Progression
Valheim Progression Guide
Pick your current biome to get the practical next steps, boss prep checklist, key resources, and food. After you know your route, use the Food and Mead Planner to verify supplies before the push.
Choose a biome below to follow the practical route. When your route is set, use the Food and Mead Planner to build your food checklist and verify mead supplies before any push or boss attempt.
Biome route
1. Meadows
Build a small rested base, craft a bow, learn food timing, and beat Eikthyr before pushing into the Black Forest.
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2. Black Forest
Find burial chambers for surtling cores, mine copper and tin, build bronze tools, then prepare fire arrows for The Elder.
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3. Swamp
Do not enter the Swamp casually. Bring poison resistance mead, portal materials, a mace plan, and enough food to survive wet stamina pressure.
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4. Mountain
Use frost resistance, Bonemass power, and the Wishbone to mine silver safely before transporting dragon eggs for Moder.
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5. Plains
Treat the Plains as a damage spike. Secure barley and flax, avoid deathsquitos, and build padded gear before fighting Yagluth.
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6. Mistlands
Use wisplight and cautious terrain movement to secure black cores, unlock eitr crafting, and prepare for The Queen.
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7. Ashlands
Approach Ashlands as an expedition. Prepare a landing plan, stone portal strategy, fire resistance, and recovery supplies before pushing inland.
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8. Deep North
Do not build a final Deep North route yet. Track official teasers, keep Public Test notes clearly labeled, and prepare a safe returning-player route only after live release.
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beginner
First Day Base and Food Route
A practical first-session route for shelter, rested buff, food, bow crafting, and Eikthyr preparation.
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What to Do After Eikthyr
Your first post-boss route: mine copper and tin, build smelting, and prepare for The Elder.
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What to Do After The Elder
Use the Swamp Key correctly and prepare for the game's first major difficulty spike.
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How to Prepare for the Swamp
The practical checklist to survive poison, wet stamina, draugr, crypts, and Bonemass prep.
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How to Get Bronze
Copper, tin, surtling cores, smelting, and the first bronze priorities.
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What to Do After Moder With Dragon Tears
Use Dragon Tears to build the Artisan Table, unlock Plains production, and choose the first post-Moder crafts.
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Valheim Food System Explained
How food affects health, stamina, eitr, boss readiness, and biome survival.
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