10 Things to Know Before Playing Valheim

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Surviving in the wilderness of can be extraordinarily tricky for beginners, but luckily there are a few things new players can do to get a foothold in this dangerous otherworldly realm. procedural generation creates unique worlds, with dense forests, rolling hills and freezing snow-capped mountain ranges, before dropping players right in the middle of it all with little more than their bare fists and the clothes on their backs. Getting started is perhaps the trickiest part of, even more so than battling the game’s monstrous bosses to carve a path to Valhalla.

Before players can start battling bosses and building Viking Hot Tub, they’ll need to go right back to basics by gathering resources to build a basic foundation for future conquest and glory. Securing resources, building a base and learning the ins and outs of various gameplay systems, ranging from combat to cooking, are all essential steps, and vital to players’ survival. In fact, there’s a lot players should know before they jump in, and several steps they should take before they turn their gaze towards the first boss.

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is a survival sandbox game at its core, and much like, it offers new players lots of freedom and not much direction. It’s important for new players to go in without expecting much guidance about how to get top-tier armor or find and smelt rare Black Scrap Metal.

The closest thing players have to a tutorial is Hugin, a raven who will periodically appear in the game’s opening hours to offer advice. However, he only tends to appear after players pass certain milestones to offer information, rather than telling players what those milestones actually are.

Hugin’s initial advice is to slay the first Forsaken