane]

Yeah that's a decent approach for sure.

[stoic trench]

Also make sure to keep rested buff, as this both increases stamina regen and exp rate gain. Further, I’d make ratatoskr potions if you can.

[jade olive]

Ok got it cooking now thank you

[viscid junco]

I plan on running a bow build but keep a melee weapon just as auxiliary. What melee class do y'all recommend? I feel knives could be nice for the low weight, but clubs could be nice as againt enemies, blunt has the highest avg weakness and least avg resistance among the physical damage types. 2h hammers could also be nice when getting ganked. Yet, I also feel like axes are an option, being cheaper and least weight, as it'll be in my inventory no matter what

What do y'all recommend?

[wicked sierra]

I meann for me running mostly or fully bow is plain impossible

I always have a full melee kit with me

(sword, shield, spear, bow)

But if you really want to ultralight then I would suggest a 2h weapon

[frozen scaffold]

Do anyone knows a free valheim server hosting site?

[tired root]

Any weapon can work, honestly. Axe would save you one item slot due to being a tool and a weapon at the same time.
Regards from someone who played perma bow only challenge run some time ago.

[viscid junco]

What type of armor are you typically looking for in such a case? Are you gunning for bonuses like sneak or iirc the +bow from swamp or just plain +armor? I've only gotten as far as mountains so keep that in mind too

[wicked sierra]

Light armor might be optimal

Fenris armor

[tired root]

Fenris set mostly due to being fast (+ having fire resistance). Improved archery bonus from Root set is also good but wasn't necessary for me. Root Harnesk alone tho grants pierce resistance which is great against many mobs in future biomes.
Basically Fenris (+ Root Harnesk as backup) -> Ashlands light armor set was my route for armor.

[viscid junco]

Alright. What are some recommendations or advice you'd offer with using a bow? After all, I plan to use it as much as possible until I'm literally forced to pull out melee.

What type of arrows do you typically craft or keep with you? I kept a stockpile of poison and frost, but found them much less reliable to iron or even bronze tbh because so often I would run into enemies that were immune or resistant.

[wicked sierra]

Best you can get (Frost in mountains)

It does frost on top of obsidian arrows pierce no?

Oh nvm

Got the numbers mixed up ooops

Obsidian arrows 👍

[tired root]

Frost are very good, but mostly you want to save them/make lots of them against bosses after mountain.
Obsidian are also good, in Plains you get new material for next arrows which you can make a lot then. Fire can be useful for certain enemies and when you want to save better arrows.
Against golems I just used wood arrows to save up better arrows.
Also you can use the flint/poison/iron arrows you find but I wouldn't bother crafting more of them.

[viscid junco]

Iirc are golems resistant to pierce or are they just super tanky? Only time I ever killed one was by trapping it in a stake fence box and spending like 30 minutes of peppering it w/ arrows and repairing damage

[drowsy crane]

I prefer Needle arrows over obsidian, but I am also typically hunting things in the plains for a while once it becomes easy to traverse. You can easily just utilize wooden arrows for a lot of standard enemies if you're trying to be cost effective, it can be nice for the ease of access if you run out during an adventure as well.

[tired root]

They're both. More HP and resistant against pierce (and slash). Against blunt they take normal damage, which makes iron mace really good against them.

[drowsy crane]

Also worth noting that Silver arrows have a high stagger chance, and thus have a higher potential for damage, especially against enemies weak to spirit.

[viscid junco]

Ngl it's been a while since I'm just getting back into valheim so I hope you can forgive my lack of knowledge. Iirc the root armor has a drawback of less fire res

Is this actually a problem in the future like plains or past? I never ran into any enemies that dealt fire, yet you recommended fenris for its speed and fire res

Another question, could it be worth keeping the troll skin on hand for a "sneak bow" build?

Huntsman creates much less noise, with the distance created from ranged attacks, it feels barely viable, no? I'm not trying to force this route to be viable, I'm trying to gather my options.

The main problems I could see with this idea is 1. Enemies can't be sneak-attacked in succession, 2. Trollskins Sneak Bonus and sneak skill all together would be pretty useless because you have to stand while drawing

[acoustic venture]

Hey all I built my house next to a monster spawner not realizing so my house is getting attacked by monsters all the time and I always have to clear hordes from around my base before I can sleep and I keep dying

I see some people online saying that they’re good for leveling skills and not to get rid of them but also I’m getting tired of dying every time I walk outside

[viscid junco]

What type of monsters is it spitting out?

[acoustic venture]

Grey dwarf brutes shamans and big 2 star grey dwarfs that just 2 shot me

[viscid junco]

Oh yeah destroy it. You can find plenty more of those scattered about black forest.

[acoustic venture]

Okay good deal

[tired root]

• Yes, having even one piece of root armor grants you weakness to fire, but that can be countered with fire resistance. Resistance is granted (without Fenris set bonus) by being wet or with resistance mead you get materials in Plains.
• One enemy in mountain deals fire damage. There are also some enemies dealing fire damage in later biomes, so without the resistance they can deal lot of damage if using Root armor and/or being careless.
• I'd leave troll armor behind after getting Root/Fenris, which I did in my bow only run.
• Huntsman makes less noise, which is viable for sniping enemies afar, especially in Plains. I usually use it much more over Draugr Fang, but if you're going to use mostly bows then both are good to have, but Huntsman for sniping more silently.
• You might think too much of how sneak works in some other games. In Valheim the idea is that moving while sneaking makes no noise, while walking and running do. When enemy isn't alerted (red ! mark) your damage gets backstab bonus which is mentioned in your weapon stats as multiplier, which is 3x for bows. Sneak skill doesn't contribute to the backstab bonus, higher skill reduces stamina usage while sneaking and makes you slightly harder to see.

[spring frigate]

what happend to all turpnit seeds? i cant find any in a swap that has a bogwitch and bonemass in??

[tired root]

They can be very evasive/rare in some places. So purely RNG.

Plus they can be harder to spot than carrot seeds.

[spring frigate]

AY JUST FOUND THEM

[wooden nova]

Why is the copper vain not breaking? Ive cleared everything and it still wont pop

Did the devs patch it?

[drowsy crane]

Sometimes it is connected by a phantom foundation, try going a bit lower away from it.

[next spear]

is it intentional design that when i get knocked by an attack into water i get absolutely molested by whatever enemy knocked me into it bcuz i cant roll, cant block and my stamina is constantly drained and then i just drown on top of getting unavoidably attacked?

[wooden nova]

Sadly ive hitten bedrock, its on a slope so i cant go lower

[frosty frost]

Well, pretty much? You are not supposed to be fighting in water since it slows you down and if its too deep you cant even unsheath your weapon.

[frosty frost]

Just start hitting pieces closest to ground and sides 🙂 eventually it should colapse

[drowsy crane]

It may be connected to a part of the slope surrounding it, most cases you can break it this way, not sure I've heard of it not being possible.

[next spear]

well, i am not fighting in water

im just in some proximity t oit

like maybe 10 meters but the knockback is huuuuuuuge on monster attacks and i just get knocked straight into it, which leads to a death of mine

which causes great frustration in me and my comrades that play the game with me

[drowsy crane]

Oh, yeah so just don't fight in front of water. 👍

[next spear]

oh yeah so just dont fight in mistlands

[drowsy crane]

Well, it's not called Mistwater

Move around until you have footing to fight on

[next spear]

well my mistlands have comparable amounts of water to the swamps

but maybe that is a skill issue too

ill just generate another world and hope for better generation right>?

[lilac coyote]

That would be a very weird Mistlands.

[next spear]

yeah theyre wild

[lilac coyote]

Any mods? That's just not how Mistlands generates.

[next spear]

no

[lapis terrace]

need to be further between the copper node and ground. minimum 2 meter

[wooden nova]

it turns out it was connected to a FLOATING SETPIECE ROCK that looked really similar to the deposit itself

After mining the rock the node popped instantly

[next spear]

also does backstab work on players?
the wiki says that it doesnt but sometimes enemies just deal 5 times more damage for seemingly no reason (no im not staggered)

[finite yoke]

any weaknesses?

for example having the feather cape equipped makes you take more fire damage

[lapis terrace]

nice

[next spear]

uhhh no it mostly happened with fulings when i had silver armor

[true steeple]

No, they don’t have alerted/non alerted status

[true steeple]

Were they starred? With how armor works, starred enemies will deal more than +50/100% damage as you progress unless you aren’t wearing armor.

Also being staggered doesn’t increase damage against players

[next spear]

Nah, normal fulings

Idk what happens there but whatever

[true steeple]

I’m not sure why that would be happening

[next spear]

Maybe the game just forgets to do damage to me and then just deals damage form 5 hits at once

That happened too whem my internet connection was bad

[neon harness]

Can someone explain what Skills do? I never really understood it well

[lilac coyote]

In a nutshell, they make you better at doing a thing. Weapon skills give you more damage and less stamina usage (usually). Crafting and cooking reduce stamina choice and a chance to create extra etc. https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Skills gives you the full lowdown.

[neon harness]

ah okay, thank you

[next spear]

what am i supposed to do when i get knocked into the water after parrying a seeker soldier and it just stands there on the shore and waits for me to try and get onto the land but if i do it bites me and does stupid damage bcuz i can parry and i get knocked further into the water and then drown and then i have to run back to get to my items but meanwhile 10000000000 seekers spawned so i cant get back and even if i do theres a seeker soldier right on top of my grave

if any1 says dont fight near water i am turning my wrists into tartare and after that i am jumping out of my balcony