History VideoGame / Valheim

* GameBreakingBug: On occasion, ships continuously take damage as if running into an invisible obstacle, even on the open sea with now waves. While it's not completely limiting close to land (as it only requires putting down a workbench and repairing the ship), navigating away from the coast is a death sentence if it happens.

* GradualRegeneration: Food provides slow health recovery. Various conditions, like being rested, wet, or cold, can improve or hinder this recovery. Even {{Health Potion}}s provide a short burst of regeneration.

** Round Shields are your balanced option, consisting of a nice balance between parrying and blocking bonuses.
** Bucklers offer the best parrying bonus, but suffer from a weaker blocking bonus. Sadly, they only have two shields, a bronze and iron bucklers; with no bucklers in the late-game.
** [[StoneWall Tower Shields]] completely rid the player of the ability to parry in exchange for a higher blocking bonus. They also [[MightyGlacier slow the player down significantly]].

* NonHumanUndead: According to one runestone, greydwraves are essentially the souls of criminals and murderers animating the stone and wood near the place their body lied. Meanwhile, the Abomination is a giant multilimbed PlantMonster stated to "be so old it forgot it was dead)" (yet is hostile to the greydwarves).

* GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath: Skeletons and Draugr's eyes glow, as do your characters' (when wearing a hood, they're the only visible element of the face).

* CordonBleughChef Most of Valheim's recipes are inviting, but there are a few which use some questionable ingredients.

* AllTrollsAreDifferent: ''Valheim'''s trolls inhabit the Black Forest biome (though they do wander out of it from time to time), the second biome in the game. They are blue-skinned giants at least eight metres tall, wielding their fists, boulders or entire tree trunks to squish the unwary player. They are also rather distressingly nude. Stronger versions exist [[ColourCodedforYourConvenience in different colors.]]

** The club can be crafted straight out of the gate and is likely to be the first purely combat-focused weapon you can access. Although it has no flint/stone variant, maces are craftable once you advance into the metal stages of the game. As they deal blunt damage, they are your best weapon against skeletons. [[spoiler:Surprisingly enough, this weapon is very effective against the third boss, Bonemass due to Bonemass' weakness against blunt damage.]]

** Frostner is a slightly smaller (can be used one-handed) hammer reminiscent of Thor's Mjölnir that is so far one of the best endgame weapons as it does both [[KillItWithIce frost]] and [[SilverHasMysticPowers spirit]] damage. [[spoiler: It also requires Ymir Flesh bought from Haldor to craft.]]

** Odin will come check up on you from time to time... [[CreepyGood probably give you a heart-attack when he does, though.]]
* ElementalCrafting: The weapon and armor tiers follow the stereotypical cloth→leather→bronze→iron→precious metals→fantastic metals scheme. Subverted as the ultimate endgame armor so far is [[spoiler: padded iron armor and blackmetal armor does not exist in game.]]

* TheLostWoods: The Black Forest biome leans into this aesthetic, being dark, inhabited by trolls, tree-men and undead, and dominated by giant pines and firs. It is also the home of the second Forsaken, [[spoiler:a giant treeman known as the Elder.]]

* NonHumanUndead: According to one runestone, greydwraves are essentially the souls of criminals and murderers animating the tone and wood near the place their body lied. Meanwhile, the Abomination is a giant multilimbed PlantMonster stated to "be so old it forgot it was dead)" (yet is hostile to the greydwarves).

* TownWithADarkSecret: Meadows sometimes features groups of empty buildings that can be used to set up your own bases or torn down for resources. Sometimes, however, the buildings are [[spoiler:infested with draugr.]]

** [[DemBones skeletons and rancid remains]], [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghosts and wraiths]], and [[OurZombiesAreDifferent draugrs]], and it's implied that [[BlobMonster blobs and oozers]] [[spoiler: and almost certainly Bonemass]] are also a form of them.
** Even [[spoiler: Grey Dwarves]] are said to be this, with a rune stone describing them as the souls of evildoers that clothe themselves in dirt, rags, and branches. Note that they and "traditional" undead are hostile to each other. Oddly, so are the undead-tree Abominations.

* SplashDamageAbuse: The Stagbreaker can be used to damage and kill enemies on the other side of a door. It's best used in dungeons and base raids rather than buildings, because it's possible to destroy the surrounding walls faster than killing the enemy.

* StealthClothes: Wearing a full set of troll hide clothing increases your sneak stat by 25%.

** The Antler Pickaxe is the first pickaxe you'll acquire and is quickly superseded by more advanced versions. However, since it only needs a simple workbench for repairs, instead of a resource-intensive forge, it's more efficient and useful overall for the lengthy expeditions you'll be undertaking.

** Spears are one of the cheapest weapons to make in the game, typically costing a third or less of most other craftable weapons in regards to their respective ore. The spear can also be thrown as its special attack, with particularly accurate throws being able to down local wildlife such as deers, boars, or birds; allowing for conservation of arrows for hostiles. The best part? It's one of the earliest unlockable weapons in the game as long as the player finds flint, meaning the player could start leveling up in their spear stat immediately.

* ExplosiveBreeder: Tamed boars and wolves will produce offspring at a rapid rate if you keep them fed. Wolves are quite capable of hunting food on their own and defending themselves from enemies, so if you leave a few tamed wolves alone in the meadows you may soon find yourself with large pack.

* TheUndead: Several enemies are undead, and are mostly encountered in the Black Forest and Swamp biomes: [[DemBones skeletons and rancid remains]], [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghosts and wraiths]], and [[OurZombiesAreDifferent draugrs]], and it's implied that [[BlobMonster blobs and oozers]] [[spoiler: and almost certainly Bonemass]] are also a form of them.
** Even [[spoiler: Grey Dwarves]] are said to be this, with a rune stone describing them as the souls of evildoers that clothe themselves in dirt, rags, and branches.

* TheLostWoods: The Black Forest biome leans into this aesthetic, being dark, inhabited by trolls, tree-men and undead, and dominated by giant pines and firs. It is also the home of the second Forsaken, [[spoiler:a giant treeman known as the Elder.]]
* TheUsualAdversaries: Skeletons. They can be found in any of the first five biomes (Meadows at night, Black Forest near and inside burial chambers and ruined towers, Swamps anywhere, Mountains in ruined keeps, Plains at night); fortunately they tend to be easily distracted by and attack anything that isn't native to Swamps.

* DefeatEqualsExplosion: Many enemies explode into a puff of pink smoke a few seconds after death in lieu of a death animation.

* DefeatEqualsExplosion: All enemies explode into a puff of pink smoke a few seconds after death.

* TookALevelInJerkass: The Mistland update gave Haldor several new voicelines, most of them insulting or rude or telling the player to stop talking and start buying.

* TheNothingAfterDeath: One runestone tells the tale of a DwindlingParty of adventurers used to waking up in their beads once they die, but two of them have yet to come back. The writer wonders if this is what happens when you lose the will to keep going.

** Cooked meat can be made anywhere out of raw meat (dropped by most animals) with a campfire and a spit (15 wood and 5 stone, in addition to neither requiring a nearby workbench to build). It provides decent, but not spectacular, boosts for a reasonable amount of time and is a useful fall-back if you find yourself away from your cooking pot for long periods of time.

* AllTrollsAreDifferent: ''Valheim'''s trolls inhabit the Black Forest biome, the second biome in the game. They are blue-skinned giants at least eight metres tall, wielding their fists, boulders or entire tree trunks to squish the unwary player, and are usually only found inside or near their dens.

* WorthlessYellowRocks: Some enemies will drop gold coins when killed, which have no crafting utility at all and simply take up space and weight. [[spoiler:There is a merchant who takes gold as currency in return for rare items, but his spawn location is random and it can often take players a long time to come across his camp. It also doesn't help he has a very limited selection and only one item you would need to buy more then once.]]