There are multiple types of boat to craft inValheim, and some are better than others.

We’ll also offer up some tips for sailing the oceans and repairing your boats in Valheim.

First: there are three different types of boat in Valheim.

A Valheim screenshot of all three types of boat lined up next to one another.

They are the Raft, the Karve, and the Longship.

The Raft is your earliest, weakest, and slowest option, but it’s fairly easy to build.

And the Longship is stronger and quicker still.

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How to make a Raft

The Raft is the first boat you might craft in Valheim.

But it’s a good way to learn the basics of sailing.

It’s far faster, stronger, and more manoeuvrable than the Raft.

A Valheim screenshot of a Raft at sea.

So the Karve is very much a Bronze Age vessel.

The Longship is superior to the Karve in basically every way.

Elsewhere there’s our list of thebest Valheim weapons.

A Valheim screenshot of a Karve at sea.

A Valheim screenshot of a Longship at sea.