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Valheim cheatsheet

Progression guide

Meadows biome:

  • gather wood, rocks, flints
  • craft Stone axe & Hammer
  • pick Raspberries and Mushrooms
  • build base camp: Workbench, Campfire, Cooking stations
  • build Bed inside, set spawn point
  • hunt a lot of deers & boars
  • make a Flint Knife, Flint Axe, Crude Bow, Wood Arrows, Wood shield,
  • craft Chopping block to upgrade your gear
  • build a Fence around your base camp
  • craft pants, tunic, helmet, cape
  • build beehives from Queen bees
  • take care of Comfort in your base camp: Deer rug
  • fight First boss: Eikthyr (2 Deer trophies to summon)
  • activate Eikthyr's power

Black Forest biome:

  • craft Antler pickaxe
  • look for Burial Chambers (dungeons), fight skeletons, find Surtling Cores
  • mine a lot of Copper & Tin ores
  • build Smelter and Charcoal kiln
  • process copper and tin ores into bars
  • build Forge, combine 2 copper and 1 tin into Bronze
  • craft Bronze Axe
  • with Bronze Axe chop Birch/Oak trees to collect Fine wood
  • craft Finewood bow
  • Multiplayer: build Cartography table to share map and markers
  • build new furniture increasing Comfort: Chair, Table, Banner
  • fight Trolls (in Black Forest) to gather Troll hides for better armors (all 4 pieces give +15 Sneak skill effect) or switch to Bronze armor (movement speed decreased)
  • prison Boars, tame them and make them to breed
  • craft Bronze mace (or Bronze Sword)
  • build Cart to transport items
  • build Cauldron to cook food
  • build Cultivator for farming
  • plant seeds (trees or carrot)
  • switch to Bronze round shield
  • craft Bronze pickaxe
  • build Karve boat to transport metals
  • set up other base camps
  • build Portals
  • build Fermenter to brew meads (potions)
  • find Haldor (trader) in Black Forest
  • fight Greydwarf brutes (red-eye) to gather Ancient seeds
  • fight second boss: The Elder (3 Ancient seeds to summon)

Swamp biome:

  • chop Ancient Trees with Bronze Axe to collect Ancient bark
  • open Sunken Crypts in the swamp with the swamp key taken from The Elder
  • harvest Muddy scrap piles inside Sunken Crypts to collect Scrap Iron
  • turn Scrap Iron into Iron in a Smelter
  • make poison resistance meads to help with Blobs, Oozers and Leeches
  • make an Iron Pickaxe
  • build a Longship boat to transport Iron
  • Third Boss: Bonemass

Mountain biome:

  • kill Wolves to get Wolf pelts
  • equip Wolf Fur Cape or Wolf Armor Chest to prevent from freezing
  • find Silver Veins hidden in the mountain with the Wishbone after defeating Bonemass
  • mine Silver ore and smelt it into Silver
  • Fourth Boss: Moder

Plains biome:

  • ...
  • Fifth Boss: Yagluth

Tools

Item Recipe Perk Crafted at
Stone axe 5 Wood + 4 Stone chopping trees Hands
Flint axe 4 Wood + 6 Flint faster chopping Workbench
Hammer 3 Wood + 2 Stone building Hands
Hoe 5 Wood + 2 Stone elevate / level ground Workbench
20x Wood arrows 8 Wood Workbench
Antler pickaxe 10 Wood + 1 Hard Antler (1st boss) mining Workbench
Bronze axe 4 Wood + 8 Bronze + 2 Leather Scraps (boar) chopping all trees
Bronze pickaxe 3 Core Wood (Pine) + 10 Bronze faster mining Forge
Cultivator 5 Core wood (Pine) + 5 Bronze farming Forge
Bronze 2 Copper + 1 Tin Forge
20x Bronze nails 1 Bronze building structures Forge
Butcher knife 2 Wood + 4 Tin killing tamed animals Forge
Megingjord 950 Coins carry 150 more weight Haldor the Merchant
Weapons
Club 6 Wood melee Hands
Flint knife 2 Wood + 4 Flint + 2 Leather scraps (boar) melee Workbench
Bronze mace 4 Wood + 8 Bronze + 3 Leather scraps melee, blunt + knockback damage Forge
Bronze sword 2 Wood + 8 Bronze + 2 Leather scraps melee, slash damage Forge
Shields
Wood shield 10 Wood + 4 Resin + 4 Leather scraps (boar) shield Workbench
Bronze buckler 10 Bronze + 4 Wood shield Forge
Banded shield 10 Fine wood (Birch/Oak) + 8 Iron shield Forge

Structures

Item Recipe Perk Crafted at
Campfire 5 Stone + 2 Wood Hands
Smelter 20 Stone + 5 Surtling core processing metals Workbench
Charcoal kiln 20 Stone + 5 Surtling core producing Coal Workbench
Cartography table 10 Fine Wood (Birch/Oak) + 10 Bone fragments + 2 Bronze + 5 Leather scraps + 4 Raspberries share map and markers Workbench
Cauldron 10 Tin cooking Workbench
Fermenter 30 Fine Wood (Birch/Oak) + 5 Bronze + 10 Resin making meads & potions Workbench
Portal 10 Greydwarf eye + 20 Fine Wood (Birch/Oak) + 2 Surtling core teleporting Workbench
Cart 20 Wood + 10 Bronze nails (0.5 Bronze) transporting items Workbench
Raft 20 Wood + 6 Leather scraps + 10 Resin sailing Workbench
Karve 30 Fine wood + 10 Deer hide + 20 Resin + 80 Bronze nails (4 Bronze) sailing Workbench

Bows

  1. Crude bow - 10 Wood + 8 Leather scraps (boar) - crafted at Workbench level 1
  2. Finewood bow - 10 Fine wood (Birch/Oak) + 10 Core wood (Pine) + 2 Deer hide - crafted at Workbench level 1
  3. Huntsman bow - 10 Fine wood (Birch/Oak) + 20 Iron + 10 Feathers + 2 Deer hide - crafted at Forge level 1
  4. Draugr Fang - 10 Ancient bark + 20 Silver + 2 Deer Hide + 10 Guck - materials from Swamp, crafted at Forge level 2

Armors

Item Recipe Perk Crafted at
Chest
Rag Tunic 5 Leather scraps 1 armor Workbench
Leather tunic 6 Deer hide 2 armor Workbench lvl 2
Troll Leather tunic 5 Troll hide 6 armor Workbench lvl 2
Bronze plate cuirass 5 Bronze + 2 Deer hide 8 armor Forge
Pants
Rag pants 5 Leather scraps 1 armor Workbench
Leather pants 6 Deer hide 2 armor Workbench lvl 2
Troll leather pants 5 Troll hide 6 armor Workbench lvl 2
Bronze plate leggings 5 Bronze + 2 Deer hide 8 armor Forge
Helmets
Leather helmet 6 Deer hide 2 armor Workbench lvl 2
Troll leather helmet 5 Troll hide + 3 Bone fragments 6 armor Workbench lvl 2
Bronze helmet 5 Bronze + 2 Deer hide 8 armor Forge
Dverger circlet 620 Coins 2 armor, light source Haldor (trader)
Capes
Deer hide cape 4 Deer hide + 5 Bone fragments 1 armor Workbench lvl 2
Troll hide cape 10 Troll hide + 10 Bone fragments 1 armor Workbench lvl 2

Wokrbench levels

  1. Workbench - 10 Wood
  2. Chopping block - 10 Wood + 10 Flint
  3. Tanning rack - 10 Wood + 15 Flint + 20 Leather scraps (boar) + 5 Deer hide
  4. Adze - 10 Fine wood (from Birch/Oak) + 3 Bronze
  5. Tool shelf - 10 Fine wood + 4 Iron + 4 Obsidian

Forge levels

  1. Forge - 4 Stone + 4 Coal + 10 Wood + 6 Copper
  2. Forge Cooler - 25 Fine Wood + 10 Copper
  3. Anvils - 5 Wood + 2 Bronze
  4. Smith's Anvil - 5 Wood + 20 Iron
  5. Forge Toolrack - 10 Wood + 15 Iron
  6. Forge Bellows - 5 Wood + 5 Deer hide + 4 Chain
  7. Grinding Wheel - 25 Wood + 1 Sharpening Stone

Food

Cauldron Cooking Recipes

Dish Recipe Effect
Meadows
2x Boar Jerky 1 Boar meat + 1 Honey 23 ❤️ 23 💪, 2 hp/tick, 1800s
Black Forest
Carrot soup 1 Mushroom + 3 Carrot 15 ❤️ 45 💪, 2 hp/tick, 1500s
Deer Stew 1 Blueberries + 1 Carrot + 1 Cooked deer meat 45 ❤️ 15 💪, 3 hp/tick, 1500s
4x Queens jam 8 Raspberries + 6 Blueberries 14 ❤️ 40 💪, 2 hp/tick, 1200s
Minced Meat Sauce 1 Boar meat + 1 Neck tail + 1 Carrot 40 ❤️ 13 💪, 3 hp/tick, 1500s
Swamp
Serpent stew 1 Mushroom + Cooked serpent meat + 2 Honey 80 ❤️ 26 💪, 4 hp/tick, 1800s
4x Sausages 4 Entrails (from Draugr in Swamp) + 1 Boar meat + 1 Thistle 55 ❤️ 18 💪, 3 hp/tick, 1500s
Turnip stew 1 Boar meat + 3 Turnip 18 ❤️ 55 💪, 2 hp/tick, 1500s
Black soup Bloodbag + Honey + Turnip 50 ❤️ 17 💪, 3 hp/tick, 1200s
Muckshake 1 Ooze (Swamp) + 2 Raspberries + 2 Blueberries 16 ❤️ 50 💪, 1 hp/tick, 1200s
Mountain
Eyescream 3 Greydwarf eye + 1 Freeze gland 21 ❤️ 65 💪, 1 hp/tick, 1500s
Wolf skewer 1 Wolf Meat + 2 Mushroom + 1 Onion 65 ❤️ 21 💪, 3 hp/tick, 1500s
Onion soup 3x Onion 20 ❤️ 60 💪, 1 hp/tick, 1200s
Plains
Fish wraps 2 Cooked fish + 4 Barley flour 70 ❤️ 23 💪, 4 hp/tick, 1500s
Blood pudding 2 Thistle + 2 Bloodbag + 4 Barley flour 25 ❤️ 75 💪, 2 hp/tick, 1800s
Bread 1 Bread dough 23 ❤️ 70 💪, 2 hp/tick, 1500s
Lox meat pie 1 Unbaked Lox Pie 75 ❤️ 24 💪, 4 hp/tick, 1800s

Raw/Cooked food

Food Effect Requirements
Meadows
Cooked Deer Meat 35 ❤️ 12 💪, 2 hp/tick, 1200s Cooking station
Honey 8 ❤️ 35 💪, 1 hp/tick, 900s
Cooked Boar Meat 30 ❤️ 10 💪, 2 hp/tick, 1200s Cooking station
Grilled neck tail 25 ❤️ 8 💪, 2 hp/tick, 1200s Cooking station
Mushroom 15 ❤️ 15 💪, 1 hp/tick, 900s
Raspberries 7 ❤️ 20 💪, 1 hp/tick, 600s
Black Forest
Cooked fish 45 ❤️ 15 💪, 2 hp/tick, 1200s Cooking station
Swamp
Cooked serpent meat 70 ❤️ 23 💪, 3 hp/tick, 1500s Iron Cooking station

Cauldron upgrades

  1. Cauldron - 10 Tin
  2. Spice Rack - 3 Dandelion + 2 Carrot + 5 Mushroom + 3 Thistle + 3 Turnip (found in the Swamp)
  3. Butcher's Table - 2 Ancient bark (from Ancient Trees in the Swamp) + 4 Core Wood (Pine) + 4 Fine wood (Birch/Oak) + 2 Silver
  4. Pots and Pans - 5 Iron + 5 Copper + 5 Black metal + 10 Fine wood (Birch/Oak)

Taming

  1. Trap the animal in a fence.
  2. Let it lose the Aggro.
  3. Don't alert it with fire.
  4. Throw him the food, fill its hunger to 100%
  • Boar - required food: Raspberries, Red Mushrooms, Blueberries, Carrots, Turnip
  • Wolf - required food: Neck tail, Boar meat, Deer meat, Lox meat, Raw fish, Sausages
  • Lox - required food: Barley, Cloudberries or Flax
  1. Once tamed, rename it with LShift + E. Boars are no longer afraid of fire. Wolves can be commanded to stay or follow.

Breeding conditions:

  • Suitable partner exists nearby (tamed, not hungry, not pregnant).
  • animal is not hungry
  • Total number of creatures and offspring is less than the limit

Breeding:

  • Offspring inherit stars from the parent
  • Offsprings grow while sleeping or being away.
  • Kill tamed animals with a Butcher knife

Farming

  • use Cultivator to make the land ready to plant seeds
  • plant carrots at 1x1 intervals
  • plant trees at 4x4 intervals
  • use 1 Carrot Seed to plant a Seed-Carrot, which gives 3 Carrot Seeds when grown

Comfort

Base comfort:

  • sitting near a fireplace: 1
  • sitting near a fireplace in a shelter: 2

Comfort upgrades:

  • Deer rug (4 Deer hide): +1
  • Wolf rug: +1
  • Lox rug: +1
  • Banner (2 Fine Wood + 6 Leather scraps + 4 Coal/Blueberries/Raspberries): +1
  • Hot tub (20 Wood + 6 Tar + 10 Iron + 8 Stone): +2
  • Armor stand (8 Fine wood + 4 Iron nails + 2 Leather scraps): +1
  • Maypole (10 Wood + 4 Dandelion + 4 Thistle): +1 - can only be built during summer events
  • Yule tree (10 Wood + 1 Fir cone): +1 - can only be built during winter events

Tables (doesn't stack, pick one):

  • Table (6 Fine wood (Birch/Oak)): +1
  • Cartography Table (10 Fine Wood (Birch/Oak) + 10 Bone fragments + 2 Bronze + 5 Leather scraps + 4 Raspberries): +1
  • Round Table/Long Heavy Table (10 Fine wood + 2 Tar + 20 Iron nails): +2

Fires (doesn't stack):

  • Campfire: +1
  • Bonfire: +1
  • Hanging brazier: +1
  • Hearth (15 Stone, made in Stonecutter): +2

Seats (doesn't stack):

  • Bench (6 Fine wood): +1
  • Sitting log (2 Core wood): +1
  • Stool (4 Fine Wood): +1
  • Chair (4 Fine wood): +2
  • Darkwood chair (4 Fine wood + 1 Tar + 1 Iron nails + 1 Deer hide): +2
  • Raven throne (20 Fine wood + 10 Iron nails): +3
  • Stone throne (20 Stone + 2 Deer hide + 2 Wolf pelt): +3

Beds (doesn't stack):

  • Bed: +1
  • Dragon bed (40 Fine wood + 7 Deer hide + 4 Wolf pelt + 10 Feathers + 15 Iron nails): +2

Misc

  • 1 tick = 3 seconds

Console

Enabling console

In Steam Library, select Properties > General tab > Launch Options > type -console.
In a World, press F5 to open the console.

Console commands

Write "/" and use tab to view available commands. Type devcommands to enable all commands / cheats.

  • info - Prints the current system information
  • ping - Pings the server to measure latency.
  • resetspawn - Resets the spawn location
  • respawn - Kills the character
  • save - Forces the game to save.
  • players [number] - Adjusts the difficulty scale. Enter 0 to reset difficulty.
  • pos - Shows player coordinates.
  • goto [x] [y] [z] - Teleports player to the specified coordinates. The [y] is optional.
  • heal - Heals you to full Health.
  • fly - Toggles the fly mode (same as in the debug mode).
  • freefly - Toggles the free camera.
  • exploremap - Reveals the entire map
  • ghost - Toggle the ghost mode (enemies ignore you).
  • skiptime [seconds = 240] - Skips forward, changing day number and time of day.
  • sleep - Skips forward one day.
  • tame - Tames all nearby Creatures.
  • time - Shows the current time and whether sleeping is possible.
  • tod [0-1] - Sets time of day. 0 and 1 are both midnight. 0.5 is noon. -1 revert to default.
  • tutorialtoggle - Turn off/on Hugin's tutorial

World saves location

  • Linux: ~/.config/unity3d/IronGate/Valheim/worlds/
  • Windows: C:\Users\%username%\AppData\LocalLow\IronGate\Valheim\worlds

Dedicated server

lloesche/valheim-server

lloesche/valheim-server Docker image
https://github.com/lloesche/valheim-server-docker
Resources usage: 2.8GB storage, 4GB RAM

  • Setup dirs
mkdir -p /opt/valheim/config/worlds /opt/valheim/data
  • Copy existing world from ~/.config/unity3d/IronGate/Valheim/worlds/ to /opt/valheim/config/worlds
WORLD=GalaktykaKurvix
SERVER=dev
scp ${WORLD}.db dev:/opt/valheim/config/worlds/
scp ${WORLD}.db.old dev:/opt/valheim/config/worlds/
scp ${WORLD}.fwl dev:/opt/valheim/config/worlds/
scp ${WORLD}.fwl.old dev:/opt/valheim/config/worlds/
  • Run container
WORLD=GalaktykaKurvix
SERVER_NAME=GalaktykaKurvix
SERVER_PASS=************
docker run -d \
    --name valheim-server \
    --cap-add=sys_nice \
    --stop-timeout 120 \
    -p 2456-2457:2456-2457/udp \
    -v /opt/valheim/config:/config \
    -v /opt/valheim/data:/opt/valheim \
    -e SERVER_NAME="${SERVER_NAME}" \
    -e WORLD_NAME="${WORLD}" \
    -e SERVER_PASS="${SERVER_PASS}" \
    -e SERVER_PUBLIC=false \
    -e SUPERVISOR_HTTP=true \
    lloesche/valheim-server

  • Join A.B.C.D:2456

  • Read your ID The ID of a user can be gotten either in-game by pressing F2 or in the server logs when a user connects.
    Assign administrators List the IDs of all administrator users in: /opt/valheim/config/adminlist.txt

    76561198093024990

mbround18/valheim-docker

  1. Setup dirs
mkdir -p /opt/valheim/saves
  1. Copy existing world from ~/.config/unity3d/IronGate/Valheim/worlds/ to /opt/valheim/saves
cd ~/.config/unity3d/IronGate/Valheim/worlds/
WORLD=GalaktykaKurvix
SERVER=dev
scp ${WORLD}.db dev:/opt/valheim/saves/worlds/
scp ${WORLD}.db.old dev:/opt/valheim/saves/worlds/
scp ${WORLD}.fwl dev:/opt/valheim/saves/worlds/
scp ${WORLD}.fwl.old dev:/opt/valheim/saves/worlds/
  1. Make /opt/valheim/docker-compose.yaml:
version: "3"
services:
  valheim:
    image: mbround18/valheim:latest
    container_name: valheim
    ports:
      - "2456:2456/udp"
      - "2457:2457/udp"
      - "2458:2458/udp"
    environment:
      PORT: 2456
      NAME: "GalaktykaKurvix"
      WORLD: "GalaktykaKurvix"
      PASSWORD: "************"
      TZ: "Europe/Warsaw"
      PUBLIC: 0
      AUTO_UPDATE: 1
      AUTO_UPDATE_SCHEDULE: "0 1 * * *"
      AUTO_BACKUP: 1
      AUTO_BACKUP_SCHEDULE: "*/15 * * * *"
      AUTO_BACKUP_REMOVE_OLD: 1
      AUTO_BACKUP_DAYS_TO_LIVE: 3
      AUTO_BACKUP_ON_UPDATE: 1
      AUTO_BACKUP_ON_SHUTDOWN: 1
      UPDATE_ON_STARTUP: 0
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - ./saves:/home/steam/.config/unity3d/IronGate/Valheim
      - ./server:/home/steam/valheim
      - ./backups:/home/steam/backups
  1. docker-compose up -d
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