The first thing I did was jump into my boat I had stationed right outside the Ashland. Sail in with monsters all around me, my boat sets on fire, instantly destroyed, I swim to the rocks and have an epic battle of life and death with a sea creature and harpys. I live, stranded, on the rocks. Make a portal and go back home to make the new boat. Get mats. Portal back. Drop boat in water. Gets to shore. Instantly swarmed by every monster this biome has to offer. 😂 Dies.
Basically my experience lmao, except I was on the mainland and was able to make a dash up a rock there. The enemy spawns are crazy overtuned in ashlands imo, but ngl actually surviving that hellish battle was so satisfying. Also died to a meteor once, but luckily it was after I cleared the whole area. I immediately had to look up other peoples experiences/tips on entering the biome because I totally thought I was doing something wrong lol.
Just killed the effing queen and honestly I prefer the shthole that is the Ashlands than the visibility nightmare in mistlands, thanks for the vid man!
I'm playing on hard and it's really fun and crazy. First boat ripped apart by charred. Portal burned to a crisp. Second boat arrives but we all die in the process. Third boat, we finally make a stand on the beach, get the shields up, but it was too late, we got swarmed and despite our valiant defense we were cut down. Time for the fourth ship now.
I tried the same approach I developed while exploring the Mistlands. Which is: hollow out a big rock and set up an outpost. The fight on the beach was like the D-Day invasion except you're the only one playing for the Allies. This biome spawns mobs more frequently than all the others put together. Didn't make it the first time. Lost my Drakkar too. Kept beating my head against the wall until I got a foothold.
Thanks, totally forgot about the queen drops. I got to the ashlands, got fucking obliberated before I could place my teleporter. Lost my best gear & ship to get there. It's good to be back. 👍
Thanks for the update, helpful info of the basics that we need to get started and presented in a quick playtrough not just take this and that that like outer videos. Awesome content i can't wait to see more on the ashlands
drive the boat backward - so left and right changes but you now pull the boat - which means you are in direct controll over your turning radius. So even if you are very close to a Rock you still get around with no Problems at all. I do that with the cyclpops in subnautica as well and it is so much easier to navigate via the back camera of that submarin.
Ngl, I thought sailing towards the edge of the ashlands biome would be a sound strategy but so far I've explored two islands and no flametal. I would recommend sailing towards the middle. Also traveling between islands is a pain in the ass.
haha yep that was my mistake! Although in my last livestream we managed to get the stone portal really fast so maybe it's not that big a deal after all
The carrying capacity on the Drakkar is kind of a joke for such a ridiculously huge boat. I had really hoped to see tameable Hares too and a Wisplight we could upgrade at least one time to double the mist-reduction effect.
Where are all the mobs? We tryin landing on two different places and both had a welcome committé of 40ish mobs with the big guys and stuff. Ur beach is basically empty 😮
I haven't been to the ashlands yet, getting ready for it now.. Nice preview and tips. One thing though, if possible in the ashlands (again I haven't been there yet), why not just raise the ground for indestructible walls?
And also, I don't really understand bringing the Mistwalker AND the Frostner. They're kinda similar, but the Mistwalker is better, but maybe I'm overlooking something. I think the Silver Sword should be even better damage wise against the charred creatures, except no frost effect.
Oh man I was wondering why I am having such a hard time. Then I saw you and discovered the world modifier. Not need to play on anything different than the easiest combat mode.
Yeah! The video was done with normal as the mode for combat, but if it’s your first time, it would definitely be best to set it to easy. it’s nice that they have those modifiers!
@@Chiselchip Yeah my last playthrough when mistland was added I've played the game highly modded with my base on a huge ship and some other handy stuff. I don't know how long you've been playing on ash lands but can you say is it better than mistlands? To be fair I did not enjoyed mistlands.
@@Quaresma77pl I enjoy it, but it’s definitely more fun with a friend or two. It’s very difficult, so it’s the kind of thing that eats up a lot of time, and takes long committed sessions of gameplay to get through. Sometimes I’m in the mood for that, and sometimes I’m more in the mood for something a little more casual and lighthearted
i love valheim, played tons of it but i HATE the new areas because they are so horrible hard to see in, why ? its not fun if you cant see whats going on
So true, I’m just dipping into ashlands finally so I’m not entirely sure why ashlands has bad visibility yet (so far I’ve only set up a tiny outpost base on a rock after getting mauled for an hour by the mobs there lmao). But mistlands for sure had awful visibility. It feels like such an artificial difficulty style mechanic to have bad visibility be one of the main reasons an area is hard annoying. Personally I still liked mistlands a lot though tbh, but having to spam wisp torches all over my base was a massive pain.
Buddy and I arrived to what looked like a war amongst the Ashlands inhabitants. Couldn’t count how many ads there were but the first attempt was a huge L.
I am grateful for the world modifiers. I play Valheim only as a building/collecting/exploration game, and I can't stand the combat. The peaceful mode mostly makes the game what I want, but I still have to cheat-kill the bosses. This new biome looks neat, but if I had to fight my way into it and through it, I would rapidly lose interest.
@@Chiselchip I don't like other people in my games, so I always play solo. If I didn't disable the combat, that would really make the game impossible for me.
yeah i mostly build/explore , built a couple castles in edge of mistlands but most areas there are so crappy dark and foggy its no fun at all, looks like ashlands gonna be like that , bah
Idk - I kind of felt this was bad game design for a survival game with a harsh death penalty. No warning or anything - we land and are greeted by a Valkyrie, an abomination type creature, a 1 star lizard, 2 other lizards, exploding blobs, twitchers, archers and some warriors. Wtf? On top of that, there’s very little patches of lava that devastate. And you get knocked back when parrying and can get knocked into lava. It felt cheap and ruined how cool getting to the Ashlands was.
I died 5 times teying to set up a portal. In the end i decided to put them on passive just so i could get a foothold on the biome. This would have been negated if i had friends online to join me. When it goes live hopefully at least 4 of my friends will join me
The first thing I did was jump into my boat I had stationed right outside the Ashland. Sail in with monsters all around me, my boat sets on fire, instantly destroyed, I swim to the rocks and have an epic battle of life and death with a sea creature and harpys. I live, stranded, on the rocks. Make a portal and go back home to make the new boat. Get mats. Portal back. Drop boat in water. Gets to shore. Instantly swarmed by every monster this biome has to offer. 😂 Dies.
lol that’s great haha 😆 yah this biome makes for some interesting times!
Basically my experience lmao, except I was on the mainland and was able to make a dash up a rock there. The enemy spawns are crazy overtuned in ashlands imo, but ngl actually surviving that hellish battle was so satisfying. Also died to a meteor once, but luckily it was after I cleared the whole area.
I immediately had to look up other peoples experiences/tips on entering the biome because I totally thought I was doing something wrong lol.
Just killed the effing queen and honestly I prefer the shthole that is the Ashlands than the visibility nightmare in mistlands, thanks for the vid man!
I watched your livestream yesterday and the your landing was like watching an action movie.
It just made me even more stoked about Ashlands.
Definitely an awesome update and super fun! Thanks for stopping by yesterday:)
Hope this video was helpful and gave you the confidence to explore Ahslands for the first time!! Stay tuned for more streams and content :)
I'm playing on hard and it's really fun and crazy. First boat ripped apart by charred. Portal burned to a crisp. Second boat arrives but we all die in the process. Third boat, we finally make a stand on the beach, get the shields up, but it was too late, we got swarmed and despite our valiant defense we were cut down. Time for the fourth ship now.
Haha yah it’s pretty insane!
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I tried the same approach I developed while exploring the Mistlands. Which is: hollow out a big rock and set up an outpost.
The fight on the beach was like the D-Day invasion except you're the only one playing for the Allies. This biome spawns mobs more frequently than all the others put together.
Didn't make it the first time. Lost my Drakkar too. Kept beating my head against the wall until I got a foothold.
Thanks, totally forgot about the queen drops.
I got to the ashlands, got fucking obliberated before I could place my teleporter.
Lost my best gear & ship to get there.
It's good to be back. 👍
Love the just drive in and build idea
Haha that’s what seamed to work best for me especially when I played solo, so hope it works for others as well :)
In my boat on my way now ! Super excited !
Thanks for the update, helpful info of the basics that we need to get started and presented in a quick playtrough not just take this and that that like outer videos. Awesome content i can't wait to see more on the ashlands
Thanks! Glad you liked it :)
Thanks for the update video 🙌🏽
Of course! hope it was helpful :)
drive the boat backward - so left and right changes but you now pull the boat - which means you are in direct controll over your turning radius. So even if you are very close to a Rock you still get around with no Problems at all. I do that with the cyclpops in subnautica as well and it is so much easier to navigate via the back camera of that submarin.
@@a_tremereandsomeblood_just3642 cool tip, I’ll have to try that haha!
Ngl, I thought sailing towards the edge of the ashlands biome would be a sound strategy but so far I've explored two islands and no flametal. I would recommend sailing towards the middle. Also traveling between islands is a pain in the ass.
Very well done video and explanation. I watched your EPIC first Ashlands entrance yesterday as well. I really enjoyed watching.
Thanks! And thanks for stopping by yesterday, that was fun!
appreciate the lack of spoilers a lot
great video! This was a ton of help. thanks!
Wish I saw this before I went down there no copper or iron had to make long trip back. The stone portal changes everything.
haha yep that was my mistake! Although in my last livestream we managed to get the stone portal really fast so maybe it's not that big a deal after all
they also made it so that the feather cape can no longer be warn in the mountain biome, you take frost damage
Yah that’s too bad 🥲
Cant have it in Ashlands either. Guess it was a bit too op. 😁
@@percollen46 yah they nerfed it too much haha
You can still use it with the Wolf chest piece or Fenris Coat.
that sucks
The carrying capacity on the Drakkar is kind of a joke for such a ridiculously huge boat. I had really hoped to see tameable Hares too and a Wisplight we could upgrade at least one time to double the mist-reduction effect.
Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.
Where are all the mobs? We tryin landing on two different places and both had a welcome committé of 40ish mobs with the big guys and stuff. Ur beach is basically empty 😮
Haha yep it all depends on how close you are to the spawners
Good work !!
very nicely done and explained, great job of taking off all the panic about ashlands :), cheers rsmlord
Thanks! Haha I tried my best to stay calm though the chaos 😂
@@Chiselchip i felt your sweat ;) keep going and if u need anything, just reach out
I haven't been to the ashlands yet, getting ready for it now.. Nice preview and tips.
One thing though, if possible in the ashlands (again I haven't been there yet), why not just raise the ground for indestructible walls?
And also, I don't really understand bringing the Mistwalker AND the Frostner. They're kinda similar, but the Mistwalker is better, but maybe I'm overlooking something.
I think the Silver Sword should be even better damage wise against the charred creatures, except no frost effect.
Since everything is on fire, utilizing fire resistance mead is a good idea.
Not that I would use it for that but does the shield generator work as rain damage protection
Haven’t tried that but interesting thought!
Oh man I was wondering why I am having such a hard time. Then I saw you and discovered the world modifier. Not need to play on anything different than the easiest combat mode.
Yeah! The video was done with normal as the mode for combat, but if it’s your first time, it would definitely be best to set it to easy. it’s nice that they have those modifiers!
@@Chiselchip Strange, I was on normal as well. Maybe I am missing a Mistwalker upgrade. Thanks for confirming.
@@Voeluspa45 yah my mistwalker is maxed out as well as my armor at lvl 3
Just perfect ty :)
I was hoping that they will add inventory slots for armor pieces that we are wearing
Yah! That would be amazing! There is a mod for that, but the default inventory is definitely tiny haha
@@Chiselchip Yeah my last playthrough when mistland was added I've played the game highly modded with my base on a huge ship and some other handy stuff.
I don't know how long you've been playing on ash lands but can you say is it better than mistlands? To be fair I did not enjoyed mistlands.
@@Quaresma77pl I enjoy it, but it’s definitely more fun with a friend or two. It’s very difficult, so it’s the kind of thing that eats up a lot of time, and takes long committed sessions of gameplay to get through. Sometimes I’m in the mood for that, and sometimes I’m more in the mood for something a little more casual and lighthearted
Thank you!
i love valheim, played tons of it but i HATE the new areas because they are so horrible hard to see in, why ? its not fun if you cant see whats going on
Yah the environment is getting difficult to see for sure! I’ve already suggested to them to change that a bit
I feel the same. Valheim was in my top 3 favorite game’s of all time up until Mistlands and Ashlands.
So true, I’m just dipping into ashlands finally so I’m not entirely sure why ashlands has bad visibility yet (so far I’ve only set up a tiny outpost base on a rock after getting mauled for an hour by the mobs there lmao). But mistlands for sure had awful visibility.
It feels like such an artificial difficulty style mechanic to have bad visibility be one of the main reasons an area is hard annoying. Personally I still liked mistlands a lot though tbh, but having to spam wisp torches all over my base was a massive pain.
I think the new ship (drakkar) is a little too big. I find it pretty ugly, just me?
on the server im playing we destroyed the spawner but baddies keep spawning like crazy
I landed on the shore... ALL mobs in the biom Zerged me. Insta death -.-
Buddy and I arrived to what looked like a war amongst the Ashlands inhabitants. Couldn’t count how many ads there were but the first attempt was a huge L.
The birds DO Damage the boat!
That is a Mastercraft black marble mansion!
Why the draugr fang and not the spinesnap?
It uses less stamina which I like, but definitely use the spine snap if you prefer
Is the new ship faster than the longship?
From what I've done so far I haven't noticed a difference, and if it is, then it isn't noticeable, but I still have yet to do a race
@@Chiselchip thank you!
Spinesnap not drauger bow.. ashlands creatures are mostly resistent to poison.. but half of the ashlands is undead... So anything spirit is good here
Yah! My bow skill is low, so the drauger fang uses less stamina which is why I like it. But for a higher now skill the spinesnap is definitely choice!
i love this
5:49 Map
10:20 That's NO serpent!
12:51 You can use mouse wheel to scroll thru crafting tabs faster like if you are in danger.
Is it playable on console?
What really????? I have been sailing this dang boat for almost 2 hours through the rocks and have not even found land yet. What gives? Xbox vanilla
Fun Fact… if the same water is ran through ash many times, it turns into an acid.
Great video! I'm going to skip ashlands. Mistlands was bad enough. If I wanted to play a dark souls game, I'd do so.
Yah it’s rough for sure! I’ve been really enjoying Enshrouded lately as a more chill building survival game! Glad you enjoyed the video :)
How can I get iron into ashlands?
On the boat, or through the stone portal that you get in the Ashlands
@Chiselchip you need iron to get the stone portal because you need a stonecutter, so there no way to find it fair
@@itsdeadshot2501 to port metals you need stone portal ONLY at outgoing end, incoming may be regular portal
bonemaw sounds like godzilla
I am grateful for the world modifiers. I play Valheim only as a building/collecting/exploration game, and I can't stand the combat. The peaceful mode mostly makes the game what I want, but I still have to cheat-kill the bosses. This new biome looks neat, but if I had to fight my way into it and through it, I would rapidly lose interest.
Yah it’s definitely difficult, and more fun with friends for sure!
@@Chiselchip I don't like other people in my games, so I always play solo. If I didn't disable the combat, that would really make the game impossible for me.
yeah i mostly build/explore , built a couple castles in edge of mistlands but most areas there are so crappy dark and foggy its no fun at all, looks like ashlands gonna be like that , bah
Idk - I kind of felt this was bad game design for a survival game with a harsh death penalty. No warning or anything - we land and are greeted by a Valkyrie, an abomination type creature, a 1 star lizard, 2 other lizards, exploding blobs, twitchers, archers and some warriors. Wtf?
On top of that, there’s very little patches of lava that devastate. And you get knocked back when parrying and can get knocked into lava.
It felt cheap and ruined how cool getting to the Ashlands was.
I died 5 times teying to set up a portal. In the end i decided to put them on passive just so i could get a foothold on the biome. This would have been negated if i had friends online to join me. When it goes live hopefully at least 4 of my friends will join me
@@bloodresin yah, friends are definitely needed to make a biome like this more fun! It’s definitely a difficult one haha!
I agree, it would help if parry didn't knock enemies out of attack range. Combat needs a major tune up.
@@garver5833 yah I find it easier to just tank it and use the sword rather then frostner because it does less knock back haha
It's been 24 hours
MIST-HARE. Not MISTHare. :P
For someone who is presently struggling to obtain iron, this is way way _way_ above my pay grade
haha yep, long way to go from iron :) This update is crazy!