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3× Ancient Seed at the Ancient Bowl in GDKing.
Forsaken power from its trophy: The Elder · 5 min
The power of the forest invigorates you. You shall gather its bounties faster, just as you shall regain your own vitality should you lose it.
- Health regen +30%
- +60% Chop damage
- +60% Pickaxe damage
Drops
| Item | 0★ | 1★ | 2★ | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Elder Trophy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
 Swamp Key | 1 each | 1 each | 1 each | 100% |
From CharacterDrop in the files. Stars multiply chance and amount of the drops marked for it by 2 per star. Amounts are what the game can roll (it never rolls the upper number written in the files). Chances of 30% or less use a pseudo-random counter, so long dry streaks can't happen.
Attacks
| Attack | Damage | Every |
|---|---|---|
| Shootranged | 35 Pierce20 Chop20 Pickaxe | 6 s |
| Stomparea | 60 Blunt1,000 Chop1,000 Pickaxe | 5 s |
Each star adds 50% damage (Attack.GetLevelDamageFactor). Check what your shield can hold in the block calculator.
Achievements
The ElderDefeat the Living Forest.
The Tough VikingDefeat all bosses on normal difficulty or higher.
The Toughest VikingDefeat all bosses on hard difficulty.
The VikingDefeat all bosses on any difficulty.The Elder in other languages
SwedishDen Uråldrige
UkrainianПрадавній
Portuguese BrazilianAncião
DanishDen Gamle
NorwegianDen Eldste
HungarianŐsöreg
FrenchL'Aîné
ItalianL' Antico
GermanDer Uralte
SpanishEl Sabio
RussianДревний
RomanianElder-ul
BulgarianСтарейшината
FinnishVanhin
IcelandicÖldungurinn
TurkishKadim Olan
LithuanianVyresnysis
CzechPrastarý
SlovakPrastarý
PolishStarzec
DutchDe Oudere
Portuguese EuropeanO Ancião
Chinese古树长老
Chinese Trad神木長老
Japanese長老
Korean엘더
Thaiดิเอลเดอร์
Georgianუხუცესი
LatvianVecajais
From the game's own localization files (30 languages).
Source: prefab gd_king (Character, CharacterDrop, spawn lists) in Valheim 1.0.16 (2026-09-24).