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Thanks so much! I'm really glad you liked it! Part of the goal of my channel is to look at mechanics like these in games that I love (even "old" games) and give a fresh take on it. I appreciate the support.

Looks like there were 2 patches within a day of each other a couple days ago. Did you update and this get resolved? I just patched and logged in and everything seems to be working as normal. You unlock tables through the "upgrade table" tab as explained in the video. Still works exactly the same.

Thornhold was our main base before I did this video. NE of Thorn would probably be the future main base when I start fresh. And then I'd just use places like East Lapis/etc as places to fast travel to. Not really much need to relocate all the crafters/etc IMO.

@@GameMnke Agree, didn't realize I'd get more altar locations later on. Also, NE of Thorn has some changes - the clay is no longer directly on base, but there is a clay and copper cliff very near to the north (straight towards the shroud zone, but before entering the shroud). The location also got some giant green mushrooms monsters which look really scary but are non-aggro.

Not sure. Haven't tested it myself, wasn't able to google it up. That could be a problematic change if you built something on that spot and corn kept popping up through it.

Sounds great! Usually as I progress through a map I like to have 1-2 outposts that I can easily dump to make forward or "lootposts". I tend to find creating a "back" of cleared territory nice so I can aim whatever outposts I have toward the "front".

With some of the city ones, if you expand your base area, it can suck in a couple more comfort here and there. (I mention that in the pinned comment)

As long as you had fun, I think you understood the most important lesson... Fly free, little bird. Fly...

Wow! Sounds like a lot of lucky rolling! (or rolling until you get lucky- whatever- congrats!)

pretty much got them both at the same day back to back one hour after another

Glad you appreciated it!

It functions properly for me. I just logged in to test this out on your behalf. imgur.com/a/hMyy6wP All the mats will fall out like in the image. Without any other information, I'd wager you have another mod that is creating this conflict. I'm assuming you didn't upgrade the table, go into settings and turn off upgrades active, then remove the table. I'm not sure what that would do and I'm not going to test it since now I have to pick up all these mats and deal with that mess... ;) You can use devcommands to respawn whatever upgrade mats you lost.

What's VRM, precious? You mean this? thunderstore.io/c/valheim/p/Mayu/ValheimVRM/ Or something else?

@@GameMnke yes that. how to put an anime skin on your character

@@Shun-Dorado The installation instructions on that link explain how to go about that. I don't play with vrms so can't speak to how well it works. Good luck!

I'm a sucker for lots of amenities and very few cobwebs. ;)

Look, I appreciate the feedback. If you'd like me to give a strategic breakdown of a specific mod/modpack, maybe suggest one and if I like it, maybe I'll do that. Otherwise, I'm not sure what you want me to do with your feedback. There is no specific chapter you can point to that is, or even might be, "null advice" because it totally depends on what mods someone is using- agreed? If you're just doing the bug fixes like I am (oda umbrella, kisho ninja, etc), then it's all applicable. If you just mod to make boats cheaper, maybe only that element changes. If, however, you're playing with total conversions/overhauls (MoSS, Radious) then CLEARLY there are going to be many elements that have to be adapted- just like how not all of the strategy is wholecloth applicable to RotS or FotS (or WH3). Because it's not an identical game at that point. I don't think it's incumbent upon me to make such a disclaimer though- because it's obvious. I don't find myself compelled to post on MoSS videos "hey this doesn't work like that in vanilla- null advice!". ;) More importantly... I think there is HUGE value in the core/default/vanilla game and understanding the default mechanics. If all you play is a mod, without understanding what the mod is changing, then you really don't have a basis of comparison for anything in Shogun 2 because you can't speak to what things were to recognize what is different. In that regard when you look at the core strategy I present and you note "hey my mod does this different", you now know something more than you did before. And then you can make a value judgement- do you like the change? Do you find the change necessary to your enjoyment? Etc. That's the best I can do with what you gave me. If you shared "hey I play with mod X and this is different in Y way", then we could have a more substantive exchange over a specific issue. I'll point out, for example, that one of the big economic "features" of Shogun 2 is, I feel, badly implemented. It's how rice fields and market chain buildings work. RotS and FotS addressed this. I love Shogun 2, but it's one of the biggest flaws- err... features. I still like to play the game with this "feature" because if you're talking to people and they are asking questions about vanilla play (which happens plenty on reddit), if you're not able to speak to vanilla play/strategy, then really... what good is the advice you're giving? You might struggle to tell someone the benefits of vassals or how to use a matchlock if your only context is playing with mods. So that's what I have to say about that. Have fun!

All that fort upgrading is taking a lot of food out of the system (which means less growth/koku across your domain) as well as a lot of koku spent on building. You only need 5 of each market/etc to recruit the max amount of agents and you can spread that around through level 1 fort provs. (that's if you even wanted max ninja/monks) Part of the benefit of upgrading a fort is added recruitment slots, which you're really only going to be taking advantage of (or should be) in military provs. Temples and sake dens alone aren't adding enough to your economy to offset the economic drain of expanding a fort to make room for them. There usually has to be some other reason. Omi would be a good example of a fertile province, with the ninja village, that would make sense for both a market and a sake den. You need the den to recruit the better ninja, the village provides some added income, and it'll probably be one of you wealthier provinces overall- perfect for a metsuke/market. Plus having a stronger fort adjacent to Kyoto helps as you build up when it seems a lot of enemies want to attack you there. Obviously this makes more sense for the clans that are close to Omi (e.g. Oda) and less sense for clans that are only reaching it closer to mid/end-game. They probably already have whatever ninja/money provs set up. It's that level of intentionality that I think is important when deciding what fort to upgrade- particularly on Very Hard or Legendary difficulty. On lower difficulties it probably doesn't matter as much. Units cost less to recruit/upkeep, etc.

@@GameMnke i see.. i'm just comfortable defending sieges with level 3 forts. that additional layer gives me security from full stacks... the additional garrison units of spears and archers with a naginata warrior monks are a godsend right now, i'm doing a VH Ikko Ikki revolt only campaign until realm divide triggers. it's fun to just do a turtle strategy

@@Byenie0912 Well the Ikko Ikki is a different play in many ways. I'm also on an Ikko VH campaign atm. I definitely like the jodo shinshu temple's warrior monk garrison. I do agree that defending sieges with a level 3 fort is great. Particularly Kaga with the back door so you can run down the generals. But that's the military prov- and a great bottleneck- so I always upgrade that province. In my game I just took Owari and Oda stacked that place out. However the farm was barely upgraded, so it ended up sucking up some of my excess food. It'll be a great bottleneck for that region though. I plan on putting a temple in there as well. That's always one of my concerns late game in that sometimes you'll be taking over forts that the ai has upgraded but with crappy farms. On one hand there's less reason to make room for markets- so there's that. On the other hand, the Ikko struggle with money once RD hits, and markets give some money without much downside. At this point I haven't actually built any myself. I just inherit ones occasionally. Ikko is definitely a fun campaign. I'm already past the realm divide penalties. I just have to revassal a couple who turned on me- the rest are fixed or new. Good luck with your game!

Hey thanks for the comment. I'm not sure exactly what you're referring to- making vassals? Not upgrading market chain buildings? Focusing military in military provs? Can you be more specific?

@@GameMnke what i mean is pro player not upgrade castle or make special province for training unit especially if you use mod to make ai only training katana samurai instead of yari samurai

@@GameMnke usually on real legendary difficult with mod ai you will never win decisive victory or heroic victory the enemy ai daimyo only move with 40 army and its un defeated army because full katana samurai match lock and yari cavalry and the enemy raid squad always destroy market or rice exchange even destroy farm

@@GameMnke basically pro player saving the money and play defensive they make lot of sword school in almost every province then when 2 stack of un defeated enemy daimyo army come with 25 katana samurai 10 naginata and 10 yari cavalry you play defensive sabotage army and defend castle

@@GameMnke believe me standard legendary difficult is very easy for anyone play this game 10 years we install mod to make enemy ai only move with 40 unit army full of katana and naginata samurai and yari cavalry

You're very welcome! Have fun!

Survivors can't have more than 5 skills, but you can roll a survivor with 4 and pick up their 5th skill in-game. For example, you can teach them computers from a cell tower or chemistry from an ammo outpost. This is particularly nice if you roll a great survivor without a 5th skill. There are also mysterious traders that can sell retraining textbooks to retrain one of your four core skills (say if you really wanted powerhouse), or a rare skill trader that offers 5th skill special books- e.g. hygiene or lichenology. The mysterious traders are only Friday thru Monday (real world time)! Note: you can't ever replace a 5th skill with a different 5th skill. Once you picked one- it's locked in. Wiki for outposts: state-of-decay-2.fandom.com/wiki/Outposts Wiki for traders: state-of-decay-2.fandom.com/wiki/Wandering_Traders?so=search#Mysterious_Wandering_Traders Have fun!

Just to reiterate... Food scales with difficulty ONLY for food outposts. Ammo doesn't scale. Farms don't scale (unless you play green). If you like trading and are playing on NM or Lethal, shouldn't your aim be to pick outposts that give you extra resources over those that don't and then... trade for what you need? And if you don't like trading, but don't necessarily dislike it- should you still ignore (overlook) food outpost scaling? Like if I want to own Squelones in Meagher and run brews around for influence, trade, etc, sure... maybe I want some EXTRA food. But on NM I wouldn't avoid food outposts- it's the main resource I'd be converting into influence. So the answer in that situation might just be "why not both?". But in almost all cases you should be taking food outposts on NM/Lethal- because they scale- unless you're specifically trying to handicap yourself.

It depends on the mod. You'll want to both have mods and dependencies installed if you're looking at something that mods items like Epic Loot. (Epic Loot explicitly states this) If you were the only person handling the farming and you run farmgrid, you buddy wouldn't need to install that. You should be able to host (start server- give it a password if need be) and your friend should be able to find you through the join game tab under friends once you are in game. If it's a fresh start you may need to way until you're on the valkyrie. Have fun!

Hey there... You get runestones from killing bosses additional times and sacrificing their trophies (heads) at the enchanting table. Sometimes Haldor sells runestones. The higher tier the boss, the higher tier the runestone from their trophy. Bonemass is the first Epic boss. Yagluth is the first Legendary boss in terms of sac'cing their trophy.

@@GameMnke Yes, now I understand everything, thank you

That's from the Epic Loot mod. It adds item enchanting and drops to the game. One of my favorite mods. All the chapters in the video except the last pertain to both vanilla and epic loot. The last is epic loot specific. If you're interested, I have a video covering how to easily install a mod manager and a few basic mods (like Epic Loot). ruclips.net/video/SYzl2leApDo/видео.html Have fun!

It's a great location. I like adding a bunch of buildings into the "sphere" by upping the altar.

Much appreciated!

Thank you. I will probably make some shorter videos just talking about specific subjects (e.g. vassals, "first five turns", etc). Getting this longer form "out of my system" helped me reconnect with and reverify the strategies I used back when I played a lot more. It's a little funny to me now watching me say things like "shaking off the rust" in this video when I know how it ends. I think I was nervous about jumping back in on Very Hard. But honestly, wiping out early doesn't matter. Just start again and iterate until you nail the openning handful of turns. Anyway. Enjoy and good luck on your campaigns!

@@GameMnke Would you be kind enough to point me to a video of yours on Shogun 2 where you were the attacking force and were outnumbered, if any such exist?

@@debopamchatterjee6905 Here's one where I popped out of the fort to hit an Ikko army. They only had a couple more units than I, and no general. ruclips.net/video/v2Px85saw3k/видео.htmlsi=fLyqgoVCCizl8vZM&t=1141 War vs Sakai (episode 6) starts with having to cut off a full stack supporting a siege. We both have 20 units (technically he has 21), but he has almost half samurai in his stack vs my all ashigaru. ruclips.net/video/2SnNrafwqj8/видео.html Episode 7 kicks off 2 mins in with me fighting another stack where 70% are samurai vs my all ashigaru stack. It's a big mistake letting all those yari sams charge downhill at my units. Probably one of the worst battles I had at that point, with a suprise at the end. ;) I also talk about rice exchanges/markets in that episode. Eventually with Oda you're in a situation where you should have more units overall because you're fielding quanty. This does present a challenge to command the number of units, but gives you bulk over the enemy. That said there are a couple multi-stack battles (ep 11 and 15) where we still have even numbers but are taking on loads of samurai with our increasingly armoured ashigaru. You can see (I can anyway) the evolution of better unit management from 7 up to that foggy fight vs Hatakeyama in 15 where I roll him hard. Hope that helps!

Good philosophy. A lot of vassal behavior depends on the vassal and what part of the game you're in. Some clans carry a grudge against you (e.g. Imagawa if you're Oda). Once you hit RD all your vassals will get the ticking realm divide penalty and eventually flip- some faster than others. Keeping tabs on their relation score helps with bribing ("gifts") to keep them in line and knowing who you have to revassal and when. The nice thing is if they flip and move their army away from their fort- you can storm the fort with your army, revassal (removing the RD penalty) and their army will stay intact so that they can help you police any subsequent rebels. I had one vassal last game that I was concerned about (the Hatano). They took out one of my vassals that flipped (fine) and wound up with a full stack of their own (also fine), but realm divide was building. The turn before they themselves flipped they put that stack in the way of my main rival (the Hatakeyama). Both armies wrecked themselves making it easy for me to clean up the situation.

4 from a max upgraded Command Center, +1 from the antenna OR +2 from the signal booster facility mod (only one), +1 from a red talon contractor with Hacking quirk. So max of 7 for the normal campaign if you can pick up the Hacker. Heartland (the story mode in Trumbell) lets you have max 8, but you can't have more than 7 elsewhere/normally.

Yea, you can safely assume 5. You should be able to get a signal booster mod from a network trader if you see one, but that's rng. But if you get it then you will have 6. And like he said the red talon hacker skill. But there used to be a thing you could do, hitting multiple buttons at once while installing a mod on the base screen, and it would put a mod in a building that couldn't typically have it. So I would have antennas everywhere, max was always 8 though, you just didn't need the upgrades or the hacker skill

Glad you like it! It's a great feature in the game.

r2modman is identical to the thunderstore branded mod manager except for one difference- r2 doesn't have ads. What is GP? Do you have it pointing to gamelaunchhelper.exe in the "xboxgames/Valheim/content" folder? Everything I looked up about adding "-console" to the game was pointing at that executable. I don't play Valheim on xboxpc, but that's the same excutable Starfield uses (a game I do play on xbox pc). If you're trying the manager again at some point and you want mods AND console access on xbox pcpass- you might need the mod "dev commands" or "enable console" to get access to them on xbox with r2. "Necessary?" No. But easier to troubleshoot? This remind me of that scene from Dodgeball... ;) Lemme know if any of that worked or if I'm offbase on understanding what you're trying to accomplish.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Happy to help!

Knowledge of Computers (from the base skill) is required to upgrade the CC to level 3- that gets you another outpost. Programming specialization gets you the attack drone hacking skillz. Maybe nunchuck skills, bow-hunting skills... and tots. ;) Have fun!

Thank you!!

For sure. Especially if you can x-bow them in the noggin.

Hey there. I broke my table down to double-check. For me it worked fine upgrading to 2 stars on Sacrifice. It took 4 trophies plus the other mats. If you break down the table, all your upgrades will fall on the ground. If you haven't gotten it to work, you may want to try breaking it down and starting over. Otherwise I'm not sure- do you have any other mods running that may conflict with Epic Loot? Anything that affects trophies? Good luck. Let me know if you got it working.

@@GameMnke late to the game on this. just checking out this mod now.. but it looks like the interface doesn't indicate the number of surtling trophies required to upgrade sacrifice from rank 1 to rank 2. your note that it takes 4 solved it for me obviously. the graphics only seem to indicate there was 1 required. THX!

I have not installed onto a dedicated server, but I have seen on reddits and some other videos that people do that. Adding mods that just affect qol (like farming/etc) shouldn't impact progress at all. Here's a link to gportal's wiki that has articles about installing mods on their servers: www.g-portal.com/wiki/en/vallheim-settings-and-server/ Thanks for the comments. I appreciate it! Have fun!

Interesting point. Thanks for bringing that up. I had another video that covered food outposts and how there is some inobvious rounding on Nightmare. Does that mean -50% food consumed on lethal equals 1.5 for a survivor since it's acting on the base of 1?

Thanks! Will do!

Some great suggestions. I was planning on looking at a couple mods around inventory (and maybe to manage the kettle). I plan on doing a full breakdown of Epic Loot as I agree it would be helpful to consolidate all the various tidbits that come out in play into one main tutorial. I haven't tried any of those mods you listed, but I'll check 'em out. I also plan on continuing into the Ashlands on my epic loot playthrough. I'm wrapping up a vanilla run with my wife. Helps me understand the baseline challenge level. Thanks for the feedback and suggestions. Great stuff!

@@GameMnke I appreciate your reply! I'm looking forward to your continuing with Epic Loot into the Ashlands. And yes the dedicated video on Epic Loot would be helpful to many, as if I had any complaint with that mod, it's the lack of initial instruction. To offer some reasons for my recommendations on these mods: Azuclock; Solves the constant frustration of not knowing the time of day. If Vikings can have the availability of magic, a simple digital clock doesn't seem out of the question. AdventureBackpacks; with all the extra drops that Epic Loot provides, having extra inventory and carry weight while running around almost feels necessary. RecyclePlus; solves an issue I've had from the beginning of what to do with all the obsolete gear. Also give a choice between sacrificing drops for their magical reagents or recycling for the original mats. InstantMonsterLootDrops: Saves time waiting for killed mobs to explode so as to access their drops, a game mechanism I've never understood. Why the wait? OdinsArchitect; Offers so many building pieces and storage solutions that fill gaps in the vanilla offerings. As for the new world modifiers offered in the latest vanilla updates, I like the portal everything and increased mat drops! Really cuts down on the grindiness of obtaining ore, wood , and plant materials. There are many other mods I use as well, but these seem to be the ones I appreciate the most. Keep up the great content!

Thanks for watching!

Agreed. Sometimes I'm struggling with connecting pieces or missing a measurement, and unless the video was about fixing that problem, I don't feel it has a ton of value. Most of my building is utilitarian. Just a little flair on the roof... ;)

That's a lot of great info. Thanks for laying it out!