FOOD: Apologies for accidentally cutting the bit about food. I suggest you take Serpent Stew, Turnip Stew and Sausages but just take the best food you have available to you :) Then when you get there kill those lox and upgrade to lox meat! :)
Lox pie, blood pudding and serpent stew is the best combination . If you don’t have one of these then fish wraps, sausages or turnip stew are the next best, in that order If you’re good in the swamps (silver sword and good armour) it’s probably easier getting sausages than serpent stew
How to find the plains: Set out with only troll gear searching for the trader. You will immediately be surrounded by plains and terrifying goblins & mosquitos.
I seem to find them when I'm running around swamps and suddenly hear that demonic giggle and BOOM Lox right in front of me. Then run the hell out of there with my full entourage of fulings, draugr, skellies, wraith, leeches, A-bombs, and blobs.
Was mapping out the bounds of an island in my little karve and skirted a little close to the plains shore and a deathsquito came for me. The boat isn't big enough to swing your weapon without hitting the boat first and I died. Made a new one, went to get my stuff, found a kraken, started mining it, didn't know it sank... sitting on the other side of it without stamina and I'm getting wet. Died again. Make a third boat to retrieve both my corpses, successfully make it happen. Total time: 4.5 hours... Love this game but you die from the dumbest things most of the time.
Died 4 times the other night because of fucking wolves. And my friend was freezing to death on the mountain because I was supposed to be bringing portal supplies up the mountain.
i have similar experiences.. what about driving your boat on a piece of shallow water and getting stuck and then the leeches come for you and they attack boat and you and just at the moment your boat is finally turned and got loose, you die from the last leech hit............ the level of stress is so high in this game my cortisol level went up with 800%
I got stuck on a mountain after getting ambushed by cultists in a cave. I respawned at a hastily set up barebones camp and died trying to get down the mountain from the cold. Took me 3 hours to grab my stuff from the cave and work it closer and closer to the cave entrance(died about 30x) but at least I didn't have to start a new map! I had 600 days sunk into it already!
i remember being in the swamp and running from like 10 different enemies and seeing the plains biome and thinking “oh that place should be safe!” and then i ran in and immediately ran away when i saw like three goblins and a deathsquito hit me for over half my health
I like finding a very small plains biome (like random ones near the equator), build a bunch of workbenches to block enemy spawns and then just cultivate and plant flax/barley. Saves a lot of hassle.
I think the best advice for plains exploration is to set up a backup portal OUTSIDE the plains nearby. Usually there is a black forest, mountain, meadow, or swamp bounding the plains. Find a safe elevated place there, excavate a quick trench, and drop a portal.
Another thing you could mention is the bonemass power. It's very strong in the plains. You could even run into a camp and just sledgehammer everything with bonemass power + padded armor + fire resistance mead (nice for shamans and torch guys since bonemass doesn't reduce fire damage). xD You will want to keep an eye out for 2* fulings and kite/block them if you do this as they still hurt quite a bit, but everything else just tickles.
Besides mining huge amounts of stone, those giant rock pillars make awesome plains bases. Build ladders and platforms until you reach the top and then build yourself a house on top. You'll have a heck of a view. Fulings can't climb ladders and I've never been attacked by a deathsquito when I am up top of the pillar. Later build a dirt wall around it to have a protected plains garden. Installing a portal at ground level paired to one at the top saves a lot of ladder climbing.
I never thought about using portals to connect vertical distances. That’s the only thing that was stopping from doing any high builds - the slug that is having to go up and down it constantly. Thanks!
I cannot stress this enough....Frost Arrows!!!! being able to slow fulling that are coming at you is pretty great. Another bit of advice for the timing of coming to the Plains. I would start getting stuff in the Plains before killing Moder but after you have all the Wolf Armor, Silver Shield, Frostner and the Draugr Fang. That way after killing Moder you can go right into Blackmetal and Linen production. The last thing you want is to kill Moder and trigger the possibility of Fulling Invasions while still in Silver gear. Additionally, beware the red skinned 2 star fulling. He is death. Silver shield just won’t block them fully. Even with a parry. Honestly the Blackmetal shield doesn’t fully block them if your skill isn’t high enough.
Tip for all, don't be intimidated by deathskitos, personally I think wolves are a more intimidating enemy. As long as you move slow, keep eyes up and have your shield at the ready skitos shouldn't cause you an issue. Just be sure to clear them out the area with a bow before fighting anything else. Oh and don't bother parrying them, you just just block/counter real easy.
I personally prefer to wear root armor to explore the plains, due to the extra bonus on pierce resistance. Makes deathsquitos a lot less scary since they cause a lot less damage even when they attack you from behind. Also good against the javelin-throwing fulings.
@@ManMang0just wear the chest for the pierce resistance and mix in other pieces like the Fenris leggings for speed and some wolf or padded for extra armor
@@Kysen doing it like an old school game show like gladiators or something with the model on one side and height/weight(even if guessed) and list of weaknesses and strengths on the other side for example would be pretty cool. Could expand out to all other biomes too. I don't create my own content so not sure how hard or easy this would be to edit but good luck with whatever you decide to do :)
@@Kysen it would be good to work out which is the best weapon to use against each mob. For example, if you’re going to the swamp take the silver sword. Or use fire arrows against Drake
Something I never see anyone do. Spears are my favorite weapon for Plains. The M3 Spears throw makes killing deathsquitos easy. Just toss it as they fly in. Saves arrows and one shots. The throw will also stagger 1 star fulings so you can walk up, the Spears auto re-equips, and you can crit it.
For anyone who reads this! I highly recommend you become very proficient with the bow. Deathquitoes will circle you after the first hit and then go in a straight line on the attack. You can use a Finewood Bow with wood arrows and they will die in one shot. Best case scenario is killing them before they notice you. Get hit by one with armor less than upgraded iron armor is most likely instant death but killing them can be very cheap and the needles are best in slot arrows. Good luck!
It took me several minutes to realize you were saying fulings. I thought you were talking about how the shield would protect your from feelings. Now I need to find something else to protect from all these feelings!
Another way to do it is have double stacks of chests, with two signs above the doublestack, and torches in between the doublestacks. That way you can see the signs better.
Great video, very helpful - but I gotta say, the fact that you disabled grass just bugs me no end for some reason haha I get that it makes ground items easier to spot, but man ... at what cost!
Yeap. The game is poorly optimized. I would prefer to have lots more vegetation AND be able to see lots more vegetation off in the distance instead of having everything constantly (and very noticeably) redrawing as you get closer.
I have the Drake helm at full upgrade level and fully upgraded troll clothing. I HATE the movement penalty of the armor higher than troll. I'm about to take on the plains with drake helm, troll armor and serpent shield (all fully upgraded) I have been to the plains several times but usually I was only baiting Lox out of the plains so I could kill them for their meat and hide :P
there is no need to type "ghost" all over again in the console. you can use arrow up to navigate to the previous command. Now why this only works once and not for tthe entire console history like in the terminal emulators on GNU/Linux is beyond me, tho.
This IS so well done and laid out. I am just now approaching this place and glad you did a video on it. I saw another channel do a raise ground with 2 stones then pick axe center...use the agetar pole weapon to swing kill! They can't hit while in the cheap defense!
If you're on the tiller, the DQs attack your boat, not you. If you stand, the last second bow trick is key, especially if you have a crap shield because you stumbled too close to plains trying to find another biome.
I built my main settlement in the Black Forest. It only took 7 hours and 130 deaths to get the house and wall built, almost immediately after defeating Eikthyr and getting the antler pick. I decided to upgrade it to a trelleborg style ringfort, with a ring of raised earth and stake fences, as well as a moat full of many sharpened stakes. So far so good. I decided to also build small huts right next to every burial chamber I came across, for quick respawn.
Hubby and I landed on the plains today, and I should have known better :( I decided that we would go with nothing but troll armor, an atgeir (for me) and a bronze axe for him. He forgot his shield. I can't tell you how many times we died, and then died every freaking time we came out of the portal. I got so mad that I threw my headset at one of my monitors, and now that monitor needs to be replaced. Folks, if you are very vanilla with combat skills and haven't conquered the swamp or mountains, think twice before hitting the plains. :( Last but not least, I'd like to give a shout out the little shit fuling that peppered my butt with a torch while screaming something in Gremlin language at me.
Nice video. I found three Yagluth altars before I found the location marker at a stonehenge. In terms of base security I always did a trench around my plains base, or any for that matter.
To me plains wasnt nearly as dangerous to settle my base in as swamp was. All you really have to take with you are supplies for a portal and all the lower level metal to make a fully upgraded forge and workbench + 10 tin for a cauldron and 10 iron for blast furnace. Everything else you can just portal back and forth. Fulings that you encounter when landing will be no more than 2 unless youre a chad and try to land at a fuling village for whatever reason. Lox arent aggressive so they wont bother you when you land and deathsquito’s... have atleast wolf armor level 2 and be topped off for food and they only do 30-40 damage if you dont block, i always carry my weapons with me including a shield and squito’s are really vulnerable if you parry and stagger them
My starting island touches a second island with a huge swamp and a plains biome on it, I set up a base just at the edge of where the islands touch in a nice little meadows
Learning about this game in 2024 is so interesting. For example, super weird how the plains used to look sort of more like a desert biome before they added all the yellow grass and brush
There's three things I like to have ready to use for when sh** hits the fan in the plains: Bonemass ability, frost arrows and medium heal potion. Even if you pull large groups of fulings you can pop Bonemass, always shoot the nearest one with a frost arrow (which will slow them down) and if things get critical pop the heal potion and you're fine.
Don't underestimate stam pots! I know I do lol With a full bar of Stan could have easily escaped many situations and out range agro of Fulings or been able to have those extra few blocks whole retreating for example. I always carry a couple now but still getting used to remembering I have them.
@@ManMang0 This. The most reliable defense is run like hell. Stam pots should be put in a number slot when in dangerous areas; as should any potion you drink right after saying "oh shit!"
For a safe barley and flax farm. Look for an island that’s on the plains coast. Then cultivate the ground there. If it’s far enough out, the deathsquitos and furlings can’t get to you. By using a lot of stone and the hoe you can always make your remote island farm bigger. Place a portal on the island so you can easily go back and forth in safety
Mosquitos - Block/Strike if melee. With bow Roll/Shoot. MUCH better to have like an iron bow as the charge speed is faster. Obviously if you see them coming they usually come straight in so you can just pop them with a bow, but if you get jumped the dodge or block is your friend.
Armor from Abomination works best for plains. Moskito doing no dmg when you have it. Just avoid goblin shaman because one shot can kill you. I was use Agitara and bow all my game and no problem with that gear on plains.
Once you get the black metal buckler a lot of the enemies become easier. You can perfect block a Lox and still get the stagger damage on them. I know, since I use that method to farm them for meat. Then the berseker can also be perfect blocked, but to do that you need to have at least lv2 (Mine is max level) on deathsiotes I just let them hit me and then attack them. Fulings again perfect block stab (Lv 4 Black Metal Sword) the shamens are a nightmare, unless you can get to them quickly.
You can shield parry stuns Lox 2 attack modes which are easily timed, pull one of them with bow from far, let it come near and stand in front of it to shield parry then hit 3 times and parry stun it again,.2 stuns 6-7 hits and it dead, fast and save arrows. Starting to learn to shield parry the fulling berserker, have not see them much to do a 1v1 test, but the slow swings is easier to parry. Beware going out at night in plains, the fullings will spawned in group of 3-5 most of the time, and sometime 1-2 stars within them, which will be hard to fight off, especially 2 star spear thrower will 1 hit you and block stun you while losing lot of stamina. Fulling only spawn 1-3 in a group on day time which is manageable.
I hardly melee the berserkers, they have a long attack animation which makes kite/bow an easy task. I have found in melee as well you can step riiiiiiiiiight up to them slightly to the side and their big slams don't even touch you, worth knowing if in a pinch and out of stam. They do try to rotate to get you but you just run circles round them.
Good luck. I camped on the edge of a Plains biome, walked in for a look-see and was immediately attacked by 2 deathsquitos. Tried to kite them back through the woods but ran out of stamina, turned to "fight" and was killed by 2 attacks. Hence I am here...
@@dyno8054 I was only wearing upgraded troll armor as I was prepping for my Bonemass battle and happened to find a tiny slice of meadow between Plains, Dark Forest and Mountain biomes to make my forward base. I was just running over to take a look at the Plains and also made the mistake of treating the Fulings like Greydwarfs. That was a one and done affair as well. Looks like I still have a lot of upgrading to do before I take on the Plains. Good luck with your adventure.
I just started playing and I thought my island was tiny and only meadows and black Forrest and mountains. After 101 days I found two swamps and a plains and I still haven't discovered the whole island. I don't have much reference but I think my starterr island is the biggest possible so far I have 4 mountain biome on it.
And the trader popped up on the south west side of the island while I was looking for elder in a big flat area of black forest with swamps just to the north mountains on each side and meadows to the south. I'd like someone to look at the seed and tell me if it's good bc I have no point of reference lol
You dont need to block deathquitos when fighting them melee. You have alot longer range than it, so if you time it right, you can hit it mid air just before it stings you. This is very easy to do when they fly straight at you.
It seems a silly risk to take. Holding up your shield literally can't fail. The worst that can happen is you miss your hit and have to wait for them to attack again. Timing the hit is more fun if you have the gear/food to risk it though.
There is nothing silly about trying to be effective at a videogame. Unnecessary perhaps, but i guess that is up to the individual playstyle. They shouldnt be able to kill you in one hit anyways, so how big of a risk it is, is also debateable. But i get what you are saying, and i agree that is is not something to try out right away.
If you havent already could you do a video on the plains base itself? Ie what are the dimensions needed in the roof to allow enough sunlight to grow barley/flax.
When I first passed by a plains biome in game on a karve, my mate who was with me as a passenger got oneshotted by a deathsquito, and the last spawn point was way back. So Ihad to get her stuff and go back to pick her up again.
5:46 What would the wood cost be to contain the work bench inside the wall and cover the walls with roofing to protect it all from the weather? not sure if the portal degrades over time or can become unusable without a roof
Wish I would've found this video about four hours ago.. finally explored enough to find a planes biome and promptly got my boots smoked by a bunch of green little people with spears and arrows.. sigh..
@@Kysen No, I think it's an actual editing error. You went straight from shields to armor, skipping food. Then said "the three food I mentioned earlier". It's clearly sausage and the soups, but still a little jarring to have that skip in there.
Lox/Wolf cape are basically the same as each other and both provide frost resistance (which doesn't stack), so padded armor is essentially a full tier better.
Root chest piece turns deathsquitos into a joke. I went there with level 3 root chest, level 3 iron pants, level 3 deer cape and level 3 root mask. Deathsquito does like 12 damage to me.
Lox can also jump on your boat and crush you and the boat in a simple sweep, that is if you get too close to land. First hand experience here... Slightly annoying.
First vegvesir i found for yagluth was serriously 1m from his alter 😂 Didn't find any stonehenges before i found yagluth spawn, that was also next to the alter 😂😂
How did you activate the cheat code? I have went to Steam, right clicked on Valheim and clicks Properties; typed -console, went into the game and click f5. And then nothing happens. Please help. And thank you for the video. 😄
Also, if you take 1-2 stacks of wooden arrows and use those to shoot deathsquitos, birds, and most nonplains stuff tbh (assuming you have maxed draugr fang), it will save you a lot of needle arrows.
FOOD:
Apologies for accidentally cutting the bit about food. I suggest you take Serpent Stew, Turnip Stew and Sausages but just take the best food you have available to you :) Then when you get there kill those lox and upgrade to lox meat! :)
Yeah ok thanks!!
Lox pie, blood pudding and serpent stew is the best combination .
If you don’t have one of these then fish wraps, sausages or turnip stew are the next best, in that order
If you’re good in the swamps (silver sword and good armour) it’s probably easier getting sausages than serpent stew
you could not breed lox a year ago? So glad that has changed!
I just rewatched like 5 times like where is this food part. haha
I think you forgot about the tar pits as well.
How to find the plains: Set out with only troll gear searching for the trader. You will immediately be surrounded by plains and terrifying goblins & mosquitos.
I stumbled upon a swamp connected to a plains biome... Draugars + deathsquitos made instant work of my viking girl, lol.
I followed your rules and got 2 shot by a mosquito you let me down :(
@@joshuakelsay1146 The rules promised you'd find the plains, not survive them. Sounds like you found them!
@@lord6617 you know what that’s fair enough 😂
I seem to find them when I'm running around swamps and suddenly hear that demonic giggle and BOOM Lox right in front of me. Then run the hell out of there with my full entourage of fulings, draugr, skellies, wraith, leeches, A-bombs, and blobs.
Was mapping out the bounds of an island in my little karve and skirted a little close to the plains shore and a deathsquito came for me. The boat isn't big enough to swing your weapon without hitting the boat first and I died. Made a new one, went to get my stuff, found a kraken, started mining it, didn't know it sank... sitting on the other side of it without stamina and I'm getting wet. Died again. Make a third boat to retrieve both my corpses, successfully make it happen. Total time: 4.5 hours... Love this game but you die from the dumbest things most of the time.
I had a very similar outcome last night. 4hours wasted on dumb stuff lol.
Died 4 times the other night because of fucking wolves. And my friend was freezing to death on the mountain because I was supposed to be bringing portal supplies up the mountain.
i have similar experiences.. what about driving your boat on a piece of shallow water and getting stuck and then the leeches come for you and they attack boat and you and just at the moment your boat is finally turned and got loose, you die from the last leech hit............ the level of stress is so high in this game my cortisol level went up with 800%
I got stuck on a mountain after getting ambushed by cultists in a cave. I respawned at a hastily set up barebones camp and died trying to get down the mountain from the cold. Took me 3 hours to grab my stuff from the cave and work it closer and closer to the cave entrance(died about 30x) but at least I didn't have to start a new map! I had 600 days sunk into it already!
Skill issue
i remember being in the swamp and running from like 10 different enemies and seeing the plains biome and thinking “oh that place should be safe!” and then i ran in and immediately ran away when i saw like three goblins and a deathsquito hit me for over half my health
I like finding a very small plains biome (like random ones near the equator), build a bunch of workbenches to block enemy spawns and then just cultivate and plant flax/barley. Saves a lot of hassle.
British empire vibes
@@claudiofrittella2018 My husband is from England :D
(and his melee skills are awful).
Thank you!
i thought the balck forest was brutal till i found the swamp. then i thought the swamp was sickly brutal untill i found the Plains.and expirenced hell
haha yep me too!
You forgot mountains.
The next biome's creatures are harder than the previous biome's boss.
@@unikkornsnope
I think the best advice for plains exploration is to set up a backup portal OUTSIDE the plains nearby. Usually there is a black forest, mountain, meadow, or swamp bounding the plains. Find a safe elevated place there, excavate a quick trench, and drop a portal.
Another thing you could mention is the bonemass power. It's very strong in the plains. You could even run into a camp and just sledgehammer everything with bonemass power + padded armor + fire resistance mead (nice for shamans and torch guys since bonemass doesn't reduce fire damage). xD
You will want to keep an eye out for 2* fulings and kite/block them if you do this as they still hurt quite a bit, but everything else just tickles.
Deathsquito Needle's also used for the "Porcupine" 1HB Weapon.. Takes 5 to initially craft it and a total of 17 to fully max it to Quality 4
Besides mining huge amounts of stone, those giant rock pillars make awesome plains bases. Build ladders and platforms until you reach the top and then build yourself a house on top. You'll have a heck of a view. Fulings can't climb ladders and I've never been attacked by a deathsquito when I am up top of the pillar. Later build a dirt wall around it to have a protected plains garden. Installing a portal at ground level paired to one at the top saves a lot of ladder climbing.
I never thought about using portals to connect vertical distances. That’s the only thing that was stopping from doing any high builds - the slug that is having to go up and down it constantly. Thanks!
I cannot stress this enough....Frost Arrows!!!! being able to slow fulling that are coming at you is pretty great. Another bit of advice for the timing of coming to the Plains. I would start getting stuff in the Plains before killing Moder but after you have all the Wolf Armor, Silver Shield, Frostner and the Draugr Fang. That way after killing Moder you can go right into Blackmetal and Linen production. The last thing you want is to kill Moder and trigger the possibility of Fulling Invasions while still in Silver gear.
Additionally, beware the red skinned 2 star fulling. He is death. Silver shield just won’t block them fully. Even with a parry. Honestly the Blackmetal shield doesn’t fully block them if your skill isn’t high enough.
Tip for all, don't be intimidated by deathskitos, personally I think wolves are a more intimidating enemy. As long as you move slow, keep eyes up and have your shield at the ready skitos shouldn't cause you an issue. Just be sure to clear them out the area with a bow before fighting anything else.
Oh and don't bother parrying them, you just just block/counter real easy.
I personally prefer to wear root armor to explore the plains, due to the extra bonus on pierce resistance. Makes deathsquitos a lot less scary since they cause a lot less damage even when they attack you from behind. Also good against the javelin-throwing fulings.
@@veladarney good idea, the throwers can easily catch people off guard. I will give the root armour a try out on my next play through.
When I tried blocking the deathsquito or broke my poise and by the time I recovered it was nowhere near for me swing at it. What am I doing wrong?
@@ManMang0just wear the chest for the pierce resistance and mix in other pieces like the Fenris leggings for speed and some wolf or padded for extra armor
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"what are you doing step-lox?! 🤨😳"
can you do a montage of every mob and their weakness in valheim, that will be really helpful when going in new biomes.
possibly! Pretty cool vid idea :)
@@Kysen doing it like an old school game show like gladiators or something with the model on one side and height/weight(even if guessed) and list of weaknesses and strengths on the other side for example would be pretty cool. Could expand out to all other biomes too.
I don't create my own content so not sure how hard or easy this would be to edit but good luck with whatever you decide to do :)
I agree with this. Because I only ever use the Mace/shield combo for each opponent lol
@@Kysen it would be good to work out which is the best weapon to use against each mob. For example, if you’re going to the swamp take the silver sword. Or use fire arrows against Drake
Something I never see anyone do. Spears are my favorite weapon for Plains. The M3 Spears throw makes killing deathsquitos easy. Just toss it as they fly in. Saves arrows and one shots.
The throw will also stagger 1 star fulings so you can walk up, the Spears auto re-equips, and you can crit it.
For anyone who reads this! I highly recommend you become very proficient with the bow. Deathquitoes will circle you after the first hit and then go in a straight line on the attack. You can use a Finewood Bow with wood arrows and they will die in one shot. Best case scenario is killing them before they notice you. Get hit by one with armor less than upgraded iron armor is most likely instant death but killing them can be very cheap and the needles are best in slot arrows. Good luck!
It took me several minutes to realize you were saying fulings. I thought you were talking about how the shield would protect your from feelings. Now I need to find something else to protect from all these feelings!
I recommend u wear trousers when going to the Plains Biome ^^
This chest layout with the items is really nice and clear way for showing things i like it 👌
Nice guide as always sir 👍
Another way to do it is have double stacks of chests, with two signs above the doublestack, and torches in between the doublestacks. That way you can see the signs better.
I must say, demonstrating Plains safety with a console command created maxed out character and gear is not very confidence inspiring.
Great video, very helpful - but I gotta say, the fact that you disabled grass just bugs me no end for some reason haha
I get that it makes ground items easier to spot, but man ... at what cost!
Yeap. The game is poorly optimized. I would prefer to have lots more vegetation AND be able to see lots more vegetation off in the distance instead of having everything constantly (and very noticeably) redrawing as you get closer.
Your videos are so helpful and informative, yet still friendly and feelgood. Thanks, Kysen!
You can breed lox now, its not easy but i had a suspended breeder built on the same premis as the Boar / Wolf breeder.
I have the Drake helm at full upgrade level and fully upgraded troll clothing. I HATE the movement penalty of the armor higher than troll. I'm about to take on the plains with drake helm, troll armor and serpent shield (all fully upgraded) I have been to the plains several times but usually I was only baiting Lox out of the plains so I could kill them for their meat and hide :P
The magic of editing and god mode :) definitely prefer the Live sessions in plains, it is much more fun! :D
there is no need to type "ghost" all over again in the console. you can use arrow up to navigate to the previous command.
Now why this only works once and not for tthe entire console history like in the terminal emulators on GNU/Linux is beyond me, tho.
This IS so well done and laid out. I am just now approaching this place and glad you did a video on it. I saw another channel do a raise ground with 2 stones then pick axe center...use the agetar pole weapon to swing kill! They can't hit while in the cheap defense!
I'm still in the swamp but I can't stop watching future walk throughs
If you're on the tiller, the DQs attack your boat, not you. If you stand, the last second bow trick is key, especially if you have a crap shield because you stumbled too close to plains trying to find another biome.
I built my main settlement in the Black Forest. It only took 7 hours and 130 deaths to get the house and wall built, almost immediately after defeating Eikthyr and getting the antler pick. I decided to upgrade it to a trelleborg style ringfort, with a ring of raised earth and stake fences, as well as a moat full of many sharpened stakes. So far so good. I decided to also build small huts right next to every burial chamber I came across, for quick respawn.
mega tip, don't forget to eat (I always forget T-T)
Hubby and I landed on the plains today, and I should have known better :( I decided that we would go with nothing but troll armor, an atgeir (for me) and a bronze axe for him. He forgot his shield. I can't tell you how many times we died, and then died every freaking time we came out of the portal. I got so mad that I threw my headset at one of my monitors, and now that monitor needs to be replaced. Folks, if you are very vanilla with combat skills and haven't conquered the swamp or mountains, think twice before hitting the plains. :( Last but not least, I'd like to give a shout out the little shit fuling that peppered my butt with a torch while screaming something in Gremlin language at me.
Nice video. I found three Yagluth altars before I found the location marker at a stonehenge. In terms of base security I always did a trench around my plains base, or any for that matter.
Trenches are great, and it's fun to see trolls and other enemies stumble into them.
To me plains wasnt nearly as dangerous to settle my base in as swamp was. All you really have to take with you are supplies for a portal and all the lower level metal to make a fully upgraded forge and workbench + 10 tin for a cauldron and 10 iron for blast furnace. Everything else you can just portal back and forth.
Fulings that you encounter when landing will be no more than 2 unless youre a chad and try to land at a fuling village for whatever reason. Lox arent aggressive so they wont bother you when you land and deathsquito’s... have atleast wolf armor level 2 and be topped off for food and they only do 30-40 damage if you dont block, i always carry my weapons with me including a shield and squito’s are really vulnerable if you parry and stagger them
They're so fluffy and cute. I want a base full of Lox.
My starting island touches a second island with a huge swamp and a plains biome on it, I set up a base just at the edge of where the islands touch in a nice little meadows
how to explore the plains safely.
from someone that is incapable of staying alive in the plains.
Learning about this game in 2024 is so interesting. For example, super weird how the plains used to look sort of more like a desert biome before they added all the yellow grass and brush
Dad joke, scarecrow - outstanding in my field. Rolls eyes, you have a way of making these so enjoyable. Keep the videos and groans coming.
David Attenborough: it would seem that we have witnessed the annual Mating Season for Lox
There's three things I like to have ready to use for when sh** hits the fan in the plains: Bonemass ability, frost arrows and medium heal potion. Even if you pull large groups of fulings you can pop Bonemass, always shoot the nearest one with a frost arrow (which will slow them down) and if things get critical pop the heal potion and you're fine.
Don't underestimate stam pots! I know I do lol
With a full bar of Stan could have easily escaped many situations and out range agro of Fulings or been able to have those extra few blocks whole retreating for example.
I always carry a couple now but still getting used to remembering I have them.
@@ManMang0 This. The most reliable defense is run like hell. Stam pots should be put in a number slot when in dangerous areas; as should any potion you drink right after saying "oh shit!"
Ngl You earned that sub with the dad jokes.
For a safe barley and flax farm. Look for an island that’s on the plains coast. Then cultivate the ground there. If it’s far enough out, the deathsquitos and furlings can’t get to you. By using a lot of stone and the hoe you can always make your remote island farm bigger. Place a portal on the island so you can easily go back and forth in safety
Mosquitos - Block/Strike if melee. With bow Roll/Shoot. MUCH better to have like an iron bow as the charge speed is faster. Obviously if you see them coming they usually come straight in so you can just pop them with a bow, but if you get jumped the dodge or block is your friend.
Armor from Abomination works best for plains. Moskito doing no dmg when you have it. Just avoid goblin shaman because one shot can kill you. I was use Agitara and bow all my game and no problem with that gear on plains.
You mean Atgeir? If so, that's an awesome weapon if you're good at managing your stamina and placing the 360 swing attack.
I always love making my main base in the plains. I am currently living on a heavily walled peninsula in the plains and a just beat elder 🤣
The giant stones look like a good way to build tall structures. Also in multiplayer are tame lox tame to everyone or will they attach new players?
Me and Fril found a plains last night so I have to find out what to do now, thanks for the videos dude you are great
Once you get the black metal buckler a lot of the enemies become easier. You can perfect block a Lox and still get the stagger damage on them. I know, since I use that method to farm them for meat. Then the berseker can also be perfect blocked, but to do that you need to have at least lv2 (Mine is max level) on deathsiotes I just let them hit me and then attack them. Fulings again perfect block stab (Lv 4 Black Metal Sword) the shamens are a nightmare, unless you can get to them quickly.
You can shield parry stuns Lox 2 attack modes which are easily timed, pull one of them with bow from far, let it come near and stand in front of it to shield parry then hit 3 times and parry stun it again,.2 stuns 6-7 hits and it dead, fast and save arrows.
Starting to learn to shield parry the fulling berserker, have not see them much to do a 1v1 test, but the slow swings is easier to parry.
Beware going out at night in plains, the fullings will spawned in group of 3-5 most of the time, and sometime 1-2 stars within them, which will be hard to fight off, especially 2 star spear thrower will 1 hit you and block stun you while losing lot of stamina.
Fulling only spawn 1-3 in a group on day time which is manageable.
I hardly melee the berserkers, they have a long attack animation which makes kite/bow an easy task.
I have found in melee as well you can step riiiiiiiiiight up to them slightly to the side and their big slams don't even touch you, worth knowing if in a pinch and out of stam. They do try to rotate to get you but you just run circles round them.
This was perfect timing. I'm exploring them today
Good luck. I camped on the edge of a Plains biome, walked in for a look-see and was immediately attacked by 2 deathsquitos. Tried to kite them back through the woods but ran out of stamina, turned to "fight" and was killed by 2 attacks. Hence I am here...
@@ChuckHickl Oh dang. That's extremely unlucky. Hopefully I don't die that quick bc I have full wolf armour. What did you have?
@@dyno8054 I was only wearing upgraded troll armor as I was prepping for my Bonemass battle and happened to find a tiny slice of meadow between Plains, Dark Forest and Mountain biomes to make my forward base. I was just running over to take a look at the Plains and also made the mistake of treating the Fulings like Greydwarfs. That was a one and done affair as well. Looks like I still have a lot of upgrading to do before I take on the Plains. Good luck with your adventure.
@@ChuckHickl thank you and you too🥰
My third boss is at plain and i died so fast from those lil trolls lol
I just started playing and I thought my island was tiny and only meadows and black Forrest and mountains. After 101 days I found two swamps and a plains and I still haven't discovered the whole island. I don't have much reference but I think my starterr island is the biggest possible so far I have 4 mountain biome on it.
And the trader popped up on the south west side of the island while I was looking for elder in a big flat area of black forest with swamps just to the north mountains on each side and meadows to the south. I'd like someone to look at the seed and tell me if it's good bc I have no point of reference lol
My map is very different to this, I started on a MASSIVE island, I've hardly used a boat, and I have plains and swamps without needing a boat.
I really liked those jokes at the end. Man those were funny! :-)
I found a magic seed salesman is one island away and the island he is on has all biomes besides planes is small and the are not many stone pillars.
Finally! I was waiting for this!
They should add the ability to tame loxes and make use of them as pack mules in the future
It seems you skipped the foods at the beginning ?
First time hitting plains i had fully upgraded wolf armor, silver shield, iron mace and Draugr bow, didn't die in plains yet ;)
Tame loxes do breed (now?) - tamed three, kept them well-fed with cloudberries, now I got 11.
You dont need to block deathquitos when fighting them melee. You have alot longer range than it, so if you time it right, you can hit it mid air just before it stings you. This is very easy to do when they fly straight at you.
It seems a silly risk to take. Holding up your shield literally can't fail. The worst that can happen is you miss your hit and have to wait for them to attack again. Timing the hit is more fun if you have the gear/food to risk it though.
There is nothing silly about trying to be effective at a videogame. Unnecessary perhaps, but i guess that is up to the individual playstyle. They shouldnt be able to kill you in one hit anyways, so how big of a risk it is, is also debateable. But i get what you are saying, and i agree that is is not something to try out right away.
What happens if you die in a swamp crypt in that do you need a second swamp key to recover your stuff where you died?
If you havent already could you do a video on the plains base itself? Ie what are the dimensions needed in the roof to allow enough sunlight to grow barley/flax.
Nice big party barn you got there...:)
Yt suggested this after the Mistlands update, and I'm here thinking AHH the Plains I have a nice main base there and it now "seems" nice lol.
not sure when it updated, but you can totally breed lox now
When I first passed by a plains biome in game on a karve, my mate who was with me as a passenger got oneshotted by a deathsquito, and the last spawn point was way back. So Ihad to get her stuff and go back to pick her up again.
5:46 What would the wood cost be to contain the work bench inside the wall and cover the walls with roofing to protect it all from the weather? not sure if the portal degrades over time or can become unusable without a roof
My map is almost completely connected by land. I have more land than water to explore and its wild seeing maps like this
nice video, thanx.
How does he draw his bow so fast? Is that just from bow skill?
Please make a video on that building in the plains!
indeed! xD
I'm sure someone mentioned it in the comments already but they can absolutely be bred. I'm not sure if this is a recent thing.
Hugin: HI!
Everyone: GO AWAY STUPID BIRD!
2 Content updates later he's the new boss.
That would be a Hugin-Provement 😂
I'd love a more in depth look at your plains base and especially that bridge, I had to rewatch that a few times!
4:34 jumps.. great vid though...
Wish I would've found this video about four hours ago.. finally explored enough to find a planes biome and promptly got my boots smoked by a bunch of green little people with spears and arrows.. sigh..
Wood Armour is the best for dealing with the Deathsquito just don’t get hit by fire damage
I found the Plains not much of a challenge atm frost arrows n obsidian ftw I hated the swamps far harder for me
Poison resistance mead makes the swamp way easier if you're dying.
Have got a Yagluth solo video? Don't want to do the cheese methods
Also it seems you cut out all the info about food dishes during prep phase? Intentional?
Yeah. Like I did mention the food I'd recommend and as I said it's really just about taking the best you have available to you at the time :)
@@Kysen No, I think it's an actual editing error. You went straight from shields to armor, skipping food. Then said "the three food I mentioned earlier". It's clearly sausage and the soups, but still a little jarring to have that skip in there.
@@Zapdog911 oh dang ☹️ sorry
@@Kysen No worries! The rest of the guide was spot on and full of great information! Thank you for more quality content.
@@Zapdog911 is it carrot and turnip soup?
How does your bow charge up so fast
I have a full padded armor + serpent shield + blackmetal sword + draugr fang.
Is the wolf armor better than padded armor?
Lox/Wolf cape are basically the same as each other and both provide frost resistance (which doesn't stack), so padded armor is essentially a full tier better.
Root chest piece turns deathsquitos into a joke. I went there with level 3 root chest, level 3 iron pants, level 3 deer cape and level 3 root mask. Deathsquito does like 12 damage to me.
5:14 i want some humpfort lol
Lox can also jump on your boat and crush you and the boat in a simple sweep, that is if you get too close to land. First hand experience here... Slightly annoying.
First vegvesir i found for yagluth was serriously 1m from his alter 😂
Didn't find any stonehenges before i found yagluth spawn, that was also next to the alter 😂😂
How did you activate the cheat code? I have went to Steam, right clicked on Valheim and clicks Properties; typed -console, went into the game and click f5. And then nothing happens. Please help. And thank you for the video. 😄
good stamina = carrot soup ^^
"Toe sooday"???
Deathskitos are easy. If you get the root chest armor piece they’re free, and drop needles to craft a fantastic arrow a quarter way in game.
So they even added in diablo... That's awesome.
Frost arrows are godly against them.
9:00 Hoooly shit that zoom time! Which bow is that??
Draugr fang
high lighting the shield, "crafted by: cheater" :D
Have anyone arrived at the plains for the "first" time with these kind of gear ? You should really make a safely arrive with more resonable gear.
you should be avoiding plains until you can make this gear
What would really be cool if there was a way to farm the death mosquitoes trying to stock pile there Stingers to make a crap ton of arrows
Just try to do anything in the plains and they will come to you, ezpz.
Also, if you take 1-2 stacks of wooden arrows and use those to shoot deathsquitos, birds, and most nonplains stuff tbh (assuming you have maxed draugr fang), it will save you a lot of needle arrows.
I noticed you pick up an arrow. How?
I have plains on my main island not big but still there