Originally posted by WishFish:

I'm with you here. Would never watch game walkthroughs as discovering how game works by myself is the best part.

Originally posted by Cooperal:

Just to clarify further about non-respawning enemies, the ones that do not respawn are attached to a generated structure like a ruin, dungeon entrance or dungeon interior.

For example the burial chambers in black forests typically generate with a small arrangement of skeletons guarding the entrance. If you kill these ones they will never come back. It can be a bit difficult to notice this right away because enemies that spawn like this are indistinguishable from their randomly roaming equivalents in every other way.

Originally posted by iaregamertom:

Originally posted by Cooperal:

Just to clarify further about non-respawning enemies, the ones that do not respawn are attached to a generated structure like a ruin, dungeon entrance or dungeon interior.

For example the burial chambers in black forests typically generate with a small arrangement of skeletons guarding the entrance. If you kill these ones they will never come back. It can be a bit difficult to notice this right away because enemies that spawn like this are indistinguishable from their randomly roaming equivalents in every other way.

Thanks, thats minor and not an issue, I just didnt want to take out spawners if it meant an area would always then be barren of mobs, although, I went to a burial chamber in the black forest that I had marked and killed the mobs outside, yet there was still one solitary skeleton again outside, couldve been a random spawn of course or one I had missed previously

Originally posted by iaregamertom:

8. Yes, 5% of the total.

Wait.... so if you have a skill at 100 and you die, you lose 5 whole skill levels ?!?!

Wow.....

Originally posted by Tom:

Couple additional tips. 1 When sailing keep your boat angled 90 degrees to the wind, for some reason this is faster than having the wind at your back. Apparently thats true to life, idk why it works, physics is weird like that.
2. Carts are very useful, but true to life, they're great on smooth flat terrain and near impossible to use on rough ground. Make roads.
3. Ores and metals don't work with portals, setup roads outposts and ports to make transporting them easier. Or just make a forward workshop to use the new stuff without having to take them back to your main base.
4. Shields are good, parries are great. Apparently round shields and bucklers are better than tower shields as the former can parry while the latter cannot. Also block health, the amount of damage you can take while blocking before staggering, is tied directly to your HP. So if you want to tank be sure to use health buffing food. Parries stagger most enemies except bosses.

Originally posted by Zep Tepi:

Originally posted by iaregamertom:

Wait.... so if you have a skill at 100 and you die, you lose 5 whole skill levels ?!?!

Wow.....

That is correct. (Personally, I mod that out. Corpse run is enough to keep me humble.)

Originally posted by Zep Tepi:

For further tips:

You can do a lot to alter the landscape. Doing so will give you a definite tactical advantage. It has a limit as to how high or how low it will go. Dig or build in line with the compass for straight lines. No caves except under existing structures.

Poison resist only works if you take it before you get poisoned. Also the swamp absolutely hates your boat. Most new people who say the game is unfair tried to land their boat at the edge of the swamp. The other people who come on the forums and complain thought that pretty open area with the brown grass would be nice to them.

Originally posted by Tom:

1. No
2. Yes. And while you do get some resources from breaking spawners I generally find it best to avoid destroying them as they make good farming spots.
3. Far as I've seen only mushrooms respawn inside dungeons. Nothing else does.
4. Yes farming plants is a thing, you will need a forge to start though.
5. Yes. Start a boar farm, its a good source of meat and leather. You can also tame some creatures besides boar.
6. No.
7. Yes
8. Yes. Looks to be 5% skill loss on death, but you get a temporary buff on respawn to prevent further skill loss.

Only tips I have for you is keep well fed, setup outposts, and take materials for a portal when traveling far from home.

Originally posted by iaregamertom:

1: Are there seasons?
2: Do mobs respawn? I have found spawners and only destroyed a couple so far
3: Do the dungeon like areas respawn?
4: I have found some seeds, is farming a thing yet in the game? (have not tried to see how this works yet)
5: Is taming creatures functional in the game yet?
6: Do areas respawn back to a natural state if not visited in a while? (I am guessing not, I know berries respawn and I guess trees dont as you get seeds, you can just answer correct if this is all correct)
7: Do boars/deers respawn after over hunting an area
8: Can you go down skill levels upon death? (I know that a message says yours skills have lowered but I dont know the extent)


Lastly, not really a question, but any tips/hints that new players learning everything from scratch without wiki etc should know/be aware of, is everything in the game possible to work out with no help, kind of a loaded question as I have asked for no spoilers I know.

Finally thank you for taking the time to read this, especially if you can help with some/all of these questions.

May you enter sovenga... valhalla... whatever ....

8. Yes, 5% of the total.