![]() Now, there are several ways you can go about getting the surtling cores you need, but we’ll target the traditional way first, and then get to an alternative method later. For these, you are going to need to collect surtling cores. However, you’re going to need a smelter, forge, and other additional amenities that you want to set up at your main base. You can create many powerful items and tools from your newfound ores. Trolls can kill you in one or two hits with your Meadows-tier armor, and corpse running through the Forest is a perilous endeavor. As you explore the Black Forest, be acutely aware of your surroundings and listen for the rumblings of Trolls. The Black Forest is much more dangerous than the Meadows, and includes Trolls, Skeletons, and a variety of deadly Dwarves. These items can be found in the second biome in the game that spawns adjacent to your starting zone, the Black Forest. While Valheim is perfectly enjoyable as a solo experience, I recommend handling the journey ahead with a few good friends.Īfter Eikthyrnir’s demise, you’ll have the opportunity to fashion your first pickaxes from its antlers to mine stone, copper, and tin. After beating the first boss, the game opens up in several important ways that will take you in different directions. Your next mission tasks you with taking on the much bigger and badder boss The Elder and tackling the challenges of the Black Forest and Swamp biomes. It’s still worth using if you need to restock your wood supply.If you checked out our starter guide for the Viking survival game Valheim, you’ve probably already beaten Eikthyrnir and started working on a happy homestead for you and your fellow Norse explorers. It makes woodcutting easier but not as much as you would hope. The Elder’s forsaken power grants increased damage to trees. Now, it’s time to grab your gear and your mead to go kill The Elder! Forsaken Power With this strategy, you can safely attack The Elder and should never face too much danger. When this happens, run over to the next pillar. Repeat this process until The Elder gets too close or summons roots around your position. Position yourself behind a pillar, pop out to loose an arrow, then duck back behind the pillar. The Elder relies heavily on the roots to deal damage and is best defeated with fire arrows from a distance where you can avoid the most dangerous attacks. ![]() The roots will whip any players that get near them and it can be quite dangerous when surrounded by the entire swarm of roots. As the roots are summoning, they will block your path. They will summon randomly around the target. The Elder will make a scooping motion with his hand beckoning the roots to appear. We recommend firing from behind a pillar until The Elder forces you out of hiding with Summon Roots. You can avoid this attack by using one of the four pillars as cover. The Elder will wind up and throw its hand forward unleashing a continuous volley of tendrils that travel in a straight line toward the player. Keep doing this to allow your team to fill The Elder with fire arrows. If you are just kiting or tanking the boss, you can bait out the Stomp attack by playing around the edge of its range. If you’re meleeing The Elder, you will need to dodge this attack because it’s fast and deals a lot of damage. The Elder will lift its foot and stomp down dealing high damage in a circular AOE. The Elder has two special attacks and a melee attack: Better food will make this fight much easier. You can defeat The Elder with Bronze or upgraded Troll Armor, a Finewood Bow, a fat stack of Fire Arrows, and three decent food items. You must defeat The Elder to enter Sunken Crypts in the Swamp biome. Destroying a greydwarf nest will drop an ancient seed 100% of the time. You can collect these seeds by killing Greydwarf Brutes or Greydwarf Shamans, but the best source of ancient seeds are Greydwarf Nests. The next step is to gear up and make the journey to its summoning altar.Īncient Seeds are used to summon The Elder. You will need to conquer several Burial Chambers to find the runestone that allows you to register The Elder’s location. It’s a massive animated tree that lives in the Black Forest and is summoned with Ancient Seeds.
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