Originally posted by Isaac_Clark:

I heard that unarmed is capped so that it stops giving any benefit after lvl 20 or so. Seriously disappointing. But useful one time when I had to get a wolf I was trying to tame unstuck and was able to just use my foot.

A very simple google search of "Valheim Unarmed" would of easily given you fact based information, so why claim "I heard" unless its to pass on false information?

The correct information is:
The base damage for an unarmed strike is 5 blunt damage.
At minimum skill level an unarmed strike will do between 1.25 and 2.75 damage.
At max skill level the most a basic unarmed strike (right hand punch or kick) can do is 5 damage, meaning that a 2-hit combo at max damage would do a total of 15 damage (right hand does 5 and left hand does 10).
As with most attack skills, max damage doesn't change after reaching skill level 75.
Minimum damage at level 75 is 3.5, and minimum damage at level 100 is 4.25.
The damage range follows the formula for Damage and Blocking Mechanics.