Originally posted by Fenris:

I'm starting to get the scope of this game... and i'm seeing myself playing like a viking version of the trucking simulator games. I have a absolutely giant map and I want to make an epic base at my starting location, but i have to sail like 5+ minutes each way. Is this seriously the only way in vanilla valheim to get metal to my base?

Making multiple trips back and forth to transport metals may SEEM like the way to do it, since you spent time building a base (presumably in the Meadows), and setting up a workshop there, but.... That's actually the long way...

ALL building parts and work stations can be broken down for free and with a full refund of all materials (you lose nothing), so the way I approach this is...

I carry materials for making a portal when i go out to explore... Before leaving my base I place down a un-named portal (default), so while I'm out in the world and I find a good spot for mining , I drop the portal which links back to my base...

I build a small outpost and set up some protection then portal home and pick up my coal kiln and workbench and smelter, all of which CAN travel through the portal, and bring all those items to my outpost (near my mining operation).

Instead of bringing all the metal to some far-away workshop, bring your workshop to the metal and process it there. Once you have gathered enough ingots etc, you can even build a forge which will allow you to actually craft the items you are gathering the metal for in the first place.... right at the source.... Once you have crafted the metal into items (tools/weapons etc.) they are no longer restricted from going through the portal.

Using this method there is no need for "world hopping" or using mods, and after you have exhausted your mining site you can pick it all up and relocate it somewhere else with no loss of materials.

MUCH faster and easier and gets the job done without immersion-breaking workarounds like using multiple worlds.