To be honest I don't know the real life attributes of tar but I thought tar was flammable. Would be bloody awesome to flame up the tar pools

Originally posted by Fzanco:

To be honest I don't know the real life attributes of tar but I thought tar was flammable. Would be bloody awesome to flame up the tar pools

Fire pit

Originally posted by AsianGirlLover:

You can also use the hoe to raise the ground of the tar pits. It’s not as fun as digging a giant trench, but it’s aesthetically pleasing, at least.

Any items will raise up with the ground.

A friend tried this, and the tar blobules you can typically pick did not raise with the bit, only items previously stuck in the tar. Do this and you're missing out on a ton of tar.

You can raise dirt on tar pits which is a worse method than just digging.... but that's what I did the first time I encountered them.

Originally posted by sarteck:

Originally posted by AsianGirlLover:

You can also use the hoe to raise the ground of the tar pits. It’s not as fun as digging a giant trench, but it’s aesthetically pleasing, at least.

Any items will raise up with the ground.

A friend tried this, and the tar blobules you can typically pick did not raise with the bit, only items previously stuck in the tar. Do this and you're missing out on a ton of tar.

Yeah just tried that and its a hit an miss, some stuck blobs did raise... but sometimes not enough to be clickable from under ground. Seemed like leveling tool was better than raising it with stone for this too. There could be technique involved so i'd not count the method out yet but yeah, im gonna keep to digging.

Is there any method other than killing the tar blobs and digging a canal to drain it?

Kill the blobs with a bow, set up a workbench so they don't respawn (use your anti poison potion). Dig a deep tench to empty the pit out.

That's what I do.

Tar pits sometimes are near Fuling camps. Put on fast armor with Eikthyr blessing and run through the Fuling camp and draw them to the tar pit. They'll clear it out and then you can do the drain-and-workbench tactic to get the tar and keep the growths from re-spawning.

You can also use the hoe to raise the ground of the tar pits. It’s not as fun as digging a giant trench, but it’s aesthetically pleasing, at least.

Any items will raise up with the ground.

I've searched 4 hours on my old world. Could't find even one tar pit -_-

Originally posted by MuneGeek:

I've searched 4 hours on my old world. Could't find even one tar pit -_-

Leave meadows !






https://valheim-map.world
has allready tar pits marker

Explored several plains, 2 of them quite big, haven't found a single pit ( but i found a stone structure i've never seen before, so i guess my old world did generate new content).
Will keep exploring, but is the tar really important? Would like to use the new wood structures (not interested in the jacuzzi), is there any other use?

Don't get attached to your early access worlds--nature of development, there will be times where you need to restart for new content to work. If you're really attached to one then world hopping is your best option. As for the usefulness of tar--right now it's got some crafting uses but I wouldn't be surprised if it became useful for more things as Early Access provides more content. It's a resource--maybe not vital immediately or even ever for that matter, but it's another option in the game if you want to pursue it. Don't like it then don't use it, completely your choice.

Originally posted by Siegfried67:

Explored several plains, 2 of them quite big, haven't found a single pit ( but i found a stone structure i've never seen before, so i guess my old world did generate new content).
Will keep exploring, but is the tar really important? Would like to use the new wood structures (not interested in the jacuzzi), is there any other use?

For me it was the black metal chest. It's got soooooo much room and I have an abundance of black metal.

Originally posted by kirisute:

and be aware that Tar has a fluid dynamics...so you can dig the pit downhill and it will flow away allowing for more tar collection of the stuff "stuck in tar"

This is the biggest stealth update in H&H, dynamic fluids have *so* much potential if water gets modified to follow the same rules later.

Given there are already third party tools to roll back exploration of older saves or transfer your buildings to new worlds, I say IG made the right call focusing their efforts on core engine upgrades.

Nope
1: find a "plains" you did not explore
2: get the tar from a other seed (good old worldhopping)

If you scoutet the whole map, and you dont want to use worldhopping or even the console, then yes

Originally posted by BGratz:

Nope
1: find a "plains" you did not explore
2: get the tar from a other seed (good old worldhopping)

If you scoutet the whole map, and you dont want to use worldhopping or even the console, then yes

another great implementation by the developer team!

Well thats EA
It is as it is

here a mod that help you :https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/1485

Originally posted by Fras:

here a mod that help you https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/1485

I removed the ":" it made the link unclickable

Originally posted by icemanik:

Originally posted by BGratz:

Nope
1: find a "plains" you did not explore
2: get the tar from a other seed (good old worldhopping)

If you scoutet the whole map, and you dont want to use worldhopping or even the console, then yes

another great implementation by the developer team!

its a standard implementation and one they made very clear in all their posts!
new content will only generate in newly discovered areas.
so your old world will generate all new content in unexplored areas (anywhere outside of 500m exploration)
they cant win either way; either your old world works but you have to explore (WWWAaaaaaaaa im not happy because i have to work for new content)
or
your old world is essentially dead as all new content will only spawn in new seeds (wWWWWAAAaaaaaaa im not happy because my old world wont work and ive lost all my building)

cant have it both ways....and the way they have implemented the updates; and most previous ones and by the sound of it most upcoming ones is a simple solution that will allow current players to keep their builds in the majority of cases

Originally posted by BGratz:

Originally posted by Fras:

here a mod that help you https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/1485

I removed the ":" it made the link unclickable

my bad,thanks

Found a few tar pits so far on my sparsely explored old world so no, you don't need to play on a new map.

and be aware that Tar has a fluid dynamics...so you can dig the pit downhill and it will flow away allowing for more tar collection of the stuff "stuck in tar"