u/doperidor

My biggest gripe with solo Valheim, as someone who enjoys building, is that my base feels lonely. I feel discouraged from building things that look like villages or have multiple beds.

One of my favorite aspects of Terraria’s NPCs is creating unique houses that suit each one, I don’t think I’d ever expanded from my starter house if it weren’t for them. They also tie nicely into the games sense of progression, make the world feel lived in, and most importantly don’t play the game for you (Like the aim of most Valheim NPC mods).

Imagine getting a Dvergr hunter to move into your base after defeating Eikthyr, or freeing an imprisoned cultist from the howling caverns, and having these NPCs roam a small area around an assigned bed. They could have preferences for biomes and neighbors just like in Terraria. Not sure what rewards they could provide to the player that doesn’t feel like cheating though… Maybe some defend in raids, some accumulate resources like a beehive, or act as merchants.

I’m curious about what you guys would think of this more lightweight approach to NPC implementation over mods that seek to just add AI versions of the player.

Having fun with the mod so far; my favorite thing is that the power of buildings, tech, and wonders seem more evened out so there’s less “build this and immediately double every yield”.

The one thing I dislike in both vox and vanilla civ is the size of armies needed. I do enjoy ancient-classical wars, but now in the industrial era needing40 units is not fun to me.

Is there anything people are using for the current version that effectively halves the cap?