I’ve been prepping for 1.0 achievements, mainly just creating an island base and getting a good farm system in place. Have only beaten the first boss to be able to start mining.

I’ve created portals on the different biomes and I’d love to be able to start getting iron without boss progression.

Do you think if I took an iron key from my old character and took it into a clean seed, then picked up said key with my clean character it would be flagged?

Would hate to see all my progress be for not if it got flagged.

Sorry if this has been posted before but I have looked everywhere.

Myself and several friends are all playing on a dedicated server (Dathost). Would like to add some QoL mods and I am trying to get them added to our server. I have found a modpack (ArgusMagnus/ValheimServersideQoL) that seems to be all server side (Xbox compatible mods).

I have downloaded Thunderstore and the mod and tried to load them onto my server through Dathost.

2 questions:

1. The mod pack says I need the BepInEx valheim pack which I have also downloaded and uploaded. On my dathost server files, I see those as 2 seperate "installed plugins." Is my desired modpack somehow supposed to be loaded inside the BepInEx file?

2. The mod pack creator has a nice page about configuration which all seems dependent on me getting access to the ingame config panel which I cannot do from xbox. Each QoL feature must be toggled (which I like), but how can I configure it from the files themselves prior to loading it in game? Is my only option to buy a seperate PC copy of the game?

Please forgive my ignorance and thanks in advance!

Help, I can't survive in the Meadows! I was told this game was hard, but I didn't expect the green things to bite quite so hard, and the boars are chasing me relentlessly! I got a stone axe and tried bashing them, but then the night came, and I just got swarmed! This biome is way too difficult for a beginner. How would you fix it? I am already terrified even thinking about the first boss!

Upd. I really love how supportive and helpful this community is! I admit, that the post was more of a joke, but seeing how everyone is giving productive and real advice really touched my heart. Love to you all, vikings!

6040 (blacksmith's shop) was one of the rare sets that actually came with instructions for one of the back of the box builds. From what I can tell...it might be the only one. But, I found instructions for 3 others.

This also gave me a chance to try some new approaches to doing that "castle wall sections" piece that comes up in Castle sets All. The. Time. Mostly, I redid the top feature and how I do the windows. I like these windows MUCH better.

This is one of my solo games, where I took over one of the abandoned villages for my base. It's resisted everything so far.

As a base it has 1 active defense and 2 accidental passive defenses.

First defense: No be there. This being Valhiem, I spend most of the time away from my base. Hard to be raided at home when you aren't home.

Second defense: Footprint it is big enough that when I am raided it's only from 1 side, and there is no super vulnerable spots. (Though there was an epic brawl with a skeleton surprise by the smelter.)

Third: the split-rail fence. It slows raiders down just enough that I can meet them at or past the fence.

In no way am I claiming this base is well defended but it is adequately defended, so far. I would not want to have a "You are Being Hunted" while here, though.

This is my second time playing Valheim (the first time I got stuck in the Bronze Age). The first time I set sail and landed looking for a swamp, I saw a hooded figure in the rain and almost freaked out. I thought my head was playing tricks on me (I didn't look at the screenshots. I took them in a daze and had other things on my mind at the time).

Today, going out to chop down trees in the early morning while the kilns were working, I saw it again very close and clearly. Damn, it scared me half to death. When I got closer, it just vanished from one frame to the next.

I guess it's Odin as an easter egg, but damn... I didn't expect this game to have its own Herobrine.

The closest Elder spawns are as far as the Plains, even Moder is closer and Haldor and even the Big rocky. Seed: u26yJJgnQL

I’ve got like 4 playthroughs over the years and never had any issues like this unless I build way too much late game but still never gets this bad, hopped back on after a long break and I have no idea why this is happening.

Someone help pls

I found this website called "back of the box builds" that has instructions for a bunch of the models that used to be on the back of the Lego set boxes. Some of them looked so cool...I just could not help myself.

These are not "official lego" models...not really...maybe sorta. They were on the box...well...technically one of them showed up in a Lego Ideas book back in 1980. One of them is a near perfect rebuild of 375. The stability on the taller one was a bit of a trick. I'm not 100% sure how it's actually stable.

Anyway, I also found alternative builds for the blacksmith and I started working on those too. Not done with them though, so I'll wrap those up when I can.

However...I am starting to wonder if we could build the old Lincoln log sets...not sure. Maybe? If I ever run out of Lego sets I might try that...or maybe someone with a stronger connection to Lincoln Logs will.

As the question says. I'm currently stuck in the Ashlands as a solo player. I'm not sure whether I should lean into a more hybrid mage/flametal armor build or fully commit to either before I can clear my first fortress.

Any suggestions from ppl who have done this before?

I think it would be so cool if there was a custom weather modifier as a part of the world modifiers where you can change the weather such as “always raining” or “always sunny”. Maybe even always/never have wind at your back while sailing for easy/hard mode. Anyone else think about this? What are your guys’ thoughts?

Every time I start my game, I have to reset my graphics settings to where I want them. I'm not running Vulkan, and I haven't made any changes to my hardware. Anyone else having this issue?

The ashlands are impossible. I finally found a fortress but can't get anywhere near it. Built a little grausten shack to attempt to build up to get ready to try to take the fort, but I am attacked and slaughtered faster than I can even see what is killing me. Can't make any progress because I use up resources faster than I can find them just trying to stay alive.

Fuck Ashlands and everything in it. Everything up until this biome was awesome, but this biome makes me want to delete the fucking game.

Edit: Obviously I don't mean literally impossible, just extremely grindy and unfun, even on 3x resources and easier difficulty.

I'm gonna put it on passive, get what I need from this biome and never come here again.

added a screen of my map and current "base" for reference

So the Tankard has a block force and parry bonus to rival a wooden shield, without the movement penalty or durability decay?

I can confirm it's actually darned good at parrying. I'm still trying to figure out how to backstab with it though... lol

I've played Valheim for years, but I finally decided to go to Mistlands after doing everything I needed from Plains and Hildir's quests. I've heard a lot about how Mistlands is Valheim make or break for a lot of people.

I love the Mistlands! It's so creepy and I'm constantly on my toes, the risk of being too far from safety, the weird dvergar camps, the jotun remains. Recently went into an infested mine and had a blast.

I was completely prepared for the biome I believe, and I am just starting (got a black forge and made the spear and 2h sword). When did it break you as far as making you stop playing? I feel like I'm having a blast here.

I built two old locations for the Panherya RP server.

So, I'm in the swamp. An 'Abomination' has twatted the boat where I had some surtling core to make a portal home. I have another boat nearby because I died once.

I'm currently hiding in a crypt. There's something I have yet to identify swooping around outside. It hit me once and sent my health down -30.

How the hell does one get out of this particular predicament without getting killed and sent back home?

Hello Vikings.

As we approach deep north, I find myself wanting to make an end game base in preparation for my characters last journey into the unknown. I play solo and with no mods, so I’m thinking a fully kitted out midsize build with end game materials would be a cool thing to put together over the next few weeks.

I’m looking on the north end of the world for this build to make for an easier launch when deep north arrives. I know I’d like to avoid the swamp, kindof like the thought of a tall mountain base to catapult out of, and mistlands/plains islands are always rad.

I do want your opinions tho, what is everyone’s preferred biome? Anybody undertaking a similar venture? Let me know!

EDIT: Thank you for all of your perspectives! I am now home from work and am going to boat around looking for pretty mountains with helpful biomes nearby! Skal!

Hi everyone :)

While cleaning up our server for Valheim 1.0, I realised we had never done a proper tour of our capital.
My spouse and I are from Austria, and we have been building this same private world together for about four years. The city isn't the only huge project we've built over the years — it grew over time: one building, one road and one "small addition" at a time.

The long road from spawn leads directly into the city here. Because the capital has grown together with the rest of the world, it is now a mix of older ideas and later additions. At this point, I don't know if it will ever be completely finished. :D
Walking through everything we've built now takes roughly eight hours, but the picture/tour stays inside the capital and follows its streets on foot.

Build info: Stability is enabled. We use PlantEverything and an item-spawning mod for decorative objects. This is our private two-person world, and everything you see was built and placed by the two of us over the years.

Do you plan large cities before placing the first piece, or do yours also keep growing until you suddenly realise you have built a capital? ^^

Excuse the incredibly dumb questions please. I just started playing this game the other day and I'm horribly lost. I've played a ton of survival base building games before. I love them. (More recently - Subnautica, VRising, NMS, Sons of the Forest, Return to Moria, Ark, Palworld, etc) I played Valheim for a few hours and I have 0 motivation to continue. I'm willing to admit that I could be doing something dumb or missing something obvious (it took me too long to figure out how to acquire some basic materials in Subnautica).

* I'm playing on a steam deck. Is this not advised for this game?

* I wandered around a bunch. Couple of greylings and boars. Nothing else. Dandelions, raspberries, and mushrooms. Trees and rocks.

* I built a small hut. Snapping was painful. It was not a pleasant experience. It's too dark. Maybe I'm just blind?

* Crafting is a tad confusing. No tooltips? I accidentally discovered that the chopping block levels up your workbench and the star with a number in it refers to the level of your workbench. But I'm getting conflicting notes. What do you mean the workbench needs to be inside for me to use it and the chopping block needs to be in proximity but also outside.

* Are the wood/rock piles aesthetic only?

* Hugin only shows up to state the obvious AFTER I do something. Like "hey, you're cold." Yes I know. Thank you for nothing.

I know I'm supposed to gear up and fight the bosses and that requires me to go discover things. I don't really care for games that overdo breadcrumbs to get you onto the right path, but there doesn't seem to be ANYTHING in this game that guides you. I'm not looking for rails, but I didn't expect this much of a loose sandbox. Watching videos online makes me think I'm missing something though.

Can anyone give me some spoiler-free (light?) tips for getting into this game more? I'm willing to give it another shot. I really don't want to go to the wiki for info. I'm sure you understand why

Today we are crafting the Mistland Armour and the feather cape.

Hello! I have an issue with the game, specifically, it's lagging on a mid-tier PC. For context, these are my specs:
GPU: RTX 3060
CPU: Intel core i3-10100F @ 3.60GHz
RAM: 16GB

I can run Cyberpunk 2077 with no issues on high settings, however whenever I get even remotely close to my base, my fps plummet. I've got around 500 instances, I think, however the longer I spend at my base, the further my fps decrease. I did not build anything for quite long now, and I have only like 2-ish builds, but I've already got like 20-30 fps. I'm afraid that if I try to add legitimately anything, it will go down even further.

Does anyone have an idea how to fix that? Or is there an optimization update finally coming?