Valheim progression checklist — every biome and boss, tick by tick (1.0.17)

How the list is made

Every line is worked out from the game files of 1.0.17, stage by stage:

Armor: the set the biome's own materials make, with the most armor at its max level (all sets side by side on gear progression).
Weapons: the melee and ranged weapon you can have by then that kills the biome's hostile creatures in the fewest hits at skill 50, resistances applied (best weapons by biome).
Food: the three foods with the most health together that you can make by then (best food by biome).
Meads: the strongest healing mead by then, and a resistance mead for an element the boss deals, that a third or more of the biome's hostile creatures deal, or (frost) when the biome's weather freezes — frost resistance keeps Cold and Freezing off you (Player.UpdateEnvStatusEffects).
Metal: where the biome's ore is first had and the weakest pickaxe that breaks it (metals in order).
Station levels: what this stage's own gear needs to be made and upgraded to its max — the recipe's level plus one per quality level above 1 (Recipe.GetRequiredStationLevel), never above the station's top level (one level per extension).
Boss: the locations whose Vegvisir points at its altar, the offering, the trophy's Forsaken power and what its drop makes or opens (progression guide).

Questions

›What order do you fight the bosses in Valheim?

1. Eikthyr (Meadows), 2. The Elder (Black Forest), 3. Bonemass (Swamp), 4. Moder (Mountains), 5. Yagluth (Plains), 6. The Queen (Mistlands), 7. Fader (Ashlands), 8. Kall Fimbulbringer (Deep North). Each boss drops what opens the next part of the world; the checklist above follows that order.

›What should I have before going to the Swamp?

From the Black Forest: Bronze armor: Bronze Helmet, Bronze Plate Tunic and Bronze Plate Leggings (42 armor at max level); Bronze Axe; Finewood Bow with Fire Arrow; Deer Stew, Cooked Bear Meat and Minced Meat Sauce; Minor Healing Mead. For the Swamp itself: Poison Resistance Mead — Bonemass deals up to 130 poison a hit; Writhan, Oozer, Leech, Blob deal poison. The boss there: Bonemass.

›What should I have before going to the Mountains?

From the Swamp: Iron armor: Iron Helmet, Iron Scale Mail and Iron Greaves (60 armor at max level); Battleaxe; Huntsman Bow with Fire Arrow; Sausages, Black Soup and Deer Stew; Medium Healing Mead. For the Mountains itself: Frost Resistance Mead or wear Wolf Fur Cape — Moder deals up to 200 frost a hit; Drake deals frost; the weather freezes; frost resistance keeps Freezing off. The boss there: Moder.

›What should I have before going to the Plains?

From the Mountains: Wolf Hide armor: Wolf Hide Chestpiece and Wolf Hide Trousers (52 armor at max level); Iron Mace; Draugr Fang with Obsidian Arrow; Wolf Skewer, Sausages and Black Soup; Medium Healing Mead. For the Plains itself: Fire Resistance Barley Wine — Yagluth deals up to 65 fire a hit; Fuling deals fire. The boss there: Yagluth.

›What should I have before going to the Ashlands?

From the Mistlands: Carapace armor: Carapace Helmet, Carapace Breastplate and Carapace Greaves (114 armor at max level); Himminafl; Staff of Embers; Misthare Supreme, Honey Glazed Chicken and Meat Platter; Major Healing Mead. For the Ashlands itself: Fire Resistance Barley Wine — Fader deals up to 60 fire a hit; Bonemaw deals fire. The boss there: Fader.

›Where are my ticks saved?

In this browser only (its local storage), on this device; the site keeps no copy. A private window or cleared site data starts the list empty, and Reset clears every tick.