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Getting Started

Getting Started in Valheim covers your first in-game day. This guide walks through the essential steps needed to survive, build shelter, secure food, and prepare for early progression in the Meadows.

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== 🌄 Step 1: Pick Up Everything ==
When you first spawn:

* Collect loose branches and stones from the ground.
* Pick up berries and mushrooms.
* Approach small trees and bushes for wood.

Picking up new materials unlocks crafting recipes automatically.

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== 🪓 Step 2: Craft Basic Tools ==
Open your inventory (Tab) and craft:

* Stone Axe (wood cutting)
* Hammer (building)
* Club (basic melee weapon)

The Stone Axe allows you to cut down trees, which unlocks most early progression.

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== 🛖 Step 3: Place a Workbench ==
To begin building:

# Equip the Hammer.
# Place a Workbench on flat ground.
# Build walls and a roof around it.

The Workbench must be sheltered to function properly.

This becomes your first base of operations.

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== 🔥 Step 4: Build a Fire & Cook Food ==
Place a Campfire inside your shelter (ensure smoke can escape).

Then:

* Craft a Cooking Station.
* Hunt [[Boar]] or [[Deer]].
* Cook meat over the fire.

Always eat three different food items for maximum health and stamina.

Food determines your survivability.

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== 🛏 Step 5: Build a Bed ==
Craft and place a Bed inside your shelter.

Requirements:
* Roof overhead
* Nearby fire
* Enclosed walls

Sleeping:
* Skips nighttime
* Sets your spawn point
* Reduces early enemy pressure

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== 😌 Step 6: Activate the Rested Bonus ==
Sit near your fire inside shelter to gain the [[Rested]] buff.

The Rested bonus:
* Increases stamina regeneration
* Improves health regeneration
* Makes exploration much easier

Avoid long trips without it.

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== 🗺 Step 7: Explore the Meadows ==
Before leaving your starting biome:

* Craft a Shield.
* Craft a Crude Bow.
* Gather [[Deer Trophy]] drops.
* Activate any Vegvisir rune stones you find.

Avoid entering the [[Black Forest]] too early — enemies there are significantly stronger.

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== ⚡ Step 8: Prepare for Your First Boss ==
Once you have:

* Leather Armor (optional but helpful)
* Cooked food
* A shield and weapon
* 2 × [[Deer Trophy]]

You are ready to summon [[Eikthyr]].

Defeating Eikthyr unlocks metal progression and the next phase of the game.

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== ❌ Common First-Day Mistakes ==
* Exploring at night without shelter.
* Fighting multiple enemies at once.
* Ignoring food buffs.
* Leaving the workbench exposed.
* Cutting trees without watching where they fall.

Trees can kill you.

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== 🔗 Related Pages ==
* [[Controls]]
* [[Early Game Tips]]
* [[Meadows]]
* [[Eikthyr]]
* [[Biomes of Valheim]]

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