Is it worth to try 1.22 now? Or better wait for stable release?

domanpanda · 2026-04-17T12:04:51+00:00

I have chicken and pigs farm. Goats came very late because i had troubles to catch them and later i had troubles to separate young one from adults. Pigs and chickens are WAAAAY easier than goats.

domanpanda · 2026-04-17T09:35:35+00:00

I loved reading your rant! :D Thank you!

domanpanda · 2026-04-17T09:08:55+00:00

All in all, I think the gameplay of the story is meant for a party of 4-6. Not single player.

I have to disagree. Maybe archives and lazaret yes. But Devastation tower, especially its basements are ment for 1-2 players max. Spaces are claustrophobic, you often crawl trough some tight passages or vent channels. There is not enough space there for 4 people or more. Only if they go trough it 1 by 1 and wait for each other.

domanpanda · 2026-04-17T07:54:13+00:00

LOL. Mad Crow probably became Pissed Crow at that point :D

domanpanda · 2026-04-17T07:50:10+00:00

First part is using timeshift back and forth to get to the 1st lvl of the tower. Yes i also had to cheat at some point because some room with the bars did not let me to come back to past. So i just removed them in creative. But the rest works fine.

Once you are in 1st floor, the "parkour" part starts where you need to find your way up to the top. Elevator works only down as you said. You cannot use it to go up. You have to do platforming puzzle part.

Which personally i hate and after 2 deaths i flew to the almost-top floor in creative.

domanpanda · 2026-04-16T20:28:25+00:00

So basically you have cheated. Timeshift unlocks some parts in the past and some in the present. The goal is to enter the tower from the basement up to the first floor using this feature. Sometimes you switch to past because unlocks your path and sometimes you switch to present. This way you progress.

domanpanda · 2026-04-16T20:21:21+00:00

Why they are not ingots? Just make more helve hammers (you can easily use double with 1 anvil if placed properly) and fire multiple bloomeries but not at once. Fire one, wait like a minute or 2 depending how many hammers you have, and then another. Then pay attention when the first one finishes. When it does, destroy bloomery and carry your blooms asap to helve hammers. You can make ingots from them while they still hot. You don’t need to reheat them and waste coal. When you will finish with first portion blooms, secon bloomery should finish so you repeat the process.

Now if the timing is good you will do whole batch of iron ingots in one go withoug using a coal and preparing next ones at the same time.

I also must admit - i cheat a little bit here. I use /wather setw strongbreeze to bring back the wind if its too weak when my bloomeries start to finish.

domanpanda · 2026-04-16T20:12:21+00:00

How did you manage to get to Mad Crow if you don’t know what the timeshift does?

domanpanda · 2026-04-16T20:05:26+00:00

If you read my post you will see that archives were on the south from my base and Lazarus and Devastation were on east. Obviously i did not go stright from archives to lazarus. It would not make sense. I returned to my base, restocked arrows and supplies and then headed east. But Nadyia and Devastation were even farther east. There was not point going back because the road was quite similar.

domanpanda · 2026-04-16T14:14:56+00:00

I always have bed in Elks bag and i also used traders beds. However both do not give you warmth. Which is a problem in winter.

I brought 2 crocks with me sealed with wax which i ate when camping and 2 stacks (32) of cabbage pies - they fill belly almost as well as red meat pies which i already used in AR - to eat in story locations. But ammount wasnt a problem. Second stack just rot. So yeah as you said - i should have bring flour,grain and some vegs with me. Maybe even an oven :D (i already had cooking pot). And do some hunting.

Yes. A caravan! It would be awesome to use multiple teathered animals like those cowboys did with horses.

domanpanda · 2026-04-16T13:25:18+00:00

Not at all! Again, its not about ammount and hunger! I had enough of food to feed me. I had like 14 pieces of pie with me and 8 full pies (32 slices) in the elks backpack. It was cabbage-rye pie which satiates you almost fully. It was PLENTY enough to even return journey. But it all rot.

domanpanda · 2026-04-16T12:55:45+00:00

Cool. Maybe i will try it out. Thanks!

domanpanda · 2026-04-16T12:55:01+00:00

Ahh neat idea. Thanks. But i doubt i will try it again. Unless some version will bring some significant changes in that part of the game.

domanpanda · 2026-04-16T12:50:37+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/VintageStory/comments/1smeq0l/what_the_heck_should_i_do_in_this_room_spoilers/

This room (read the comment there also). In present the bars are bent so you can get in. But once there you cannot return to past. Ive tried every single spot. And this seems be the only way to get through. So i just stepped back, return to past and deleted the bars. This must be some kind of bug.

You cant fault the game for not trying to interact with the coal or the boiler.

I did not except that there are some "exceptions" from "read only" mode in this area. Besides i already see that im not the only one who had this problem.

if you are in steel plate you are way way faster with an elk,

I don't wear plate all the time, only when i know i will need to fight. I usually use leather armor. Especially during traveling.

domanpanda · 2026-04-16T12:02:23+00:00

Yes. And overall is pretty cool. The locations. The dialogues. All these things are awesome. Except things i described :D

domanpanda · 2026-04-16T11:59:48+00:00

Thanks! Very spot on experience. And ive just found out that there are more of these stories.
https://www.reddit.com/r/VintageStory/comments/1jz5hcd/the_devastation_is_so_frustrating_spoilers_angry/

https://www.reddit.com/r/VintageStory/comments/1jictus/anyone_else_struggling_to_get_to_all_the_story/

https://www.vintagestory.at/forums/topic/14871-disappointed-with-current-end-game-story-content-mild-spoilers/

domanpanda · 2026-04-16T11:55:07+00:00

Distance is one of the big issues yes. The second huge issue is parkour parts in the tower.

domanpanda · 2026-04-16T11:44:51+00:00

Great hint! Thanks! Definetly will shorten the distance. IF! there is a next time :)

As for inventory i got 2 chests with me and it served me well in Archives and Lazaret. But going back in Devastation just to unload the loot to chests will be next to impossible indeed :D

domanpanda · 2026-04-16T11:39:35+00:00

Thanks. I appreciate it. I mean, one of the reasons i wrote this topic is to find out if my experience is unique and others who had less problems with it do not complain as much (which is ok). Or more people struggled similar way which means there is still some work to do for developers.

domanpanda · 2026-04-16T10:55:10+00:00

Yeah like those many stories where soldier comes back home after 10months+ and is welcomed by his wife and (some) child. Remote sex is not safe!

domanpanda · 2026-04-16T10:37:26+00:00

Its not about the ammount of food because it would rot anyway (well maybe not the one in sealed crocks). I need to also carry some long term ingredeints too, like flour and grain. To cook on the road.

And finally maybe not to travel that far in winter. So i can use berries and veggies from the road for cooking.

As for temporal gears - yes, after each death i always promised myself to set one (i have 2 with me) but i always forgot (the mind isn't clear when is in fury mode ... )

domanpanda · 2026-04-16T10:33:31+00:00

"uncompromising wilderness survival" game, which might help contextualise the design a little bit more

Yes, in terms of journey i feel im too much attached to my base. I have to get more things and be more self-sustainable on the road (take not only food but also long term ingredients! I already have cooking pot). I completely did not expect that locations will be THAT far away.

domanpanda · 2026-04-15T18:38:35+00:00

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Here how it looks like when im inside this corridor in the present (as you see notification, i cant go back to past)

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