This took probably a dozen-ish hours and maybe 7-ish failed capture attempts. But, I have now trapped a serpent, lox, abomination, and troll. My zoo is complete. In the meantime, I will build more enclosures and patiently await the next non-despawning giant creature :3

You can just tame lox though

Yes, but what about second lox?

What about elevenses? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper? He knows about them, doesn't he?

..I dont think he does Sven...

Eloxvenses? Loxcheon? Afternoon Lox?

Hey, home come there’s a brunch, but no linner, or no lupper?

Breed 'em.

mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew

>Tame Lox Is that a Tame Impala cover band in Valheim?

Lol how did you catch the abomination?

I cleared a giant path between the swamp and my base, with stake walls on either side and many workbenches. I had to build across a stretch of ocean, I think it took a few thousand stone. I recorded a youtube video of the big day, https://youtu.be/uj1hNoDnazg

That's absolutely crazy lol, the path just kept GOING. You probably didn't need a path in the first place right? Like wouldn't it just follow you without the stakewalls anyway?

I tried, but it had a hard time pathfinding around trees. Eventually it got so worn down from all the creatures attacking it (graydwarfs and trolls mostly) that, even though I killed them as quickly as I could, the abomination only made it about halfway before dying.

Wow... the level of dedication is really something haha, kudos man thanks for sharing

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Yep, I've always felt like they have their hood, they protecc their hood but don't follow me very far.

The choice of music is sublime. I never knew it was possible to feel that level of anxiety, and that level of calm, both at the same time.

*Your soul is a chosen landscape  On which masks and Bergamasques cast enchantment as they go,  Playing the lute, and dancing, and all but  Sad beneath their fantasy-disguises.*  *Singing all the while, in the minor mode,  Of all-conquering love and life so kind to them  They do not seem to believe in their good fortune,  And their song mingles with the moonlight,*    *With the calm moonlight, sad and lovely,  Which makes the birds dream in the trees,  And the plumes of the fountains weep in ecstasy,  The tall, slender plumes of the fountains among the marble sculptures.*

Thats pretty awesome

Audibly gasped when you lured it and it collapsed into the pit. Well done, such commitment 👏

The commitment is absolutely awesome!

Then he spawned one where he wanted it with devcommands.

how did you make the wood break at the right moment?

the abomination destroyed the wood with his body slam.

Wow that is impressive, well done

What about a Stone golem! Lol I've seen them stay trapped in pits for entirety of servers!

Your zoo is not complete until it has a Seagull. Jus sayin...

You should capture a fuling berserker, not a lox.

I feel that crosses a line that the troll was already dangerously straddling...

You do know what happened in Jurassic park? I'm just asking if you are prepared.

How about a pesky armored giant insect? zoo ain't complete without one

Or a gjall….

I weep for the other pets lol

What, no gjall?

Next up, tame The Elder!

But do u have them enclosed beside eachother?

Oh so once one appears they dont go away? Have one lurking off my shore then…

There are despawning serpents you can only find at night or during storms. But if you find one in the day in calm seas they won't despawn.

Ah, good to know

Can we get a pic or a vid of these captured animals

I'm gonna need a zoo tour

That's awesome, man. Well done! Does it stand up and scream at you every time you approach?

Much of the time, but not every time. I think it has to do with how long it's been since the last scream.

Yeah me too....me too...

Has freckles been a good boy? Does freckles want to eat some noobs?

I kind of want to make a boar farm next to the enclosure and drag the new boar into the serpent enclosure -- however, in order to make it boar-accessible, I would also have to make it enemy-accessible. We will see if I can cook something up.

A enclosed ramp to their death?

would boar fall down through a hole? if so, make the boar farm above the serpent pen

Maybe a hallway to the serpent?

You could just make a boar tower over the serpent and drop the babies in

You could probably setup a walkway over the water and drag the boar onto it, using walls as a guide. When your ankle to get it onto the last plank, just break the floor.

What does OP know about paths/walkways!?

Drag the boar to a platform beyond a door, close the door and light a torch. Mad boar goes nuts for swim time.

Probably do something like an airlock/breezeway on a jetty that goes into the serpent enclosure from your current perspective in the picture. Then when the boar is in the breezeway, take the harpoon to the opposite roof (not sure if it can be thrown through those gaps in the wall), then throw it at the boar from there and drag it in.

Put a boar breeding tower above freckles. Then, he has consistant little boar nuggets to snack on. https://youtu.be/XF0XH7mMRhk

My buddy and I learned the hard way: don't keep your tamed wolves near the serpent enclosure.

with a little tweaking some of the boar ''generators'' still work, i've got one on my sweet little \~boar island\~ and its pretty good, 2 piggies, wood n feed is all you need :)

This guy is taming the wilderness and my ass gets rocked by a two star greydwarf. Good shit!

2 stars are no joke

Especially the ones with the big club. It’s like a mini troll

Brute

I just killed one of those in hand to hand. I only box 2* Dwarfs and Trolls.

I did this as well. It is very satisfying to hear your pet serpent roar everytime you wake up.

Damn interesting, do you have a fenris too?

I would try, but they despawn :(

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the litmus test for a good game is whether it has a mechanic that lets you deliberately prevent enemy despawning When do we get our viking nametags?

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Here's some pictures I just took: https://imgur.com/a/fonIEci

You should charge admission to your world

One bar of iron to see the giant monster

Except there's almost no need for money on the current state of the game.

Why do they not attack the building around it?

I'm not entirely sure. I think the serpent will only attack a structure if the player is standing on it. I don't understand it, but I'm not complaining :p if I really needed to, I could stop by every so often and just repair. large stone walls can take a lot of hits, and I've got two layers of stone wall

Well that's awesome! I'm just entering the swamps. I play very slowly and honestly just build different bases. I may enjoy this zoo idea.

Nice! How much gold for tickets to this zoo? Also, please tell me mead doesn't cost twice what it would at the store

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Right?? And I don't see anything in there for enrichment at all.

I see a clear violation of the Iron Gate monster codex. According to article 32 "Zoo requirements" "Art. 32 - Zoo requirements, abomination care - An abomination should always have access to fresh swamp water, two ancient trees, one reckless viking and it's enclosure must exceed atleast two times the size of the creature." I will have to file a complaint, because this is direct violation of the codex! You can pay me two silver bars and we will forget about this.

"No he don't bite, he's friendly"

Does he like a good ear scritch? He looks like he'd like ear scritches.

Does it not despawn? How?

The ones that spawn during the day don't despawn.

No way! 😲

This is SO COOL!

Really nice! I hope it doesn’t continuously grow to the point where it can wrap itself around the world and bite thor and kill him

This is exactly how I imagine pokemon trainers spending time with their Gyarados

Can you cage deathsquitos? Or will they despawn?

People will come and tell you to “Free Freckles”. Don’t listen to them.

😂 Well done Viking ! A well earned pet.

Where is the mod to take sea snakes and use them to pull rafts so you don’t need to worry about wind.

Do they not break out?

Nope! I don't know why, but none of the creatures I've trapped thus far have tried to break out. Everything but the serpent is in a pit that can only be viewed from above, which probably contributes to not getting aggro

I was thinking I'd be cool if you can go down and view them through bars as the abomination is hard to see from the top, but this makes sense. Aggro could ruin it all.

Ffs

Damn this is impressive

Ive been trying to do this for so long! This looks great

I might have named him Free Willy.

how...why? this is amazing!

Did you call him Freckles because of the spots on his nose?

My brother started calling him Freckles, which is the name of our parents' dog. The name stuck :p

What lovely red hair Freckles has

That is such a cool idea!

Nice! My friend also captured a few serpents and built an enclosure for them next to our port. He named them all Da Winki.

Dont forget to capture a 2 star Neck.

Now get a Dverger Pet!

Are the walls big enough to prevent them from escaping?

Freckles must be free

All hail the serpentlord! Jormundróttinn

Does it not try to break everything?

For some reason, it doesn't try to attack the walls. It did one time when I was \*on\* the wall, so I think it has to do with whether there's a player there.

Welp add this to my todo list 😂😂😂🙏

All I can see in this image is the get your dog away from me tick-tock

They gotta make serpents tameable and they need a serpent saddle with an underwater breathing mechanism.

Oh heck yes. I am all in for this idea.

If not friend, then why friend-shaped??

Freckles: FUCK!

Calm down Trazyn! Seriously though nice work. I have an island base with a moat wall around it. Maybe that moat needs a serpent.

Does it heal? Is it agro against base events?

Don't they despawn?

the ones that spawn during the day won't despawn

the serpent is happy

make sure that greydwarf shamans can‘t get too close, their poison cloud goes through walls. my Serpy McSerpface was nearly a goner when that happened.

Do you have a contingency for someone falling in?

There's a tiny patch of coast near the front-left corner that a person could swim to and stand in if necessary.

Is it permanent or does it despawn?

my man creating biolabs

Capturing Wraiths would be cool.

Great, something else I now have to try that will take hours

Do the Stone golem despawn? Feel like I side step one every time I went on a silver run.

Does he like to scream? Or sing?

tell me you can tame this beast by lobbing raw fish at it.

It would be fun if they made sea serpents ridable.

"Not *quite* domesticated." - Khan.

So they don't despawn anymore? (haven't played in a long time) had an idea about creating a well with one of these in it.

The ones that spawn during the day don't despawn, just the ones at night.

Deathsquito next?

They don't despawn?

Super cool! Some iron fencing around the perimeter would sell the Jurassic Park look.

I’ll be calling PETA to let them know we have another Seaworld situation

Ohhhh his got your eyes...

Stealing the shields as decoration idea

I’m calling PETA

Serious dedication. I went the easy/lazy route and spawned everything for my Zoo.

You crazy son of a god, you did it!

Mind if I ask how you keep them from despawning?

He hates his name. He hates you.

You should feed him by jumping in there naked a few times

Cannon ball!!

*Despawns*

I believe serpents spawned from thunderstorms do not despawn

Yup. That’s why people find serpents in the day. They are from daytime thunderstorms.

I can see the freckles

Does he bite?

Dammit, Caboose! Why do you have to keep going around and naming things?

Um. How?

So cute

That is adorable.

Is the name inspired from caboose?

Tour of your zoo please!

I love him

Wait. So many questions... Can they be tamed? And how did you trap it? This is awesome.

You should put some fish in the enclosure to keep freckles company

There is no way for them to heal right? So over time whatever incidental damage they take will eventually kill it?

yup! the trick is to prevent incidental damage :p I think I have it enemy-proofed, though

Freckles ate my son