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Damage Types

Damage types are a core combat mechanic in Valheim. Enemies and bosses can be resistant, immune, or weak to specific damage types, and matching your weapon to a target’s weakness can massively increase kill speed and survivability. This page covers the main damage types, common sources, and a quick boss weakness reference by biome.

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<p>Damage types are a core combat mechanic in Valheim. Enemies and bosses can be resistant, immune, or weak to specific damage types, and matching your weapon to a target’s weakness can massively increase kill speed and survivability. This page covers the main damage types, common sources, and a quick boss weakness reference by biome.</p>
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[[Getting Started]] • [[Crafting]] • [[Weapons]] • [[Armor]] • [[Food]] • [[Biomes of Valheim|Biomes]]
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== 🧭 Quick Navigation ==
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[[Meadows]] • [[Black Forest]] • [[Swamp]] • [[Mountains]] • [[Plains]] • [[Mistlands]] • [[Ashlands]]
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== 🧾 How resistances work ==
* Damage types are modified by the target’s resistances.
* **Weak** targets take increased damage.
* **Resistant** targets take reduced damage.
* **Immune** targets take no damage of that type.
* Many enemies have multiple modifiers (for example, resistant to Pierce but weak to Blunt).
* Elemental and Spirit damage are especially important for certain biomes and undead enemies.

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== ⚔️ Physical Damage Types ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Type
! What it’s good for
! Common sources
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| **Slash**
| General-purpose damage; effective vs many living enemies
| Swords, Axes, Knives
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| **Pierce**
| Strong on ranged weapons and spears; good vs many creatures but not all
| Bows, Spears, Atgeirs, Crossbows
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| **Blunt**
| Excellent vs undead and many swamp enemies
| Clubs, Maces, Sledgehammers
|}

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== ✨ Elemental & Special Damage Types ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Type
! What it does
! Common sources
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| **Fire**
| Damage over time effect; strong pressure tool and crowd control
| Fire arrows, Staff of Embers, some late-game weapons
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| **Frost**
| Slows targets and reduces movement speed; strong control tool
| Frost arrows, Staff of Frost, some biome weapons
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| **Poison**
| Damage over time; great vs high-health targets that aren’t resistant
| Poison arrows, certain weapons and effects
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| **Lightning**
| High burst elemental damage (late-game)
| Ashlands-tier weapons and effects
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| **Spirit**
| Bonus damage vs undead and certain supernatural enemies
| Silver weapons, some special items
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== 🛡 Quick tips for weapon choice ==
* Carry at least **two** melee options if possible:
* One general-purpose (often Slash or Pierce)
* One for counters (often Blunt or Spirit)
* In the [[Swamp]], having a strong **Blunt** weapon is a huge difficulty reducer.
* In late biomes, elemental effects (Fire, Frost, Lightning) become more valuable for control and burst.

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== 👑 Boss Weakness Quick Reference ==
This table is designed for fast lookup while progressing biome to biome.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Boss
! Biome
! Generally strong against
! Generally weak to
! Notes
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| [[Eikthyr]]
| Meadows
| Pierce (often resisted)
| **Fire**
| Early boss; fire arrows help new players a lot
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| [[The Elder]]
| Black Forest
| Pierce (often resisted)
| **Fire**
| Fire damage is a consistent advantage for this fight
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| [[Bonemass]]
| Swamp
| Slash, Pierce, Poison
| **Blunt**
| Blunt weapons are the most reliable counter; bring a mace
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| [[Moder]]
| Mountains
| —
| **Pierce**
| Ranged Pierce pressure is strong; stay mobile
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| [[Yagluth]]
| Plains
| Fire
| **Frost**
| Frost damage tends to outperform fire-based approaches here
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| [[The Queen]]
| Mistlands
| —
| **Fire**
| Fire-based magic and sustained DPS approaches perform well
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| [[Fader]]
| Ashlands
| Fire
| **Frost**
| Fire-heavy builds lose value; frost control is helpful
|}

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== 🔗 Related Pages ==
* [[Weapons]]
* [[Shields]]
* [[Skills]]
* [[Bosses]]
* [[Biomes of Valheim|Biomes]]

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