Tharkkun replied to Is it supposed to take this long to find the vendor and Elder vegvisir? November 11, 2021 @ 8:52:38 pm PST
https://valheim-map.world/If the search gets so long you don't want to play, go ahead and go to the map website
There, enter your seed number. You can select "no terrain" and only select "spawn" and "trader" to get an idea of what direction to go without spoiling the whole map. I did that after circling every island next to the start island and decided I was losing my interest in playing if I was just going to spend my next few play sessions wandering aimlessly in a boat.
That's what I did when I was about ready to enter the plains and still hadn't found him.
@OP: Keep in mind the first trader location on the map you explore is where he will be.
6:13 am, November 12, 2021