Found a Ship stranded on starter island

[prayl]

I'm still exploring for a swamp biome, and found a ship/boat beached on the west edge of my island. I'm still in the bronze age, and playing solo. Is it better to harvest the ship/boat for parts or repair it? Thx

[sarteck]

Repair it, but it's not something that can happen in a game. You don't find stranded ships.

If you used console commands to spawn it in and you harvest it for its parts, you will only get a fraction of the materials back. If you built it in nocost mode, you will get full materials back, but yeah..... if it's a solo play, it's a ship you put there.

[EDIT] Unless you meant a shipwreck and not a beached ship. If you find a broken ship, you can't repair that. Smash it up for finewood and collect the chest that's usually in the middle of it.

[prayl]

Originally posted by sarteck:

Repair it, but it's not something that can happen in a game. You don't find stranded ships.

If you used console commands to spawn it in and you harvest it for its parts, you will only get a fraction of the materials back. If you built it in nocost mode, you will get full materials back, but yeah..... if it's a solo play, it's a ship you put there.

[EDIT] Unless you meant a shipwreck and not a beached ship. If you find a broken ship, you can't repair that. Smash it up for finewood and collect the chest that's usually in the middle of it.

Apparently I did mean a shipwreck, as I didn't spawn it. Thanks for the pointer!

[sarteck]

Originally posted by prayl:

Apparently I did mean a shipwreck, as I didn't spawn it. Thanks for the pointer!

Yeah, it's great finding those really early on. especially if you can manage to do it before bronze age--nice source of Finewood, and some treasure to boot.

If you can't see a chest, dig around right in the center of it with your pickaxe. Often, the chest is visible, but sometimes it's buried a bit.

[Pimpemon]

Like a ship that is partially buried underground? Those are the only shipwrecks that I know are in the game and should have a chest you can dig out of the ground as well as harvesting the wood.

[Maelstrom]

Shipwrecks are a boon in the early game as they are one of the few non-exploity sources of fine wood you can access without a bronze axe.

[RedHaze1911]

Waaaaat, there are usable ships available to find? When did they add that? :D

[rexpiscator]

...and the barrels, chairs, tables you find in ruins yield early game superior loot as well...

[Obiwan Kenoobi]

On the plus side, pillaging all the fine wood from a shipwreck will get you enough to build a boat! You'll still need nails, but you'll be set for fine wood.

Note, you should use your pick to dig around in the center of the shipwreck- there's usually a chest with stuff in it or a grating which you can destroy for a bit more fine wood.

[avatar.zero]

Originally posted by rexpiscator:

...and the barrels, chairs, tables you find in ruins yield early game superior loot as well...

Especially the barrels, which provide not just the obvious wood but also sometimes bits of materials that can usually only be acquired in the Bronze Age, even when still in the [pre-Eikthyr] Stone Age (such as processed ores - rare, but it happens).

[sarteck]

Originally posted by avatar.zero:

(such as processed ores - rare, but it happens).

Nah. Barrels can contain unprocessed Tin Ore, but that's the only kind of metal it can contain.
See the Black Forest wiki page[valheim.fandom.com] and scroll down to the Resources section for a list of materials they can contain.

[EDIT] But honestly, I think they SHOULD have a chance to contain Copper Ore, too.

[avatar.zero]

Originally posted by sarteck:

Originally posted by avatar.zero:

(such as processed ores - rare, but it happens).

Nah. Barrels can contain unprocessed Tin Ore, but that's the only kind of metal it can contain.
See the Black Forest wiki page[valheim.fandom.com] and scroll down to the Resources section for a list of materials they can contain.

[EDIT] But honestly, I think they SHOULD have a chance to contain Copper Ore, too.

It's been a long time since I've raided barrels, I can accept that my brain may have re-interpreted tin ore as processed tin (which is what I was seeing in my mind when I typed the above response). Either way, it would be a good excuse to do some sailing!