Originally posted by PakaNoHida:

Originally posted by GeekGranny:

How does this preclude the use of torches, oil lamps and candles...all of which the vikings had access to?

Vikings, according to historians & archaeologists, did not have light systems on the bow.

Which ones? Because they did have the limited lighting sources I just told you about. Vikings also didn't sail alone as they do in Valheim--which, is a fantasy.

Originally posted by Easytarget:

Wow, great conversation here. I was asking about the Mistlands, but we got a conversation about boat lighting. I was wearing my little head lamp at night and it really does nothing. If the weather is fair at night, you can make out the shore, but not all rocks. If it is stormy, you are screw'd. You really need to go at paddle speed and hope for daylight.

It would be nice to have little inlets or bays to 'safe harbor' in, or drop anchor if we had one. I tried that, but I got pushed slowly into shore or in my case into a swamp.

Several times before the update (dunno about after) I had ships landed ashore that got picked up by the tide and floated away. So now, I take the boat apart, put it in a crate near the workbench then map mark it and go back to it. An anchor would have solved that problem. It would also mean being able to drop it at sea and wait the night, out safe from anything but sea creatures.

There are some features (including lack of light/anchors) that become obvious frustrations when playing solo.

If it wouldn't be such a hassle with linux and game-breaking updates, I'd run mods to fix this sort of thing.