The full Valheim creatures reference follows. Each entry comes from the game wiki, so what you read is what the data actually says.
Overview
The creatures below cover the spread of what the world throws at you. Scan the list before a trip so nothing surprises you.
How Creatures shape your runs
Use the table as a checklist. Mark the ones you have met, and the gaps tell you which parts of the map you have not explored.
Notable Creatures
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Greydwarf (Creatures): Greydwarfs are aggressive creatures found in Black Forests.
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Greydwarf Brute (Creatures): Greydwarf Brutes are aggressive creatures found in Black Forests.
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Draugr (Creatures): Draugr are aggressive creatures found in Swamps or in Draugr Villages, Sunken Crypts, and sometimes towers in the Mountain.
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Greydwarf Shaman (Creatures): Greydwarf Shamans are aggressive creatures found in Black Forests.
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Boar (Creatures): Boars are wild creatures found throughout Valheim, known for their aggressive behavior when approached.
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Greyling (Creatures): Greylings are aggressive creatures found in Meadows.
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Blob (Creatures): Blobs are aggressive creatures found in the Swamps.
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Drake (Creatures): Drakes are aggressive creatures found in the Mountains.
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Fuling (Creatures): Fulings are aggressive creatures found in Plains, especially within Fuling Villages.
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Fuling Berserker (Creatures): Fuling Berserkers are aggressive creatures found in Plains guarding Fuling Villages and Stonehenges.
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Fuling Shaman (Creatures): Fuling shamans are aggressive creatures found in Plains occupying Fuling Villages.
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Ghost (Creatures): Ghosts are aggressive creatures found in Black Forests within Burial Chambers, and as part of “You feel a chill down your spine…” raid event.
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Deathsquito (Creatures): Deathsquitos are aggressive creatures found in Plains.
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Fenring (Creatures): Fenrings are aggressive creatures found in the Mountains during the night.
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Draugr Elite (Creatures): Draugr Elite are aggressive creatures found in the Swamps.
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Creature Level (Creatures): alt=|180x180px|A level 3 (⭐⭐) variant of a Greyling found in Meadows.
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Factions (Creatures): Factions determine which creatures are hostile to each other.
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Growth (Creatures): Growths are aggressive creatures found in Plains, specifically in Tar Pits.
Where to focus
New creatures appear as you push into harder zones. Revisit this list after each milestone to see what changed.
Weapons worth knowing
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Banded shield (Weapons): Banded with hoops of iron, a true warrior’s companion.
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Bronze axe (Weapons): A bright and burnished blade, curved like a smile.
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Abyssal razor (Weapons): A knife from the deep.
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Abyssal Harpoon (Weapons): The ocean’s wrath.
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Bronze pickaxe (Weapons): A good bronze pick.
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Bronze mace (Weapons): A headache on a stick.
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Bronze atgeir (Weapons): A true warrior’s tool.
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Bronze buckler (Weapons): A shield of burnished bronze, good to turn a blade or two.
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Bronze Spear (Weapons): A sturdy spear with a head of burnished bronze.
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Antler pickaxe (Weapons): This tool is hard enough to crack even the most stubborn rocks.
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Black metal atgeir (Weapons): A vicious hewing-axe of almost unbreakable black metal.
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Black metal axe (Weapons): A perfectly-balanced axe forged from dark metal with an emerald sheen.
Related guides
- Valheim hub — all guides for this game.
- Best Valheim Creatures tier list.
- All Valheim Creatures.