@GunsForBucks: The wall I have been referring to is an earthen wall not fencing so I'm not sure the glitch thru applies. However, the boars have a notable tendency to press up against it all the time. If this was ARK or Subnautica with the slow graphics loading I would easily think the boars were rendering 1st and just walking through the space the wall would eventually occupy lol.
This screenshot shows my luxurious pigpen. I had set it up this way for the goal of incorporating existing features (water & vegetation). Beyond the earthen wall is the rest of the creek and adding an additional exterior barrier would encroach on some good Neck spawning areas. I think I'll try placing some simple pole fencing right on the inside of the earthen wall for the layering effect.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2579443765

Originally posted by us271934:

@GunsForBucks: The wall I have been referring to is an earthen wall not fencing so I'm not sure the glitch thru applies. However, the boars have a notable tendency to press up against it all the time. If this was ARK or Subnautica with the slow graphics loading I would easily think the boars were rendering 1st and just walking through the space the wall would eventually occupy lol.
This screenshot shows my luxurious pigpen. I had set it up this way for the goal of incorporating existing features (water & vegetation). Beyond the earthen wall is the rest of the creek and adding an additional exterior barrier would encroach on some good Neck spawning areas. I think I'll try placing some simple pole fencing right on the inside of the earthen wall for the layering effect.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2579443765

How do you build dirt walls like that?

I can only guess they get out between gaps due to the way it was made?

This is a known issue.

Having a double wall seems to prevent it. Having your pen be part of the outer wall just randomly will let them escape.

Back when I first started playing a friend had a boar pen and they kept escaping. He checked online and found out it was a thing so I put up another wall around the pen.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2587149812

Now though, if I make a boar pen, I will dig a pit and just put one fence around it to keep stuff from falling in.

I put my boars in a tree so I could stop worrying about them getting got by mobs.

Other mobs crossed my mind, depending whats near by, may account for the missing ones, I have a bunch of basic wolves wondering around my perimeter, still only playing with 1st boss defeated. And when the 'Forest moves', brutes can claim the odd wolf.

I have to say 'us271', I like your style of play, just peeped your review, gave a thumbs up etc, I too have been enjoying the same freedom Valheim allows, by trying my best to avoid spoilers, and play at a low level, as far as I can. In my troll hide armour I have been going places I really shouldn't be. Absolute hoot, and loving the ability to freely explore, build and poke scary, more dangerous things.

Paincan, I have visions of getting ambushed by boars dropping from trees now, making shrieking noises as they fall !! Fanks :)

I'm way inland and my water table is not connected to the ocean swells. It is aligned with a nearby creek water level that does not rise and fall from what I've seen over many game days. I'm still leaning toward Loki pulling a prank and had a pig roasting party with my boars.

I could see an ocean swell lifting boars up and out of their pen if the heights were right. I have a seaside base that I built up to prevent that.

Originally posted by us271934:

I'm way inland and my water table is not connected to the ocean swells. It is aligned with a nearby creek water level that does not rise and fall from what I've seen over many game days. I'm still leaning toward Loki pulling a prank and had a pig roasting party with my boars.

I could see an ocean swell lifting boars up and out of their pen if the heights were right. I have a seaside base that I built up to prevent that.

If you're not close enough to it, the game doesnt account for that via the load. No matter where you place things- height matters.

Happened to me yesterday, I assumed it was either a glitch or due to being next to the shore on Meadow/BlackForest; I found the boar just outside the fenced area which was just barely above a "high wave" line. So, perhaps placement on map height is glitching with high waves from the shore?

I have to wonder if Odin had a part to play in it, perhaps he sent Thor to collect tribute while you were out and about, you know, tasty **bacon !?

Indeed it is strange, I am aware of wolf cubs, piggies glitching through when born, or maybe pushed, but as you know, they often can be found near by somewhere.

Originally posted by Dogbix:

I have to wonder if Odin had a part to play in it, perhaps he sent Thor to collect tribute while you were out and about, you know, tasty **bacon !?

Indeed it is strange, I am aware of wolf cubs, piggies glitching through when born, or maybe pushed, but as you know, they often can be found near by somewhere.

Yeah, I've had a few piggies squirt thru a fence if the mama was positioned right. Just like when I put up my 2nd portal reversed and popped thru the wall the 'active' side was up against lol

All these boars were mature though. I've done some remodeling of the perimeter moat, high dirt wall and bridge access. Well see if anything happens again (which won't prove anything really). If it comes down to it I'll bet on Loki being behind it all.

Hmmm, that could be an interesting intentional RNG mechanic if the devs were evil enough

Originally posted by Honorable_D:

How the hell you get 2 star boar when only beaten 1 boss?

Maybe he has their base something aways from the center of the map ( sacrifice stones ) and is still meadows

Getting higher stars on boars has nothing with killing bosses...
and yes they can glitch out from the fench. if close to the water high waves can wash your boars away.

Originally posted by Halfdan:

Getting higher stars on boars has nothing with killing bosses...
and yes they can glitch out from the fench. if close to the water high waves can wash your boars away.

My **boars were on the far edge of my starter island right next to a chunk of Black Forest. The rest of the island (it's seems pretty big so far) only has no stars or *boars. I've been able to SLOWLY get wild **boars to chase me to other bases because I have no harpoons, etc. to drag them. Since I've not really explored beyond this island (with +600 game days) I've not left too many stones unturned. There's actually a piece of Mountain biome that I've bumped into also but have not explored with my lower end gear.

Halfdan, I'm pretty far inland and the water table I've hit is connected to a creek and doesn't go up and down unlike nearer the coastal beaches. The simple fence containing the boars is completely inside my moated and walled base so if they glitched thru it would be into an area they couldn't likely walk out of either. A mystery to keep an eye on.

How the hell you get 2 star boar when only beaten 1 boss?