Something that got really overlooked is just how insanely good stagbreaker is in the black forest and swamps... literally kills enemies through obstructions in dungeons and makes leeches, oozes, and skellies trivial.
Stagbreaker in Black Forest and Iron Sledge in swamp You'll never have to worry about getting swarmed again. Also both useful for finding Silver without a wishbone!
Nice list overall with one critique, the atgeir should be attained way before the plains, as soon as you enter the Bronze Age really. It’s capable of stunlocking most everything including trolls. It can out dps most other weapons as well. Bronze, iron, black iron, all relevant.
It is definitely viable before the plains, I just would prefer the other weapons I listed. No other weapon nukes trolls like the abyssal razor, and mace is literally a requirement for the swamp. Bronze age is a good time to test out all of the weapons. Its usually better to find out what you like earlier rather than later.
@@t0ssacoin408 I see what you’re saying, it is a nice knife I just either disagree that it nukes trolls best or I disagree with its placement on your list. Abyssal razor damage stats are as follows: 20 slash / 20 pierce, 8 stam drain, parry 4x, 10 knock back, 6x back stab. The bronze atgeir damage stats are as follows: pierce 45, 12 stam drain, 2x parry, knock back 30, 3x backstab. Trolls are weak to pierce by 1.5x dmg. Also to make the knife you need chitin which you can get with a raft but it’s more likely players will find it after they have made a boat which puts you in the Bronze Age. Just offering helpful info.
@@Oncewerethrough The nuke is all in its special attack plus backstab damage. You are right though. The Abyssal razor requires the extra step of making a Karve if you want a decent chance. It is nice though using 4 less stamina per each attack, and having no move speed debuff. Atgeir is probably better if sneak attacks arent happening often.
@@t0ssacoin408 Oh I agree the sneak attack is great when you can pull it off. It’s much easier to achieve in full troll armor too. Unfortunately a lot of mobs move so much they see you and once you have aggro you’re not getting a backstab unless someone or something else pulls it off you to access their back. Backstab opportunities are only really viable in ideal situations, or in a group which I’d highly recommend someone run a dagger in the group to get those backstabs. We all have our preferences though which is understandable.
@@Oncewerethrough Back stab and sneak attack are the same. You don't need to hit the back. Once the mob is aggro'd nobody can get backstab damage. It is tough to get those backstabs if a mob is moving, but as long as you have even a small tree to hide behind you stay hidden.
Agreed. It's insane how easy the crypts and burial chambers become with Stagbreaker. Walk in a room with five skeletons and just keep hitting, they never recover from each hit.
Ive been doing a coop world of valheim with a friend for a while now, and ever since ive gotten my hands on the iron mace it has never left my side, we've only just gotten to the plains but its still serving me well
Once you get to porcupine, you should be good for the game. I just beat the queen with that weapon. It does both blunt and pierce damage, and blunt damage is the most effective damage type in the game. Also nice to get your clubs skills high, as you want to pair it with the demolisher which also counts as a club. Together in good use, I never die
Even though a lot of weapons can be good from meadows to B.F. - I'f HIGHLY recommend a club and upgrade to bronze mace before the swamp. Though trolls are resistant to blunt, all other mobs in the BF take normal damage and all the skeletons in the burial mounds are weak to it. But I recommend it so you can get your skill up, so by time the swamp comes around, you are more than ready on it because, like you said, it's the first REAL challenge on a new world and character
No no axe is the jam hunting abominations is a must for the wood armor chest piece due to piercing resistance. Blobs are far weaker enemies if you actually have poison resistance and never fluctuate in strength because they never have stars, while leeches do get stars, but using hoe to raise shallow areas is the counter to them. With wood armor chest piece(it could be mixed with other armors) the most common killer of players which is 2* of any range class enemy gets a giant nerf. Oh also seekers do piercing damage abomination armor chest piece is better than padded technically.
@@datuputi777 Honestly, I wouldn't even fight an abom. in early game unless it's with a bow and fire arrows. I did find that the silver sword did well on it though, as it seemed to take spirit damage well, and the pierce special MMB attack did a LOT of damage. And I find the wood chest to be most useful in later areas like plains and mistlands, meaning that waiting till silver weapons is doable and a ton of those guys spawn in any swamp I've run through quickly
@@datuputi777 I could still see the axe being decent but it's just quicker and easier imo to stick with blunt. Less hits = less stamina so 1- or 2-hitting skellies and blobs means more time running, mining, and fighting the stronger more mobs. Frostner is also pretty OP in that area, and can be used to good effect in both the plains and mist until the mistwalker sword is made
Interesting video, pretty solid choices, though I would have also stressed having a second weapon as a backup. I never go anywhere without a bow, because even if its damage isn't great, it's provides range utility to deal with dicey scenarios and avoiding crowd aggro. Most biomes have monsters that have different weaknesses, so sometimes carrying a second weapon that addresses the less common weakness, especially if it is a significant risk, can be very hepful. Good vid!
You can achieve better results in mistlands with Krom, although it's a bit tricky... If your sword lvl is high (90-100) then the cost of 1 swing for Krom becomes 13 while mistwalker has 11, for 2 additional stamina points you get a stronger attack that staggers the enemy very often (but it lacks frost damage tho). By using the special attack you can deal even more damage than mistwalker, since Krom has around 500 dmg with high sword skill, this actually makes it possible to kill queen in less than 3 minutes. Parrying an enemy and then using a special attack is one of the best methods to kill seekers in 1 hit, also if you encounter a 2 star with Krom and you have no bonemass you can simply create a small distance between you and the seeker, use special attack that has a big reach in front of you, dealing massive damage and keeping the 2 star away from you. For now Krom remains as my favourite weapon in the game.
Good points. I mainly chose Mistwalker because it was more noob friendly. The slow helps you control fights when there are multiple seekers. Krom is a solid option to graduate in to.
The Flesh Rippers are also pretty under rated. If you can raise your fisting level high enough (either throughout the game or by punching your friend in duel mode) it will absolutely shred through plains mobs. I love kicking a berserker and seeing him get stunnned for easy follow up punches. Sadly mistlands is a lil too mountainy and fighting dwarves can be a bit tricky. Still fun weapon.
It would be awesome if they added more fist weapon tiers, so that you can level the skill more naturally. I used the rippers a good bit, but it feels like they are missing something when compared to a dagger. Nothing like kicking mobs in the face though.
@T0ssACoin True! By the time you unlock them you need to seriously invest time in leveling up a skill you and 99% of other players haven't bothered with. Would love to see a copper/bone/iron claws. Mistland moveset changes (like seen in the skol and hati) would be crazy!
@@pizekel I think it would also be neat to see them maybe split the damage to slash/blunt just due to their animations. Valheim would be much cooler with some brass knuckles to mess up those pesky grey dwarves.
hello, I completely agree! In mistlands, the freezing sword is really the best weapon in melee combat, but the best option according to me is to have Arbalest ready with Carapace arrows which are cheap to make and strong enough. It's very effective to shoot with the arbalest even if it comes to melee combat. After your shot you should switch to the ice sword and this combination seemed the most effective for me :)
The ice sword really falls behind once you get to near max proficiency (80-100)in the sword because krom begins to stagger normal to single star seekers on first hit, making frost slowing effect obsolete.
Generally, on a solo playthrough - I'd recommend going for a club and upgrading it fully, and then switching to the iron mace in the swamp, or the bronze mace if you struggle on dodge timing A wooden shield + troll armor works great until you hit the swamp - with which you should build a banded shield, and an iron atgeir, along with the root chest piece, and augment with iron pieces if you can afford it. - This singular piece of armor is extremely valuable even through the Mistlands. It stops draugr archers from being a problem, reduces most of the damage from wolves and drakes, and since Moder is mostly a ranged fight, will give you bonus damage with your bow. The iron atgeir will stagger everything up to the mistlands. At this point I've also usually been able to acquire the abyssal harpoon. This spear is more valuable than the abyssal razor - which is an overall great weapon, but due to the variance in leviathan spawns, is unreliable to get. This will allow you to get scales and build the serpent shield. There is no parry mechanic, but it's 50% pierce damage reduction is useful later on in the plains as well as the mistlands. In the mountains - your bow will get a ton of use, but I don't really recommend the draugr fang. The Huntsman bow has 50% less aggro range when it hits - so it's much better for pulling a singular lox or other things once you hit, outside of this - you should build Frostner as soon as possible, as well as the wolf cape. Outside of this - skip the biome for the most part once you get onion seeds, enough silver to craft frostner, and find 3 dragon eggs - moder isn't a difficult fight, and half the times I've fought him, he's gotten stuck on terrain and couldn't do damage unless you ran up to him and face tanked his melees. Avoid the fist weapons, silver armor, and fenris armor, as the damage is lackluster, movement speed bonuses are not worth the armor tradeoff, and the silver armor will be very quickly replaced as soon as you get to the plains. (Seriously, probably 15 minutes in it'll be replaced) For the plains - the iron atgeir fully upgraded will stagger fuling with its special attack - same as a black metal atgeir. You should still be wearing your root chest piece, but at this point you want to upgrade your other armor to padded and fully upgrade it to level 4 - it'll have the same armor qualities as the Carapace armor. Frostner and the iron atgeir are your best friends here, smashing through fuling which are largely the biggest threat in this biome, especially as you tackle villages to acquire black metal and/or flax/barley. For mistlands - After trying every weapon and fighting 1 and 2 star seeker soldiers with them, the sword is useless unless you wish to swap your wisplight for meginjord, which will be rare since there is no new metal ore in the mistlands, and instead you will only be using it to transport copious amounts of black marble to create a totally original black marble wizard tower with which to craft your magic items. However, the Skol and Hati are ridiculously powerful - the attack speed alone warrants their use, but the DPS is unmatched. Their biggest problem is the inability to stagger anything, requiring you to really understand the dodge mechanics and invulnerability frames. For my personal use - I use the himminafl in open areas, and in the crypts I use the demolisher, with the Krom for single target fights. The Mistweaver is a slightly higher damage output than Frostner, but it's really miniscule for the amount of effort you must go through to build it. I walked into the Mistlands with a black metal atgeir, black metal sword, and a black metal shield, wearing full padded. I died significantly more than my friend who ran in with root armor and a serpent shield. I now wear full padded with the root harnesk and serpent shield, utilizing the mistweaver with it, but mostly running around with Krom and just dodging major attacks or staggering with parry.
@@Davus Buckler is nice for small groups of fights, tower shields allow you to tank hits relentlessly. The serpent shield is viable as an alternative to the root armor, but lacks parry. I personally run it for the additional pierce reduction as that is calculated for block number, before damage penetrates your block. It is still effective, but requires different playstyle tha the parry playstyle. Once in the mistlands I really just recommend going magic as your build becuase you'll just have a much easier time and spend less time looking for resources for gear, and more for fun builds.
@@t0ssacoin408 I'm on my fifth playthrough, and have a dedicated server for me and my friends set up. I spent a lot of time dying in the mistlands and adjusting gear. I love this game and really wanted to have a fun melee build, but it didnt seem possible till I found this. The most optimized build is Padded helm root harnesk, fenris legs for 0% movespeed reduction and maximum armor output, but if you don't run the serpent shield and instead choose to run a buckler like the black metal shield or carapce buckler, its extremely squishy when you do get hit though, since the legs reduce armor by about 20. For weapons the Krom has the highest damage potential single target with stagger potential, but skol and hati are very similar without stagger. I personally recommend Krom + demolisher for most usecases, however an argument can be made to add a shield and sword combo. The mistwalker is an awful sword with ridiculous stamina drain for damage output.
I'm making a bow video currently that will highlight the features of each bow. One of those things will be the accuracy. Glad the crude bow serves you better than me.
Porcupine is probably my favourite weapon. With combined blunt/pierce damage, it's a very good weapon against most mobs, has a bigger range than a dagger, and a decent attack speed too. The weapon also works pretty well against stone golems, so no need to try and damage them with a pickaxe. And combined with a black metal tower shield, you are an absolute tank...
I would argue that the Himmen Afl is the best weapon for the mistlands, as it is an Atgeir. It has a large sweeping attack for Croud Control, and does Lightning to counteract the Seeker's damage resistance. However, I would recommend bringing the Mistwalker along side the Himmen Afl for 1 on 1 combat or small spaces.
Himmen Afl is definitely my runner up. I just value the shield much more in the Mistlands than I did in the Plains. If the infested mines were not something to consider, I think I would have put Himmen Afl ahead of Mistwalker. Also the mobs just hit so dang hard in this biome, so the shield is handy for mistakes.
@@t0ssacoin408 I Agree, Two-Handers are for people who are more than adept at dodging, so i would definitely Recommend the Mistwalker for first timers, But the Himmen Afl gets extra Style points lol.
@@georgewashington9374 Definitely useful for that along with the demolisher. If you've got good movement then himmen afl can be pretty strong in the mines.
Congrats man you've taken the place of Kysen and firespark who I watched when Valheim first came out. I'm finally revisiting this amazing game now, almost ready to fight Moder. Nice videos
Great vid! Personally I always take a shield because the parry bonus is quite frankly ridiculous. This combined with the frostner can trivialise a lot of enemies. Bows are also OP so I carry fire and frost arrows everywhere. Frost arrows also make leviathan much less of a threat.
@@t0ssacoin408 that's the best way to kill them but I often just want to get on with whatever trip I'm trying to make when they pop up so a frost arrow usually lets you leave them behind easily.
@@t0ssacoin408 that's exactly what I do Just a fully upgraded fine bow and 20 frost arrows. I also only recently learned that the meat they drop floats on the water so if you don't want the scales then you don't really have to carry a harpoon
@@HuwPewPew The harpoon is almost always on me. Useful for repositioning gjall, and pulling fulings out of their towers. I think I'll have to do another playthrough with more focus on the bow. Frost arrows slap.
from the future I will have to add on that the mistwalker lets you transition nicely into the ashlands due to its spirit damage and cold slows. I even crafted the new sword for the region fought with it for a bit and then went back to a now level 4 mistwalker.
Best weapon for every biome is the bow. You can learn the drop of any bow and get substantial sneak attack bonuses from afar. You can follow up those shots before the enemy even gets close to you.
Definitely a good weapon, but with a little practice, melee will out dps the bow easily. Not to mention it always takes up more than one slot due to carrying arrows. Bow can carry you through the game, but everything has its time to shine.
@@t0ssacoin408 you’re not wrong, but dps might not be the highest priority. Since death can carry a heavy toll in this game, survival has my priority. The devs did a good job haha. Nice video, very good points.
Flame staff can be solely used in the mistland with no other weapon needed..the later recipes for magic recharge are sufficent, and it slays on the plains as well.Carapace armour makes up for shortages with health and stamia when using staff.Frost staff depletes magic(itar) too quickly where as flame staff has area damage..superior in crypts for multiple enemies.
Really good information for newer players! It'll really helps them diversify their weapon skills (except poor sword but what can u do). While saving some downtime from making ineffective weapons slowing their progress. I didn't even think of just attacking the barley. Using a spear on gjall is interesting I'm just a bit too early on I think to risk losing my spear. And don't want to risk getting right under it. Thanks for making this video!
My "How to Slay Gjall with Ease" video demonstrates how I use the spear to kill them. Spears are super cheap, and it is probably one of the easier throws to do. As for swords, I think they really come to life mid to late game. Especially since there is not a mistlands tier one handed mace. Glad you liked the video!
Yeah man, I feel your fear of losing the spear. I lost 2 of my spears trying to kill the Gjall this way, and I SWEAR TO GOD sometimes it just passes through it. Never found my spears after that. I have an advice - use the level 1 fang spear, it's cheap, so you won't be as afraid of losing it and it deals a lot of damage.
at first i hated the swamp but i have grown to like it the more i play the devs in this game are so good they made it super annoying so the player would feel more emotion and the more i think about it, the more i realise that it actually works and is much better than having some random biome no one cares about. btw they said this in an interview
me and my friend have just been using a bow axe and stag breaker for the biomes and now that where at the swamp in our playthrough this should help us a lot thanks.
In my opinion, the knife is the best weapon in the game, along with the buckler, I only use the mace for bonemass and golems,the knife hits so fast that the enemy is staggered before hitting me..and trolls is one shot from secondary and stealth attack with a least abyssal razor (chitin knife)
I think the knives are really good. Especially with a buckler. Sadly they arent as strong in the mistlands due to all of the resistances and you cant use a buckler with skoll and hati. I do still carry a knife as my backup weapon in the Mistlands though just because I have leveled the skill a good bit.
After reading a few comments here, I have no idea what's the best weapon anymore. Aside from bypassing resistances, every weapon seems to be viable and has people who love using it. So I think I'll stick with my maces and bows. Takes some time to kill BF trolls with a bow. But it's safe and way cheaper than stronger spears and knives. And can keep training maces and bows since the start, until they become invaluable in the Swamp and Mountain, and then Frostner stays relevant even in the late game.
Every biome has a weapon that is optimal, but plenty of weapons are viable. I guess that is the best way to put it. Mace, Bow, and Axe covers all of your damage types. It just doesn't specialize, so like you said, maybe you dont kill trolls as fast. However, that setup means you will always have an answer.
I know it's a bit of a grind, but the bow is absolutely the best weapon in basically all contexts when your bow skill is level 100. I don't think the devs actually anticipated someone grinding it out, but when you do it is ridiculous. However good you think the bow is, if you aren't level 100 in bows it is at least 4x better than that. You instantly draw to full strength, so you can shoot faster while the bow is doing more damage. On top of that, because you draw so quickly you use much less stamina. It takes about 3-5 stamina to fully draw the bow at level 100. So you can rapid fire while backing away from whatever you're fighting, with plenty of stamina left over to run away to create more distance. The only drawback (pun intended) is that you need ammo. Again though, at level 100, even wood arrows will eat through seekers and the gjall. It also isn't hard to get yourself a few thousand obsidian arrows.
I first started played about 3weeks ago. Just learned about the kraken and getting those barnacles off his back to make harpoon and that knife. If I didn't see it on a video I wouldn't have found it until way later.
I've always been one hand bias in Valhiem. Twohanded weapons often swing too slowly to deal with encounters in the wild for me. Putting bows aside for now, because you're going to use bows through you're whole play through no matter what. The biggest concern for me when choosing weapons is skill level. You gain levels so slowly in this game that you'll be lucky to be over 90 in anything even if you dedicate yourself to just one weapon. The clear winner when taking this in to account Maces. Few things in the game were resistant to blunt damage till Mistlands launched. Many more enemies are weak to blunt. None of the bosses are uniquely resistant to blunt damage while a few are uniquely resistant to pierce. Add on to the fact that you're going to have a Bow and an Axe on you at all times anyway. There's little reason to reach for other weapons after you round out the trifecta with a mace. Sadly, the Developers neglected to give us a one handed mace in Mistlands. Meaning I now have to stand beside a gray dwarf nest for two hours every play through. All just to get a quarter of the skill points in swords as I'd built up in maces. It feels more like an oversight than an intentional design choice.
Hahaha, that cut at 1:22. with 35HP remaining, the troll at 50% health. From the timing you died there i bet! HAHA, how ironic, compared with what you just said. I feel that so hard! Very nice channel, came here through the mistlands armour videos!
Even though they nerfed it, the bow when high level imho is still a great primary all around. Frost arrows can save you. In the mistlands, I think several weapons are needed depending on your situation. The atgier is great in the mines vs ticks for example, or cheesing through closed doors. Thanks!
Bows are always necessary as secondary at least. Useful for sniping enemies from far away and dealing with certain problematic mobs by weakening them from a safe distance
Crystal battleaxe for the mountains is great. Easily takes out wolves and even golems, parrying the golem one handed attack and combo them while they stagger feels great. Still need something ranged for the drakes but any bow will take them out, honestly.
@@t0ssacoin408 Just put it away to run. Or roll. I ended up using it because I always put away my weapon and shield to run and hated constantly unequipping two things.
My playthrough Flint dagger through meadows, sneak jump those deer. Upgrade to copper and Abyssal Razor when you get nails for Carve and Fine wood bow to cheese Elder. Abyssal razor through swamp but need iron mace for Bonemass. Silver dagger were a bit meh, so Frostner + Draugur Fang it is and those work well through Plains too. Mistlands goes nicely with Skoll and Hati and Arbalest because it's there or Spinesnap since bow skill is already good. Next stop Ashlands and no idea what there is :P
I really love my sword and shield. But the knives are devastating if you can sneak on somebody and can stunlock big mobs with the high attack rate. The stagbreaker is just nuts in the black forest amd swamps. But unless Bonemass i think you can get everything to work if you consider the timings right. Which is awesome.
Good video I would be interested to know if there is a particular level you need to reach before every Biome? I just defeated the Moder today and I am afraid to go to the plains now ( I got lost one day and I did not know the plains. It looked like meadows to me. I got killed by a mosquito in 1 hit… 1 hit man!!!)
Passed whole game mostly with knives. Meadows has flint axe in it, then Abyssal rasor, then Black metal knife. Bossed has their weaknesses, for example I have burnt The Elder with bonfires, Bonemass was defeated with Frostner (silver can be found without Wishbone, just use a sledgehammer on plain areas, and with "needed better instrument" message you will find the silver vein). Mouder is the easiest boss ever, just use Draug fang with poison arrows. Yagluth is beaten with Frostner again, although every other enemy in Plains biome is easily defeated by a knife or/and arrows.
Very true. The entire game could technically be beat with a bow and enough patience. I made this video to more or less give suggestions of things to try in each biome.
@T0ssACoin You forgot that this game has skills levels. For example, 100 level of weapon skill gives you +150% damage. 70 level gives nearly +100% damage. So it's easier to beat the game with one favorite weapon, with some exceptions for bosses and minibosses.
I got the Arbalest before beating Yagluth cause I'm a masochist with Fenris set and raided 2 infested mines for 6 black cores :D Its very good vs Gjall's when you sneak attack their belly and fire 1-2 more after they run to you. Then finish some ticks and top off the gjall with a bow. The ticks jumping around is annoying though. Havent learned the right movement to hit them reliably yet. 180hours into the game :)
Sad to not see a battleaxe here. But thats me. I managed to kill a golem a little sooner than intended, before I killed bonemass, or had iron armor. And its crystal drops sent me right to the wiki. And when I saw the crystal battle axe... I just had to have it! Currently entering the silver age on my xbox playthrough. Wish my friends would join me, but they fail to see the fun in this game. 😂
Your friends are missing out sadly. Battle axes as they stand are just too few and far between to really reccommend them. Wish they would add a berseker armor set just for them.
Starting with the Swamp and all the way to the end of this video, every weapon example he gave would come LONG after you’ve been in that biome for a good long time. Example: the Iron Mace. You CAN’T even BUILD that until you’ve been through the swamp for a good long time farming. Same thing for ALL his other examples. So, this isn’t going to help the newb looking for advice for each biome.
For the swamp I say or any other mace, The mountains I say use a finewood bow till you get the draugr fang, The plains and mistlands I list frostner as an honorable mention. This video was meant to be a best weapon for the biome you are in, not really the best weapon to enter that biome, but I still gave options for people who would be working towards that best weapon. I probably should have had a popup or box listing the preferred weapon to enter each biome list. I'll keep this is mind. Thanks for watching!
@@t0ssacoin408 We should do a "Best Weapon For Entering..." video, because, in all honesty, that's what we're searching for when we click on these videos. Well-done nonetheless.
Hey amigo! Seems you’re rather early on in your channels career. Great audio quality and editing. I’ve no doubt you’ll acquire a great following given enough time.
Nice, simple breakdown of the weapons. Even though i don't agree with you regarding the magic weapons, i do agree with you that melee is easy if you have the movement skills
It is just so tough for me to give up health or stam for eitr, but I won't deny that magic isn't strong. Just going to be a playstyle preference for many players.
@@t0ssacoin408 Agreed. I see melee as the "safe" playstyle, however i enjoy magic as the "fun" playstyle. And safe certainly doesn't mean boring in Valheim
the mace is against the Abdomination not so effective but against Blobs and the draugr. Much better against Abdominations and also the ghosts in the swamp, is the Iron sword or the bronze sword at the beginning.
Abyssal razor is actually swamps weapon. I mean, of course, you can loot leviathans without killing The Elder, but you need to craft Karve at least, what making copper knife easier in obtaining, and also, stats of abyssal razer are just unfair when competing with other weapons, with this logic you can skip Eikthyr, dig copper with Troll and say, that copper spear is the best on meadows, or even you can dig iron, black marble and yggdrasil wood with soldier and craft krom without killing any boss, and you may say that is the best weapon on meadows, because it annihilates nixes
You can craft a Karve in the black forest before you kill the Elder. I usually obtain the abyssal razor when I go hunting for the trader, and I always do that before the Elder. I don't think it is a reach to say that most people get the razor in the black forest. The copper knife bridges you from the meadows to the black forest because it does not require bronze, and the abyssal razor bridges you from the black forest to the swamp because it is a an item you typically acquire after getting the karve. If I had to step foot in a swamp to get it, I would be more inclined to agree with you.
My dude, frostner is a one-handed weapon, it can be used with the shield. If you parry regular seekers with a shield, it's almost always a oneshot from one successful heavy attack.
I get that, Mistwalker is just like an improved version of Frostner. Frostner is probably the best one handed Mace right now, but Mistwalker just does that little bit more damage.
@@t0ssacoin408 ok I misheard your point and thought that you said that mistwalker, in contrast to frostner, can be used with a shield. I have a lot to grind right now, it is mainly the refined Eitr for armor and weapons...
@@gerferies No worries man, good luck in your grind. May Odin bless you. Also give the root chest a try in the Mistlands. It helps resist a lot of the damage. Just carry a barley wine for the Gjall.
That was a great video, maybe figure out the audio first before upload though. There were several spots with zero audio that made me think my headphones died lmao.
Great overview, I haven't hit Mistlands yet so I'll definitely keep it in mind. I wonder how sticking to one or two weapons and achieving more mastery with them compares to switching weapons to the ideal one for each biome?
It is definitely a viable strat to focus on one or two weapons. The weapon skill you acquire helps it do your weapon do extra damage. Technically the most rounded setup is Mace, Bow, Axe because it covers all damage types. However, I usually play Spear and Dagger. You don't have to switch every biome, I just listed the ideals for people struggling or looking for inspiration.
@@t0ssacoin408 Great info, thanks! I did mace/bow last play though and enjoyed it. This time I'm doing atgeir and bow. I've really enjoyed adding in more stealth with the dagger though. Maybe I'll try your combination next, the carapace spear looks like a beast.
@@circleofowls The best advice I can give for spear is that it is a ranged weapon first and a melee second. The big push for me to play spear was I wanted to save slots, and my bow was using three. One for the bow and then 2 slots for 2 stacks of arrows
if you want to focus on one weapon, with my whole heart i can recomend maces, they are viable in every biome except they do worst (comparing maces, to spear f.e) in meadows and black forest, mostly because Meadows, boss fight, (idk 100% didn't play a lot with spear) u can get the range with spear BUT its not insane game changer and in BF because of...well trolls that are weak into pierce, other than that they are insane, especially ur main goal in BF is to explore mines and there u have skeletons, which are weak into blunt = maces, so another bonus for maces...the longer u play, the better maces become, im not gonna make whole text about frostner, if ur interested, check another comment that ill make, that will target mostly @T0ssACoin, but later u get the mace that has both Pierce and Blunt dmg, so problem with trolls is gone (yes, in mountains u can "easly" kill stone golem as well if im not mistaken its even easier than other weapons except pickaxe, but u need certain strat for that). so yeah, imo maces/clubs are go to weapon.
@@Davus You'll almost always have an axe as well, and trolls dont resist slash. When I did my maces playthrough, I would quite often use my axe to chop down those pesky trolls.
For me I use the Frostner in Plains and then Himannafl in Mistland. I have my bow at level 100 so killing Gjalls even when not hitting their weak spots takes max 10 needle arrows. Now I have completed the game (for now) I’m gonna try using some of the other weapons I never made. Mistwalker, Krom, Skoll and Hati. Just ready for Ashland’s now tbh
Personally I am team spear all the way. Handles the seeker and gjall just fine. Luckily Ashlands should be in the first half of this year. I too am about to start prepping for Ashlands.
@@t0ssacoin408 nice. What are your preparations for Ashland’s. I just went on a frost cave hunt to get fully upgraded fenris armour for the fire resistance. I’m also gonna make a chicken automated farm as I have not done that yet And also try and kill as many hares as possible. I’m not really into the magic. I prefer to have high health and stamina. And probably get some of my skills to a higher level too. Only my bow is at 100. My run is like 60 and jump 50. The rest are low. Is there anything else u are doing to prepare ?
@@zachsingh1 I'm going to work on an automated farm as well. I would like to get nice store of barley wine and health/stamina meads. Also a large quiver of frost arrows. I would like to make 1-2 backup sets of armor, and lastly I would like to fill a chest with high tier food. I should probably stack some raw materials for an outpost as well. That is my preps I'm planning
@@t0ssacoin408 yes I think frost arrows are important. Do u use magic What ur food combo? Mine is salad, misthare supreme and meat platter But I think I will use glazed chicken once I have and maybe omelette if I have enough eggs I feel fishing for angler fish is too difficult as I’ve only caught one to make fish and bread.
@@zachsingh1 I rarely touch magic. I just feel like it comes too late in the game, and doesnt make much sense after I am already level 50+ with a spear. As far as food, I usually do a glazed chicken, Salad, and Wolf Jerky for general gameplay. For dungeons I prepare for, I replace the jerky with omlettes. I value stamina far more than health. Maybe magic will feel more impactful in the Ashlands.
Dont sweat it buddy haha it took me over 100 days also and that was the only weapon I used early in the game . But something about killing an enemy with a spear chuck is super gratifying lol
It should be said that skills and exp are a thing, so switching to all of these weapons wouldn't be as effective as picking one and leveling it up. I personally use the knife for most of the game with some bow and a level 1 iron mace for Bonemass. Atgier is also great in every biome (except for Bonemass boss)
I ended up using spear for everything and just getting real good at throwing it, tho I carry two spears and throw just out of range of melee. The effect is a lot of times the spear bounces in a way that I get the throw hit and then can pick it back up for a 2nd close hit. The 2nd spear is to get that 3rd hit in for frustrating enemies that I want to chance a distance throw. Haven't been to mistlands yet tho so not sure if this tactic would work there...
Very good vid, i do agree with you in most cases, except swamp weapon because, If you are taking in consideration as best weapon for Black Forest Abyssal Razor which is (as you said) Iron tier weapon, which is tier above Black Forest (with which i also agree) why don't we take Frostner as the best weapon for Swamps, yes it is slightly harder to get than Abyssal (mostly depends how lucky u are with leviathan if u don't play with spoiler map, cuz it can actually be quite hard to find if unlucky + fighting serpents...yea, not so cool early on), but u can use the stagbreaker to find silver, you will have enough gold to buy Imir's Flesh and You can create frost potions right after Elder (i've already done that type of run) + There is no better weapon than Frostner (imo) for Swamps, because 1. Every mob is weak vs Spirit damage (except abomination) 2. Every mob is Wet which makes them Very weak vs Frost Damage (except abomination, but as u said u should have axe anyway + u can abuse the surtling fire strat) 3. Its mace...so bonus points :D 4. also tier above weapon 5. Bonus Fun for achieving higher tier weapon so early on And im not talking about the fact that frostner is good in plains especially against large group of goblins and if u combo it with the porcupine, you have weapon type for everything in Plains, Frostner second best weapon vs Yagluth (first, Silver Sword) (didnt test Yagluth after Mistlands release, it might change with addition of mistwalker, which also has spirit dmg) and also the best early mistlands (as you also said) i dont think there is another weapon that does so well (before making mist weapons) on mistlands. Last thing, Ashlands incoming = everything is gonna be on Fire = weak to frost...again...which may make Frostner (and most likely Mistwalker) insane weapon for yet another Biome. (Talking only about melee weapons here, obviously melee + range combo is must have) Let me know what do you think about that :)
Totally solid gameplan. I agree, if you can get Frostner, take it over the iron mace for best in slot at swamp tier. I however struggle to find silver even with the wish bone, so kind of why I defaulted to iron mace. I feel like Frostner is similar to the Abyssal razor in the fact that it just packs in so much value. That slow is super good for new players. I look forward to seeing how relevant Frostner will be in the Ashlands.
@@Davus I never take my Razor past level 1. However, it can carry me all the way through the plains. The best part about it, is I can repair it with a level 1 workbench. This makes it an excellent scouting and travel weapon because I can spend long amounts of time far from home. For "non-portal" playthroughs, this is invaluable.
@@t0ssacoin408 why? chitin isnt hard to get especially when u get to make long trips + there is not much use of this resource, if ur using this weapon for that long, i think its missed opportunity ^^ personally never had the "i have to repair my weapon" problem, the closest i got yesterday was with mistwalker at +- 5% after clearing 2 mines (with 2 Star Seeker Soldier, was hell of a fight :D) but yea, depends from playstyle so i can see that, anyway as i said, razor approve! especially its looking pretty good :D
@@Davus I think past level 2 the Razor cant be repaired at a level 1 bench, so I just never bother with it. At level 1 the special one shots ulvs, and I can kill a fuling off a parry and 3 basic attacks. The main reason it doesnt get upgraded though. I play with friends, and we all share resources.
meadows is the tutorial biome black forest is idk its just there ibut in a good way i like it then there is swamp much harder than both of the previous but its really fun also
As a spear main I want to agree so badly, but those auto attacks are hard to rely on in the mines. Especially against the ticks. I also think the slow from Mistwalker is really strong for new players and solos. The spear can be really punishing in the Mistlands, all it takes is one bad throw.
@@t0ssacoin408 True, but if I want crowd control, I'll just go with the frostner. It's actually better than the mistwalker for crowd control because it pushes the enemies further back. Still, I definitely think the Krom and Skoll&Hati are more fun to use.
@@iitsMikeB Skull and Hati are always my backup weapons to round out whatever I am using. Krom is taking some getting used to, but I love the big damage numbers
Sounds like I'll have to play through again. Easily one of my favorite games. Not even sure what content I would make for it. I'll try to think of something.
@@t0ssacoin408 and the black forest. Upgrade it it kills sharmans and brutes and loads of enemies at once , great to fall back on when surrounded. Club when max upgraded is really good aswell kills in like 3 hits against a brute and it's health last a long time
@@t0ssacoin408 the problem I have when you constantly weapon swap is your skills tend to be very low by the end, which negate the advantage of weapon swapping anyway. Also some weapons like the bow massively improve when you get to the really high skill tiers
@@ttchip8464 I dont really think people should weapon swap every biome. This video was more just to give people another option if they were having a rough time.
Porcupine is a great craft for its cost, but the Lox resist blunt im pretty sure. I personally like the huntsmans bow more for sniping camps. It is technically quieter and allows you to better choose what mobs to pull.
@@t0ssacoin408 yes they do resist blunt but porcupine has half of it damage as pierce so it works on them as well Not sure about huntsman bow (once i upgrade i rarely go to lower age weapon)
The spear is probably the best ranged weapon in the mistlands due to how quickly it shreds gjall. I love the spear. Has helped me struggle through alot of content I shouldn't have even been in.
@@JamesSchettler Maybe a tiny bit, but it is much more consistent than crudebow. It is always a rush to go from crude to fine because of how massive that improvement is.
Unusualy good weapon is stag breaker it's the king of cheesey dungeon clearing of early game because it can hit enemies behind a door or wall or left over of that pile in sunken crypts.
Hmph, I had to fight so many stone golems it wasn't funny. They guarded an area with several silver veins. Every time I turned around there was a stone golem. Among other things. Got a trophy, which is one of the coolest trophies.
@@t0ssacoin408 No worries. Fighting is a major part of the game. Getting the blackmetal tower shield really helped though. Yeah, I kinda suck at dodge.
you should have added a support weapon for each biome, i mean , abyss razor is trully good in BF if you found early a leviathan ( because is basically a swamp tier weapon ) , but trully sucks starting the swamp because blobs oozers skellies and wraiths resist a lot their damage. for a support weapon : for meadows , well anything works as you said crude bow or flint axe for BF that can help in next starting next biome can be the bronze sword or mace , bronze axe is good yes but still slow for me .... in mountains keeping the iron mace because wrecks everything there , speacially golems in plains , well i far preffer for main weapon going for silver sword or frostner or maybe the BM sword because save stamina far better than atgeir even parrying with BM shield and them are very usefull against yagluth, and BM atgeir really sucks vs yagluth ( or any pure pierce weapon ) , why you didnt mention that ? someone can get a bad surprice facing that goblin ghost rider with the atgeir ... for mistlands , starting with frostner is a life saver there because will take some time to find the first 5 black cores , after that i really loved the crossbow , in close range is very effective when one reach lvl 50 to fast reload , the carapace spear is very strong too
All good points. I usually carry a backup to my main weapon, so maybe I should have included that. The razor actually does a great against the mobs in the swamp who resist it, I was fighting mobs all the way through to the plains without ever upgrading it once. I should've mentioned Yagluth, but I was just tunnel visioned on how easy the atgeir made those camp fights for me. Looks like I still got a lot to improve upon. Thanks for the constructive feedback.
The damage difference between the 2 is not enough to justify building it at that point. Huntsman costs alot of iron to max for not much more damage. Most people prefer the Draugr Fang, so it isnt worth making or maxing a bow that will be replaced in the next biome. Especially when the mountains is probably the biome we spend the least amount of time in. Huntsman bow is mainly worth if you prefer it over Draugr Fang or you are going for a pure stealth archer playstyle. Other than that, finewood does just fine.
Trolls are easy no matter what weapon but after returning years after I SWEAR TO FUCKING GOD IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET COPPER WHILE BEING SWARMED 50 FUCKING SKELETONS AND GREYDWARFS
@@TheImmortalMushroom There really isnt a detterent for skeletons, but they are weak to blunt damage. Just make a wooden club and upgrade it or a bronze club if you have the bronze. Then they should be pretty easy.
Used it - hated it. The reload mechanic is fine, but not generating stamina while reloading is a major problem. Swapped to spinesnap as my ranged weapon, although don't find many uses in the mists for it.
@@noahodum9737 It's not a weapon to run around bosses with, for sure. I think most people hate it first, like i also did. But once you get used to it you'll 360 hipfire oneshot drakes out of the sky. Love it!
@@noahodum9737 If this game would be Call of Duty, it would have been nerved to the ground after the seasonpass already. I mean... 20 crossbow arrows cost the same as 20 bow arrows, but the damage is much higher. You'll save a lot of them
@@marcos8266 the problem is with stamina generation. Mists needs lots of stamina to travel around. Arb prevents stamina regeneration and was the cause of my death many times. Spinesnap does not have this issue
Let's be real the best weapon at full upgrade is the staff of protection. You are a walking juggernaut with 700 health + your own health and huge stamina.
If you are struggling with the first boas, i'd make sure your weapon is upgraded once or twice. Make sure you have a full set of leather armor. Make sure you have decent food, so maybe 2 cooked meats and a berry. Make a round shield. Upgrade it if you can, and finally, Make sure you are rested when you fight him. If you do all of those things, then the fight shouldn't be too hard.
Since your constantly going back to old biomes you should not be excluding items that you might not have initially. Frostner is the king of the swamp and its actually not hard to get silver before fighting bonemass.
@t0ssacoin408 yea me and my friends just enjoy the fight but with 3 or 4 people attacking it they go down fast. Just move on without sprinting and then dodge roll out when they attack. Run in and attack with pickaxe once then retreat. With 3 people that's 3 hits per attack so it goes quick.
Best weapon in every biome: *THE CLUB* And I kinda hate the game for this. The devs decided to give EVERYONE a resistance to pierce and ALMOST everyone a resistance to slash, and elemental damage, aside from arrows, which, big surprise, still do mostly piercing damage, is only available in the end game. I just wish they made the game difficult in the way that wouldn't discriminate against anything that is not a club. Making it so it is harder to kill things with a bow while also nerfing perfectly good melee weapons because they happen to share damage type is frankly just bad game design. And I'm not saying the game is bad, I'm just saying that those things really affect my experience with it.
@@mysimsadventure7914 I don't make the chapters. I guess youtube does. All biomes up to Mistlands are covered. I have a newer one that covers up to Ashlands.
Something that got really overlooked is just how insanely good stagbreaker is in the black forest and swamps... literally kills enemies through obstructions in dungeons and makes leeches, oozes, and skellies trivial.
Stagbreaker makes those early crypts much easier for sure.
Stagbreaker in Black Forest and Iron Sledge in swamp
You'll never have to worry about getting swarmed again. Also both useful for finding Silver without a wishbone!
@@defiasremix4185how do they help with finding silver?
@@zxacxk the aoe can hit the silver vein and show a "too hard" message
@@matthewhenry86 ohh nice! Haven't got silver yet, gonna go try this now, ty!
Nice list overall with one critique, the atgeir should be attained way before the plains, as soon as you enter the Bronze Age really. It’s capable of stunlocking most everything including trolls. It can out dps most other weapons as well. Bronze, iron, black iron, all relevant.
It is definitely viable before the plains, I just would prefer the other weapons I listed. No other weapon nukes trolls like the abyssal razor, and mace is literally a requirement for the swamp.
Bronze age is a good time to test out all of the weapons. Its usually better to find out what you like earlier rather than later.
@@t0ssacoin408 I see what you’re saying, it is a nice knife I just either disagree that it nukes trolls best or I disagree with its placement on your list. Abyssal razor damage stats are as follows: 20 slash / 20 pierce, 8 stam drain, parry 4x, 10 knock back, 6x back stab. The bronze atgeir damage stats are as follows: pierce 45, 12 stam drain, 2x parry, knock back 30, 3x backstab. Trolls are weak to pierce by 1.5x dmg.
Also to make the knife you need chitin which you can get with a raft but it’s more likely players will find it after they have made a boat which puts you in the Bronze Age. Just offering helpful info.
@@Oncewerethrough The nuke is all in its special attack plus backstab damage.
You are right though. The Abyssal razor requires the extra step of making a Karve if you want a decent chance. It is nice though using 4 less stamina per each attack, and having no move speed debuff.
Atgeir is probably better if sneak attacks arent happening often.
@@t0ssacoin408 Oh I agree the sneak attack is great when you can pull it off. It’s much easier to achieve in full troll armor too. Unfortunately a lot of mobs move so much they see you and once you have aggro you’re not getting a backstab unless someone or something else pulls it off you to access their back. Backstab opportunities are only really viable in ideal situations, or in a group which I’d highly recommend someone run a dagger in the group to get those backstabs. We all have our preferences though which is understandable.
@@Oncewerethrough Back stab and sneak attack are the same. You don't need to hit the back. Once the mob is aggro'd nobody can get backstab damage.
It is tough to get those backstabs if a mob is moving, but as long as you have even a small tree to hide behind you stay hidden.
The Stagbreaker is God-tier for crypts in the Swamp and the Black Forest.
Definitely been feelin that.
Agreed. It's insane how easy the crypts and burial chambers become with Stagbreaker. Walk in a room with five skeletons and just keep hitting, they never recover from each hit.
@@jetrexdesign Easily my favorite blunt weapon
Ive been doing a coop world of valheim with a friend for a while now, and ever since ive gotten my hands on the iron mace it has never left my side, we've only just gotten to the plains but its still serving me well
It's a solid weapon. Porcupine will be a decent upgrade for how cheap it is.
Once you get to porcupine, you should be good for the game. I just beat the queen with that weapon. It does both blunt and pierce damage, and blunt damage is the most effective damage type in the game. Also nice to get your clubs skills high, as you want to pair it with the demolisher which also counts as a club. Together in good use, I never die
Even though a lot of weapons can be good from meadows to B.F. - I'f HIGHLY recommend a club and upgrade to bronze mace before the swamp. Though trolls are resistant to blunt, all other mobs in the BF take normal damage and all the skeletons in the burial mounds are weak to it. But I recommend it so you can get your skill up, so by time the swamp comes around, you are more than ready on it because, like you said, it's the first REAL challenge on a new world and character
100 per cent agree, blobs which I hate go down in 2 smacks of the bronze mace and you shouldn't take any poison damage.
No no axe is the jam hunting abominations is a must for the wood armor chest piece due to piercing resistance.
Blobs are far weaker enemies if you actually have poison resistance and never fluctuate in strength because they never have stars, while leeches do get stars, but using hoe to raise shallow areas is the counter to them.
With wood armor chest piece(it could be mixed with other armors) the most common killer of players which is 2* of any range class enemy gets a giant nerf. Oh also seekers do piercing damage abomination armor chest piece is better than padded technically.
@@Jess-T 😂 Just use poison resistance potion. Your gonna need an axe so why not max it out.
@@datuputi777 Honestly, I wouldn't even fight an abom. in early game unless it's with a bow and fire arrows. I did find that the silver sword did well on it though, as it seemed to take spirit damage well, and the pierce special MMB attack did a LOT of damage. And I find the wood chest to be most useful in later areas like plains and mistlands, meaning that waiting till silver weapons is doable and a ton of those guys spawn in any swamp I've run through quickly
@@datuputi777 I could still see the axe being decent but it's just quicker and easier imo to stick with blunt. Less hits = less stamina so 1- or 2-hitting skellies and blobs means more time running, mining, and fighting the stronger more mobs. Frostner is also pretty OP in that area, and can be used to good effect in both the plains and mist until the mistwalker sword is made
Interesting video, pretty solid choices, though I would have also stressed having a second weapon as a backup. I never go anywhere without a bow, because even if its damage isn't great, it's provides range utility to deal with dicey scenarios and avoiding crowd aggro. Most biomes have monsters that have different weaknesses, so sometimes carrying a second weapon that addresses the less common weakness, especially if it is a significant risk, can be very hepful. Good vid!
Thanks for the feedback! Maybe that is something I revisit in a future update.
The bow is not just useful. It's mandatory. It every single biome.
You can achieve better results in mistlands with Krom, although it's a bit tricky...
If your sword lvl is high (90-100) then the cost of 1 swing for Krom becomes 13 while mistwalker has 11, for 2 additional stamina points you get a stronger attack that staggers the enemy very often (but it lacks frost damage tho).
By using the special attack you can deal even more damage than mistwalker, since Krom has around 500 dmg with high sword skill, this actually makes it possible to kill queen in less than 3 minutes.
Parrying an enemy and then using a special attack is one of the best methods to kill seekers in 1 hit, also if you encounter a 2 star with Krom and you have no bonemass you can simply create a small distance between you and the seeker, use special attack that has a big reach in front of you, dealing massive damage and keeping the 2 star away from you.
For now Krom remains as my favourite weapon in the game.
Good points. I mainly chose Mistwalker because it was more noob friendly. The slow helps you control fights when there are multiple seekers.
Krom is a solid option to graduate in to.
The Flesh Rippers are also pretty under rated. If you can raise your fisting level high enough (either throughout the game or by punching your friend in duel mode) it will absolutely shred through plains mobs. I love kicking a berserker and seeing him get stunnned for easy follow up punches. Sadly mistlands is a lil too mountainy and fighting dwarves can be a bit tricky. Still fun weapon.
It would be awesome if they added more fist weapon tiers, so that you can level the skill more naturally. I used the rippers a good bit, but it feels like they are missing something when compared to a dagger. Nothing like kicking mobs in the face though.
@T0ssACoin True! By the time you unlock them you need to seriously invest time in leveling up a skill you and 99% of other players haven't bothered with. Would love to see a copper/bone/iron claws. Mistland moveset changes (like seen in the skol and hati) would be crazy!
@@pizekel I think it would also be neat to see them maybe split the damage to slash/blunt just due to their animations.
Valheim would be much cooler with some brass knuckles to mess up those pesky grey dwarves.
@@t0ssacoin408 I'd buy valheim twice over if I could suplex a graydwarf! Love your content man, cheers!
@@pizekel Glad you enjoy it. Thanks for watching!
hello, I completely agree! In mistlands, the freezing sword is really the best weapon in melee combat, but the best option according to me is to have Arbalest ready with Carapace arrows which are cheap to make and strong enough. It's very effective to shoot with the arbalest even if it comes to melee combat. After your shot you should switch to the ice sword and this combination seemed the most effective for me :)
Always a solid strategy to soften up those enemies before they get to you 👍
The ice sword really falls behind once you get to near max proficiency (80-100)in the sword because krom begins to stagger normal to single star seekers on first hit, making frost slowing effect obsolete.
Generally, on a solo playthrough - I'd recommend going for a club and upgrading it fully, and then switching to the iron mace in the swamp, or the bronze mace if you struggle on dodge timing
A wooden shield + troll armor works great until you hit the swamp - with which you should build a banded shield, and an iron atgeir, along with the root chest piece, and augment with iron pieces if you can afford it. - This singular piece of armor is extremely valuable even through the Mistlands. It stops draugr archers from being a problem, reduces most of the damage from wolves and drakes, and since Moder is mostly a ranged fight, will give you bonus damage with your bow. The iron atgeir will stagger everything up to the mistlands.
At this point I've also usually been able to acquire the abyssal harpoon. This spear is more valuable than the abyssal razor - which is an overall great weapon, but due to the variance in leviathan spawns, is unreliable to get. This will allow you to get scales and build the serpent shield. There is no parry mechanic, but it's 50% pierce damage reduction is useful later on in the plains as well as the mistlands.
In the mountains - your bow will get a ton of use, but I don't really recommend the draugr fang. The Huntsman bow has 50% less aggro range when it hits - so it's much better for pulling a singular lox or other things once you hit, outside of this - you should build Frostner as soon as possible, as well as the wolf cape. Outside of this - skip the biome for the most part once you get onion seeds, enough silver to craft frostner, and find 3 dragon eggs - moder isn't a difficult fight, and half the times I've fought him, he's gotten stuck on terrain and couldn't do damage unless you ran up to him and face tanked his melees. Avoid the fist weapons, silver armor, and fenris armor, as the damage is lackluster, movement speed bonuses are not worth the armor tradeoff, and the silver armor will be very quickly replaced as soon as you get to the plains. (Seriously, probably 15 minutes in it'll be replaced)
For the plains - the iron atgeir fully upgraded will stagger fuling with its special attack - same as a black metal atgeir. You should still be wearing your root chest piece, but at this point you want to upgrade your other armor to padded and fully upgrade it to level 4 - it'll have the same armor qualities as the Carapace armor. Frostner and the iron atgeir are your best friends here, smashing through fuling which are largely the biggest threat in this biome, especially as you tackle villages to acquire black metal and/or flax/barley.
For mistlands - After trying every weapon and fighting 1 and 2 star seeker soldiers with them, the sword is useless unless you wish to swap your wisplight for meginjord, which will be rare since there is no new metal ore in the mistlands, and instead you will only be using it to transport copious amounts of black marble to create a totally original black marble wizard tower with which to craft your magic items. However, the Skol and Hati are ridiculously powerful - the attack speed alone warrants their use, but the DPS is unmatched. Their biggest problem is the inability to stagger anything, requiring you to really understand the dodge mechanics and invulnerability frames.
For my personal use - I use the himminafl in open areas, and in the crypts I use the demolisher, with the Krom for single target fights. The Mistweaver is a slightly higher damage output than Frostner, but it's really miniscule for the amount of effort you must go through to build it. I walked into the Mistlands with a black metal atgeir, black metal sword, and a black metal shield, wearing full padded. I died significantly more than my friend who ran in with root armor and a serpent shield. I now wear full padded with the root harnesk and serpent shield, utilizing the mistweaver with it, but mostly running around with Krom and just dodging major attacks or staggering with parry.
Sounds like a good analysis. Sounds like a lot of trial and error went into this.
i dont think Serpent scale is viable anymore, you have root armor which does it, but better and u can carry an actually usefull shield ^^
@@Davus Buckler is nice for small groups of fights, tower shields allow you to tank hits relentlessly. The serpent shield is viable as an alternative to the root armor, but lacks parry. I personally run it for the additional pierce reduction as that is calculated for block number, before damage penetrates your block. It is still effective, but requires different playstyle tha the parry playstyle.
Once in the mistlands I really just recommend going magic as your build becuase you'll just have a much easier time and spend less time looking for resources for gear, and more for fun builds.
@@t0ssacoin408 I'm on my fifth playthrough, and have a dedicated server for me and my friends set up. I spent a lot of time dying in the mistlands and adjusting gear. I love this game and really wanted to have a fun melee build, but it didnt seem possible till I found this.
The most optimized build is Padded helm root harnesk, fenris legs for 0% movespeed reduction and maximum armor output, but if you don't run the serpent shield and instead choose to run a buckler like the black metal shield or carapce buckler, its extremely squishy when you do get hit though, since the legs reduce armor by about 20. For weapons the Krom has the highest damage potential single target with stagger potential, but skol and hati are very similar without stagger. I personally recommend Krom + demolisher for most usecases, however an argument can be made to add a shield and sword combo. The mistwalker is an awful sword with ridiculous stamina drain for damage output.
@@Davus If I'm not mistaken the pierce resistance of the Root Harnesk and Scale shield can stack.
The bow I find is super accurate, don’t know what’s inconsistent about it. I can sneak attack deer at range without them realizing I was ever there.
I'm making a bow video currently that will highlight the features of each bow. One of those things will be the accuracy. Glad the crude bow serves you better than me.
Deer don’t fight back
@@DarkGoblin28 But imagine if they did
The crude bow just has more drop than the other bows. It requires more guesswork on how much hold-over you will need to hit distant targets.
@@GUNNER67akaKelt ☝️
Porcupine is probably my favourite weapon. With combined blunt/pierce damage, it's a very good weapon against most mobs, has a bigger range than a dagger, and a decent attack speed too. The weapon also works pretty well against stone golems, so no need to try and damage them with a pickaxe. And combined with a black metal tower shield, you are an absolute tank...
Probably one of my favorites for just how cheap it is
I would argue that the Himmen Afl is the best weapon for the mistlands, as it is an Atgeir. It has a large sweeping attack for Croud Control, and does Lightning to counteract the Seeker's damage resistance. However, I would recommend bringing the Mistwalker along side the Himmen Afl for 1 on 1 combat or small spaces.
Himmen Afl is definitely my runner up. I just value the shield much more in the Mistlands than I did in the Plains. If the infested mines were not something to consider, I think I would have put Himmen Afl ahead of Mistwalker. Also the mobs just hit so dang hard in this biome, so the shield is handy for mistakes.
@@t0ssacoin408 I Agree, Two-Handers are for people who are more than adept at dodging, so i would definitely Recommend the Mistwalker for first timers, But the Himmen Afl gets extra Style points lol.
@@theabyssalone_ I mean, "Thor himself would still approve of this weapon." Is enough said. A light armor player would do well with it for sure.
@@t0ssacoin408 i find himmen afl extremely useful for infested mines. The special attack dispatches ticks easy
@@georgewashington9374 Definitely useful for that along with the demolisher. If you've got good movement then himmen afl can be pretty strong in the mines.
Congrats man you've taken the place of Kysen and firespark who I watched when Valheim first came out. I'm finally revisiting this amazing game now, almost ready to fight Moder. Nice videos
Glad my videos could be of service. I'll probably be releasing some hardcore focused content soon.
Great vid! Personally I always take a shield because the parry bonus is quite frankly ridiculous. This combined with the frostner can trivialise a lot of enemies. Bows are also OP so I carry fire and frost arrows everywhere.
Frost arrows also make leviathan much less of a threat.
Maybe the one biome I didn't consider lol. I personally like to drag them on land with the harpoon. I'm glad you liked the video!
@@t0ssacoin408 that's the best way to kill them but I often just want to get on with whatever trip I'm trying to make when they pop up so a frost arrow usually lets you leave them behind easily.
@@HuwPewPew Very true. I just often only carry my spear for range. Maybe I should keep a bow and some arrows in the hull of my ship just in case.
@@t0ssacoin408 that's exactly what I do
Just a fully upgraded fine bow and 20 frost arrows. I also only recently learned that the meat they drop floats on the water so if you don't want the scales then you don't really have to carry a harpoon
@@HuwPewPew The harpoon is almost always on me. Useful for repositioning gjall, and pulling fulings out of their towers.
I think I'll have to do another playthrough with more focus on the bow. Frost arrows slap.
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from the future I will have to add on that the mistwalker lets you transition nicely into the ashlands due to its spirit damage and cold slows. I even crafted the new sword for the region fought with it for a bit and then went back to a now level 4 mistwalker.
I have honestly been thinking the same thing lately.
Best weapon for every biome is the bow. You can learn the drop of any bow and get substantial sneak attack bonuses from afar. You can follow up those shots before the enemy even gets close to you.
Definitely a good weapon, but with a little practice, melee will out dps the bow easily. Not to mention it always takes up more than one slot due to carrying arrows. Bow can carry you through the game, but everything has its time to shine.
@@t0ssacoin408 you’re not wrong, but dps might not be the highest priority. Since death can carry a heavy toll in this game, survival has my priority.
The devs did a good job haha. Nice video, very good points.
@@curseofsasuke Nothing like losing all your stuff in a distant land with no portal or backup gear. Glad you liked it.
Flame staff can be solely used in the mistland with no other weapon needed..the later recipes for magic recharge are sufficent, and it slays on the plains as well.Carapace armour makes up for shortages with health and stamia when using staff.Frost staff depletes magic(itar) too quickly where as flame staff has area damage..superior in crypts for multiple enemies.
I think the fire staff is probably the most veratile mage weapon. You dont even need a mage build to use it well.
Really good information for newer players! It'll really helps them diversify their weapon skills (except poor sword but what can u do). While saving some downtime from making ineffective weapons slowing their progress. I didn't even think of just attacking the barley. Using a spear on gjall is interesting I'm just a bit too early on I think to risk losing my spear. And don't want to risk getting right under it. Thanks for making this video!
My "How to Slay Gjall with Ease" video demonstrates how I use the spear to kill them. Spears are super cheap, and it is probably one of the easier throws to do.
As for swords, I think they really come to life mid to late game. Especially since there is not a mistlands tier one handed mace. Glad you liked the video!
Yeah man, I feel your fear of losing the spear. I lost 2 of my spears trying to kill the Gjall this way, and I SWEAR TO GOD sometimes it just passes through it. Never found my spears after that.
I have an advice - use the level 1 fang spear, it's cheap, so you won't be as afraid of losing it and it deals a lot of damage.
@@gerferies That is super unlucky, my spear is basically my designated Gjall slayer.
@@t0ssacoin408 spears aren't good with any bosses after Eikthyr, but they are great to fight almost any mob. AND YOU CAN THROW IT.
@@gerferies Agreed. My spear hasnt seen many boss fights.
at first i hated the swamp but i have grown to like it the more i play the devs in this game are so good they made it super annoying so the player would feel more emotion and the more i think about it, the more i realise that it actually works and is much better than having some random biome no one cares about. btw they said this in an interview
Swamp is the biome we all grow to love with time. Probably due to stockhom syndrome.
me and my friend have just been using a bow axe and stag breaker for the biomes and now that where at the swamp in our playthrough this should help us a lot thanks.
That stag breaker is going to be very useful in the crypts. Good luck out there!
In my opinion, the knife is the best weapon in the game, along with the buckler, I only use the mace for bonemass and golems,the knife hits so fast that the enemy is staggered before hitting me..and trolls is one shot from secondary and stealth attack with a least abyssal razor (chitin knife)
I think the knives are really good. Especially with a buckler. Sadly they arent as strong in the mistlands due to all of the resistances and you cant use a buckler with skoll and hati. I do still carry a knife as my backup weapon in the Mistlands though just because I have leveled the skill a good bit.
After reading a few comments here, I have no idea what's the best weapon anymore. Aside from bypassing resistances, every weapon seems to be viable and has people who love using it. So I think I'll stick with my maces and bows. Takes some time to kill BF trolls with a bow. But it's safe and way cheaper than stronger spears and knives. And can keep training maces and bows since the start, until they become invaluable in the Swamp and Mountain, and then Frostner stays relevant even in the late game.
Every biome has a weapon that is optimal, but plenty of weapons are viable. I guess that is the best way to put it.
Mace, Bow, and Axe covers all of your damage types. It just doesn't specialize, so like you said, maybe you dont kill trolls as fast. However, that setup means you will always have an answer.
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I know it's a bit of a grind, but the bow is absolutely the best weapon in basically all contexts when your bow skill is level 100. I don't think the devs actually anticipated someone grinding it out, but when you do it is ridiculous. However good you think the bow is, if you aren't level 100 in bows it is at least 4x better than that. You instantly draw to full strength, so you can shoot faster while the bow is doing more damage. On top of that, because you draw so quickly you use much less stamina. It takes about 3-5 stamina to fully draw the bow at level 100. So you can rapid fire while backing away from whatever you're fighting, with plenty of stamina left over to run away to create more distance. The only drawback (pun intended) is that you need ammo. Again though, at level 100, even wood arrows will eat through seekers and the gjall. It also isn't hard to get yourself a few thousand obsidian arrows.
Yeah, just sucks getting it to 100. However, that fire rate is super fun.
I first started played about 3weeks ago. Just learned about the kraken and getting those barnacles off his back to make harpoon and that knife. If I didn't see it on a video I wouldn't have found it until way later.
Sometimes the runs happen that way. Makes each playthrough feel different.
I've always been one hand bias in Valhiem. Twohanded weapons often swing too slowly to deal with encounters in the wild for me. Putting bows aside for now, because you're going to use bows through you're whole play through no matter what. The biggest concern for me when choosing weapons is skill level. You gain levels so slowly in this game that you'll be lucky to be over 90 in anything even if you dedicate yourself to just one weapon. The clear winner when taking this in to account Maces.
Few things in the game were resistant to blunt damage till Mistlands launched. Many more enemies are weak to blunt. None of the bosses are uniquely resistant to blunt damage while a few are uniquely resistant to pierce. Add on to the fact that you're going to have a Bow and an Axe on you at all times anyway. There's little reason to reach for other weapons after you round out the trifecta with a mace.
Sadly, the Developers neglected to give us a one handed mace in Mistlands. Meaning I now have to stand beside a gray dwarf nest for two hours every play through. All just to get a quarter of the skill points in swords as I'd built up in maces. It feels more like an oversight than an intentional design choice.
I honestly think Frostner holds its ground in the Mistlands. Your are right though. It sucks there wasn't a 1 handed mace for the Mistlands.
Hahaha, that cut at 1:22. with 35HP remaining, the troll at 50% health. From the timing you died there i bet! HAHA, how ironic, compared with what you just said. I feel that so hard! Very nice channel, came here through the mistlands armour videos!
I got lucky and actually killed him. I just was trying to keep the clips relevant to what I was covering. Glad you are enjoying the content!
I would say combo protection staff + staff of embers is very usefull in Mistlands.
Definitely viable for mage/hybrid builds
Even though they nerfed it, the bow when high level imho is still a great primary all around. Frost arrows can save you. In the mistlands, I think several weapons are needed depending on your situation. The atgier is great in the mines vs ticks for example, or cheesing through closed doors. Thanks!
Thanks for the input! It is tough really just choosing one weapon when you might need more than one to be successful.
Bows are always necessary as secondary at least. Useful for sniping enemies from far away and dealing with certain problematic mobs by weakening them from a safe distance
@@yokatta-f Bow is always a solid secondary. I personally just carry a spear because I got tired of crafting arrows.
Crystal battleaxe for the mountains is great. Easily takes out wolves and even golems, parrying the golem one handed attack and combo them while they stagger feels great. Still need something ranged for the drakes but any bow will take them out, honestly.
I love the two handed axes. Wish they would add a light armor for axes that would remove the run speed debuff.
@@t0ssacoin408 Just put it away to run. Or roll. I ended up using it because I always put away my weapon and shield to run and hated constantly unequipping two things.
@@MasterOfYoda Yeah, I do that currently. Just would like to see a berserker armor to make axes more usable vs swords
My playthrough
Flint dagger through meadows, sneak jump those deer.
Upgrade to copper and Abyssal Razor when you get nails for Carve and Fine wood bow to cheese Elder.
Abyssal razor through swamp but need iron mace for Bonemass.
Silver dagger were a bit meh, so Frostner + Draugur Fang it is and those work well through Plains too.
Mistlands goes nicely with Skoll and Hati and Arbalest because it's there or Spinesnap since bow skill is already good.
Next stop Ashlands and no idea what there is :P
Goodluck in the Ashlands. I dont want to spoil too much, but unluckily there is not a new dagger in that biome.
I really love my sword and shield. But the knives are devastating if you can sneak on somebody and can stunlock big mobs with the high attack rate.
The stagbreaker is just nuts in the black forest amd swamps. But unless Bonemass i think you can get everything to work if you consider the timings right. Which is awesome.
This video is a little out of date at this point, but I would probably vote swords as the best weapon to focus at this point. They have all the love.
Good video
I would be interested to know if there is a particular level you need to reach before every Biome?
I just defeated the Moder today and I am afraid to go to the plains now ( I got lost one day and I did not know the plains. It looked like meadows to me. I got killed by a mosquito in 1 hit… 1 hit man!!!)
Get a root chest from the abominations in the swamp. That should help against the deathsquitoes
Passed whole game mostly with knives. Meadows has flint axe in it, then Abyssal rasor, then Black metal knife.
Bossed has their weaknesses, for example I have burnt The Elder with bonfires, Bonemass was defeated with Frostner (silver can be found without Wishbone, just use a sledgehammer on plain areas, and with "needed better instrument" message you will find the silver vein). Mouder is the easiest boss ever, just use Draug fang with poison arrows. Yagluth is beaten with Frostner again, although every other enemy in Plains biome is easily defeated by a knife or/and arrows.
Very true. The entire game could technically be beat with a bow and enough patience. I made this video to more or less give suggestions of things to try in each biome.
@T0ssACoin You forgot that this game has skills levels. For example, 100 level of weapon skill gives you +150% damage. 70 level gives nearly +100% damage. So it's easier to beat the game with one favorite weapon, with some exceptions for bosses and minibosses.
@@ВикторГорбань-я7х Didn't forget it. I cover that in the conclusion. I just didn't go into depth about it.
I got the Arbalest before beating Yagluth cause I'm a masochist with Fenris set and raided 2 infested mines for 6 black cores :D
Its very good vs Gjall's when you sneak attack their belly and fire 1-2 more after they run to you. Then finish some ticks and top off the gjall with a bow. The ticks jumping around is annoying though. Havent learned the right movement to hit them reliably yet. 180hours into the game :)
Easiest way to deal with tick is probably an atgeir or a two handed hammer. You can still get the. with other weapons, but those are easiest!
Sad to not see a battleaxe here. But thats me. I managed to kill a golem a little sooner than intended, before I killed bonemass, or had iron armor.
And its crystal drops sent me right to the wiki. And when I saw the crystal battle axe... I just had to have it!
Currently entering the silver age on my xbox playthrough. Wish my friends would join me, but they fail to see the fun in this game. 😂
Your friends are missing out sadly. Battle axes as they stand are just too few and far between to really reccommend them. Wish they would add a berseker armor set just for them.
Starting with the Swamp and all the way to the end of this video, every weapon example he gave would come LONG after you’ve been in that biome for a good long time. Example: the Iron Mace. You CAN’T even BUILD that until you’ve been through the swamp for a good long time farming. Same thing for ALL his other examples. So, this isn’t going to help the newb looking for advice for each biome.
For the swamp I say or any other mace, The mountains I say use a finewood bow till you get the draugr fang, The plains and mistlands I list frostner as an honorable mention.
This video was meant to be a best weapon for the biome you are in, not really the best weapon to enter that biome, but I still gave options for people who would be working towards that best weapon.
I probably should have had a popup or box listing the preferred weapon to enter each biome list. I'll keep this is mind. Thanks for watching!
@@t0ssacoin408 We should do a "Best Weapon For Entering..." video, because, in all honesty, that's what we're searching for when we click on these videos. Well-done nonetheless.
Hey amigo! Seems you’re rather early on in your channels career. Great audio quality and editing. I’ve no doubt you’ll acquire a great following given enough time.
Thanks! These videos take quite a bit of time, so I'm glad so many people appreciate them. I never thought I would even get this far.
@@t0ssacoin408 oh you’ll get much further than I have , if that I’m sure!
@@jaypnolan Never give up!
I highly recommend Frostner vs Yagluth as the spirit damage is pretty nice against him
Def a good one to have when you enter the plains.
Nice, simple breakdown of the weapons. Even though i don't agree with you regarding the magic weapons, i do agree with you that melee is easy if you have the movement skills
It is just so tough for me to give up health or stam for eitr, but I won't deny that magic isn't strong. Just going to be a playstyle preference for many players.
@@t0ssacoin408 Agreed. I see melee as the "safe" playstyle, however i enjoy magic as the "fun" playstyle. And safe certainly doesn't mean boring in Valheim
@@nicolaithomsen9473 Everyone is always one unfortunate event away from a 2 hour adventure to get their gear back.
the mace is against the Abdomination not so effective but against Blobs and the draugr. Much better against Abdominations and also the ghosts in the swamp, is the Iron sword or the bronze sword at the beginning.
Krom stagger and one-shot is all you need
If you are actually good, unlike me lol
Have you tried the porcupine with it you can melee the lox pretty effortlessly
I have. Porcupine is a good all rounder, just doesnt kill a lox as fast as a dedicated piercing weapon.
Abyssal razor is actually swamps weapon. I mean, of course, you can loot leviathans without killing The Elder, but you need to craft Karve at least, what making copper knife easier in obtaining, and also, stats of abyssal razer are just unfair when competing with other weapons, with this logic you can skip Eikthyr, dig copper with Troll and say, that copper spear is the best on meadows, or even you can dig iron, black marble and yggdrasil wood with soldier and craft krom without killing any boss, and you may say that is the best weapon on meadows, because it annihilates nixes
You can craft a Karve in the black forest before you kill the Elder. I usually obtain the abyssal razor when I go hunting for the trader, and I always do that before the Elder.
I don't think it is a reach to say that most people get the razor in the black forest. The copper knife bridges you from the meadows to the black forest because it does not require bronze, and the abyssal razor bridges you from the black forest to the swamp because it is a an item you typically acquire after getting the karve.
If I had to step foot in a swamp to get it, I would be more inclined to agree with you.
Love the videos man. Great work
Appreciate it king!
My dude, frostner is a one-handed weapon, it can be used with the shield. If you parry regular seekers with a shield, it's almost always a oneshot from one successful heavy attack.
I get that, Mistwalker is just like an improved version of Frostner. Frostner is probably the best one handed Mace right now, but Mistwalker just does that little bit more damage.
@@t0ssacoin408 ok I misheard your point and thought that you said that mistwalker, in contrast to frostner, can be used with a shield.
I have a lot to grind right now, it is mainly the refined Eitr for armor and weapons...
@@gerferies No worries man, good luck in your grind. May Odin bless you.
Also give the root chest a try in the Mistlands. It helps resist a lot of the damage. Just carry a barley wine for the Gjall.
@@t0ssacoin408 yeah I do wear root chest and I bring a barley wine with me. Learned that the hard way...
@@gerferies Haha, we all learn the hard way. Valheim can be cruel lol.
That was a great video, maybe figure out the audio first before upload though. There were several spots with zero audio that made me think my headphones died lmao.
I still struggle with the audio tbh. Still not sure what the issue was. Glad you enjoyed it.
Great overview, I haven't hit Mistlands yet so I'll definitely keep it in mind. I wonder how sticking to one or two weapons and achieving more mastery with them compares to switching weapons to the ideal one for each biome?
It is definitely a viable strat to focus on one or two weapons. The weapon skill you acquire helps it do your weapon do extra damage. Technically the most rounded setup is Mace, Bow, Axe because it covers all damage types. However, I usually play Spear and Dagger. You don't have to switch every biome, I just listed the ideals for people struggling or looking for inspiration.
@@t0ssacoin408 Great info, thanks! I did mace/bow last play though and enjoyed it. This time I'm doing atgeir and bow. I've really enjoyed adding in more stealth with the dagger though. Maybe I'll try your combination next, the carapace spear looks like a beast.
@@circleofowls The best advice I can give for spear is that it is a ranged weapon first and a melee second.
The big push for me to play spear was I wanted to save slots, and my bow was using three. One for the bow and then 2 slots for 2 stacks of arrows
if you want to focus on one weapon, with my whole heart i can recomend maces, they are viable in every biome except they do worst (comparing maces, to spear f.e) in meadows and black forest, mostly because Meadows, boss fight, (idk 100% didn't play a lot with spear) u can get the range with spear BUT its not insane game changer and in BF because of...well trolls that are weak into pierce, other than that they are insane, especially ur main goal in BF is to explore mines and there u have skeletons, which are weak into blunt = maces, so another bonus for maces...the longer u play, the better maces become, im not gonna make whole text about frostner, if ur interested, check another comment that ill make, that will target mostly @T0ssACoin, but later u get the mace that has both Pierce and Blunt dmg, so problem with trolls is gone (yes, in mountains u can "easly" kill stone golem as well if im not mistaken its even easier than other weapons except pickaxe, but u need certain strat for that). so yeah, imo maces/clubs are go to weapon.
@@Davus You'll almost always have an axe as well, and trolls dont resist slash. When I did my maces playthrough, I would quite often use my axe to chop down those pesky trolls.
For me I use the Frostner in Plains and then Himannafl in Mistland. I have my bow at level 100 so killing Gjalls even when not hitting their weak spots takes max 10 needle arrows. Now I have completed the game (for now) I’m gonna try using some of the other weapons I never made. Mistwalker, Krom, Skoll and Hati. Just ready for Ashland’s now tbh
Personally I am team spear all the way. Handles the seeker and gjall just fine.
Luckily Ashlands should be in the first half of this year. I too am about to start prepping for Ashlands.
@@t0ssacoin408 nice.
What are your preparations for Ashland’s.
I just went on a frost cave hunt to get fully upgraded fenris armour for the fire resistance.
I’m also gonna make a chicken automated farm as I have not done that yet
And also try and kill as many hares as possible.
I’m not really into the magic. I prefer to have high health and stamina.
And probably get some of my skills to a higher level too. Only my bow is at 100. My run is like 60 and jump 50. The rest are low.
Is there anything else u are doing to prepare ?
@@zachsingh1 I'm going to work on an automated farm as well.
I would like to get nice store of barley wine and health/stamina meads.
Also a large quiver of frost arrows. I would like to make 1-2 backup sets of armor, and lastly I would like to fill a chest with high tier food.
I should probably stack some raw materials for an outpost as well. That is my preps I'm planning
@@t0ssacoin408 yes I think frost arrows are important.
Do u use magic
What ur food combo?
Mine is salad, misthare supreme and meat platter
But I think I will use glazed chicken once I have and maybe omelette if I have enough eggs
I feel fishing for angler fish is too difficult as I’ve only caught one to make fish and bread.
@@zachsingh1 I rarely touch magic. I just feel like it comes too late in the game, and doesnt make much sense after I am already level 50+ with a spear.
As far as food, I usually do a glazed chicken, Salad, and Wolf Jerky for general gameplay.
For dungeons I prepare for, I replace the jerky with omlettes. I value stamina far more than health.
Maybe magic will feel more impactful in the Ashlands.
In the swamp its definitely worth it to carry a mace AND a sword
I can't believe it took this video to find out I could throw the flint spear. After 135 days in the game, advancing to the iron age.
The throw is the best part of the spear lol. Goodluck out there.
@@t0ssacoin408 You as well!
Dont sweat it buddy haha it took me over 100 days also and that was the only weapon I used early in the game . But something about killing an enemy with a spear chuck is super gratifying lol
It should be said that skills and exp are a thing, so switching to all of these weapons wouldn't be as effective as picking one and leveling it up.
I personally use the knife for most of the game with some bow and a level 1 iron mace for Bonemass.
Atgier is also great in every biome (except for Bonemass boss)
I touch on it a bit in the conclusion, but youre right
I ended up using spear for everything and just getting real good at throwing it, tho I carry two spears and throw just out of range of melee. The effect is a lot of times the spear bounces in a way that I get the throw hit and then can pick it back up for a 2nd close hit. The 2nd spear is to get that 3rd hit in for frustrating enemies that I want to chance a distance throw. Haven't been to mistlands yet tho so not sure if this tactic would work there...
That strat will work great in the Mistlands. It is a favorite of mine.
Very good vid, i do agree with you in most cases, except swamp weapon because, If you are taking in consideration as best weapon for Black Forest Abyssal Razor which is (as you said) Iron tier weapon, which is tier above Black Forest (with which i also agree) why don't we take Frostner as the best weapon for Swamps, yes it is slightly harder to get than Abyssal (mostly depends how lucky u are with leviathan if u don't play with spoiler map, cuz it can actually be quite hard to find if unlucky + fighting serpents...yea, not so cool early on), but u can use the stagbreaker to find silver, you will have enough gold to buy Imir's Flesh and You can create frost potions right after Elder (i've already done that type of run) + There is no better weapon than Frostner (imo) for Swamps, because
1. Every mob is weak vs Spirit damage (except abomination)
2. Every mob is Wet which makes them Very weak vs Frost Damage (except abomination, but as u said u should have axe anyway + u can abuse the surtling fire strat)
3. Its mace...so bonus points :D
4. also tier above weapon
5. Bonus Fun for achieving higher tier weapon so early on
And im not talking about the fact that frostner is good in plains especially against large group of goblins and if u combo it with the porcupine, you have weapon type for everything in Plains, Frostner second best weapon vs Yagluth (first, Silver Sword) (didnt test Yagluth after Mistlands release, it might change with addition of mistwalker, which also has spirit dmg) and also the best early mistlands (as you also said) i dont think there is another weapon that does so well (before making mist weapons) on mistlands. Last thing, Ashlands incoming = everything is gonna be on Fire = weak to frost...again...which may make Frostner (and most likely Mistwalker) insane weapon for yet another Biome. (Talking only about melee weapons here, obviously melee + range combo is must have)
Let me know what do you think about that :)
Totally solid gameplan. I agree, if you can get Frostner, take it over the iron mace for best in slot at swamp tier. I however struggle to find silver even with the wish bone, so kind of why I defaulted to iron mace.
I feel like Frostner is similar to the Abyssal razor in the fact that it just packs in so much value. That slow is super good for new players. I look forward to seeing how relevant Frostner will be in the Ashlands.
@@t0ssacoin408 except razor is loosing its value, frostner (at least for now) is solid choice for each biome, so making it lvl 4 is worth it (imo)
@@Davus I never take my Razor past level 1. However, it can carry me all the way through the plains. The best part about it, is I can repair it with a level 1 workbench. This makes it an excellent scouting and travel weapon because I can spend long amounts of time far from home. For "non-portal" playthroughs, this is invaluable.
@@t0ssacoin408 why? chitin isnt hard to get especially when u get to make long trips + there is not much use of this resource, if ur using this weapon for that long, i think its missed opportunity ^^ personally never had the "i have to repair my weapon" problem, the closest i got yesterday was with mistwalker at +- 5% after clearing 2 mines (with 2 Star Seeker Soldier, was hell of a fight :D) but yea, depends from playstyle so i can see that, anyway as i said, razor approve! especially its looking pretty good :D
@@Davus I think past level 2 the Razor cant be repaired at a level 1 bench, so I just never bother with it. At level 1 the special one shots ulvs, and I can kill a fuling off a parry and 3 basic attacks. The main reason it doesnt get upgraded though. I play with friends, and we all share resources.
Im pretty new at the game, but i rock mace and bow in black forest. Mace for skeletons and bow for Trolls
Solid setup. Well rounded. I just prefer the faster kill time of a spear or dagger on a troll.
meadows is the tutorial biome black forest is idk its just there ibut in a good way i like it then there is swamp much harder than both of the previous but its really fun also
Agreed on all biomes. Well done.
Glad you liked it!
The best weapon for the mistlands is the carapace spear. The only reason why You'd use the mistwalker/Krom is because the boss is pierce resistant.
As a spear main I want to agree so badly, but those auto attacks are hard to rely on in the mines. Especially against the ticks.
I also think the slow from Mistwalker is really strong for new players and solos. The spear can be really punishing in the Mistlands, all it takes is one bad throw.
@@t0ssacoin408 True, but if I want crowd control, I'll just go with the frostner. It's actually better than the mistwalker for crowd control because it pushes the enemies further back. Still, I definitely think the Krom and Skoll&Hati are more fun to use.
@@iitsMikeB Skull and Hati are always my backup weapons to round out whatever I am using. Krom is taking some getting used to, but I love the big damage numbers
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Sounds like I'll have to play through again. Easily one of my favorite games. Not even sure what content I would make for it. I'll try to think of something.
Stagbreaker is awesome. Saves me from multiple enemies all the time
Awesome for the dungeons.
@@t0ssacoin408 and the black forest. Upgrade it it kills sharmans and brutes and loads of enemies at once , great to fall back on when surrounded. Club when max upgraded is really good aswell kills in like 3 hits against a brute and it's health last a long time
true chads stick with swords the entire run
Swords are pretty solid. Very few weaknesses.
@@t0ssacoin408 the problem I have when you constantly weapon swap is your skills tend to be very low by the end, which negate the advantage of weapon swapping anyway. Also some weapons like the bow massively improve when you get to the really high skill tiers
@@ttchip8464 I dont really think people should weapon swap every biome. This video was more just to give people another option if they were having a rough time.
porcupine is a plains alpha and omega ,also draugrs bow to deal with the shamans early on
Porcupine is a great craft for its cost, but the Lox resist blunt im pretty sure.
I personally like the huntsmans bow more for sniping camps. It is technically quieter and allows you to better choose what mobs to pull.
@@t0ssacoin408 yes they do resist blunt but porcupine has half of it damage as pierce so it works on them as well
Not sure about huntsman bow (once i upgrade i rarely go to lower age weapon)
@@DarkDiscipleAA Huntsman bow is pretty lit. Makes it easy to pull a single brute instead of a whole war party lol.
Nice breakdown. I've never been a spear guy, but think I'd like to try a Gjall with one.
The spear is probably the best ranged weapon in the mistlands due to how quickly it shreds gjall.
I love the spear. Has helped me struggle through alot of content I shouldn't have even been in.
Spear is aimless sometimes, but it's my most graded skill by now after tree cutting) it's fast close to dagger
@@JamesSchettler Maybe a tiny bit, but it is much more consistent than crudebow. It is always a rush to go from crude to fine because of how massive that improvement is.
Unusualy good weapon is stag breaker it's the king of cheesey dungeon clearing of early game because it can hit enemies behind a door or wall or left over of that pile in sunken crypts.
Def agree. Gonna be extra helpful for hardcore.
Hmph, I had to fight so many stone golems it wasn't funny. They guarded an area with several silver veins. Every time I turned around there was a stone golem. Among other things. Got a trophy, which is one of the coolest trophies.
I've always just walked them away to fight other mobs, sounds unlucky.
@@t0ssacoin408 No worries. Fighting is a major part of the game. Getting the blackmetal tower shield really helped though. Yeah, I kinda suck at dodge.
I crafted the Hunters Bow as soon as I unlocked iron.
Solid bow, probably my favorite in the game.
you should have added a support weapon for each biome, i mean , abyss razor is trully good in BF if you found early a leviathan ( because is basically a swamp tier weapon ) , but trully sucks starting the swamp because blobs oozers skellies and wraiths resist a lot their damage.
for a support weapon :
for meadows , well anything works as you said crude bow or flint axe
for BF that can help in next starting next biome can be the bronze sword or mace , bronze axe is good yes but still slow for me ....
in mountains keeping the iron mace because wrecks everything there , speacially golems
in plains , well i far preffer for main weapon going for silver sword or frostner or maybe the BM sword because save stamina far better than atgeir even parrying with BM shield and them are very usefull against yagluth, and BM atgeir really sucks vs yagluth ( or any pure pierce weapon ) , why you didnt mention that ? someone can get a bad surprice facing that goblin ghost rider with the atgeir ...
for mistlands , starting with frostner is a life saver there because will take some time to find the first 5 black cores , after that i really loved the crossbow , in close range is very effective when one reach lvl 50 to fast reload , the carapace spear is very strong too
All good points. I usually carry a backup to my main weapon, so maybe I should have included that. The razor actually does a great against the mobs in the swamp who resist it, I was fighting mobs all the way through to the plains without ever upgrading it once.
I should've mentioned Yagluth, but I was just tunnel visioned on how easy the atgeir made those camp fights for me. Looks like I still got a lot to improve upon. Thanks for the constructive feedback.
Why would you use Finewood Bow in the Mountain when you could use Huntsman?
The damage difference between the 2 is not enough to justify building it at that point. Huntsman costs alot of iron to max for not much more damage.
Most people prefer the Draugr Fang, so it isnt worth making or maxing a bow that will be replaced in the next biome. Especially when the mountains is probably the biome we spend the least amount of time in.
Huntsman bow is mainly worth if you prefer it over Draugr Fang or you are going for a pure stealth archer playstyle.
Other than that, finewood does just fine.
atgeir is op af, you can even beat waves of fulings with a basic iron one
I love conquering entire villages with it!
Trolls are easy no matter what weapon but after returning years after I SWEAR TO FUCKING GOD IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET COPPER WHILE BEING SWARMED 50 FUCKING SKELETONS AND GREYDWARFS
Put a campfire by where you mine, should help keep the greydwarfs away.
@@t0ssacoin408 Ty
@@t0ssacoin408 Is there way to deal with the skeletons btw? Or do I just have to try cut down a pine tree ASAP before they kill me
@@TheImmortalMushroom There really isnt a detterent for skeletons, but they are weak to blunt damage. Just make a wooden club and upgrade it or a bronze club if you have the bronze. Then they should be pretty easy.
@@t0ssacoin408 I did they just swarm me because my world gen gave me like 5 chambers next to all the resources
I’m hella weak he showed us the draugr fang when he meant to show the black metal atgeir
Hahaha, I had watched it so many times before posting, and it still slipped by.
@@t0ssacoin408 HAHA I just thought it was funny :) your secret is safe with me
@@Issaphilosopher I appreciate it. 🤣 Hopefully no one spots these comments.
I usually just use a bow and walk away from whatever is hitting me
Solid strat for hardcore
@@t0ssacoin408 I just really don't like losing stats haha
@@ThetaWindfall That is a mood. Spear was what clicked for me, was kind of the best of both worlds.
Nobody using crossbow? Feels like a sniper with a shotgun impact. Ghal doesn't even reach me because he gets pushed back by every shot
Definitely a Gjall slayer, but I personally don't use it all that much on the regular seekers.
Used it - hated it. The reload mechanic is fine, but not generating stamina while reloading is a major problem. Swapped to spinesnap as my ranged weapon, although don't find many uses in the mists for it.
@@noahodum9737 It's not a weapon to run around bosses with, for sure. I think most people hate it first, like i also did. But once you get used to it you'll 360 hipfire oneshot drakes out of the sky. Love it!
@@noahodum9737 If this game would be Call of Duty, it would have been nerved to the ground after the seasonpass already. I mean... 20 crossbow arrows cost the same as 20 bow arrows, but the damage is much higher. You'll save a lot of them
@@marcos8266 the problem is with stamina generation. Mists needs lots of stamina to travel around. Arb prevents stamina regeneration and was the cause of my death many times. Spinesnap does not have this issue
3:55 little edit error: you still display the info from Draugr Fang instead of the Atgeir.
Hahaha, another commenter caught it too. It happens. I guess the brightside is that you were engaged enough to notice.
I always uses maces because i can exp my stats from first to last biome
Solid choice, Probably the most rounded weapon type.
@@t0ssacoin408 yeah, i have 500 hours in this game and i beat it 3 times and now im playing 4th time
I love hunting rabbits with my staff.
That isn't hunting, that is evaporating lol
Love your videos!
Glad you like them!
Campfire = best weapon early game 😊 Also bonfire is op against abomination 😊
Bonfire is op!
Wow 85 dmg blocked!? haha I can't believe you survived this fight! 5:30
Bucklers are op
@@t0ssacoin408 Do you prefer the big or small shields? I'm in between for the reasons of mobility and parry effects but also pure defense.
@@techieman4614 I prefer the small shields. If you can hit your parries, then they are technically stronger.
@@t0ssacoin408 True but can a troll bust through the small black metal one? I have to try it I guess.
@@techieman4614 he shouldn't be able to
Let's be real the best weapon at full upgrade is the staff of protection. You are a walking juggernaut with 700 health + your own health and huge stamina.
If playing with light armor, definitely.
But where are we tossing that coin? 🤔
These big blue guys are smurfs! 🎉😂
They are some roided out smurfs
Polearm in every biome
I see you are a man of the Atgeir!
@@t0ssacoin408 you bet
I hate golems but the best weapon for them is the ole pickaxe, need crystal for windows unfortunately and the trophy works well as decor.
I got all of my crystals from Frost Caves. Unless you want the trophy, I just walk away from them because there isnt much incentive to fight them.
Can you clarify at 5:32 what you mean by the human apple is a close second?
@@clee888 Himminafl, it is the Mistlands tier atgeir
Hi i really like this game but i cannot even beat the 1st boss. Any tips please
If you are struggling with the first boas, i'd make sure your weapon is upgraded once or twice. Make sure you have a full set of leather armor. Make sure you have decent food, so maybe 2 cooked meats and a berry. Make a round shield. Upgrade it if you can, and finally, Make sure you are rested when you fight him.
If you do all of those things, then the fight shouldn't be too hard.
Since your constantly going back to old biomes you should not be excluding items that you might not have initially. Frostner is the king of the swamp and its actually not hard to get silver before fighting bonemass.
I get there are better options as you progress, but I was tackling this from the mindset of what would help you get through your current biome.
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Solid weapon!
Frostner is so good in any biome easily best in general
Frostner is always a solid pick!
Valheim looks promising ❤
Very promising. A great game.
The best weapons for all biomes is flint spear and abyssal razor.
Try and change my mind
I'd put wooden club up there just because of speedruns
Porcupines is a viable option in the mistlands.
Definitely solid to start you off. I would eventually move on to a Mistlands tier weapon.
Golems are easy and a good source of crystal when your playing with multiple people.
They usually destroy my buddies and I. The caves provide me with more than enough crystal.
@t0ssacoin408 yea me and my friends just enjoy the fight but with 3 or 4 people attacking it they go down fast. Just move on without sprinting and then dodge roll out when they attack. Run in and attack with pickaxe once then retreat. With 3 people that's 3 hits per attack so it goes quick.
Best weapon in every biome: *THE CLUB*
And I kinda hate the game for this. The devs decided to give EVERYONE a resistance to pierce and ALMOST everyone a resistance to slash, and elemental damage, aside from arrows, which, big surprise, still do mostly piercing damage, is only available in the end game. I just wish they made the game difficult in the way that wouldn't discriminate against anything that is not a club. Making it so it is harder to kill things with a bow while also nerfing perfectly good melee weapons because they happen to share damage type is frankly just bad game design. And I'm not saying the game is bad, I'm just saying that those things really affect my experience with it.
I would say that the bow is S tier due to how stamina in Valheim works. Also it is way better in hardcore.
WHY IS IT WHEN I START THE game again, bugs from mistlands kills me instantly,frikin mosquitos
Maybe it is where you placed your bed? I personally try to keep my spawn away from the Mistlands.
Nice video
3 chapters only? You missed like half the biomes
@@mysimsadventure7914 I don't make the chapters. I guess youtube does. All biomes up to Mistlands are covered. I have a newer one that covers up to Ashlands.
what about the frost hammer
Solid all arounder and great in multiple biomes. If you only carried one weapon, Frostner is a good pick.