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In terms of mechanical power one of the things I was hoping for was that you'd be able to use it to make high tier stuff and maybe simple electronics of some kind eventually. Or to be able to make clocks at least. I've been wanted to build a house with a clock tower for a while now (when I eventually get back into the game and make good progress) and it's a shame that the hands on said clock will only be correct twice a day.

As for mods, they really should implement that mods that allows you to copy and paste your chiseling projects.

Been wanting to play multiplayer with my friends group for a while but with the Factorio expansion publicly in the works I'm pretty sure they're all waiting for that specifically to get back into factory stuff.

I've played Wurm a handful of times but never got especially far. Overall I like it, but I was never part of a community that lasted more than a few days. The biggest project I ever did was planning out a road from the shore up a massive hill. Pretty sure the hill ended up being too steep but oh well. Every time my progression has pretty much been halted by tool improvements requiring animal pelts, and I've never done combat or hunting or anything so I've no idea how to actually get those without dying.

If you've got tons of free time or have youtube/whatever videos to watch then Wurm seems like a nice game to have running on the second monitor. A while back a standalone version was released but I haven't looked into it.

E: Also the existence of PvP where all of your work can just be undone by raiders is kind've unfortunate...

I have not played since launch week/month and my biggest complaint was the painfully long loading times for everything, even on an SSD. If they've fixed that then I'd be happy. I also think there was some monetized thing for upgrades? I can't remember, but that would be kind've dumb if it is and should just be patched out to keep the monetization to cosmetics.

So I bought this since I had a bunch of Best Buy gift cards so I essentially got it for free. Really liked what I had played so far, but I've been jumping around so much I haven't made too much progress in any one area. I've done the main quest for the Rito but other than that it's been doing odds and ends in various regions. Haven't actually touched the Gerudo or Zora regions at all.

Then the Dragon's Dogma 2 trailer came out and I was inspired to go back and get all the achievements in DD:DA, so TotK has been put on hold for now...

Trash rocks can be combined with soil to create path blocks which increase your movement speed which is nice for making roads.

For trash you can throw them into a body of water, which will make them despawn quicker than dropping them elsewhere. Dropping filled crocks/bowls/etc. into water is also how you remove food/rot from them. Dropping hot items into water cools them down quickly.

Speaking of which, bears really need to make more ambient noise. They're huge omnivores, you should be able to hear them stomping and snuffling from a good way off, but I have lost track of the number of times a completely silent bear comes charging through the foliage straight at me. It's worse than a jump scare. At least wolves have the courtesy to growl and snarl when they come after you, and they howl so you can try to avoid them.

Again getting into the realm of modding, there's the Noisy Bears mod, or the no bears mod. There's also a mod that adds footstep sounds to mobs but I don't know if it works in the current version...

ProspectorInfo is such a great tool, I can't imagine playing without it.

Basically, prospect with density mode. If there's no trace of what you're looking for you'll need to try a few 'chunks' away (which are more easily visible with the mod). Once you get a reading with the ore you want start narrowing your search in nearby chunks until you find the highest concentration. You want to go by the wording, not the number.

Then go to the center of that chunk with ladders and start going straight down. Once you're about 10 or so blocks into the rock layer go and mine 4 blocks out in each direction and on the 5th block use the prospector's node search. Each direction will give you a reading on how much ore it's found. You want to head towards the highest reading. If you don't get a hit, mine down 10-12 more blocks and do it again. The node search by default is a 6 block radius which means ores you find can be above or below where you search. It's possible you'll need to go quite deep to find what you're after. Once you find medium or high quantities of ore you know you're close to what you're looking for.

Make sure to lay down loose stones on the floor to help prevent spawns, and don't stay down too long, your stability drops when you're far underground.

Other than the horrible implementation of wildlife, what kind of brain rot led the developer to put midi horns in place of voices? How are people ignoring this? Does everyone play without sound on? This is awful.

It's strange because certain actions do make you do normal grunts, such as stabbing with a spear etc. I've found that 'oboe' on the lowest pitch is less annoying than the others so that's what I've been using.

But yeah, regarding wolves, it's really damn annoying that you don't get any warning before they hunt you down and kill you. Yes they growl, but that's only after they've entered death torpedo mode. The growling should come BEFORE that, so you have 2-3 seconds to get away at least... But, well, there are ways to sort of cheese them, whether it be the water trick mentioned above, or building a 3-tall pole and stabbing/throwing spears at them from safety. If you have more than 1 spear in your inventory you will automatically equip it when you throw one so you can rapid fire them if needed.

It's a shame because once you find a place to settle down without bears and wolves spawning around you the game gets a really nice Valheim feeling where you're just building up your homestead and venturing out is when you have to be wary of dangers.

If dealing with bullshit wolves and bears is ruining your enjoyment of the game then maybe you could swap the world to creative mode just so you can find a place to settle down? Unfortunately at this point it seems like the only other options are either dealing with the wildlife the way they are now, changing world settings or getting some kind of mod, or deciding the game isn't for you and throwing in the towel.