@@JoeGameVideos I mean, they provide clues for the bosses. It should be an elongated quest chain where you can either choose to go through multiple breadcrumb trails, or just wait to chance upon him and get lucky.
This guy has no idea what he's talking about lol. There we about 12 locations on each map. He spawns at the location you visit first. That location can be on the starter island or the edge of the world. Only in black forests tho
Spent Days looking for this man. even sailed off of the edge of the world and lost all my stuff! Watched this video and found him within an hour. Thank you
There are 10 possible spawn locations on every seed. He will spawn in the first one you visit. He can definitely spawn even on the edge of a map, but that should not happen if you start searching from the center. He can even spawn on the starter island, especially if it is a large island.
Wanted to know how to find the Merchant and found this, I've watched all your valheim vids right after and really like your approach to these tutorials short and simple high quality no bullshit keep on going.
Haldor can indeed spawn close to the edge of the map. In fact, there are seeds where ALL his spawn points are closer to the edge of the map than the center. Yes, there are actually multiple spawn points, about half a dozen or so, but he'll only be at the first spawn point you discover.
As always, succinct and informative. Love the map graphic. Nice job Phil. p.s. Haldor isn't the only NPC that doesn't want to ACTIVELY kill you, Hugin only tells you to go into danger, so he's really just killing you passively ;)
Massive thank you!! I have not been avidly searching for him, but thought it was time to as had not seen him yet. I used your method and found him in 20 min, he was that far to the outter edge of your 'where he might be' circle, I probably wouldn't have found him until next year lol
Mitt I can confirm he does in fact spawn on starter island at times I have a playthrough right now he spawned like right next to elder boss right about. A 5 min walk into black forest mabye 8 or 9 mins from starter zone def less than 5 if you use deer buff
It was an hotfix to the EA from what i heard that dropped on the 13th, any new seed from that moment will have him near the elder. Which is a good thing i'm 12h of pure exploration in and no vendor yet.
@@TheHOTD10 Thanks for the offer mate! I just found him, past the mistlands, in a small BForest spot in the middle lol. That's basically why they hotfixed it too so that shit doesn't happen anymore.
Last night we decided to sail to the edge of the map just to see what's there and we ended up finding the merchant, literally on the very edge of the map in tiny Black Forest between Mistlands and Ashlands. So no he doesn't always spawn near the starter island, it fully took us about 2 hours to get there
This seems to be rather misleading as it seems the trader can literally spawn on the very edge on the map, and not just in the islands surrounding your spawn island
@@Shisanu Apperently there are more then one, there's an app you can plug your seed into and it showes all the locations. There was 8 on the demonstration i saw, 2 close and 6 far from the spawn island. The others don't appear when you have found 1 though.
Why would you make a "how to" video, if you are unable of fact-checking and verifying the things you speak of? Haldor does, in fact spawn on a mainland as well as on the very edge of a map, but it's easier to make up some bullshit, draw some circles and call it a tutorial, than looking for real information. Other than those misleading circles, the video summs up to "go and search". What a piece of genuine usefulness
The information was correct and accurate at the time of posting the video. Haldor's spawning mechanic was changed in a more recent patch. Such is the risk of making tutorial videos for early access content, information can go out of date.
@@MittGaming I can't seem to find any proof of that information being correct. There are also no documented changes to his spawn I can find and other sources posted before you say, in fact, that haldor may or may not spawn on main island. There were random people, discussing Haldor's spawn locations, saying that they found him on their main island long before you posted your video. Actually, I bought the game at 15th and found him the same day on my main island while, as I said before, there were no changes to his behaviour. So, no need to wiggle your way out with lies. Just accept the fact you didn't check the information before posting and be more responsible in the future if you care about your content.
I was told in my comment section that there was a hotfix put in around Feb 13 that changed how he spawned and that world's generated after that would spawn him differently that mentioned in the video. I did take that comment at face value and will conceed that I didn't look into it any further. But I am not trying to wiggle out of anything. I read what was availible, tested the information myself before making the video and it seemed to work. I saw nothing at the time saying different. It was the best information I could find at the time and the information worked for me. I put about a day into researching and hunting down Haldor. At a certain point you have to pull the trigger on a video and go with what you have. Could I have done more research? Maybe. Did I have any indication that I needed to at the time? No. I hate when a video I make ends up containing bad information, but I can only do my best. Sorry it wasn't good enough.
Apperently there are more then one location, there's an app you can plug your seed into and it showes all the locations. There was 8 on the demonstration i saw, 2 close and 6 far from the spawn island. The others don't appear when you have found 1 though.
I used the Valhiem map tool to give his exact location after spending 50+ hours attempting to find him with your advice. He most certainly can and WILL spawn in the area you have labelled "too far." While your assumption makes sense, it is inaccurate.
I've been sailing for 40 minutes and had 0 wind for 30 minutes and just didn't move at all. I turned around cause i wanted to go home and even that took a long time. I'm never going sailing again if i can avoid it.
We found Haldor on our spawn island, and there is a seed where you can find many bosses and Haldor at the spawn island too, so this bit of information is incorrect.
@@wickedella4544 This is true, but if you look in the description and watch the video, he says that Haldor will not spawn on the spawn island, which is wrong, because he can.
I've heard he can show up much further away. it's my first playthrough, so A LOT of "oh really!" moments. like...i"m mostly geared in iron tier, and then decide to figure out mead, since the fermentor is unlocked way earlier, and i"m like OH! those PAPER WASP NESTS. are actually bee hives. well okay! or that the turnip FLOWERS are super duper rare, and I was too busy keeping out of the way of abominations to really go FLOWER PICKING, ya know? a lot of the game isn't as intuitive as I'd like.
I had a suspicion that hes likely to spawn somewhere near the second boss... I was right and I'm hoping its true for all seeds. For me and my seed he spawned about 50 yards from the summoning point of the Elder boss. I would recommend you start your search around there. I hope this helps.
This appears to be more true for newer world seeds. The older seeds made before the previous patches seem to have him spawn wherever there is dark forest.
I found haldor by accident literally sailing with a raft cause I didn’t have enough bronze nails for a karve and went with a raft due to it being cheap and found the money bag icon on my starting continent
These seeds are randomly generated so whereas this may be a good rule of thumb overall, there are always exceptions! On my seed, Haldor was at the very last island to the West. It took me all morning to find him. Of course, when I did finally find him, his encampment was being guarded by a troll. Go figure! LOL
ok so me and my friend were looking for haldor and he was like near the starter island he was just a RIVER A RIVER away from starter island i have seen clips of haldor being on the edge of the map
I'm just wondering if the Merchant ever get's a update with new items/trades. I found him 100+ hours in....but at this time 713 ingame day's I wish he would get more options.
Quote: "I was a little unlucky, it took me about an hour to find him" lol compared to me that's not unlucky at all. I've so far spent close on 6hrs searching and still haven't found him. I've completely uncovered the starter island in addition to several others large land masses right out to the swamps areas :( I'm gonna give him such a slap when I finally find him.
So after another couple of hours looking for the Merchant I gave up and just transferred my character to another map that I knew his location. Traded all my wealth for everything Haldor had and transferred back to my map.
i looked for a good hour and still no haldor? i got most of the black forest opened where exactly is he? does he not spawn in the same area? and how do u get a viking boat? i have a raft?
every seed is unique so no way to say where exactly he is. there are also more than one of each biome so he might not be in the forest you're searching.for the first boat you need bronze nails made from 1 bronze bar which is made from combing copper and tin bars
I think the devs at least should put clues to locate Haldor here and there. This is like finding a needle on a beach
but if they do it whats the point of the game i mean t hey give already huge benefits from the items you get from haldor and its pretty cheap
@@JoeGameVideos I mean, they provide clues for the bosses. It should be an elongated quest chain where you can either choose to go through multiple breadcrumb trails, or just wait to chance upon him and get lucky.
@sniperhell124 cmon man the one on my seed was so far away I had to sail 3 full days from home
finding a grain of RED sand on a beach of orange sand.
@@JoeGameVideos mfs that found the merchant near their bases early game:
the most helpful part for me was seeing how far away the bag shows up. knowing that will save me SO much time. thanks!
Same here, expected the radius to be much larger been going all over the place haven't found him yet
@@Siks7Ate9 much larger than 4-5 times the regular detection radius? i wasn't even sure if it would show until i was right on top of it lol
yeah forreal, I'm glad the developers atleast did that
This guy has no idea what he's talking about lol. There we about 12 locations on each map. He spawns at the location you visit first. That location can be on the starter island or the edge of the world. Only in black forests tho
@@RekySai Thanks for the tips!! 🖤 Saving me a hell of a lot of time,
AN HOUR?!!! I've been looking for this bastard for 2 days now
I feel you on that. im same, 2 days in. no sign
Thats exactly what I was thinking, I've been sailing for what seems like years of in game days. I don't even remember what feeling rested feels like
Sneaky little beard face..
I've played for 67 hours and have yet to find him
The part with your daughter was adorable. I have no luck so far but thank you for the video meng
Spent Days looking for this man. even sailed off of the edge of the world and lost all my stuff! Watched this video and found him within an hour. Thank you
There are 10 possible spawn locations on every seed. He will spawn in the first one you visit. He can definitely spawn even on the edge of a map, but that should not happen if you start searching from the center. He can even spawn on the starter island, especially if it is a large island.
Mine is definitely big, it's already a fifth of the way to the top of the map and I don't even have the whole thing discovered
Love the video. Every other video is just saying, go to this seed and this is where he is, but I want to find him myself. Thanks for the tips!
Thank you for being clear, concise, and right to the point in this video, I seriously appreciate it more than you might know
Wanted to know how to find the Merchant and found this, I've watched all your valheim vids right after and really like your approach to these tutorials short and simple high quality no bullshit keep on going.
Haldor can indeed spawn close to the edge of the map. In fact, there are seeds where ALL his spawn points are closer to the edge of the map than the center. Yes, there are actually multiple spawn points, about half a dozen or so, but he'll only be at the first spawn point you discover.
How do you there are several spawn points?
As always, succinct and informative. Love the map graphic. Nice job Phil. p.s. Haldor isn't the only NPC that doesn't want to ACTIVELY kill you, Hugin only tells you to go into danger, so he's really just killing you passively ;)
He was on my Starter Island. Super close to where I spawned. I've felt a little OP with the STR Mask and Light Helmet
What’s the seed dawg
What a lovely voice your daughter has. Appreciate it. So useful for newbie like me
Massive thank you!! I have not been avidly searching for him, but thought it was time to as had not seen him yet. I used your method and found him in 20 min, he was that far to the outter edge of your 'where he might be' circle, I probably wouldn't have found him until next year lol
That is very wholesome at the end letting your daughter do the outro
Mitt I can confirm he does in fact spawn on starter island at times I have a playthrough right now he spawned like right next to elder boss right about. A 5 min walk into black forest mabye 8 or 9 mins from starter zone def less than 5 if you use deer buff
It was an hotfix to the EA from what i heard that dropped on the 13th, any new seed from that moment will have him near the elder. Which is a good thing i'm 12h of pure exploration in and no vendor yet.
Jeez sorry to hear that man if you want I can get you a belt I have a spare lol
@@TheHOTD10 Thanks for the offer mate! I just found him, past the mistlands, in a small BForest spot in the middle lol. That's basically why they hotfixed it too so that shit doesn't happen anymore.
@@CreepyWilly your a trooper lolz I'm soo glad he's like super close to my alter I'd probs rage and make a new world if that shit happened to me
@@CreepyWilly so older seed are still further away?
Your daughter is so cuuuutee! And thanks for the tip, I've been searching for that guy for days now
Spent a few hours on the starter island trying to find him because all the guides I read failed to mention it doesn’t spawn on it. Thanks for the tips
It turns out he can spawn on the starter island, it's just not as likely.
Awesome tip! I just subscribed because of this video. Keep up the good work bro!
Last night we decided to sail to the edge of the map just to see what's there and we ended up finding the merchant, literally on the very edge of the map in tiny Black Forest between Mistlands and Ashlands. So no he doesn't always spawn near the starter island, it fully took us about 2 hours to get there
This seems to be rather misleading as it seems the trader can literally spawn on the very edge on the map, and not just in the islands surrounding your spawn island
I just found it on my server after 4-5 hours of searching and it was on the outer rim of my world
@@Shisanu Apperently there are more then one, there's an app you can plug your seed into and it showes all the locations. There was 8 on the demonstration i saw, 2 close and 6 far from the spawn island. The others don't appear when you have found 1 though.
@@Shisanu That's what i said?
VolvoMetal what's the app called?
@@VolvoMetal what's the app name ?
Thanks for the tips, I've tried but found it easier just to mark out the starting island by foot. No joy yet for Haldor 😂
short, simple, to the point and fairly helpful
I subscribed cause of that happy voice at the end.
Why would you make a "how to" video, if you are unable of fact-checking and verifying the things you speak of? Haldor does, in fact spawn on a mainland as well as on the very edge of a map, but it's easier to make up some bullshit, draw some circles and call it a tutorial, than looking for real information. Other than those misleading circles, the video summs up to "go and search". What a piece of genuine usefulness
The information was correct and accurate at the time of posting the video. Haldor's spawning mechanic was changed in a more recent patch. Such is the risk of making tutorial videos for early access content, information can go out of date.
@@MittGaming I can't seem to find any proof of that information being correct. There are also no documented changes to his spawn I can find and other sources posted before you say, in fact, that haldor may or may not spawn on main island. There were random people, discussing Haldor's spawn locations, saying that they found him on their main island long before you posted your video. Actually, I bought the game at 15th and found him the same day on my main island while, as I said before, there were no changes to his behaviour.
So, no need to wiggle your way out with lies. Just accept the fact you didn't check the information before posting and be more responsible in the future if you care about your content.
I was told in my comment section that there was a hotfix put in around Feb 13 that changed how he spawned and that world's generated after that would spawn him differently that mentioned in the video. I did take that comment at face value and will conceed that I didn't look into it any further. But I am not trying to wiggle out of anything. I read what was availible, tested the information myself before making the video and it seemed to work. I saw nothing at the time saying different. It was the best information I could find at the time and the information worked for me. I put about a day into researching and hunting down Haldor. At a certain point you have to pull the trigger on a video and go with what you have. Could I have done more research? Maybe. Did I have any indication that I needed to at the time? No. I hate when a video I make ends up containing bad information, but I can only do my best. Sorry it wasn't good enough.
I am liking the video because of the outro :3
But thanks for the tips as well!! :D
He can be on the starter island. There's actually a seed you can input where he is right below you on the starter map.
what seed is it?
This video encouraged me to find him myself, it took a while but I did it, he spawned on a little island
Found this dude at my starter island. did not even knew he was a thing XD
Subscribed because that was the cutest closer ever
Thank you getting straight to the point
Love the guides, introduce valheim’s building system in a video. Im sure your testing and development of a compressed video would be the best.
this video is very helpful just wanna say thank you!!!!
DUDEEEE I legit did what you said, went straight out of my base and went straight in the ocean, found him after 10min hahaah
Cute ending. Thx for the top!!
Thx man, awesome video and help.
Apperently there are more then one location, there's an app you can plug your seed into and it showes all the locations. There was 8 on the demonstration i saw, 2 close and 6 far from the spawn island. The others don't appear when you have found 1 though.
Yeah I learned about that recently too, its pretty wild! whereheim.com/
Whats the app called? Im sick of looking for this merchant.....
Dude I’ve had that bag icon for the past like 20 days I had no idea it was him
Thumbs up for Penny. The content was nice too :)
A certain amount of luck. 😊 My favorite kinda game. Honestly I can't believe this 1.8 gig game is so awesome. Thx for the tip man.
I used the Valhiem map tool to give his exact location after spending 50+ hours attempting to find him with your advice.
He most certainly can and WILL spawn in the area you have labelled "too far."
While your assumption makes sense, it is inaccurate.
I've been sailing for 40 minutes and had 0 wind for 30 minutes and just didn't move at all. I turned around cause i wanted to go home and even that took a long time. I'm never going sailing again if i can avoid it.
You can set the first speed of the boat just row the bote yourself it will be slow but you will not be static
@@erikabreu5309 alright thanks
THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH. I FINT HIM ON YOUR SEED
The seed "ireland" has haldor on the starter island, he is northwest a bit but he is there
Great ando short vídeo, thx
"took me an hour" duuuuude
liked the video just bc the kid sounded like a nice cute kid.
Actually haldor does start on the starter island, sometimes, like on my server it is just a hop away from the start
Ive been searching for this Haldor for 2 years now. Still looking
Very helpful, thanks !
great job penny!
So you're saying there is only a SINGLE merchant in the entire seed??
from what i've read thats correct
but there are multiple zones that when you enter will spawn him
no, there;s more, he s the only one that wont attack you
man I would love to play valheim with you some time!
Found him 20h in near my elder boss 😂 i knew i had to but it was lucky as hell that i found him at random before my second boss fight
Man this helped soo much. I dont want to do the seed hack
idk if its because they changed it since this video was released but he 100% can spawn on your starting island
You my man are lucky as fuck, I am now on day 200 in game and have no sign of him what so ever.
Very useful, tyvm.
We found Haldor on our spawn island, and there is a seed where you can find many bosses and Haldor at the spawn island too, so this bit of information is incorrect.
It's not incorrect. He spawns in different locations on different maps.
@@wickedella4544 This is true, but if you look in the description and watch the video, he says that Haldor will not spawn on the spawn island, which is wrong, because he can.
That's merchant has a pretty cool name
Who else is looking for that bastard in 2024?
Omg your daughter is adorable
Dude AS I watched this video my boat just drifted to him!
Haldor was on my starting island, so not always true that you have to sail to find him.
does he really spawn near the water? ive been sailing for so many days now
I've heard he can show up much further away. it's my first playthrough, so A LOT of "oh really!" moments. like...i"m mostly geared in iron tier, and then decide to figure out mead, since the fermentor is unlocked way earlier, and i"m like OH! those PAPER WASP NESTS. are actually bee hives. well okay!
or that the turnip FLOWERS are super duper rare, and I was too busy keeping out of the way of abominations to really go FLOWER PICKING, ya know?
a lot of the game isn't as intuitive as I'd like.
0:15 the deer don't try to kill you either.
Thanks penny!
You should do a video on which bosses unlock certain tek items in ARK
I had a suspicion that hes likely to spawn somewhere near the second boss... I was right and I'm hoping its true for all seeds. For me and my seed he spawned about 50 yards from the summoning point of the Elder boss.
I would recommend you start your search around there. I hope this helps.
This appears to be more true for newer world seeds. The older seeds made before the previous patches seem to have him spawn wherever there is dark forest.
2:58 Own...she's cute. Nice outro.
Winds never with me in valheim, it always seems to be the opposite where ever the hell I wanna go.
moder forbidden power
1 hour unlucky... I have actively searched for him over 8 hours
Great vid
Just going to say, he can spawn pretty far away. I've had him spawn an island above the fiery lands in the bottom of the map.
Good job Penny
good video!
iv been running around the starter map for a hour looking for him lol
I found haldor by accident literally sailing with a raft cause I didn’t have enough bronze nails for a karve and went with a raft due to it being cheap and found the money bag icon on my starting continent
Flaw tho, Haldor WAS on the starter island for my community seed. Not close mind you, but we can run to him from the sacrificial stones.
Thank you for this video, but my Haldor was found way of that chart - way down south
These seeds are randomly generated so whereas this may be a good rule of thumb overall, there are always exceptions! On my seed, Haldor was at the very last island to the West. It took me all morning to find him. Of course, when I did finally find him, his encampment was being guarded by a troll. Go figure! LOL
ok so me and my friend were looking for haldor and he was like near the starter island he was just a RIVER A RIVER away from starter island i have seen clips of haldor being on the edge of the map
very helpful
I'm just wondering if the Merchant ever get's a update with new items/trades. I found him 100+ hours in....but at this time 713 ingame day's I wish he would get more options.
0:13 I guess there's also the fish and birds :3
I'm alredy 2 hours in and still looking for it 🤪 but I'm also revealing the islands that I'm passing by IT'S CRAAAZY
i searched for 10 hours straight havent found him gave up
Today I found him on the starter island. Make sure to search all your close black forests.
You sound like will forte. Thank you.
does the merchant spawn at the middle of the black forest or at the coastline?
I found my merchant on the northern part of my starting island.
Ah ok I've gone way too far out to find him then
Quote: "I was a little unlucky, it took me about an hour to find him" lol compared to me that's not unlucky at all.
I've so far spent close on 6hrs searching and still haven't found him. I've completely uncovered the starter island in addition to several others large land masses right out to the swamps areas :( I'm gonna give him such a slap when I finally find him.
So after another couple of hours looking for the Merchant I gave up and just transferred my character to another map that I knew his location. Traded all my wealth for everything Haldor had and transferred back to my map.
Right lol an hour is literally nothing in Valheim
I spent 4 hours looking for him today and still nothing..
when you got seed where is Haldor on starter island
My Haldor was nearly in the Deep North
does haldor stay there forever or changes position ?
ye thing is he can spawn in any black forest even on the far ege of the map if your luck is bad
Haldor needs to be expanded with goods for buying and selling
i looked for a good hour and still no haldor? i got most of the black forest opened where exactly is he? does he not spawn in the same area? and how do u get a viking boat? i have a raft?
every seed is unique so no way to say where exactly he is. there are also more than one of each biome so he might not be in the forest you're searching.for the first boat you need bronze nails made from 1 bronze bar which is made from combing copper and tin bars