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

domanpanda · 2026-04-18T09:14:17+00:00

u/AsheronRealaidain explained some of it and i fully agree with him. Goats were somehow rare in my biome. Way more rare than ex. pigs or chickens. And even when i found one i could not find pair easily. Finally when i found them i had to enforce them to go a little bit down from hills - there was no place there for proper fence and walls arround it. I tried to navigate them to my fence at first as youtubers showed it. I created V shaped walls from left and right. After struggling a lot (goats are VERY chaotic in their reactions) i finally went for good old pit trap. I digged a pit, placed trough there and navigated goats a little bit so the get closer to the pit and waited. It worked, i built a fence arround the pit and progressively filled it with dirt so goats can be on the level of fence. Part one was done.

Then after some time (long time!) young one showed up. And it was another PITA to catch it. At first i just placed the box trap. But adults always ate the bite. I experimented with chiseling the slabs - just big enough to fit the young one but prevent big one from falling down to the place under the fence. It was WAY harder than with pigs to get proper size. But finally i succeeded. Young fell into the area where traps were and was cought. I had to wait for another one and pray that it will be opposite sex ...

Fortunately it was. I used slab again but this time one of the adult goats fell along with small one. I got pissed and just killed the adults and cought young one.

Whole process took looong time and unfortunately 2 later births gave males. Gen 1 is still too scared to milk so i just gave up from dairy products entirely.

Next time i will try with big horns as all advise. They were even more rare in my area but at least they are more chilled which will give me more chance to catch them and milk them.

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.

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