Black Forest

[olygriff]

After my first go of it, I restarted on a new map. I have walked every inch of the Black Forest with no luck finding any burial chambers. I have found 2 troll caves. My first map had like 6 or 7. 2 questions: 1). Can the Black Forest be split i to 2 areas? I haven’t built a boat and looked around yet. 2). There’s no chance of a glitch that doesn’t produce chambers? Thanks...

[Scott Dowell]

1) Split - No. But you can have multiple of the same biomes on the same island.

2) Potential. Depending on the size of the Black Forest you explored, there just may not be any. Try another Black Forest or a new seed.

[Nesahat]

Not every black forest have burial chambers. But I even found one small one in meadows :D

[Shurenai]

If you zoom out all the way on the map, That big circular area is the entirety of the map- There's numerous black forests spread out over the central region. The map is huuuuuge.

[Wafflesaurus Supreme]

You'll find Black Forest all over the map. If you make a boat and sail around, you're bound to discover more of it. You'll probably see a few troll caves and maybe even some burial chambers from your boat as you sail by. Don't forget to mark them on your map for later.

Some areas of swamp have 0 or 1 crypt, while others have 15 or 16 crypts. It's not a glitch, it's just the effects of a random seed generator.

TLDR; keep exploring your map

[Ashley]

Must have gotten a bad world seed because black forests are a scourge in this game. And you sure you didn't miss any? One of the tombs entrances are hard to find because resources can block the entrance. Anywhere you see skeletons in the black forest should be searched.

[a passerby]

it's really down to luck. The 2 black forest biomes next to my starting area only had 1 tomb. Meanwhile, I found 4 on a small island just across my starting area. And a map viewer revealed that the tiny island had a total of 10 tombs.

That early part is definitely a pain, but I don't think you'll need to build a raft. Just try exploring further on your starting island and you'll stumble upon them eventually

[Macdallan]

Some of the burial chambers can be hard to spot. I know you said you walked every inch, but I've stumbled across a few that I had walked past a few times and didn't see. I'd say you're better off searching for different Black Forest biomes instead of going back through areas you've searched already. It is possible you have very few, or none, in that area due to the RNG involved in map generation.

The game's RNG has a pretty big range as Tired_David explained. You'll also find that some of the chambers will not have much in them, and probably not many or any of the items you're looking for but sometimes you'll come out with a lot of stuff, and a large number of the main item you're probably in there searching for. It's very random. I had to search for quite a while to get what I was looking for. I got zero or one in most chambers until I found one that had a lot.

[Macdallan]

Originally posted by Ugandad Commando:

Must have gotten a bad world seed because black forests are a scourge in this game. And you sure you didn't miss any? One of the tombs entrances are hard to find because resources can block the entrance. Anywhere you see skeletons in the black forest should be searched.

Just wanted to mention that skeletons show up near towers, and sometimes they chase things so it's possible they're not near a burial chamber. They should be fairly close to one if there is one, so search but don't spend too much time.

Also wanted to add these. In this first screenshot I'm standing next to a burial chamber. No, really. The second shot shows the same hill I was standing on in the first shot. I'm posting these up so you can see how easy it can be to miss the entrance. There were no skeletons nearby. They probably chased a deer or something else. I had walked past this area several times before I noticed the entrance. You could walk by from a number of angles, or over the hill, and never see the entrance.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2406128744

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2406128731

This is still the same hill and chamber entrance. You can see it in this shot but it would be really easy to miss from this angle. Sometimes you really have to search every inch to find these.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2406128764

There are other entrances that are flush with the ground as well, they can also be quite hard to spot.

One final thing to add since some chambers are blocked by objects due to the procedural generation of each map. You can use the hoe to lower ground which may change the location of whatever is blocking the entrance. You can often use the axe to chop trees, or the pick to mine rocks that may be blocking the entrance. Often you can mouse around and find a spot that will let you enter, but sometimes you can't so you might have to try these options.

[sexserghy]

Hey there. I have on my main island, in middle is starting biom and on top and bottom is black forrest, so its kinda separated on south and north, so the answer is yes, they can be on 2 location on your main island.

In north i find troll cave, few chambers, but the main chamber for elder quest i find in south part of black forrest.