The rules are simple, survive 100 days without beating a boss (until last few days) and no exploits and cheating, nuff said.


I managed to spent 100 days without killing eikthyr. The challenge itself wasn't so bad, i didn't need eikthyr to get the pick and i've managed to find iron just by using stag breaker.

My current viking has almost Max level Root Set which gives me same armor rate as bronze with extra pierce resistance and poison resistance. I also had enough iron to make a long boat and stonecutter but not enough to get an iron pick (which i need for silver and obsidian to get the silver tier equipment).

The biggest challenge with the run is the boss items and forsaken power but other than that, its possible to beat the challenge and almost skip the entire 4 biomes without needing any of the boss items. Its only plains and Mistlands that are heavy blocked but even then you can still get really good items in them (and even then its possible to get the black core and get the Krom and Arbalest Early on without dying).

Also since you can't kill the boss until final days, you can get enough ores and resources for the next 100 days since Valheim is very resource heavy game and you have plenty of resources to craft specific items and you can get quantities of it which is a really got pro for that challenge.

I did die plenty of times though but its few times in black forest against trolls (due to terrain or caves) and swamp of course (though bow helped me for the most of it), though most of it i avoided with gaming skill.

The challenge itself was pretty fun and very possible to beat and you can get surprising amounts of items without needing to farm (unlike playing regularly which requires you to backtrack and such). There are pros and cons to it.

Pros
1# You get enough resources to almost not worrying about the resources for the next 100 days.
2# You can get pretty good armor sets without need to mine ores (other than iron and late equipment) especially the light armor sets which gives it a really huge advantage without mining.
3# Its almost the same as just playing regularly without needing certain items.
4# Farms, you have enough resources to make a huge farm
5# Raids, if you don't kill eikthyr, you don't need to worry much against raids since the only enemies raiding are lizards and boars which only triggers in meadows and blackwoods and you can get free foods for it.

Cons
1# Boss items, usually the swamp key from the elder (you can get iron but not in fast quantities) and dragon tear from Moder, other than that, most can just be ignored really.
2# Forsaken Power which can make it somewhat difficult especially mountain, plains and mistland enemies though it needs certain trick to beat.

I managed to make a video of it and spending 100 days of it, My video isn't great and has amateurish editing plus i often use the same words. and it is very possible. Someone could watch this and maybe make a video by beating Valheim without needing to kill a single boss, it ain't easy but it is very possible though you are left with certain resources.

https://youtu.be/uvGNJ3rH6Kg



So whats your thoughts about the challenge? Right now after beating eikthyr, i'll start spending 100 days without beating elder. Would the challenge be good?