History Characters / Valheim

* BlobMonster: [[UpToEleven A massive example,]] resembling dozens of skeletons stuck in a sentient mass of sludge.

* KingMook: Known as "Goblin King" in the game files, and otherwise heavily imlied to be a former king of the Fuling tribes.

!Dark Forest

The mature versions of the Greylings and the main inhabitant of the Dark Forest biome. They come in three varieties: the normal Greydwarf, the Greydwarf Shaman and the Greydwarf Brute.

* GangOfBullies: Especially once the player outgrows the Dark Forest, but in general as well. Greydwarves are not particularly powerful, but tend to travel in groups or accompany stronger enemies. They can be an enormous pest to player structures, which they'll readily attack.

!Swamp
[[SwampsAreEvil Overcast and gloomy wetlands filled with undead and poisonous critters]]. The lore implies these were once fertile lands inhabited by a [[ProudWarriorRace proud race of vikings]], but when their arrogance made them rebel against the Gods, the latter destroyed and sank their civilisations. Remnants of these civilisations are still around in the form of Sunken Crypts, which players can raid for various resources, such as Iron.

[[folder:Draugr and Draugr Elites]]
Undead viking warriors armed with iron weapons, formerly living members of the civilization destroyed by the gods. Unlike skeletons, they still have plenty of meat on their bones, and their entrails are an ingredient in making sausages.

* FleshEatingZombie: Inverted. YOU'll have to eat plenty of ''their'' entrails throughout the mid-to-late game, in the form of sausage casings. [[SarcasmMode Bon appétit!]]
* EliteMook: The Draugr Elites, which are considerably tougher than their ordinary kin.
* GlowingEyes: Green, in line with the sickly atmosphere of the swamp.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Basically the Norse equivalent of zombies, although they can still run and use weapons.
* ProudWarriorRace: Used to be this, before the Gods put them in their place. Now they wander the swamps aimlessly. They are still very capable of fighting, however.
* MookMaker: Body Piles are the draugr equivalent of an Evil Bone Pile, and you can expect to find plenty of them in Sunken Crypts.

[[folder:Blobs and Oozers]]

Poisonous blobs of sludge crawling and leaping around. Killing Oozes is the only way to obtain Iron without obtaining the Swamp key.

The vengeful spirits of once proud Vikings. Far more vicious than their Dark Forest counterparts. They only appear at night.

!Mountain
[[SlippySlideyIceWorld Frozen snow-covered peaks, usually found at very high altitudes.]] Unlike other examples of snow biomes, mountains are so cold that you'll [[KillItWithIce quickly freeze to death without proper protection.]] Once you find a way to endure the freezing cold, you'll have to deal with [[SavageWolves wolves,]] [[OurDragonsAreDifferent drakes,]] [[RockMonster stone golems,]] and even [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves.]] However, mountains also hide valuable resources such as silver and obsidian.

[[folder:Wolves]]

Grey wolves native to the Mountains of Valheim. They are well-camouflaged, efficient predators that often travel in packs.

* AllAnimalsAreDomesticated: Wolves van be domesticated, and can be made to follow the player. They can make for useful allies in combat.
* EliteMook: The wolves with star ratings are incredibly dangerous, combining a very high damage output eclipsing that of most Plains creatures with relentless speed. And woe is the player if they bring their pack along.
* FragileSpeedster: They have relatively low hp, but deal moderate damage and are fast and agile.
* SavageWolf: Vicious, attack quickly and are often not alone.
* ZergRush: Often found in (small) packs, but wolves are persistent predators and it is not uncommon to run into more wolves while dealing with one encounter.

[[folder:Drakes]]

Flying, wyvern-like creatures that can shoot projectiles of ice at the player. They never land and thus have to be dealt with through ranged means.

!Ocean
[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The ocean.]] As is usually the case, the ocean represents the space between other biomes. However, while it may not seem like a biome in itself, players sailing through it aren't necessarily alone. If you're lucky, you may encounter a docile [[TurtleIsland Leviathan,]] giving you an opportunity to mine the barnacles growing on its back. If you're unlucky, you may instead be attacked by a [[SeaSerpents sea serpent.]] Normal fish also spawn in water, and can be caught from the shore if you have a fishing rod.

[[folder:Leviathans]]

Leviathans are enormous, island-like creatures found in the open ocean. The Abyssal Barnacles on their carapace can be mined to obtain Chitin.

* GentleGiant: They do not attack the player whatsoever and will even tolerate you on their back indefinitely. Only when the barnacles are mined will the Leviathan eventually submerge.
* KrakenAndLeviathan: Giant beasts of the sea that easily dwarf your ship.
* RoarBeforeBeating: Played with. The actual Leviathan won't attack you, but mine too many of their barnacles and the beast will roar. Shortly after the Leviathan then submerges completely, leaving the player in the water and possibly to drown if their boat is too far away.
* TurtleIsland: While not actual turtles, they invoke this trope by having their stony carapace rise above the water's surface. They appear as small islands from a distance, including rocks and trees growing on their back, as well as Abyssal Barnacles.

[[folder:Serpents]]

Marine serpents found in the open ocean. They will readily attack and sink a player's boat to get at the Viking inside. Killing them always yields their meat, though Vikings must kill them over land if they want to obtain their heavy scales.

* ColdbloodedWhatever: Looks like a mix between a serpent and a fish. The game refers to them as Serpents, and their meat is noted to smell fishy.
* GracefulinTheirElement: They are fast in the water, but completely helpless on land. The player must make use of this fact if they want to obtain the Serpent's heavy scales, which sink in open water.
* SeaSerpents: Naturally.
* SuperToughness: Their scales grant them natural armor. They can be used to craft the Serpent Shield, one of the better mid-game shields.

!The Forsaken
The game's main bosses, and your primary targets as an adventurer in Valheim. Only after defeating all of them will you be permitted to enter Valhalla. There's one boss for each biome, and each one is more powerful than the last. Whenever you defeat one, you gain access to a unique activatable ability. While you don't need to defeat any boss to access a certain biome, every boss drops an item required to fully access the next biome's resources.

[[folder:Eikthyr]]

The first Forsaken and guardian of the Meadows. He takes the form of a giant deer with branching antlers and two deer trophies are required to summon him.

* ChainedByFashion: Several chains run through his antlers.
* DefiantToTheEnd: If his trophy is mounted, it will ocasionally speak to the player, noting that though he may have been slain, the wilderness will never submit to Odin.
* KingMook: A [[NotSoHarmless scaled up and much more powerful]] relative of the meek deer found in the Meadows.
* TheMarvelousDeer: A massive deer with impressive antlers and portrayed as the guardian of the Meadows.
* MeaningfulName: His name references Eikþyrnir, the mythical deer that stands upon Valhalla.
* ShockAndAwe: One of his main attacks is to shoot lightning from his antlers.

[[folder:The Elder]]

The second Forsaken found in the Dark Forest. It takes the form of a giant treeman capable of manipulating the forest around it. 3 Elder Seeds must be burned at its altar to summon it.

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: One of the tallest creatures in the game.
* GreenThumb: It can control plants and will attack players with long, ranged vines and roots erupting from the ground.
* KingMook: It is heavily implied to be the King of Greydwarves, sharing a similar design. The game files refer to it as "gd_king".
* TrampledUnderfoot: If players get close to it, it will attempt to stomp on them for heavy damage.
* {{Treants}}: Appears as a giant humanoid tree.

[[folder:Bonemass]]

The third Forsaken, located in the bowels of the Swamp. Its form is that of a giant mass of poisonous filth with human remains mixed into it. 10 Withered bones must be offered to its altar for it to make an appearance.

* AllAnimalsAreDomesticated: They can be tamed, though it is currently not yet possible to breed them.

* CannibalZombie: Inverted. YOU'll have to eat plenty of their entrails throughout the mid-to-late game,

Basic deer that will flee when they notice the player. The hides and meat they drop are useful (early game) resources.

* EliteMook: The Brutes are ''a lot'' tougher then the other Greydwarves, depending on your health its quiet possible for them to one hit kill you, while your clubs, and stone/flint weapons do almost no damage. Until you get at least a full bronze loadout best to stear clear of these guys.

* OurGhostsAreDifferent: They appear as purle-ish, gaseous figures.

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Basically the norse equivalent of zombies, although they can still run and use weapons.

* InstantLeechJustFallInWater: Instant giant leeches. Accidentally find yourself in a deep body of swamp water, and you might have multiple of these tearing you apart.

* RhinoRampage: Gentle once startled, after which it will continuously charge at the player like a boar. Except the Lox is several times bigger.

[[folder: Greydwarves]]

* WeaksauceWeakness: They are incredibly weak to pickaxes specifically, although one should not expect them to keel over in one or two hits. Blunt damage in general is also effective.

[[folder: Leviathans]]

[[folder: Serpents]]

[[folder: Eikthyr]]

[[folder: The Elder]]

[[folder: Bonemass]]

[[folder: Moder]]

[[folder: Yagluth]]

* MegatonPunch: They throw serious punches and their slams deal devastating damage. They technically can be parried, but it will barely affect them.

* WallMaster: Appears as an ordinary rocky outcrop, but will assemble itself once the player gets close enough.

* Treants: Appears as a giant humanoid tree.

* BeeAfraid: Getting too close to them will cause the swarm of bees to attack.
* ScaryStingingSwarm: Once the player gets too close they'll sting, inflicting mild poison as they do.

* AllAnimalsAreDomesticated: Once the player destroys the hive and acquires the queen, they can build an apiary for the her to host a bee colony in, providing the player with a limitless supply of honey.

* BeeAfraid: Getting to close to them will cause the swarm of bees to attack.

* AllAnimalsAreDomesticated: Once the player destroys the hive and acquires the queen, they can employ her to host a colony in an apiary, providing the player with a limitless supply of honey.

[[folder:Necks]]

Amphibious creatures that tend to hang out near rivers and the ocean. Their tails make for the best meat available in the early game.

* AmphibianAssault: Necks are not overly dangerous, but they tend to cluster in groups, which can prove problematic to new players. Star versions may also spawn that are substantially stronger than the regular Necks.
* AmphibianAtLarge: They're about as large as a boar, and just as aggressive.

[[folder:Greylings]]

Small, wooden humanoids and the only non-animal hostile creatures in the Meadows biome at the start of the game.

* MiniMook: They represent the immature version of the Greydwarf.
* PlantPerson: Their bodies are mostly composed of wood and they will drop resin upon death.

* SmashMook: Their only method of attack is to go straight for the player and slam down their fists or logs.

* BarbarianTribe: Portrayed as this. They live in camps constructed out of wood and Lox hides and farm some local crops. They're also highly aggressive and savage fighters.

A former king of the Fulings, reduced to a mere skeleton. Placing 5 Fuling Totems at his altar will bring back the old King for one last battle.

* KingMook: Known as "GoblinKing" in the game files, and otherwise heavily imlied to be a former king of the Fuling tribes.

The fourth Forsaken, soaring above the Mountains. Moder is a giant Wyvern, who will only come out when her children are in danger. If three Dragon Eggs are offered to her alter, she will confront the player(s).

* VomitIndescretionShot: One of its attacks has it arch back, then vomit up an unholy amount of poisonous gas, forcing players to maintain a fair distance to stay out of its reach.

* MeaningfulName: His name references Eikþyrnir, the mythical deer that stands upon Valhalla.

* CrushedUnderfoot: If players get close to it, it will attempt to stomp on them for heavy damage.

* KingMook: It is heavily implied to be the King of Greydwarves, sharing a similar design. The game files refer to it as "gd_king"

* MeaningfulName: His name references Eikþyrnir, the mythical deer that stands upon Valhalla.

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: It is very tall

* GreenThumb: It can control plants and will attack players with long vines and roots.

* TheBrute: The Berserkers are some of the hardest-hitting creatures in the game.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: The regular Fulings don't look like much and unknowing players could easily be tricked into assuming they are easy-pickings. Their short stature and tendency to snicker likely don't help. They are, however, amongst the most dangerous foes in the game and can easily finish off unprepared players or players not properly geared for the end-game.

Large, ox-like herbivores that graze on vast expanses of the Plains. Docile until startled.

* [[RedEyesTakeWarning Red Abdomen Take Warning]]

* [[RedEyesTakeWarning Red Abdomen Take Warning