To begin, I am a solo player. I have been loving Valheim for a few weeks now, but suddenly I have become frustrated with it. I defeated Eikthyr early enough in the game and had occasional "the forest is moving" events. Maybe once every 10-15 game days. No worries, I can gather, rebuild and explore in that time. I had a few poorly defended houses ravaged, but typically had time to rebuild, and then explore, before the next assault. Recently, after defeating The Elder, I have run into so many events, about 1 every 3-5 game days, that my progress has virtually halted. All I can do is defend, die, repair, defend, die, repair.

NOT fun :( What is the typical event spawn time, and what are the triggers, if any, so I can avoid them? I had "a foul smell" (first time) and got killed, all my boars were killed (about 10 of them) and all my Wolves also died (3 or 4 of them) and I got sent to original spawn. 2 or 3 game days later "the ground shakes", I lose half my base and die of course, while just farming to improve defences with wood and stone. 3 or 5 days later "the ground shakes" and all my repairs are destroyed (but at least I killed both trolls). Rebuild, repair. etc. I have had 2 more "swamp" events since then, like every 3-5 game days, and one occurred when I was away from base, but near a "camp site". I mean, this does not seem very balanced to me? I have troll armor, bronze weps, fine bow, etc., but being hit every 3-5 game days by raids is going to make me abandon this game :(

Anyone else stuck in this spot? Is this normal for the game? I can't even consider searching for or going to Swamps when I can't even defend my Meadow base from spawns :(

It really seems like the spawn rate for "events" needs to be decreased, or at least be based/moderated on the number of players in the game. 10 players can take on a 3 day spawn much easier than a solo player.

Any thoughts on my rant are welcome...