01
Meadows
Eikthyr
Summoning offering
2 Deer Trophies
What comes next
Hard Antlers for the Antler Pickaxe, which mines copper and tin
Every voyage moves you forward.
Follow all eight boss encounters, see what each one unlocks and plan the equipment and settlement milestones along the way.
Your journey / Saved on this device
2 of 8 bosses defeated
Next encounter: Bonemass in the Swamp.
Meet the forsaken
Summoning requirements, progression unlocks and a record of your victories.
02
Black Forest
The Elder
Summoning offering
3 Ancient Seeds
What comes next
Swamp Key, which opens the Sunken Crypts
03
Swamp
Bonemass
Summoning offering
10 Withered Bones
What comes next
Wishbone, which finds silver
04
Mountain
Moder
Summoning offering
3 Dragon Eggs
What comes next
Dragon Tears, which unlock black metal crafting
05
Plains
Yagluth
Summoning offering
5 Fuling Totems
What comes next
Torn Spirit for the Wisp Fountain, and the way into the Mistlands
06
Mistlands
The Queen
Summoning offering
A Sealbreaker opens her citadel. Fight her again with 3 Seeker Soldier Trophies
What comes next
Majestic Carapace for the Artisan Press, and the way into the Ashlands aboard the Drakkar
07
Ashlands
Fader
Summoning offering
3 Bells, each crafted from 3 Bell Fragments
What comes next
Kindled Ribs for the Eternal Pyre, whose Embers make the Ember Charges used to reach Bloodgold
08
Deep North
Kall Fimbulbringer
Summoning offering
3 Malicious Blood, won by ending Jotun invasions, offered at the Aesir Passage
What comes next
Crown Jewel for the Crown of Valheim, and Sacrificial Blood to carry back to the Meadows and finish the game
Dress for the next frontier
An equipment overview by biome. Use this as a planning reference alongside your own preferred weapons.
| Biome | Armor options | Weapons & tools |
|---|---|---|
| Meadows | Leather | Flint Axe, Crude Bow |
| Black Forest | Troll Hide, Bronze | Bronze Sword, Antler Pickaxe |
| Swamp | Iron | Iron Sword, Iron Mace |
| Mountain | Wolf | Silver Sword, Draugr Fang |
| Plains | Padded | Black Metal Sword, Black Metal Axe |
| Mistlands | Carapace | Mistwalker, Eitr staffs |
| Ashlands | Flametal, Ask, Embla | Ash Fang, Nidhögg, Dyrnwyn |
| Deep North | Protector, Vanguard, Caller | Nord weapons, then Frostfire and Thunderblood upgrades |
Build the workshop behind the gear
Each material age gives your settlement a new purpose.
- 01
Stone Age
Workbench, then a Flint Axe and Leather armor
- 02
Bronze Age
Smelter and Forge, then copper and tin into bronze
- 03
Iron Age
Scrap iron from the Sunken Crypts
- 04
Silver Age
Silver from the Mountain, found with the Wishbone
- 05
Black Metal Age
Artisan Table, Spinning Wheel, and Blast Furnace
- 06
Mistlands Age
Black Forge and Galdr Table
- 07
Ashlands Age
Flametal gear from the burning south
- 08
Deep North Age
Frigid Kiln and Frost Foundry, then Bloodgold cast in moulds
- 09
Beyond quality 4
Risk an idol at the Forge of Potential to refine gear past its limit
A settlement worth coming home to
Practical goals for the spaces between boss fights. Check them off as your home grows.
0 of 6 settlement milestones complete
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