Biomes near Bonemass?

[Crystal_Pistol]

What are the usual biomes near Bonemass? I took a sea voyage to get to him and found he was in a swamp. The only biome nearby were plains, so I quickly got killed by a squito and some fulings. Thx.

[I-Chi]

You can try looking for another Vegvisir to get another Bonemass location if the current one has problems.

[grapplehoeker]

Bonemass is the boss mob of the Swamps.
There is more than one ritual site though, so... if this one can only be reached by having to travel through plains (not likely), then either:
Search for another
or
Search for one on another map seed

[Quineloe]

Is the swamp really completely surrounded by plains?

By the time you are ready for bonemass you should be able to deal with a few fulings and deathsquitos.

[Salt Strider]

Originally posted by grapplehoeker:

Bonemass is the boss mob of the Swamps.
There is more than one ritual site though, so... if this one can only be reached by having to travel through plains (not likely), then either:
Search for another
or
Search for one on another map seed

"Mob Boss"

[RasaNova]

Originally posted by Crystal_Pistol:

What are the usual biomes near Bonemass? I took a sea voyage to get to him and found he was in a swamp. The only biome nearby were plains, so I quickly got killed by a squito and some fulings. Thx.

As far as I know EVERY swamp will have direct ocean access. So you may need to sail around a bit but there should be a spot to land without having to enter plains. (But you may still need to watch for skeetos and goblins that wander in to the swamp.)

But the absolute first thing once you land should be to build a portal. You can build a platform in one of the big swamp trees with a ladder, and put your portal on that (with a bed & campfire)

[Crystal_Pistol]

The entire area around Bonemass is swamp and plains. It sucks. I've already lost everything once, then on a return trip got killed again. I made some iron armor at least. I also lost the swamp key with my first death in the plains. It's too hard to get back. I dont' care about the fulings as much as cheap skito kills.
I'll check a few more sunken crypts and see if he has a better spawn location. Thanks to everyone.

[Crystal_Pistol]

@Quineloe Well, his swamp has plains next to it but is not surrounded by them. It's all hostile and no nearby places I can build a safehouse, but I'd probably be better to set up a portal. I'm using brass armor - not good enough for plains. Working on iron armor and weapons now.

[redstickermailbox]

You can build a safe house and/or portal on top of one of the crypts if you need to.
I tend to drop a portal and leave all my iron in a chest so I don't have to make multiple boat trips back and forth.
I make what armor i can out of the iron I bring back from my initial trip.

[RasaNova]

Originally posted by Crystal_Pistol:

The entire area around Bonemass is swamp and plains. It sucks. I've already lost everything once, then on a return trip got killed again. I made some iron armor at least. I also lost the swamp key with my first death in the plains. It's too hard to get back. I dont' care about the fulings as much as cheap skito kills.
I'll check a few more sunken crypts and see if he has a better spawn location. Thanks to everyone.

Would you mind sharing the seed?

[Crystal_Pistol]

@Rasanova, sure, but I just have a question. This is a coop map, and with respect, I just would like to make sure that by giving out the seed that our game can't be messed with.

[Xedia]

Originally posted by Crystal_Pistol:

@Rasanova, sure, but I just have a question. This is a coop map, and with respect, I just would like to make sure that by giving out the seed that our game can't be messed with.

the seed is just used to generate the initial game world, the world you generate is yours and yours alone, on your PC/server, and the only way someone could tamper with your world is if they had access to your PC/server.

As for Bonemass/swamp biomes. keep in mind that there are multiple Bonemass spawn points, and if one feels too tricky to get an established base/portal, then you can always try for another Bonemass location

[J's]

Originally posted by Xedia:

Originally posted by Crystal_Pistol:

@Rasanova, sure, but I just have a question. This is a coop map, and with respect, I just would like to make sure that by giving out the seed that our game can't be messed with.

the seed is just used to generate the initial game world, the world you generate is yours and yours alone, on your PC/server, and the only way someone could tamper with your world is if they had access to your PC/server.(...)

I would add that you can have multiple world with the same seed, should you wish to do it. Like Crystal_Pistol said, the seed is just the generating info and not the generated world.

I would also add that there is an app that allow to see a blank generated seed map, so one could check out your map without even either creating one or entering/viewing your lived-in one.

[N0ma13]

Might take you a bit longer but if you're having issues with plains creatures getting too close to the bonemass altar, build a wall along the border.

P.S. Build during the day..

[Crystal_Pistol]

@Xedia, looking for seed on coop game but all i see is IP. I do see the one for my solo game but that's not related to this conversation. I'll have to ask the one who set it up

[Stonewool Jackson]

Originally posted by Crystal_Pistol:

I'll check a few more sunken crypts and see if he has a better spawn location. Thanks to everyone.

As far as I know the boss runes will only direct you to the nearest location, if you're hoping to find a different spawn you'll want to find a new swamp biome reasonably far away from your first bonemass location

To answer your original post; bonemass is the swamp boss and will only spawn in that biome, swamp biomes can spawn next to all other biomes although as stated above they always border a body of water

A seed is a code used to generate the structure of your world, sharing the code lets others generate an identical world, but will not in any way give them access to your server or save files