That means there’s now a whole new audience for this clever, satisfying, punishingsurvival game.

Getting to grips with Valheim is often a matter of trial and error.

We have everything to get you started.

A Valheim screenshot of an extensive settlement with multiple houses, walls, and farms, seen from an aerial perspective.

The first tool you should make is the Axe, to chop trees and gather wood more easily.

After that, craft a Club to defend yourself, and a Hammer to start building with.

Place down a Workbench and verify it’s covered and protected from the elements.

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Use ourValheim Workbench guideto help you with this!

With the Workbench you canrepair broken toolsand weapons for free, so build one as soon as possible.

Learn where to look for resources

Everything in Valheim has certain criteria for spawning into the world.

A Valheim screenshot of the player wading into the water and looking out at the sea.

Beyond just wood and stone, one of the first major resources you’ll need to gather is Flint.

Another example later on in the game is Iron.

Certain other resources, such as Bronze, can’t be found anywhere naturally and so must be crafted.

A Valheim screenshot of a Boar standing in a Meadows biome.

Check out our guide onhow to make Bronzefor full details.

How to find food

Finding good food sources in Valheim is also important.

Skills in Valheim use theSkyrimmethod of levelling up the more you use them.

A player in Valheim, clad in Carapace Armour, wields the Mistwalker Sword while standing in a Meadows field.

Check out our guide to thebest Valheim weaponsfor more information!

These bosses are not pushovers.

To find out what you better be ready, check out ourEikthyr boss fight walkthrough.

A Valheim screenshot of Eikthyr, the first boss, standing against a Meadows backdrop.

That means knowledge of theValheim map and its biomesis of utmost importance.

Keep your builds simple until later on

Building is one of the most satisfying aspects of Valheim.

All of that and more is covered in our dedicatedValheim building guide.

Two Vikings traversing the Plains biome in Valheim, under the shadow of Yggdrasil.

For example: wind direction is very important.

The arrow in the corner of your minimap shows the current wind direction.

Another important simulation: smoke from your firepit will collect if built indoors.

An Obliterator, including lightning rod, next to a semi-abandoned looking shack in Valheim.

If you don’t build a chimney, you’ll start to suffocate from the fumes.

Again, learn how to avoid such things by perusing ourValheim building guide.

And with that, our Valheim tips and tricks come to an end.

A Valheim screenshot of three armed and armoured players looking into a Portal.

A Valheim screenshot which shows the three of us, still on the raft, approaching a rocky isle in the distance.

A Valheim screenshot of a player standing with their back to the camera, wielding a Battleaxe and looking out into a Mountains biome.