only with mods

Build longship sail from ore to smelter , destroy longship in shallows.retrieve all mats.. portal back to mine site..rinse and repeat having moder power helps at a pinch :-)

Originally posted by Hatsune Neko Gaming:

only with mods

Me and my friends are not using mods (yet), but yea I thought there is upgrade to the portal or something. I don't know what is the developer idea behind it, but the world is kinda of big and having to constantly move forges, because of not being able to transport sucks...

there is no upgrade.
as for the Developer's idea around it, one didn't want portals at all, another did, they settled it with having portals but with restrictions.

Without portals we may as well call the game Nomad.
If no portals then maybe give us at least mounts?
Thanks for the info, I guess we have to move Smelters.

I don't play anymore unless I've got
https://valheim.thunderstore.io/package/xAfflict/UnrestrictedPortals/
installed.

I did one run through (Yagluth, pre H&H)without it. I've done my time in Purgatory muleing metals around. Never again.

Be nice if the devs gave the choice to the players. Have an option at world creating to have either unrestricted portals (like the mod), restricted (default, what we have now), no portals allowed (for the die hard players).

its best to build smelters where your mining, then move it back to your main base of operations.
i use mods that let me move ore thru portals, but i still build smelters where i mine because its easier. plus gives me another base to operate out of with the ability to repair my items.

You don't move forges. You set up a portal to a distant area so you can unload non-metal stuff and rest/get new foods easily. Then start mining and bring it back to your main base via loading up a boat full ideally. Karve only has like 4 storage slots but longboat has many—this is why building your main base along an ocean shoreline is strongly recommended.

You can also make use of carts but they are a bit underpowered imo.

You can leave the server put the ores in a chest on a different world go back on the server teleport to your base then leave the server go back to the other world where you had your items stored and go back to the server

I just take enough copper+bronze to set up a lvl 3 forge when i go to swamps. Smelt and make new gear on site in a stakewall shack, sail all the extra back when the swamp is cleared. It's 16 copper and 2 bronze. Rest can be ported.

I don't understand why some people limit themselves to one base and think everything has to be ferried back to it.

If you like building bases, build bases. I think it's a no brainer to take a forge with you to the swamp so you can get iron buckler, iron mace, iron nails and sail back in a longship. Personally, I like having all my mats in one spot so when you get all that cool stuff after moder I'll make a new main in the plains but really don't see the need to have a base in every biome up to that.

Originally posted by Moon Atreides:

If no portals then maybe give us at least mounts?

Well, you can tame Lox...

Originally posted by Hatsune Neko Gaming:

its best to build smelters where your mining, then move it back to your main base of operations.
i use mods that let me move ore thru portals, but i still build smelters where i mine because its easier. plus gives me another base to operate out of with the ability to repair my items.

Why is it easier to smelt at the mining site? Ores or ingots none can go trough portals. I'm not sure what.is the difference between smelting there or at your base.

that way i got materials at the spot.
my outposts turn into mini main bases.