Worked out · Valheim 1.0.17
Best damage types by biome
For each Valheim biome, the damage type its creatures and boss take the most from — blunt, slash, pierce, fire, frost, lightning, poison or spirit — and who is weak, resistant or immune.
Meadows
5 hostile creatures and the boss: Greydwarf, Greyling, Boar, Neck, Eikthyr.
| Damage type | Average | Weak | Resistant | Immune |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fire | ×1.5 |  Greydwarf Greyling Neck | — | — |
 Blunt | ×1 | — | — | — |
 Slash | ×1 | — | — | — |
 Pierce | ×1 | — | — | — |
 Frost | ×1 | — | — | — |
 Lightning | ×1 | — | — | — |
 Poison | ×0.7 | — | GreydwarfGreylingNeck | — |
 Spirit | ×0.2 | — | — | GreydwarfGreyling BoarNeck |
Black Forest
6 hostile creatures and the boss: Troll, Bear, Greydwarf Brute, Greydwarf Shaman, Greydwarf, The Elder.
| Damage type | Average | Weak | Resistant | Immune |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire | ×1.75 |  Bear Greydwarf Brute Greydwarf ShamanGreydwarf The Elder | — | — |
| Pierce | ×1 |  Troll | Bear | — |
| Slash | ×1 | — | — | — |
| Lightning | ×1 | — | — | — |
| Frost | ×0.92 | — | Bear | — |
| Blunt | ×0.83 | — | TrollBear | — |
| Poison | ×0.58 | — | Greydwarf BruteGreydwarf ShamanGreydwarf | The Elder |
| Spirit | ×0 | — | — | TrollBearGreydwarf BruteGreydwarf ShamanGreydwarfThe Elder |
Swamp
10 hostile creatures and the boss: Abomination, Writhan, Draugr Elite, Oozer, Draugr, Wraith, Leech, Blob, Skeleton, Bonemass.
| Damage type | Average | Weak | Resistant | Immune |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning | ×1.1 |  OozerBlob | — | — |
| Blunt | ×1.05 | OozerBlob Skeleton Bonemass |  Abomination Writhan Wraith | — |
| Frost | ×0.9 | OozerBlobBonemass | Skeleton | AbominationWraith |
| Slash | ×0.85 | Writhan | OozerWraithBlobBonemass | — |
| Spirit | ×0.85 | Wraith | — | Abomination Leech |
| Fire | ×0.73 | AbominationWraithSkeleton | Writhan Draugr EliteOozer DraugrBlobBonemass | Leech |
| Pierce | ×0.65 | — | AbominationOozerWraithBlobSkeletonBonemass | — |
| Poison | ×0.05 | — | Leech | AbominationWrithanDraugr EliteOozerDraugrWraithBlobSkeletonBonemass |
Mountains
5 hostile creatures and the boss: Stone Golem, Fenring, Drake, Wolf, Moder.
| Damage type | Average | Weak | Resistant | Immune |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire | ×1.1 |  Fenring Drake Moder | — |  Stone Golem |
| Blunt | ×1 | — | — | — |
| Lightning | ×1 | — | — | — |
| Slash | ×0.9 | — | Stone Golem | — |
| Pierce | ×0.9 | — | Stone Golem | — |
| Poison | ×0.7 | — | Fenring | Stone Golem |
| Frost | ×0.4 | — | — | Stone GolemDrakeModer |
| Spirit | ×0.2 | — | — | Stone GolemDrake WolfModer |
Plains
6 hostile creatures and the boss: Vile, Lox, Fuling Berserker, Fuling, Deathsquito, Yagluth.
| Damage type | Average | Weak | Resistant | Immune |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire | ×1.08 |  Vile Lox |  Yagluth | — |
| Lightning | ×1 | — | — | — |
| Blunt | ×0.83 | — | VileLox | — |
| Slash | ×0.83 | — | VileLox | — |
| Frost | ×0.83 | — | VileLox | — |
| Pierce | ×0.79 | — | VileYagluth | — |
| Poison | ×0.67 | — | — | VileYagluth |
| Spirit | ×0.42 | Vile | — | Lox Fuling Berserker Fuling Deathsquito |
Mistlands
7 hostile creatures and the boss: Gjall, Seeker Soldier, Dvergr Rogue, Seeker, Tick, Seeker Brood, The Queen.
| Damage type | Average | Weak | Resistant | Immune |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost | ×1 | — | — | — |
| Lightning | ×1 | — | — | — |
| Poison | ×1 | — | — | — |
| Fire | ×0.93 | — |  Gjall | — |
| Pierce | ×0.79 |  Tick |  Seeker Soldier Seeker Seeker Brood The Queen | — |
| Blunt | ×0.79 | — | Seeker SoldierSeekerSeeker Brood | — |
| Slash | ×0.79 | — | Seeker SoldierSeekerSeeker Brood | — |
| Spirit | ×0 | — | — | GjallSeeker Soldier Dvergr RogueSeekerTickSeeker BroodThe Queen |
Ashlands
10 hostile creatures and the boss: Morgen, Fallen Valkyrie, Bonemaw, Asksvin, Charred Warrior, Dvergr Rogue, Charred Twitcher, Volture, Charred Marksman, Fader.
| Damage type | Average | Weak | Resistant | Immune |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost | ×1.1 |  Bonemaw Volture | — | — |
| Lightning | ×1.05 |  Morgen | — | — |
| Blunt | ×0.95 | — | Morgen | — |
| Slash | ×0.95 | — | Morgen | — |
| Spirit | ×0.8 |  Fallen Valkyrie Charred Warrior Charred Twitcher Charred Marksman | — | Bonemaw AsksvinDvergr Rogue Fader |
| Pierce | ×0.75 | — | MorgenCharred WarriorCharred TwitcherCharred MarksmanFader | — |
| Fire | ×0.43 | — | MorgenFallen ValkyrieAsksvinCharred WarriorCharred TwitcherCharred Marksman | BonemawFader |
| Poison | ×0.4 | — | BonemawAsksvin | Fallen ValkyrieCharred WarriorCharred TwitcherVoltureCharred Marksman |
Deep North
10 hostile creatures and the boss: Gammeltroll, Barka, Krigen, Moose, Hexen, Elaking, Greydwarf Shaman, Greydwarf, Skeleton, Kall Fimbulbringer.
| Damage type | Average | Weak | Resistant | Immune |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire | ×1.3 |  Barka Moose Hexen ElakingGreydwarf ShamanGreydwarfSkeleton |  Kall Fimbulbringer |  Gammeltroll |
| Blunt | ×0.9 | Skeleton | GammeltrollBarkaMoose | — |
| Lightning | ×0.9 | — | BarkaKall Fimbulbringer | — |
| Slash | ×0.85 | — | GammeltrollBarkaMoose | — |
| Pierce | ×0.75 | — | GammeltrollBarka KrigenSkeletonKall Fimbulbringer | — |
| Frost | ×0.55 | — | GammeltrollBarkaKrigenMooseHexenElakingSkeletonKall Fimbulbringer | — |
| Poison | ×0.5 | — | Greydwarf ShamanGreydwarf | BarkaKrigenHexenSkeleton |
| Spirit | ×0.1 | — | — | GammeltrollBarkaKrigenMooseHexenElakingGreydwarf ShamanGreydwarfKall Fimbulbringer |
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Formula
Each creature takes each type × its modifier: Very weak, Weak, Slightly weak, Slightly resistant, Resistant, Very resistant, Immune → ×2, ×1.5, ×1.25, ×0.75, ×0.5, ×0.25, ×0. Average = the mean over the biome's creatures and boss, each counted once.
HitData.DamageModifiers and HitData.ApplyModifier in the code of Valheim 1.0.17.
Assumptions
- Each creature counts the same, whatever its health or how often it spawns.
- Creatures that never attack, and the Shadow (immune to every weapon), are left out.