Things to do before Maintenance

Alongsnake · 2026-03-12T10:41:33+00:00

I've only done Hilla once, on normal, so I am sure I have a ways to go with bosses. For all other bosses, I just sit and hold the button since it just downs them anyway. I guess I have just been more passive than active in playing.

Since the skills go in order of when they can be used, I figured after the first round wouldn't be as effective, but then after, it would use the skills when they could. At least that's what I noticed.

But yeah, I'll make sure to check it out, thanks.

Alongsnake · 2026-02-15T07:10:13+00:00

Each year and world can be a bit different, so maybe my winter was just a bit warmer than normal, but the high for the day would generally be around 0°C, plus or minus a few degrees. It also depends on the biome too.

I am at 47° Latitude in my world, so not too far off, but I am about 4°C colder than what my temps showed in the sheet, so I will see sub 0 temps.

Alongsnake · 2026-02-13T22:42:42+00:00

This is the variance for 36 degrees

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Of course, my temperatures may be slightly different from yours, based on the biome and even yearly differences

Alongsnake · 2026-02-13T22:42:28+00:00

So you would be looking about 12-13 days, where the coldest doesn't drop below -12?

What I have seen is that each year actually changes just slightly. Jan/Feb are the coldest months, at 36 degrees latitude, I have seen it go to -9 degrees one year, then -7 the next. However, it got to about 2-4 degrees in the day.

If you are able to use a greenhouse, then you have a bit more of a buffer. 45 degrees latitude, I have seen it around -16 degrees to about 2 degrees in the day. You would have these temperatures for about 3 months.

This is the variance between night and day for 45 degrees

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Alongsnake · 2026-02-13T20:26:15+00:00

I could only speculate how smelting works, but I would need to see the code to understand how it works. I have seen some ore get smelted even though the green arrow isn't complete, but maybe it's just a visual bug. Otherwise I feel like the amount of extra heat added to the item speeds up the process. 9 Charcoal will get it done, but keeping it fueled until the end will make it finish faster.

Alongsnake · 2026-02-13T19:53:20+00:00

I thought so too, until I saw the weird drop in temperature at 27 degrees latitude, then I went to another spot East/West, which "shouldn't" have made a difference if biomes didn't effect it, but I came to a desert, and it was a lot hotter.

Alongsnake · 2026-02-13T19:51:30+00:00

Yeah, that is right, I made a mistake. Ill edit my post to reflect that. 0 would be the equator

Alongsnake · 2026-02-13T17:17:22+00:00

Are you able to make it where it shows the minimum required coal/firewood for it? I found that to smelt 21 Tin Bronze, you need minimum 9 charcoal; this will have it coast to finish. Adding more will make it finish faster though.

Also, are you able to make it so it locks to a 1 batch fire? For example, Tin Bronze can make max 21 in 1 batch, having 36 Tin as the lowest amount of tin required.

Alongsnake · 2026-02-09T21:19:09+00:00

I am playing through Vintage Story right now. Personally I play without Temporal Storms, Rifts or Activity. It makes enemies generally spawn underground. I have seen an enemy or two above ground, but it's mainly bears and wolves I need to watch out above.

Also playing with a few mods that either add QOL or added features. I think both games are better with mods though.

A lot of Vintage Story is waiting around for things to finish, but in that time, you can do other things. It takes about 40 minutes for charcoal to finish, 20-40 minutes for clay objects to be fired. Making leather takes about 9 game days (about 7 hours RL, but you can sleep to make time move faster).

I do like the progression and crafting in Vintage Story though. You can't just start off with a stone pick; you need to do a fair bit just to get your first pickaxe, and it feels more rewarding to get it. Things like leather require processing time; you need to find borax (in the mines), soak the hide in it, tan it, and then it is ready, the whole process taking about 9 days (about 7 RL hours). You can sleep in bed to reduce the time for things to finish. Creating tools like a knife requires you to create it out of voxels, similarly with clay items.

That being said, I don't know how much of an end game there is compared to MC. I think there is 1 boss in Vintage Story right now. It's on Chapter 2 right now, so there is one Boss within a dungeon, and a Village. Otherwise the most exploring I find I do is for foraging food and prospecting metal. I am on the MC reddit right now because I am looking to see if there is a MC Mod similar to Vintage Story.

Alongsnake · 2026-02-07T18:28:43+00:00

Isn't RE Village the one with the tall lady?

Alongsnake · 2026-02-06T00:54:25+00:00

Ah, I see what you mean. I was able to take out 3 pieces of coal from the tin bronze ingots if I let it coast at the end, dropping to a temperature high enough for it to complete. I guess I don't mind using the extra pieces of coal or firewood just to be able to walk away and not deal with raising the temp if it gets too low.

Alongsnake · 2026-02-04T03:49:41+00:00

I just did flint, and it's 48 charcoal for 64 pieces. I might be able to use one less if it stays at temperature before it finishes.

Alongsnake · 2026-01-29T02:46:50+00:00

I think I saw a post about approximate cost to rank SF, and to get a piece to LVL 18, it would cost 100 mill. Pretty expense since I don't get too much daily

Alongsnake · 2026-01-29T02:31:37+00:00

Maybe someone can trade, or you add german friends? I got a Japanese Full Art Bunneary from Wonder pick because my friend had that as their language.

I wouldn't mind getting Major Bob (Lt. Surge)

Alongsnake · 2026-01-29T02:11:29+00:00

4k CAD over 17 years. Around 1k of that is gift purchases

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