MeinMMO author Tarek made a mistake in Outriders – he played the demo like a cover shooter. Why you shouldn’t make the same mistake is explained here.
I made this mistake: As a former Division player, I initially thought that my experience in the large multiplayer shooter would help me in playing Outriders.
But it quickly became clear that both games are hardly comparable. Although they share some similarities:
Both are third-person shooters
Both are cover shooters
Both revolve around collecting gear, so they are loot shooters
However, it didn’t go well at first.
What are cover shooters actually? This simply means that both games offer a cover mechanic. The player character can take cover and seek protection from enemy gunfire. There are plenty of elements available to hide behind, such as crates, cars, or trees. Typically, this allows for tactical gameplay, as the right position can make a difference in combat.
The passive playstyle caused me problems
This is how it went at the beginning: I took cover, threw my freeze weapon into the crowd, and tried to eliminate enemies gradually from my position of safety.
Often, enemies overwhelmed me, attacking from multiple sides and catching me off guard. Surrounded by enemies and under constant fire, it’s significantly harder to stay alive with the Technomancer’s healing abilities. Because he heals himself when he deals damage.
Additionally, the cover system in the demo was implemented rather poorly. For instance, the player character moves unpredictably when aiming with the precision rifle through the sight.
At certain walls, you can’t even take cover, and the cover jumps often don’t work, although they should. Especially when you’re used to the precise system from The Division. So, they often become obstacles and can be quite annoying under fire.
This is how I adjusted my playstyle: I decided to abandon my previous habits and only use cover in extreme emergencies.
Instead of hiding behind covers, I now charged across the battlefield towards the enemies. However, I still had to get used to it and got knocked down a few times.
This skill combination is what I played in the demo with the Technomancer.
All out on my face, with lots of explosions
This is how I play now: The more I familiarized myself with the gameplay and skills of the Technomancer, the better it went. With better gear and additional skills like the stationary rocket launcher, Tormentor, it flowed, and a certain rhythm set in.
When I enter an area with enemies, I first look to see where most enemies are located and attack right there.
First, I position the Tormentor, which instantly blows away most normal enemies and lets them explode into clouds of blood.
Then the freeze weapon is placed to freeze the remaining enemies.
I then finish them off with weapons and pest bullets and their poison damage while my skills are on cooldown.
Usually, the abilities are already ready for the next wave and it starts again.
This all happens within seconds. The enemy groups explode in front of me, and I feel like a one-man army. Just like the poetic principle of Mr. Torgue from Borderlands: “EXPLOSIONS?!”
It was similar with other classes like the Trickster or Devastator. While each class has its special properties and playstyles, the principle remains: Covers are nearly irrelevant. Charge in and hit the enemies!
This gameplay illustrates quite well what I mean:
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This is my conclusion: The cover system in Outriders is present, but plays a rather subordinate role. It’s good to have a breather in emergencies or when all skills are on cooldown.
Aside from that, one should play more offensively and apply constant pressure on the enemies. Especially when playing in a group, you can almost completely surprise enemies.
It feels like the cover is more for protecting enemies than for players. Currently, the system also technically doesn’t run smoothly. The issues mentioned above with imprecise controls and covers that can’t be jumped over may simply be things that need to be revised.
Of course, it’s still to be seen how it will all be in the finished game. With the 15 World Tiers, there is still some room for difficulty, as in the demo it goes up to a maximum of World Tier 5.
However, since you also constantly find better gear and can create builds, there will certainly be plenty of room to play aggressively in higher ranks. What we’ve learned so far about the legendary armor sets is quite appealing to me as well.
Ultimately, it remains a matter of taste. There are certainly build and weapon combinations that allow for more passive playstyles.
What do you think? Do you agree or have a different opinion? Have you had similar experiences? Write in the comments.
In Destiny 2, players had to decide an unusual duel: Who is cooler, dinos or movie monsters? The winner is now determined and receives some truly outrageous armor.
Dress up? Yes, exactly. The armors, which seem out of place at first glance, will be introduced as universal ornaments, like skins usable for everything, in the game in 2021.
The Guardians only had two really unusual concept arts available as decision aids.
This is the winner: Okay, drumroll… the winner is determined. You wanted it this way. It’s not Team Classic Movie Monsters!
The winner is Team Dinosaurs:
Hunter-Raptor, Triceratops-Warlock, and Tyranno-Titan
What are Concept Arts? They are sketches and other representations that are meant to illustrate an idea. They are used in development to show the direction the design should take. Concept Arts may also differ from the actual end product or change during development.
Destiny 2 unleashes the dinos – Because you wanted it
Here’s how the race went: According to Bungie, the race was not really close. Dinos are the clear winner, it says in the weekly blog post (TWaB via Bungie.net). They found it overwhelming that a proud 200,000 Guardians voted.
In the survey, one had to select whether one plays Warlocks, Hunters, or Titans as their main character. Only a glimpse into the Titans’ minds was allowed: 81% of Titans want to run around as T-Rex (and only 19% as Cyclops).
But how the weighting was detailed otherwise, the Destiny developer does not reveal.
Here’s the honorable second and last place, Team Classic Movie Monsters:
Hunter-Godzilla, “Monster from the Black Lagoon”-Warlock, and Cyclops-Titan
When will the dinos come to the game? As mentioned at the beginning, these are universal ornaments. You can then give every legendary armor the dino look. If desired, you can also use it only on individual parts – for example, just for the helmet.
The set will be available during the Festival of the Lost 2021 in the Eververse.
You can buy it there with in-game earned Glimmer or with Silver (real money currency).
In the past, the price was 6,000 Glimmer or accordingly 1,500 Silver per set.
The horror event traditionally takes place from early October to early November.
All you movie monster lovers, don’t be dismayed! […] There is still a future opportunity for these cool armor ornaments to see the light of day.
What’s coming in 2022? If you want to take a first look at what will be in fashion in Spring 2022, here you go:
This concept art depicts sets that are expected to come with the “Witch Queen” expansion. The Festival of the Lost was also supposed to take place in the next expansion, as traditionally the major DLCs in Destiny are released at the end of the year. However, Bungie announced that they would need to delay “Witch Queen.”
What do you think of the outcome of the duel? Would you like to have such opportunities for participation more often or do you think these costumes do not fit Destiny 2? Let us know in the comments.
In Valheim, you can spawn weapons, armor, items, and even enemies as an admin. How this works and what commands are available can be found in the MeinMMO guide.
The console is a powerful tool in the survival game Valheim. In single-player mode, you can make survival a lot easier with console commands. Besides spawning items and enemies, you can change the time of day, skip time, and create stunning screenshots in free-fly mode.
Things to keep in mind: The cheats for Valheim only work in your own world. Once you join a friend’s game or a dedicated server, cheat mode is disabled. These are essentially admin commands that have been built in for developers to test and often found in survival games. They are not cheats or programs like you would know them from shooters.
You can also find out which admin commands work in co-op in this guide.
This is how the guide is structured: The guide is divided into several sections. You can quickly jump to the desired category through the table of contents.
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How to activate cheats in Valheim
To use cheats and console commands in Valheim, you first need to open the console and activate cheat mode. Follow these steps in single-player mode:
Right-click on Valheim in your Steam library
Select “General” – “Launch Options”
Enter “-console” in the field.
Open the console with F5
Type “devcommands” and press Enter
To deactivate the mode, type “devcommands” again
How to activate debug mode
Valheim has a debug mode. With this, you can fly, kill all monsters in the area with a key press, and build without material costs.
To activate it, do the following:
Open the console with F5
Type “devcommands” and press Enter
Type “debugmode” and confirm again with Enter
With the following key combinations, you can activate/deactivate the respective mode during gameplay:
“K”: Kills all monsters in the area
“B”: Deactivates building costs and unlocks all tools. Additionally, you can repair and craft all items
“Z”: Activates free flight. Use space to ascend and CTRL to descend
Helpful admin commands in single-player
In single-player mode, you can make survival easier in Valheim. All commands listed below are entered without brackets.
Click here for a list of all admin commands in Valheim
god – Activates God Mode
goto [x,z] – Teleports to a specific location, example: goto 0 0
location – Sets a spawn point
killall – Kills all enemies nearby
exploremap – Reveals the entire map
resetmap – Resets the revealed areas of the map
freefly – Free flight for the camera
ffsmooth – Smooth free flight. Values: “0” to “1”
stopevent – Stops a running event
randomevent – Starts a random event
removedrops – Removes all items you drop
skiptime [seconds] – Skips as many seconds as entered
sleep – Skips a day
tod [0-1] – Changes the time (e.g. 0 for night, 0.5 for noon)
In the following section, you will learn how to spawn weapons, armor, and tools. To do this, open the console and enter “imacheater”. Each spawn cheat is structured as follows:
spawn – The spawn command itself
item – The desired item you want to appear
Optional values:
Amount – The first value determines the quantity, e.g. “5”
Level – The second value is the desired level of the item, e.g. “3”
Practical example: Do you want to spawn the secret sword Dyrnwyn five times at level 3? To do this, enter the following command in the console: “spawn SwordIronFire 5 3”. Make sure to pay attention to capitalization because otherwise the commands will not work.
Cheat codes for shields
To defend yourself, you need shields. We have listed all shields with the appropriate English translation for you.
Click here for the list of all shields
ShieldBanded – Banded Shield
ShieldBlackmetal – Black Metal Shield
ShieldBlackmetalTower – Black Metal Tower Shield
ShieldBronzeBuckler – Bronze Buckler
ShieldIronSquare – Iron Shield
ShieldIronTower – Iron Tower Shield
ShieldKnight – Knight Shield (no German translation available)
In Valheim, there are a variety of weapons. Battle axes, bows, and swords, to name a few. We have listed all weapons for you and also included the English translations. Note: The harpoon and axes can be found under tools.
Click here for the list of all armors
AtgeirBlackmetal – Black Metal Atgeir
AtgeirBronze – Bronze Atgeir
AtgeirIron – Iron Atgeir
Battleaxe – Battle Axe
Bow – Bow
BowDraugrFang – Draugr Fang
BowFineWood– Fine Wood Bow
BowHuntsman – Huntsman Bow
KnifeBlackMetal – Black Metal Knife
KnifeChitin – Abyssal Blade
KnifeCopper – Copper Knife
KnifeFlint – Flint Knife
MaceBronze – Bronze Mace
MaceIron – Iron Mace
MaceNeedle – Needle
MaceSilver – Frostner
SledgeIron – Iron Sledge
SledgeStagbreaker – Stag Breaker
SpearBronze – Bronze Spear
SpearElderbark – Elderbark Spear
SpearFlint – Flint Spear
SpearWolfFang – Wolf Fang Spear
SwordBlackmetal – Black Metal Sword
SwordBronze – Bronze Sword
SwordCheat – Cheat Sword
SwordIron – Iron Sword
SwordIronFire – Dyrnwyn
SwordSilver – Silver Sword
Club – Club
Cheat codes for armors
Even more important than weapons are armors in Valheim. You can also spawn these via the console. The English translations are provided as well.
Click here for the list of all armors
ArmorBronzeChest – Bronze Chest Armor
ArmorBronzeLegs – Bronze Leg Armor
ArmorIronChest – Iron Scale Armor
ArmorIronLegs – Iron Greaves
ArmorLeatherChest – Leather Chest Armor
ArmorLeatherLegs – Leather Legs
ArmorPaddedCuirass – Padded Cuirass
ArmorPaddedGreaves – Padded Greaves
ArmorRagsChest – Rags Shirt
ArmorRagsLegs – Rags Pants
ArmorTrollLeatherChest – Troll Leather Tunic
ArmorTrollLeatherLegs – Troll Leather Pants
ArmorWolfChest – Wolf Chest Protection
ArmorWolfLegs – Wolf Leg Protection
CapeDeerHide – Deer Hide Cape
CapeLinen – Linen Cape
CapeLox – Lox Cape
CapeOdin – Odin’s Cape (only for Beta players)
CapeTest – CAPE TEST (not translated)
CapeTrollHide – Troll Hide Cape
CapeWolf – Wolf Fur Cape
HelmetBronze – Bronze Helmet
HelmetDrake – Drake Helmet
HelmetDverger – Dverger Cap
HelmetIron – Iron Helmet
HelmetLeather – Leather Helmet
HelmetOdin – Odin’s Helmet (only for Beta players)
HelmetPadded – Padded Helmet
HelmetTrollLeather – Troll Leather Helmet
HelmetYule – Yule Hat
Cheat codes for tools
You need tools in Valheim to chop down trees, prepare fields for harvesting, or to build impressive structures. With some tools, you can also fight. Here’s an overview of which ones you can spawn in Valheim:
You can also spawn ores and bars in Valheim. Which exactly, you can also find in the list below. If you prefer to earn them honestly or want to know what you can do with them, you can find everything about the metals in our big ore guide for Valheim.
Click here for the list of all metals and ores
BlackMetal
BlackMetalScrap
Bronze
Copper
CopperOre
Flametal
FlametalOre
Iron
IronOre
IronScrap
Silver
SilverOre
Tin
TinOre
Spawn cheats for food
In Valheim, food significantly determines how strong your Viking is. MeinMMO author Benedict Grothaus explains to you in his guide, which is the best food in Valheim and how to prepare it. If you don’t want to prepare it yourself, you will find the spawn codes for all food items in Valheim below:
Click here for the list of all foods
Bread
BloodPudding
Blueberries
Carrot
CarrotSoup
Cloudberry
CookedLoxMeat
CookedMeat
FishCooked
FishWraps
Honey
LoxPie
Mushroom
MushroomBlue
MushroomYellow
NeckTailGrilled
Raspberry
QueensJam
Sausages
SerpentMeatCooked
SerpentStew
Turnip
TurnipStew
Spawn cheats for enemies and bosses
Do you want to try out your new weapons on enemies? Or can’t find a certain boss? With the right commands, you can spawn enemies and bosses directly in front of you.
Click here for the list of all enemies
Blob
Boar
Boar_piggy
Crow
Deathsquito
Deer
Draugr
Fenring
Ghost
Goblin
GoblinArcher
GoblinBrute
GoblinShaman
Greydwarf
Greydwarf_Shaman
Leech
Lox
Neck
Serpent
Skeleton
Surtling
Troll
Valkyrie (Note: Lets you see the intro again, including the flight to Valheim)
Wolf
Wraith
Click here for the list of all bosses
The order of the bosses has been defined by their appearance in the game.
Have you set up your own Valheim server and are playing on it, you won’t have as many options available.
These admin commands are available for Valheim:
help – Shows all available commands
kick [name/ip/userID] – Kicks the user
ban [name/ip/userID] – Bans the user
unban [ip/userID] – Reverses the ban of the user
banned – Displays a list of all banned users
ping – Sends a ping to the server to find out your latency
lodbias [number] – Sets detail level (LOD) to the distance. Default set to 1.5
info – Prints system information as PDF
Many players in Valheim are also very creative without admin commands. A Viking farms endless resources – in a creative and brutal way. He himself calls his creation the “Greydwarf Toaster 5000”.
Do you use admin commands in Valheim yourself? What’s your opinion on the use of these? Let us know in the comments.
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The problem is likely known to every shooter player: as soon as you fire a shot, you need to change the magazine. Any weapon expert would tear their hair out, but for gamers, this is common practice. MeinMMO author Benedict Grothaus has managed to unlearn this habit – even though it was painful.
What is this habit about? In almost all shooters of the last 20 years, it has proven effective to change the magazine after the first shot. Why not? That one shot could make the kill, and there isn’t really a disadvantage.
After all, most modern shooters like Call of Duty, Battlefield, Fortnite, or Rainbow Six only count the bullets, not the magazines. Thus, you don’t lose all 30 shots from an assault rifle, but – well, nothing.
Over time, it has become established to change the magazine after a warning shot. It has become so ingrained in my muscle memory that the premature magazine change has almost become a reflex or an instinct.
And is that a problem? In a way, yes. Because reloading right away isn’t always a good idea. You need a certain amount of time to change the magazine and during that time, you cannot shoot or defend yourself.
In some shooters, it is not possible to cancel the reload. At most, switching to a secondary weapon works, if at all. Experienced players exploit such situations and remember when they have fired to then launch their attack.
Everyone knows this habit: after the first shot, the entire magazine is immediately changed.
In the past, this caused me many deaths. Not anymore today, as I have successfully unlearned this habit! Although… others beat me so often until I finally learned better.
Unlearning bad habits – the hard way
This is how I unlearned the habit: For several years I have been playing the tactical shooter Rainbow Six: Siege and it is there that I learned not to reload after a shot. This is due to how Rainbow Six works:
as a tactical shooter, it is important in Rainbow Six: Siege to hold positions and attack or retreat at the right moment
the TTK is extremely low – a headshot from most weapons is usually sufficient for an immediate kill, and even body shots do not take much damage from the characters (“Operators”)
Sounds are a huge factor – if an enemy hears that you are reloading or doing something that opens up your cover, you can expect to die shortly thereafter
What does TTK mean? TTK stands for “Time to Kill”, or in other words: the time it takes you to kill an opposing player with maximum health points. The lower the TTK, the deadlier the weapon.
In Rainbow Six, headshots are usually instantly deadly – meaning they have a TTK of 0. This makes the tactical shooter particularly dangerous when playing carelessly.
When I started with Rainbow Six, I mainly played the Operators Zofia and Rook. Zofia uses, among other things, a light machine gun that takes a long time to reload but has a large magazine. It often happened that I got shot while “just reloading” because the sound of the bolt opening and the rustling of the belt can be heard very well. More experienced players punished me for this.
With Rook as a defender and his MP5, I often held a position in defense and was overwhelmed while reloading – I lost many rounds as the last defender this way.
Since I don’t like losing, I eventually started not to reload right away. Instead, the magazine is only changed when I am sure that no enemy will surprise me or I am in cover. In heated combat, I even more often switch to the secondary weapon than reload during a firefight – which I never did before.
The Pole Zofia is still one of my mains today.
How can I learn this? I don’t want to force anyone to play Rainbow Six – even though it is a fantastic shooter that even has a place in our best shooters on MeinMMO. But in principle, you can learn this with any shooter that punishes similarly hard, such as:
In older parts of the Rainbow Six series and in other shooters, you actually throw the magazine away when you reload after a shot. This occurs especially in military simulations, such as in ARMA.
It takes a while to overwrite your old muscle memory and get used to not reloading immediately. In the long run, it is worth it, at least according to my experience.
Rainbow Six helped me to break this habit. But other shooters can do that too.
Not reloading immediately helps to observe the enemy better, anticipate what they are planning, and react to what happens. I have a better overview of the overall situation and can decide based on that what to do next.
Even though I hadn’t played for months, I was able to finish five out of seven games in the top 3 together with MeinMMO colleague Florian Franck, one of which I even won. And this despite the fact that the weapons and the entire game feel completely different from Rainbow Six.
Since I stopped reloading after a shot, it has rarely happened that the “last shot” actually could decide a duel. Even if it were to happen and I lose because of it, the fact is: if I had aimed better, this wouldn’t have happened.
So: yes, I think I have become a better shooter player since I stopped reloading a magazine immediately after a shot. And I can focus much better on simply aiming and playing better.
What about you? Do you reload immediately after a shot or do you empty your magazine until it clicks?
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The Fortnite pro Deyy caused a lot of buzz with an incident during a tournament. He fell asleep in the middle of it and missed a match. His teammates later complained about it on Twitter.
What happened? The Fortnite pro Deyy participated in the EpikWhale Cup of Fortnite along with 3 colleagues. However, Deyy missed an entire match because he fell asleep just before the round started.
He justified the faux pas with his tiredness. He also mentioned that he has to go to school at 8 AM the next day, which is why he was not interested in his teammates’ complaints.
15-year-old pro defends himself on Twitter
This is how the incident became public: Via Twitter, Deyy discussed the incident with his teammates. His colleagues, who had to play without him at times, were not happy at all that he had fallen asleep in the meantime.
These are the now-deleted tweets from Deyy and his teammate Cented.
Deyy took the situation a bit lighter. In a now-deleted tweet, he wrote: “I was unbelievably tired and wanted to take a short nap for a few minutes, which ended up with me missing the first game. But I can’t do anything about it now, except go back to sleep.”
His teammate Cented from the FaZe Clan responded angrily on Twitter: “We explicitly told you that you need to stay awake. The mood was bad and you fell asleep during the semifinals.”
In response to Cented’s accusations, Deyy initially reacted defiantly and said: “I don’t care. I have school at 8 AM tomorrow, so I’m not really worried.”
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This is how it turned out: After tempers calmed down, the team qualified for the final of the tournament. On Twitter , Deyy also showed insight: “I take responsibility for my actions. I was wrong and I am currently under a lot of stress from the community. I will make sure something like this never happens again.”
His teammate Cented is also in a reconciliatory mood in the end. He writes that Deyy is only 15 years old and is going through a lot of stress. The community should stop making jokes. The pro adds: “If I were 15 and the whole community and other pros were tweeting jokes about me, I would tweet the same crap.”
Who is Deyy anyway? The American Deyy is 15 years old and has already participated in several Fortnite tournaments. According to his Twitter account, he has already earned $75,000 in prize money.
In tournaments, Deyy has also played with the pro Reverse2K, who is known for setting a kill record together with Ninja.
What lies behind such stories: Especially the e-sports scene of Fortnite is filled with quite young pros. This was already evident at the World Cup 2019, where some 13-year-olds took home thousands of dollars in prize money.
Although the young players are professionals and play for a lot of money, they are still teenagers who also attend school on the side. In 2019, the then 15-year-old Benjyfishy made headlines when his mother took him out of school because of his Fortnite career. He is now one of the biggest Fortnite streamers.
Nevertheless, such players are often under immense pressure and there are often thoughtless statements on Twitter. A similar case also recently occurred on Twitch. There, a 16-year-old pro was banned after he thoughtlessly opened an image. This image then led to the ban of the streamer.
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In Call Of Duty: Warzone, there are ongoing issues with hacks and cheats. A Twitch streamer couple has now been banned after the actress who plays Operator Mara caught them cheating.
What happened? During a tournament, actress and CoD streamer Alex Zedra was the host for a match with streamers IcyVixen and her partner BeardedBanger.
What they are accused of: After the match, Zedra posted a clip of IcyVixen, tagged Twitch in the tweet, and accused them and her partner BeardedBanger of hacking.
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Both would be using aimbots and wallhacks. There were further diverse tweets and videos in which the couple’s videos were examined for aimbots and wallhacks.
First counterattack, then silence
How the couple reacted to the accusations: While IcyVixen directly blocked Zedra, BeardedBanger launched a verbal counterattack during a stream with IcyVixen and another person (via Twitter).
In it, he says: “I don’t know who Alex Zedra is, I don’t watch people, I beat them. What the heck. That’s all I can say. Babe, why don’t you go to the leaderboards and show my K/D?”
He also states that he has only been streaming for 10 days and is already close to becoming a Twitch partner. He addresses his critics: “I don’t care about any of you, people.”
Among the numerous players who publicly analyzed clips of BeardedBanger is YouTuber BadBoy Bearman. He draws a clear conclusion: BeardedBanger is, in his opinion, a cheater.
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Subsequently, all videos from BeardedBanger disappeared from Twitch, and his Twitter biography was also deleted.
How Twitch reacted: Shortly after, Twitch initially banned IcyVixen, and BeardedBanger’s account followed later. No specific reason has yet been given.
This is the next hacker incident involving streamers in a long series of events. Because CoD Warzone and Cold War continue to struggle with cheaters and hackers.
However, it may be that the hacks are not the only reason for the bans.
Over 40,000 followers after 10 days and 6 clips?
This has additionally raised skepticism: BeardedBanger claims to have been active on Twitch for only about 10 days but already had over 44,000 followers. A rather high number for such a short time.
However, he had so far only around 1,400 viewers and managed to upload just 6 clips before emptying his channel.
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Some players suspect BeardedBanger of artificially inflating his numbers through illegal bots. This is further underscored by the raw data.
According to sullygnome.com, where data on individual channels can be found, BeardedBanger’s follower numbers shot up from around 4,600 to over 43,000 in a day at the beginning of March.
It remains unclear whether BeardedBanger has boosted his follower numbers in dubious ways. The fact that both Twitch accounts were banned so promptly would at least confirm the hacker accusations.
What do you think about the story? Do you believe someone was trying to rise too quickly? Write in the comments.
In the roleplay of GTA 5 Online, a streamer ban is causing discussions. User TrainwrecksTV has been permanently banned from the NoPixel server. He claims this happened only to strengthen other streamers.
Who is it about? The streamer Tyler “TrainwrecksTV” Niknam has more than 1.2 million followers on Twitch and regularly streams to 6,000 to 30,000 viewers. He was particularly active last month in GTA roleplay and the just chatting section.
However, he has now been banned from the NoPixel roleplay server, where various Twitch celebrities play.
TrainwrecksTV is alleged to have used information in the roleplay that he couldn’t possibly know
He can appeal his ban
In a statement, he claims innocence and says he is the scapegoat of the server
Allegation: Metagaming – Here’s how the streamer reacts to the ban
What he is being accused of: Other players accused Trainwrecks of metagaming. Anyone playing on the NoPixel RP server should remain unequivocally in the role of their fictional character.
If one does not take this server rule seriously and uses knowledge that a streamer can acquire through their Twitch chat, one risks being banned for metagaming.
So, one uses information in their roleplay that their roleplay character actually shouldn’t know at all.
In this case, TrainwrecksTV is alleged to have learned information about the location of a meth lab. The story of this lab is still in development on the server and is being played out by other players.
According to reports from participants, it took other players weeks to uncover this information that TrainwrecksTV used. (via DualShockers)
Roleplay in GTA Online Officially, GTA Online doesn’t actually offer roleplay. These RP servers are not operated by Rockstar, but are created by the community. Regularly, a hype unfolds where many major streamers like Sodapoppin and xQc create characters with wild stories and stream them in GTA roleplay to thousands of viewers.
In his Twitch chat, TrainwrecksTV wrote just days after the allegations that he has now been permanently banned from the NoPixel server.
Members of the NoPixel team confirmed the ban to DotEsports and explained that he can contest this penalty for 30 days. (via DotEsports)
In a clip from UberHaxorNova, the topic of metagaming is discussed. He hopes the server operators will take action against it. The clip was made before the ban.
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Here’s how the streamer reacts: In a tweet, TrainwrecksTV released his response to the situation on the roleplay server.
I don’t know how to say this. I know there are many unsuccessful, unhappy losers who gather in forums to comment on others’ posts to reinforce narratives that MUST be true for them. [They do this] to suppress the fear and insecurity that my mere existence triggers within them. But smart and self-assured individuals must be strong. […]
He further writes that this time people should believe him when in doubt. According to TrainwrecksTV, those who view the situation from an unbiased perspective will realize that the ban was merely an attempt to “protect the monopolization of power in the game for selected streamers.” As a conclusion, he throws an insult.
A user points out to him that his statement about the monopoly would reveal a lot. “Read the sentence a few times and think about it. You could only know of one possibility of the streamer monopoly if you had engaged in metagaming.”
Trainwrecks explains that he was forced into metagaming to gather evidence that he wasn’t metagaming.
In a deleted tweet, he responds that he is just “their scapegoat” so they can calm their reddit community. (via google-webcache)
Whether TrainwrecksTV will still contest this ban or will not concern himself further with the server remains to be seen in the coming weeks.
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Chinese fans of Genshin Impact have besieged numerous branches of the fast-food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken. The reason was a free pin with every order.
This is what is happening in China: KFC offered fans of Genshin Impact a very special promotion. They had to say the phrase “Meet in another world, enjoy delicious food” when placing their order to receive a pin of Diluc or Noelle.
The rush for these pins was enormous, with thousands of Chinese people storming the branches of KFC. Various videos and pictures appeared on Twitter showing long lines in front of the stores.
Genshin Impact pins drive fans crazy
What exactly is behind the pin promotion? These pins are not the only goodies related to Genshin Impact currently available at KFC. The promotion also includes benefits for Genshin Impact itself. KFC customers receive special in-game recipes and a glider suit.
Since this weekend, there are also the pins that you get, which create a real hype and make thousands of fans wait for hours for their order.
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Some fans spent whole nights in front of the KFC branches to get the pin. In some cities, the police dispersed the crowds as they did not adhere to hygiene regulations.
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Why is there this rush? Genshin Impact is a huge success not only in Germany. Especially the fact that it can also be played on smartphones attracts Asian fans.
Additionally, Diluc is particularly popular among fans of Genshin Impact. Since its release, this character has been among the best fighters in the game and is frequently used in battles. Free items for Diluc are therefore well-received.
Has there ever been something similar? Fans of Pokémon cards are likely similarly excited about a recent collaboration between McDonald’s and Pokémon. Currently, in Germany, every Happy Meal comes with a booster pack of Pokémon cards.
This promotion also ran in the USA and caused a massive rush there. In many places, the cards were sold out within a few hours or days.
Will this come to Germany as well? So far, there has been no mention of it. However, it has been announced that the exclusive glider available with the KFC order will be obtainable worldwide later. However, how to obtain the glider is still unknown.
What will definitely come to Germany soon is Patch 1.4. We will give you all the information about its content:
With the Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft offers a gaming flat rate for PC and Xbox Series X. The library includes some games that you can easily play on weaker systems.
The most important things at a glance:
The article presents you the best games from the Xbox Game Pass for weak PCs.
In the Xbox Game Pass, you will also find games from Bethesda that are suitable for weak computers.
With the “Xbox Game Pass”, you can play as many games as you want from around 200 games for about 10 euros. There are no additional costs for the user. This is especially suitable for those who want to try or replay games without investing a lot of money right away.
However, the “Xbox Game Pass” can also be worthwhile for players who do not necessarily have powerful hardware but still want to play some good games.
What this article is about: In our article we present to you which games are worth it for players with weak hardware. Additionally, we will introduce the Xbox Game Pass in more detail at the end if you want more information about it.
How did the list come about? We have gone through the entire offering of the Xbox Game Pass for you and have selected recommendable titles that preferably also offer multiplayer.
We also tested the games on a 5-year-old laptop. However, this is not a guarantee that the games will run on your systems.
Update March 13, 2021: We have updated the article and added two Bethesda games to our list.
That’s why the Game Pass is interesting for users with weak hardware
Here’s what’s interesting: Currently, remasters, or revamped versions of old classics, are particularly popular among gamers. Games like Diablo 2 are eagerly awaited or other remasters like Tony Hawks Pro Skater are highly rated. Others, however, at least have a broad fan base.
The games require relatively little resources and you can look into the games for comparatively low costs.
Besides classics, there are also plenty of exciting indie games that run with low requirements and can provide a lot of fun.
Who is it worth it for? It is currently especially worth it for players who do not want to pay high scalpers prices for graphics cards and therefore want or have to wait. This includes both indie games and older titles that run smoothly with low system requirements.
The advantages and disadvantages of the Xbox Game Pass have been presented in detail at the end of the article.
What is Starbound? Starbound is a sandbox game and similar to Terraria. Although Starbound offers you a story, you can freely choose what you do and where you go. Instead of being in one world, you travel through dozens of planets that you can discover and colonize. You collect resources, upgrade your spaceship, and establish colonies. You can also play Starbound cooperatively.
However, gameplay gradually becomes repetitive with many tasks. Especially the scanning missions of planets are tedious. The interface is also not very successful.
With your own spaceship, you travel from planet to planet.
Does it run on my PC? Starbound requires very little computer resources. As a minimum, the game requires a dual-core processor and 2 GB of RAM. A graphics card with 256 MB of video memory should also be no problem for most.
How is the game rated? On Steam, the game has over 72,000 reviews with “very positive” or 91% positive ratings. Users praise the large scope of the game and the beautiful graphics.
Pro
Huge game world
Many different tasks
Story mode
Cooperative play possible
Contra
Repetitive missions
Poor interface
Overcooked! 2
Genre: Jump-and-Run | Developer: Ghost Town Games Ltd | Release Date: August 7, 2018
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What is Overcooked 2? Overcooked 2 is a fun cooperative title for several evenings and is also suitable for children. Together in a team with up to four players, it is your task to prepare food for a sinister force of undead bread, the Unbread. You must adhere to recipes and adjust to the ever-changing kitchens.
The whole thing happens under time pressure. If you manage all tasks in a certain period, you unlock the next level. Teamwork is incredibly important. However, this can also make the game very hectic. Overall, the game offers a rather short length.
Overcooked 2 is colorful and chaotic. Each level is built differently.
Does it run on my PC? As minimum requirements, an Intel i3-2100 or an AMD A8-5600k and a total of 4 GB of RAM are required. This makes the requirements very low. You also do not need a graphics card to play the game.
How is the game rated? On Steam, the game receives a “very positive” rating (90%) with more than 19,000 ratings. The chaotic co-op mode and the fun presentation are praised. The very short story mode is criticized.
What is Among Us? Among Us draws on well-known classics like Werewolf or Mafia (via Wikipedia): Together, you want to achieve a goal, but among the players, there is a cheater or killer. Among Us ports the popular principle to PC. Especially at the end of 2020, Among Us saw a massive increase in players.
Communication is everything in the game, as regular polls are held to identify the cheater. In addition, the spaceship must continue to be made ready, which can be repeatedly sabotaged by opponents. However, to really enjoy the game, you should have a certain number of players (4+).
Who is the cheater? Regular votes take place, communication is everything.
Does it run on my PC? Among Us is probably the game on our list with the lowest requirements. You need a processor that supports at least SSE2. This should be the case unless your processor is older than 2001 (Intel) or 2003 (AMD). 1 GB of RAM is also negligible.
How is the game rated? The game is rated “extremely positive” (95%) with 445,000 reviews on Steam. The fun gameplay is praised, but some complain that the game still lacks an internal reporting or friendship system.
What is Tetris Effect: Connected? This game also offers you the well-known indestructible gameplay: blocks fall from above and you must place them skillfully to form a row. Connected offers you a wealth of multiplayer features in addition to the classic gameplay. You can compete against other players or test the cooperative Connect mode with friends. Leaderboards also keep things interesting.
The soundtrack plays rather uninspired, and the PC and Xbox versions do not offer VR support. Tetris Effect is perfect for the Gamepass when you need a quick game in between.
Tetris Effect: Connected is colorful, and the multiplayer is fun.
Does the game run on my PC? The game requires at least an Intel i3-4340 and 4 GB of RAM. The graphics card requirements are also set low, with Direct X 10 and 2 GB of video memory.
How is the game rated? On OpenCritic, the game is rated with 87/100 based on 31 reviews. The game is praised for its puzzle elements and significantly improved PC version.
Pro
Timeless gameplay
Leaderboards, matchmaking, play with friends
Cooperative connect mode
Beautiful and vibrant colors
Contra
No VR on PC and Xbox
Astroneer
Genre: Survival | Developer: System Era Softworks | Release Date: December 16, 2016
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What is Astroneer? Above and below the earth, you build your bases. You have the option to build your own vehicles. Your terraforming tool is always with you: with it, you can build, collect resources, or dig up the world. There is a lot to discover in the game world.
The peculiarity does not lie in defeating enemies or big bosses but in building complex production chains. If you want to travel to the next planet, you need a shuttle. You must produce goods and research blueprints, as well as obtain power and oxygen for the shuttle. The complex system keeps you engaged and is very motivating.
Astroneer relies on a very own, colorful graphic style.
Does it run on my PC? The game needs at least a dual-core processor with a clock speed of more than 2 GHz. 4 GB of RAM is common in almost every computer system today and should not be an issue. A graphics card with at least 1 GB of video memory is required; that should not pose a hurdle for most older PCs either.
How is the game rated? With over 62,000 ratings, 90% are positive, resulting in a “Very Positive” rating on Steam. It is praised for the “beautiful world”, various content, and a good crafting system.
Pro
Large game world of 7 planets invites exploration
Complex system with products and modules
Beautiful and unique graphic style
Terraforming tool is great fun for creative players
Contra
No multiplayer servers
What’s on the next page: On the second list, you will find four more recommended single-player titles that require no high system specifications yet are very recommended.
Among them, you’ll find two Elder Scrolls games, real classics that you should at least know. There is also a modern indie title that has already received a sequel and is worth a look for its story.
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In Pokémon GO there is a new leak. Dataminers have found another lure module that could be available soon. We show you what is known about it.
This module is about: Dataminers from Pokéminers have once again searched the code of Pokémon GO. They came across some new features, including a lure module that does not yet exist. They shared their findings with the community via reddit .
The module is called “Rainy Lure”, presumably “Rain Module” in German. We show you here what could happen with this module in Pokémon GO.
New lure module could bring new Pokémon
What this Rain Module could be about: So far, lure modules have also adhered to their names in terms of appropriate spawns. A Magnetic Module, for example, attracts Steel-type Pokémon, and a Glacier Module primarily attracts Ice-type Pokémon.
A Rain Module could, by its name, mainly attract Water-type Pokémon. There is a wide variety of Water-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, so one could catch many different monsters.
This is behind the lure modules: For a long time, there was only one type of lure module in Pokémon GO. They attracted the normal spawns that already appear nearby.
In May 2019, Moss, Glacier, and Magnetic Modules were introduced. They attract very specific types of Pokémon and also function as development items for some monsters.
This Pokémon is associated with: In the 6th generation, there is a monster that can only evolve in the console games during rain. This refers to the evolution of Viscargot to Viscogon. So it is quite possible that the lure module will be needed again for the evolution to Viscogon. We already know this from Magnezone or the Eevee evolutions Glaciola and Folipurba.
It is quite possible that the Rain Module will be introduced into the game along with these Pokémon. Previously, there was only a large wave of Gen-6 Pokémon in early December. A next wave could therefore be on the horizon in the coming weeks.
What else have the dataminers found? They have also found numerous pieces of information about a new item: The Route Marker. This item was first found in the summer of 2019 and now there is finally more information about it.
The item is supposed to help draw routes. You can create connections between PokéStops and thus create a route. However, it is still not entirely clear what exactly to do with this route.
What you need to consider: With all these leaks, you should always bring a dose of skepticism. So far, none of the features mentioned here have been announced by Niantic. It may take a while before they are actually implemented. It is even possible that none of this will make it into the game.
Nevertheless, such leaks are a good first insight into the future of Pokémon GO. A large portion of such finds from the past was actually implemented later.
What has already been implemented are the changes regarding XL Candy. You can find these adjustments listed here:
Blizzard has now revealed when Season 22 in Diablo 3 will end. There is already information on what the next update 2.7.0 will look like. And it brings significant changes to the gameplay.
What’s new? For weeks, there was speculation about when Season 22, which started in November 2020, would end. Typically, a season in Diablo 3 lasts about 3 months. That would mean it should have ended on February 20. However, Season 22 will last over four months in total.
Blizzard communicated the end date for March 28 at 5:00 PM German time.
The End of Season 22 – When Does Season 23 Start?
This is what Blizzard says: In a blue post from Community Manager FilthieRich, the end of S22 has been communicated. It states that, in addition to the official end date, the “Double Goblin Event” will also run until the end of S22. So if you are still playing with your seasonal character, you will encounter two goblins where only one should appear.
When Does Season 23 Start? The team from Diablo 3 wants to release a preview for the upcoming Season 23 “soon”. Only in that preview will they announce the start date of Season 23. Keep in mind that there is usually a one to two-week break between the end of one season and the start of a new season.
In recent years, it has been seen in Diablo 3 that this time between seasons has been extended to two weeks for major updates. This way there is enough time for the fine-tuning of the patch. So if Season 22 ends on Sunday, March 28, a possible start date would be Friday, April 9. But that is speculation for now. You will hear about it on MeinMMO as soon as the start of the new season is officially announced.
What’s Next in Diablo 3 with Patch 2.7.0?
What has been announced: We already know that with Patch 2.7.0, the biggest changes in years are coming to Diablo 3. The team has revamped the companions, who can now wear much more armor in the new update. The good thing is that you can equip them with many legendary bonuses that will also count for you.
So if you have always run in your Greater Rifts with the amulet “Flavor of Time“, you can now conveniently equip that to a companion who activates this bonus for you. You will then have room for another amulet with an additional bonus.
Blizzard also changed the abilities of the companions. One significant change is the ability to save you from death. Many players used such an ability passively while pushing Greater Rifts. In the new update, you can then delegate this ability to a companion.
Testing Results: In the last two weeks, players have been able to test the changes on the PTR. Blizzard received important feedback and had to adjust a few things to bring more balance to the patch. For instance, adjustments were made for the Necromancer because he was practically invulnerable with the Army of the Dead.
Additionally, they intervened in the Firebird set of wizards, which had an unforeseen overlap with the Tal Rasha set.
For the Demon Hunter, they modified the new Horror set so that projectiles can penetrate a maximum of 3 targets.
In Destiny 2 today, on March 12th, the mysterious Xur is visiting. Where will the Exotic dealer with the noodle face settle this time? And what Exotics does he have for you? Read here everything about Xur’s location and inventory this weekend.
All info about Xur on March 12, 2021 – PS4, PS5, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Google Stadia
Then Xur appears:As usual, Xur will show up today at 6:00 PM on a random planet. He will stay there until the next Weekly Reset on March 16th and sell his exotic items to interested Guardians.
What does Xur have for sale? Is Xur bringing strong gear parts this weekend? Or maybe even a rare weapon Exotic?
We’ll take a look at his inventory and let you know what the mysterious dealer has to offer this time.
Where is Xur? This is his location this weekend
The position of Xur: You can find Xur this weekend at the Tower by the Hangar.
Xur’s current position in the Tower
Xur’s inventory from March 12 to March 16 – All Exotics at a glance
Weapon:Monte Carlo – Auto Rifle for 29 Legendary Shards
Titan:Synthoceps – Gauntlets for 23 Legendary Shards
The values of the magazine attachments of the weapons from Black Ops Cold War in Call of Duty: Warzone are currently difficult to track. A Warzone expert now shows the right magazines for the best “Cold War” weapons in Season 2 and MeinMMO presents his results.
Why is a larger magazine important? In Call of Duty: Warzone, you often find yourself facing multiple enemies at once or need to put pressure on distant opponents. In both cases, large magazines help you to be more effective. You can deal more damage before the next reload and have a better chance of hitting your enemy at long distances.
What is the problem with the selection? The magazines of the various weapons from Cold War always offer the same bonuses and drawbacks according to their descriptions. However, in practice, this is different. For example, while the 6th magazine for the popular assault rifle FFAR 1 is the best choice, this is not necessarily the case for other assault rifles. If you choose the wrong magazine, you significantly and unnecessarily reduce your aim down sights (ADS) time.
The Warzone expert “TheXclusiveAce” has analyzed the value changes of the magazines of the best “Cold War” weapons in Warzone in detail and shows which magazines will provide you with the most performance in Season 2.
The best magazines for the most popular “Cold War” weapons
Which magazine should I use for which weapon? The expert has analyzed the magazines for 9 weapons from Cold War in Warzone and recommends the following selection:
FFAR 1 – 6th magazine – Fast burst 50-round magazine
Seems to be faulty – provides large magazine and faster reload without drawbacks
Krig 6 – 4th magazine – STANAG 60-round
Large magazine with only moderate drawbacks in reload time and ADS speed
XM4 – 4th magazine – STANAG 60-round
Large magazine with only moderate drawbacks in reload time and ADS speed
AUG – 1st magazine – 45-round drum
Magazine provides more rounds without value drawbacks
M16 – 6th magazine – Fast burst 60-round magazine
Seems to be faulty – provides large magazine and faster reload without drawbacks
MAC-10 – 4th magazine – STANAG 53-round drum
Large magazine with only moderate drawbacks in reload time and ADS speed
Bullfrog – 4th magazine – STANAG 85-round
Large magazine with only moderate drawbacks in reload time and ADS speed
MP5 – 4th magazine – STANAG 50-round drum
Large magazine with only moderate drawbacks in reload time and ADS speed
Stoner 63 – 2nd magazine – Fast magazine
Strong reduction in reload time without ADS drawbacks
Pellington & Tundra – 1st or 2nd magazine
Either fast reload or larger magazine without drawbacks on the ADS value
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Magazines sometimes bring unnecessary drawbacks to important ADS value
What can I do wrong with magazines? The values of the magazines from Cold War are still too inconsistent to make the right choice without background knowledge. This leads to unnecessary drawbacks in your aim down sights time, which results in significant disadvantages, especially with close combat weapons such as the powerful submachine guns and the FFAR 1.
The FFAR and the M16 are the prime examples of this. The 6th magazine improves your reload time and increases magazine capacity, but it should cost you ADS time. However, this disadvantage does not currently exist. At the moment, the 6th magazines are therefore by far the best choice for these two weapons. However, you can assume that this will be fixed soon. So far, however, there is no information on this.
What is the ADS speed and why is it so important? The ADS speed (Aim Down Sights) determines how fast you are with the sights of a weapon. It is about the time it takes for you to be fully in sight after pressing the aim button.
Although there are also hipfire setups like that of the MP7 from CoD MW, in general, you go into the sights before firing to ensure you can hit enemies accurately. The farther the distance to the enemy, the less important the ADS time becomes. But even with range weapons, a reasonable ADS speed is pleasant, as you can react faster when an enemy appears on the screen.
The faster you are in sight, the more likely you are to hit the enemy accurately.
Attachments of the “Cold War” weapons have been a major problem since Season 1
What is wrong with the “Cold War” attachments? You cannot trust many in-game descriptions of the attachments. This has improved since the start of Season 2, but there are still some incorrect and even misleading descriptions.
Additionally, there are broken attachments like the 6th magazines of the FFAR and M16. In both cases, the value drawbacks are missing and there are also attachments where the bonuses are absent. On top of this, there are secret changes that occur with almost every major Warzone update.
Currently, it is therefore very time-consuming to actually find the best attachments for a weapon from Cold War in Warzone. For many players, this is a significant problem and one of the reasons why the integration of the new CoD into the Battle Royale is not well-received by many. That these problems still exist almost 3 months after the integration is another factor.
What do you think? Do you try out a lot anyway and choose your attachments based on feel, or are you annoyed by the sometimes misleading descriptions of the attachments? Does the gunsmith feature perhaps become more of a problem than a cool game mechanic?
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Developer People Can Fly has released another update for the demo of Outriders. This mainly changes an annoying feature that caused nausea for many players. Here are the patch notes.
What is this update about? As the developers of Outriders announced on Twitter, the new patch addresses several issues. One of the most discussed was the motion blur feature of the loot shooter.
Additionally, there are some bug fixes and other adjustments. MeinMMO summarizes what is included in the new demo update.
What is motion blur? Motion Blur (motion blur) comes from photography, used in games with fast movements, often in shooters, racing games, and action-adventures.
It simulates high speed, with the edges of the image blurring while the center remains sharp.
Demo Update for Motion Blur – Patch Notes
What is the problem? Many players find this effect in Outriders rather straining. For some players, motion blur even caused nausea and headaches.
At the launch of the demo, it was not possible to disable motion blur in the options. While PC players found a workaround, console players had to wait. The update now provides an option for Steam, PS5, and PS4.
What else is changing? The developers published the patch notes on Twitter:
These are the patch notes:
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Minor improvements to frame rate for certain elements in cutscenes
A bug was fixed that caused crashes on PC when opening the inventory
A bug was fixed where items were deleted from the inventory when players experienced brief connection drops (PC)
A bug was fixed that affected synchronization in cutscenes (PS4 and PS5)
A bug in the “Bad Day” quest was fixed where the synchronization of subtitles did not match the cutscene (PC)
“Many more improvements”
What about the Xbox versions? The Xbox versions are expected to follow soon. There is no exact date for that yet.
Positive Feedback, but there are still issues
These are the initial reactions: On Twitter and in the Subreddit of outriders, the first players are reacting very positively. For example, Z3nex writes: “Finally, I can deactivate motion blur. The most important update for any game.” (via reddit)
User PlayBey0nd28 praises the communication from developer People Can Fly: “I have to say – they hit the nail on the head when it comes to communication” (via reddit)
However, some players are still complaining about the loss of equipment. User Kas apparently lost several legendary weapons after experiencing a crash: “Please let us know what happens with the lost weapons.”
The developers have already responded to such inquiries:
“This is one of our highest priorities. It takes some time and we want to make sure we find a solution and can answer all questions about restoration thoroughly before we announce news about it.”
We are also continuing to work on improvements. Other content like the drops of legendary weapons have not been changed. These were revised in the last update.
While legendary items could still drop from crates at the start of the demo, other methods must be used now.
Before the fight, you should definitely clear the area. Additional enemies make the fight nearly impossible because you cannot dodge anymore. You can also place some campfires as “traps” to set the boss on fire as he moves.
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Third boss: Summon and defeat Bone Worm in the swamp
Where can I find the boss? The Bone Worm is located in the swamp biome. You can find the Vegvisir for the boss in the sunken crypts or in ruins in the swamp. For these, you need the swamp key from the second boss.
What rewards do I get?
Forked bone/divining rod for hidden treasures and silver
The power of Bone Worm, which reduces the physical damage you take
How to summon Bone Worm: To summon Bone Worm, you need three weathered bones. You can find them in the mud piles in the sunken crypts. In our guide, you will learn how to find the swamp and open the sunken crypts.
Abilities and strategy
The fight against Bone Worm is one of the hardest, if not the hardest in the game. He can summon a strong poison cloud, calls skeletons and blobs, and heals during combat.
Additionally, he is nearly immune to any type of stabbing and blade damage. You absolutely need a blunt weapon like an iron mace. Even an upgraded wooden club does more damage than a hunter’s bow with iron arrows. However, if you have already been to the mountains, frost arrows can give you a huge advantage.
Definitely take poison resistance mead with you; without it, you will not survive the fight. Ideally, take several units with you and store some in case you die. Wear the best armor you can craft.
In combat, you should focus on melee, despite the poison damage. Due to Bone Worm’s healing, you need to deal continuous damage to defeat him. The powerful hammer Stagbreaker, whose recipe you get from Eikthyr, is particularly effective; it deals damage to both the boss and his minions when he summons them. You can also push back the minions this way.
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Fourth boss: Summon and defeat Moder in the mountains
Where can I find the boss? Moder is a wyvern that you can find on one of the peaks in the mountain biome. Your Vegvisir is located near the stone ruins and buildings in the mountains, where draugr and skeletons often roam.
What rewards do I get?
Dragon tears, which allow you to forge black metal
The power of Moder, which ensures that the wind is always at your back while traveling by ship, regardless of its actual direction
How to summon Moder: To summon the wyvern, you need three dragon eggs found in nests in the mountains. Look for a purple shimmer. The eggs weigh 200 – so you can only carry one at a time – unless you have the Megingjord belt from the merchant Haldor. Carry the eggs individually to their shrine or ask friends for help. Once the eggs are set up, you must interact with the stone tablet to offer the sacrifice.
Abilities and strategy
In the fight against Moder, a lot of skill is required. She has several attacks that you need to dodge and two phases: air and ground. In the air, she flies and throws ice spikes at you. One of the attacks causes ice crystals to appear on the ground, and the other deals significantly more damage.
On the ground, she has a melee attack in an arc in front of her, as well as an ice breath that can freeze you. When she briefly raises her head, you should roll to the side quickly. Each individual attack does not deal too much damage but will slow you down. If she hits you, it can quickly lead to multiple hits in succession.
Frost resistance helps you significantly in the fight against Moder. Take corresponding mead with you and craft the wolf hide armor from the wolves in the mountains and silver. You will need it to survive in the biome anyway, and they are also useful against Moder and her attacks.
For attacks, you should focus on ranged combat against the wyvern. Obsidian arrows are expensive but powerful. Alternatively, you can deal significant damage with poison or cheaper fire arrows and deal damage over time when you need to dodge or hide. Definitely take a hunting bow with you.
Dodge Moder’s attacks with a roll (right-click + direction key + spacebar). You can see her attacks from the air coming, and on the ground, you should be at a distance anyway. She announces her attacks there by briefly raising her head or wing. Use the long pauses in between to fill her with arrows.
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Fifth boss: Summon and defeat Yagluth in the plains
Where can I find the boss? Yagluth is a giant skeleton with a crown and the currently last boss of Valheim. You find him in the meadows. To learn his location, you need to find his Vegvisir at the large rocks in the plains, where usually huge brutes of the fulings roam.
What rewards do I get?
New material – coming soon
The power of Yagluth, which grants you resistance to elemental damage (fire, frost, poison).
How to summon Yagluth: You need five fuling totems that you can find in the plains. The shamans of these goblin creatures can drop them. Place the totems at Yagluth’s altar and then interact with the stone tablet to start the fight.
Yagluth has three attacks that are all very easy to recognize. When he raises his head and it glows red, he will breathe fire at a very long distance. Seek shelter behind the stones or dodge quickly to avoid burning.
If he raises his left hand and it glows orange, he will summon a meteor shower. In this case, also seek shelter behind the many rocks in the arena. If he raises his right hand and it glows blue, he will slam it into the ground, causing an explosion. Keep a safe distance.
The fight is relatively easy compared to Moder or Bone Worm. Yagluth moves extremely slowly, and you can dodge most attacks. However, keep in mind that he is the current final boss and do not underestimate him. If you get hit, it can still quickly kill you – especially if you are burning. Be sure to bring strong healing mead.
Stay at a distance and fight him with your best bow and ice arrows. Strong armor is advantageous, but not necessary if you can dodge well. Fighting in pairs makes the battle significantly easier when Yagluth focuses on one player, while the other can attack him from the back with melee weapons. Clubs and hammers are particularly good.
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Many bosses have specific weaknesses. For example, you can defeat Bone Worm more effectively with blunt weapons or frost arrows, whereas Moder is best defeated with poison and fire.
As a rule of thumb, always use the best weapon you can currently craft and upgrade it as much as possible – at least if you feel stuck against a boss.
For most bosses, round shields and one-handed weapons are particularly good. With those, you remain mobile, can block well, and still deal damage. Bows and arrows are also worth it.
If you want to deal a lot of damage overall, check out our list of the best weapons in Valheim. There, you will also learn how to craft these swords, axes, and spears.
How many bosses have you defeated? Which one is your favorite so far? Let us know in the comments.
Alternatively, you can stay at a distance and harass him with a bow. However, this takes significantly longer and costs you arrows. We recommend melee combat.
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Second boss: Summon and defeat The Ancient in the dark forest
Where can I find the boss? The Ancient is a giant, living tree in the Dark Forest. You can find its position by using a Vegvisir near the ruins in the burial chambers of the Dark Forest. Look out for stone buildings, where usually skeletons or dark dwarves await.
What rewards do I get?
The swamp key, which grants you access to iron
The power of The Ancient, which allows you to deal more damage while chopping wood for five minutes – meaning you can fell trees faster
How to summon The Ancient: Once you have determined the position, you need three Ancient seeds. You get these by destroying dark dwarf nests in the Dark Forest. The nests have a purple aura that can be seen from a distance in the forest.
Alternatively, you can kill dark dwarf brutes or shamans. They also have a chance to drop the seeds. Place the seeds in the fire bowl at the altar of The Ancient by putting them into your action keys.
The Ancient is significantly harder than Eikthyr. His melee attack is a wide arc that can effortlessly destroy cover like rocks and trees. His special abilities include summoning vines from the ground and a ranged attack that lets several vines strike at your position. You will already see the summoned vines appearing around you from the ground. When The Ancient raises its arms, it begins to bring them to life. You should get away quickly at that point.
Blocking does not work much against The Ancient, so you should definitely keep your distance. Equip yourself with troll hide or bronze armor and make yourself a fine wood bow. Mead is also helpful as a healing potion. In our guide, you will learn how to make mead in Valheim.
The Ancient is vulnerable to fire damage, so fire arrows are very effective. Pack at least 200 or more. Stay behind the stone pillars of his altar during the fight and keep your distance. The boss cannot destroy the pillars with his ranged attack, and you are safe.
Fire two or three arrows at him after he attacks, and then hide again. Once the vines appear around you, switch positions and repeat it until he is dead.
Before the fight, you should definitely clear the area. Additional enemies make the fight nearly impossible because you cannot dodge anymore. You can also place some campfires as “traps” to set the boss on fire as he moves.
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Third boss: Summon and defeat Bone Worm in the swamp
Where can I find the boss? The Bone Worm is located in the swamp biome. You can find the Vegvisir for the boss in the sunken crypts or in ruins in the swamp. For these, you need the swamp key from the second boss.
What rewards do I get?
Forked bone/divining rod for hidden treasures and silver
The power of Bone Worm, which reduces the physical damage you take
How to summon Bone Worm: To summon Bone Worm, you need three weathered bones. You can find them in the mud piles in the sunken crypts. In our guide, you will learn how to find the swamp and open the sunken crypts.
Abilities and strategy
The fight against Bone Worm is one of the hardest, if not the hardest in the game. He can summon a strong poison cloud, calls skeletons and blobs, and heals during combat.
Additionally, he is nearly immune to any type of stabbing and blade damage. You absolutely need a blunt weapon like an iron mace. Even an upgraded wooden club does more damage than a hunter’s bow with iron arrows. However, if you have already been to the mountains, frost arrows can give you a huge advantage.
Definitely take poison resistance mead with you; without it, you will not survive the fight. Ideally, take several units with you and store some in case you die. Wear the best armor you can craft.
In combat, you should focus on melee, despite the poison damage. Due to Bone Worm’s healing, you need to deal continuous damage to defeat him. The powerful hammer Stagbreaker, whose recipe you get from Eikthyr, is particularly effective; it deals damage to both the boss and his minions when he summons them. You can also push back the minions this way.
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In the video, players mainly use frost arrows – it works, but it’s expensive.
Fourth boss: Summon and defeat Moder in the mountains
Where can I find the boss? Moder is a wyvern that you can find on one of the peaks in the mountain biome. Your Vegvisir is located near the stone ruins and buildings in the mountains, where draugr and skeletons often roam.
What rewards do I get?
Dragon tears, which allow you to forge black metal
The power of Moder, which ensures that the wind is always at your back while traveling by ship, regardless of its actual direction
How to summon Moder: To summon the wyvern, you need three dragon eggs found in nests in the mountains. Look for a purple shimmer. The eggs weigh 200 – so you can only carry one at a time – unless you have the Megingjord belt from the merchant Haldor. Carry the eggs individually to their shrine or ask friends for help. Once the eggs are set up, you must interact with the stone tablet to offer the sacrifice.
Abilities and strategy
In the fight against Moder, a lot of skill is required. She has several attacks that you need to dodge and two phases: air and ground. In the air, she flies and throws ice spikes at you. One of the attacks causes ice crystals to appear on the ground, and the other deals significantly more damage.
On the ground, she has a melee attack in an arc in front of her, as well as an ice breath that can freeze you. When she briefly raises her head, you should roll to the side quickly. Each individual attack does not deal too much damage but will slow you down. If she hits you, it can quickly lead to multiple hits in succession.
Frost resistance helps you significantly in the fight against Moder. Take corresponding mead with you and craft the wolf hide armor from the wolves in the mountains and silver. You will need it to survive in the biome anyway, and they are also useful against Moder and her attacks.
For attacks, you should focus on ranged combat against the wyvern. Obsidian arrows are expensive but powerful. Alternatively, you can deal significant damage with poison or cheaper fire arrows and deal damage over time when you need to dodge or hide. Definitely take a hunting bow with you.
Dodge Moder’s attacks with a roll (right-click + direction key + spacebar). You can see her attacks from the air coming, and on the ground, you should be at a distance anyway. She announces her attacks there by briefly raising her head or wing. Use the long pauses in between to fill her with arrows.
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Fifth boss: Summon and defeat Yagluth in the plains
Where can I find the boss? Yagluth is a giant skeleton with a crown and the currently last boss of Valheim. You find him in the meadows. To learn his location, you need to find his Vegvisir at the large rocks in the plains, where usually huge brutes of the fulings roam.
What rewards do I get?
New material – coming soon
The power of Yagluth, which grants you resistance to elemental damage (fire, frost, poison).
How to summon Yagluth: You need five fuling totems that you can find in the plains. The shamans of these goblin creatures can drop them. Place the totems at Yagluth’s altar and then interact with the stone tablet to start the fight.
Yagluth has three attacks that are all very easy to recognize. When he raises his head and it glows red, he will breathe fire at a very long distance. Seek shelter behind the stones or dodge quickly to avoid burning.
If he raises his left hand and it glows orange, he will summon a meteor shower. In this case, also seek shelter behind the many rocks in the arena. If he raises his right hand and it glows blue, he will slam it into the ground, causing an explosion. Keep a safe distance.
The fight is relatively easy compared to Moder or Bone Worm. Yagluth moves extremely slowly, and you can dodge most attacks. However, keep in mind that he is the current final boss and do not underestimate him. If you get hit, it can still quickly kill you – especially if you are burning. Be sure to bring strong healing mead.
Stay at a distance and fight him with your best bow and ice arrows. Strong armor is advantageous, but not necessary if you can dodge well. Fighting in pairs makes the battle significantly easier when Yagluth focuses on one player, while the other can attack him from the back with melee weapons. Clubs and hammers are particularly good.
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Many bosses have specific weaknesses. For example, you can defeat Bone Worm more effectively with blunt weapons or frost arrows, whereas Moder is best defeated with poison and fire.
As a rule of thumb, always use the best weapon you can currently craft and upgrade it as much as possible – at least if you feel stuck against a boss.
For most bosses, round shields and one-handed weapons are particularly good. With those, you remain mobile, can block well, and still deal damage. Bows and arrows are also worth it.
If you want to deal a lot of damage overall, check out our list of the best weapons in Valheim. There, you will also learn how to craft these swords, axes, and spears.
How many bosses have you defeated? Which one is your favorite so far? Let us know in the comments.
The boss fights make the new survival game Valheim special. They reward you with special items and advance you on your journeys. MeinMMO explains how to find and defeat all 5 of the current bosses. We have guides for Eikthyr, The Ancient, Bone Worm, Moder, and Yagluth.
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What are bosses in Valheim? The toughest opponents in Valheim are the bosses. Each of the currently available biomes (except the ocean) has a boss that acts as a “culmination” of that biome.
Bosses reward you with powerful buffs and items that advance you. When you defeat a boss, you gain access to new materials that allow you to craft stronger gear, weapons, and building parts.
The exciting battles are therefore a chapter finale on your journey each time. However, you first need to find the bosses and prepare for them. MeinMMO reveals how to do that.
Update from March 12: We have added tips for the best weapons in the fight against the bosses. You will find the section at the very end of the article.
Note: The map of Valheim is procedurally and randomly generated. Therefore, the exact location of a boss will differ for each player. Each boss can have multiple spawn points, and they can be summoned and killed multiple times. We will give you tips on how to track them down.
First boss: Summon and defeat Eikthyr in the meadows
Where can I find the boss? Eikthyr is located in the meadows, and you can find his position right at the beginning of the game. Use the Vegvisir right next to the trophy circle at the start, and his position will be marked on the map.
The small stone on the far left is the Vegvisir, a Nordic compass. Look for one for each boss to discover its position.
The power of Eikthyr, which allows you to consume less stamina when running and jumping for five minutes
How to summon Eikthyr: To summon Eikthyr, you need deer trophies. You get them from the deer in the meadows with a low chance. You must place two of them on his altar.
To do this, drag the trophies into your quick slots at the top (keys 1-8) and then press the corresponding key while aiming at the altar. Eikthyr will then be summoned and face you in battle.
Abilities and strategy
Eikthyr has two special attacks in addition to his normal melee attack. When he slightly lowers his head and raises his front hooves, he prepares for a frontal lightning strike with high range. When he stands on his hind hooves, he prepares an area attack around him that hits anyone in the summoned dome.
The fight against Eikthyr is relatively easy. Each of his attacks can be blocked with a regular shield. The best and fastest strategy is to attack him with a flint axe or a flint spear and a wooden shield. Block his attacks and strike him during his relatively long attack pauses. You should be able to get in 2-3 attacks.
Alternatively, you can stay at a distance and harass him with a bow. However, this takes significantly longer and costs you arrows. We recommend melee combat.
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Second boss: Summon and defeat The Ancient in the dark forest
Where can I find the boss? The Ancient is a giant, living tree in the Dark Forest. You can find its position by using a Vegvisir near the ruins in the burial chambers of the Dark Forest. Look out for stone buildings, where usually skeletons or dark dwarves await.
What rewards do I get?
The swamp key, which grants you access to iron
The power of The Ancient, which allows you to deal more damage while chopping wood for five minutes – meaning you can fell trees faster
How to summon The Ancient: Once you have determined the position, you need three Ancient seeds. You get these by destroying dark dwarf nests in the Dark Forest. The nests have a purple aura that can be seen from a distance in the forest.
Alternatively, you can kill dark dwarf brutes or shamans. They also have a chance to drop the seeds. Place the seeds in the fire bowl at the altar of The Ancient by putting them into your action keys.
The Ancient is significantly harder than Eikthyr. His melee attack is a wide arc that can effortlessly destroy cover like rocks and trees. His special abilities include summoning vines from the ground and a ranged attack that lets several vines strike at your position. You will already see the summoned vines appearing around you from the ground. When The Ancient raises its arms, it begins to bring them to life. You should get away quickly at that point.
Blocking does not work much against The Ancient, so you should definitely keep your distance. Equip yourself with troll hide or bronze armor and make yourself a fine wood bow. Mead is also helpful as a healing potion. In our guide, you will learn how to make mead in Valheim.
The Ancient is vulnerable to fire damage, so fire arrows are very effective. Pack at least 200 or more. Stay behind the stone pillars of his altar during the fight and keep your distance. The boss cannot destroy the pillars with his ranged attack, and you are safe.
Fire two or three arrows at him after he attacks, and then hide again. Once the vines appear around you, switch positions and repeat it until he is dead.
Before the fight, you should definitely clear the area. Additional enemies make the fight nearly impossible because you cannot dodge anymore. You can also place some campfires as “traps” to set the boss on fire as he moves.
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Third boss: Summon and defeat Bone Worm in the swamp
Where can I find the boss? The Bone Worm is located in the swamp biome. You can find the Vegvisir for the boss in the sunken crypts or in ruins in the swamp. For these, you need the swamp key from the second boss.
What rewards do I get?
Forked bone/divining rod for hidden treasures and silver
The power of Bone Worm, which reduces the physical damage you take
How to summon Bone Worm: To summon Bone Worm, you need three weathered bones. You can find them in the mud piles in the sunken crypts. In our guide, you will learn how to find the swamp and open the sunken crypts.
Abilities and strategy
The fight against Bone Worm is one of the hardest, if not the hardest in the game. He can summon a strong poison cloud, calls skeletons and blobs, and heals during combat.
Additionally, he is nearly immune to any type of stabbing and blade damage. You absolutely need a blunt weapon like an iron mace. Even an upgraded wooden club does more damage than a hunter’s bow with iron arrows. However, if you have already been to the mountains, frost arrows can give you a huge advantage.
Definitely take poison resistance mead with you; without it, you will not survive the fight. Ideally, take several units with you and store some in case you die. Wear the best armor you can craft.
In combat, you should focus on melee, despite the poison damage. Due to Bone Worm’s healing, you need to deal continuous damage to defeat him. The powerful hammer Stagbreaker, whose recipe you get from Eikthyr, is particularly effective; it deals damage to both the boss and his minions when he summons them. You can also push back the minions this way.
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In the video, players mainly use frost arrows – it works, but it’s expensive.
Fourth boss: Summon and defeat Moder in the mountains
Where can I find the boss? Moder is a wyvern that you can find on one of the peaks in the mountain biome. Your Vegvisir is located near the stone ruins and buildings in the mountains, where draugr and skeletons often roam.
What rewards do I get?
Dragon tears, which allow you to forge black metal
The power of Moder, which ensures that the wind is always at your back while traveling by ship, regardless of its actual direction
How to summon Moder: To summon the wyvern, you need three dragon eggs found in nests in the mountains. Look for a purple shimmer. The eggs weigh 200 – so you can only carry one at a time – unless you have the Megingjord belt from the merchant Haldor. Carry the eggs individually to their shrine or ask friends for help. Once the eggs are set up, you must interact with the stone tablet to offer the sacrifice.
Abilities and strategy
In the fight against Moder, a lot of skill is required. She has several attacks that you need to dodge and two phases: air and ground. In the air, she flies and throws ice spikes at you. One of the attacks causes ice crystals to appear on the ground, and the other deals significantly more damage.
On the ground, she has a melee attack in an arc in front of her, as well as an ice breath that can freeze you. When she briefly raises her head, you should roll to the side quickly. Each individual attack does not deal too much damage but will slow you down. If she hits you, it can quickly lead to multiple hits in succession.
Frost resistance helps you significantly in the fight against Moder. Take corresponding mead with you and craft the wolf hide armor from the wolves in the mountains and silver. You will need it to survive in the biome anyway, and they are also useful against Moder and her attacks.
For attacks, you should focus on ranged combat against the wyvern. Obsidian arrows are expensive but powerful. Alternatively, you can deal significant damage with poison or cheaper fire arrows and deal damage over time when you need to dodge or hide. Definitely take a hunting bow with you.
Dodge Moder’s attacks with a roll (right-click + direction key + spacebar). You can see her attacks from the air coming, and on the ground, you should be at a distance anyway. She announces her attacks there by briefly raising her head or wing. Use the long pauses in between to fill her with arrows.
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Fifth boss: Summon and defeat Yagluth in the plains
Where can I find the boss? Yagluth is a giant skeleton with a crown and the currently last boss of Valheim. You find him in the meadows. To learn his location, you need to find his Vegvisir at the large rocks in the plains, where usually huge brutes of the fulings roam.
What rewards do I get?
New material – coming soon
The power of Yagluth, which grants you resistance to elemental damage (fire, frost, poison).
How to summon Yagluth: You need five fuling totems that you can find in the plains. The shamans of these goblin creatures can drop them. Place the totems at Yagluth’s altar and then interact with the stone tablet to start the fight.
Yagluth has three attacks that are all very easy to recognize. When he raises his head and it glows red, he will breathe fire at a very long distance. Seek shelter behind the stones or dodge quickly to avoid burning.
If he raises his left hand and it glows orange, he will summon a meteor shower. In this case, also seek shelter behind the many rocks in the arena. If he raises his right hand and it glows blue, he will slam it into the ground, causing an explosion. Keep a safe distance.
The fight is relatively easy compared to Moder or Bone Worm. Yagluth moves extremely slowly, and you can dodge most attacks. However, keep in mind that he is the current final boss and do not underestimate him. If you get hit, it can still quickly kill you – especially if you are burning. Be sure to bring strong healing mead.
Stay at a distance and fight him with your best bow and ice arrows. Strong armor is advantageous, but not necessary if you can dodge well. Fighting in pairs makes the battle significantly easier when Yagluth focuses on one player, while the other can attack him from the back with melee weapons. Clubs and hammers are particularly good.
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Many bosses have specific weaknesses. For example, you can defeat Bone Worm more effectively with blunt weapons or frost arrows, whereas Moder is best defeated with poison and fire.
As a rule of thumb, always use the best weapon you can currently craft and upgrade it as much as possible – at least if you feel stuck against a boss.
For most bosses, round shields and one-handed weapons are particularly good. With those, you remain mobile, can block well, and still deal damage. Bows and arrows are also worth it.
If you want to deal a lot of damage overall, check out our list of the best weapons in Valheim. There, you will also learn how to craft these swords, axes, and spears.
How many bosses have you defeated? Which one is your favorite so far? Let us know in the comments.
In Pokémon GO there are adjustments to the daily gift boxes in the shop. Selected trainers will now receive altered rewards.
This was announced: Via Twitter , the Niantic support team announced: “Trainers, from March 12, we will test a change in item variety in the daily free box for a randomly selected small number of users.”
Some trainers will therefore receive different items from the free box. This is intended to be a first test that could potentially be implemented for all trainers in the future.
More variety in daily gifts
Which gifts are involved? Every day you can go to the in-game shop and collect a free box. It usually contains 2-4 items that you can use daily. This includes berries, potions, or balls.
You can currently claim the box once a day, and the items change slightly every day. However, the overall variety remains low.
What is behind the free box? It was introduced at the beginning of the Corona crisis. There, Niantic generally regularly distributes free items. The daily box is intended to give players a few items so that they can at least complete their daily catch if they are in home quarantine.
However, larger gifts are also regularly available in Pokémon GO. These include remote raid passes, which are distributed every week. So make sure to check the shop regularly and secure free items there.
What could change now? So far, there have been no reports from affected trainers that they are now getting completely different items from their box.
However, it could be that selected trainers may at least bag a few different items in the future. Options could include silver pinap berries or golden rasberries. Whether premium items that one would otherwise have to purchase will also end up in the box remains questionable.
Am I also affected? Check your daily box for that. It is likely that for German players, it will only change starting tomorrow, March 12. See if there is an item in your box that you have not received before. If so, you may be among the lucky testers.
What else is there in Pokémon GO? Currently, the search for legends is still ongoing. There are new quests, shinies, and raid bosses. Otherwise, there are raid and spotlight hours waiting for you in March.
A detailed overview of all events and which of them are particularly worthwhile can be found in our extensive listing of events in March. Check it out:
In FIFA 21 you can earn rewards through Icon Swaps 2. But which choice is the most worthwhile for the Icon Swaps tokens?
What are Icon Swaps? Icon Swaps are a way to earn various rewards such as packs or icon cards. Players have to complete different challenges to earn so-called “Icon Swaps tokens”.
These tokens can then be exchanged using the Icon Swaps SBCs. The catch: You cannot earn enough tokens to unlock all rewards; you have to decide how to use your tokens.
Currently, there are 9 tokens available through Icon Swaps tasks that you can earn. The first half of Icon Swaps 2 is online until March 26. The rewards are as follows:
The icons in Icon Swaps 2:
Baggio (94) – for 17 tokens
E. Butragueno (87) – for 15 tokens
Blanc (89) – for 13 tokens
Overmars (91) – for 11 tokens
Cole (89) – for 9 tokens
Deco (91) – for 7 tokens
Pack rewards in Icon Swaps 2:
2 tokens for the 81+ x25 pack
3 tokens for an 82+ x25 pack
5 tokens for an 83+ x25 pack
8 tokens for base icon pack
9 tokens for mid-icon pack
10 tokens for mid or prime icon pack
12 tokens for a prime icon pack
14 tokens for a 91+ prime icon pack
16 tokens for prime or prime moments icon pack
So, it’s a matter of weighing options. Currently, you can only spend 9 tokens before the second half arrives.
Which combinations are worthwhile?
Overall, the new Icon Swaps are not as strong, as they were in FIFA 20. But here are some possible combinations that might be worthwhile for players.
It is important to note that each player has different goals in Ultimate Team. Therefore, we have compiled 3 suggestions that aim at different objectives.
1. Packs for SBC fodder
Who is this option worthwhile for? In the Icon Swaps, there are three packs available at the lower ranks that each yield 25 player cards.
The 81+ 25 pack for 2 tokens
The 82+ 25 pack for 3 tokens
The 83+ 25 pack for 5 tokens
This means you get 25 cards from these packs, each with at least 81, 82, or 83 overall rating. Of course, it can happen that you only receive players with these values – however, the chance is good that you’ll also get some better players.
This combination gives you 75 players
Opening these packs can be worthwhile, especially if an event is happening that includes strong promo cards. So save them until an event comes up with players you are interested in.
Otherwise, these packs are a good way to get fodder for other squad building challenges. If you are interested in certain player or icon SBCs but lack the means, these packs can be a good choice.
Additionally, you’ll still have 8 more tokens to spend, which could even be enough for a base icon pack or the Deco card.
2. SBC fodder and an icon pack
Who is this option worthwhile for? Anyone who definitely wants an icon but also wants to have a collection of SBC players should consider choosing just one of the packs mentioned above. The best chances of success lie with the 83 pack, leaving 13 tokens to spend.
Now you have a dilemma: You can add Blanc, Overmars, Deco or Cole if you want to be sure of what you get. However, you can also choose to gamble and take the prime icon pack.
The prime icon packs can bring really good players – but only with luck
It’s the same as always with packs in FIFA 21: There could be a really good player inside, but it could also go horribly wrong. However, the chance with prime icons is higher to pull something useful than with base icons.
The other option here would be to take the 91+ prime icon pack and use the 82 pack instead of the 83 pack. While this does lower the chances for good SBC fodder, you can simultaneously aim for a highly rated prime icon.
This is the problem: Even at 91, there are players that you might consider a loss, such as Alan Shearer, Pires or Laudrup, who are only worth around 200,000 coins on the market. The rule is: With packs, you always risk getting unlucky. But it can also turn out the other way around.
3. The safe prime icon moments combination for chemistry
Who is this option worthwhile for? Prime icon moments cards are virtually impossible to obtain. However, the 18 tokens in Icon Swaps 2 allow you to get two of them at once. These are:
Overmars (LM/91)
Deco (ZM/91)
You can get two prime icon moments
It should be noted: Both cards are not necessarily the best in terms of FIFA 21’s meta. Overmars has only three stars in skill moves and Deco is overshadowed by other cards. However, both possess stats that can make them useful. Deco is a good dribbler in midfield and Overmars has pace for the wing.
Crucially, this is an opportunity to reliably obtain a moments card – and it may be particularly interesting if you otherwise don’t have the coins for icons. They can also help your team by creating chemistry links between players who otherwise don’t fit together.
Of course, it may also simply be worthwhile for you to get one of the icons directly – maybe you are a fan of Baggio or Butragueno? What are your combinations for this round of Icon Swaps?
Resident Evil has a vampire who is 2.92 meters tall. Destiny 2 has a turtle lady who measures 2.99 meters and is quite harsh on the Guardians on Twitter. But some are into it and beg: ‘Please step on me.’
Who is this beautiful turtle woman? The 3-meter-tall and quite military turtle is the beautiful Empress Caiatl, formerly known as the no less beautiful turtle princess Caiatl.
The Empress of the Cabal is the main antagonist in Season 13 of Destiny 2 and arrived right after “Beyond Light.” She is the daughter of Emperor Calus, a decadent emperor turtle who once resided in the raid “Leviathan” and was defeated years ago.
In Destiny 2, Caiatl is somewhat strange: She treats us, the Guardians, like errand boys. And suggests that we should finally submit and fight alongside her against the Darkness. That would only make sense. She doesn’t understand at all why we are acting this way.
From her perspective, the fight between Guardians and Cabal is completely unnecessary and only benefits the “true enemy” that will soon invade. The Guardians need the Empress’s legions.
After Guardians in the game apparently still refused to follow her reasoning, she is now active on Twitter and posts the hashtag #joinCaiatl.
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Turtle Takes Over Official Twitter Channel of Bungie
This is the latest joke: Currently, the gaming world is excited about the giant vampire lady from Resident Evil Village, “Lady Dimitrescu.” Bungie has recognized the signs of the times and put their giant lady in the spotlight.
Since March 8, the official Twitter account of Destiny has no longer been boring “Destiny 2,” as it has been for years, but “Caiatl, Empress of the Cabal.”
The turtle boss has taken over the Twitter channel of Destiny 2. Even in German (10,008 followers), the princess now responds directly to the Guardians. She provokes them and engages in verbal battles with cheeky Twitter users.
They should finally stop whining and submit to her and join her.
“Step on me”
These are the most beautiful statements: The big show is happening on Bungie’s English-language Twitter channel (2.5 million followers). Here, the empress has already fought several duels.
A user asks the princess: ‘Hey, have you ever regretted betraying your father Calus?’
She replies: ‘Life is a series of choices, triumphs, and regrets. Have you ever regretted not saving Cayde-6?’
Some requests to Caiatl are surprisingly intimate. Yet, a turtle lady does not let herself be talked to.
Streamer DrLupo asks the princess ‘Please walk on me.’ But he only receives the refusal: He is speaking with an empress, the mistress of legions and the Cabal. He is already far beneath her.
The next one asking the empress to step on him receives the next rejection: He should rather not face a challenge he can’t survive.
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What’s going on with ‘Step on me?’ The expression ‘Step on me’ comes from Asian mangas. There, it is a phrase that aggressive, large women step on “rather submissive men” who throw themselves before them. It is apparently a kind of sexual fetish from the S/M direction.
Cortyn from MeinMMO feels burnt out regarding World of Warcraft. The reason is that the big goal has been reached. Do you know this feeling too?
My raid group and I have finally defeated Denathrius in Castle Nathria on heroic difficulty. I know many of you have accomplished this in World of Warcraft.
For “my group” and me, this was something quite special because some of our teammates had never properly raided before Shadowlands and were basically complete newbies. The only raids they knew so far were “old raids” farmed for transmog.
I could also understand the tank’s concerns well. Suddenly being “the idiot” who has wiped the entire group due to a mistake is not a pleasant thought. What can still be tolerated in a small guild group is more difficult in a raid group with many unfamiliar players. Not everyone has this “it’s just a game” attitude, and for some, it takes overcoming.
Our second tank was such a bundle of nerves before the first raid night that one could practically hear his pulse in Discord, as if his body was imitating some hardstyle techno beat.
A colorful group – and a bundle of nerves as a tank.
To see that this overcoming was successful and that a solid raid core slowly formed from the groups that kept improving was wonderful.
From Nappel group to a reliable raid
Meanwhile, this uncertainty has faded, and the whole group functions well as a cohesive team. The first 9 bosses fall in Nathria on heroic almost effortlessly.
Working our way through the raid on “normal” first, only then to defeat the bosses on heroic – honestly, that was more than I had hoped for in the beginning.
Defeating Denathrius on Heroic was our big goal since the launch of Shadowlands. On one hand, we wanted to find our footing in raiding again, and on the other hand, show some raid refusers that raids can be a lot of fun.
I want to be honest: I really didn’t believe in the success of our group at the beginning. Even though the official goal was to defeat Denathrius on heroic, I didn’t believe it. Secretly, I thought: “Okay, we can manage normal with a lot of luck, but after the first 3 bosses on heroic, it will be over and the group will scatter.”
That this was not the case made me happy. Not a little happy like “I got a cool item,” but really happy like “raid nights are the absolute highlights of my week.”
After nearly 100 attempts at the final boss, our core group of 11 people finally achieved the kill on Denathrius on heroic.
It was arduous. It was exhausting. But it was exactly the challenge I wanted to have in WoW again.
But along with Denathrius, something else died:
My motivation.
The fight against Denathrius had given me such a high that I had long missed in WoW.
Suddenly burnt out – at the actual peak.
A quick dive into the old times
Back in the days of Vanilla and Burning Crusade, I still had a lot of time. I raided 3-4 days a week, and it was perfectly normal for me to fail 100, 200, or 300 attempts or more on a hard final boss. The weeks we spent trying Illidan Stormrage are etched forever in my memory. So much so that I still get traumatic flashbacks when I hear Illidan say, “Akama … your duplicity is hardly surprising …”
For me, there is this magical threshold of attempts per boss, beyond which I no longer need to actively participate and think, but my body just reacts. The boss mechanics become so ingrained that I don’t have to think about what I’m actually pressing or clicking.
In the first 50 attempts, it’s all still a learning phase. Mistakes happen to everyone, you wait for mechanics, look at the timers from the boss mod addon, and act accordingly. Since you often don’t experience all phases of a fight, you always learn something new when it transitions into an unknown phase.
But starting from the 60th or 70th attempt, that fades. It’s like a song whose melody you have internalized and which continues to play in your head on its own, without you being able to prevent it. Like a rehearsed dance that your body performs automatically after a while when it hears the right music.
Killing Denathrius on heroic was quite a piece of work. Now only emptiness remains.
What probably sounds like “boring memorization” to many was a high for me. This magical threshold, beyond which a boss fight requires no more thinking and everything happens automatically – that I had missed. I had missed dying so often on a boss.
I had missed working my way slowly through a difficult fight, piece by piece and percentage by percentage. With a group that doesn’t give up, fights through, and improves.
Before the last raid night, we had Denathrius at 0.7%. So it was clear that the good gentleman from Revendreth would kick the bucket next time.
And that’s exactly what happened. For us, it was the 99th attempt of the fight, which was finally rewarded with the kill and success.
It was the absolute highlight of my playing experience in Shadowlands so far. The best moment with the guild and the whole raid group, the best that there has been in this expansion so far. A jubilant atmosphere, everyone was happy and celebrated. We had proven something to ourselves, our characters now forever united by a shared success.
Burnt out after success
But suddenly I felt burnt out. In the blink of an eye, all the joy and satisfaction had vanished.
Even that same evening, I felt like the cliché anime protagonist who, after a heavy blow of fate, loses the shine in his eyes and collapses apathetically.
With the difference that the hard blow of fate is missing.
I still had so many goals for Shadowlands that I wanted to pursue in the coming weeks:
Yes, I wanted to farm every single reward with Anima that exists. Yes, I still have a lot to catch up on in pet battles and complete the collection. Yes, I still have to play the Necrolord campaign before Patch 9.1 continues. Yes, I want to complete all dungeons on M+15 before Patch 9.1.
But all of that suddenly moved in my thoughts to the status: “I will do this … someday.”
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I consider World of Warcraft to be a good game. I always have, even during the controversial corruption items or during Cataclysm. I like change and can adapt to almost anything, even if some things are less or more fun.
But this feeling of “staring at the login screen and then rather turning it off again,” I haven’t experienced in a long time.
However, I find it difficult to pinpoint what exactly causes this. Unlike some other players, I don’t think there’s nothing to do in WoW. Quite the opposite. Looking at my mental list of goals, I have more to do than ever before.
The individual things are also fun for me, each in its own right. Once I start with pet battles, it will definitely occupy me for two hours. The same goes for playing through a campaign or completing M+ dungeons. Once I’m in it, I’m entertained.
But I hardly get that far right now. The emptiness that the Denathrius kill has left in me catches me at the login screen already.
With Sylvanas, motivation will surely return.
Honestly, it comes in handy for me that Patch 9.1 Chains of Domination is still a long way off. Also, the fact that my vacation is about to start and I won’t have to deal with WoW for a few weeks fits perfectly with this.
A few evenings building my own farm in Stardew Valley or slaughtering annoying survivors in Dead by Daylight suddenly all seems much more appealing.
Have you also had moments when you suddenly feel burnt out in an MMORPG, where all motivation evaporates due to a sudden success?
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Still in March, the new Patch 1.4 will be released in Genshin Impact. You can expect a new character, a new banner, and further innovations. MeinMMO provides an overview of the new content.
What are the highlights of Patch 1.4? In the new update “Invitation to the Winter Bloom,” you can expect these innovations:
A grand festival, the Winter Bloom Festival
The Venti and Tartaglia banners are returning
New events
Dates with other characters
New 4-star character Rosaria
In this article, we will go into more detail about the innovations. Here you can watch the trailer for Patch 1.4 and get a glimpse of the new update:
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The update is expected to be released on March 17, 2021.
How long is the downtime?
The exact times are not yet known. A preload should be possible from March 15.
Not much is known about the story yet
How does the story continue? So far, it is not clear how things will proceed. Developer miHoYo is keeping things close to the vest.
The story of Dainsleif and the Archon Quest is expected to continue
You and Dainsleif will travel to a new area where you will face the so-called Abyss Herald
As more information becomes available, we will update this article for you.
In 1.4, you will face a new enemy.
New character “Rosaria, Thorny Benevolence”
What kind of character is this? The new character is Rosaria, a 4-star figure. Rosaria, like Barbara, is a member of the Church of Favonius and made her first appearance in the last patch.
She wields a polearm and uses the Cryo element. With her elemental abilities, she can quickly switch between multiple enemies.
This is Rosaria, whom you can play with Patch 1.4.
The Wind Bloom Festival
What to expect in the new event: The festival consists of several mini-games that you need to complete to earn cool rewards. These include materials for upgrading your characters.
These include:
A parkour
A flying challenge
Catching falling flowers.
Pop balloons charged with various elements.
During the Wind Bloom Festival, you will have to prove your skills.
With Venti, one of the most popular characters returns
These banners are back with 1.4: The new update brings back two of the strongest characters. With Patch 1.4, you can play the banners of Venti and Tartaglia again.
Both are among the strongest characters in Genshin Impact in our character tier list. Venti is an extremely good supporter and also plays a major role in the story of Genshin Impact.
Fans mourned Venti when his banner was removed from the game. Many players spent a lot of money to get Venti and often came up empty-handed. Now these players get a new chance.
Venti made it to the S-category in our tier list.
You can take characters on a date
What does that mean? Those who celebrate Genshin Impact characters now have the opportunity with Patch 1.4 to take some characters on a date. This is initially possible with four selected individuals:
Barbara
Noelle
Bennett
Chongyun
These dates can unfold in different ways and lead to various outcomes, depending on player choices. In the future, more events with other characters who can be invited on dates will follow.
To receive an invitation, however, you need to have completed the corresponding key moments in the story related to the respective characters.
How might your date unfold? Will it end in chaos?
More events in Patch 1.4
What other events are coming? In addition to the Wind Bloom Festival, there are more events related to the Wind Bloom:
There will be a Wind Bloom story event where you have to choose a sacrifice for the Wind Archon
There will be a series of side quests around the Wind Bloom Festival
Wishful Drops: An Oceanid has contaminated the water supply of Mondstadt, which is intended for wine production. You need to help bring back the Oceanid and purify the water.
Rohdeia, the Oceanid from Qincge, is also returning. You will have to face him.
Upon success, you will be rewarded with Primogems
Peculiar Wonderland: This is a new area with a powerful boss that you will face. There is a new, unique way to prepare for the fight.
If you participate in the event, you will receive special tickets that you can exchange for unique rewards, including the new 4-star bow “Wind Bloom Ode.”
Contending Tides: This event brings a kind of arena challenge to Genshin Impact.
You will have to face enemies and complete other tasks, with the difficulty steadily increasing.
These are divided into difficulties. The higher these are, the better the rewards but also the tougher the challenge.
QoL improvements and new weapons
What else is coming? Genshin Impact will receive several quality-of-life improvements with Patch 1.4.
Crafting will be possible in co-op mode.
The cap for enriched resin will be raised to 5. Recipes, forges, and alchemy can be assigned to specific characters. If you open the menu again later, the characters will be saved, and you won’t have to select them again.
Additionally, cooking methods will be adjusted.
The world level can be lowered. If you lower your world level, you will have to wait 24 hours before you can raise it again.
These are the new weapons: With Patch 1.4, there is a new 5-star bow, “Elegy of the End.” Additionally, there are several 4-star weapons:
The Alley Flash (Sword)
Alley Hunter (Bow)
Wine and Song (Catalyst)
Wind Bloom Ode (Bow)
What do you think of the information about Patch 1.4? Are you excited about the new content? Or were you hoping for other things? Let us know in the comments.
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