Originally posted by Sentient Entropy:

It's a Viking-themed setting, not a generic fantasy setting.

explain the dragons and the magic woods people. and the flame atronatches which are straight out of skyrim already

Originally posted by Double Deez Nuts:

Originally posted by Sentient Entropy:

It's a Viking-themed setting, not a generic fantasy setting.

explain the dragons and the magic woods people. and the flame atronatches which are straight out of skyrim already

and the portals, and the Goblin Shamens, and the Surtlings, the Wards ...and every boss fight :)

Originally posted by GeoForce:

Vikings had a lot of Gods, but I don't seem to recall that they had magicians or warlocks. While I enjoy playing some fantasy RPG, I can't see it for Valheim.

There are witches in norse mythology

Originally posted by burn:

use a mod:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN0IY3xQy80

t h a n k y o u

hey guys to be absolutely clear I don't think it would be a good idea to add magic to the game and I think you're all right in disagreeing with me, and have pretty good reasons why too. I just want magic ;-;

now if u mean play as loki , hmmm interesting, partial magic... But i maybe stiring the pot a little.

I also don't see them adding much more magic, especially the typical RPG type, but I can see the limitations of not having it added. I’m lov’in the game with 180+ and growing, but I’m beginning to see the limitations of the Viking era. While it already has mystical creatures and some magic elements, without automation capabilities, advanced & varied crafting, and resource sinks, hack-n-slash and building might become repetitive.

I’m mainly in it for the building so don’t get me wrong, I really like the building mechanics and hope to see similar in other games, but I hope there will be reasons to build more and for more reasons. Magic/mystical things could really open that door.

Originally posted by Sentient Entropy:

It's a Viking-themed setting, not a generic fantasy setting.

Lets not hope we have to fight thor then. He got a magic hammer after all.

Originally posted by Sentient Entropy:

It's a Viking-themed setting, not a generic fantasy setting.

Then remove portals! and Gobby Shamens! :P

Vikings had a lot of Gods, but I don't seem to recall that they had magicians or warlocks. While I enjoy playing some fantasy RPG, I can't see it for Valheim.

Not a game for magic in my opinion.

I'm 99.9% sure the devs will never go for this, thank Odin. This game is great because it's simple (not easy, but simple), can be quite tough at times (especially on the first run when you learn things), and is closely tied to actual mythology. Spellcasting will break all three of these things IMO.

There's loads of magic already. Do you mean direct damage combat spellcasting?

use a mod:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN0IY3xQy80

It's a Viking-themed setting, not a generic fantasy setting.