It does a lot to telegraph those moves, though, so you can generally strafe sideways to avoid them. Note that you're going to need a lot of arrows for that second approach, but if you keep moving, the boss is pretty easy to dodge.Įikthyr has electricity-based attacks, shooting bolts of lightning at you from its antlers. You'll want to craft a Wood Shield to block Eikthyr's attacks and to go at him with either a Flint Spear-which allows you to melee him in between his attacks-or by peppering him at a distance with a bow.
You can summon the boss from its altar (the location of which is marked on your map when you interact with a rune at the altar where you first start Valheim) with two Deer Trophies. The first boss in Valheim is Eikthyr, and if you can, you'll want to attack the giant rampaging stag boss with a team of Vikings. Eikthyr is the major impediment to smithing Bronze-you need its antler to make a pickaxe strong enough to mine Copper and Tin. But to make the weapons needed to succeed in the Black Forest, you must first deal with your toughest early-game challenge so far: Eikthyr, the Meadows biome boss. To handle it, you're going to at least need Leather Armor-but if you can get Troll Hide Armor, you should. You might run into them in the Meadows, but going into the Black Forest is a pretty big risk early on. The forest houses much tougher enemies, including a variety of Greydwarf types, Skeletons, and Trolls. This is a step up in difficulty from the early game location of the Meadows, where you'll mostly deal with boars and Greylings. To start harvesting the things you need to make Bronze, you'll need to venture into the Black Forest biome. Making Bronze isn't easy, though-which is why we've got a complete guide to help you find the materials you need, make the right crafting stations, and start blacksmithing.
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Bronze Armor offers a significant upgrade in protection, and you'll need Bronze tools to access a lot of new materials. You'll get by in the early going of Valheim with leather armor made from Deer Hide, but if you want to explore Viking purgatory in a meaningful way, you need to enter the Bronze Age.