Originally posted by PakaNoHida:

Originally posted by blankitosonic:

Good seeds : pangea type seeds ( continental type that can reach from center to almost ash lands/deep north) , with every biome close , swamps with a fat numbers of crypts and bosses in the same continent , sailing only is for hunting serpents in these type of seeds
Big islands seconds in good seeds , just add some more sailing

Bad seeds : little islands with everything far aways , swamps with few crypts , mountain islands with few or no one caves , and bosses very far far away each another

That's for you, I hate pangea seeds.

Originally posted by Ɣɪ¢♰ɪɱƧ:

Originally posted by blankitosonic:

Good seeds : pangea type seeds ( continental type that can reach from center to almost ash lands/deep north) , with every biome close , swamps with a fat numbers of crypts and bosses in the same continent , sailing only is for hunting serpents in these type of seeds
Big islands seconds in good seeds , just add some more sailing

Bad seeds : little islands with everything far aways , swamps with few crypts , mountain islands with few or no one caves , and bosses very far far away each another

Thank you, this kinds gives me a good notion of what to look for if I start another world. I guess that right now I'm somewhere in between. I have lots of basic stuff handy but more advanced areas/materials are nowhere to be found so I'll most likely have to make a secondary coastal base.

Originally posted by retsam1:

This website can help you see whether you just need to explore more on the map or opt to use another:

https://valheim-map.world/

It can show you where everything is on the seed you input. And it also can let you check out other seeds and what they may offer.

That's a really useful tool! Thank you everybody for the help, I really appreciate it.

Originally posted by GunsForBucks:

Originally posted by retsam1:

This website can help you see whether you just need to explore more on the map or opt to use another:

https://valheim-map.world/

It can show you where everything is on the seed you input. And it also can let you check out other seeds and what they may offer.

Kind of ruins the whole explore experience though.
I have played close to 30 different worlds and never looked any of them up.

It really is about the experience desired. If you just want to make the game easy you can use console commands for everything too.

Originally posted by Rocksalt:

Originally posted by Ɣɪ¢♰ɪɱƧ:

Thank you, this kinds gives me a good notion of what to look for if I start another world. I guess that right now I'm somewhere in between. I have lots of basic stuff handy but more advanced areas/materials are nowhere to be found so I'll most likely have to make a secondary coastal base.




That's a really useful tool! Thank you everybody for the help, I really appreciate it.

Originally posted by GunsForBucks:

Kind of ruins the whole explore experience though.
I have played close to 30 different worlds and never looked any of them up.

It really is about the experience desired. If you just want to make the game easy you can use console commands for everything too.

It only ruins the experience if you have a photographic memory which most people don't have.

That world generator will show you if a Maypole exists in a seed and a LOT of them don't. Similar with Trader locations but for a different reason. You can complete all the boss fights without ever finding him.

The only way to find out these things as far as I know is using that site. I've used the randomiser for a glance and by the time I put the seed into a new map, I don't really recall much of anything I saw.

Originally posted by blankitosonic:

Originally posted by GunsForBucks:

Kind of ruins the whole explore experience though.
I have played close to 30 different worlds and never looked any of them up.

It really is about the experience desired. If you just want to make the game easy you can use console commands for everything too.

With that logic , dont use the map too , ruins the exploration when you can use your memory ingame lolz

Originally posted by blankitosonic:

Good seeds : pangea type seeds ( continental type that can reach from center to almost ash lands/deep north) , with every biome close , swamps with a fat numbers of crypts and bosses in the same continent , sailing only is for hunting serpents in these type of seeds
Big islands seconds in good seeds , just add some more sailing

Bad seeds : little islands with everything far aways , swamps with few crypts , mountain islands with few or no one caves , and bosses very far far away each another

Originally posted by blankitosonic:

Good seeds : pangea type seeds ( continental type that can reach from center to almost ash lands/deep north) , with every biome close , swamps with a fat numbers of crypts and bosses in the same continent , sailing only is for hunting serpents in these type of seeds
Big islands seconds in good seeds , just add some more sailing

Bad seeds : little islands with everything far aways , swamps with few crypts , mountain islands with few or no one caves , and bosses very far far away each another

Originally posted by retsam1:

This website can help you see whether you just need to explore more on the map or opt to use another:

https://valheim-map.world/

It can show you where everything is on the seed you input. And it also can let you check out other seeds and what they may offer.

Originally posted by GunsForBucks:

No that is just the game.

Originally posted by Ɣɪ¢♰ɪɱƧ:

Is there a way to know if you're in a bad seed? Aside from personal preferences, of course.
I've been in 2 worlds right now and one was a big meadow surrounded by big black forest with the altar for the 2nd boss pretty handy.
Now I'm on a huge meadow everywhere with very small patches of black forest that are not big enough to spawn interesting things like dungeons and minerals and the 2nd boss was really really far. Plus sailing is not great because I'm surrounded by lakes and I only found one narrow gulf to exit into the ocean (or I could walk all the way to the shore and make a mini-dock there far away from my base). Oh and I can't find swamps anywhere, just mountains which I can't access due to cold.

So, I guess my question for seasoned players would be... Did I get unlucky? I'm still having lots of fun but I feel like I'm missing out on something. Or is that just the way it's supposed to be? I'm not complaining, for the record, just wondering if trying out other seeds and looking for specific things there would be more fun.

Thanks in advance.

Originally posted by retsam1:

Good/bad in this sense is subjective. You feel you're unlucky while other players may like it for its challenges to venture out from or other reasons.

If you're simply looking for a map with all or most all bosses on one land mass or the like, there are various thread that have discussed that or you can use the wiki's seed list for such.

Originally posted by Ɣɪ¢♰ɪɱƧ:

Originally posted by retsam1:

Good/bad in this sense is subjective. You feel you're unlucky while other players may like it for its challenges to venture out from or other reasons.

If you're simply looking for a map with all or most all bosses on one land mass or the like, there are various thread that have discussed that or you can use the wiki's seed list for such.

Thank you for your answer.
The bosses was just one detail to underline how differently arranged the two maps were, it's the lack of cores to build portals or more smelters, or no swamps to be found, etc. I just wanted to make sure I was enjoying the game as it should be for a first timer and not just got a more challenging than intended RNG. But if the nature of the game is to take it slow, lay back and explore I can also appreciate that. I'm liking the game so far and enjoying it dearly it's just that I reached a wall now in terms of progress.

Originally posted by retsam1:

Originally posted by Ɣɪ¢♰ɪɱƧ:

Thank you for your answer.
The bosses was just one detail to underline how differently arranged the two maps were, it's the lack of cores to build portals or more smelters, or no swamps to be found, etc. I just wanted to make sure I was enjoying the game as it should be for a first timer and not just got a more challenging than intended RNG. But if the nature of the game is to take it slow, lay back and explore I can also appreciate that. I'm liking the game so far and enjoying it dearly it's just that I reached a wall now in terms of progress.

This website can help you see whether you just need to explore more on the map or opt to use another:

https://valheim-map.world/

It can show you where everything is on the seed you input. And it also can let you check out other seeds and what they may offer.

Originally posted by GunsForBucks:

Originally posted by retsam1:

This website can help you see whether you just need to explore more on the map or opt to use another:

https://valheim-map.world/

It can show you where everything is on the seed you input. And it also can let you check out other seeds and what they may offer.

Kind of ruins the whole explore experience though.
I have played close to 30 different worlds and never looked any of them up.

It really is about the experience desired. If you just want to make the game easy you can use console commands for everything too.

Originally posted by GunsForBucks:

Originally posted by retsam1:

This website can help you see whether you just need to explore more on the map or opt to use another:

https://valheim-map.world/

It can show you where everything is on the seed you input. And it also can let you check out other seeds and what they may offer.

Kind of ruins the whole explore experience though.
I have played close to 30 different worlds and never looked any of them up.

It really is about the experience desired. If you just want to make the game easy you can use console commands for everything too.