spawn points

I enjoy building castles with the best views possible, and for me that means views of large meadows with few trees and lots of wildlife. Instead of having a screen saver with a view of a fish tank, I can have a screen saver of a beautiful and vibrant world, with lots of wildlife foaming around in it. With this in mind I have some questions about spawn points.

1. does chopping down trees destroy spawn points?
2. does leveling terrain destroy spawn points?
3. Is there a way to view spawn points of Necks, Boars, Skeletons, Deer? I can see spawn points of Graydwarfs, and Dragur with the Valheim World Generator.
4. Is there a way to create spawn points with the cheat codes, and if so how to do it?
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Lil Puppy replied to spawn points March 2, 2023 @ 4:25:52 pm PST

This mod will allow you to spawn spawners in the world so you don't have to find a location with the spawners already in it. This way you can build where you want and have the creatures you want around.

EasySpawner
https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/374
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neock replied to spawn points March 2, 2023 @ 5:01:22 pm PST

hostiles do not spawn within radius of a workbench. thats the only way to stop spawns, other than to dig down to the water
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Frozztastic replied to spawn points March 2, 2023 @ 6:31:02 pm PST

I love the concept of using a game as a screen saver. I do it frequently with a few games. Besides Valheim, there is Dyson Sphere Program which makes an amazing screen saver.

No Mans Sky is always a good one, too.
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knighttemplar1960 replied to spawn points March 2, 2023 @ 6:51:00 pm PST

Yes there are specific spawn points for specific creatures.
https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Spawn_points
Not listed are spawn points for neck, deer, and birds which are always the same. Neck spawn points occur near water in the meadows. Deer and birds can (rarely) spawn even if the spawn point is inside the range of a workbench. This may be a bug or may be intended since birds and deer can't do damage.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2860289081
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2920176358
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2924127097
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jonnin replied to spawn points March 2, 2023 @ 1:48:58 pm PST

1 & 2 no, stuff will still spawn. I am not sure spawns are entirely tied to 'points' so much as 'put a grey dwarf out of LOS near player every 3 seconds' type logic.

3, the spawners are special things. They are physical 'buildings' that you can destroy that spawn the monsters. Again, the normal spawn is simply to create the monsters out of LOS near the player.

4. you can summon the spawn buildings for those specific enemy. And you can summon specific entities, like a troll. I don't know the codes.

note that workbenches, fires, and some other logic prevent spawning 'near' player structures, so building a castle will likely break spawns near it, to some distance. You can read the wiki on that ... there are a lot of details because most players want to keep monsters away.
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