As both an aspiring writer and budding game designer, Nick spends most of his spare time picking through games that players adore and figuring out what makes them tick. If you're wondering how to ...

The Viking survival and role-playing game "Valheim" will bring players to a fantasy world based on the Viking culture and Norse mythology and brings the key elements of the survival genre: basically ...

Eikthyr the Stag is the first boss you'll encounter on your adventures in Valheim. Loosely modelled on the Norse mythological figure Eikþyrnir, Eikythr is not found standing atop Valhalla nibbling ...

“Valheim” players are tasked with defeating four different boss monsters known as the Forsaken Each Forsaken resides within different biomes and has its own summoning requirements The first boss, ...

Eikthyr is the first boss that players face-off against in Valheim. This boss can be summoned by offering two deer trophies at the mystical alter in the meadows biome. Valheim is an immersive fantasy ...

Valheim is good at telling you what you’re supposed to do next. It’s much less clear about how you’re supposed to do that. Right from the beginning, you’ll know that your task is to hunt your first ...

If you want to progress in Valheim, you're going to need to find and defeat the bosses first. When you drop down into Viking purgatory, you're greeted by a circle of runes and sacrificial stones and ...

When he was done preparing all the campfires, he then summoned the massive deer god Eikthyr and set all his materials on fire. He just ran around, letting the campfire deal some damage until the deer ...

Looking for a beginner's guide to Valheim? Valheim is a new entry into survival games, with its deliberate and charming PS2 graphics - everything about Valheim is a little different, which is why it ...

You aren’t given much in the way of direction when you first start Valheim, but one thing you are told is that you need to take down a handful of bosses. Here we’re going to explain how to summon and ...

Touch the vegvisir runestone near the Sacrificial Stones to add the Eikthyr marker to your map. Before you can even summon or fight Eikthyr, you will need to know where to find it. To locate Eikthyr, ...

Congratulations! You’ve finally come to grips with the gameplay and mechanics of Valheim, decking out your Viking warrior with suitable armor, weapons and gear to survive the game’s initial areas. Now ...