Valheim Ep 1 - Season 4 : Journey to the Ashlands : A Hardcore Valheim Playthrough

[@shoebucket]

Oh man, I want mushrooms. We need mushrooms. *walks past all the mushrooms* :)

[@ianmoan4423]

It's always a joy for your Valheim series!

[@clonewolffe4937]

This game is really one of the best gaming experiences I’ve had since 2011! I can’t stop thinking about playing it. Simple but challenging

[@effiecross2008]

A new hardcore Hiccup playthrough? YES please! I'm stoked!

[@burragahardie2661]

u can use the hammer with a directional buildpiece like the wood wall 26° for example as a sort of makeshift compass, just find north, orient the piece in that direction and maybe place one near ur base on a post, then when u need to travel u just pull the hammer out and orient the 26° wall piece to match the one you placed earlier and follow it like a compass. i also find it pretty fun to draw my own map.

[@vilihelm]

First thing I did when I saw that Ashlands dropped (besides playing it myself, ofc), was coming to your channel to see if there was something new. Happy to see there is!

[@katiebodden1487]

You need feathers for fire and flint arrows. Oh and make a deer rug. Comfort matters. 😊

[@sebastianGunnarson71]

It kinda doesn’t. You can rest anywhere using a fire

[@lil_shanzi]

@@sebastianGunnarson71 yeah you get longer rested buff when your comfort is higher

[@rhyswhite3942]

I’m back again, Hiccup you’re a much brave Viking than I living without portals yeah that’s easy but no map would ruin me 😂, keep up the amazing content man I’ll be here the entire time again been waiting for this season for ages

[@Branwhin]

I could probably live without portals, but no map? Yeah, that one would slay me for sure. (er, in a manner of speaking. We've already been slain, after all...)

[@PierreLucSex]

no map is brutal.

[@knaht1197]

Hi Hiccup, if I am reading the wiki right, "The ground is shaking" troll raid activates once you have killed both the elder and a troll. The only raid that will be enabled after defeating Eikthyr will be the greydwarf raid. The Troll raid can also appear at any time after the requirements are met, it does not go away after defeating any bosses. Looking forward to the playthrough!

[@thomasr7129]

After a troll is killed - that means (for example) if you scout near swamp and drag a troll to its death there, that is enough.

[@leezawillshe71]

Yeah!!!!!! Love your play throughs Hiccup!

[@NickGuelker]

Tip for sea travel without a map or portals, make quick structures along coastlines with something pointing in the direction of home. I just use wood beams in the shape of an upside-down L Later when you have other bases/outposts I add color coordinated elements pointing in the required direction. Its tricky to keep up with it, but you just have to build while you still know how to get home.

[@thomasr7129]

Another tip, plant tall trees. (And clear others.) For my first Mistlands base, it was on Plains - so I planted Fir and Pine trees around it, then I could see it even thru some of the fog.

[@Dyanosis]

Usually we call an "upside-down L" a 7. Much easier to express. Or a sign post.

[@carmenroselynn3831]

I’m so hyped, I love Hiccups Valheim series. These videos are always so fun and relaxing to watch and listen to ❤️

[@datboi8894]

Bro you have personality of golden retriever, love it

[@vnolwen_art]

Just at the beginning in the video, but the fire hazards is going to be HARD at the beginning of the game!

[@xantishayde-walker4593]

Yeah, I mean, how are you going to build a fireplace before you get Iron and the ability to work stone into blocks? Dirt fireplace?

[@vnolwen_art]

@@xantishayde-walker4593 That's one of my worries, yeah! I can't imagine how many of my own shelters could burn if I used it!

[@CoopsNME]

Its a world modifier so its not something you have to worry about unless you activate it.

[@xantishayde-walker4593]

@@CoopsNME Yeah, sure, it is a World Modifier, I just thought it was on by default. Honestly, I didn't pay enough attention when he was showing it to see if it was on or off, so I can't remember. Not gonna bother going back to the video, I'll just check it next time I play. At any rate, it would be interesting to have it on, since it would be a bit more realistic and a bit more challenging to use it, even if it's not on by default.

[@CoopsNME]

@@xantishayde-walker4593 yeah Im not disagreeing with you there, I think it's a fun mechanic to introduce. Just wanted to make you aware it's something you need to toggle on if it's something you want to play with

[@kaspian2338]

Troll raids happen after killing both a troll and Elder, but those greydwarf raids will be fun!

[@RockSuitJacket]

The no map is killing me. With settings that difficult, the map on is gonna be a game changer. I know you like your challenges, but MAN OH MAN I would never play that hahaha. Still, glad to watch you go through it. Always a good time!

[@sebastianGunnarson71]

No map makes you feel almost claustrophobic

[@robincalhoun8711]

Woohoo a new play through!! I'm excited to see how this goes.

[@robinsonmerillat1457]

aaaaand here we go. Excited to see your adventures.

[@coachyoung58]

So glad to see you back in Valheim man!

[@Kileez]

Excited for this new series! Good luck!

[@traceyhemmert5635]

So glad to see you putting content out again...missed my Hiccup fix. lol

[@M-Rini]

Finally a season I can catch from the beginning!

[@samueleklund3106]

Same same

[@Dyanosis]

What are you talking about? His other seasons are probably all uploaded. Just go and watch them from the beginning. Problem solved!

[@M-Rini]

@@Dyanosis I'm guessing you misunderstood "catch something from the beginning" with "catch up" to something with a lot of episodes already out. So yes I am catching this playthrough from the start and won't need to be plenty of episodes behind. I've already watched a lot of the other playthroughs as well, but never interacted in the comments because whatever I would say would already be irrelevant by the time I was caught up.

[@PhinzoSherpa]

Yessssss! This is what I've been waiting for.

[@pyrolitexb1657]

@Hiccup the Hermit, if you /sit next to a campfire you get 1 Rested, allows you to get the minimum rested bonus while out and about

[@pyrolitexb1657]

Also I could be wrong about this but I’m pretty sure you can’t be raided before you kill Eikthyr

[@pyrolitexb1657]

Got further in the video, I was wrong lol

[@hilmirorn6763]

@@pyrolitexb1657you can slo just press X on the keyboard and you sit down

[@IaIaCthulhuFtagn]

Missed job one. Build a fire so you can get the rested buff. Even before you build a house you can hit, I believe it's X, and you will sit down next to the fire and gain rested.

[@kaspian2338]

Those are some brutal settings. Gonna feel like constant raids. No maps? No portals? (Grabs the popcorn and settles in for the action)

[@HiccupTheHermit]

Heck yeah, hope you enjoy it! It's gonna be fun.

[@Jaristandbeeld]

@50:00 getting staggered by a boar. That's just epic.

[@todd_k]

Great stream. Makes me want to start up a new playthrough.

[@cameronfink7325]

I completely understand the boosted resource amounts but it is kinda funny seeing 4 full hides come off of one deer.

[@preechr]

A bad side effect of deleting the map is you lose the wind indicator, so its impossible to know if deer are downwind of you when stalking them. I can't imagine you don't have that indication while sailing, but I guess we'll see...

[@thehollyballs]

Just watch the wind blow, I'm pretty sure there's still little lines that blow by to indicate wind direction

[@anelpasic5232]

You can still see the wind regardless if the map is disabled.

[@davidb4509]

UI Help: when you’re in the menu and moving the slider to select how much of a stack you want to move, you can type the number of that item you want to move. If the stack has 50 and you only want 15, just type 1 5 when the slider is up. This works great for when you want just a few of something.

[@uberdan2836]

so glad to see you back! with the deer, even if youre sneaking, they can smell you, make sure the wind isnt blowing toward the deer if youre sneaking up to them you should build small posts along the path to store your items, and fires to light your path

[@bull3tsyndrom3]

Found this video/channel by chance. Love valheim and the intro and upbeat start to this video is amazing. Looking forward to checking out more of your content!

[@katiebodden1487]

You are also going to have to pay attention to fixing things. And always have wood on you for a bench and a roof against a tree. Works great.

[@preechr]

Good Luck! Playing Noble Fates (kinda like voxel Rimworld with z-levels) and your settlement gets visitors you can try to recruit or trade with. Last night I got a visit from the Hiccup Wanderers.

[@HiccupTheHermit]

Wanderers!? That's awesome!

[@preechr]

Apparently that game thinks you are an odd-ball looking dwarf leading a human and an orc around the wilderness trying to sell people deer

[@HiccupTheHermit]

Haha, that's actually pretty great. Grumpy little dude just wandering around. Love it.

[@GreatBumbino]

Navigation will be tricky. If you need to make a makeshift compass, remember the voxels align in the four cardinal directions, plus NE-SW. you can dig or fill a small mound, see where the sun rises or sets to get east and west, and boom, have a compass

[@jaydalonas6569]

It makes sense to wait on Eikthyr, it will pay in the long run to be more tactical. Even though it's a ways off before you get to Ashlands, I am thinking omg the Mistlands and the Queen fight on this difficulty!!! Not something I would do, but looking forward to see how you progress with these settings. It's gonna be a fun ride :)

[@corrick]

Back from vacation and have the first TWO episodes ready to go!! This is going to be great!

[@robertvinson5762]

Here for the journey!

[@meriwidget3474]

I'd never make it without a map lol, I have a terrible sense of direction and manage to get lost frequently even WITH a map lol.

[@surfmanfish]

Hooray Hiccup content!

[@Mikecrawfone]

YES! So stoked

[@HiccupTheHermit]

Glad to hear it. Hope you enjoy it! Thanks for watching.

[@izzyrizinti]

I think you only get the ground is shaking raids after killing Eik AND after you kill your first troll, so if you don't kill a troll until your base is safe, you should be ok. Maybe? lol Good luck anyway Hiccup. Looking forward to this whole playthrough.

[@Matakshaman]

It's the Elder and a troll. But it doesn't have to be killed by a player. Any troll death in the world counts, even if it was killed by mobs in a faraway biome

[@MrLammofgod]

Almost just started your journey to the Miss Land series without realizing there was a more recent current one 🤟 first timer! Digging your playthrough style so far

[@HiccupTheHermit]

Hope you Enjoy the content! Thanks for wandering out to the Digital Hermitage!

[@MrLammofgod]

@@HiccupTheHermit liking the videos so far man! Onto your smallands series next, I jusssst got done beating that before I came back to valheim

[@shmandos]

So excited for this new season! btw raids only happen when you have 3 "base building items" next to each other. ex: workbench campfire, furnace. I know its probably inconvenient but if you spread them out far enough then raids wont happen

[@uberdan2836]

how many people are yelling "YOU NEED FEATHERS FOR FLINT ARROWS!!"

[@thomasr7129]

The game even hinted at it, by having seagulls sit in front of him or fly by very close...

[@vladleanca7309]

Jeez, i can t guide myself with map on in mistlands, i wonder how u ll work it up. Good luck man! Looking forward to it

[@user-ruben2007]

Hey I just found your channel I was searching for some valheim content and I just realised I've been brushing my teeth for over an hour 😂 good content man

[@HiccupTheHermit]

Haha, that's is awesome! Thanks for wandering out to the Digital Hermitage and checking it out! Hope you enjoy the content!

[@Antonskii]

I just posted my first Valheim video ever, if you could let me know what you think about it I would highly appreciate it, any feedback is welcome!

[@itsmeliza3700]

The house is on fire so comical 😂😂😂😂

[@Swany1984]

Hmmmm.....this will be interesting...good luck!

[@HiccupTheHermit]

Thanks the the luck. Will need. Lol

[@lizvanwessem2055]

You don't need to worry about trolls till you've killed one. Not gonna do a link on your space but I know JP did a whole deep dive into the mechanics of what triggers troll raids 3 weeks ago, might be worth watching. I don't think there are any spoilers for Ashlands in it, but to save you watching it and possibly spoiling stuff, it boils down to, on regular lone player worlds like i assume yours is (i.e. not servers/player-based worlds etc), troll raids start after killing the elder AND killing a troll AND logging out - after you log back in after *both* those events happening, the ground is shaking will start up. So you don't need to worry about that as soon as you've taken down Eikyhr - just "the forest is moving" with all the greydwarves etc. BTW You're not the only one that loves those stone circles. I found one in a big meadow on the starter island, sloping down to the sea with an oak tree at the back of it. gorgeous. Built a house in the middle and after getting the pickaxe, started digging out around it. Right now there's the stone circle with a huge pit around it, then a walled garden behind that linked by a bridge, then a 'production' area behind that, also linked with a bridge, all with massive deep and wide trenches around it. Trolls? eff orrrrrrrrrrrf. *yawn* :D Even built a big platform on top of them once for a portal hub, topped with a geodesic dome. That was fun, that was in a world where I just went mad with building.... need to go back to that and experiment with all the new build stuff some time!

[@lizvanwessem2055]

p.s. if it makes you feel any better, just earlier today my husband set his house on fire... with a lot of muttering about fire modifiers being a bad thing....

[@HiccupTheHermit]

Nice! Sounds like an awesome build!

[@KPRoof]

Try a permadeath challenge next and see how far you can go 😉 Also good luck blocking a troll attack with 100 blocking skill 😅

[@guest578]

6:11 that sounds like boat life and being on the shore a lot. Plus a lot of stashes and dead drops.

[@prezi6578]

new playthrough. I’m out of college for the summer. Nature is healing.

[@sebastianGunnarson71]

You don’t need shelter to rest. You can hit x to sit next to a fire and you can rest anywhere

[@black_star1316]

Been waiting for this lets gooo

[@DokjaTTV]

Underrated channel

[@daily__shay]

let's gooooooooo, so hyped for this season!

[@HiccupTheHermit]

Hope you enjoy it! Thanks for watching!

[@theswanqueen4060]

Don't forget the feathers for the arrows😂

[@HiccupTheHermit]

Oh yeah ... I guess i didn't pick any up yet... Have i? Hmmm good catch.

[@mathiasharboegammelgaardha5396]

You sir, deserves a subsribe. I like the vibe!

[@HiccupTheHermit]

Oh thank you sooo much! A subscribe is always most appreciated! Thanks for wandering out to the Digital Hermitage and giving the channel a try!

[@wangtony9121]

I really enjoyed watching this meanwhile I’m a bit concerned the adventure won’t last long

[@dmitryfi9778]

U will gain tons of resources with 2x drop option on, may be return it to normal. And also will u pls make road signs down the trails. Gl in you journey

[@excancerpoik]

The fire spread is always in the ashlands the toggle just makes it global also idk if you know this but clicking a vegvisir turns your camera towards the boss but if you manually turn it will cancel

[@katiebodden1487]

I would say you are likely going to need to do outposts and alot of them. So small huts or whatever to drop stuff at close to what you are searching/stopping. I would say portals on the next lower setting be a better option with how tough everything is already. And yes you reset, no skills and no items. Trolls will be a b!tch constantly, same with spawners!

[@enogvizush3033]

Oooh, new season. I'll add some comments this time! 1. I think you're wrong about things getting easier as you go, I think with hardcore, later in the game will get harder and harder since the game expects you to build up more and more skills but dying will reset you to 0. I guess we'll see! 2. I hope this playthrough gets you out of the habit of not having rested constantly, it's nice for skill gain (which I bet will be super important) and having less stamina will get you killed against the x2 spawn rates. 3. As soon as you get a pick, get just enough for a karve and then bugger off back to your hidey hole. Then you can get your trusty finewood bow (axe optional, bash a beech log into a birch tree over and over, but you'll need extra fine wood for your boat so it might be a bit tedious) and the ability to go sailing (at a non-painful rate) for your fancy abyssal razor, which with x2 resource should be really cheap (for the sake of backup kits) and make you way more ready for trolls and rushing the elder. 4. Fortunately, troll event spawns after the elder dies, not after eikthyr. Unfortunately, the greydwarf swarm is surprisingly brutal; be ready to get swarmed by endless greydwarves that all hit like trucks and shamans that actually hurt. I'm writing this as I'm "conveniently away" from my mining outpost/2nd base that is currently swarmed by greydwarves.

[@matayodiablo8391]

So happy to see this!!! Question im stuck on 360p

[@TereusHecatonchires]

Haven't checked but i think when you choose "no map" setting the map should be only available to view through "cartographer table" or whatever it was called 😅

[@xorrozz5354]

I tried out these world settings and the first "The Forest is Moving" raid had me raging...the difficulty jump between biomes is gruesome

[@villijuusto]

with those settings we will see lots of pain and suffering

[@scavyboi]

I really wish Valheim had more rpg elements and a larger variety of gear. Maybe a light rarity system that fits into the vanilla game, like weapons that do +X% blunt DMG or slashing DMG. At the end of a hard dungeon there could be a chance to get a chest piece that gives a unique buff or an axe that does 20% more damage to wood so you can cut trees faster, etc

[@Antonskii]

I just posted my first Valheim video ever, if you could let me know what you think about it I would highly appreciate it, any feedback is welcome!

[@lionrence]

I can't imagine ashlands on hard, it's already a pain on normal

[@Branwhin]

Well CRAP. Hmm, that means I need to get my backside back into Valheim right immediately. Fire spread, eh? Curious. That's going to change some of the early architecture up a bit, isn't it! Is there also DAUB though? Going to be dang difficult to use a wooden chimney otherwise.

[@katiebodden1487]

Troll raid don't happen till you do elder and kill a troll. So you would have just gotten the Grey dorks with the shaman and brute.

[@99midnightgamer]

Dang it. Now I wanna try this. I have done hard-core mode before not like that😂

[@HiccupTheHermit]

Do it! Do it! Lol

[@cyrillachance3897]

Nice!

[@ReyvinHill1981]

The Ground Is Shaking happens after you kill The Elder and ONLY if you kill a troll. Don''t kill one and it won't happen.

[@kaylawright384]

New play through!!!

[@Bassalicious]

32:50 Pretty sure it's because you were upwind and the deer smelled you. That's a thing. Might also be low sneak skill though. Edit: 38:12 Yeah, same thing again - upwind.

[@janus1958]

Until you built the bed, I don't think you had the required items at your home to trigger a raid, you need three, and you only had 2 (campfire and workbench)

[@HiccupTheHermit]

I'm learning so much about raids with this episode. i never knew they were so thought out. Thanks for the info.

[@katiebodden1487]

Bonesmass is skeleton, draurgr, blobs, And oozers

[@whoopontrose2517]

Just skip the first boss and go for mining with Trolls if that still works

[@sirmicro]

this very hard setting is only possible with a party.. you'll find out why soon..

[@AviusL]

Stuff can catch on fire now? In Vanilla? WOoot?

[@farty90]

Hardcore!

[@HiccupTheHermit]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@chyenne73]

New sub...just watching and you mentioned you were trying to play as fast as you can....im assuming you know you can turn Hugin off? He's an annoying distraction when you are on hardcore. Good choice on the extra resources.

[@HiccupTheHermit]

Thanks for the Sub! Hope you enjoy the series!

[@iisthphir]

4:05 self improvement infomercial music fade out.

[@Bassalicious]

Every time you forage something you leave part of it behind. I can't.

[@GReimerGaming]

Hey man! I shot you a message on Discord! No business email listed on your channel so I hope you don't mind that I reached out there instead!

[@McManthony21]

Just saying X2 resources makes it slightly less hard, but I don't blame ya.

[@GaryJr1385]

What! But its a map marker the sign doesnt work like that how did you do that?

[@HiccupTheHermit]

Im pretty sure they've always done that. Just to give you a sense of direction to the boss. You just have to give it a solid second after your click on it for it to show you.

[@lizvanwessem2055]

Hiccup is right. I first saw other people mentioning this after the devs introduced the possibility of mapless playthroughs, along with suggestions for how to know which way to go when the vigisiwhatsitthingie is in a dungeon or something. just click then don't touch the mouse and you'll turn to face the way you should go.

[@GaryJr1385]

Wow that's awesome

[@thehollyballs]

Indeed, some folks use the world tree to navigate since it points west to east

[@huuua2]

[@HiccupTheHermit]

Gonna be fun! Lol

[@dogboydoug79]

The fire hazard is by default limited to ashlands but you can enable it worldwide in your world modifiers.

[@ericknutson8310]

are you doing your first playthrough on max hard settings? You're braver than I

[@romanw5055]

how will you find back to your base without a map once you go out to the sea?

[@HiccupTheHermit]

That... Is a good question. Lol

[@romanw5055]

@@HiccupTheHermit you have to learn how to read the stars, haha.

[@GaryJr1385]

I also started a new playthrough

[@HiccupTheHermit]

Luck on your new playthrough!

[@theodale1710]

No mods this time around? ^^,

[@jaw_1594]

54.02 lost queen bee

[@PapaKalu]

Double mats?

[@zelavalez]

the screen shake ruined this for me in 2 minutes, please disable it. ggwp

[@Dyanosis]

"Popped difficulty up to the maximum" - Meanwhile, with the 2x resource rate. Yeah... sure you did. Oh god, and screen shake? That's a nope.

[@lucaelo]

A lot of KZbinrs turn up resource harvesting, even on hardcore playthroughs. All it does is save time gathering in between episodes. Content creators spend hours and hours filming, editing, and prepping videos for you that are free to watch. Let them have time for sleep by turning up harvest rates, lol.