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The Valheim fieldbook

Know the land.

From your first camp in the Meadows to the burning southern shores. Explore each biome, compare its resources and prepare for what lives beyond the next ridge.

Plains landscape
Biome field notes

Plains

A vast, sunlit biome with rolling hills, deadly Fuling camps, and valuable end-game resources.

HighDanger level
TemperateEnvironment
5Listed resources
2Listed creatures
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What you’ll find in the Plains

Resources to gather and creatures to look out for.

Gathering

Key resources

  • Black Metal01
  • Flax02
  • Barley03
  • Tar04
  • Fuling Camps05
Wildlife & encounters

Creatures

  • Fulings
  • Lox
02

Prepare before you cross the border

Give yourself a goal, a way back and the right equipment.

Stay alert

Threats & hazards

  • Deathsquitos strike from afar

  • Fuling camps at night

  • Lox trample weak bases

Field advice

Practical preparation

  1. 01Bring a bow for Deathsquitos
  2. 02Farm flax and barley with a Cultivator
  3. 03Tame Lox for meat and pelts
Equipment to work toward

Plains gear

Armor: Padded

Weapons & tools: Black Metal Sword, Black Metal Axe

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The forsaken / Plains

Yagluth

Summon: 5 Fuling Totems

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The world at a glance

Compare the fieldbook’s biomes before deciding where to go next.

BiomeDangerEnvironmentResources to look for
LowTemperateWood, Stone, Flint
MediumTemperateCopper, Tin, Core Wood
MediumWetScrap Iron, Ancient Bark, Guck
HighFreezingSilver, Obsidian, Wolf Pelt
HighTemperateBlack Metal, Flax, Barley
Very HighMistyBlack Marble, Yggdrasil Wood, Sap
ExtremeScorchingFlametal Ore, Grausten, Ashwood
ExtremeFreezingTimberwood, Frostcore, Ice
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