Valheim

A survival sandbox where you kill the forsaken bosses biome by biome. Eight tiers, one clean progression spine, and a brutal sea crossing or two.

Boss order

Eikthyr -> The Elder -> Bonemass -> Moder -> Yagluth -> The Queen -> Fader -> Final boss (1.0)

Full 1.0 and the Deep North biome land September 9, 2026.

#	Biome	Metal / material	Boss	Unlocks next tier
1	Meadows	Wood, Flint, Leather	Eikthyr	Hard Antler to Antler Pickaxe (mine copper)
2	Black Forest	Bronze (Copper + Tin)	The Elder	Swamp Key (opens Sunken Crypts)
3	Swamp	Iron	Bonemass	Wishbone (finds silver and buried treasure)
4	Mountains	Silver	Moder	Dragon Tear (builds the Artisan Table)
5	Plains	Black Metal, Flax, Barley	Yagluth	Elemental resist power, late crafting
6	Mistlands	Black Cores, Eitr (magic)	The Queen	Magic tier, the Black Forge
7	Ashlands	Flametal	Fader	Highest current armor and weapons
8	Deep North	Coming in 1.0	Final boss (1.0)	Game completion

Never fight a boss without three fresh foods and the Rested buff. It is the difference between a win and a corpse run.
Learn to parry early. A timed block staggers the enemy and trivializes Trolls and most bosses.
You cannot portal metal or ore. Sail it home and smelt at base; portal everything else.
Raise earth walls with the Hoe. It is the cheapest, strongest base defense against raids.
Do not enter the Swamp without poison resist mead and a mace, the Mountains without frost resist, or the Plains until you can survive a Deathsquito hit.
Find Haldor the trader in the Black Forest early for the Megingjord belt and other staples.
Food is your only stat lever. There is no base HP or stamina to level; everything comes from what you eat.
Keep a stocked portal hub at base, one tagged portal per biome outpost.

Mage Build (Eitr) quick
The caster build. Comes online in the Mistlands once you have Eitr. Staffs for damage and support, Eitr-weave gear, and mushroom food for mana.
Melee Build (Block and Tank) quick
The default Valheim frontline: timed parry, heavy armor, mace for skeletons and Bonemass, swords and axes otherwise, high-HP food.
Ranged Build (Bow) quick
The kite-and-shoot build: match the arrow to the enemy, keep distance, run lighter armor with high stamina food for mobility.

Full-Run Progression Cheatsheet quick
The whole game on one page. Per biome: what to mine, what to craft, what to summon. Boss order, summon items, and the drop that unlocks the next tier.

Meadows deep
The starting biome and the safest one. Where you build your first base, learn the core loop, and beat Eikthyr to unlock copper.
Black Forest deep
The first real difficulty step. Copper and tin make bronze, Trolls test your parry, and The Elder hands you the key to the Swamp.
Swamp deep
The classic difficulty wall. Iron from the crypts, poison from every direction, and Bonemass waiting at the end with a mace fight built just for you.
Mountains deep
Snowy peaks that freeze you without frost resistance. Silver, wolves, and Dragon Eggs, with Moder the ice dragon at the summit.
Plains deep
Golden grassland that kills the unprepared. Black metal, flax and barley, one-shot Deathsquitos, and Yagluth to close out the classic run.
Mistlands deep
A dark biome drowned in mist where magic begins. Black cores, Eitr, Seekers in the fog, and The Queen at the end of an Infested Mine.
Ashlands deep
The current endgame. A volcanic hellscape across a lava sea, flametal gear, Charred legions, and Fader as the toughest fight in the live game.
Deep North deep
The eighth and final biome, an icy landscape arriving with the 1.0 launch on September 9, 2026. A preview of what is announced so far.

Eikthyr deep
The first Forsaken boss, a lightning stag in the Meadows whose antler unlocks copper mining.
The Elder deep
The Black Forest boss, an ancient treant whose Swamp Key opens the Sunken Crypts where iron is found.
Bonemass deep
The Swamp boss, a hulking mass of bone and ooze that resists everything except blunt damage and drops the Wishbone.
Moder deep
The Mountains boss, an ice dragon summoned with Dragon Eggs whose tear builds the Artisan Table.
Yagluth deep
The Plains boss, a giant undead summoned with Fuling Totems whose power grants elemental resistance.
The Queen deep
The Mistlands boss, summoned deep in an Infested Mine with the Sealbreaker and the Giant King's Hair.
Fader deep
The Ashlands boss, a skeletal ash dragon summoned with Ashen Stones and the toughest fight in the live game.

Combat deep
How damage types, stamina, parrying, and weapon classes fit together, and why food and the parry decide most fights.
Food and Stamina deep
Food is the single biggest power lever in Valheim, granting all of your health, stamina, and eitr through three stacked buffs.
Building deep
Building runs on real structural physics: pieces need support, wood decays in the rain, and metal cannot pass through portals.
Crafting and the Tech Tree deep
Every craft needs the right station nearby, and each station is gated behind a biome material, so the tech tree is the progression spine.
Materials and Metals deep
A tour of the wood tiers, the metal ladder from bronze to flametal, and the support materials like coal, surtling cores, flax, and barley.
Survival deep
The exposure, weight, swimming, day/night, and death-penalty rules that quietly decide most runs.
Taming and Farming deep
How to tame and breed animals, grow crops in the right biomes, keep bees for honey, and fish for food.
Sailing and Exploration deep
Boats, wind and tacking, Moder's tailwind, sharing the map, and finding the traders who sell the staples.
Multiplayer and Servers deep
Co-op for up to ten, crossplay with 1.0, dedicated servers, how world and character files split, and raids.
Skills deep
How skills level by use, the full list, what death costs you, and the one skill worth practicing on purpose.