Small Steps (mostly backwards) | Two Idiots Brave the Ashlands | Ep. 2 | w/ Glitchy

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This series includes Glitchy and my genuine first reactions to entering the Ashlands without much knowledge at all! We were able to coordinate and play on the FIRST day of the Public Test Branch’s release so take that with its own grain of salt. It is not part of any other playthrough and is a standalone on a new world I created to help us quickly get ready and play with some Ashlands stuff! This is a series that Glitchy and I both recorded and made separate videos for our respective channels. Watch one or both videos if you want to see Glitchy’s perspective.
This session was recorded on 22 April 2024.
Glitchy’s channel:
/ @glitchyplus
-TWO IDIOTS BRAVE THE ASHLANDS PLAYLIST-
• Two Idiots Brave the A...
-TWO IDIOTS PLAY VALHEIM PLAYLIST-
• Two Idiots Play Valhei...
World Modifiers:
-Default combat difficulty
-Very easy death penalty
Mods:
None.
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-ATTRIBUTIONS-
Music sourced directly from the Valheim Game and CreatorChords.
Intro/Outro Music: USSR by Alexander Nakarada (www.creatorchords.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
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[@stevebreedlove9760]

Fuck bro. You're one of YT's best players with an extensive knowledge of combat. And this is just brutal. Entertaining to watch, but knowing myself and my friends we would have rage quit by now.

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

I really appreciate that compliment!! It was truly rough!! And yet I can't wait to jump back in.

[@Jonahhi]

Tooltip: "projects a shield against weather and projectiles" Waffle: "i guess the lava blob can jump through things."

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

Gotta learn somehow! And who reads anyway??

[@Jonahhi]

@@WafflesGamesProbably indeed, reading is for nerds!

[@joshjohnson1119]

Always that one friend that just runs off from the group, Glitch is that one friend lol

[@sailorgunsveteran5260]

My first foray into the Ashlands was a complete fail theater. Plan was good, fell apart on execution. now I gotta naked run back.

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

As is standard haha

[@MrDoggo23]

Damn. If this is the ashlands, the ice biome is going to be insanely hard.

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

I don't know exactly how it's going to be, but I've heard that the devs are done with major biomes after the ashlands. The deep North will mostly be just an extension and a new area to explore. But not actually a full biome with a boss and everything. I don't know how true that is but that's what I've heard

[@MrDoggo23]

@@WafflesGamesProbably Well this is sad news if true. :(

[@GUNNER67akaKelt]

'It's a twitch streamer!' Ok, the actually made me lol.

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

Hahaha yessss!

[@Kymss-j9z]

Hurray for the update today!!! Hopefully that will give people a breather

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

Yeah for sure! We probably have three more episodes with this particular version from this session, then updates will make their way into the series

[@Kymss-j9z]

@@WafflesGamesProbably you will be the old timers telling us of the good old days when you walked barefoot uphill in the snow both ways..or fought a gazillion mobs nonstop in the ashlands...calling us wimps(mere mortals)

[@MrSageOlorin]

3:40 Glitchy leaving more stumps.... GAWD!

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

😆😆

[@mtbman2479]

Using the env clear command seems op when you compare the 2 povs.... it's not as bad as the mistlands but stilll is dark and hard to see even during the day! Also, staff of embers works surprisingly well - even better than frost staff and the knockback is nice too.

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

That would make sense! Stairs...smart! haha

[@MikaHolic_Channel_OFFICIAL]

okay. I just came back from my BRUTAL REMATCH with Fader (Ashlands Boss) that lasted 2 Valheim days and 10 DEATHS later... And my theory that it takes more damage from Frost and Spirit damage-weapons turned out to be correct. Still, the bastard is tough as nails. In terms of HP maybe it even rivals the Queen (Mistlands Boss) who has around 21,000 HP points. For comparison Eikthyr has 2000 HP points only. Now I won't spoil its attacks and patterns. But word of advice, bring lots of health, stamina (you will do a lot of running and dodging lol), fire-resist, and if you use magic, eitr potions. Basically bring them all. Also, to those who use summoning magic (summoning allied skeleton soldiers), let's just say you will NEED those extra friendly soldiers for this boss fight.. Fader ain't gonna fight you by his lonesome the whole time.. I died freaking TEN TIMES testing out which combinations of weapons and foods work best against that boss (its really tiring, yes) but like I said I can't spoil Fader's abilities and patterns, though I gave you some hints in this comment. Its up to you to discover the rest and prep for it. Keep going with this new series, I like your tandem and shenanigans. Looking forward to the day you defeat Fader, boys!

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

Thanks!!!

[@Mkable01]

Big surprise…Waffles misplaced his pants

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

Heeeyyyy I have NO idea what you're talking about!!

[@schakTheNerd]

Opened with "we haven't died to enemies" like that's not firstly a super jinx and Secondly oblivious to the bonemaw that ate Glitchy.

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

Hahahaha turns out it was actually the water that killed him! But yeah it still counts!

[@schakTheNerd]

@@WafflesGamesProbably I'm gonna have to watch it again! Timing was perfect.

[@devilmaycry2283]

Okay. Here it goes. You want the new armour and weapons? heres how you get them. You will need to make these basalt bombs. You will need asksvin bladder etc the recipe says. The flame metal is in the middle of all that dangerous lava. Throw the basalt bombs into the lava and it will solidify and create a platform Form a path to the flame metal using the basalt bombs then mine away at that delicious flame metal

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

Haha yeah well I know now but this was our very ignorant first adventure into these glorious lands! Haha

[@devilmaycry2283]

@@WafflesGamesProbablyOfcourse! Haha

[@EliotShadow_Hand]

The Ashlands coast reminds me of the queens island in how to train your dragon

[@arthanor9631]

It's neat to see the progression. Using the blobs against them, learning attacks (warriors having two varieties of their two attack types is really neat!), getting a good combo of tanky and casty. 👍 Taking out spawners helps a lot, made my first island a lot more manageable. One thing I must say though, I feel like the unlocks are _really_ scarce. Normally, you get crafting station upgrades pretty fast from new wood or stone, or a few things. So far, all I can remember is lingering potions, arrows and the staff. And stone portals. But no other gear and not even a cooking recipe to use the new food items except roasting them. For all the difficulty, it seems very unrewarding. It would be better to trickle things to the player than, presumably, unlocking everything at once you find the magic ingredient (I assume metal). I guess the black forest was a bit like that (nothing much until you get cores and metals) but the progression feels bad here, maybe because it's so punishing.

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

I really haven't played enough to have unlocked or explored nearly enough! I am stunted right now but will continue after the weekend

[@arthanor9631]

@@WafflesGamesProbably played a bit more while finishing the video and unlocked more stuff. Turns out yeah, there are a few "magic ingredients" that then unlock a ton of stuff. My main complain now is for cooking. There should be a basic, mistlands tier stamina and maybe eitr food. When you go in the Ashlands, it's not to go back to Mistlands to farm food and potions, it's to play Ashlands. As it is, feels like it is tuned for people who have been stockpiling since mistlands release, going by how fast I go through food and potions. The gear is ok, you just need to encounter other enemies than charred, which for some reason is all there is on my first island. 2nd had everything (right in my LZ, of course!)

[@devilmaycry2283]

When I first started storming that Hell beach aka ash lands. I used blood magic and minions to fight through and build me a a new graunite base

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

That makes so much sense!! Glitchy has become the magic man and I think he tries the dead raiser once but not much.

[@MikaHolic_Channel_OFFICIAL]

"is there no safe area in this place?" there are Dverger "safe house" locations in the Ashlands btw where small groups of Dvergers live in. They look rougher than their Mistlands brethren but they are also enemies with the Ashlands mobs so basically they're your allies (or cannon fodder). They "hide" in some of the ruined structures, the only way you can tell that they're there is if you spotted their campfires and spiked fences since they're usually inside the buildings (hiding from the looks of it). On rare instances you see these "Ashland Dvergers" out in the open fighting the Ashlands monsters (that's how I first discovered them). But from the looks of it they're very rare. So far I've only found two Ashlands Dverger holdouts, and that's after several hours of painful exploration there.

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

That sounds so cool!! We will continue our exploration soon!

[@ConnioJudah]

Can't wait until Ashlands drops fully.

[@edu2428]

Probably wont take too long since the devs are working hard to fix the few bugs on PTB

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

I knooowwww

[@rogaldorn1405]

It seems to be the more difficult biome by far! I'm a bit afraid to go in. By the way good and fun video as always.

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

Thanks!! So far it's pretty rough.

[@TheJewelnok]

when your partner freezes the baddie instead of doing a frontal assault, perhaps you could attack it from the rear to get flanking damage.

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

Haha that would be nice but I think that only works with knives and from unaware enemies. But maybe I'm wrong

[@TheJewelnok]

Its time to man up. Ashlands will make you or break you. I love the brutality of business of it all.

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

This isn't "two super efficient and professional Valheim players play valheim" haha

[@jaswinderchaddha8859]

"prostate powder" im dead.

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

It has become the norm haha

[@digbyodell2924]

Quit whining! Odin pulled only the BEST dead warriors out of the battlefields...or did he? Our group finally made it in, fought harder, longer and spilled our blood in the same ash! She gets a little laggy with five players and infinite mobs too as you probably know, so now I'm even prouder of the bunch, I honestly didn't know we were that good. Really cool anyway but it seems a little too dark for my poor old eyes to get any visuals on melee timing yet.

[@gnikola2013]

YES, just what I needed (I caught a cold).

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

Sorry for the cold, glad for your entertainment!

[@mattdoombekadamon]

This swarming fighting dying loop is what is happening to me and my buddies...haven't found the new goods to make new gear yet either!!

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

It's quite the difficulty jump!! I'm excited for my own playthrough to get there though just so I can go at my own pace and not have to deal with server lag.

[@thomasr7129]

Unequip Feather cloak when in Ashlands, unless climbing etc of course...

[@Kymss-j9z]

Don't call it private powder..now ill accidentally slip up and call it that w my group!!!!!😮

[@Kymss-j9z]

Sigh auto correct...and I can't edit messages from my phone

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

Yeahhh....it's gonna happen. Haha

[@McShag420]

I think I died like a total of 6 times during my entire time in Mistlands, beating the Queren, everything. In two days of Ashlands I have died at least 15 times, mainly trying to mine flametal.

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

Hahaha that's some skill right there in the mistlands! And yeah Ashlands is rooooughhh

[@TheJewelnok]

I wonder if a fire potion would be helpful in getting your body gear back from the lava pit.

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

I wonder as well.

[@naturallypurple]

YAY!

[@frankh.8224]

This is all terrifying. If my settings are no battle, could I go in there and look around? And, is it possible to go in with the karve?

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

Haha the first episode will answer your karve question. And yeah passive enemies would work

[@frankh.8224]

I could not tell what happened with the karve, first episode. It seemed to explode 🫨

[@arthanor9631]

​@frankh.8224 I'm pretty sure you need the new boat, otherwise the water will boil it, then you.

[@gimmeonion]

died to lava 2 times in a row: "this is medium difficulty combat, not hard and not very hard, it's default" not that easy combat would help in that case!

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

Riiiiight! Haha maybe it'd help a little with the amount of rate of damage but not much for that case baha

[@Iceslanger]

Did u shoot a crossbow at the morgan? Pierce Morgan?

[@gigglingmaniacly7883]

It'll be fiiiiine

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

You get it! Haha

[@mogret7451]

I don't go into ashlands without bonemass and fire resistance for the moment. 😶

[@shanelindimore9418]

How is there a blue sky in ashlands. Is this on the edge or something. Everything I have seen is Red, dark Gray. Or just super dark.

[@tyarthas]

"How are we supposed to progress?" He asks, forgetting how he progressed through the whole game. Use the items you got to make better gear...

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

🤷‍♂️

[@williamschilpad2740]

Hey almight waffle do you happen to know how does the lava landscape deal damage?Does it hurt the players with a certain percentage of HP or does it deal a fixed damge to everyone?

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

I definitely haven't experimented enough to know this too deep just yet.

[@williamschilpad2740]

@@WafflesGamesProbably oh dude I wish you would never experiment on lava again coz it's painful XD

[@Kymss-j9z]

do you use 2 eitr and one stamina food because the bubble should always be up and you shouldnt need the health..but the stamina is crucial to move out of the way?

[@Kymss-j9z]

and ideally are you using all eitr armor..or do you put in the carapace helmet for a bit more survivablity?

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

I think I cut the little convo we had about foods. I mentioned I usually go for two eitr one stam to be mobile

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

I don't know what glitchy was doing. I think the eitr robes and carapace helm

[@Bobasketches]

Yeah I do two eitr and one stam to be able to keep up with my group/run away. I also carry my himmin afl in incase I need to crowd control if my eitr runs low in dicey situations. I used to use the mist sword but the knock back and stun of the himminafl is just too good to pass up

[@winstongibson3732]

Just curious. Why didn't you use the hoe to raise the ground to get to your equipment in the lava?

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

Didn't even cross my mind

[@sysdollarsystem]

the ground is lava so that wouldn't work unless it moved it slightly closer!

[@kimcoleman4361]

Posted 19 seconds ago LOL!

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

GIT IT

[@Jokupojux]

Just wondering how many people will die from being knockbacked to lava by asksvins

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

Oh good gawd that's such a horrible way to die.

[@gmylonas]

Hmmmm barley wine? maybe try to get your stuff while having the bubble protection?

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

Bubble protection, hoe, building stairs...there's a lot of options in hindsight but I don't always think like that.

[@gmylonas]

@@WafflesGamesProbably yes we know, chaos and mayhem über alles ;)

[@SwieftFN]

Try and use fire res and then go in the lava maybe you wont take damage

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

I'll have to experiment

[@Jezibellus]

This… is…awesome! Should check the stats on the feather cape, supposedly it’s been nerfed and is now very weak to fire.

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

I know now hahaha!! Absolutely crazy! Didn't expect that at all

[@Ndzly]

need to see a run cheat free

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

Gonna refer you to my previous comments here. And the original video that explains it.

[@chrislognshot]

can you guys summon a monster to fight for you.

[@hunterpetersen1710]

when you doing more eps?

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

Mondays and Wednesdays!

[@scottwilly86]

why is there such a discrepancy in visibility between you two?

[@walturwhit]

he accidentally enabled the command "env clear" which removes the effects from all biomes. He realized this while editing the first episode, hopefully it'll be fixed soon

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

Yeah the other comment answered perfectly.

[@davidciallella3817]

Its NOT Good!!!!!! I vote the ashlands as the hardest, worst, and meanest update to any game I have played in my 55 years on earth!!!!!! Good Luck All!!!

[@iSirTaki]

Are these dudes the worst Valheim players ever? The same mistakes over and over again 🤣

[@WafflesGamesProbably]

No. Definitely not.

[@masjun4479]

16:35 Ha💸Ha💸Ha💸Ha💸Ha💸Ha💸