In Tribes of Midgard, players will have to face an onslaught of enemies, defending their base and collecting resources for their eventual showdown against a giant. It's a daunting task. Games often end early, using one of Midgard's bifrosts. But it's a task that's made slightly easier if a player knows their enemies' weaknesses.
Like plenty of fantasy games, Tribes of Midgard has an elemental damage system. The four elements are Fire, Ice, Lightning, and Dark.
Midgard's elemental weaknesses are bidirectional: fire and ice are weak to each other, as are lighting and dark. Most enemies, including Midgard's looming giants, have an elemental type and weakness. Attacking an enemy with the same type of element will not do much damage.
Players can perform elemental damage by either equipping certain weapons, but they should be wary that certain armors can give their character elemental weaknesses as well. Each of Tribes of Midgard's classes has a skill tree, and along several of them are "embrace" blessings, which increase damage efficiency for a single element. It's best players know what they're facing ahead of time.
Enemies Without a Weakness
These are "normal" enemies or animals, and tend to be fodder.
- Amber Deer
- Black Wolf
- Boar
- Brown Deer
- Crab
- Fenrir
- Heron
- Lizard
- Pig
- Puffin
- Raven
- Snake
- Varúlfur
- White Deer
Fire Enemies, Weak to Ice
- Amber Wolf
- Brennálfar Archer
- Brennálfar Warrior
- Brennaúlfur
- Halogi
- White Goblin Thrower
- White Goblin Warrior
- White Troll
Ice Enemies, Weak to Fire
- Geirroor
- Isulfur
- Unfrozen Shield-Maiden
- Unfrozen Warrior
- White Wolf
Lightning Enemies, Weak to Dark
- Blue Goblin Thrower
- Blue Goblin Warrior
- Blue Tröll
- Jarnsaxa
- Linnorm
Dark Enemies, Weak to Lightning
- Angrbooa
- Bombling
- Creepling
- Dogling
- Dokkalfar Archer
- Dokkalfar Warrior
- Dokkalfar Witch
- Elite Seekling
- Elite Vatling
- Seekling
- Sireling
- Twinling
- Unsunken Shield-Maiden
- Unsunken Warchief
- Unsunken Warrior
- Vatling
What to Prioritize
Currently, the category with the most enemies is the dark category, so lightning weapons seem to be the go-to choice. That being said, it should be noted that Tribes of Midgard is a service game. More enemies and balance changes in the future might make another element more valuable.
Even in its current state, a player shouldn't invest too much into one element. They could get unlucky, and end up fighting a giant strong against their gear. Tribes of Midgard is best played in a group, and multiple players can cover multiple different elemental weaknesses. If playing solo, a player should try to keep at least two different elemental weapons in their inventory.
Tribes of Midgard is now available for PC, PS4, and PS5.