Valheim: What Are Maypoles For?

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Swedish studio Iron Gate Studio's procedurally generated «brutal exploration and survival» game Valheimhas picked up a massive and loyal following since its release in February 2021. The huge Norse-inspired world of Valheim allows players to either play solo or alongside up to nine other players.

Valheim could be considered a «Viking-style Sims» where players need to take care of their character's needs, but with the addition of making sure they don't get murdered by Valheim's trolls or other creatures lying in wait. As such, building a Shelter is a crucial aspect of Valheim's core gameplay, so it is important to procure or craft items that make the player character's home in the Tenth Circle of Valhalla more delightful.

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Maypoles are extremely rare structures found in the middle of abandoned villages in Valheim's sandbox worlds. Biomes are a significant part of gameplay and a player's progression, and these Maypoles can only spawn in the Meadows biome.

In general, Maypoles are non-interactable, non-moveable structures that provide a +1 Comfort Level to players in their vicinity. However, they are destroyable, and once destroyed they do not respawn. Maypoles are otherwise useless except to provide Comfort Level within a small radius and look cool. Players are not entirely sure how wide this radius is, with guesses typically centered around 8 meters, so it's recommended that players build them as close to the structure as possible.

In Valheim, the Comfort Level of a player's character increases the length of their Rested buff. Typically at Comfort Level 0, the buff lasts for seven minutes and increases by one minute per Comfort Level up to level 17, which