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The 8-biome route from Meadows to Deep North, with the resources, enemies and gear checks that gate each step.
Progression route
Valheim gates progress biome by biome. Follow the path from the Meadows to Deep North — each node names the Forsaken boss that guards it, plus the boss drop that opens the next biome. Open a biome to read its guide.
Warm end = starter biomes, cold end = late game. Nodes without a guide yet are marked as pending.
Meadows guide for Valheim 1.0: first 30 minutes from spawn to Flint tools, clear Greydwarves, summon Eikthyr with 2 Deer Trophies.
Black Forest guide for Valheim 1.0: find Copper and Tin, deal with Greydwarves, mine Surtling cores, survive Trolls, beat The Elder.
Swamp guide for Valheim 1.0: survive Wet+Cold, clear Sunken Crypts for iron, farm Wraiths, beat Bonemass for Wishbone to unlock Mountain.
Mountain guide for Valheim 1.0: survive Freezing debuff, find silver with Wishbone, farm wolves for Wolf Cape, beat Moder to unlock Plains.
Plains guide for Valheim 1.0: survive Deathsquitos (90 pierce), clear Fuling Villages for Black Metal, farm Barley and Flax, beat Yagluth.
Mistlands guide for Valheim 1.0: Wisplight and Wisp Torch beat permanent fog, build Eitr Refinery and Galdr Table, beat The Queen.
Ashlands guide for Valheim 1.0: sail boiling waters with Drakkar, mine Flametal from lava, find Bell Fragments, craft Portal Stone, beat Fader.
Deep North guide for Valheim 1.0: farm Bloodgold from Gammeltrolls, craft Intricate Key for Mörkhalla, beat Kall Fimbulbringer, the 1.0 final boss.
Valheim 1.0 full 8-biome progression path: when to leave each biome, gear to have, boss altar locations, and common traps for new players.
Valheim ocean: four boats and their uses, reading wind and tacking, surviving Sea Serpents, mining Leviathans for chitin, ore must sail home.
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