Oh all the little piggies will grunt...
So i was out there raiding crypts but just went home for a single effing minute to repair my pickaxe when i had the strangest event. Something like "you stired the cauldron" or so i should be called. (i'm playing in german so i don't exactly know.) At first i didn't even realise i was under attack but when i did, i rushed outside to find my boar farm attacked by a massive swarm of bats! I didn't even know such an event existed... I tried to fight but many of them just ignored me and slaughtered my entire pen of two star boars. I had absolutely zero chance defending them. So frustrating. So brave fellow vikings hear the wisdom of Vidar Bragison: always build a barn to enclose your tamed animals! Learn from my mistakes!
5:13 pm, April 24, 2022
electricdawn replied to Oh all the little piggies will grunt... April 25, 2022 @ 10:50:36 am PDT
There are a few items that will prevent spawning of enemies, not only workbenches. camp fires, bonfires and wards will do that as well. I think there's more stuff that does it. I always use workbenches, though, since I can use them to repair my stake wall quickly.
8:13 pm, April 25, 2022
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TVMAN replied to Oh all the little piggies will grunt... April 25, 2022 @ 11:31:16 am PDT
Yeah the bat and drake invasions are why my 2 star boar herd is in a large enclosed barn in the middle of my settlement.
This is false. I have workbench, torch, and ward coverage all across my settlement and mobs do not spawn within the walls as a result. It's not a small settlement either
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2799707807
Its not just bats, its any "invasion". Defenses don't matter, the mobs will spawn where ever you are located. I have lost my pigs 3xs to this issue now (bad timing of an invasion spawning right as I'm harvesting my veggies or feeding my pigs), its getting rediculous. What is the point of offering defensive buildings, if they are just gonna be useless. Mobs should NOT be able to spawn INSIDE your base. It makes no sense at all!
This is false. I have workbench, torch, and ward coverage all across my settlement and mobs do not spawn within the walls as a result. It's not a small settlement either
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2799707807
8:13 pm, April 25, 2022
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PakaNoHida replied to Oh all the little piggies will grunt... April 25, 2022 @ 11:36:48 am PDT
The bats are pretty annoying, not really a threat but they break stuff.
Would enjoy the addition of something like a big bell you could ring to drive them away. Lots of bronze but well worth it.
A giant brass bell maybe?
8:13 pm, April 25, 2022
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retsam1 replied to Oh all the little piggies will grunt... April 25, 2022 @ 11:42:48 am PDT
Its not just bats, its any "invasion". Defenses don't matter, the mobs will spawn where ever you are located. I have lost my pigs 3xs to this issue now (bad timing of an invasion spawning right as I'm harvesting my veggies or feeding my pigs), its getting rediculous. What is the point of offering defensive buildings, if they are just gonna be useless. Mobs should NOT be able to spawn INSIDE your base. It makes no sense at all!
This just simply isn't true unless you've not set up your base adequately.
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Brock replied to Oh all the little piggies will grunt... April 25, 2022 @ 12:05:59 pm PDT
Yep, that is the ideaThe bats are pretty annoying, not really a threat but they break stuff.
Would enjoy the addition of something like a big bell you could ring to drive them away. Lots of bronze but well worth it.
A giant brass bell maybe?
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Nikki replied to Oh all the little piggies will grunt... April 25, 2022 @ 9:25:23 am PDT
Its not just bats, its any "invasion". Defenses don't matter, the mobs will spawn where ever you are located. I have lost my pigs 3xs to this issue now (bad timing of an invasion spawning right as I'm harvesting my veggies or feeding my pigs), its getting rediculous. What is the point of offering defensive buildings, if they are just gonna be useless. Mobs should NOT be able to spawn INSIDE your base. It makes no sense at all!
5:13 pm, April 25, 2022
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Brock replied to Oh all the little piggies will grunt... April 25, 2022 @ 9:29:46 am PDT
Its not just bats, its any "invasion". Defenses don't matter, the mobs will spawn where ever you are located. I have lost my pigs 3xs to this issue now (bad timing of an invasion spawning right as I'm harvesting my veggies or feeding my pigs), its getting rediculous. What is the point of offering defensive buildings, if they are just gonna be useless. Mobs should NOT be able to spawn INSIDE your base. It makes no sense at all!
I think they won't spawn inside a workbench's circle. So you have to leave enough standing to cover your base (which I don't always do, sometimes plop it down and then destroy it after making a stake wall or what not).
5:13 pm, April 25, 2022
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Brock replied to Oh all the little piggies will grunt... April 24, 2022 @ 1:13:13 pm PDT
The bats are pretty annoying, not really a threat but they break stuff.
Would enjoy the addition of something like a big bell you could ring to drive them away. Lots of bronze but well worth it.
Would enjoy the addition of something like a big bell you could ring to drive them away. Lots of bronze but well worth it.
11:13 pm, April 24, 2022
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electricdawn replied to Oh all the little piggies will grunt... April 24, 2022 @ 1:14:39 pm PDT
That's actually a pretty neat idea, @Brock. Love it.
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VorteX replied to Oh all the little piggies will grunt... April 24, 2022 @ 1:32:50 pm PDT
As someone who recently lost his entire herd of 2-star boars - turned into red mist by a single whack by a 2-star troll - i lend you my empathy.
Additional security measures are now mandatory for bacon.
Additional security measures are now mandatory for bacon.
11:13 pm, April 24, 2022
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TangoBlue replied to Oh all the little piggies will grunt... April 24, 2022 @ 2:05:20 pm PDT
They can get into your house if you don't have glass or shutter over the windows...found that out the hard way...royal pain to get them without destroying the inside trying to swat them...
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blankitosonic replied to Oh all the little piggies will grunt... April 24, 2022 @ 10:17:57 am PDT
Its the last new event , introduced when mountain caves was ( where bats are )
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PakaNoHida replied to Oh all the little piggies will grunt... April 24, 2022 @ 10:28:06 am PDT
My condolences. Learning moment for all right now.
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jonnin replied to Oh all the little piggies will grunt... April 24, 2022 @ 12:49:08 pm PDT
Flying enemy are the most dangerous raids --- there isnt anything you can do about them breaking stuff from time to time. Beehives are easy to fix but due to their unhappiness when enclosed, you can't really save those, and they will also wreck your garden (always keep a few seeds back).
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electricdawn replied to Oh all the little piggies will grunt... April 24, 2022 @ 1:09:47 pm PDT
Wow, I wasn't even aware that bats could kill two star boars. I would think they should be able to defend themselves against bats. They don't have much health, after all.
Learned something new!
Learned something new!
8:13 pm, April 24, 2022
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