I really really love this game I have played so many survival games and pretty much all types of big triple A and double A games but this little game from 2021 has got its hooks in me deep I can’t stop playing
Same! Used to play 7D2D(a lot), rust, dayz, etc. This game is unmatched in immersion and the micromanagement required makes it feel like theres always something to do!
This was such a good video!! I got pretty lucky on my current 3rd playtrough with my friend when it comes to cultists because the very first one i killed dropped his trophy
The BIG thing noone seems to be talking about is that nearly every mountain with boss spawn WILL have 3 or more eggs on it so you usually wont have to bring eggs from other mountains
Another great one! Im going forward chronologically but I think you made the videos in reverse, lol. One tip I dont see anyone mentioning; you can actually jump on top of Stone Golems and get a few swings of the Pickaxe directly above their heads before you are “shaken off” or fall down. Stone Golems can sometimes hit you depending on their attack, or you could fall down since them walking and you swinging does move you a bit, but if you manage to stay on top you can make quick work on these. Also, isnt Mistlands less inviting than the Mountains? I know you freeze if you have no frost resistance, but I feel the topography of the ML + fog makes them a pain and even make some players rage quit.
Yeah I didn't do them in chronological order. A bit of a random order to be honest haha. I'm working on the last one in the mistlands right now! Yeah I didn't know that you could get on top of them. In my experience they usually have risen out of the ground before I've had the opportunity to jump on top. And to your last point about the mistlands bring more unforgiving, I can't say I disagree a whole lot. The mist is a huge pain in the butt! Thanks for taking the time for such a thorough comment!
I trapped a stone golem inside of stone rock that it broke itself, and then I built a stone prison around it since they only spawn 1 at time. I love how this game and all it's crazy systems
I find the pickaxe for the golems to be a waste of time that just prolongs the fight. The pickaxe basically has all the downside of two handed weapons without any of the perks (like extra damage or AOE), so the most I use it for are greydwarves when I'm mining and only when I forget to switch to weapon 😂. Unless you have them trapped somewhere where you can jump on their head without being thrown off, just parry the one-handed attacks and smack them with a mace. Much faster. I feel like chasing yellow numbers is not always the best strategy.
@@SpazzyjonesGaming heck yeah! It's super fun to be there and make a base hiding from werewolves at night, keeping the first burning. It really becomes survival
the only problem I'm having with the mountain biome is that I can't find the runestone for the fourth boss and I've resorted to sailing to other islands to find it but I haven't had any luck
I just got back into valheim after a long break and me and the group i play with just made it out of the mountains, and i dont know if we're just bad at the swamp, but we found the mountains way easier.
I think its different for everyone. The swamp is annoying because of all the water being constantly wet and such. The mountains presents its own set of challenges but I see your point. I would say many people would agree with you. You've got some challenges coming up with biomes after the Mountains too so get hyped for that!
@@SpazzyjonesGaming I'm ready for those! I feel like the biggest problem with the swamps is the amount of things attacking me, plus those insufferable archers.
The mountains are more beautiful imo. You have better sightlines. There are three dimensions to it. There is very little terrain variation in the swamp. Leeches and blobs are tough until you figure out how to beat them (iron mace and poison mead). Archers are overcome with a round shield. I found the wolves to be a tougher enemy than anything in the swamp except the abomination. The combat was more engaging. Also while we are struggling to find frost caves, we were able to find enough silver veins to equip the party of four in a matter of days. Drakes are easy enough with a predictable attack pattern that they make a cool terrain hazard while trying to kill another golem to hopefully get another sweet sweet trophy for wall art (it is the best in the game imo). I love the mountains but the devs need to make more of it. We can't find onions. The prospector shacks need more than amber or gold. The fenrings need better drops to incentivize being out at night (like the chain drop from wraiths that was rare enough we would go into the swamp at night specifically to fight it). And the caves need to be more common. At least half as common as the tombs in the black forest which you only need one or two for the things you need to move on. We have cleared three caves and dont even have a full set of level one fenris armor. And on top of that, for me and other tanky characters, it is very infrequent that mountain creatures pose a legitimate threat. Usually only have to try to survive when i am mining or fighting a drake and get ambushed by two or more wolves. The mountains are however located within other biomes so it isnt as easy as sailing the coast to find sunken crypts or fuling camps. You basically have to commit a lot of time just to find a mountain only to find no onion seed, no frost caves and no golems, only some drakes around an egg nest and some wolves. At any rate. Cool video. Do you think the caves are common enough? Is there a trick to locating them?
Okay I need some serious help 😅 I died in a frost cave and my spawn is in a base I made at the top of the mountain…and I have no spare gear lol any ideas how I get myself out of this predicament?
id honestly say the mountains at night is far more dangerous of a place to be than than any frost caverns not once have i ever been 2 staggered and 2 shot by a 2 star enemy in the caves because i failed a perfect parry.... now on the mountain...that's a different story
Yeah you might be right. What kills you the most in the mountains? I think it's a toss up between wolves and stone golems for me. For whatever reason I find the stone golem party timing difficult
@@SpazzyjonesGaming I find golems easy but due to there beefy hp early on any mistake can be costly. I find wolves the worst to fight due to them running up to you were your view is blocked by yourself to then have an attack that is devastating, only way I can fight wolves with no damage is having to listen for there attack snarl, real shame the mountain has one of the loudest and worst song to listen to when your trying to block via sound ques
You can still parry them and absorb the damage with the parry bonus but no, they won't have the stagger effect applied to them and therefore won't be vulnerable to take double damage :(
Mistlands have more enemies in dungeon, also Its messy and has a lot of rooms full of enemies. I love mistlands but I hate ticks and bugs in real life and in this game It's a nightmare (the size and jumping on you drinking blood)
@@SpazzyjonesGaming lol true, but the dungeons aren't what usually kills me, it's the trip home from the crypts when my pockets are full of iron it's getting dark I'm out of stamina and poison resistance mead trying to claw my way up a wet tree to avoid wraiths and draugr archers, and NO abominations in sight to make a root mask from 😭
Im sorry... the most uninviting and dangerous? Bwaaahahaha, no. It's a biome you can easily conquer with troll armor xD or root set and decent shield. The only minor nuisance is being forced to make like one batch of frost res mead to get a tiny bit of silver to make a cape (or chest piece). so no. The most uninviting one truly is the mistlands with it's nightmarish traversal and utter lack of visibility. Or perhaps the ashlands but let's be fair and not consider them since the vid predates their release.
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What's your favorite part about the Mountains biome? Have you ventured into the Frost Caves?
My favorite part of the Mountains was exploring and conquering it blind without spoiling myself with a guide! 😉
I'm with you. I wouldn't want to spoil it for myself either@@trengilly01
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I really really love this game I have played so many survival games and pretty much all types of big triple A and double A games but this little game from 2021 has got its hooks in me deep I can’t stop playing
its an incredible game!
Same! Used to play 7D2D(a lot), rust, dayz, etc. This game is unmatched in immersion and the micromanagement required makes it feel like theres always something to do!
@@SupraSav hell ya!
This was such a good video!!
I got pretty lucky on my current 3rd playtrough with my friend when it comes to cultists because the very first one i killed dropped his trophy
Nice! That is lucky. I think it's only a 10% drop rate. Maybe even lower.
Make that fenris gear ASAP! It's the best.
Glad you enjoyed the video!
Keep em coming, great video/guides. 1 trick, tip. Throw down fires in mtn caves for a quick rebuff or place to wait out the blizzard.
Really good tip! Thats a good tip for any dungeon, as soon as you're in shelter. lay a campfire down to get that sweet rested buff
The BIG thing noone seems to be talking about is that nearly every mountain with boss spawn WILL have 3 or more eggs on it so you usually wont have to bring eggs from other mountains
Yeah thats very true. Fortunately you don't need to haul eggs across the map
Another great one! Im going forward chronologically but I think you made the videos in reverse, lol.
One tip I dont see anyone mentioning; you can actually jump on top of Stone Golems and get a few swings of the Pickaxe directly above their heads before you are “shaken off” or fall down.
Stone Golems can sometimes hit you depending on their attack, or you could fall down since them walking and you swinging does move you a bit, but if you manage to stay on top you can make quick work on these.
Also, isnt Mistlands less inviting than the Mountains? I know you freeze if you have no frost resistance, but I feel the topography of the ML + fog makes them a pain and even make some players rage quit.
Yeah I didn't do them in chronological order. A bit of a random order to be honest haha. I'm working on the last one in the mistlands right now!
Yeah I didn't know that you could get on top of them. In my experience they usually have risen out of the ground before I've had the opportunity to jump on top.
And to your last point about the mistlands bring more unforgiving, I can't say I disagree a whole lot. The mist is a huge pain in the butt!
Thanks for taking the time for such a thorough comment!
I must add a detail, killing golems is much faster by using a mace secondary attack, best if you use itt right after a parry for up to 200-300 damage
nice good one. The golems are one of my least fav creatures to fight
I trapped a stone golem inside of stone rock that it broke itself, and then I built a stone prison around it since they only spawn 1 at time. I love how this game and all it's crazy systems
Agreed 👍
I find the pickaxe for the golems to be a waste of time that just prolongs the fight. The pickaxe basically has all the downside of two handed weapons without any of the perks (like extra damage or AOE), so the most I use it for are greydwarves when I'm mining and only when I forget to switch to weapon 😂. Unless you have them trapped somewhere where you can jump on their head without being thrown off, just parry the one-handed attacks and smack them with a mace. Much faster. I feel like chasing yellow numbers is not always the best strategy.
yeah you're very right
Id take a thousand mountain biomes over desert. You can even go mountains without cold protection by littering dozens of campfires throughout
Yeah you're right. Have you done that? Travelled through the mountains by campfire?
@@SpazzyjonesGaming heck yeah! It's super fun to be there and make a base hiding from werewolves at night, keeping the first burning. It really becomes survival
🐐 guide and well explained/structured video! Def deserves a like :)
Thank you!
the only problem I'm having with the mountain biome is that I can't find the runestone for the fourth boss and I've resorted to sailing to other islands to find it but I haven't had any luck
it is hard to find
I just got back into valheim after a long break and me and the group i play with just made it out of the mountains, and i dont know if we're just bad at the swamp, but we found the mountains way easier.
I think its different for everyone. The swamp is annoying because of all the water being constantly wet and such. The mountains presents its own set of challenges but I see your point. I would say many people would agree with you.
You've got some challenges coming up with biomes after the Mountains too so get hyped for that!
@@SpazzyjonesGaming I'm ready for those! I feel like the biggest problem with the swamps is the amount of things attacking me, plus those insufferable archers.
yeah it is completely packed with enemies@@MasonE27
The mountains are more beautiful imo. You have better sightlines. There are three dimensions to it. There is very little terrain variation in the swamp. Leeches and blobs are tough until you figure out how to beat them (iron mace and poison mead). Archers are overcome with a round shield. I found the wolves to be a tougher enemy than anything in the swamp except the abomination. The combat was more engaging. Also while we are struggling to find frost caves, we were able to find enough silver veins to equip the party of four in a matter of days. Drakes are easy enough with a predictable attack pattern that they make a cool terrain hazard while trying to kill another golem to hopefully get another sweet sweet trophy for wall art (it is the best in the game imo). I love the mountains but the devs need to make more of it. We can't find onions. The prospector shacks need more than amber or gold. The fenrings need better drops to incentivize being out at night (like the chain drop from wraiths that was rare enough we would go into the swamp at night specifically to fight it). And the caves need to be more common. At least half as common as the tombs in the black forest which you only need one or two for the things you need to move on. We have cleared three caves and dont even have a full set of level one fenris armor. And on top of that, for me and other tanky characters, it is very infrequent that mountain creatures pose a legitimate threat. Usually only have to try to survive when i am mining or fighting a drake and get ambushed by two or more wolves. The mountains are however located within other biomes so it isnt as easy as sailing the coast to find sunken crypts or fuling camps. You basically have to commit a lot of time just to find a mountain only to find no onion seed, no frost caves and no golems, only some drakes around an egg nest and some wolves.
At any rate. Cool video. Do you think the caves are common enough? Is there a trick to locating them?
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Okay I need some serious help 😅 I died in a frost cave and my spawn is in a base I made at the top of the mountain…and I have no spare gear lol any ideas how I get myself out of this predicament?
uh oh! you can build a trail of campfires to keep you warm on your journey!
@@SpazzyjonesGaming I had no supplies 😭 but someone taught me how to access the commands and I was able to reset my spawn point
@@isseanlawson4895 oh yeah that works. devcommends baby!
id honestly say the mountains at night is far more dangerous of a place to be than than any frost caverns
not once have i ever been 2 staggered and 2 shot by a 2 star enemy in the caves because i failed a perfect parry....
now on the mountain...that's a different story
Yeah you might be right. What kills you the most in the mountains? I think it's a toss up between wolves and stone golems for me.
For whatever reason I find the stone golem party timing difficult
@@SpazzyjonesGaming I find golems easy but due to there beefy hp early on any mistake can be costly. I find wolves the worst to fight due to them running up to you were your view is blocked by yourself to then have an attack that is devastating, only way I can fight wolves with no damage is having to listen for there attack snarl, real shame the mountain has one of the loudest and worst song to listen to when your trying to block via sound ques
I find wolves tricky because they attack you so rapidly and stagger you. But to your point they can sneak up on you@@saunshilu
@@SpazzyjonesGaming surprisingly I've never had a wolf sneak up on me, they can't stop howling
i have to get my ears checked haha@@saunshilu
Are cultist guaranteed to spawn in the frost caves?
I'm not 100% sure but I don't think so. I've been unlucky and found some pretty barren frost caves in the past
Immume to stager...so my buckler shield does nothing to him?
You can still parry them and absorb the damage with the parry bonus but no, they won't have the stagger effect applied to them and therefore won't be vulnerable to take double damage :(
Mistlands dungeons are much harder than mountain caves… and it’s not even close.
Maybe. I think it's all relative to your progress in the game.
The thing is... In the mistlands dungeons you can get 1 shot from full hp by a max lvl mob, that cant happen in a mountain cave. @@SpazzyjonesGaming
Yeah fair enough. Mistlands dungeons are very messy. Especially when enemies crowd the entrance
Yeah you're right. My least favorite part about the Mistlands dungeons is creatures seem to always bum rush the entrance@@MSeroga
Mistlands have more enemies in dungeon, also Its messy and has a lot of rooms full of enemies. I love mistlands but I hate ticks and bugs in real life and in this game It's a nightmare (the size and jumping on you drinking blood)
Swamps are worse. You can negate the cold, tou cant do anything about ot being wet
You have shelter from being wet in the swamps dungeons
@@SpazzyjonesGaming lol true, but the dungeons aren't what usually kills me, it's the trip home from the crypts when my pockets are full of iron it's getting dark I'm out of stamina and poison resistance mead trying to claw my way up a wet tree to avoid wraiths and draugr archers, and NO abominations in sight to make a root mask from 😭
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Im sorry... the most uninviting and dangerous? Bwaaahahaha, no. It's a biome you can easily conquer with troll armor xD or root set and decent shield. The only minor nuisance is being forced to make like one batch of frost res mead to get a tiny bit of silver to make a cape (or chest piece). so no.
The most uninviting one truly is the mistlands with it's nightmarish traversal and utter lack of visibility. Or perhaps the ashlands but let's be fair and not consider them since the vid predates their release.
I don't disagree