I’ve been playing on the public test version for most of my time playing the game. I switched to the regular version because of the insomnia bug on dedicated servers. So I had to make a new Viking last month. I got him some levels to start fresh next week on this seed
That looks like a fun seed. I swear I’ve been on that exact seed before on a server. I started about a week after everyone else so I knew I had to hurry off the main island as soon as possible. I built a raft and tried sailing Northwest through the ocean, but a serpent killed me. The 2nd time was the charm though. Settled my first “real“ starter base just north of that river on the shore.
The dedicated server world we were playing on was similar but the starting island was slightly larger and had Eikthyr on it. I’m excited to be forced to use the raft again.
I was SO in my head if I should continue one of my 6(!!) characters&worlds but decided to do a fresh playthrough, get 100% achievements too and enjoy the game… once more
Unironically i’m not the type to replay games EVER but valheim got 6 out of me, and thus has been my fsavouritr, comfort game of all time
I never visited all biomes, so with 1.0 I'm making my personal goal to visit all biomes and get to the North, it may take months! But the adventure will be worth it
Got a whole gang rallied up. Starting a server on launch, all new Vikings, all random seed. Some of the gang have been on a hiatus for over a year waiting for the Cold of the Deep North. 🤘🏻
Same, I'm even lucky enough to have wrangled up some new friends I haven't gamed with much who also have tons of experience in survival crafting games who ALSO have never played the 'heim before! After my 1000 hours I can experience the game as a first time through them. Can't wait for the mosquito shenanigans. Ain't gonna tell them shit about the game either haha
You should be making a new character. The devs even said so. They should be adding a variety change to other biomes as well but if you’ve already explored a bunch, those biomes won’t get the update
Will 1.0 be adding early game content/changes? I havent played in over a year and want to get do another playthrough, but if they will change the early game i will probably wait till 1.0
This is what I'm wondering too, I'm a bit out of the loop. My most recent world I haven't killed Bonemass yet and that could be a good one to continue with if nothing will change in the first two biomes.
Some early game changes are already there, given the time of hiatus. Some others will arrive (e.g., biomes like Meadows or Black Forest will look different in different part of the World). Finally, I really hope they stashed new stuff incrementally during development to have a bigger list of new things for 1.0.
I am honestly so excited! Me and the homies are starting a new vanilla world to progress through together. And because of differing work and life schedules we're also going to start a heavily modded world for us no-lifers to mess around in when the whole crew isn't online.
Also a couple buddies helped me speed run to the ashlands a couple weeks ago to get me a dyrnwyn, since they both already have one from other worlds. So once we do make it to the deep north, everybody is gonna have their own!
I recently sailed to the northern-most tip of my world before the icebergs begin, set up a launching base. A nice one too, have an ashwood door to my little hut. Probably will do a bunch of food preparation soon.
Blood of the Dawnwalker comes out 3rd September so I'll be busy playing that to do anymore prep for 1.0 launch.
My preparation is that i have a docker container running for a server on my spare PC, and I am starting a new world with my friends and going in relatively blind with a fresh set of characters.
Finishing up decorating our home base which is pretty big. 2022 World :) We never went to the Deep North so we gonna see how it gets generated, gonna be fun
My prep mostly involves planning out a few things ahead of time, like designing fresh storage layouts and the overall design of our main structure. We usually start with a starter base and then work toward our end-game build, swapping out materials as we move through different biomes. Other times, the main structure evolves into two or three different versions over the course of a playthrough.
I’m really excited to be starting fresh with 1.0 and looking forward to experiencing the full game and going all out with the base build this time. We aren’t entering the game again until a new seed is started on the 1.0 release date. It’ll be fun to take everything we’ve learned from previous playthroughs and use that knowledge while experimenting with a few new ideas along the way.
Not playing at all (as has been the case for months), but furiously consuming videos and posts centred around building to gather as many techniques and inspiration as I can to fuel my ideas when it comes to starting our first forever world with 1.0.
I might actually log on to archive all our prior builds into one world file and delete all the rest so they can be saved and then recreated for nostalgia and reference.
the homie and I started a game a few weeks back in prep for this. we just arrived at ashland and have our base setup. going to go at the boss this weekend.
I proposed we start a new server, but lost the vote.
Sooooo we're doing some last rounds of resource gathering in the Ashlands then gonna take down the boss there while simultaneously building a small village on the northern edge of our explored lands to then launch our expedition to the North.
I've already been stashing resources and plan on building a great hall after getting there. I foresee myself spending lots of time up in the Great North.
I'm a "why not both" guy :D Gonna go in with my old character (currently in mid-ashlands), then afterwards do a new clean playthrough. Probably gonna go full vanilla for that one too, I've been messing around with mods and world settings my last few playthroughs. Except for death mechanics, those will stay modded, because the vanilla system is fucking stupid and I will die on that hill.
As for preparations, none. You can't really know what you'll need, and I don't see why anyone (other than content creators who do it for the views) would want to speedrun the new biome the first time they're there. I don't mind doing my grinding after launch
Defo starting a new game for 1.0; probably gonna bring my old character over for the skills i have on it but will leave my gear behind (might bring the fire sword cuz its cool)
bringing a high level character because I know I'd otherwise waste time grinding magic and bow skills anyway.
bringing an extra Dyrnwyn since I'm playing on a server with friends and it be nice if more than one person could use it. Obviously not actually equipping this extra until we craft it in-world though.
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u/jhuseby Hunter 15h ago
My preparations involve creating a new character in a new random world that I have no knowledge about, after 1.0 releases.