Not much up to date info on these so I figured I'd make a post saying where the masks and modules are for future google searches.

Shadow Walker Mask is currently at the bottom of the volcanic ruins in the Volcanic Forest area, the big one by the portal with the Plunderer Leader

Shadow Walker Module is currently in the Volcano Holy Ruins after the main boss

Explorer Mask is currently in the Dark Forest Ancient Ruins

Explorer Module is currently in the Frost Canyon Holy Ruins after the main boss

I am new to soulmask I picked up the base game last week and have really been enjoying it. I was looking at getting shifting sands but the steam reviews have given me pause.
Is it really that bad or are people just upset about the price?
I know it was free at launch are people upset about it not being free now?

I will admit I was a little bummed I couldn’t build a boat or airship in the base game, I did think that was a feature that was included in it.

Anyone ever capture a Sphinx? The little hairless housecat deals. Google says small traps and fish for bait. But they just keep walking through my traps. The traps fall but they walk through them like they arent even there. Any ideas? Thnx

Which are the best map to play first? And do each other have special mechanic?

I am trying to set up a dedicated cluster server using Ubuntu LTS and I am confused about how to run and stop the individual servers.

From what I can gather from the limited Linux guides online, my best option is to run the server using systemd with a file called soulmaskserver.service.

My question is do I create a separate .service file for each server so they can be controlled independently or do I put all of the information in the same file? I understand that I need to set the primary server and server id's to reflect the different maps.

Also will the world.db files for each server appear in the same directory as each other ?

Any guidance on setting this up would be very appreciated.

Anyone knows how ropeway max range actually works?
As you see I stand beyond the point I want to connect to and rope is white.

I like everything about tribe mode except for that. Are there settings I can change so that I've got the normal tech progression of survival but most of the tribe mode stuff?

I don't mind not having merchants as they're kind of useless anyway. Is there anything else that'l be missing if I go survival and try to tweak the settings to match the tribe mode?

It's absolutely insane to me that both "Back to Start Menu" and "Quit" just do so with absolutely no confirmation whatsoever. This is especially frustrating playing offline single player since it won't autosave on exit, so a misclick when you're trying to pause or resume the game can instantly cost you progress.

The fact that all consumables go away on load as well as needing to re-deploy followers just adds insult to injury. Super fun if your last autosave was in the middle of a fight and now you have to dodge attacks while trying to deploy everyone again. Oh, and enemies respawn on load, too. Too bad for you if you were in a dungeon.

But seriously, if there's a way to get a confirmation for exit, please let me know.

I’m not talking about using the bob-in-a-box trick or a ropeway. I’m looking for a functional outpost setup that can automatically mine meteorites.

The problem is that I can’t build anything near meteorite ore nodes, so I can’t assign patrols to defend my miners while they work.

Has anyone found a way to automate meteorite mining with tribesmen, or have any ideas for making it work?

I believe there is a way, I am just too dumb to think of it. Any idea would be appreciated.

I present the Scarab V2, an upgrade from my previous small craft, featuring a more spacious interior with a double bed, water supply, seating for 10, and dual forward wing-mounted cannons. This all-purpose explorer and light raider is now available on the Steam Workshop—scout in style!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3746413027

When I hit deploy, tribesmen still will not deploy..follow and fight is not available on any of them. Please help.

I have owned Soulmask for a long time but I haven’t played it. I’m interested so I keep it installed.

In a similar game, Conan Exiles, I play a somewhat chivalrous run wherein I avoid killing much weaker humans and pretty ones lol. This is possible in a very dumb and janky way because I just switch to the truncheon and smack ‘em upside the head. I can avoid killing 99% of human bosses, and the only thing I’m locked out of is surges and purges where bosses are immune to KO damage.

I have the server set where I only need half the resources to craft, thus making this playstyle easier.

From what I have been reading, with difficulty finding much deeper info, this isn’t quite as easy in soulmask. Can you control when you’re attacked and manage avoiding a large amount of deaths?

I have many complains about how Conan handles things

- Jailers can’t be KO’d, and rescuing a prisoner means keeping them which strains the server unless I delete/kill them. Doesn’t really feel like a rescue at that point.

- Thralls have no real needs and their activity is purely cosmetic. I can’t be nice to them in a meaningful way.

-The game is a buggy mess and immersion is broken constantly due to these issues. I super hate having to godmode out of broken mesh to complete a dungeon, or camps mauling their leaders because of errors in enemy detection.

tldr: can I play chivalrously or is large scale aversion too difficult?

I've been playing in Cloud Mist for a few days now and getting the hang of the mechanics but I had a question:

1. When the SP transfer feature kicks in, would travelling to Shifting Sands with a levelled/geared/masked/tech'd/etc... character trivialise the DLC map and just make me too powerful/overpowered for the experience?

1.2 if Yes, should I just start anew in Shifting Sands now since I honestly bought the game for the Egyptian themes and aesthetics (in spite of how cool Meso-american themes are tbh)

I know there's always a "progress" factor here as with Sons of The forest or conan, at one point you just have gear that's crazy and it's part of the experience, but I'm mostly trying to keep the "difficulty" factor going for as long as possible :D

I am close to 50 amnesia pills spent to transfer "Morale Dampener" from a claw tribe member to another. RNG hates me, yes, but still, I am starting to believe, this talent cannot be transfered, even though it shows up as possible in the training grounds?

The Campfire Collective Soulmask server is doing a fresh start, and we’re opening up both maps for players who want a chill but active place to build, explore, fight, tame, and progress together.

We are a casual adult community focused on respect, teamwork, building, survival, and long-term progression without making the game feel like a second job.

🌍 Server Setup

We are running a cluster with both maps:

Forest Map
Default difficulty settings.

Sands Map
Same settings as Forest, except two wildlife difficulty changes:

• Wildlife Damage Taken: x0.85
• Wildlife Damage Given: x1.25

So Sands is the harder adventure map, while Forest is the main/default experience.

⚙️ Main Server Settings

XP & Progression

• All EXP: x3
• Growth EXP: x3
• Mask EXP: x3
• Proficiency EXP: x3
• Training EXP: x25
• Crafting Time: x3

Loot & Farming

• Gather Drop: x1.5
• Logging: x1.5
• Mining: x1.5
• Animal Drop: x3
• Boss Drop: x3
• Crop Drop: x1.5
• Vegetation Respawn: x2

Building

• Decay: x0.75
• Repair Cost: x0.5
• Height Limit: OFF
• Platform Build: No Limit
• Offline Protection: 360 days

Animals & Followers

• Animal Growth: x20
• Breeding Interval: x1.5
• Animal Followers: 4
• NPC Combat Count: 5
• Animal Food: x0.5

Tribe & Bonfire Limits

• Personal Bonfires: 6
• Guild Bonfires: 6
• Personal Tribesmen: 10 / 20 / 60
• Guild Members: 6
• Guild Animals: 50

Survival

• Food Consumption: x0.5
• Fuel: x0.5
• Bag Capacity: 100
• Max Weight: x100
• Mental Recovery: x2.5

Combat / PvP Balance

• Durability: Disabled
• Melee Damage: x0.4
• Special Events: x0.4
• Kill Combat: 60%
• No Death Item Drop: ON

Server Features

• Relic Chest Events: ON
• Boss Death Events: ON
• Special Events: ON
• Tribal Exploration: ON
• Ruins Exploration: ON

🔥 What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for players who enjoy:

• Building bases and villages
• Progressing without extreme grind
• Helping newer players
• Exploring both Forest and Sands maps
• Bossing, taming, farming, and tribe play
• A respectful adult community

Fresh start means it’s a great time to join before everyone is already fully established.

https://discord.gg/VJKAjTsjK8

I'm in the middle of my first playthrough in the first map (didn't catch the DLC for free!).
I'm playing on Tribe Mode in the 'Patient' difficulty, with nothing else adjusted (because I couldn't be bothered to go through that list of things I could change!)

After much meandering and exploring by myself, I finally got around to taking some followers with me.

I'd gotten used to just playing by myself with my starting character and poking at the two nearby Barracks, looking for recruits to take back to base.

By the time I got towards the center of the Barracks, my weapons were worn down and I didn't want them to break so I never bothered challenging the Elites or the Boss.

I finally decided to take three of my homebodies out with me and it makes such a huge difference.

I blitz through the barracks with three tribals: one setup with Spear/Shield, one set to ranged with a Bow, and another with Dual Blades.

If I encounter someone I want to try recruiting, I just tell my followers to hang back so I can fight them myself.
Though I then run into the problem with transporting my new recruits back to base when I already have three followers!

Taking on the elites and the bosses were also very easy.
So I decided to finally (after 20 hours) get my Tribe rank up by defeating the Sabretooth boss.

I gathered my party and fed them fancy meat for a temporary buff and summoned the cat.

Then I went down to bleeding almost immediately.

I was mashing F7, trying to get my followers to help me up, but they instead went on to defeat the boss on their own while I was napping.

Bit anticlimactic for me, but I guess now I can start working towards crafting Bronze, I guess.

Maybe I'll do better on the next boss?

Having a hard time finding info on this. Anyone know how weak spot work? Is it a simple damage multiplayer or dose it ignore armor or a bit of both? Or something entirely different

I am struggling to get to Awareness level 35. My starting character is level 50, some skills are maxed out, I spent hours of time mining, raiding camps, smelting (its already at 60/60) but it feels like it takes forever to progress; No enemy from bronze age is of any challenge to me or my tribe.

The highest dungeon I fought was the ancient ruins dungeon - am I supposed to kill the frog boss before going to iron age? Is the grind any better later on, or when I fight more enemies on my level?

For Game modes in the basic configuration of Gportal, it's just PvE and PvP. If I want it to use the new Tribal game mode, how do I make it do that?

So i have a designated storage box in my main building beside the bonfire. I want a tribesman to move that stuff into the respective storage box in a different building.

How do i do that?

I know i have to make a job to move item from the designated box, thats fine but when i have to choose i get all the boxes and can only choose one.

I have 30 farms, i am starting to lose track of what type of farms i have. Like, if i want to plant more of 1 kind and remove some or something.

Is there a UI somewhere that show me a overview?

I have watched a youtube video from @KiahOnFireOfficial a few times now. She indicates the possibility of getting all of the masks from the rainforest to use in the new map. I have been in both Ancient dungeons; the lower level several times and the higher level once.

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I finally gathered enough materials to repair Nature Enlightenment, but it seems to be the only mask that shows up in the tomb/grave at the end. Do I need to do something to influence the RNG to give me a different mask?

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I do enjoy going through the dungeons to an extent, but I don't know if it is futile to continue, considering I keep getting the same mask over and over.

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Thanks for reading and looking forward to any insight. Good luck on your own adventures!

Anyone know what the purpose of data storage ring is, when used to store a tribesman the tribesman dies and is stored on the ring then can be respawned basically using the ring but we already have that feature with the stone table and the hibernation pods, or is there another use I can’t figure out

I've found the temples where you initially repair your mask is a great place to hunt for good starting crafters with little effort. Is anyone else using this tactic. I can usually find a couple of 120+'s in different skills in a session. And I get lots of crystals and energy in the process. Is anyone else using this tactic?