Valheim is one of the biggest games on Steam right now. It is a survival game that takes you to an otherworldly kingdom based on Norse mythology, and you will have to survive the dangers of a very strange early access game. There’s still a lot we don’t know about this wildly popular little indie adventure, and we’re here to share a little insight that we’ve shone through in a few dozen hours of play.
This is not a fast-paced AAA title, and fans wouldn’t want it any other way. You and up to 10 other Viking friends can work together to create a complex, explore nature, craft new tools, and defeat terrifying monstrous bosses. All just to unlock more crafting recipes and reach the furthest reaches of the randomly generated world.
Valheim was on our list of the most anticipated survival games for good reason. It’s so early that the game’s documentation is pretty spotty and just about anything could change before launch. If you are one of the several million people who bought this game, here are some things that I really think you should know.
# 1: Your hunger meter determines your maximum health and stamina
Your Food / Hunger Meter is ridiculously important in Valheim. Your maximum health and stamina will decrease if you don’t eat enough. Eat constantly! You can start eating as soon as the food starts to flash.
# 2: Hold [E] to collect crops faster
Here’s something you wish you knew sooner. Hold [E] when collecting crops to suck them up much faster. You don’t have to quickly tap [E] on your crops, you can just hold [E] and move the cursor around to pick everything up much faster.
# 3: multiply your meat production
Place more than 1 cooking station over the fire for efficient cooking. You can place up to 6 on a single fire! Cook a lot more, just spam [E] to grab the cooked meat and place more.
# 4: What does the repair icon do?
Here’s a strange one. There is a repair icon in your inventory. Do you need to repair your things? Just click on that repair icon. You can even repair your house. Repairs cost nothing. Repairs are totally free, it only takes time to verify them.
NOTE : Anything on your base that is not indoors will take 50% rain damage . Make sure everything is indoors or you will have to repair your things over and over again.
# 5: farm wood the fun way
Wood farming is pretty strenuous early in the game. Well, it doesn’t have to be that way! When fighting monsters, or the first boss, they might knock down a tree or two. Those logs rolling and falling do crazy damage .
You can kill yourself or the monsters with those rolling logs. Or … you can push the logs into other trees and knock them down. It’s a fun way to save energy and continue to collect wood.
# 6: Copper deposits have more resources than you think
When you find a copper deposit, don’t just dig it up. There is always more copper underground . Dig the rest underground or you’ll miss tons of ore.
