Are you looking for helpful tips and guides for Valheim? In our overview, you will find everything you need to start and survive in the new survival game.
What are these guides? We have compiled all the guides we have written here on MeinMMO since the release of Valheim for you.
The guides are primarily aimed at new players who want to learn Valheim and beginners to the genre. However, you will also find useful information on specific topics you want to read about, and even veterans can learn something. For the overview, they are categorized.
We will continuously update this list with guides as more guides are published. This article serves as a constant overview of everything you need to know about Valheim.
General Beginner Tips
What will I find here? In this category, we mainly focus on getting started with Valheim or survival games in general.
Who are the tips aimed at? If you are new to the game or the genre and do not want to start completely clueless, you can prepare yourself with these guides. They help you gain an overview of the essential mechanics and make the entry easier.
- 11 beginner tips in Valheim I wish I had known
- I made 9 mistakes in Valheim – Don’t do it like me
- Valheim: What happens when you die? Death explained in the game
Building Tips
What will I find here? In this section, we have summarized everything you need to know about the building system in Valheim. A base is crucial for securing your survival, and the building system is a significant part of the game.
Who are the tips aimed at? You will find tips here for players who want to build their own or larger bases – whether solo or in a team. The tips are for beginners and advanced players.
- With these tips, you can build large houses in Valheim right from the start
- Valheim: This simple trick protects your most important items in the base
- How to build better and more stable houses in Valheim
- Valheim: Building and upgrading the workbench – What you need to do
- This is how you can upgrade your workbench to level 5 in Valheim
- This is how you easily build a living cave in Valheim and save on building materials
Crafting Tips
What will I find here? You can craft components and equipment through crafting. We primarily address how to obtain resources and create everyday items. For information on weapons and armor, jump to the “Combat and Bosses” section.
Who are the tips aimed at? Beginners and advanced players will find tips here for their first recipes for food, mead, and where to obtain resources. For experts, they serve as a useful reference, so you don’t have to memorize all the recipes.
- The best food in Valheim and how to prepare it
- Fermentation in Valheim: How to craft mead and gain advantages in combat
- How to get the pickaxe in Valheim for mining stones
- Core wood in Valheim: Where to get it and how to use it
- Ores in Valheim: Where to find them and what you need them for
- Valheim: How to get the divining rod and use it to find treasures and ores
Exploration and World Tips
What will I find here? Here we have listed guides for you that will help you better explore the vast world of Valheim and tips that will help you find your way better. Exploration is one of the most important features in Valheim as it allows you to make progress in the game.
Who are the tips aimed at? Primarily explorers can navigate the world more easily with these tips, allowing them to explore it. However, players who want to play as efficiently as possible will also find useful tips here, especially when searching for specific bosses or the trader. The tips are mainly suitable for advanced players and experts.
- The best seeds for Valheim and what you find on the maps
- Valheim: How to tame all animals
- Everyone is looking for a raft in Valheim – That’s why you shouldn’t build one
- You can easily find the trader Haldor in Valheim on a silly map
- Swamp in Valheim: Tips for surviving in the dangerous biome
- This is how you build canals in Valheim and navigate the map easier – Even without portals
Tips for Combat and Bosses
What will I find here? Combat is another pillar of Valheim, and here you will find tips on how to fight better, equip yourself better, or defeat the tricky bosses of the game. After all, you should prove yourself in Valheim as the strongest Vikings of the afterlife.
Who are the tips aimed at? Since you must be ready to fight or at least combat-ready at any time in Valheim, beginners, advanced players, and experts can use these tips.
- The best weapons in Valheim and how to craft them
- Valheim Boss Guide: How to summon and defeat all 5 bosses – Tips and tricks
- This is how you build a huge club in Valheim and smash your enemies to death
- Valheim: How to defeat the Ancients and enter the swamp
- 4 tips on how to defend and secure your base in Valheim
- In this map in Valheim, you can quickly find and kill all 5 bosses
- This is how you get the harpoon in Valheim, the craziest weapon in the game
Tips for Technology, Security, Cheats, and More
What will I find here? Valheim offers several settings, tricks, and techniques to make the game look better, harder, or simply to enhance gameplay fluidity. You will find these tips here.
Who are the tips aimed at? Players who want to make Valheim prettier or otherwise modify it will find their way here. It deals less with game mechanics and more with the technology behind the game itself. Therefore, these tips are interesting for all players.
- This is how you acquire items in Valheim and build for free with admin commands
- This is how you play the Steam hit Valheim in a completely new way – in first-person
- Valheim: Playing together in coop and setting up servers – Here’s how
- A simple trick improves the performance of Valheim – by up to 30 FPS
- Valheim: How to back up your save games so you don’t lose them
- 3 mods that make Valheim even harder
Whether with or without guides, Valheim already offers enough content to excite and engage millions of players. Some spend a lot of time in the new survival game – and still can’t get enough of it.
We spoke with one of those players: Frequent player interview – How Valheim is still fun after 267 hours
