Originally posted by Valgard:

nope, but they hardly pose a threat. when mining you can easily kill em even with a pick

yeah but still ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ annoying man they dont even give anything special just there to be annoying as ♥♥♥♥

They run from fire so if you are mining copper drop a workstation and build a campfire. They will do the hokey pokey with the fire and not bother you too much. Once you get enough armor you can pretty much ignore everything but the shaman and the brutes.

You can only skill up on your weapons by killing things. The mobs that you have surpassed provide things to kill, as well as useful drops. The mobs that you have not surpassed supply additional interest. And when they gang up, you are going to gain skill and drops or die.

I find the greydwarfs a bit more than annoying. They aren't hard to kill, of course, once you are past a certain rather low point, but their pathetic attempts at attack become depressing. The explanation that the runestones give for their origin stretches credibility -- are there really that many great murderers and criminals in Viking society? -- and sounds uncomfortably like the rationale that any occupying power puts forth to justify its actions. It doesn't really help that you are literally using them as fuel and building materials (I'm just thankful that you don't get to make their skin into lampshades). They remind me of Ambrose Bierce's sardonic definition of aborigines: "Persons of little worth found encumbering the soil of a newly discovered country. They soon cease to encumber; they fertilize.”

Well, this is Valheim; one cannot expect the more subtle treatment of enemies that you'd get in a game like Elder Scrolls Online here. But the developers could introduce some nuance by keeping track of what the greydwarfs value most, which is clearly their trees. Why not make greydwarf hostility, as expressed primarily by spawn rate and attacks, dependent on how much damage you've done to the forest? You have control of that factor, since you can replant trees as well as chop them down. The situation might go from complete quiet if you're planting as many as you chop down to unrelenting hostility if you're the "pave Paradise and put up a parking lot" type. There's also the fact that you share enemies: greydwarfs and the undead do not get along, so perhaps you might pacify them to some degree by clearing tombs and neutralising draugr-spawning swampland.

Originally posted by Vivian, Lady of Dawn and Dusk:

(I'm just thankful that you don't get to make their skin into lampshades).

I often wonder what the leather scraps in the crypts come from...

I had a greyling come out me outside my palisade once. I knocked it against the wall and beat it to death with my bare fists. Oddly satisfying. I recommend it.

Originally posted by The Big Brzezinski:

I had a greyling come out me outside my palisade once. I knocked it against the wall and beat it to death with my bare fists. Oddly satisfying. I recommend it.

You need to try greyling football. It can be hilarious to watch a greyling fly through the ait after landing a good kick on it. When they scream and poof into a snotball at the end it's even better! :-)

Lol, looking at Faceplant8's avatar, I can just imagine the Doomguy in Valheim: "My god, everything is so beautiful here!"

it would be nice that once the bosses were killed for the most part those guys would stop spawning on you.

tame wolves then the wolves will kill em and you can just go about your business

If you don't focus too hard on your main task, you can enjoy free weapons training without having to make a spawner farm.

They also drop resin and eyeballs that come in handy for light and food...

Please show some respect for their sacrifices!

If you've been out sailing all day, and stop on the shores of a nice black forest alcove, and realize that you're a few boards short for your shelter, or need a few more rocks for the fire, never fear! The greydwarf welcoming committee is always there, waiting to lay down their lives to provide you with the resources you need to make a nice, cozy shelter for the night.

nope, but they hardly pose a threat. when mining you can easily kill em even with a pick

Uhm... not that I'm aware off? A mod may be able to do that.

Originally posted by Valgard:

nope, but they hardly pose a threat. when mining you can easily kill em even with a pick

yeah but still ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ annoying man they dont even give anything special just there to be annoying as ♥♥♥♥