rate of spawn aside the no-spawn-zones just do not seem to be working anymore. I have a one workbench sized farm with 2 benches protected it all terrain raised up and they pop up on it (and can't get down) so if they get aggroed they trash the crops. That was not an issue some time back.
I can't complain though, so far I have lost like 2 wheat plants and gained 200 deer meat, 100 boar meat, related skins and junk, 500+ wood/stone/resin/dwarf junk, a half stack of needle, a full stack of dark iron, 20 or so ooze (invasion!), and more. Every morning is a 2 trip cleanup job.

The rate does not bother me, but I can see how it could. You can't do anything your first trip into the BF from it all, unless you start fires around whatever you wanted to do.

The best way I have found to control enemy spawns is to dig a pit and trap greylings in it without killing them. Only so many creatures will spawn in a certain radius from you (this does not appear to affect wandering patrols), as such if you fill up all/most of the 'slots' with trapped greylings it keeps things pretty quiet and manageable.

If hostile creatures are spanning within a workbench radius inside your walled base, something has gone wrong with the copy of the game on your device.

Validate your game files. You have no mods now, did you ever have any? If so, there may be a residual mod file that was missed in the uninstall process. You might have to uninstall Valheim, delete the folder manually, and then reinstall Valheim.

A word about the workbench radius. It is the radius of a hemisphere not a cylinder. That means that while the base of your wall may be in the workbench radius the top of the wall may not. For example, if you have a 4 meter high circular earth wall whose outside edge is just within the workbench radius, the top surface of the wall will be outside the workbench radius. Mobs can spawn atop the wall and slide or jump down to the base interior.

Throw down some antispawn structures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C9fKFg6bmw&t=312s, and walk around with your hammer and a build item to make sure the areas of concern are blanketed by antispawn mechanisms.

Night time spawns x10 worse than day time. I have the same issue. I have a bit of OCD and the grey dwarfs were really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ me. Best tip is to go through the forest biome near your base and kill every grey dwarf spawn you can find. (Looks like a big glowing purple/pink fire) That way the day time can be relatively quiet once you have taken them all out.
It just doesn't seem as if the devs would have play tested this very much as it is one of the worst spawning systems I've ever come across in a survival game and I've played a lot.
Trolls take a couple of days to respawn but i really don't know why we have to have a random grey dwarf scout 50m in every direction.

Originally posted by iSurvivedRKelly:

Night time spawns x10 worse than day time. I have the same issue. I have a bit of OCD and the grey dwarfs were really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ me. Best tip is to go through the forest biome near you base and kill every grey dwarf spawn you can find. That way the day time can be relatively quiet once you have taken them all out.
It just doesn't seem as if the devs would have play tested this very much as it is one of the worst spawning systems I've ever come across in a survival game and I've played a lot.

The closest black forest doesn't have any spawns in it and this is happening in the day, not night time.

Originally posted by zxzc77:

Originally posted by iSurvivedRKelly:

Night time spawns x10 worse than day time. I have the same issue. I have a bit of OCD and the grey dwarfs were really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ me. Best tip is to go through the forest biome near you base and kill every grey dwarf spawn you can find. That way the day time can be relatively quiet once you have taken them all out.
It just doesn't seem as if the devs would have play tested this very much as it is one of the worst spawning systems I've ever come across in a survival game and I've played a lot.

The near by black forest doesn't have any spawns in it and this is happening in the day, not night time.

It should definitely be spawning a lot less then if that's any consolation. They are very annoying. But during daytime even in the black forest you should be getting far less spawns, if they're all destroyed.

Also do you use a bed to sleep? Sleeping with respawn most things so i never sleep and build a few workbenches around my base to keep them from annoying me at night.

Alternatively look up a youtube video of how to build a moat on water.

Originally posted by zxzc77:

I'll be in the walled off, outside area of my base. Turn around, turn around again, and there's a greydwarf that spawns almost up against my ass. They'll do that within range of a bed, 2 fires, crafting table, and forge all at once. A few times I've even caught them actually spawning if I turn my camera fast enough.

Is this supposed to happen? Because that feels like a glitch. But it also keeps happening.

Edit: while writing this, an enemy spawned beside me and started beaning me with rocks.
Edit2: I should clarify, this is happening in the day.

its an engine issue with unreal, follow games replicate same annoyance [citadel forged with fire, Rust, The Forest, and Dark and Light]

How big is your outside area? Maybe there‘s a spot that is not „covered“ by a workbench radius, so that there enimies can spawn.

Originally posted by Gregomoto:

How big is your outside area? Maybe there‘s a spot that is not „covered“ by a workbench radius, so that there enimies can spawn.

It's small enough that one workbench covers the entire thing and goes past the walls. But I have 3 workbenches around the area.

Originally posted by zxzc77:

Originally posted by Gregomoto:

How big is your outside area? Maybe there‘s a spot that is not „covered“ by a workbench radius, so that there enimies can spawn.

It's small enough that one workbench covers the entire thing and goes past the walls. But I have 3 workbenches around the area.

What mods do you have installed.

I've had the same issue in one of my bases. It is really annoying, not dangerous as they are a non threat now but still annoying as the whole base is secured and it's not even big.

Originally posted by wizard_of_woz:

Originally posted by zxzc77:

It's small enough that one workbench covers the entire thing and goes past the walls. But I have 3 workbenches around the area.

What mods do you have installed.

no mods

Night time is absolutely more dangerous than day. There are more enemy spawns, more dangerous enemies spawn and high level enemies are unlocked. Start your exploration early in the day, and retreat to base at night.

Originally posted by zxzc77:

I'll be in the walled off, outside area of my base. Turn around, turn around again, and there's a greydwarf that spawns almost up against my ass. They'll do that within range of a bed, 2 fires, crafting table, and forge all at once. A few times I've even caught them actually spawning if I turn my camera fast enough.

Is this supposed to happen? Because that feels like a glitch. But it also keeps happening.

Edit: while writing this, an enemy spawned beside me and started beaning me with rocks.
Edit2: I should clarify, this is happening in the day.

Indeed, I made a similar post.. they definetily did something to spawner elements and spawn rates in some update the past few months... cuz I tested this thoroughly, even with "KIllall" cheat, '22 enemies killed' and just a few seconds later, I re-type it and yet again 15-20 killed.. During the day, in meadows... It helps with resources gathering, but I remember it used to take like 1-2 in game days for deer outside my start base to respawn, but now they will respawn the same day.. It is like +100-200% respawn speed or smt, compared to when we played our 1st playthrough.