Iron Gate AB’s Viking odysseyValheimcontinues to enthrall players with its natural exploration and survival-based gameplay. From challenging boss fights to grand construction projects,Valheimis a game that has something to offer everyone.
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The spectacular biomes of the tenth world are full of valuable resources and roaming monsters. Naturally, some areas will be all but inaccessible to low-level players until they can take on the more dangerous enemies within them. However, even smaller creatures can quickly become overwhelming if players don’t have the necessary equipment to best exploit their individual weaknesses.
Updated June 16, 2025 by Joe Grantham:Valheim is a game that is technically still in the early access stages of development and as such is often receiving updates both small and large, that help flesh out the game and expand upon its initial brilliance.
The Mistlands biome update in particular added plenty of new enemies, and as thehardest biome in Valheim, it is now home to many of the strongest creatures found in the game. Simply surviving against these foes is no easy task by itself and players should try and avoid contact until they are at a high enough level with the best gear.
14Greydwarf Shamans Have Poison Spells And Can Heal Allies
Wood is required for building anything from a mighty castle to a basic house. As the player’s needs increase they will eventually have to venture deeper into black forest biomesto gather more core wood.Greydwarf nests are often found in these woods and will continuously spawn enemies until they are destroyed.
Greydwarf Shamans cast poisonous spells that will rapidly drain a player’s health and they can also heal other enemies, including one of the boss monsters. Players can kill these shamans by getting up close and baiting their punch. This attack is easy to parry, and doing so will provide more than enough stagger time to kill the shaman.
13Trolls Are Giant Enemies With A Lot Of Health
Deep within the black forests, players may encounter a beast significantly larger than the usual Greydwarfs and Surtlings. Trolls have 600 HP at level one and their attacks can destroy trees or nearby buildings causing them to fall and crush the player.
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Due to their enormous size trolls are easy to dodge by rolling or strafing around them. The player can escape them by running through narrow gaps between trees as the troll will not be able to pursue. When players have astrong piercing weapon such as a spearthey can kill trolls by parrying their attacks with a bronze shield or timing their dodge rolls to attack in between their swings.
12Serpents Lurk Beneath The Waves Waiting To Wreck Ships
The map inValheimis a randomly generated archipelago consisting of various islands separated by water. Players can use rafts or longboats to travel between strips of land, but should they venture too far out to sea they may encounter Sea Serpents.
These large sea snakes are easily capable of wrecking ships, especially rafts, and players will find it hard to hit them in melee without a spear.If players wish to hunt Serpentsthey will need a good range weapon such as the abyssal harpoon. With this item, it is possible to drag Sea Serpents to land and kill them outside of their natural habitat.
11Draugr Elites Lurk In The Sunken Crypts
The zombified Draugr are found in the swamps, dungeons, and occasionally the mountains ofValheim. The Draugr Elite roam alongside their weaker brethren and are capable of killing weaker players in a single hit. These enemies are quite rare and can be distinguished from other Draugr by their glowing purple eyes.
As with other enemies that travel in groups, players should try to isolate the elites by killing their allies. Once the Draugr Elite is on their own they can be killed by parrying their slow attacks and hitting them with a good club, or another blunt weapon, while they are stunned.
10Oozers Split Into Multiple Enemies When Destroyed
Iron is one of the more important resources in the game and some of thebest map seeds forVaheiminclude large swamp biomes, packed with sunken crypts where the player can gather scrap iron. While venturing into the swamps, players may encounter Leeches, Skeletons, and various sizes of aggressive Blobs.
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Oozers are the largest Blobs and have a poisonous AoE attack that is very dangerous if the player gets caught in it. When killed, this enemy will split into multiple Blobs, with the number of blobs depending on the Oozer’s level. These monsters are weak to blunt and frost attacks making Frostner one of the best weapons for dealing with them.
9Fenrings Prowl Through The Mountains At Night
The mountains of theValheimare as hostile as they are beautiful and the frozen slopes are especially dangerous at night. As well as regular wolves, players may also encounter a Fenring prowling the frozen slopes when the moon is full. These large werewolves are very dangerous in melee combat as they can recover from parries exceptionally fast.
The best way to deal with Fenrings is to shoot them with arrows while strafing to maintain distance. Their lunge attack is fast and very strong so players should focus on dodging and avoiding melee unless they have very powerful weapons.
8Stone Golems Are Weak To A Very Specific Weapon
Like Trolls, Stone Golems can destroy trees and even smash rocks sending out showers of debris that can injure the player. These creatures are made of living stone and as such are resistant to most conventional weapons.
Pickaxes are the only weapon that can significantly damage a Stone Golem. Since the player will most likely be in the mountainsto find silver ore, it is helpful to bring a spare pickaxe for fighting as well as mining. Jumping attacks are the best way to do maximum damage and avoid leaving holes in the ground whenever the player misses their swing.
7Drakes Are The Children Of Modor
Players can findone of the game’s five boss fightsin the mountain biome. Modor is a white dragon whose name means mother in some Nordic languages. She is a formidable beast and not the only dragon in the game as her hatchlings also soar around the snow-capped peaks of Valheim.
Drakes never come down to land which makes melee combat practically impossible. In order to survive a drake attack, it is important to keep moving and dodge its swooping attacks. A good bow will be necessary to shoot them out of the sky and fire arrows are the most effective means of hunting these majestic creatures.
6Cultists Lurk In Frost Caves
When players are brave enough to venture into the Frost Caves that randomly spawn in the Mountains, they will have to defeat some of the hardest creatures found in the mid-game, Cultists. These werewolf-like zealots are equipped both with deadly claws and fire, and the close-quarters nature of the caves makes them hard to escape from.
With a higher health pool than most other foes found at this stage of the game, players will need to verify they are equipped with at leastthe best Iron weapons inValheim. Cultists are also weak to poison damage.
5Deathsquitos Are Fragile But Lethal
Of all the monsters inValheim, few players would expect an insect to be one of the most dangerous. However, should players venture into the plains biome unprepared they may be quickly killed by giant mosquitoes.
Deathsquitos move fast and are very hard to hit with melee attacks. The giant insects will die in one hit but their own attacks deal 90 damage, meaning they can just as easily kill a low-level player. Ranged weapons are the safestmeans of killing a Deathsquitobut players can also parry them withthe best shields inValheim.
