I started play Valheim with a few friends when it was released. We had great fun. A few weeks after we had started , we had done the Meadows and Eikthyr , the Dark forest and the Elder , dying with laughter most of the time , so much fun. Then into the Swamp. That was good and we got Bonemass , after a week . Then a couple of our group had to leave for RL issues , which left 3 of us. One of our group uses mods in other games, and had found some for Valheim. We dont use many , and certainly dont cheat. The best mods are to reduce weight , bigger inventory space in bags and chests, and bigger stacks. I could play with just those 4 or 5 quite happily, but i'd be happier if they were ' in ' the game, and not as extras. Mods are cheating ! Well , maybe, but i'm not cheating anyone else. I want to have fun. Ive paid for the game. What anyone does with it is up to them. But using just those few mods changes a ' bugger, this is really hard and i'm not enjoying it ' into a " yay, this is loads of fun ". I'm not saying anyone should use mods , but if the devs changed the game just a little , it would improve it SO much. I'll probably go to the mistlands, but if the mist and mobs are as annoying as everyone says, it'll be a short , one off visit. And thats a shame.