1. Completed all content, killed Yagluth in early April 2021
2. Put about 200 hours into that world
3. Main melee was clubs, at about level 80-82
4. Bow level about 90
5. Running, woodcutting, and mining, all maxed (100)
6. Most time was spent running in virtually a straight line or filling up inventory with ore
7. I shot rocks for bow skill (indoors next to a fire) but all my other levels came naturally

While heavily provisioning myself, I maxed out running near the end of mountain stage and start of plains, with woodcutting and mining coming shortly thereafter. I never died once in all of the 200 hours, so I never had to regain any skill levels.

I have played through several times with different characters to different stages, about 720 hours in total. I went through and looked at the current characters that I hadn't deleted.
1. Yagluth
2. Probably about 100-120 hours in one world.
3. 52 with clubs, but Axes & swords are also in the 40's
4 25 with bows on this character, but others have been as high as 44
5. Running 56
6. Building and Crafting and gathering the things to do so.
7. I use many mods. Some are cosmetic or quality of life, but others can greatly affect game play. Valheim Plus and Epic Loot are two that I play with that have a significant impact on game play, especially later in the game. I have also killed Bonemass from up high if trying to rush building.

1. All the way defeated every boss now starting for a second time to see whats changed since release.
2. 30-45 days of Pretty heavy playing the first time around....
3. No idea I don't pay attention to my stats
4. No idea I don't pay attention to my stats
5. No idea I don't pay attention to my stats
6. Building cool stuff, Combat engineering to make boss fights easier, anything related to building creatively....
7.No

Originally posted by loppantorkel:

1. How far have you progressed through the game - which is the highest boss you've killed?

All.

Originally posted by loppantorkel:

2. Approximately how many hours have you put into that one world?

Probably like 250 in main world. Killed Yagluth at around 125 hours I think.

Originally posted by loppantorkel:

3. Which level have you reached with your main melee weapon?

Sword: around 52 I think.

Originally posted by loppantorkel:

4. Which level have you reached with your bow?

Also around 52 I think.

Originally posted by loppantorkel:

5. What levels have you reached in 'running', 'tree-cutting', 'mining'?

Running 92:, tree-cutting and mining: around 50.

Originally posted by loppantorkel:

6. What do you consider to be your main activity in the game? If balanced - that's an okay answer.

Base and outposts building, resources stockpiling, some exploration.

Originally posted by loppantorkel:

7. Did you employ any tricks (such as rock shooting for example), cheats or mods to level up quicker?

Never. No tricks, no exploit, no cheat, no console, no mod, no cheese, no loading from a saved copy, single world, solo, no videos, no forums or tips until after I killed Yagluth. I enjoy playing the game the way it is designed by designers.

1) Fuling base invasions
2) IDFK I got many many worlds and bases now
3) 100
4) 100
5) 100,100,100
6) Balanced
7) None

1: Killed all 5
2: approx 280 hours in that world
3: Spear - 44
4: Bow - 20
5: Running - 63. Wood cutting - 30. Pickaxes - 36
6: I'd say it's been a balanced game between exploring, building and grinding.
7: No tricks, cheats or mods.

I've played approx half of the time in this world in co-op. Might affect progression in some ways.

1. SP 7 worlds, 7 chars, & diff progressions. 3 i think i took to Yagluth. 2 i haven't beat any bosses (1 to see how far i can progress with out doing so... got to iron and lost interest. the other is creative.) 2 MP worlds. 1 got to Bonemass b4 being shut down, the other is at Eikthyr.
2. I think i just past 740 total. First had probably the most hrs... maybe 300ish. probably 100 in creative. maybe 200 ish in MP. One world has maybe 25-30 hrs in it, that was a speed run to beat yagluth.
3/4. Axe/bow tends to be highest fighting skills for me. Current playthru Axe is at 59, bow at 48 (one death). I think that's about average for all my char's though, even the one's i've died a lot on. Those tended to be early chars and had more time overall on them. Generally though I really only ever think about the Running and Jumping skills in the early game. Those two skills are the only ones I consciously try to improve to a point where they are no longer such a pain.
The exception to all this the char on my creative world. I maxed the stats out on that one. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ is the bow op at max skill! It's a machine gun.
5. Current play thru 'running': 69 'tree-cutting': 59 'mining':72
6. What do I spend most of my time doing? What we all do: Fighting greydwarves while mining/treecutting.
7. Cheats only on my creative char, other wise see 3/4 above.

I was looking at others screen shots the other day, and got interested in how others set up their hotbar. I go 1 weapon, 2 shield, 3 bow, 4&5 tools, 6-8 food.

1 - To the end, with Yagluth slain.
2 - ~45 hours, although my first world had ~100 hours and I stopped just short of Yagluth.
3 - Atgeirs, 44
4 - Archery was at about 49 and was unnaturally high because I used troll armor all the way up until the plains, which made melee pretty difficult.
5 - Running 52, tree cutting 34, mining 36
6 - It varies. Hunting down & prepping for bosses it the main activity for progression, but building is also pretty fun as is stockpiling resources.
7 - I used several mods, but nothing largely gameplay changing, mostly quality of life. Things like Auto Repair, Instant Monster Drops, Crafting With Containers, Invis Helm, etc. As for tricks, nothing really notable. The only stat I cheesed was unarmed while waiting for my rested bonuses, and I chose unarmed because it has no impact on my gameplay.

I'd be curious what people think are the 3 most powerful melee weapons & why they pick the 3 that they pick.

Originally posted by hazelrah:

1. SP 7 worlds, 7 chars, & diff progressions. 3 i think i took to Yagluth. 2 i haven't beat any bosses (1 to see how far i can progress with out doing so... got to iron and lost interest. the other is creative.) 2 MP worlds. 1 got to Bonemass b4 being shut down, the other is at Eikthyr.
2. I think i just past 740 total. First had probably the most hrs... maybe 300ish. probably 100 in creative. maybe 200 ish in MP. One world has maybe 25-30 hrs in it, that was a speed run to beat yagluth.
3/4. Axe/bow tends to be highest fighting skills for me. Current playthru Axe is at 59, bow at 48 (one death). I think that's about average for all my char's though, even the one's i've died a lot on. Those tended to be early chars and had more time overall on them. Generally though I really only ever think about the Running and Jumping skills in the early game. Those two skills are the only ones I consciously try to improve to a point where they are no longer such a pain.
The exception to all this the char on my creative world. I maxed the stats out on that one. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ is the bow op at max skill! It's a machine gun.
5. Current play thru 'running': 69 'tree-cutting': 59 'mining':72
6. What do I spend most of my time doing? What we all do: Fighting greydwarves while mining/treecutting.
7. Cheats only on my creative char, other wise see 3/4 above.

I was looking at others screen shots the other day, and got interested in how others set up their hotbar. I go 1 weapon, 2 shield, 3 bow, 4&5 tools, 6-8 food.

In terms of how I set up my hotbar..
I use a joystick/mouse set up rather than keybord/mouse
So I can program my hotkeys to any buttons I want.
I do have some things set up i think could be better placed but have grown kind of used to how it is now.
I avoided putting food or beverages on the hotbar as I would inadvertently hit them or mix them up... but I keep pretty aware of my surroundings and avoid needing to use them in battle anyway.

1. Yagluth
2. 320 hrs (first Map, only Map, after purchasing game recently). Retired, lots of time to play.
3. I don't know but pretty high considering I can 1-shot most enemies
4. Same as above. LOVE the bow. Done archery irl.
5. Same as above. Running with Eikthyr is pretty limitless and lasts endlessly when carrying no weapons. Jumping is so high/long it can injury me if the ground is unlevel even if by a little bit. Tree-cutting is effortless and smaller are 1-shot to take down. Mining pretty much the same, 2-3 hits.
6. Love to explore (sailing!) but engage in every activity as if "living the life". I don't play to accomplish the goals only, or speed-run or chase fame.
7. No mods, or rock shooting kind of thing. I have used -console when in a "tight spot", avoid a stupid death (my fault, died so many times already) or to lessen the unreasonable grind. Especially use it to stop Events at Home Base. Home should be safe is my one hard unarguable unapologetic rule. Enough danger is out there already ... those Swamps have too many jump-scares as it is LOL (but I do so love it).

I have played about 15 worlds and 15 characters.
Some characters I have played multiple worlds with, most have their own world.
Have play two online worlds with friends.. not counting ones I only played on once or twice full playthroughs.


Currently playing and focusing on bows mostly. I only died once and that was near the beginning like first or second day so my skills are pretty much what you expect from a no death run.

Currently am just to the point I am ready to safely start exploring the Plains.

These are my current skill levels. I have done no skill "training" of any kind.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2599107144

Keep in mind these levels are basically a no death run... so new people who die a lot would have much lower skills... probably half to two thirds of these numbers.

Basically I see the balance is perfect in terms of skill progression considering most people only do one world and die a lot. <am not happy they are nerfing the bow draw speed since people typically won't have max skill anyway, just makes it harder on new people learning the game>


Killed all bosses multiple times.
Hours vary a lot depending on if I played with others and did a lot of building. I tended to build fancier things when playing with others. 1300 total in game.

Skills shown above vary a lot.. depends on what I want to focus on for that playthrough. I have had two full games of no death. <not counting the one I am on now as I did die once even if it was very early on>

No mods, no training
Only tried world hopping a few times other than taking stuff off a server that was being world reset.

My main activity is exploring biome placement and finding places to build that make transport less of an issue. I really like to start new worlds so I can do it all over again.

1. The Tree before the Swamp Slime.

Getting yeeted by poison was kinda eye rolling and at the same time revealed how rigidly linear Valheim actually is in spite of the building/exploration angle.

2. 100+

3. no clue
4. no clue
5. no clue

6. Building bases and exploring until a bordering zone just said NO. Then pondering weather or not the obligatory macguffin was worth the hassle.

7. Closest to a trick was popping between worlds to transfer resources, frequently ingots because their transport through portals is IMHO needlessly restricted.

Tho I do plan on picking the game up again when Hearth and Home comes out, I will however be modding the everloving hecc out of it for QoL and features that might or might not ever be added.

1: Killed Bonemass and had collected 3 Dragon eggs but got irritated with my world ( was the first time I had played and I had like 50 gazillion houses strewn across the world and I wanted to only have one ) so I restarted a new character with the seed OI812 . I am almost ready to kill Bonemass now with my new character so YAY! :)

2: First world was like 120 hours.

3: I think I got to 60 daggers with my first character, 40 stealth.

4: First character got to like 45 with the bow.

5: First Character:
Running: 26
Woodcutting: 70
Mining: 65

6: Woodcutting followed by Mining

7: No

It should be noted my mining would have been way higher if I hadn't started letting Trolls mine my copper for me. :)

1: Killed all 5
2: approx 280 hours in that world
3: Spear - 44
4: Bow - 20
5: Running - 63. Wood cutting - 30. Pickaxes - 36
6: I'd say it's been a balanced game between exploring, building and grinding.
7: No tricks, cheats or mods.

I've played approx half of the time in this world in co-op. Might affect progression in some ways.

Killed all bosses so far in order, main world I think is close 500 game days. Main weapons are 40 and 50 and lesser weapon around 20-30, running and jumping around mid 70s. Bows mining cutting prob in the 40s or less. I set up a training hut but have prob only used it to gain maybe 10 levels each skill or so when I'm just killing time.

I think I spend a lot of time sailing/exploring and getting food.

1. killed Moder, entering the Plains now
2. about 100 hours
3-5. around 33-35, i'm dying a lot. Main weapons - Frostner and axes
6. mostly base building - it's fun
7. no.