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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). th-cam.com/video/SYzl2leApDo/w-d-xo.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. th-cam.com/video/v2Px85saw3k/w-d-xo.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. th-cam.com/video/2SnNrafwqj8/w-d-xo.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!

Update: I can launch the game fine now, I believe the launch options helped with this. Only problem is the virtual keyboard is unusable now. I get a big blown up version of it now that isn't interactable.

I haven't, sorry. I've only played it on PC hooked up to a display. I'm assuming you've read through the Remote Play faq. Outo curiousity, what device are you trying to play through?

Glad I could help. It's definitely a bit of a buried mechanic because of how they round.

Are you referring to the "convert materials" tab? You used to be able to convert mats just by opening your inventory and crafting them (e.g. at 3:34), but they were moved to the convert materials tab.

@@GameMnke nop, in the crafting tab

@@SiX-ito Yeah. The ability to make shards from the crafting/inventory tab was removed about a year ago. Now it only works at the enchanting table.

You mean "exploremap"? I think you're misunderstanding. I want in-game visibility (clear view from a ship, no view in night fog- examples I gave in the video) to positively or NEGATIVELY impact how much of the map gets revealed. Hope that clears things up.

Hey there! @AJsWargaming pointed it out as well. I have it in the pinned comment as "North of Deepcut there is an inn that provides 30 base comfort". It's probably harder to pick out once people are gliding around easily to big landmarks! That's probably how I missed it in my sweep. Nice find!

It was coming from one of the two scouting points north of the Bounty Broker. It'll pop up again and again through the series. When you log off goals like that disappear, but that one will return until you do it. Next episode (13) is when I end up tracking it down. (among other things)

The 40% coffin type itself doesn't matter (you could have a beast coffin that gives a "40% to adjacent undead"). What matters is that 40% boost to adjacent undead/etc. In my case because I had an "additional craft" that was demon and another that was beast, I knew I wanted to stack a bunch of 40% to demon on one side and 40% to beast on the other. When you look at the gravecraft link in the description (and below), I marked all the 40% coffins just to show what they affected, and then marked all the adjacent graves to show what they should be. Anything other than the coffins next to a 40% buff don't matter for monster category and so aren't marked. I hope that's clear enough. Have fun! Here's the gravecraft link again: sudos.help/poe/graveyard?hash=EqX4C0-wFQfT1mjFO6xUM4-auosZPLuat2B1MVs14fQ

@@GameMnke ooooooooooo i get it now. Im spending quite a few chaos and divines at this moment to give this strategy a try. But i am trying to run exactly like you showed. Lets see what happens. Also Im getting all coffings at ilvl 84. Does that makes a big difference?

@@NuberaGaming If they are all 84 then you should be all set. It only matters if the item says it's going to be 83 or less. 84 is the minimum for the max (Tier 1) spell damage. Let me know how it goes!

Agreed! Before this playthrough had I moved to Drucker from another map, I probably would have picked a base along an edge so that my back is to a wall- ie not Wally's. Less routes for angry hearts to get to me. But after this playthrough, with Wally's having so many options for outposts right nearby to block routes, and a solid set of amenities, I think it's a great base to move to for almost any size crew. Thanks for the support!

Assuming you're referring to the little items on top of the enchanting table, those "appear" as you upgrade the various abilities of the table. So when you first make the table, there's just a bowl. Upgrading sacrifice (the symbol next to the bowl) by one rank adds coals to the bowl. Etc. I have a short video talking about this "mini-game" (which should be enabled by default) and some tips for it. th-cam.com/video/gRegXYr4174/w-d-xo.htmlsi=wbIJqMKNTyX_aRZO I plan on making a end-to-end Epic Loot tutorial video in the future. Interest like yours and others who have asked questions help motivate me to make that sooner rather than later. Have fun!

Without knowing what bosses you've killed (ie what biome you're "on"), the short answer for me is stocking up on lots of bounties and finding forest to blitz through for chambers/troll caves. Combine the two=lotsa coins. I try not to do much enchanting until I can kill Bonemass regularly because he drops the epic boss material. Later on the source is fulings. Longer answer... Usually what I will do is mark places that hold coin on the map when I'm first working in that biome. Mainly Burial Chambers and Troll caves in the Black forest, Frost Caves in the mountains. Fuling camps in the plains (cuz fulings drop coins). Crypts in the swamp have coin, but unless you need iron it's a lot of digging room to room. Often I'll go in and clear out anything near my base because it is easy access and I need some pre-swamp surtling cores. Once I'm geared to take down a troll without worry, it's an easy matter to go in and clear out any marked troll caves (as well as take down any found along the way). I also pick up bounties every time they reset and take all the bounties except the serpent. These bounties persist until you finish them so you can basically stock up on a lot of bounties. Bounties give tokens and coins. Once we have a strong line on portals (say we're in swamp and have a surtling farm), we can do bounty runs and start establishing a portal network across the map. Take portal mats, go to an area with a few bounties, clear them out. If there are burial chambers and trools along the way, gather that up too (mark what you do/don't complete). Name and leave the portal and just keep pushing on in case you get more bounties for the same area. Obviously open any chests along the way in towers/etc. This works well with any gear that improves run speed, being rested, ekthyr power, etc. If you can take down Bonemass, burial chambers are easy to rush through- only slowing for 2*s. As an aside- I probably covered this a couple times during my epic loot playthrough, but it's a good idea for a separate video. I'll be sure to mention your question as the inspiration. Let me know if you have any other questions or need anything clarified. Have fun!

@@GameMnke Thanks for the detailed response! I am still making my way through the Mistlands and got most my coins from selling valuables at Haldor. Fulings are slept on but that's a good choice. Yeah those sea serpents are way too strong to take down solo lol, gonna try out using the harpoon on them and dragging them to shore

Rock on!

aaah got it.. F1

Glad you figured it out! I was just starting to look up to see if there was a distinction in keyboard layout. Have fun!

haha i found the problem it was valheim_legends being outdated