Forge & Mead

Site map

Forge & Mead site map

Use this page to jump to the main hubs, route pages, boss prep pages, and the most important item records.

Core hub

Progression route

The biome-by-biome route from Meadows to Ashlands, plus focused guides for critical steps.

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Core hub

Boss prep

Summon items, gear, food, meads, mistakes, and fight-ready guidance for every boss.

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Core hub

Item database

Progression-critical resources, tools, food, meads, and unlock items.

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Core hub

Planning tools

Local checklists for progression tracking, boss preparation, food, and meads.

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Core hub

Deep North tracker

Official update tracking and patch-aware notes for late-game planning.

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Core hub

Returning players

A restart path for players coming back after a long break or an older save.

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Tools

Tool

Progression checklist

Track core route tasks from Meadows to Ashlands locally in your browser.

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Tool

Boss prep checklist

Select a boss and check summon items, gear, food, meads, and common mistakes.

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Food and mead planner

Choose a biome or boss and build a local food, mead, and packing checklist.

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Progression routes

Biome route

1. Meadows

Your first safe base, food, workbench, leather, and Eikthyr prep stage.

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Biome route

2. Black Forest

Bronze, burial chambers, portals, trolls, and The Elder prep.

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Biome route

3. Swamp

Iron, poison resistance, crypts, turnips, and Bonemass prep.

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Biome route

4. Mountain

Frost resistance, silver, wolves, obsidian, and Moder prep.

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Biome route

5. Plains

Black metal, barley, flax, fulings, lox, and Yagluth prep.

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Biome route

6. Mistlands

Wisps, black cores, eitr, magic, carapace, and The Queen prep.

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Biome route

7. Ashlands

Fortresses, siege pressure, flametal, ashland materials, and Fader prep.

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Biome route

8. Deep North

Upcoming final biome. Track only confirmed or officially teased details until release.

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Boss pages

Boss prep

Eikthyr

Fight Eikthyr with a bow, rested buff, three foods, and enough room to dodge lightning attacks.

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Boss prep

The Elder

Bring fire arrows, a portal nearby, and enough stamina food to dodge roots while burning The Elder down.

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Boss prep

Bonemass

Bonemass is a preparation check. Use poison resistance, an iron mace, high health food, and a flattened arena.

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Boss prep

Moder

Moder rewards patience. Bring frost protection, a strong bow, melee backup, and a safe portal below the fight.

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Boss prep

Yagluth

Yagluth is mainly a fire-resistance and positioning fight. Bring fire resistance, padded gear, and a clean arena.

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Boss prep

The Queen

The Queen is an endurance fight. Prepare eitr or melee plans, add control, strong food, and a recovery route.

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Boss prep

Fader

Fader should be treated as an endgame expedition boss. Bring fire resistance, layered recovery, and a cleared arena route.

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Guides

Focused guide

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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Focused guide

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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Focused guide

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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Focused guide

How to Prepare for the Swamp

The practical checklist to survive poison, wet stamina, draugr, crypts, and Bonemass prep.

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Focused guide

How to Get Bronze

Copper, tin, surtling cores, smelting, and the first bronze priorities.

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Focused guide

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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Focused guide

Valheim Food System Explained

How food affects health, stamina, eitr, boss readiness, and biome survival.

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Key item pages

resource

Wood

Basic building and crafting material.

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resource

Flint

Early waterline resource for better tools.

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resource

Leather scraps

Early armor and bow material.

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resource

Deer hide

Early armor and crafting resource.

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key item

Hard Antler

Eikthyr drop used for your first pickaxe.

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resource

Fine wood

Advanced wood used for portals and better bow progression.

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key item

Surtling core

Core item for smelting and portals.

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resource

Copper ore

Bronze-era ore from large deposits.

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resource

Tin ore

Bronze-era ore found near water.

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resource

Bronze

Main Black Forest metal tier.

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key item

Ancient seed

The Elder summon item.

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key item

Swamp Key

The Elder drop that opens sunken crypts.

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resource

Scrap iron

Raw iron source from crypts.

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resource

Iron

Swamp metal tier and long-term utility metal.

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key item

Withered bone

Bonemass summon item.

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key item

Wishbone

Bonemass drop used to locate hidden silver.

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resource

Silver

Mountain metal tier.

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key item

Dragon egg

Heavy Moder summon item.

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key item

Dragon tear

Moder drop that turns the Mountain win into the Artisan Table unlock.

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mead

Poison Resistance Mead

Swamp survival mead.

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mead

Frost Resistance Mead

Mountain survival mead.

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mead

Medium Healing Mead

Emergency health recovery.

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food

Sausages

Strong Swamp-era health food.

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station

Forge

Black Forest metal crafting station for bronze progression.

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station

Cauldron

Black Forest station that turns ingredients into progression food and mead bases.

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station

Fermenter

Mead production station for resistance, healing, and recovery planning.

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tool

Portal

Fast travel structure.

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station

Artisan Table

Post-Moder production hub for Plains progression.

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