Survival games of this genre tend to be extremely frustrating without proper preparation before long distance exploration. eg: One does not board a sailing vessel with a distant shore in mind without having at least 1 frost resistant piece of armor. A Troll Cave pre-entrance area can quickly be walled off with a door installed and has more than enough room to accommodate a portal. Sailing close enough to shore to fall within detection range, and not landing on a secluded meadow shoreline, can make one's Valheim experience more difficult than the developers intended. Avoid landing at night, and avoid landing in Black Forest, Swamp and Plains biomes. Do not blame the game developers for choices that do not include any common sense. The solo aspect of Valheim is not only playable, it is extremely enjoyable. Simply look on the large map after or while sailing around a land mass for meadows (the light green areas without trees). Slowly approach the shoreline and look for sandy shallows that are enemy free (they are always there if one takes a modium of time and effort). Often one will not only find an area with few or no enemies, but there are also shoreline meadow areas with abandoned villages, which offer 1 - 5 buildings requiring minimal repair, in which to place a portal, bed & spawn point, as well as being perfect for building a headquarters. I almost always chose these, as they involve little or no hassle, few resources, and minimal time and effort. I found one of these a couple of days ago, and the only enemies that spawn are a few necks along the shoreline and a few boars around a boar rune. I have no defensive walls, and after taking the time to tame the boars while I was repairing the structures, the area currently does not spawn any aggressive enemies. In meadows like this with a shoreline, to prevent damage to one's sailing vessel, either moor it slightly out to sea then swim to shore, or destroy your craft after landing. I have dozens of such bases on my solo seed map, and even have one that borders the plains (allowing me to plant barley & flax on a perfectly flat garden plot that used to be occupied by a large barn type building), borders the black forest, and has a swamp less than 2 minutes run time away. Every 2-4 days there is a single Greydwarf that wanders in while I am planting crops. I always hear it coming and 90% of the time kill it before it detects my presence. I have had this base for over 4 months, and it have never had a building or structure suffer damage from creatures.



Effective stamina management is not difficult. Run, sprint, run, sprint, (never constantly sprint) with either no weapons equipped or a light weapon like a knife or sword and no shield (while running). I have consumed 2 stamina & 1 health foods since day 1 in my Valheim experience and have never had a problem managing stamina. I also learned early on how to block/parry, which is a quintessential ability for survival. Parrying an enemy stunlocks them 100% of the time, lowering their defences and making them so vulnerable it only takes 1 or 2 blows to kill them, minimizing stamina drain in battle.

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