Valheim: Ashlands is out now with a supremely cool animated trailer

*sigh*
*rent another server*
*say goodbye to all dear humans around me*
...
*die 5 minutes before reaching the new biome*
*ragequit*
...
*regain my stuff*
(ad infinitum)

Recently started Valheim over the hype with the expectation that I won't like it (not into survival games in general). But damn, this game is fun!

Won't forget my first encounter with a troll that's for sure.

Recently started Valheim over the hype with the expectation that I won't like it (not into survival games in general). But damn, this game is fun!

Won't forget my first encounter with a troll that's for sure.

You never forget the first time you get killed by a falling tree either lol

Recently started Valheim over the hype with the expectation that I won't like it (not into survival games in general). But damn, this game is fun!

Won't forget my first encounter with a troll that's for sure.

You never forget the first time you get killed by a falling tree either lol

Nope! (of course, we do try to smoosh anyone else when chopping trees. Agility Practice, that's it!)

Going to have to either make sure the fire thingies don't go to previous biomes, or see about upgrading roofs.

(gotta wait for mods to update before playing. sigh)

:D

Recently started Valheim over the hype with the expectation that I won't like it (not into survival games in general). But damn, this game is fun!

Won't forget my first encounter with a troll that's for sure.

You never forget the first time you get killed by a falling tree either lol

Nope! (of course, we do try to smoosh anyone else when chopping trees. Agility Practice, that's it!)

Going to have to either make sure the fire thingies don't go to previous biomes, or see about upgrading roofs.

(gotta wait for mods to update before playing. sigh)

:D

Stop scaring me, lol, fire thingies? Special roofs?

I have yet to die from a falling tree though, natural reaction to trees falling is to get out of the way? :D

You have to create a new world , right ?
So any previous world and all progress made is kind of lost - well minus the skills / gear of the character.

You have to create a new world , right ?
So any previous world and all progress made is kind of lost - well minus the skills / gear of the character.

No, IIUC, though it's recommended. Apparently it'll just convert that region in the existing world, which may leave odd terrain where you have buildings.

I agree that the animated trailer looks cool, but I'm not sure what the point of it is? The gameplay trailer is more representative of the actual game, right? Are there animation sequences similar to the animated trailer in the game at all?

That looks great.
We have a world where we only touched upon the area of Ashlands.
So we should be good to go right away.

You have to create a new world , right ?
So any previous world and all progress made is kind of lost - well minus the skills / gear of the character.

No, you can use your old one if you have not explored everything. You need some unexplored area down the map to generate the new ashlands. Iron Gate even did a prep guide for Ashlands. :)
Damn, no spoilers, but i died twice yesterday on my way there... :D

took a few go's to update my home server for this, it also reset the server password too, actually took two updates on the server. but anyway up and running now

I wonder what the roadmap is. I would like to start another run, but since time is constrained I only want to do that when the final content update is in.

For some reason I'm imagining the actual attitude of a Norse settler/farmer towards this place. "So, I've got my homestead up and running, everything's pretty prosperous, and I hear far to the West there's a land where there's ash and flame and undead monsters and nothing grows. Well, guess I know where I'm not going!"

I used an existing world. No issues. We never explored that far south (for just this reason).

It is intense.

Remember folks: Git out the fire!
Red water: bad!

:D

For some reason I'm imagining the actual attitude of a Norse settler/farmer towards this place. "So, I've got my homestead up and running, everything's pretty prosperous, and I hear far to the West there's a land where there's ash and flame and undead monsters and nothing grows. Well, guess I know where I'm not going!"

Easy. New build pieces! :)

I agree that the animated trailer looks cool, but I'm not sure what the point of it is? The gameplay trailer is more representative of the actual game, right? Are there animation sequences similar to the animated trailer in the game at all?

It's simple: marketing. Literally all it is. It generates hype. The same reason any game has a non-gameplay trailer.