Dying in the mountains - impossible to retreive Items

[squashplayer1]

I have only been able to complete the Mountains by using god mode because sometimes even if my bed was in the Mountains, it was impossible to retreive the items: Freezing to death, Wolves one-shot me, Drakes 2-shot me etc. etc.

Is this supposed to be like this? Do the devs expect us to make more Frost Mead or find a new Hammer, collect materials for 10 fires and make a chain of fires to the grave? Or have 4 wolf furs in our chest?

I would suggest for the next game to make it easier to retrieve the items, at least in the Mountains.

Regards

[deadshooter]

just keep some frost meads on a base - this is the rule to explore mountains

[Achi88]

I think it's BS as well. Why can't I make a cold-resistant fur from deer and boar hides?

[retsam1]

Primarily this is a user end issue due to choices made.

1. Always prepare before you go into a biome that is hostile/challenging to you. This includes having a place outside of that biome which is safe or a safe place in the biome with necessities (extra gear, frost or poison potions food etc). So yes having frost potions as a backup, other gear etc is important.

2. If you've died in the mountains, when you respawn at your bed, put one worthless item at the very least in your inventory as you make your way to where you died. If you die along the way, this will create a corpse gravestone. If you then get back to that spot, you can click the grave stone and get resistances for a short time to help you along the way.

Some use this technique in speed runs of valheim to go across the mountains looking for eggs or moder location reveal stones making a chain of grave stones to help them up. It is also a technique used to fight bonemass too since you get short time poison immunity.



And there are lots of other things to do. Just remember its a survival game and death is a learning experience to help you understand to change how you approach issues/situation.

But with all that said, youtuber Asmongold in a video months ago talked about this perceived issue as something he considers a flaw with the game and called it reverse progress with scenarios that extremely discourage players.

[GunsForBucks]

Put up portals and don't sleep there until you have something solid built up.

Think and plan ahead are your best friends in this game.

I have built stone castles on mountain tops without issues. You just need to make it a fortress before you decide to sleep there.

Otherwise it is suicide to leave a bed in the mountains that isn't secure as your spawn point.

[Fat Cat]

Tips for retrieving gravestones:
1. As GunsForBucks said, put up portals whenever you travel to a new biome, or some islands/continents far away from home, You won't like any corpse runs which can take 5+ mins...

2. Eat food before you go to retrieve gravestones. It's cold up on the mountains but if you have for example 80 health you won't die from the slow tick of cold damages.

3. Keep the inventory empty and turn off auto-pickup can be a good idea. Unless you died when encumbered (unlucky you 😢 ) you'll only need a single click on the grave and no UI pop-up. Get the corpse run buff and keep running to safety. You can use rolls to dodge wolf bites or deathsquito bites. It's not easy and you may still die a couple of times, but not giving up is the key.

4. If there are too many dangerous mobs on the way (for you case the wolves), or you died too deep inside the mountain, it may be necessary to put up your spare gears and clear your way to the corpse. Wolves are easy to lure out to a safer place before you fight them. Drakes are weak to arrow shots from far away.

5. If you are really really unlucky, like being stuck in a mountain base with no gears, no food and no portals back to other bases, you still have the option to log in to another world, gather the resources you need and come back to try again.

[JonWoo]

Always have backup gear for grave retrieval.

[retsam1]

Originally posted by Achivai:

I think it's BS as well. Why can't I make a cold-resistant fur from deer and boar hides?

Because their hides aren't insulated enough for the extreme temperatures of the higher elevations of the mountain biomes.

Or better to say, because of the gear progression in the game, it is an incentive and challenge meant for the biome to use materials from more challenging creatures in the progression of the game.

[GunsForBucks]

Originally posted by captainamaziiing:

Get better gear before you go into the mountains. Wolves shouldn't be one shotting you. Drakes shouldn't be two shotting you. Then your first priority with wolf pelts is to make the cape, as it gives you frost/ cold resistance. No need for fires or frost meads.

I think what they are saying is that now that they died in the mountains and it is their spawn point.. they don't have food, potions or gear now.

So naked in the mountains I can see that, ha ha.

I think it is kind of sad they resorted to god mode for their own mistake. It isn't like the game is unfair or anything... but it will let you get yourself in a whole world of trouble!

Taking your lumps is part of the learning process.

[electricdawn]

It is always possible to get your gear back. It might just be very hard, though. But it IS possible.

[squashplayer1]

I did all this with portals, beds here and there, had 10 Frost Meads but nevertheless I died a lot in the mountains. The mead was used up fast.

And I think to have 20 Frost Mead at your last bed....that is a lot of work.

Yeah...backup gear, backup backup gear and if you die 5 times you need backup backup backup backup gear, of course all Iron+4?

I think it is too punishing. Because it assumes the player does not die a lot, but in this game you do die a lot.

Just my opinion, but I think the devs went too far here.

[jonnin]

Originally posted by Achivai:

I think it's BS as well. Why can't I make a cold-resistant fur from deer and boar hides?

They were fairly generous about this. You have 2 or 3 capes that you can make that negate the effect, as well as I think two pieces of armor, on top of the potions. The capes are cheap enough that you can stock 2 or 3 extra at home in case you get whacked.
The cold effect makes the drakes hit harder, but they are easy to dodge. The wolves are dangerous, but can't climb well. Take it slow, use your backup bow, snipe the bad guys, grab the body, .... its the same thing you always did with the tiny cold damage aura gimmick added in. I think you can stand in the cold aura naked but fully fed with swamp era food for like 10 min before you die.

[MOW]

I have no idea how I got my body back from the wolf pit on the side of a very steep mountain. The time I finally got it, the wolves just weren't there in the pit for some reason... at first there was one wolf in the pit then two, and suddenly no wolves in the pit. There was a third one nearby but it never went into the wolf death pit. It took like 50-80 stamina just to get out of the pit and getting in it would take a lot of stamina as well. It was so dumb. I feel like you should get the deer power back if you die... you really expect me to wait 18 minutes to have it charged? I got it without the power.

The way I died in the first place was so lame, I can parry and one shot wolves, yet since it was crappy land when I parried he kept sliding up the mountain causing me to not be able to hit him. I parried at least 5 times but not one chance to kill it. Burning tons of staminia to get it in a area I could hit it but the ground was just too awkward.

[GunsForBucks]

Originally posted by MOW:

I have no idea how I got my body back from the wolf pit on the side of a very steep mountain. The time I finally got it, the wolves just weren't there in the pit for some reason... at first there was one wolf in the pit then two, and suddenly no wolves in the pit. There was a third one nearby but it never went into the wolf death pit. It took like 50-80 stamina just to get out of the pit and getting in it would take a lot of stamina as well. It was so dumb. I feel like you should get the deer power back if you die... you really expect me to wait 18 minutes to have it charged? I got it without the power.

The way I died in the first place was so lame, I can parry and one shot wolves, yet since it was crappy land when I parried he kept sliding up the mountain causing me to not be able to hit him. I parried at least 5 times but not one chance to kill it. Burning tons of staminia to get it in a area I could hit it but the ground was just too awkward.

Next time that happens don't parry the second time, just block. He won't get thrown back as much. If that fails then find a better position.

[KingKickAss]

Have frost meads and/or eat before you go up. Then its just like any other body run.
I was able to run up a big and very steep cliff with Moder and a few golems around and was able to grab my corpse. Dying has consequences, and this is a good reason not to throw your old gear out.

[vanbushi]

Man, you sound like a terrible gamer.