How To Advance In Valheim

This folio sets out a new role player'southward progression, equally determined by bosses killed and resource available. Cheque the How to play? guide if you are confused as how to play.

Tip: Don't exist in a rush to beat the game. Take your time and enjoy the gamble. I accept and accept known other to take 40 or l hours between bosses, fighting and exploring biomes before moving to the next. Enjoy the ride!

Meadows

Y'all starting time out with but your Rag Tunic in the middle of the Sacrificial Stones. Your new friend Hugin will exist there to guide you lot every step of the way. Yous should take his communication.

Attending: If you lot see a two* boar while farming Do Not Kill IT!!!!!!! Try to kite information technology back to your abode to trap and tame information technology. two* boars are very very rare and it tin can take hours of game play dedicated to looking for them to just discover ane.

Running the coastline to get an outline of the land is helpful before gathering and developing a base. If you die the level lose is very minimal as yous haven't developed at all. This will give you a better idea of where you volition want to build your offset camp. You tin can assemble berries and mushrooms to eat while running.
Become Forest past picking upwards branches or punching small copse.
Get Stone by picking minor rocks off the ground.
Arts and crafts a Rock axe from wood and stone. Use it to defend confronting Greylings and Boars, and to chop downwards copse to get wood faster. Attention: Falling trees are more unsafe at this stage than annihilation else in the meadows. Exist wary when near the border of other biomes.

Explore more until you lot are content and decided on where you want your first dwelling house. Don't get to attached to you first home. You lot are likely to move several times similar many practice.

It does not have to be peculiarly defensible at this time, just shut to a coast is preferable for admission to flint.
As you explore, choice Raspberries and Mushrooms. You lot can swallow them regularly to become a small-scale bonus to maximum HP and healing over time.

Craft a Hammer. Use information technology to craft a Workbench.
Build a basic shelter. Your workbench and Bed will demand to be covered to piece of work fully. A Campfire is needed near the bed to sleep. The fire needs to be exterior or if inside needs space to a higher place it for the smoke to escape.

You tin sleep at night. This may be helpful for the first few night.

Selection up Flint on the beach, this is best used to brand a flint spear and upgrade it, along with workbench upgrades.
Hunt boars by running upward backside them and hitting them with your spear or sneak inside 15m or and so and throw your spear at them. Check for ii* before killing them!!!!
With the Leather scraps from the boars, arts and crafts a Rough Bow and wood arrows.
Your starting time few batches of Leather Scraps are all-time used for crafting and upgrading the Flint Spear, Wood Shield, and bow.
The stone axe is besides easier to upgrade than the flint axe. This volition cause it to be meliorate until y'all have plenty of Leather Scraps for upgrades.
Arts and crafts a Chopping cake to upgrade your weapons to level 2. This is more productive then upgrading Rag armor every bit you will be crafting leather armor before long, and the Leather scraps are put to better utilise else where.
With the bow, hunt deer. Recoup for arrow drop.
With the deer hides, craft leather armor. Also craft a Tanning rack to upgrade your stuff further.

Set for the boss fight:

Find some abandoned houses with Beehives in them. Destroy these with the bow or thrown spear. If yous hit them in melee range, the bees will poison you. Y'all can too build a crafting bench and destroy the walls the beehive is attached to. Beehives volition driblet a Queen bee. This lets you build your ain beehives, which generate honey over time, an excellent stamina food for the dominate fight when paired with 2 other foods.
Build a Cooking stations over your camp fire, roast the meat from the deer and boars for more stamina and wellness. You tin can fit many cooking racks over i fire. Watch for the blue indicator.
Arts and crafts Burn arrows if you adopt ranged combat. They need feathers, which you get from shooting birds, and very occasionally when cut downward trees. Otherwise, arts and crafts a shield to become with your Flintstone Spear.
With enough wellness y'all tin can parry Eikthyr's attacks. Because it does not stagger the Deer information technology is ameliorate to curlicue and dodge the attacks. If you lot find this fight easy enough, yous may desire to fight information technology more and then once before moving on. The extra antlers and head to mount on your wall volition be nice to have.

And then information technology's time for the offset dominate fight. See Eikthyr for tactics.

Blackness Forest

After collecting antler pieces from Eikthyr, you will have discovered the antler pickaxe. You are at present able to collect some metals and stone. Simply first you will want place the Eikthyr trophy on the Sacrificial Stone. Follow Hugin's instructions to recieve the Forsaken Powers of Eikthyr which reduces your running and jumping stamina utilize by 60%.

Prep for the Bronze age.

Caput to the Black Forest and expect for Burial Chambers.
Your objective is to observe Surtling cores which are used in the construction of the Smelter and the Charcoal kiln. Y'all volition too desire a couple stacks of Bones. You may need to search multiple chambers to collect enough for them.
15 Surtling cores at commencement is ideal, simply you can brand this work with 5 Surtling Cores by crafting the kiln, making a few stacks of Coal. Destroying the kiln then crafting the Smelter. Then repeat as needed. Depending on you map seed, Burying Chambers with Cores my exist easy or hard to

Annotation: In the Black Forest biome you lot volition find Thistle. To save time afterwards on, practice yourself a favour and brand information technology a habit to collect them as you run across them.

In one case y'all take fix the Smelter and the Charcoal kiln you lot should aim to process as much copper and tin every bit you can notice. These are combined at a Forge, using 1 tin and ii copper to make a single ingot of Bronze. Ore and Metal Bars can non be teleported.

Priorities the Bronze axe.
- With the Bronze axe you lot volition now exist able to cut down birch copse to collect Fine forest.
- Fine wood with grant y'all many more crafting recipes, arguably the well-nigh important ane beingness portals. This will permit for rapid transport between two distant locations, anywhere across Valheim.
What you craft from here will depend on how much time you want to spend farming copper and tin. For comparison the level 4 flint spear does 38 Pierce Damage and will just require iii bronze (plus other lower mats) to upgrade your bench to get in. The level 3 Sword does 47 slash and will require 22 Bronze and sixteen copper (plus lower mats) to make. While the sword and mace practice provide some AOE damage from the swinging animation of the weapons. More mobs in the future are weak to pierce damage. All three are superior to the One handed Axes due to it'due south ho-hum assault blitheness and the fact that axe levels from fighting and chopping trees are separate, only the immovability use is not.
Also keep in mind that Bronze weapons and armor tin only be repaired at the Forge which requires half-dozen copper to make. Where as Flint, Forest, and lower than Bronze Armor can be repair at a level one Piece of work Bench which simply takes ten woods to build and 12 wood to comprehend. So this tin can exist washed simply most anywhere. After an item is upgraded information technology's immovability becomes less of an consequence, but at level one you volition exist repairing frequently.
You have access to several different weapons at this point.
The Finewood bow will be used for quite some time.
Statuary armor is a massive upgrade from leather armor. It does yet add a movement speed decrease so be enlightened that you will be slower with it. Troll armor is a viable alternative for The Elder fight and for survival in general, equally information technology has practiced protection - much better than leather - and no motion speed subtract. If you lot wear all four pieces of troll hide armor, (hood, torso, pants, cape) you get a +15 increase to your sneak. Some choose to utilize troll hibernate armor until they unlock fe and across. Bronze armor has only a marginal proceeds over Troll armor and Statuary is much more fourth dimension consuming to collect. The brusk corporeality of fourth dimension Bronze Armor is used generally makes it non worth farming for.
The cauldron and fermenter get available and require can and bronze respectively. Your first ten tin is all-time spent on the Cauldron equally the food upgrade value is much college so anything else information technology will be used on. With these two you will have access to mead's and more food items. The Queens jam is an excellent nutrient item for stamina, simply information technology is non recommended to stock pile many stacks of it due to it'due south loftier berry price. These berries are better used later for Mead's. These mead'southward tin can exist useful in tougher fights.
Bronzehead arrows are not worth making.
You will often find that later on leveling your bow skills and your fine bow, y'all one shot most smaller Dark Forest Mobs with a backstab from a forest or fire pointer. These two will be more than than sufficient and very cost effective, until belatedly game arrows.
The Karve boat and Cart tin help massively with moving the metals, so consider making this a priority if the Black Forest is a long altitude from your base of operations.
At some bespeak you should have come across carrot seeds. A carrot farm of 200-300 is pretty idle for a solo and not difficult to maintain.

Once you feel comfy with your setup and have taken the time to upgrade some of your tools and potentially the armor, you volition be ready to fight the Elderberry. See The Elder for tactics.

Swamp

You will now take the swamp key after defeating The Elder, which grants you access to sunken crypts in the swamp biome. These crypts have muddy flake piles that contain chip atomic number 26. Ancient trees are also in the swamp, and the aboriginal bawl is needed for high tier items. The get-go objective after the Elder is to locate the nearest Swamp biome, to make send and collection of chip iron faster.

Of import: It is always raining in the swamps. Stamina management is a summit priority at all times. Don't exist agape to walk unless you demand to run. You do Not want to be in at that place without the rest buff. Have the time to upgrade you lot home to maximize your balance timer. 18 ish minute of residue at this signal shouldn't exist hard to achieve.

Some swamp biomes will incorporate very few sunken crypts, others will contain many. Some crypts will contain a lot of muddy scrap piles, others volition not. Your mileage may vary so be enlightened that y'all will most likely have to move from swamp to swamp to collect enough iron if you lot are playing with a team.

The Swamp introduces new enemies that do enough harm to kill well armored players. When moving through the biome information technology is important to have expert quality nutrient to requite you lot enough stamina and health to deal with the enemies. Yous volition also desire to invest fourth dimension into making toxicant resistance mead's at this phase to help with blobs, oozers and leeches. Once you have a Root Mask the Poisonous substance Resistance Mead will not be needed.

An Fe Pickaxe increase fe gathering speed minimally and will only really be needed when farming silver. It will also require constant repair until upgraded, which is plush. That volition require running or teleporting back to your forge which is likely at base. With the admission to iron you will also be able to make the Longship, which is arguable the best use of your first batch of iron and is very useful for moving large quantities of fe. You lot will need much more iron than y'all needed bronze, so go on that in mind.
You will likewise want to priorities the one-handed Atomic number 26 Mace for Bonemass, as he is resistant or very resistant to all other damage types likely bachelor at this time. While the Atomic number 26 Sledge is cool, the Atomic number 26 Mace is much meliorate for fighting Bonemass and much easier to subcontract.
If y'all are having trouble finding Sunken Crypts to subcontract and are willing to live a picayune dangerously. Yous can farm Abominations to brand root gear. Night farming is more difficult simply besides more fruitful. It is also the best time to farm Wraith's for their Bondage. Which you will need for crafting other benches, weapons, and armor. The swamps are very dangerous and this should be done with caution.
When fighting Bonemass, it can be argued that iron armor is significantly less important and so iron weapons. Because the majority of his damage comes from poisons AOE and not direct contact melee damage (if you dodge decently). The addition movement speed reduction metallic armor tin can also be more than detrimental then the additional armor rating is worth during the Bonemass fight. Prioritizing the Iron Mace with upgrades is recommended.
You should take come across Turnip Seeds by at present and began farming them appropriately.

Once you feel comfortable with your setup and take taken the time to upgrade some of your tools and potentially the armor, you will be ready to fight Bonemass. See Bonemass for tactics.

Mountains

You lot will now take the wishbone afterward defeating Bonemass, which allows you to detect silver veins subconscious in the mountain biomes. These veins have roughly 30 or and so silverish ore. Wolves drop wolf fur which will unlock additional recipes. Beware, the Mountain gives you a freezing condition effect that volition kill y'all slowly (one dps) unless you carouse a Frost Resistance potion or have equipped a wolf fur cape or wolf chest. The commencement objective after defeating Bonemass is to locate the nearest large Mountian biome (small biomes tend to be devoid of silverish entirely) to begin finding silvery (use the wishbone) and mining silvery.

The Mountain introduces new enemies that volition practise even more than damage (wolf and Stone Golem), more than enough to kill otherwise well armed players. Frost Drakes will be very difficult to impale without a bow, so bring plenty of fire arrows. A fire arrow backstab volition probable one shot them at this indicate. When moving through the biome it is important to have skillful quality nutrient to give you lot enough stamina and wellness to deal with these enemies. Climbing steep mountain sides is a big stamina drain. Pick you fight location accordingly when y'all can. Two proficient health food is recommended with your pinnacle stamina food as your third. This will give you the best blocking power for the mobs you will confront.

Just like with fe, your first pace should be to collect plenty silvery and wolf pelts to make a wolf fur cape or chest in order to avoid the need to make many more frost resistance potions.
Silver can only be mined with an Fe Pickaxe. Unless patched, you tin still undermind iron useing the Antler Pickaxe. You will still need to hit the silvery at least once with the Atomic number 26 Pickaxe for it to break after nether mining. This can be faster and will salve on trips to repair. A portal in or near your silvery pit will allow for fast repairs and rock transportation.

Once you feel comfy with your setup and have taken the time to upgrade some of your tools and armor, you will be ready to fight Moder. See Moder for tactics.

The mountains also incorporate Frost Caves. While they are much, much larger, they are similar to the Troll Caves in the Black Forest because they are purely optional and you tin can progress through the game without finding or entering one. You volition find three new enemy types: Cultists, Ulv, and Bats at that place. Frost Caves likewise incorporate treasure, and can serve as a source for materials that exercise non otherwise occur in the mountains. They are also the sole source for building and crafting materials that can exist used to create some optional types of gear and building pieces. A player new to the mountains biome may desire to craft gear from materials in the mountains, similar poisonous substance arrows, wolf armor, and a silverish weapon before heading into a Frost Cave for the get-go time. Frost Caves tin can be very big, so bring some extra food and possibly cloth to build a campfire to go on up health, stamina, and your Rested bonus. Yous will take fire damage fighting in these caves, so Root armor may not be your best option in them.

Plains

The plains have the virtually dangerous mobs yet. The Deathsquito has claimed countless lives. It will also be your source of your top tier weapons, armor, and food so far. The dauntless or foolidh may still exist wearing their troll armor, but there is no shame is wanting fully upgraded Iron or argent Armor. After killing Modar y'all will recieve a few Dragon Tears. This will requite you acess to the Artisan Tabular array, which is needed for several other items.

Your offset time in the plains

The plains can be very peaceful or very dangerous. Like all biome, night time increases it'south risk.

Black Metal - is the adjacent ore you will find. Kill different types of Fulings and they will drop Black Metal Scraps. These Fulings hitting similar a truck, but the smaller ones don't have a very big health pool, stagger fairly hands, and an exist taken down adequately quickly. This metal take many different uses.
Lox - accept many uses. They drop Lox Meat and Lox Pelts when killed. The meat is used for peak tier health foods and the pelts are used for a few items including the Lox Cape, which is the cheapest to make and full upgrade and accept frost protection. They can also be tamed and ridden.
Deathsquitos - the proper noun says it all.
Crops - yous will find Flax and Barley which are only found in the plains and can only be grown in the plains. The will exist used for Armor/Weapons and Food, respectively, among other things.

At this point your take a chance in the plains is pretty directly froward. To farm materials y'all but need to fight. When comfy and you lot want to stock pile more mats, fighting at night will give greater number of mob spawns.

During your adventure in the plains you volition come across fuling villages. Here you lot will find Fuling Totems. 5 of these will be needed to summon Yagluth. Yagluth is significantly the most difficult fight still. You will want to max upgrade everything and have the best food possible before heading to that find. The Rock that reveals his location tin can also be very difficult to find and may require lots of adventuring. Information technology seems to exist easiest to notice at stone towers with fulings in them in the plains, not stone towers that have over lapped from the Black Forest. Besides equally Stonehenge looking areas. This is currently the concluding boss of the game. But that will change when the Mistlands update is fully complete.

What to exercise side by side?

It is my understanding that no content has been added to the Mistland yet. You tin travel to the deep south and visit the burn down lands. Concluding I traveled they were filled with Surtlings and an ore to subcontract, which currently has no utilise. But you may want to stock pile information technology for futurity content. This is also a bully way to farm Surtling Cores and Coal. Across that you can build to your hearts content. Valheim, in my stance has 1 of the best building systems I have seen in survival games of it's kind. This is besides a not bad time to decorate your habitation with armor stand up, weapon stands, and more than if yous haven't' already