Best Outpost Location In Each Biome - Valheim 

Exactly!

Good point! But it wasn't forgetting them, I just prefer the fallen trees. Only reason I prefer them, is I have been to swamps that did not have any crypts in them, but I've always seen a tree. Most likely a player wouldn't be staying in a swamp without a crypt, but if night is about to arrive, or your ship broke as you arrived and you need to regroup, there might not be a crypt available and you'd be stuck on a tree anyway.

@@quicksandriggs I agree - I most likely would not stay in a swamp without crypts. Because there's no poinr. If my ship was broken, it would most likely have shed all materials to rebuild it. So I would rebuild it. Unless all items were unretrievable. And if I found no crypt in the swamp, I would try to get out of this biome before building a shelter. Unless there's a draugr tower in the swamp that I could convert into a shelter. In some swamps, there are tower ruins with draugr spawners inside. Destroy the spawner, and you've got yourself a perfectly good base for a little house. So that's possibly an option, as well. But not as readily available as the trees, of course.

@@jabberwocky9968 Most of the time the nails drop too deep in the water whenever my ships break! Just part of the Valheim initiation! :P

Yo I do that cuz mobs are dumb and can't jump

Nah tree house is the best. Safe from abominations

Thank you very much! I'm glad the videos help! I do not have a patreon at the moment, but I could set one up if there is interest.

Finished setting up a Patreon, link is in the description!

Good points!

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it!

I built a troll base before seeing this video. Came to the same discovery about digging under. My base was on the side of a canyon with a river. Dug out an awesome base deep into the hill with the troll cave roof.

@@KruellNationGaming Nice, always cool to stumble upon neat base setups!

Really good for base Def too. Made fake floor. Raiding players zone in and get smashed.

That's cool!

It's also a great spot for an underground base

I made a basement under and turned it into my portal hub

That sounds awesome! Protecting the grave shrine is hilarious!

@@quicksandriggs It was supposed to be a joke to my friend when he joined my map. But life got in the way and we haven't coop-ed for a while so I started applying stuff I've seen on RU-vid. First it was a ditch around the gravestone. Then a wall of spikes. Followed by an even deeper ditch covered by walls. Later I applied that knowledge to my base. Dug out the surrounding area and I now have 7-9meter walls around my base that ai keep renovating because I didn't plan anything early. It was supposed to a lame joke, lol!

Lol! That's gaming at its best!

@@quicksandriggs Oh, I forgot: I lured a boar, a neck, 2 greylings and 2 graydwarfs into the ditch around the reinforced shrine. I've also lured several shamans but they alwaus disappear by morning. Then, I made a spectator area around the ditch, affectively turning the shrine into a race track/zoo. Interestingly, the boar, neck and greylings initially just run around the ditch, ignoring me if I drop down there. When I added the graydwarfs...all of them started attacking me. So I made mock quad-barrel WW2 anti-aircraft gun out of wood aimed at the shrine/zoo/race track.

@@dareka9425 You've gotta try and get a screenshot of this shrine and send it to me one day!

Cool idea!

Good to know, thanks!

Thank you! I am glad the video could help out.

Thank you! I'm glad it helped!

I never even realized they weren't full size chests, thanks for the info!

Thank you! I'm glad it helped!

Good to know, thanks!

I’m glad it helped you out!

Quick portal access to crypts is a good idea!

That’s a good spot, thanks for sharing!

For an outpost in the swamp you probably don't have the iron ingots for the stone cutter. Good info for the Plains though, thanks!

@@quicksandriggs You can also place campfire on the tree branch... I did it, before i got iron. Unless we'r comparing different version of valheim.

@@lolhoh2763You can definitely get a campfire up there, I was only referring to the stone foundation. Campfire is for sure a good option if you can climb the tree!

Good to know, thanks!

I don't agree with the alternate world solution for metal transportation. Other than that I consider what you said as pretty standard stuff :D

Thank you!

They can be very helpful!

I'm glad it helped!

Agreed! The outposts in this video are meant for quick places thrown together temporarily or small forward bases for portals. If you are staying for any extended time in the Swamp, you’ve definitely gotta build a treehouse!

Very true! This video was made before that raid was put in the game, so there definitely needs to be an updated version of this video.

Good point!

Those deathsquitos try to ruin every base! :P Sounds like a cool build though!

Yep! But stonecutter materials for an outpost is unlikely.

Those Trolls can ruin everything!

I’m glad it helped!

Good to know, thanks!

Good to know!

Yup, standard stuff! You can build spiral stairs around it up to as high as you want, then dig inside the pillar and set-up there. At a certain height not even deathsquitos are going to bother you. You have plenty of room for some furniture, floor, chests, portal, you can put a fire on the inside of the carved pillar and you have a roof, as long as you keep a connection from between the bottom and the remaining top.

Good to know! Thanks!

the brazier counts as a fire for rest, bed and cooking. Another good option for a treehouse if you hang it close the floor.

Good points, I've tested any boulder I've camped on before building. The only downsides to the monolith would be unnecessary terraforming, but just like in the mountains, sometimes you've got no choice! :P

Really good idea!

my elder location was right on the beach, so unfortunately i wasnt able to do this. 2m down and water :( lol

Glad it could help!

In most cases, yep!

Good idea!

That’s what I tried first time in. Works like a charm.

Great tip!

workbenches stop the spawn

@@jamescheddar4896 so don't build workbenches

@@ZarHakkar beds and a bunch of other things too. the game is lame and doesn't let you make a furnace room that shits out coal

Good idea!

That was an old method that got patched out. It was definitely a fun tool for building!

@@quicksandriggs weeellll THAT SUCKS! lol! Thanks for the info!

@@ericlarochelle650 For sure! I was pretty disappointed too…

Inside the troll cave? I haven't been able to place a workbench or building items inside of any of the dungeons.

You can't place workbenches or anything that requires them in any of the dungeons, but campfires still work inside burial chambers/troll caves/sunken crypts. The troll cave's high roof means you don't even get the smoke damage, and I haven't noticed it in sunken crypts either.. Some of them have chests inside for 100% safe storage, compared to the outside cave mouth where a troll attack might destroy your build.

The Mistlands look really cool, I hope their update for it adds a lot in there!

I will take a look at some utility structures!

I have seen trolls right outside too, but I've gone in a few of those caves and there is still a troll inside, so I believe they are just one of the wandering trolls and happen to be next to a cave.

Just yesterday I ran into a troll cave with a troll outside. Killed the troll, and no troll inside. Just treasure.

@@deraz63 That's pretty cool!

@@deraz63 Same here, but in my case the cave didn't have any chests.

Good idea!

Nice and quick system!

I've always got to have my main base in the meadows, but I have outposts in other biomes.

@@quicksandriggs I've always wondered if it was safe to create an outpost at night in the swamp. Thanks!

@@jrsimeon02 For sure!

Interesting, crazy I’ve never seen it! I’ll have to pay some more attention.

That's interesting, and kinda sucks you can't reach the chest!

I just found the same thing! Just a lone green torch on the swamp coast marked it. Such a waste :(

Yeah, and I wish stone were a little bit stronger since it takes so much to build in it.

So the core wood trick still works with those? That's cool, was dissapointed when they patched it out for regular fires...

@@quicksandriggs Yeah, I got it to work just a couple of days ago. :)

@@Malys81 Cool to know, thanks!

My swamp base is a treehouse and the heating is from a ceiling brazier. I had to install a forge and stonecutter table to be able to make it though. Be aware Trolls can attack anything above ground. When my base was first built, two trolls came along and killed me and did major damage to my treehouse even though I was above their height. I think they hit the indestructable tree to do that. Even though that was undamaged, my guess is the shockwave damaged me and my base. I've surrounded the base with an earth wall and moat since then and so far, I've not been attacked there again.

@@Derek_S I did the same thing in my tree house video! I think the shockwave from their boulders makes sense on the destruction!

That's a good plan!

Yeah, be vigilant!

The forest and swamp suggestions I really like for a main base or long term build, but in terms of a quick outpost the Elder pad takes a lot of time and the swamp castles would require you to kill enemies most of the time. As far as the Plains go, I guess I have been really lucky! I have sat on a Boulder with a campfire many times, just rested up then pulled fulings to it and picked them off with a bow. Crazy that they've never climbed up on me...

Sounds cozy!

Need to protect it with a trench - rocks can be destroyed by trolls (raid) or lox.

I am looking into another video similar to this one, whenever time allows.

I wouldn't try to break them completely, but breaking the bottom section or digging out the middle can be useful for a few things.

Good tips! Biggest reason for an actual outpost would be a no portal play through. Crypts are definitely a good option for an outpost, but there are swamps without crypts, while trees are always present. Although again, mainly important in a no portal play through.

For sure! I will take a look at them!

Deep North you'll continually tick for cold damage the cape doesn't help you. Can't wait for that biome to be finished though and see what surprises wait in store for us.

@@Cipher_8 really? I’ve only been to the Ashlands, I thought since it’s unfinished there’s no frost damage...

I've been exploring them a bit, Mistlands seems like it would be exactly like the swamp, just build on the horizontal roots, Ashlands and Deep north are pretty barren, not sure if there are any unique outposts there, besides surrounding yourself with water in the Ashlands. :P

The game won’t let you build inside a crypt, only place campfires.

Oh yeah I relised that when I was playing I'm quite new in the game

@@elkku4300 It would definitely make for some cool bases if we could!

I believe they do, like every other open world creature. However I don't know how to identify their spawn point and haven't definitively tested it.

They spawn. And their spawn points (as well as every other non fuling village/settlement) are random. They usually spawn in twos, so always be on the lookout for the partner. After you get to plains tech, however, bugs aren't the threat anymore. Just remember to eat for 200+ hp.

You can dig small holes in the ground outside your base, and put a workbench in them. This prevents spawns. Make a perimeter large enough outside your base to prevent them spawning right next to your walls. Because the workbench is protected, fulings can't destroy the anti spawn workbenches

@@zazethe6553 I like to have skitos spawning right outside my walls. I have a walkaway on them and just shoot them down for the needles. Good farming right at home

Good idea!

Nice! That is helpful!

Good idea! But this is for an outpost, where you most likely aren't lugging around iron ingots for a stone cutter.

@@quicksandriggs lol ya.

Yeah, if you can get high enough, that's good to know!

That would be cool if they went in and out!

Very immersion breaking! It is definitely not something I could personally do for one of my playthroughs.

To block it off?

@@quicksandriggs well, it looks spooky, no?

@@howardkong8927 A little, and it is helpful to not accidentally hit it.

I've only ever come across the Draugr villages in Meadows near the Plains, and probably had 80% of the villages be empty. Maybe I've just been lucky though, definitely good to lookout and be weary however, those Draugr will definitely destroy you early on! :P

@@quicksandriggs had them in every village i came across so far, with a body pile that even spawns star draugr elite in the biggest house but i really wanted that honey :D

@@fuchsmichael93 Lol, maybe I have been super lucky, that's crazy! Procedurally generated world at work!

@@quicksandriggs getting destroyed in Deer / Troll leather Armor is part of the learning curve

@@fuchsmichael93 It sure is!

Not much to do about avoiding those guys, thankfully they aren't too common!

I guess it depends on play style a bit, all I meant was the first time you get there everything is dangerous. Wolves mostly destroyed me early on until I learned how to block their attacks, golem are easy to run from, but when discussing outposts they are incredibly dangerous if you just build a shack above ground. And I agree drakes are weak, but if they are the first flying things you've encountered, it'll be a challenge. The swamp has things like leeches that can't even attack you if you just stand on dirt. So it wasn't to say the Mountain is 'super' dangerous, just that I thought it posed a high threat like the Plains when you venture there for the first time, whereas the Swamp had only one major threat being blobs/oozes, leeches are avoidable and Draugr are just big skellies.

@@quicksandriggs That's certainly true, but I still remember stepping into the swamp, completely overprepared (except for poison resistance mead which is hard to justify as a permanent thing) and still dying quite a bit. Sure, you can avoid leeches - except that 80% of your average swamp is shallow water. Blobs are the real pain though because none of your preparation matters unless you're willing to spend some high level food stuffs. Also, draugr elite hit hard enough to damage you through a block with the bronze buckler. And parrying them is tough, because if you miss the parry, that's a ton of damage. Also, keep in mind that those can be ranged (in the notoriously dark and gloomy swamp), attacking from any side while you have to go aggressive because it's not uncommon to find 3 spawners in the same area. One one-star elite draugr can easily f you up. Meanwhile in the mountains you can justify frost mead because you very soon get the chest armor or cape. And with the frost mead drakes can be face tanked. They're also in the sky, so fairly good to see. Wolves have very low HP, so some archery sets you free. Just look at the stats: Elite draugr: 200 HP, 58 damage; usually in a group, often around a spawner, potentially ranged. Approached with bronze equip. Oozer: 150 HP, 90 unblockable (!) damage, usually alone but spawns 2 blobs on death; can't really be kited without major hoe-age, due to leeches. Wolf: 80 HP, 70 damage; often alone, rarely more than 2 and if there are 3+, the first probably dies before the third is on you, meelee only. Approached with iron equip. Even without the tech upgrades, I find the mountains much more chill (pun intended). Once we had the wolf armor, we barely ate more than cooked meat + honey in the mountains because there was no real threat.

@@DrZaius3141 The different experiences are funny to see! I agree the swamps are dangerous and I got my butt kicked there quite a few times! But I always see wolves in packs, almost never alone, strange how the procedurally generated worlds treat us! :P And I would always jump on the horizontal trees in the swamp whenever I was in danger and just use archery, but I could never find something in the mountains to jump on that was safe. I love seeing the different 'life' experiences that come out of this game though! Every encounter is drastically different for everyone.

@@DrZaius3141 Wolves always got me early because they have a fast attack animation and was hard to parry at first, whereas draugr have a very telegraphed windup and I parried easily, but those blobs and oozes are nightmares,

@@quicksandriggs Wolves are totally hard to parry, I agree, but with draugr there's always so many of them which makes parrying pretty impossible, particularly with a few archers mixed in. I think that according to the wiki, wolves spawn in packs of 1-4 wolves (it at least feels as if during the day you're mostly on the lower end and during night you're mostly on the higher end), and have low HP. What I forgot to mention: The mountain biome does not have any spawners, which makes it a lot easier to strategize. In the swamp you need to zerg towards the spawners because an elite draugr spawning on top of the 5 enemies already there could ruin your day. The environmental dangers in the swamp are rain (constantly wet) and poison. The first has no solution at all, the second only a costly one. The environmental dangers in the mountains are the cold and the height. The height can be dealt with by proper movement, and the cold has multiple permanent solutions. As for the wolves: I feel that you're more cautious as a player whereas I'm more aggressive. In the swamp, caution is helpful, in the mountain biome, aggression is. The relationship between enemy HP and damage makes that rather clear.

Agreed, I mostly just had small buildings to store raw ore and would sail it back once I had a full load.

Is he friendly yet?

@@quicksandriggs no, i dont know if you can tame one, like what does he even eat ? But he's even cuter when angry :D

@@eldorado112112 Given the choice, he'd probably prefer to eat you! :P

I could see that for the Meadows and Black Forest options, but I'm hoping the other three still remain out of harms way!

You can't anymore. They patched that out a long time ago. Unless they brought it back in the latest patch for some reason.

@@quicksandriggs I just did it, unless mine isn't auto updating

@@cody945 Might be not updated, I just logged on after your comment and tried, still can't do it... I wish though.

Campfire can also be built directly underneath the treehouse ontop of raised ground .

@@sidmonitch Good tip!

Oh man, my friends kept killing me, got me thinking it was pvp! Maybe they just hated my voice.... :(