Valheim is an open-world, crafting and survival game with a Viking twist developed by Iron Gate AB. The game has met with incredible success, since its release on early access, attracting over five million players in its opening month. With varied biomes and epic boss fights, the sprawling archipelagos of Valheim are as dangerous as they are beautiful.
Like many games with randomly generated landscapes, players have already begun sharing their map seeds. Some of these are notable for their aesthetic scenery, and others for exceptional start conditions. Seeds are great for veterans and newcomers alike to learn the game's features, with maps that provide large deposits of specific resources or simply make all of the bosses and content easier to access.
Updated By Beau Low on June 26, 2021: Valheim continues to attract new players, with the Hearth and Home update scheduled for later in 2021. This update promises to expand the game by reworking the food system and adding new craftable items. Many fans will want to hone their skills before tackling the new content. Whether players want to slay monsters or build incredible structures, map seeds are a great way of controlling the game's environment. Some seeds make the game easier, while others introduce fresh challenges for Viking warriors to test their mettle. This list has been updated to add new, exciting maps, as well as helpful information on how to make the most of seeds when playing Valheim.
How To Enter Map Seeds In Valheim
- Start the game and select a character.
- In the world selection tab, click New World.
- The player can name their world whatever they want.
- To input a seed, simply copy the string of numbers and letters into the appropriate box, remembering to add capital letters where necessary.
- Players will also see the seeds for their existing worlds displayed next to their respective names, allowing them to share their favorite maps with friends.
Find The Perfect Map With The World Generator
Fans of Iron Gate AB's Viking odyssey have created an unofficial map generator for other players to find fresh seeds. Players can use this tool to insert random codes and see what kind landscapes they produce. Alternatively, players can insert seeds from their own games and use this website to find the locations of bosses or specific landmarks.
The Valheim World Generator provides a number of useful options for players trying to find the perfect map for their next game. Players can generate random seeds, or reveal the whole world and its contents from a seed they know. This is especially helpful for players who are struggling to find the trader or a specific boss.
13 Maypoles Make A Merry Settlement
After a long day of fighting monsters and harvesting resources, it is important to rest whenever possible. Resting for up to 20 seconds will greatly increase a players health and stamina regen while they are sleeping. After resting, players will received further benefits for a set amount of time. These bonuses can be enhanced by structures that provide comfort.
Maypoles and bonfires are two of the simplest ways a player can boost their bases comfort. The latest update for Valheim allows players to craft their own maypoles wherever they please, but they can also be found in the ruins of abandoned villages. The world seed jWM4fqFdSm has two maypoles just southwest of the spawn location, offering a perfect location to build a festive and comfortable village.
12 A Map Seed For Aspiring Beekeepers
Any players seeking to embrace the Viking lifestyle may want to craft their own mead. This drink can be used to restore lost health, or provide extra resistance against frost and poison. In order to craft mead, players will need to find a reliable source of honey.
The map seed Gremlin starts the player on a continent with a nearby trader and 20 beehives. These hives can be broken to obtain queen bees, which the player can use to create their own honey farm. As well as making mead, honey is also useful for quickly restoring health and stamina when eaten raw.
11 An Isolated Island Paradise
Valheim is not the most complex survival game out there; however, new players may still find it daunting as they try to figure out how to start building their first Viking settlement.
Using the seed FLOrida will start the player on a small island all to themselves. This is a great spot for unique builds and for newcomers to learn the game's mechanics. With a little practice and patience, players can create their own seaside village or convert the whole island into a giant fort.
10 An Enormous Central Mountain Range
Players can join each other in multiplayer to overcome challenging bosses and build larger settlements together. However, there is no rule saying that players have to co-operate, and the opportunity for PvP is also present.
Mountains are great strategic obstacles for competitive multiplayer, acting as natural barriers and separating players so they can build their own bases and prepare their equipment for mortal combat. The seed nDB9WybzUw creates a world with two large mountain biomes in the dead center of the map, making it an epic battlefield for PvP.
9 An Idyllic Life Farming
Food is a necessity for even the most warlike Vikings. As such, players will need to locate, meadows, livestock, and fishing spots early on if they want to survive. These aren't too hard to find in the early game, however, it is rare that the player will find all three in the same area.
By entering the map seed wVJCZahxX8, the player will spawn in a large, rolling meadow complete with wild boar and a lake for gathering fish. This seed is ideal for those who wish to hang up their battle-axe and settle down for a peaceful life of fishing and agriculture. More aggressive players will find the extra food a great benefit for maintaining their health and stamina.
8 Striking Scenery For Creative Builders
Some players will be eager to leap into combat and take down the boss monsters of Valheim, while others may wish to focus on constructing their own Viking village or impenetrable castle.
Using the seed szN8qp2lBn creates a world that may look unremarkable at first. However, the expansive meadows of this map are strewn with beautiful scenery, such as one field with an enormous oak tree in the middle and another that contains the buried remains of a Viking longboat. There are also ruins scattered across the world including a whole village that can be repaired to make the players first base (meadows make some of the best base locations).
7 An Easy Way To Find Haldor
Haldor, the ever-elusive merchant of Valheim, sells many useful items such as the fishing rod and megingjord. He exclusively spawns in the black forest biome and how difficult it is to find him will vary from map to map.
Many of the best seeds already include the position of the merchant. However, the easiest one by far is Hu2N5rgDT5. On this map, the player needs only to walk south and follow the coast from their spawn point and they will find Haldor in the forest close to the beach. Finding the merchant early in the game is a massive advantage as his special items will greatly help with resource gathering and basic survival.
6 An Enormous Black Forest Full Of Tin And Copper
If players want to eventually create better weapons, armor, and workstations, they will need to smelt bronze. This is the only alloy currently available in Valheim and it can be synthesized by melting down copper and tin.
Copper and Tin can both be found in the black forest biome and the map seed AnimeSucks is perfect for gathering plenty of both. This map is covered in expansive patches of black forest. The extra ores players will gain from this landscape should help them to progress much faster in the early game.
5 Crypts Beneath The Swamp
At first glance, swampland can seem to be one of the more unpleasant biomes in Valheim. With the player's movement restricted and shambling, undead creatures attacking from all angles, it may be tempting to avoid swamps altogether, were it not for their precious resources.
The hidden benefits of swampland are the crypts that can be found within them. Sunken crypts are a brilliant source of scrap iron which players can smelt into proper iron for buildings, weapons, and armor. The seed nkkFzfrNPu generates a map with a large swampland area packed with sunken crypts. Clearing all the crypts in this area will yield enough iron for anything the player may wish to build.
4 A Challenging Map Seed For Hardened Warriors
While many may want to make the game easier and more accessible, some players may seek a more challenging experience. The hardest maps in Valheim are often those where the bosses are spread out over great distances.
Using the seed nai4qtPKFt will place the player on a starting continent with no bosses at all. Even reaching Eikthyr will require a raft,and players will have to voyage between islands frequently if they want to progress. The spawn location is in a small meadow surrounded by dense black forest, making this one of the most difficult seeds to explore and complete.
3 A Starting Island With Every Biome
Each of Valheim's five main biomes (there are three secret biomes as well) offers its own unique resources and monster encounters. Players looking to see all the game has to offer will need to find a way of accessing each biome and often this will require finding the means to travel across water.
The map spawned by entering the seed W2hUEJUEcM conveniently has all of the biomes as well as the first two bosses on the player's starting island. With all the biomes accessible from the start, the player will have an easy time gathering new materials and crafting better items as needed.
2 All Bosses Close To Spawn
There are five bosses for players to find and defeat in Valheim and some are far easier than others. Often the player will need to utilize every tool at their disposal.
The map seed HHcLC5acQt is perfect for speedrunners. Every boss except two can be found on the starting island, as well as every biome. Since all of the game's content is within reach from the start, this world is perfect for new players to finish their first game. The player will only need sailing to get to Modor and Yagluth. They can simply use a small raft to travel to the neighboring island.
1 A Map Blessed By Odin Himself
Not all map seeds have to be random strings of numbers and letters. One intuitive player tried entering map seeds based on Norse mythology. They stumbled across a near-perfect map by invoking the name of the All-Father himself.
The map contains every biome on the starting island, as well as the trader and three bosses. The latest update this map has changed to become more challenging, with two of the bosses now on other islands. Players who want to kill Bonemass early to acquire the wishbone will only need a basic raft to hop between the clustered islands, and Modor is even closer. Players wishing to see this world for themselves can do so by entering the seed Odinisking.