valheim-help

[barren rivet]

im due for bed, just having a quick gasp of freedom before. die well vikings

[hollow lava]

Is anyone familiar with an issue me and my friend are having regarding multiplayer lag / desync? Usually only one player would have it at a time, including desync of placed items / structures, trees disappearing on their screen after being felled, enemies being completely invisible though still doing damage, etc
(Can't put the image we included for reference in here due to attachments not beinng allowed, but check #mods-issues for original messages)

[sage crest]

technically this post also applies here because we've had this problem in vanilla several times, even if we are currently doing a modded playthrough^

[hollow lava]

Included our messages in both here, and the mod help chat due to not knowing if this is an issue exclusive to modded Valheim or if this is something that happens in vanilla as well. I'm hosting the server and it's local fyi

[sage crest]

it turns out this might actually be a lag issue with our base being too big for my game to handle, does anyone have any suggestions for mods that reduce lag from base size?

[limpid stone]

6 twigs hitting you

[ancient zodiac]

Didn’t know this thanks

[solemn sinew]

Are there any Good builders willing to help out for 30 mins right now?

[sharp nova]

if i want to eat 3 hp foods what should i eat to complement sausage and black soup? back to deer stew?

i'd appreciate it greatly if you posted a pic ❤️‍🩹

[ornate finch]

You can always check most common things outside of mods that can cause lag: https://steamcommunity.com/app/892970/discussions/1/612032374411149472/#c612032512885010678

[next ivy]

Serpent Stew, or Cooked Serpent Meat, but it's heavy, and rare.

Cooked Bear Meat, Deer Stew, or bite the bullet for a bit more Stamina: Turnip Stew (decent hp regen) or Muckshake

That's if you've not gotten any Mountain biome drops yet, such as ||Wolf Meat for Wolf Skewer/Jerky||

[fickle night]

Hello. I would like to report bug. I went into plain and troll killed me. Because i didnt have tp i have to go by walk. When i arrived on same place, where i died i couldnt find my items (lost full armor, double-haneded axe,...).. If someone can help me please contact me. I ll give you more information about my server.

[severe dawn]

How can i get through the early game quickly?

[barren rivet]

use devcommands to spawn items and change your stats to 100 and turn on fly to fly to last biome

[sharp nova]

||wolf skewer and jerky both require a 2 upgrade cauldron 💔||

right now i'm eating onion soup

turnip stew is only slightly less stamina and 2hp/tick so it's probably better

[next ivy]

That would require Mountain biome drops, as mentioned. RIP.
But yeah, Turnip Stew is the way

[severe dawn]

;-;

[hallow plaza]

No diff moder with bear claws

[severe dawn]

Is it achievamble?

[thorn spire]

probably, if you're familiar with her moves.

[severe dawn]

Its a her?

[thorn spire]

Moder means ‘mother’

[severe dawn]

Makes sense

[urban flare]

what is the recommended gear to hunt Eikthyr for the first time?

[severe dawn]

If ur good enough ur good with a flint spear but i would suggest if u want the easiest and safest route craft leather armour and eat deer meat and boar and honey.

Also a shield

[urban flare]

is it possible to doddge the attacks? as I already crafted the early axes

[severe dawn]

You can dodge the attacks easily by running to another direction

[urban flare]

oh ok. thank you very mcuh 🙂

[urban flare]

would you say that upgrading the Leather Armor is overkill?

[severe dawn]

Kind of i think if u just dodge the attacks

But it gives u extra defence

Overkill i would say is Troll armour

[urban flare]

ok. thank you for the valuable info 🙂

[quick loom]

it won't be overkill in the next biome, so go ahead. Consider the meadows as the tutorial area, take your time to get comfortable with the controls, food, health and stamina management

[urban flare]

now that i killed him, i realize, that i have been overly dramatic xD

[finite goblet]

eikthyr is very easy. you can beat him with just a wooden shield

[regal dawn]

Hello, I am playing on a moded server with my brother and recently i loaded in and there isnt any structures or trees for me, but for him the server owner everything is still ok. any idea as to how to fix this?

[sharp nova]

try asking in the mods server or #mods-discussion

[prime abyss]

mages, what's your preferred trinket to use?

[winged needle]

Has anyone ever found a way to raise up natural boulders or henges short of cheats or mods?
I have significantly terraformed an area of fields that has a cute little four-rock primitive structure in it that is now low in the earth. Boulders and rock structures don't move up with ground height like trees and bushes do, though. If I could find a way to raise the mini-henge to the new ground level I'd prefer to keep it as a cultural landmark.
Found nothing about this online but it's hard to search for this particular dilemma without getting lots of unrelated terraforming results. Using base game with no mods or dev commands.

[abstract eagle]

The ones that give eitr. Earrings. However trinkets to me a just that .. trinkets. Not a significant game changer

[abstract eagle]

Without commands no. As you pointed out they don't move while terraforming

[ancient zodiac]

If I put more twigs next to each other and I hit them all at once do I get more exp or no

So far it’s working for blocking

[urban quest]

hello! i am trying to figure out the best set up right now for my mage/agile warrior build, i was thinking fenris helm, eitr weave chest and root pants for the pierce protection, im in the mistlands just before i face the queen boss for the first time, i use the thunder atgeir, bone bow, fire staff, undead summoning staff and protection staff, thank you for any advice!

would also appreciate any help with food, im having a difficult time figuring out to get enough eitr to have 100 to cast my undead summon but also enough health and stam so i dont just straight up die or have no stam to run

was thinking of farming chickens for a while, stock up on honey glazed

[spring gulch]

Sorry I never use magic but pierce resist is on the harnesk not the leggings

[urban quest]

oh damn

[spring gulch]

Are the magic staffs 2 hand? Serpent shield has pierce resist

[urban quest]

im not sure tbh

i havent tried wearing a staff with a shield

[spring gulch]

Word. Someone better at magic will correct me but im not sure the dead raiser will help so much this fight you might want to focus eitr and stamina and then watch for the new move at 60% hp. The bubble is a health gate regardless and your fire and atgier sound like enough to do work on the forsaken and mobs

[urban quest]

cool, thank you for the advice

[quick loom]

You should go Fenris leggings, root harness, eitr hood if you want the best of the 3 sets

leggings give you a bit of move speed, chest pierce resistance, and the hood eitr regen

Staff are all two handed

[marble pagoda]

what the hell
hood gives significantly less eitr regen than the chest/legs
if that 2 or 5% really matters to you i guess you can do that, curious how that goes

realistically i think most people do heavy helm, root chest, eitr legs
then drink ratatosk which dwarfs speed bonuses from a single fenris piece

[urban quest]

im not interested in using heavy armor

prefer light

[restive saffron]

guys is there any mod that finds copper or tin for me? or something like a mineshaft to mine it?

[tired root]

People in https://discord.com/channels/391142601740517377/1202934289898151966 might be able to help with that question. 👍

[quick loom]

Honestly, go full eitr set and rely on your shield for protection. The speed buff of fenris will not be signficant anyway. And the shield don't take resistance into account, so the pierce resist won't matter too much too

[cosmic kettle]

yes i have one dm me

[marble roost]

I’m not much of a mage anymore but the one made from a ||fallen Valkyrie|| trophy is OP. Infinite Eitr

[timid narwhal]

Any help or tips how to deal with larger group of enemyes in the ashland? I tryed overtake ashland castle but it feels like it is not possible without 20 deaths all alone 🫠

Specifically one star warrior that is pain in the a*s

[thorn spire]

I like to find (or raise earth to create) an external elevated position to take out the spawners at range.

Generally be aware of surroundings, looking for rocks to climb or ways to thin out the herd or get them single file.

[sharp nova]

tips on dealing with wraiths? i died to them 3 nights in a row

[marble roost]

For melee use them parries, for mage spam shield

Don't rush through the biomes if you can't handle a literal army chasing you

Most enemies do friendly fire damage. Get them to hit each other!

[marble roost]

Parry then attack

Alternatively shoot them with a bow for a slower safer approach

[narrow python]

Iron atgeir can stagger them with secondary, although with wraiths you have smaller window

[thorn spire]

don't try attacking twice on stagger. Parry/hit/repeat.

[sharp nova]

i can't outspace them or react with heal or stamina potion in time

[marble roost]

Might have to practice those parries then

[narrow python]

Wraiths are bastards, they have quite quick attack with longer reach than it visually appears

[marble roost]

kinda depends on the weapon

[thorn spire]

not if you're struggling.

[sharp nova]

honestly in active combat they're not too bad

the third night i died because there were two of them

[marble roost]

multiple back to back parries might be difficult too tho

[thorn spire]

Round shield then. It'll block even the second attack even if you don't time the parry well.

[marble roost]

Back when I played on a masochist server with my friends I did end up getting killed by a wraith more times than I care to admit, because we based right next to swamp and it would sneak up on us while chilling at base

[vagrant forge]

hello guys, got this game ages ago but barely ever played it, maybe like a couple hours at best with a friend till first boss
I really love to play as mages in games and im curious if that's possible here? I was lurking some time ago on news and i saw an update that brought magic but as I understood its only available much later in the game progression so is it true? Or can I start early as a magic user?

[narrow python]

Magic is only available from mistlands onward

[marble roost]

Being a kickass mage is possible

But yeah only pretty far into the game

[true steeple]

for starred warriors I use the long range of sword secondary to avoid even triggering their attacks

jump around them and hit their back with mistwalker secondary

[vagrant forge]

that's disheartening :C

thank you guys

[narrow python]

don't worry. Even though you might become mage only late in game, the so far last (there's one more planned to release...sometime in the near future) biome will give you more action than you want

[barren rivet]

for huge fortress groups if you dont want to cheese them you have to just be very patient and deal damage when you can, use your regen and trinkets, pick off archers and warlocks first and kite warriors, other than that it depends in what your weapon is

[hazy needle]

for Hildir's quest if i want all her stock do i need every marked spot or is it one of each type?

[marble pagoda]

one of each type

[hazy needle]

alright

[fresh rapids]

What are the best equipment against Bonemass?

[marble roost]

Iron mace and poison resist mead

Rest is up to your preference, but I'd recommend iron armor, 2 health foods 1 stamina food (swamp tier)

[fresh rapids]

would you tell about the foods?

[marble roost]

Something like Sausages, black soup, and turnip stew would be good

Assuming you've found turnips in the swamp and upgraded your food setup with them. Turnips are sometimes hard to find

[fresh rapids]

Ok, thank you for these tips

[marble roost]

No problem! I'd recommend not asking for tooooooo many tips though, part of the joy of the game is discovering things for yourself

[urban flare]

hey there. does deforesting the black forest affect some spawnrate or something else?

[quick loom]

Not really. At least it doesn't for the meadows, deers continue to spawn even in deforested area

[urban flare]

ok, thanks

is copper rare to find? It is in the black forest is it not?

[tired root]

It is found in black forest but not rare, look out for partially underground big grayish/greenish boulders with metallic tint on them.

[urban flare]

ok. will do. thank you

[tired root]

Also when you hower the crosshair near it then it will show "copper deposit" text.

[urban flare]

oh. so like with tin?

[tired root]

Like this:

[midnight jay]

Trying to use oversized sign text as a guide in a video to build a roof the text is <voffset=-895><size=1320> but it’s not showing what the video has as the guide line

https://youtu.be/3dNU8jtRyLA

[urban flare]

Thank you for the advice you both. 🙂

[wild urchin]

not that I really need help but I do have a question :
there's a bug that made a snow dungeon accessible from the outisde and it's amazing and super close to my main base.
SO obviously I'd love to build in and around it.

My question is : could a patch fix it and destroy all my work ?
edit = Pic related is not showing lol || ||

[true steeple]

even if a patch fixes the part that lets you get out the rest of the dungeon would still be there

[wild urchin]

thanks for the quick answer !

[spring gulch]

If youre really lazy you'll stroll a river in a boat and look for them on the shore for easy loading

[urban flare]

I just found one a 5 mins ago. now i am mining it

I just saw a vod of someone mining himself under the coppervein. does that tech still function?

[quick loom]

it's finicky, but you need to make sure no part of the node touch the ground or anything else. Then you can destroy the rest of the node in one glorious explosion. Beware : the copper chunks have a bigger hitbox than they look

[barren rivet]

imo its not worth it, takes so long to mine around and under and sometimes a bit of an invisible box around the ore is touching dirt and the whole thing just floats there. also sometimes it just doesnt pop even when theres the tiniest bit floating way high up i need multiple stairs just to mine it. if you’re solo and theres lots of nodes around its fine to just mine off the top of the muffin and leave the rest.

[marble roost]

It can be a bit tough to pull off. It's useful with other ore later in the game tho

[urban flare]

then i will do just that

[urban flare]

I will try with other ores. other than copper

[quick loom]

making the node explode is pretty satisfying tho ^^

[urban flare]

I see why that would be 🙂

thanks for your time in helping me 🙂

[hazy needle]

so when i'm fighting the queen is it viable for me to enter the room entrance only, eat eitr food, summon skeletons, bubble then use bukeperries and eat my proper food?

[barren rivet]

yup, nothing aggros on u right away

[quick loom]

it's probably overkill, unless you have 100 blood magic skills your skellies won't survive that long

[soft notch]

Am fishing, and I get the message "It's not taking the bait". However, I'm fishing in Black Forest with mossy bait, which is what I've been using to catch trollfish. What actually does the "it's not taking the bait" message mean, if it's not to indicate the wrong bait for biome?

[narrow python]

especially around the edges, you can get other biome fish filtering in

[soft notch]

Ah, thanks

[next ivy]

That's most likely Pikes and Perches.... they can also show up in the waters of Black Forests (ones closer to the center of the world)

My question is, does anyone know for sure: if Valheim fish respawn?

[soft notch]

Yes, as I fished out a river and then they came back

I can't seem to find fish in swamp or plains

[next ivy]

Try taking a boat like 30m off shore, or even the little rivers in between plains. The space between those biomes and ocean should have the biome fish you're looking for

[spring gulch]

Easiest way for me is take a karve throw the bait then grab the rudder into first gear go towards plains and chill on the edge

[static quartz]

Fish do respawn, and in places like the Swamp, you don't always see them ... the Giant Herring will bite if you just caste your line out in the swamp border... if I don't get a bite within 30 seconds, I move down the shore a bit and try again and so on, but I never actually see them in the water.

[hollow jackal]

what is the best/quickesst way to find infested mines? Cleared a few mistlands now but only found 1 so far. Did find a lot of dvergr stuff

[thorn spire]

You gotta just explore. You can recognize the ones with the big staircase by the rock formation, eventually. Keep an ear out for Hugin/Mugin going 'poof' nearby, and always investigate seeker sounds and any blue light source.

[hollow jackal]

blue light is always a mine? Cuz i just passed one and couldnt find anything close

[frosty frost]

Light is not always a mine, but staircase mine always has light iirc 🙂

[thorn spire]

Not always, but each mine usually has one small blue light in front, at least.

[hollow jackal]

and seekers are always close to a mine?

[thorn spire]

usually 4 seekers to a mine entrance.

Some also look like dvergr towers, so always investigate structures, too.

[crisp pawn]

jormundling or pulsating earrings?

[frosty frost]

Iwould say Jormundling

[crisp pawn]

okay

[buoyant stag]

Hi! I’m having a problem with Valheim’s multiplayer mode. Every time I invite a friend, I get a “connection problem” message, and the same thing happens when I try to join their server. Does anyone know what it could be? When we join public games, we don’t have this issue.

[soft notch]

Are you both on the same platform?

PC/xbox?

[hazy osprey]

hey can i pop into someones world for 2 iron need a stone cutting table and left it all in the move before deleting my old world

[buoyant stag]

Yeah, both on pc 🙁

[soft notch]

Sure

[hazy osprey]

Bet hold up lemme hop back on

Dm me where I’m heading or if you wanna come to me

[ancient zodiac]

My world with me and my friends is lagging bad and it hasn’t done this before one of my friends being on pc is the only change anyone got any tips

[pastel horizon]

How far can creatures go out of their own biome? I've got a plains next to a black forest, both of them are just little edge biomes to the MASSIVE swamp. I need a swamp base, but I'm afraid of the deathsquitos if I build on the little black forest. The black forest is connected to the plains, but the place where I could build is a full 15 seconds of full wind longship movement away.

[spring gulch]

Things can roam fairly far but probably not that far. They will chase things into different biomes and you may find a deathsquito hunting deer or greydwarfs further in than just the border. Building a base in the swamp is a difficult task. Have you done a full scout of the island? I usually mark the crypts then plan a boat route to pick up and go

[pastel horizon]

Not quite yet, I scouted until I saw the south is fully plains, turned around, and now I'm on my way to scout the north. There is also a medium black forest on the other side of a medium size river, would require a boat every time. To be clear, I'm not building a swamp base, I'm building a base for my progression in the swamp, but likely in the black forest near a swamp. I'm on a new profile since I accidentally deleted the old one, and I turned portals off. They were making me lazy.

[spring gulch]

Sounds like you have it covered. Id try the forest adjacent to the swamp

[marble roost]

@hazy needle the hitbox for copper is a lot bigger than it looks. So although it looks like nothing is touching the ground, pieces close to the ground may still technically be connected

Just break the parts looking like they're closest to the terrain.

Or don't bother popping copper

[hazy needle]

ah okay

[hazy needle]

i bought herbs of the hidden hills but i didnt learn the feast. i'm pretty sure i've made each mistlands food once

[spring gulch]

You havent cooked seeker meat 😂

[hazy needle]

ah the most basic thing..

i was saving it all for meat platters so i never tried just eating it because it wouldnt have been as good

[spring gulch]

Yeah, thats usually how it goes

[terse cedar]

can you bring boar across the sea?

[spring gulch]

Yes but not worth the time at all

[hushed sigil]

For fun we loaded up a couple of them after shoving them off a ramp onto the boat. Any big waves and thy get washed overboard (unless you use the biggest boat possible with higher sides) and we spent half the time just harpooning them and towing them along behind haha as can stay still on boat

[jolly tapir]

Does anyone else have a problem with their ||askvin|| killing themselves against natural ground walls? I dug a pit to tame them, got them in it, but when they're aggroed they attack the pit walls and it deals a lot of damage to them? Is this a bug or a wacko mechanic?

[spring gulch]

Weird. Are you in or around the fortress

[jolly tapir]

No I'm not near a fortresss, just normal terrain. The fortress is far away

[spring gulch]

Ive never had this issue I'm really curious.

[tired root]

1 or 2 of them? If there are 2 they can hurt each other due to friendly fire.

Also, no mods in play?

[jolly tapir]

There are 2, but friendly fire is not on. No mods

[tired root]

It's not about friendly fire toggle.
Some mobs in Ashlands can actually deal damage to each other despite being on same faction. 2 of the Asksvin attacks deal friendly fire to each other.

So while they attack your structures they accidentally hurt each other in process.

[jolly tapir]

Ohh. Well that sucks 😭 thank you!

[tired root]

I actually forgot that detail too last time I tamed them, also having them in same pit. So solution would be 2 pits, one for each Asksvin.

[jolly tapir]

If I put a raised ground wall in the middle will that work too?

[tired root]

Yeah, that makes 2 pits then.

[plush ivy]

will this game get mod support in its official 1.0 release?

[sharp flower]

Me and my friends want to start a server. But we don’t like that the host has to play, for everyone else to play. So what’s the solution?

[tired root]

Probably not in 1.0 but IIRC possibly after.

[soft notch]

A dedicated server

[sharp flower]

Is it free?

[soft notch]

If you own a server. Otherwise companies typically charge for hosting services

[sharp flower]

Wdym own a server?

[soft notch]

A server. It is a type of device that is configured to host various forms of media

Some people have their own hardware

[sharp flower]

Oh

Like a harddrive which they store a world on?

[soft notch]

A server uses a storage unit, like a hard drive, but it has other components as well that allow it to process and upload/download information

[sharp flower]

Okej, well that seems out of my reach.

[timid narwhal]

well i killed fader and he dropped fader relic, what is it good for?

it has description only that it will reveal power another day or so... and i even spelt...

[tired root]

It is placeholder item and will be changed into whatever will be needed for the next biome progression.

[timid narwhal]

got it thanks

[timid narwhal]

what is the max upgrade of black forge

[sinful moth]

5

[timid narwhal]

and max upgrade of galdr table?

[cosmic kettle]

for me its max 7 btw

[sinful moth]

Ok?

[cosmic kettle]

wait

ashlands has flamemetal for the new upgrade💔

[timid narwhal]

if i am feeding for example ashkvins, do i have to separate smoke puff and throw it on the ground or can i throw it on the ground together {for example 10x smoke puff and one ashkvit will take one smoke puff or he will eat whole stack?]

[stoic trench]

You can throw the stack, they’ll just eat one at a time.

[timid narwhal]

thanks a lot

[astral finch]

Hello everyone, I’ve been playing this great game since 2021 and have over 3000 hours of playtime. I’m looking for an open server to join. Modded or unmodded doesn’t matter. I’d appreciate it if you could get in touch with me.

[sinful moth]

check if you find smth in #1024264966712340510

[sharp nova]

do you think an iron atgeir primary can stunlock a wraith?

battleaxe secondary definitely can...

[astral finch]

If you were asking me the question

no

[marble roost]

Probably but with the knockback you might have to pin it against a tree or something

But you might need upgraded atgeir and some skills

Battleaxe deals double damage due to slash rather than pierce

[true steeple]

wriaths resist slash and pierce

[marble roost]

😮

My bad then

[sharp nova]

but... not bludgeon?

[true steeple]

blunt too

[sharp nova]

oh

[astral finch]

For this kind of question, you can actually find the fastest and most reliable answer directly on the Valheim Wiki.

[sharp nova]

the fandom wiki? ew fandom...

[astral finch]

yep

[marble roost]

Valheim wiki actually feels super polished to me

Much better than a lot of other games I play

[barren rivet]

the question is more if you stagger it and manage to attack it does it survive at all instesd of does it stunlock

tricky to hit it tho cuz of its floaty business, another reason spears are awesome

[sharp nova]

they have a sizeable health pool and while it's stunlocked it can't attack meee

oh that was quick actually\

[barren rivet]

yes i just mean if you stagger it with secondary or parry and manage to actually start hitting it with atgier it could be the thing just dies before having to worry about stunlock, but i havent used an atgier in a long long time tho

[sharp nova]

yeah you might be right wrt atgeir primary

but with unupgraded axe secondary it was definitely a question of whether or not it could move

[barren rivet]

battleaxe? ya you could boop it as long as you want and probably restagger with primary cuz stagger bonus

and also stagger anything else thats foolish enough to come close

[sharp nova]

still my favorite thing:

"Rahhhhh! i'm a one star greydwarf, i totally can't get one shot!"

[barren rivet]

or using the secondary on a greyling and seeing how far they fly XD

[analog valve]

I placed some birch saplings and one of them said it needed more room to grow, so I removed everything that was in a few metres around it and it never changed and eventually died. Can you fix it once they are planted, or are they just doomed if you put them in the wrong spot?

[spring gulch]

There can be a rock under it especially if you hoed the ground

[analog valve]

I hoed the ground after it complained (not prior), but a rock under it may have been the issue.

[thorn spire]

You can’t transplant seedlings, sadly.

Kick it and plant a new seed

[analog valve]

I only had three and it was the last I planted. But the other two were fine and nearby. I was just unsure if it was a fixable issue or not, but underground rock is not fixable, yeah.

[stoic trench]

Saplings can be a bit picky at times, sometimes it can take a bit of trial and error

[spring gulch]

Ya its probably like a meter or two down just pick at the spot you should find it you can re hoe it

[analog valve]

Well the last thing I tried was cultivating around it so I might make that area the vegie garden now. 😄

[spring gulch]

Good luck lol

[spring gulch]

I think they take spirit dmg? Any arrow with SS but maybe silver if you really are going for max dmg?

[tired root]

They are weak against frost, so good idea.

[static quartz]

What I will do if I get this is dig right close to the seedling that is affected, try to break the rock underneath, then raise the ground under the seedling... that usually fixes the issue.

[tired root]

They are immune to spirit.

[fallow delta]

Whats the best place to build a base?

[white slate]

in the most beatiful looking spot in your world

[marble roost]

Whereever your heart desires

Though a lot of people like Meadows because it's flat and peaceful, and near water to help with the transport of things by water

But you can also have multiple bases!

[jolly tapir]

I like my first base in the meadows, and second main base in the Plains

[terse cedar]

the advantage of plains is that you can grow all the previous biome crops there

[thorn spire]

I put in my early biome crops around my boar pen as a moat to keep them from being frightened by raids

[limpid stone]

big plains next to mistlands

[finite goblet]

the real strat is make a mistlands base

[marble roost]

^ my favorite biome to base in

[hushed sigil]

I forget - u can’t grow barley in mistlands tho right?

[finite goblet]

dont think so

pretty sure only plains

[young niche]

plains and then the mountain trust

[young niche]

plains at the start then mountins for the best looking viking longhouse ever

just skip the meadows honestly

to much work trust

[limpid stone]

Swamp first

[young niche]

fs fs

[tired notch]

Mistlands for the aura

[crisp pawn]

will dvergr get mad at me if i pick up their lanterns?

[frosty frost]

Nope 🙂

But dont hit anything and anyone of them

[crisp pawn]

will they get mad if i pick up a dvergr extractor that a gjall destroyed?

[frosty frost]

Also no 🙂

[static quartz]

best way to get an extractor! 🙂

[crisp pawn]

got the extractor but forgot to bring black metal

[static quartz]

ohhh no!

[static quartz]

a lot of the time, the border of Plains and Mistlands has a ton of roots for sap-sucking. I like to get 5 or 6 extractors set up in those border areas where a cluster of roots are for a little farm... you can usually farm the jotun puffs and magecaps in that area too, then have your barley just on the other side of the border in the plains

[ancient zodiac]

Are bows any good?

[next ivy]

bows are great. They get wayyy stronger the higher your bow skill gets. Only downside is they take arrows, and a lot of stamina (at early levels)

[pastel horizon]

Anyone else literally have no idea how to find turnips? I've been in 3 swamps, 2 of them large, never seen the little sprout for them. They ARE yellow, right?

[ancient zodiac]

Thanks is there anyway to train bows better?

[next ivy]

Yes, check the border of the swamp too, with other biomes. I feel your pain though. I once searched a swamp for 2 hours straight, only for my friend to come into it from the Black Forest side and find Turnip seeds within 10 seconds

[next ivy]

you can craft and place a target practice bullseye thingy... it's called:

[pastel horizon]

I will, although I'll have to be careful since one of the bordering biomes is a plains 😛

[next ivy]

archery target

[ancient zodiac]

Ty 👍

[marble roost]

Best weapon in the game imo

[finite goblet]

Twig

Twig is goated for training skills

Also archery target as stated above

[pastel horizon]

You're so right, just found them within 5 minutes at the border ugh

[next ivy]

It do be like that

[finite goblet]

Its so bad theres a turnip finder mod

You arent alone. Its a nightmare

[pastel horizon]

That's hilarious honestly

[finite goblet]

Afaik there isnt a mod to find any crops lmao

Since there is need

[marble roost]

I'm always able to spot a turnip by just sailing around some swamps pre-elder

Though it does take a bit

[spring gulch]

You can path the same path 6 times and miss them. Then you find two next to each other. Just kill everything and go slow

[marble roost]

Probably not

[jolly tapir]

Alternative question, I go tower shields, so should I keep my carapace shield or upgrade to the flamental shield?

[barren rivet]

if you do well with towers it’s fine, you’ll want to try to dodge roll some of the stronger scarier attacks of things, but it’s very usable

[icy brook]

Just not bloodstone probably

[barren rivet]

everyone has a favorite and style. you could argue mace is defensive enough why add a root to it, why not add lightning damage, or you could be super defensive and want a root anyway

its nice for damage and groups, and its very satisfying special effects

or green can proc and you can just smack things for free cuz they cant hit back

personally i find the best status effect is dead

[icy brook]

I wish the proc chances scaled with the weapons attack speed

Slow weapons get so disadvantaged in ashlands

[barren rivet]

yup. lightning zerker axes ftw!

[marble roost]

I mean, I feel all but two options are pretty slow. And one of those options is pierce which is pretty meh anyways

So it’s really just zerker axes go crazy, the rest does fine

Also although generally viewed as the worst stone, I’d say the bloodstone benefits from slower high damage weapons letting you get insane sneak attacks or engages

Like one shotting valk with crossbow

[marble roost]

Klossen, lightning axes, blood crossbow

That would be a nice trio

[winged needle]

Has anyone come across a way to free things from tar pits in the base game without messing up the unique tarpit ground texture? 🙏

[stoic trench]

Unfortunately no, once something is in there the only way to get it out is by removing the tar!

[abstract eagle]

Your tar is stuck in tar. They really need to make tar refinery

[winged needle]

Or by raising the earth, but either solution messes up the irreplaceable earth texture

[vivid ledge]

could someone be able to help me out with a stuttering issue when you get a chance or forward me to a forum or pin about it? I get a constant stutter anywhere from 1-5 seconds for unknown reasons. I've tried all the boot config tweaks, power options, launch parameters. lowest settings available but no avail 🙁 I run a 1660 super 24 gigs ddr4 ryzen 5 2600 and a empty ssd

[elder cypress]

how much weight until the cart is unable to be pulled?

[barren rivet]

depends on elevation, you can make it pretty dang heavy you just might have to serpentine up some hills. you can definitely fill it entirely with stacks of wood and move pretty well.

[elder cypress]

you think i could load it with stacks of iron?

17 stacks to be specific

[marble roost]

If you're gonna be running around on fairly even elevation, sure

[elder cypress]

thanks

[quick fractal]

My friend and I are having trouble connecting to each others servers: black screens, “failed to connect” etc. It worked the other day when he joined mine but I couldn’t join his. Now it won’t let either of us in each others servers.

I’m on Xbox Series X, he’s on Xbox One.

Any tips or known fixes for this? We’ve tried invites through Xbox, joining through the clicking on their gamertag, through the Valheim menus, join codes, not sure what to do

[pastel horizon]

I see that the Wolf Fur Cape provides frost resistance. Does this resistance stop the mountain from killing you with cold? I escaped my first escapade with just enough to get this, but I'm not going to get it if it doesn't do that.

[spring gulch]

yep the cape will protect you from the cold dot however if you are fighting something with frost damage i believe the mead is better, just like the poison mead is better resistance than the mask. someone correct me if im wrong

[compact heath]

Yes it does

No more damage from "freezing"

[jade olive]

Once you drain a pit you can refill it if you want then just use the cultivator to get the texture back. It really isent to bad looking more then close enough.

[winged needle]

The cultivated texture isn't identical to the tarred ground texture but I agree it's the closest we can do in base game.

[quick loom]

I saw on Youtube someone using a cart to free things from the tar. You build a cart, use it, and run over the thing you want to free. The cart collision with the stuff and move it

it's a bit time-consuming because you need to do it multiple time, but as long as the thing isn't completely submerged, eventually you can extract it from the tar

[umbral zinc]

Can i ask a boardgame question here or is that a different discord?

[thorn spire]

I think it would be another discord, though I don’t know which. This one is for the video game

[barren rivet]

theres a discord “mood publishing’s corner” that is mood’s official discord for their games. lots of FAQs and question channels and stuff

[sharp nova]

are serpents even likelier to appear during stormy nights than they are during day storms or clear nights?

[marble roost]

I think so, but not 100% sure

[thorn spire]

I don’t think so. I think game does a check for required conditions (night and/or storm) then does the percentile roll afaik

[shadow pagoda]

I may or may not have opened commands and found spawn waterliquid and placed it in the sky above my current 150 hour valheim modded castle build. anyone know how I can remove it 😭 rolled the server back and it stayed there

[spring gulch]

I think rain and night is higher chance iir

[frosty frost]

Try "forcedelete waterliquid" and if that doesent work try roll back even further

[marble roost]

This is why we don't mess around with commands for the first time on a world/character we care about 😭

[iron delta]

Hi..new here....had a question. i grabbed the magic revamp from mods...does anyone have the BMR_id's of the items found in it?

[marble roost]

Try asking in #mods-discussion or #mods-issues

People in this chat likley don't know as much about mods, especially specific ones

[iron delta]

=\

[winged needle]

Amazing. This is why we ask questions. Thanks Val.

[marble roost]

Yup, just different food. Breeding them differs a tad tho

That's about it. You feed them, but instead of making a baby askvin they make an egg you have to heat up. Or that you can pick up and transport somewhere before heating it up

Same as chickens

[quick loom]

also different starred askvin bred different egg

if a 2-star lay an egg, then the egg will hatch into a 2-Star

[spring gulch]

Free-Range asksvins are quite the hassle around the base XD

[ancient zodiac]

Can you tame a bear

[tired root]

Small note: as if you trap them in pit together they might try attacking any structures near and hurt each other in process, so 2 smaller pits might be ideal.

[spring gulch]

I like to set them up in the bell tower and have the eggs slide into the main fortress area

[ancient zodiac]

Ontop of a mount can I shoot arrows

[stoic trench]

Nope

[tired root]

When you try shooting with bow while riding a mount you automatically get off from the saddle.

[thorn spire]

yeah, no jousting or horse archers in this game.

lol, can you imagine PVP lox jousting?

[ancient zodiac]

Bruh 😭

[sharp nova]

note to everyone that can hear

axe secondary is great for stunlocking and distancing wraiths

unfortunately it seems to knock them beyond the range of successive hits

so you gotta time them carefully

[next ivy]

I assume you mean the two-handed axe*

[sharp nova]

yes
baxe

[barren rivet]

remember the art of jump+swing to close gaps

[jolly tapir]

Good grief how am I supposed to kill a 2 starred warrior 💀 not to mention there's four normal warriors as well

[narrow python]

Charred? Himminafl

[frosty frost]

With difficulty 😄 those guys can be tough

[true steeple]

focus on the other enemies first, when there's less of them I'd use a sword's secondary attack around their back. if you get the distance right you can avoid triggering their attacks

silver sword can do more damage to charred and valkyries than mistwalker for a lower stamina cost, it's great for groups of charred

[tired root]

Frostner is safe option for the slow and knockback if at the beginning of Ashlands, if you have flametal already and gems then Klossen + axes combo.

[jolly tapir]

I have flamental armor parts but no crystal. I alternate between Nidhogg and mistwalker

[void otter]

2 questions: My friend claims deers can 'smell' you based on the wind direction. I've never had this happen and I don't think its a mechanic. what is true? 2nd question: my friend also claims noise like woodchopping and mining can attract deathsquitos from a distance but ive never had that happen. Any thoughts on either of these?

[pastel horizon]

Deathsquitos: to my knowledge, yes.

Deer: To my knowledge, no.

I could be wrong, I’m no veteran or anything.

[barren rivet]

deer smelling you is an old legend. deathskeetos can travel SURPRISINGLY far from plains as can all mobs, they can aggro on mobs in your biome on the edge, see a deer, chase it, hear you, come murder you

[tired root]

There is no smell mechanic, only noise and sight. Mining and woodcutting produce noise in wide area, which can attract enemies that are on range.

[void otter]

I just tested it. seems like deathsquitos act differently than other mobs

[narrow python]

sight and hearing ranges are individual for each mob AFAIK, maybe squitos just have good ears

what difficulty level and equipment are you using?

[barren rivet]

my first time in ashlands was horrrrrrible too. i dont think i even finished it i started an entirely new character with new weapons and then didnt die once. it just takes practice but it’s possible

[jade olive]

its just a matter of hunting down towers and shooting them down. Abandoned are much easier to get.

Yes you attack and they will all go after you.

[prime abyss]

does this mess up the windmills' speeds/efficiency?
#screenshots message

[echo terrace]

how do i craft

[barren rivet]

listen to the bird and make things that you unlock

the bird is the tutorial read him very carefully

[echo terrace]

yacko i like dont know how to open the crafting menu

[echo terrace]

wym

@barren rivet

[marble roost]

There's a little raven that appears with a yellow exclamation mark above its head frequently whenever you encounter something new. Talk to him and he'll give you some hints on how to progress, or tell you about game mechanics

Just don't sniff its feet. You'll weird it out and then be tip-less

[echo terrace]

but i like feet hence the name

[marble roost]

You can do what you want, but there's consequences

[barren rivet]

wym wym?

when you build a hammer the bird flies down and says SCRAWWWWWWW Im gonna tel you what that hammer does better than anyone in discord will SCRAWWWW

[echo terrace]

wym read it carefully

[barren rivet]

like slowly and in a way that you actually read and comprehend what the bird is telling you

[echo terrace]

HOW DO I MAKE AROMOR

mb caps lock

@hazy needle

ohhh ty

[thorn spire]

so does the meteor from the ||trollstav|| damage ||charred fortresses||?

I'm thinking specifically the pure damage portion.

[clever juniper]

It does, but it takes a good number of hits. You will also take out the stairs.

[thorn spire]

Yeah, I thought it might. At first I thought it was only the ram or catapult that would.

[clever juniper]

I have accidentally destroyed both stairs, then when I jumped in over the top, I had to build my way out

[thorn spire]

I usually just lob in fireballs or bowfire to take out the effigies and leave the whole fortress intact.

I just raise a pillar of ground outside one corner to get in.

[clever juniper]

definitely the easiest way, just feels cheap after a few times

[thorn spire]

I've never felt bad. Ashlands is war, and the best battle tactic is the one that costs the least and keeps your unit alive.

I saw a thread a while back about some poor guy that spawned a warlock on top of the tower in a fortress. Case like that, you just do whatever you can.

[stoic trench]

All is fair in love and war 😎

[near garnet]

How do I deal with enemies while sailing? Is just shooting with bow and arrow the best option?

[clever juniper]

that or sailing away honestly

[sudden galleon]

ice attack... ice arrow or ice staff

sea serpent is weak to ice

[near garnet]

What about leeches? Last time I sailed too close to a swamp I got jumped by leeches and had a hell of a time getting my stuff back, haven't approached a swamp by water since

[sudden galleon]

did you use the raft ? or boat?

[near garnet]

Raft

[sudden galleon]

yea .. use the boat

leech wont be a problem

[finite goblet]

Is the raft useful for anything but being slow and dying

[elder cypress]

what is the easiest way to get chains

[finite goblet]

Wraiths

[elder cypress]

ty

[finite goblet]

Also sunken crypt chests can have like 1-3

[elder cypress]

is iron cooking station worth it?

[finite goblet]

So if its not night, go raid some cryptd

[finite goblet]

Only way to cook serpent meat for sailors bounty

[elder cypress]

ty

[finite goblet]

And sailors bounty can be eaten in black forest if youve found the bog witch. And its really good

[elder cypress]

what biome is that

ive only killed up to bonemass

[finite goblet]

Black forest is before bonemass

Serpents spawn in the ocean at night or during rain. Bog witch is in the swamp

Highly recommend finding her to make the feasts. They are really good imo

[elder cypress]

food prep table needed right?

[finite goblet]

In fact id argue bog witch is the best trader because of the spices

[finite goblet]

Correct

[elder cypress]

i got that done so looks like im pretty good, just need to find bog witch

[finite goblet]

She also sells some decoration and potion stuff

[elder cypress]

like what potion stuff?

[finite goblet]

You also need to find haldor to get the fishing rod to fish for sailors bounty

[elder cypress]

i already found him

[finite goblet]

Iirc the 20% swim speed potion and the 10% run speed potion

And the faster animal taming potion. Also the more trolls potion

[elder cypress]

why would u want that

[finite goblet]

Dont remember much else since i rarely use the potions

[finite goblet]

Not sure, but they can be good for mowing down a forest

She also sells decorative vines and candles

For builders

[elder cypress]

cant say im fit for that category xD

what armor should i use in the mountains

im still using bear, quality 4, iron helmet quality 4, and wolf pelt cape q1

[finite goblet]

If you are good with parrying i like fenris for move speed

[elder cypress]

im great with parrying, probably gonna go with that

its just so dang hard to get the fur

[finite goblet]

Otherwise root harnesk and silver armor is good

[finite goblet]

Its annoying for sure. Doesnt bother me cuz i love the dungeons, but still annoying

[marble roost]

Run speed potion (ratatosk) is pretty goated ngl

[elder cypress]

im playing with a friend so its like 300 fur to get the armor maxed out for both of us

[finite goblet]

Also the carey weight potion

[finite goblet]

Wolf armor might be better then

Its a shitton of armor and makes you very hard to kill and is relatively easy to get

When you get to the plains i dont actually recommend the vile armor

[elder cypress]

the -5% movement speed kills it for me

[finite goblet]

I found vile armor in mistlands is a bad idea

[elder cypress]

so go with padded?

[finite goblet]

Yeah

[elder cypress]

i beat the game back in 2021, but its all a blur

[finite goblet]

My experience was the vile armor ended up killing me a bunch cuz of the vulerability

Since mistlands enemies damage scaling goes up a cliff unlike the og bear armor

[marble roost]

Also keep in mind mixing armor is fully viable

the most "meta" build I've seen (if you can call it that, given most the armor is honestly pretty balanced) for Plains/Mistlands is heavy armor helmet, root harnesk, fenris legs

[elder cypress]

is magic better to do than warrior?

[finite goblet]

Bear armor kinda goated even in swamp ngl

[finite goblet]

Staff of protection is insane

Everytime i get to mistlands i bee line for it

[marble roost]

I'd generally say it's a bit more powerful and requires wayyyyy less skill. So it is stronger

I find it kinda unengaging after a while personally tho

[finite goblet]

Swap to mage over time

[elder cypress]

i am mixing armor, i did troll hide helm with 2 bear hide pieces

in the black forest*, then i switched my helm to iron

[finite goblet]

Root harnesk

Get one. Its too good

[elder cypress]

see ive heard a lot of people say thats really good

[marble roost]

I wouldn't say it's the best, but I do find a hybrid melee + mage build very fun and still very good too

[finite goblet]

Its so busted in plains. Well, good at least

[elder cypress]

how is it good

[finite goblet]

Resist pierce

Means pierce enemies cant hurt you. And in plains there are deathsquitos

[elder cypress]

im gonna go fenris set x wolf cape in the mountains

[marble roost]

Mosquitoes do half damage to you

Spear throwers do half damage

Seekers do half damage

Ticks do half damage

A lot of really annoying / common enemies just become non-issues. Very OP armor piece

[elder cypress]

then switch my chest to root harnesk

i see i see ill be sure to do that

[finite goblet]

Seekers in mistlands are the worse

Id go so far as to say the mistlands is harder than ashlands except theres 10x more enemies in ashlands

[elder cypress]

honestly kinda scared to go into those 2 zones, i heard they were a real difficulty spike from the plains

[finite goblet]

Seekers suck donkey balls because they are a dangerous enemy you cant run away from. I also find them rather difficult to parry. Same with loxes

[finite goblet]

Mistlands is hella bad cuz of visibility

Ashlands is just enemy spam

[elder cypress]

the visuals are so good though

[finite goblet]

They are. The devs cooked so hard with those biomes. Difficulty is out of whack imo. But thags whag staff of protection is for

I would argue staff of protection is the single most powerful item in the game

[elder cypress]

do you use it in the ashlands?

[marble roost]

Ashlands is definitely bad

Mistlands is... dependent. Varies from player to player. First go at it is pretty rough I'd say, but once you get the hang of it it's one of the easier biomes imo

[finite goblet]

Everywhere

Funny thing about mistlands. If you use mods to remove the mist, its still bad

[elder cypress]

dont you need a special kind of boat to go into the ashlands?

[finite goblet]

You can just see your impending death lmao

[elder cypress]

lmao

[finite goblet]

Id say mistlands is my favorite biome atmosphere wise. Plains for gameplay. Mountains for visuals

[elder cypress]

plains looks really good too

beautiful zone, probably my favorite

[finite goblet]

YAGLUTH THE GOAT

[elder cypress]

cool ass boss lmao

[marble roost]

Mistlands is by far my favorite. Everything is just gorgeous and cool and the gear is top notch

[finite goblet]

Mistlands is kinda a nightmare till you get feather cap and good stamina foods. Ashlands is always a nightmare

But mistlands is balanced around staff of protection imo

Thats why the enemies damage scales so much

[elder cypress]

how good is this staff

[finite goblet]

Today i died 5 times clearing an infested mine cuz i didnt have one.....

[marble roost]

pretty broken. It basically just lets you tank infinite damage

[finite goblet]

Its good because it protects you from at least 1 hit always. Regardless of how much damage it is

[elder cypress]

does it do damage

[finite goblet]

No, just defensive

[elder cypress]

one hand?

[finite goblet]

But me who plays modded, its the only way to survive 5 star seekers

[marble roost]

cap (unless thats on vhard or something)

[finite goblet]

You caster it before combat then swap it put to whatever you use for damage

[finite goblet]

Ive tried lmao. Those 250% seekers one shot me in carapace lmao

[elder cypress]

is it needed to upgrade my base to stone?

[finite goblet]

Cant even begin to melee them

[finite goblet]

Not really. A fence is a good idea

[elder cypress]

stone or wood

[finite goblet]

Can use the hoe or stakewalls

If you use the hoe, enemies cant break it

Just need to make it flat enough enemies cant walk up it

[elder cypress]

i got a shit ton of iron and im afraid i got too much

[finite goblet]

Unlikely

[elder cypress]

12 stacks, 6 for my 2nd base, and 6 for my 1st base

i have an iron pick and all the iron stuff i need from the swamp, just for upgrading my forge and etc

[finite goblet]

Not enough

[marble roost]

I've survived 2 star seekers on vhard (equivalent of 6 star seeker on normal)

You just need some decent health food and root harnesk

But I agree you need to be pretty tankily built for an encounter like that

[finite goblet]

Was gonna ask, how do the difficulties affect damage?

[marble roost]

Staff of protection is a much easier way

[marble roost]

Enemies do 2x damage.

And star levels add +50% damage per star (on any difficulty, scaling off the mobs damage at that difficulty)

[finite goblet]

Ah so hard is 50%?

Good to know

So what do i do when 5 of the bug come out and wait at the door for me

How is carapace armor saving me

[marble roost]

It's not, but to be honest if they all attack at once nor is staff of protection

That's where you'd use a frost arrow bow, staff of embers, or maybe an atgeir with vile set

Come to think of it, I hope I don't run into a situation like that

I don't use any of those 3 weapons 😭

[finite goblet]

well i threw my spear at a staircase and a whole swarm of them flew and puppyguarded the entrance. it was not good

my usual strat for infested mines is camp at the entrance cuz some enemies get stuck on the lip. that didnt work out so well

[onyx wigeon]

We lost everything

[quick fulcrum]

just hard or hardcore?

[compact heath]

Demolisher

[barren rivet]

you should always have an aoe in your arsenal. battleaxe, atgier, demolisher, fireball, or if you have no interest or skill in those weapons start carrying bile bombs. its not even that bad an idea to throw a spear like you did and lure them all to a choke, but ya if you tried to cheese them at the entrance and they got up that might be a dead dungeon lol. just use a choke instead of the dungeon stairs next time

[marble roost]

On theme with the battle axe guys tips ^, battleaxe really shreds in infested mines

Even if you don't like it / know how to use it in other situations, the knockback, damage, and stagger in an infested mine is so good. Even sneak attacks enemies when breaking down a wall if they're too close to it

[sharp nova]

serpent meat is top tier early

[narrow python]

serpent soup is basically top tier food all the way until mistlands

[marble roost]

Uh what I was talking about was Very Hard difficulty

Though when I play I usually don’t do hardcore but I instead do a self-imposed challenge of perma death, along with some other things

[sharp nova]

are wraith trophies good for anything other than being cool as fuck

[spring gulch]

Dont think so

[urban crown]

I am new to the game and somehow can't sleep.
Everytime I click on the bed my character just stands on it and it's really annoying

[hushed garden]

Is it still before noon? Are you playing with mods?

[quick loom]

Try to close and launch the game again

[hushed garden]

Or that. 😄

[quick loom]

it fixed it for me sometimes

[hushed garden]

Never had that problem, but the mileage always varies.

[quick loom]

it only happened to me with the starter bed, but I never managed to identify why precisely

[hushed garden]

Yeah, could've been just gremlins.

Sometimes there might be enemies nearby. The game tells you, but maybe people are not looking too close.

[quick loom]

it doesn't have the same effect. When there's enemies nearby, your character doesn't move. Here it just stand on top of the bed, stuck at the beginning of the laying animation, and no message appear

[hushed garden]

Really? Wow... I don't think I ever had that happen to me.

[quick loom]

fortunately it's uncommon ^^

[finite goblet]

Playing miltiplayer?

[urban crown]

No,no

[urban crown]

Nope

It worked once but I have no clue why

[spring gulch]

Just click the bed again

[urban crown]

That doesn't work

[spring gulch]

Weird, the stand on bed thing happens to me sometimes, I just click again and it works

[worn plume]

I have a problem, where I have my boars near each other with food at their feet, yet their status is constantly hungry no matter how long I am near them. I have tried picking up the food again and whatnot, but they don´t want to eat no matter what I try. please help

[barren rivet]

i can only imagine you’re giving them the wrong food. they eat a lot of stuff, but not…. (psychic powers on) yellow mushrooms?

[worn plume]

no, i tried carrots and turnips

both did nothing

[glad current]

Are they boxed up in breeders?

[worn plume]

sort of, they are in a farm I built

I tried to alter the farm layout, if that would be an issue, but also without success

[barren rivet]

that's very weird. never heard of that. no mods installed?

[worn plume]

no, it is with mods but they were breeding before put into the farm with the mods iirc, I could try the mods but I dont have any that should be affecting mobs or dropped items.

so I have tried playing vanilla, and no difference

[barren rivet]

the only thing i can think of is their pen is too small so they won't breed, but i thought they also ate no matter what.

[sharp nova]

i have a bunch of boars stuck in a pit near my house 2 regularly make up to 3 babies despite the cramp

[barren rivet]

yeah, its weird their boars aren't eating OR breeding AT ALL. maybe a screenshot will show something but that's all i got. im real quick to blame mods always lol, but idk

[spring gulch]

if its in an auto breeder and its not set up correctly the floor panel will prevent them from reaching their food, i would start with messing with what they are standing on and then work on the walls if that doesnt work

[glad current]

Give those piggies room to roam! 🐖

[soft notch]

Do you have a fire nearby?

[urban crown]

Yes

[urban crown]

It's working now tanks guys

[next ivy]

Remove the furniture lighting, like campfires/torches

(A theory)

[brave sentinel]

Hello, could someone tell me if there's a difference between the beams? I'm planning to build a base in the trees of the swamp.

[tired root]

Wood is weakest, corewood is stronger, iron wood is strongest.

[brave sentinel]

Vertically and horizontally?

[tired root]

Horizontally they don't support as strong as vertically, but same structural strength applies what I stated above.

[brave sentinel]

Ok thank you so much

[tired root]

If you build on big swamp tree then it counts as terrain level support (blue color), I've managed to build fair outpost with using corewood for supports.

[halcyon horizon]

How does the amour mix and match work? like, do you still get the pierce or fire resistance even with one piece?

[barren rivet]

armor has individual piece effects as well as a set bonus effect it should say on each piece

well not all armor has a set bonus but imo all armor should 😭

[marble roost]

Pierce resistance yes, fire resistance no.

As Yacko said, see if the bonus is on just one piece of armor, or if it is listed as a "set bonus" on all 3 pieces of the armor

[finite goblet]

never used them before until today. i see why you recommended them

[fallen marsh]

Hey there, I've done a metric ton of building on a world and, unsuprisingly, I am freezing 24/7, even on low graphics. Is there anything I can do to optimise, because I by no means have finished building on it.

[sharp nova]

iron has highest horizontal strength, it's equal to its vertical

[rich topaz]

is there more info to find about the loot modifications?(like x3) it seems not consistent. like trophies still drop 1, the doors in frost caves drop 1 iron. some times you get 4 ice glance instead of 3 or 6. Oozers do drop 3 iron when they drop it but it feels more rare that they drop iron(this 1 could be unlucky but killed 15 and only 2 dropped 3 iron) it feels random and would like to get a insight or info about it

[next ivy]

I think it's 3x for everything but not: trophies, ||mistlands fragments||, craftables/place-ables, boss equipment drops... among other things

[rich topaz]

its not from the iron at the frost caves. they do drop more frequent but still drop 1

[next ivy]

probably because those would be considered craftables/place-ables. There's probably a more technical answer, idk

[spring gulch]

This is all they say on the wiki Fandom Ranges from 0.5x to 3x normal drop rate from mobs and lootable objects in the world. There are a few exceptions (not sure if intentional) such as fish.

[rich topaz]

the door confuses me the most because normal it feels like its 30% and with the 3x its like 90%. same with the oozers but i guess i kill more to find out for sure.

[next ivy]

well, imagine placing an iron gate for 4 iron, breaking said iron gate, then 12 iron comes out...

[rich topaz]

thats totaly different. its not a building piece we can make and deconstruct. its the frost cave door

[worn plume]

I have now copied a farm by someone 1:1 and it still doesnt work, but if I remove the walls they suddenly eat. I don´t know even more

[spring gulch]

Its too small youre probably using a different star than what you copied

[worn plume]

the stars are the same

[rich topaz]

is it on a server? the desync move the animals sometimes that they in a different position

[spring gulch]

Then its the floor. Turn the piece around. Change the material

[worn plume]

yes it is, is there a way to somehow fix that?

[rich topaz]

if it did work before that must be it. some times with placing a floor or a wall to wiggle them around a bit. but i stopped my auto farms because of that on the last server i played on

[worn plume]

ok i`ll try

ok, so I did some very experimental design and it appears to work now, instead of getting them in a cage, I pushed them in place with wall pieces, and it seems to fix the issue with the desync

thanks for everyones efforts

[barren rivet]

which did you try?

[finite goblet]

Bile bombs

[sharp nova]

why no iron sledge

[true steeple]

demolisher is the next sledgehammer

[sharp nova]

oh nvm

[finite goblet]

Dont know if its skill issue but everytime i try using the sledges secondary i feel like the damage is bad and not worth it

[barren rivet]

i hate sledges. people like them because cheese and ease of use i think, but their damage is pathetic. imo battleaxe and atgier are way better but higher skill ceiling

[finite goblet]

Bombs are my new goat. Holy do they feel good

Especially in infested mines and dungeons where i can lob a few with the immunity frames then leave and repeat till everything is dead

[barren rivet]

bile boms are great. they should be because they cost gjall kills to make, they're pretty goat for queen fight too

[finite goblet]

Yeah i bet

When i faught queen today i tried using a sword on my mage character becauae i felt like it. Holy is that fight rough on melee lmao

[barren rivet]

i feel like the fight is designed to be fun and balanced around the new magic items, floating cape, fireballs, but risky cuz that poison spit instakills shields. idk i think melee is always the safer choice in a way cuz you dont have to kite so hard constantly, with melee and big hp you just have to not make more than 1 mistake in a row and hurt them harder than they hurt you

[finite goblet]

I found the poison spit was very bad. If you were too close but not close enough for melee, you are cooked

I bet i could melee her better as i get more practice. Most of my playthroughs dont reach mistlands so i havent faught the queen as much as the others

[barren rivet]

with magic yeah, in melee you just kidn of dodge roll out of it and throw a bile bomb and keep fighting

[finite goblet]

i tried parrying which was a dumb idea because i havent memorized her rotation yet lmao

ah well, it will come with time. shes defo harder than the earlier bosses since she has so many different attacks with different timings

[barren rivet]

her bite attack is wonky as hell, i lost a hardcore char to it once because i dodged when her big head flew through me but the chomp that happened 20 years behind me .00000001 sec later hit still

[finite goblet]

the chomp is stupid af

it does a billion damage and has the least intuative tell

its the opposite of loxes where instead of having no tell and thus you miss, the tell is so long you misjudge it

[barren rivet]

golems lol. im gonna SMAAAAA-......AAHHHH......... ........ASHHHHHHHH

[finite goblet]

i find the fist golems impossible whereas the spike golems are easy

probably just skill issue

[barren rivet]

fist golem pauses abnormally long with double fist smash, especially after seeing a troll do it so many times like a normal creature its tricksy

[finite goblet]

see my problem is that the swing down animation is like 1 frame. i can parry reasonably well on things that dont have a 1 frame animation. i get that he swings up for 5 years but im good at parrying enemies who have an obvious tell for when to block

i guess i need to start counting? idk

[barren rivet]

you just gotta see it another 100 times and you’ll have it down. i can hear it in my head rrrraaahhhhhhhh…. hwoo-BAM

[subtle parrot]

I believe as long as they are in render distance you should be fine

[soft notch]

Our chickens aren't turning into hens, any ideas why that might be?

[frosty frost]

Give it time 😄

[soft notch]

It's been days

Do we need to be nearby for them to mature?

Like, the area loaded etc

[frosty frost]

Maybe, the growth should také 50 irl minutes

[soft notch]

It's been hours

[sturdy folio]

A chicken will grow up after a certain amount of time (approximately two days) after an egg has hatched.
https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Hen

I'd suspect you have to be nearby the entire time as well

[spring gulch]

Im pretty sure you dont have to be anywhere near them for them to mature. A couple sleeps should do it

[manic gyro]

Yeah, you need to be there for the actual hatching/growing up, but the time you were away still counts (similar to crops)

But that means that eggs will not mature to the full grown version directly, you need to visit them for hatching

[spring gulch]

How would they know theyre not hatched if theyre not there. The eggs explode into chickens if you have been away for a while, just like trees

[twilit tinsel]

can level 3 wooden shield block bear attacks?

[barren rivet]

you can parry the lunging swipe, even of a 1 star bear, its a very low damage attack. theres a spreadsheet called “blocking breakpoints” pinned in valheim chat you can put in all the info for any shield/mob/etc to see if you can

[fresh rapids]

What is a good weapon against stone golems or wolves if I go to the mountains before defeating bonemass?

[hushed garden]

Well... maybe Stagbreaker? (Is that it's name? Can't remember).

That two handed hammer with the antlers. Or maybe the bronze mace. Should also work. But of course you'll be smashed into a pulp first. 😉

So I take it you don't have iron?

[sinful moth]

for stone golem iron mace + buckler I'd say and against wolves fast attacking weapons are nice so you hit them first, use your bow to snipe them and spear/atgeir for long range and secondary for multiple wolves at melee range

[wind leaf]

Sword for wolves, mace for golems. And bow for drakes ofc

[fresh rapids]

Is banded shield good too?

[wind leaf]

I'd stick to bucklers always

And learn to parry. Makes a very big difference

Especially with bigger enemies like golems

[sharp nova]

i actually had a lot of luck with mace versus wolves, the knockback was very helpful, even if they aren't particularly weak to blunt

[marble roost]

Sure. Banded shields are a bit better at blocking, bucklers a bit better at parrying. Most people like parrying, but it's not a huge difference

[sharp nova]

sometimes i can't believe i found a game where most people like parrying...

[sharp nova]

when does get its upgrade?

[barren rivet]

wym, crystal axe?

[sharp nova]

OH

[sharp nova]

ye that
didn't realize it was so quick in mountains

[barren rivet]

yup! and then plains gets one and then mistlands gets one and then ashlands gets zerkers

chop chop chop chop

[atomic copper]

oh wait so crystal axe is direct upgrade?

[barren rivet]

to iron battleaxe, yeah. it does more physical plus adds spirit on top

[atomic copper]

yeah cuz i just got to mountian and first thing i did was make a crystal battleaxe from iron mace

[barren rivet]

cool, you have the two best mountain weapons now imo. mace for golems, axe for everything else

[sharp nova]

is better for chopping wood than

[barren rivet]

yeah every biome higher has higher chop

[sharp nova]

darn

[barren rivet]

think its something like iron = 40, crystal = 50

[atomic copper]

iron axe at 3 has 70 slash

crystal axe not upgraded rn for me so i gotta use iron

wait no wth crystal has 96

[barren rivet]

imean chop damage

[atomic copper]

oh

[barren rivet]

so you upgraded your crystal once i think it starts with 90 slash + spirit

[sharp nova]

holey moley

[barren rivet]

or 70?

i remember crystal is 20 higher than iron at base, i think its 70 and 90

well however much, it does ENOUGH damage

theres no non-large mob you can hit that wont feel it lol

[atomic copper]

whats better for choppin wood

[barren rivet]

depends, crystal has higher chop but more stamina use

a tree could fall in 3 hits no matter which u use, and iron uses less stam

for a single tree probly zerkers if you have em

early axes i mean

[vale ledge]

Why do the wall joints vibrate in Ashland? If I'm joining them with the game's automatic system, this has never happened to me before.

[atomic copper]

so use early for wood gathering?

[barren rivet]

on a single tree. battleaxe hits full damage on everything always

[atomic copper]

ahhh

[barren rivet]

im an axe nerd so i often carry early and battle and swap while cutting wood

[atomic copper]

okay thank u sorry im pretty new, only 50 hours lol

[barren rivet]

no worries questions are how we learn things

[atomic copper]

just getting to mountians rn

i love axes a lot, i was lucky to find curious and mysterious and get a head start on my first playthrough

was super op earlygame

only downside of early axes was no shield, i just wish it had more block

[marble roost]

Yeah they suck at blocking. Can do a bit of parrying though

[barren rivet]

yeah, thats the trade off. they can block a bear swipe and delete bears better than anything, but otherwise you gotta eat some big meaty foods to parry stuff

i always pair early axes with another weapon of course, shield and spear, or have a battleaxe which can stagger scary things

[atomic copper]

yeah i was using uhh

idk what i was using, i think i ran no shield, but then i found out how good shields are so ive been using banded, then upgraded to silver

[barren rivet]

nice. yeah they very recently changed parry so it cost zero stamina, it used to cost a ton of stamina, so now its very broken to parry stuff for free

i stopped eating stamina foods in protest and just od max health so i can parry anything i want, because block and parry is dependent on your max hp

[atomic copper]

oh dang

i run 2 feast + sausage rn for food

[atomic copper]

do u think they will change thjis

[barren rivet]

HIGHLY unlikely

[steep tusk]

We can dream though 😭

[barren rivet]

imean its fine, ive learnd to live with it, i just play on hard with all hp food and its almost the same game

[steep tusk]

We shouldn't have to LIVE WITH IT 😭

[marble roost]

We should have to DIE WITH IT!

[glad current]

Then perish

[steep tusk]

A battleyaxe? Watch me just walk away from you with your slow-🤬 wind-up time 😏

[glad current]

secondary attack POKE

[steep tusk]

Oh no, I'm staggered.
Watch me recover from being staggered and just walk away from you with your slow-🤬 wind-up time 😏

😛 😄

[barren rivet]

oh no, you must be one of the 2 mobs with a recovery time faster than a battleaxe swing, what rotten luck!

[steep tusk]

😉

I am special.

[barren rivet]

thats what i keep saying XD

[sharp nova]

here comes a special boy

(ancient webcomic reference)

[steep tusk]

🏃‍♂️‍➡️

[sharp nova]

wait Do You GET the reference??

[steep tusk]

Why do you think I am RUNNING?

🔌 🏃‍♂️‍➡️

[sharp nova]

achewood, right?

[steep tusk]

Yes, where his shoes are plugged into the wall.

[sharp nova]

YES!

i didn't even read much of the comic i was too much of a snob for beautiful art

[barren rivet]

wow someone got a kate reference??

[steep tusk]

Kate makes great references. You hush and go sharpen your axe.

[barren rivet]

😠

im sharpening it on rocky

[sharp nova]

[barren rivet]

ugh for real tho i have so many bad habits from playign the old game optimally, like i'll sidestep or walk backwards instead of parrying when i could easily parry instead now, like trying to break all my habits of conserving stamina and playing the game well

[cursive drum]

Hello, new friends.

[cosmic kettle]

wanaa play

[cursive drum]

I am playing. >_>

Why am I getting a Saw vibe from this?

[sharp nova]

what's the destruction radius of an obliterator?

is it just the ceiling, or will the surroundings be damaged as well?

scared to use my first obliterator because it's in a house, even without a roof

[frosty frost]

Absolute majority of the dmg is directly in and above the centre of obliterator, surounding 2,42 meters will get only 10 dmg dealt

[sharp nova]

thanks

just to be safe i'll move it outside 😅

10 damage while low is still damage

[spring gulch]

Obliterator greydwarf farm 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[sharp nova]

i've heard of someone that slaughtered chickens by using an obliterator near them

[spring gulch]

Yet another build project to start 😔

[steady gull]

Does anyone know how block value / parry value is calculated when using sword+shield (vs. just a weapon no shield, e.g. even a 1h weapon no shield, etc.)? Resources online say multiple things, and I'm exhausting myself trying to test it empirically given the funky formulas

For example, suppose I have 100 blocking skill, tier 3 Flametal armor, and triple HP food (so I'm at 324 hp, let's say; with 40% hp being ~130), and I'm going to parry a hit with either a Slayer or with Dyrnwyn + Flametal Shield or with Slayer -- which actually prevents more damage?

[barren rivet]

did you come to the right place! 😂 look for “blocking breakpoints” in the pinned messages of valheim-chat just above this channel. it has all the nerdy math and even a health threshold spreadsheet you can input info to see what you can block with what

[steady gull]

MFW I wasn't even taking Evasion Mantle into account lol

[barren rivet]

lol. yeah that was a recent addition, evasion mantle is really strong as you can see

[steady gull]

Actually, the broader question on my mind: I'm about to get to Fader in very hard mode, and I'm trying to figure out if melee is at all feasible, or if I'm stuck into doing cheesy stuff with terrain and mage stuff -- basically, can I actually parry (or block) Fader on very hard, or will I just get chonked

(so idk if Evasion Mantle helps much; if I lose all my hp during downtime between procs, then it doesn't help)

(Carapace Buckler save me? :O)

Well -- playing with the spreadsheet some -- it looks like it's gonna be a Carapace Buckler + Evasion Mantle active + perfect Parry on everything if I wanna do that; and best 2H weapons + Evasion Mantle aren't enough on Very Hard

So I guess Bonemass to get Evasion Mantle running, then just be good at the game

[barren rivet]

yeah this is why i dont like very hard difficulty, all you can do is run away and cheese. hard gets pretty absurd too by the end, the game is very well balanced combat on normal for ashlands/mistlands imo if you enjoy using parry and stagger mechanics

[marble roost]

Pretty much yea

Also not just for this reason, but after playing aruond on vhard for a long time I found Hard to feel better. And then just adding some of my own challenges to make it more difficult

[steady gull]

Well, on full world run number 25 or whatever, gotta do something to keep it interesting 😉

[barren rivet]

and thats why i started no map no portal XD

and hardcore death, for the added adrenaline

i hit 1 hp yesterday lol was a great time

[marble roost]

Thats my point. Throwing some challenges in there really switches things up

I have many challenges, but a few I would recommend is not using elemental resistance meads (rely on armor bonuses instead), not using broken weapons likr bow/atgeir/staff of protection, and considering root harnesk pierce resist a set bonus (must wear full set if wearing harnesk)

[tired root]

Or no meads at all.

[marble roost]

That's a good one too

[rustic linden]

how the fuck do i enjoy this game if the swamp biome is SOOO insanly hard

im trying to gather resources for poison resistance and i get obliterated into pieces

BY poison

[vast geode]

Ikr

They need to give us a built in setting to remove boss regen too

[rustic linden]

we just have a skill issue i think

[vast geode]

lol

I couldn’t even get past the Elder

But it’s one of my favourite games still somehow

[wind leaf]

Anyone else gets this issue where the cursor is suddenly stuck on the crosshair?

And doesn't disappear

[subtle parrot]

My guy, you don't need to go to the swamp to get anything at all for poison resistance mead, that should've been and done made before going into the swamp, neck tails from meadows, coal from kiln you can start building in black forest (or simply burning food), thistle from black forest and honey from your own beehives.

[livid mortar]

Trying to grab thistles in the swamp maybe?

[subtle parrot]

Definitely possible, but I would suggest they mark them on the map in a forest close to their base and pick them up every few days, same with raspberries and mushrooms and blueberries

[fallen marsh]

Can anyone help me reduce lag on a world with a lot of building and terrain editing?

[frosty frost]

Terrain changes arent really an issue since number of years back 😄 how many instances you got tho?

[fallen marsh]

Instances?

[frosty frost]

If you open F2 you should see how many instances are around you, its basically number of every thing your pc loads 🙂

[fallen marsh]

Does that just do the vicinity of the player or does it list all instances in a world?

[frosty frost]

In your vicinity

[fallen marsh]

12511

Thats in an area not too built up

[frosty frost]

That is not as much as some others have, but still can cause a good bit of lag on some systems

[fallen marsh]

I've just moved to a built up area

[frosty frost]

Basically the more instances you have around you the laggier it will get usually

[fallen marsh]

48642 in the mountain castle

[frosty frost]

Oooof... Yeah i am afraid you cant do much about lag there xD

But one of the recent patches actually helped quite a bit with performance, so it shouldnt be as bad as it used to be 😄

[fallen marsh]

I've built much of the starter island into a harbour and seaside town, castle on the hill, big road to the mountain, mountain castle. I want to keep building but every few seconds on this world I'm stuttering like mad

Even freezes the whole pc, and its a decent PC

[frosty frost]

Well, 43K instances is A LOT of instances 😅
I will try to look for one video that should help with performence a bit, should be pinned somewhere here. But i am afraid it might not help much in this case.

#valheim-help message here it is 😄

[fallen marsh]

I've not even finished filling in the walls and windows 😅

[frosty frost]

Yeah... Must be insane build honestly 😄

[fallen marsh]

I'll send you some screenshots, I am rather proud of it in all honesty 😁

Despite the fact it tanks a PC with an RTX 3080 Ti

[frosty frost]

As far as i am aware Valheim is generally CPU heavy, but i am not really that savy in pc parts performence and all that, soooo...

[fallen marsh]

Yeah, I can't remember what CPU i have from the top of my dome. I only remember the card because the box is my monitor stand 😂

[frosty frost]

Great way to use it xD

[austere girder]

is it a bug or intended that torches, braziers, hearts, fires, etc only provide light when near them?
or is it some setting that i just have enabled

[frosty frost]

I think there was a setting that changed at which distance or how many of them will get lit up 🤔 dont remember which one tho, try to fiddle with it for a bit

[simple kiln]

do rain and smoke pass through cage floors?!

[frosty frost]

Nope

Well, rain yes, smoke no iirc

[simple kiln]

strange it’s not both or neither

[frosty frost]

Its due to how smoke particles are made, rain is done in a very different way compared to taht

[simple kiln]

i’ll just have to get the mod i suppose

[simple kiln]

i have a valheimraft server with an impressive galleon

has some vents on the deck covered by cage floors

i want to actually use them as vents lol

[crisp pawn]

i plan on switching to a mage whenever im in the mistlands, should i use a melee weapon as my secondary and if so what should it be

[quick loom]

it's not really necessary. you'll probably us all your available stamina to move instead

especially in mistlands

you can deal with everything the biome throw at you with the 4 starter mage weapons

[crisp pawn]

to be fair i am in a world with 2 of my friends and they're melee so i guess i could just keep my distance and range my enemies while my friends go in point blank

what do you think of crossbows, since im gonna be keeping my distance anyway

[frosty frost]

They are good opening weapons, lots of dmg per shot but slow shooters

[crisp pawn]

i was thinking to mainly use them as a support weapon while my friends use bows or to sneak attack gjalls and seeker soldiers

[frosty frost]

For sneak attacks they are wonderful, for support bow would be better imo 🙂

[marble roost]

If you're using magic the crossbow will mostly just be for the sneak attacks yea ^

Sneak attacks are worth tho imo

[crisp pawn]

should i skip the spinesnap or craft it either way?

[frosty frost]

Cant hurt to craft it if you have the resources 🙂
You can always just consider it a backup weapon you leave at base

[crisp pawn]

okay

thank you guys for the help

oh yeah one more thing, do all dvergr settlements have extractors in them?

[marble roost]

nope, not all

I'd say maybe about half?

[frosty frost]

Yeah, something like that.

From wiki:
Dvergr guard tower (inhabited) always has the component crate
Dvergr lighthouse always has it too
Dvergr excavation site (inhabited) also always has it
Dvergr harbor has it if the small building from black marble is present

[tired root]

I was just saying that. Not all harbors have but all towers and excavations do.

[frosty frost]

Actchualyyyyy... all inhabited variants of those have it☝️🤓
-# Sorry, couldn't help myself xD

[crisp pawn]

if i planted ivy and after it grew planted grass over the farmland would anything happen to the ivy

[frosty frost]

It shouldnt 🙂

[crisp pawn]

does it apply to all sorts of plants?

[frosty frost]

I believe so, yes, once they are fully grown they dont need farmland iirc 🙂

[echo garden]

What happens if I play in someones world with mods installed? Or the opposite, someone plays in my world?

[frosty frost]

That folks in #mods-discussion or #mods-issues might know 🤔

[sharp nova]

what are the materials i'll need to process blackmetal?

the bit i gathered off the fuling won't go in my forge

[crisp pawn]

you'll need to defeat the mountain boss first in order to unlock a better forge that can smelt black metal

[sharp nova]

#u#

no skipping mountains for me ig

[marble roost]

Mountain boss is the only boss Thats near-unskippable

[tired root]

The gatekeeper boss for most end game gear and tools.

[sharp nova]

once i've maxed out all my iron weapons and tools is it only for building beds, boats, and upwards?

i am faintly recalling it's in mountains and/or mistlands recipes

[tired root]

Iron will be needed in future for many items.

[sharp nova]

i misunderstood what people meant when they said i'd always need more

i thought this was normal 🌚 😭

[tired root]

That also adds especially if you plan to build big.

[finite vault]

Hello! I have a big problem in Mistlands.
I feel really, really frustrated. We are in day number 737. My husband and I were got stuck in a piece of an island, a level 2 seeker appeared and destroyed our Karve ship in the middle of the water, even though I pulled our Karve as close as possible to that small stretch of shore, the nails were out of reach, so I lost it.
The only way to get back is to die, which means I have to leave my items behind, so I do, but I get stuck in a loop trying to kill that Seeker, and it keeps destroying my ship...

I know that the behaviour of the nails works as intended and don't float, but what am I supposed to do as a player if I'm stuck in a peace of an island without any resources to leave it.

[marble roost]

Just to see if I'm understanding right, it was a tiny piece of mistlands you got stuck on? Or it was after dying in mistlands a couple times you are now stuck on the island you have your base on?

Generally the Raft is the fail-safe for moving for moving between islands if the island doesn't have a lot of resources. But it still does require SOME resources

It definitely is possible to get stuck though. That is the price we pay for procedural world generation

[finite vault]

Not exactly; I got stuck on that small "islet" because the Seeker destroyed my boat and the nails ended up out of reach. Since they’re small islets, my nearest portal is on another one, which I can’t reach by swimming either. So the only workaround to get out of there was to die and respawn at my base, which isn’t the best solution because I lose my items and experience points (the latter being the most serious issue).

[sharp nova]

have you tried jumping off a ladder to dive down further into the water to reach the nails?

that's what i did when my first karve broke

[finite vault]

I didn't, but I'll try it

Anyway, I already died to return to my base, now I go into a loop, but that's another topic xD

[spring gulch]

I thought someone was still at home my b. You may need a rescue XD

[sharp nova]

you can load a backup if it's really bad 💔

i love backups

[finite vault]

Dear god! I don't know why I didn't think of it before, I'll see if there are any older saves left. it's a good idea 🤞

nothing to backup :/
Anyway, thanks for trying to help!!

[spring gulch]

(If you really really want you can look up using devcommands and use this as a learning experience)

🌟It never happened🌟

[terse cedar]

do sea serpents still exist? Haven't seen one in forever

[finite vault]

I will try again but if I don't succeed, I will resort to this solution.
Thanksss!!!

[finite vault]

Yes, there is in the ocean at night

[terse cedar]

I been all over this ocean at night looking for one

[spring gulch]

The rule of rng is pretend you dont need it and you get more than you want. But also is helps if it's raining

[terse cedar]

lol one just popped his head up. Rule #2: complain on disc and it will appear

[tired root]

Night and/or rain/storm are the occurances for their spawning. Night spawns despawn at dawn but day spawns won't.

[barren rivet]

idk if im too late, but one solution could be destroy your spawn and you’ll respawn at the starting stones if you have a portal there you could get back to main base?

[safe horizon]

Hello people, I wanna ask you something
I created a server with a friend. And the last two days we haven't been able to connect. I'm playing from steam and he from xbox. We removed the sv and he shared the code again and this error appear:
Failed to add the server: code invitation cannot be resolved

his version of the game is ms-0.221.112 (n-36)
mine is : 0.221.12 (n-36)

by any chance anyone know if there is an issue going on with crossplay? or if there is something I can do to connect with my friend again?

We are sharing seeds throw gmail. And was working pretty good. No problems when sharing. But the last two days we cannot see old or new servers. And the same happen today with a different friend. He was not able to connect. I don't think there is some kind of conflict in the files, because even when creating a new fresh seed he is not able to see it.

[sharp nova]

(sorry for rude)

how do you do, fellow people.

[finite vault]

I was finally able to make a backup and restore the game when saving from yesterday!! So I haven't been left that far behind.
I am very happy now.

Thank you all for your help! 💕

[brisk hill]

Hi all, I started getting a stuck "Logging in to backend service" message when attempting to start a server. Just happened when I logged in now, was playing several hours ago and it was still fine. I don't think the Valheim backend is down, any fixes to the issue?

[rustic linden]

can the axe not parry or am i just missing the parries?

[tired root]

There are many axes in game, so which one?

[rustic linden]

copper axe

[full mesa]

Damn first time hearing about copper axe- 😂

[rustic linden]

bronze im sorry

[tired root]

Bronze axe can parry but it might fail if trying to parry too much damage.

[full mesa]

Nah im joking bronze axe, it can parry you're probably miss timing it

[ornate finch]

Check that your date/time is set correctly. Are you playing on Steam/Windows?

[rustic linden]

ah alright cuz my atgeir was almost broken so i went and tried to parry the elite draugers with my axe but it wasnt working or something

[full mesa]

Would NOT wanna parry an elite draugr with BF gear

[brisk hill]

Playing on steam/mac, date/time are set automatically and are correct.

[tired root]

With bronze buckler sure, but with just bronze weapon it's very risky.

[rustic linden]

yea well i dont have anything more because i need to kill them to get iron

[ornate finch]

Can you create a server with crossplay option disabled?

[brisk hill]

Oh, somehow it's working now. I'm now thinking it was an ISP issue.

[tired root]

You could mine more copper and tin. It takes 10 bronze to craft buckler and one tier upgrade for 5 bronze is enough for swamps.

Game is not a race.

[rustic linden]

alright ill do that

[ornate finch]

If you have two friends that can't connect to you, the problem is probably on your side. Do you have any VPN programs installed?
You can read more about it here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/892970/discussions/1/612032374411149472/#c612032512885010678

[tired root]

Or if you have atgeir you can stagger even elite draugrs with the secondary attack.

[rustic linden]

i do have atgeir

[tired root]

You can try that first. If it doesn't work then you can go back to mine copper for bronze.

[jolly tapir]

Does anyone know if a workbench placed right outside a morgen cave will stop items inside from despawning? I'm prepping to do a fortress and there's this cave nearby that I would really love to store some food and healing in

What I wouldn't give to be able to build in here 😭

[tired root]

You can build campfires inside, they also have same spawnproof area as workbench.

[jolly tapir]

Oh yay so if I dump stuff the campfire will keep it from despawning?

[tired root]

Should, yes.

What are you going to dump there?

[frozen oyster]

do most people make a new base in the plains and bring iron and stuff to make a forge over there to smelt? or am i supposed to sail the ore back like usual

[frosty frost]

I usually stay at my meadows base, but plenty people move once they get to plains 🙂

[jolly tapir]

It's nearby the fortress I'm gonna storm, so I was thinking some healing and other meads and new foods, plus the rested. Shame I can't fix my gear tho lol

[tired root]

Considered putting them on chests found inside the holes?

[jolly tapir]

there are no chests :/

searched the whole cave

[tired root]

They can be sneaky sometimes. But it's also possible there are none.

[quick loom]

unless you go all out with black metal chest, you don't need that much BM, one trip is enough

and even if you need more later, you could wait for Ashlands and the stone portal

[vapid warren]

cant you build campfires inside the morgen cave?

yep, you just cant build workbenches, so most things are blocked

[rich topaz]

we made a big mountain build and had some "natural" rocks around it. now 1 of the participant thought it was a good idea to make holes in them. its ugly af and im trying to restore it. is there a command to "reset" a rock?

[vapid warren]

no

you can roll back on backups tho

[rich topaz]

i got the save file from the server so that would be to long back 🙁 is it a no i dont know if there is a command for that. or is it no there is no command for that?

[vapid warren]

nope, no way to restore them

[rich topaz]

multiple people say there are mods for that tho

[vapid warren]

well yeah

you're asking for commands in vanilla

[rich topaz]

yea but you say there is no way xd

[vapid warren]

you could always try to spawn the same rock in again

but it probably wont be aligned

#mods-discussion would be where to ask for that

[rich topaz]

gonna wait incase other people have some ideas

[vapid warren]

im sure you can do it with mods, but you cant in vanilla

[rich topaz]

ai thanks

[sharp nova]

i am to understand that serpent trophies sink?

[frosty frost]

Yep

[sharp nova]

i think the serpent dropped one and it dipped into the water 💔 rip

[frosty frost]

The only thing that floats out of serpents loot is the meat unfortunately

[sharp nova]

do they drop anything other than meat and trophies?