Root armor set is pretty good, just a heads up.

[MDMchan]

Just wanted to point out that the Root Armor Set is pretty handy and worth building in my opinion. It is resistant to poison and pierce (like arrows). The process of finding and killing the abominations might seem a little tricky at first but I like the armor set, especially for the swamp. I'm only posting it because I didn't see anyone else discuss it here on any of the first few pages in general discussions, so if it has already been brought up, oh well. Try it out, enjoy Valheim.

[GunsForBucks]

I kind of feel it still does not have a proper place in the game.

Recent changes to H&H really gave troll armor a purpose in that it makes a good transition armor for entering the crypts to obtain the cores so you can make bronze. Before H&H troll armor just seemed a waste of time to me.

But Root armor just does not seem to have any reason to build it. Iron is better for the mountains and you don't need poison resist much outside of the swamps. Not sure if the poison resist stacks with the potion so it is good to wear the mask when doing the oil blobs? Not sure, haven't got that far with it. But it's weak to fire so the plains might not be the best place to use it. It is much easier to get a full set of iron stuff than root stuff. If root had better armor than iron but its bonuses and weaknesses just don't make it worth it beyond using for serpent hunting or going back into the swamp for resources after you are done there... and at that point you may as well use wolf or padded.

They really should come up with a reason to use it, right now it just feels like it is there as an option rather than having its own purpose in progression.

I suppose the best thing about it is if your world really is rough RNG wise for iron crypts and you end up going to a lot of swamps and find no iron but get abominations. In that case it would be logical to make it... certainly you at least want the mask for the poison resist early on.

[ุ]

Originally posted by GunsForBucks:

I kind of feel it still does not have a proper place in the game.

Recent changes to H&H really gave troll armor a purpose in that it makes a good transition armor for entering the crypts to obtain the cores so you can make bronze. Before H&H troll armor just seemed a waste of time to me.

But Root armor just does not seem to have any reason to build it. Iron is better for the mountains and you don't need poison resist much outside of the swamps. Not sure if the poison resist stacks with the potion so it is good to wear the mask when doing the oil blobs? Not sure, haven't got that far with it. But it's weak to fire so the plains might not be the best place to use it. It is much easier to get a full set of iron stuff than root stuff. If root had better armor than iron but its bonuses and weaknesses just don't make it worth it beyond using for serpent hunting or going back into the swamp for resources after you are done there... and at that point you may as well use wolf or padded.

They really should come up with a reason to use it, right now it just feels like it is there as an option rather than having its own purpose in progression.

I suppose the best thing about it is if your world really is rough RNG wise for iron crypts and you end up going to a lot of swamps and find no iron but get abominations. In that case it would be logical to make it... certainly you at least want the mask for the poison resist early on.

Troll hide armor has to be the most iconic armor of this game. Exploring new areas just in hope to find trolls, to then fight those massive things that devastate the surrounding forest has to be one of the best things about this game. Also becoming more sneaky is a real advantage for the swamp area that's ahead.

[GunsForBucks]

Originally posted by ุ:

Originally posted by GunsForBucks:

I kind of feel it still does not have a proper place in the game.

Recent changes to H&H really gave troll armor a purpose in that it makes a good transition armor for entering the crypts to obtain the cores so you can make bronze. Before H&H troll armor just seemed a waste of time to me.

But Root armor just does not seem to have any reason to build it. Iron is better for the mountains and you don't need poison resist much outside of the swamps. Not sure if the poison resist stacks with the potion so it is good to wear the mask when doing the oil blobs? Not sure, haven't got that far with it. But it's weak to fire so the plains might not be the best place to use it. It is much easier to get a full set of iron stuff than root stuff. If root had better armor than iron but its bonuses and weaknesses just don't make it worth it beyond using for serpent hunting or going back into the swamp for resources after you are done there... and at that point you may as well use wolf or padded.

They really should come up with a reason to use it, right now it just feels like it is there as an option rather than having its own purpose in progression.

I suppose the best thing about it is if your world really is rough RNG wise for iron crypts and you end up going to a lot of swamps and find no iron but get abominations. In that case it would be logical to make it... certainly you at least want the mask for the poison resist early on.

Troll hide armor has to be the most iconic armor of this game. Exploring new areas just in hope to find trolls, to then fight those massive things that devastate the surrounding forest has to be one of the best things about this game. Also becoming more sneaky is a real advantage for the swamp area that's ahead.

Well that is a nice opinion and all but how does that relate to root armor?
Do you have an opinion on that?

[ุ]

It was mostly a response to your comment saying how troll armor was useless before H&H.

I can understand that you look at it from a perspective based on usefulness after spending 1,647 hours in the game (wtf). Through the eyes of a new player, at least from what I could observe when playing with various friends, troll armor was a pleasant and motivating undertake. The party had to somewhat prepare for the fight, get food and set out on a journey. I'd even say that the fights were quite challenging for very new players to this genre and therefore provding a very rewarding sense of accomplishment.

But back to the main topic about root armor: Yes, it may not be "required" to be in the game but I also think it's a nice addition, just like troll armor because of the above reasons.

In terms of usefulness, the additional bow damage multiplier is kinda cool but doesn't really fit thematically. The bow bonus could have been on deer hide instead as a reprsentation of "mastering the art of hunting". The root armor on the otherhand could have had an affect related to "roots" as in a mechanic that would slow or bind enemies. Aesthically speaking, the armor fits into this game's universe really well though.

Only thing I kinda don't like about it is the quantity of drops and items required. Why is it dropping 5 at once? Could have been like 1-3 and also requiring less to craft.

[Polonius Ulf]

Root armor looks intriguing to me because of its resistance to pierce and poison, but even more because it doesn't slow you down as much as bronze armor.

[MDMchan]

Originally posted by Polonius Ulf:

Root armor looks intriguing to me because of its resistance to pierce and poison, but even more because it doesn't slow you down as much as bronze armor.

Yeah, that is basically what I was trying to elude to. The Root Armor Set offers an alternative play style that fits me at this time. I don't have to worry so much about being poisoned or having to make poison resistance potions because the mask takes care of that really well. The chest armor makes getting shot by arrows way less of a concern as well. I would say the armor allows me to stay nimble, take on larger groups of mixed weapon enemies, and I can just focus on melting down iron to make the 4th level iron sword and buckler shield. Yeah, it's just my take on it so far. Definitely not a good armor for all occasions but I'm liking it. I've gone to the mountains to grab obsidian and I'm a pretty good shot with my current Huntsman's Bow, so I'm able to stay fairly safe up there by keeping my distance from anything that moves. But, once I kill Bonemass and the wolf packs start coming after me during a random raid, I'm not sure any armor is going be good against that. The wolves, when there are waves of them, give me the most problems in the game. The big goblin guys are pretty tough but manageable. The tar pit blobs are only a pain if I get tarred and I can't move. Everything is just a learned strategy. What to eat, what to wear, what to fight with, and whatever else - I'm just saying the Root Armor seems pretty nice at the moment. It could just be that I like it because I hadn't built it before and it's something new to try out. I even like fighting the Abominations, I think the devs did a good job with that additional monster in every way except for the way it walks away from you in some battle situations, I'm sure the AI pathing for it will get tweaked soon. Good times though, I like it. Off topic but I also built a stone base of operations under the Elder Alter as one of my main bases this go around and it's been super handy to live under so far.

[pickle]

Not sure if it's worth crafting the whole set but the harnesk probably is though. That 50% pierce resistance could be useful against 2* draugr/skeleton archers in Swamps and deathsquitoes and starred fuling javelin throwers in Plains later on (at least until you can craft padded).

As for the mask, you're probably better off with using the poison resistance mead instead since resistances don't stack and the mead actually gives you higher poison resistance than the mask (75% vs 50%).

So for Swamps, you could probably go with iron helmet and greaves + root harnesk. If fully upgraded, should be enough to even skip silver armor and go straight for padded. Could just craft the wolf/lox cape for the frost resistance.

[neuroperson]

Not really. Pierce resitance is good of course. but susceptibility to fire is bad. Very bad. You're in the swamp, go get your Iron and proceed to the mountains.