Originally posted by vinyblaster:

Originally posted by Cooperal:

Most of the suggestions I see here (purposely use worse gear, give enemies more stars etc) don't really work for me. The enemies are too slow and stupid. Whether an enemy does 100 damage or 300 damage, if you multiply that by the number of times they actually land a hit, it usually calculates at zero.

I would be more inclined to suggest something that improves the enemies movement speed and attack speeds. I THINK Valheim Plus can do that but I mainly plan to wait until around 2040, when the game is a little nearer to leaving early access.

Other things were suggested like playing without maps or portals.

There is also a challenge where you only live in 1 biome at a time and only progress after killing the boss and cannot go back.

I find your lack of imagination disturbing :)

No map is fun, but very limiting. Good for multiplayer, complete nightmare for solo.
No portals is even worse - a lot of time wasted running and sailing around. This one is actually better for solo than for multiplayer.
I tried both. It doesn’t change the difficulty at all. It changes only your approach to sailing/exploring.
The third option you gave is some kind of nomad life. Sounds fun, but still no change in difficulty.
There are also other options like no cooking in cauldron, or vegan life that can actually impact the difficulty more than no portal and no map.
Those are all self inflicted rules that can be broken easily.
In my opinion, only mods can properly scale the difficulty.