Quick advice - what to do when your Bonemass location is beyond reach?

[imBestefar]

Greetings, thanks for help in advance.

I have a well explored map and have cleared out the Swamp area that identified and located where Bonemass will be spawned. My trouble is that i can't reach it as it's located within a Plains biome....that kicks my viking to bits. I can't seem to find another swamp location that gives me a 2nd spawn location for Bonemass.

Basically - i've put a bunch of work into this seed, and don't want to have to just reseed if i can help it. The issue here is that solo play can be super difficult if the resulting spawn locations for bosses require the solo player to go into the next difficulty level biome to spawn that fight.

Expected: The spawn for the boss for the biome you are in should be 'nearer' or within that biome.....why the heck is my spawn location for Bonemass 1/2 way across the map?

Any advice on this is so appreciated, says the cautious viking solo player.

[jonnin]

put your seed into the online map to locate the alternate places.

you can also try circling the current one, maybe there is a coastline or a micro thin plains you can sneak thru (shoot mosquitos, avoid all others), or other similar solutions.

The online map may help you look at the current place too, if you have not fully circled it yet.

[Bored Peon]

I think the bosses have more than one location they can be summoned at.
I had two locations for the first boss on the same starting island/continent.
The problem is once you have a location you can not learn markers for more.

You can also use the website that has seed maps.
You plug in the seed number and it reveals the entire map and you can customize some of the markers to show or not show.

[imBestefar]

I was not aware of the 'online map' tool, can you send me a link to that? Thanks so much for help :)

[Whiplash]

http://valheim-map.world/

[N0ma13]

Build a protected path from your landing point into the swamps.

[Megahurts]

Tell me your seed, I'll look it up and point you to another one if you don't want your map spoiled by seeing it all un-fogged.

[pApA^LeGBa]

valheim-map.world

[-El-]

http://valheim-map.world/

[imBestefar]

Thanks all.

[cdog]

All the bosses have at least 2 spawn locations. The runeatone that shows his location will show the closest location, so you could try exploring in the other direction.

Or just use the online map tool, I think it has settings to only show what your looking for instead of revealing everything so you don't spoil your map. Not sure though because I've never used it.

Good luck OP!

[daggaz]

I have no idea if this would work (but it seems reasonable given the mob AI / game behavior at earlier biomes.

Set up a base station near the incursion point, with a portal to a large meadows biome. Deforest the meadow. Build a palisade corridor into the plains, retreating as much as necessary, and possibly making it roofed as well to deal with insects. Remember that mobs cannot jump, so you might want to include some strategically spaced narrow trenches to section off your corridor in case it is breached and you are chased back.

Now here's the thing: mobs don't really exist when you aren't in the immediate area. The game remembers their current state (location/hps/etc) but that's about it. So your palisades wont get trashed when you are away. When you are there, the mobs will attack that stuff to get at you, but if you leave they tend to leave it alone (except workstations which WILL be targetted as a player), and here is the real kicker : when you log off, the vanilla mobs are simply unloaded from memory and lost. So you can wipe the slate if nothing else..

It's either that, or run/sneak in with troll armor, just enough mats to drop a portal, and nothing else but the hammer, and hope you can make it thru to the mountains.

[jonnin]

^^^ if you get to the mountans, be sure you have a frost resist potion active so you can find a safe place to set up shop. And DO NOT BE WET. You were warned :)

(I have no idea why we are talking about mountains, but there you go anyway).

as far as the map tool goes, the map is VERY LARGE. Seeing it at a glance to plot a path to a boss island won't spoil too much for you, its too large to remember much after a few min. But yea, if you don't want to look, ask and someone will look for you and give you a hint or two.

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by Megahurts:

Tell me your seed, I'll look it up and point you to another one if you don't want your map spoiled by seeing it all un-fogged.

That is really nice of you. I did the seed map for one of my seeds and it was kind of a spoiler.

[ska.one]

Originally posted by cdog:

All the bosses have at least 2 spawn locations. The runeatone that shows his location will show the closest location, so you could try exploring in the other direction.

Yes, this is the way to do it if you don't want to look at the map tool.

[Megahurts]

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

That is really nice of you. I did the seed map for one of my seeds and it was kind of a spoiler.

Heh...I know, hard to believe on Steam forums :P But seriously, kind of you to acknowledge :)