I have a seed where Bonemass' swamp is land locked and completely surrounded by mountains and plains. I had a lot of time invested in that world so I had to switch to another world to defeat him to get a wishbone and come back.

Originally posted by knighttemplar1960:

I have a seed where Bonemass' swamp is land locked and completely surrounded by mountains and plains. I had a lot of time invested in that world so I had to switch to another world to defeat him to get a wishbone and come back.

That sounds like a good challenge, what is the seed?

@Agent707 Yes, it was a sail, but since I am playing a 'no boss' run I needed to find a larger swamp with more opportunities for iron scrap from topside nodes and oozes.

But this seed might be a good iron mine seed for a multiplayer world (meaning one they can pop over too for the resources then back to their home seed).

@lorddrakenwode Sure, 6YUww50euU.

I never use the map 'revealer' as I like to explore and this has been a good one so far. I finally found Yagluths altar (before I found a vegvisir for it).

Having located all the boss altars and preloaded those I could (eggs, totems, etc.) I am now at the decision point as to whether or not to pull the boss trigger or keep it a no boss run until the next update.

Either way a 'no boss' run is something I will do again for sure. It rewards exploration and takes some unique approaches to progress.

No if we could only get 2 tears...just 2...

need a swamp ? i seeded this after the cave update - swamp islands, swamp rivers - bonemass on his own island - swamp heaven - 3ZpYtAVwkL

Originally posted by Eightball:

@lorddrakenwode Sure, 6YUww50euU.

There's actually 44 tombs on the south side of that swamp, which is where you're referring to!! Wow!

And, the swamp actually wraps around a mountain, with 12 more tombs on the north side of the island (same swamp)...

But, not really sure how useful all that is. It's pretty far away from where you would build a main base. And that's a long haul to sail with that much iron.

I rarely ever mine more than 12-15 tombs in any play through. ~3 boat loads.

Ok. I'll be that guy.

Who's RNG?

It stands for Random Number Generator.

Care to share the seed, in case others of us might like to play this world for ourselves?

Early on in the iron era, exploring is a catch 22. You are unlikely to spot crypts from a safe distance at sea during the day, and at night the lights you see may be misleading. So you usually place your bet on the biggest swamp you find with a nearby 'safe' access point. Then after investing in building a port/outpost, you find all sorts of things.. possibly including a nearby but hidden plains biome, but not a crypt in sight. You only dare fight the lowest of the low and night explorations are suicide, so you cautiously push the boundaries, explore, and in the end, find out that this nice big chunk of swamp has not a single crypt.

The only win in this scenario is not dying, or at least not dying where you can't retrieve your stuff.

This was fun, for a certain definition of fun, the first few runs, but after 2000 hours.. three tries and I summon the world generator, lol.

Originally posted by Eightball:

Have an interesting world seed so far.

Nice meadows, huge tracts (Monty Python anyone!) of forest and some really tall and expansive mountain ranges.

But the swamps I found were just anemic. Small to middling size patches and not one crypt in any of them.

Abominations? Check.

Wraiths? Check.

Draugr, blobs and skeletons? Check.

But not a crypt to be found.

Until I discovered 'the' swamp. Although not overly huge in size, it makes up for it in other ways. It not only contains a Bonemass altar, but 39 (yes, 39) crypts.

RNG was just toying with me.

Now what to do with all this 'potential'?

Build a castle on it. People will say your daft, but do it all the same to show them. When it sinks into the swamp, build a second one. When that one burns down, falls over, and then sinks into the swamp, build a third. That one should stay up.

P.S. Be sure to add some nice shrubbery.

As far as what to do... 16 copper, 2 bronze, a crypt-top smelting/forge/portal base, and make everything you want plus stock up a bunch of iron for future needs. I'd try to place the base in the middle of the largest group of crypts. By the time you're done with them, you'll have made and upgraded gear to the point that, with proper food and meads, you'll be god of the swamp and can easily cart out a nice load or three of iron to fill your longship for the next phase.

PS: firespark81 has a video on building an 'efficient swamp crypt base' - it is useful for showing you how to lay the foundation framework - just disregard anything past that and place your smelter on the large upper part, building around it (be sure and use half walls to block off ingots from falling underneath the base.

Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuge... *specific hand motions* tracks of land.

Yes. Sorry. Couldn't help myself.

All praise RNGesus. HIS will be done.

while my HUGE RNG landmass fully explored has 5 Crypts.. in its only Swamp. thats it the rest off shore.. (but it does have an egg nest a days walk from base :-) )