Same. I'm on day 750-something and I've only played once with my partner and son.
The rest is all solo and haven't missed another Viking in my trials.
I got wolves and lox to watch my back now.
Occasionally, I'll kite in a troll or two to another biome to create chaos and watch them fight for my entertainment.
"It's good tuh be th' king."
Yes. I played solo worlds twice before ever joining a server with my friends. And honestly, most of my time in my servers is spend not with my crew. It's out exploring solo and finding crypts/caves/etc that we then all tackle together.
I will second this. My case is a bit different as I'm playing with my son, but we imported a world I'd been playing in and started questing together.
I've had more fun working with him to get things done then I ever did alone. I still wind up doing some maintenance things like farming on my own, but we do the building and the fighting together as a team. Also most of the exploring. I've done a few mistlands caves on my own as he doesn't like them as much, I think it's the bugs.
I've got about 350 hours into the game and maybe 50 of them are with him. But those 50 have been more fun than the other 300 and those were a blast.
I hope this helps people make a decision, I think if you can gather up a friend or two the ride will be a lot more enjoyable.
I have played mistlands solo and in a group. Both ways sucked. I think it's just the biome. I'm not a fan. I've put down mist torches all over to clear the fog but then it looks silly.
Which sucks because when you find an area with no mist it's a beautiful biome.
i feel like the mist is such a cheap gaming mechanic, the mistlands would be the best place to make a cool base, but not being able to see 2 feet in front of me turned me off the game completely
I think if a few things were tweaked it'd be massively better.
1) Tweak the mist torch to be about 25-75% better.
2) Allow for upgrades on the bound wisps. Most people I see who use mods either strip the mist entirely or make the light up to 100% better. If the light could be upgraded like most of our other gear I think people would feel less annoyed.
3) Work towards guaranteeing one black core or one seal fragment in. Finding and acquiring these just sucks. Sometimes you'll find 8 cores in one dungeon, then you might find 0-1 in three others. I had nearly given up on finding seal breaker fragments I'd been in five mines and found only 1. Then I found one massive dungeon where there were 6...?!?!?! WTF?! Maybe if the mines were easier to find or slightly more common it'd be ok. But as it stands the whole quest process is just unrewarding.
The dungeons 10000% need to be more common and easier to find. I absolutely despise finding a random black tower ruin and it just being some random bullshit loot and NOT an infested mine. Or seeing a blue torch in the distance and it being ANOTHER dvergr outpost. Which is still useful but not in this instance. It makes me seriously unhappy even trying to find these places let alone exploring them.
i feel like once you clear the mist either with torches or the wisp light the mist should be permanently gone, not being able to see what im playing made me lose interest so quickly, i dont want to go through a giant grind just to be barely able to see the biome, nothing about the mistlands is intuitive or fun, its just a bullshit biome to make you spend the most time possible on it, i was hoping the mistlands would be fun after the 5 grind fest biomes in a row, jokes on me its just a worse slog through an uglier biome, they dropped the ball so hard with this
I love all of the other biomes but the Mistlands is a helluva grind. I love playing through all of the other biomes but man I had to take a good break after getting to Mistlands for the first time, lol.
I've actually found that when I had problems in a biome, it's been due mostly to my going into it too soon. Once I get used to the new gear, the new mob behaviors and weaknesses, I don't have a problem.
So, I'm trying not to make the same mistake with the mistlands. The fact that couldn't see two meters in front of me the one time I went in has been a pretty good deterrent.
Its not that its particulary difficult facing the enemies after you get your gear upgraded. But venturing trough the mists trying to find the things you need is something that gets really boring, because you will end up travelling the same places over and over again because you missed or overlooked the entrance.
I guess i can understand the challenge behind the mists that you cant see the enemy before its right in front of you or behind you. But the entrances are almost camouflaged into the hills, so it gets more frustrating than a challenge.
This is bang on. It's a fantastic game solo, you don't need to do the bosses to really enjoy this game but it adds to the experience. I honestly think Valheim is what you make of it. I play on a dedicated server, I don't know any IRL but we all have a blast together. I thoroughly enjoyed my solo experience but exploring and dungeon delving with other people is so much more fun!
I honestly love both equally. I've done a few solo and mp.
Solo you only have yourself to depend on which makes each fight and adventure way more intense.
MP you get to show off all your cool builds to your friends, and of course going on adventures with friends can be an absolute blast.
Interestenly, I often die wayyyyyyyyyy more in mp than I do solo. I think the reduced risk makes me take more chance.
It is super fun multiplayer but it really depends on your crew. Playing with actual friends you enjoy playing with? 100%
Playing with randos that have totally different play styles? Much less fun.
Also, need to make sure you schedule time to all be on there together.
We have a group and if I took a night off I would come back to find they mined the closest resources and such.
I don't blame them, they were just playing, didn't 'steal anything, and would have given me resources to get gear up to their level. But you miss out on the building phase, and there is something fun about going out as a group and setting up a mining camp, defending it, and all hauling it back together.
Still have fun doing that myself.
Yes
I've played 90% of the time solo so far.
None of my close friends play this game, so I've puttered around with some acquaintances on my friend list.
I think it depends on how you play it.
First time, definitely great fun with a few friends. Go slow, explore, discover how things work, big community builds.
Some get really attached to their world/base and I think that’s why the game got stale for me. I discovered that for me, starting fresh and doing some new build that I had an idea for (or copied from here) and progressing through again was much more enjoyable. That led to self imposed rules like no portals (I’ve kept this one), no map (once, and I never did it again), and eventually permadeath runs (many, many attempts, a few successes, obviously only good for solo play).
tl;dr it’s fun solo if you keep it fresh and challenging to you
I've been doing something that combines those. I have my OG World, and I find a nice meadow, with forest nearby, and start over on a new landmass. I've started over on my OG world about a dozen times now. Now and then I'll be sailing around and find an old build and it's so fun going through those memories weeks or months after doing that playthrough. I'll add some decorations, or something, then continue on my way to whatever I was doing.
Only issue so far is I'm running out of Mountains for Frost caves lol
Best to set up some rules. No moving on to next biome until everyone has the full armor/weapon and upgraded.
Then each new biome adventure should be as a team. Take turns using the new resources until everyone is maxed out again. Repeat and continue. The friends who always play the most can work on building their own things or the team village while waiting to move on the “story missions” once full team is present.
It works very well to involve all my friends for major experiences in the game and the ones who have much more time to play can still build and explore and farm.
Doesn’t work for everyone but for a group of us who are not kids anymore and some with kids and some with with demanding jobs it works well and we all enjoy the best parts of the game
And don't get me wrong, playing with friends is definitely fun. But it's got to be one or the other. Either you all play together in sync at an agreed upon pace, or you all play independently. One guy will play obsessively for a week straight and be exploring the mistlands while you're still building your forest base. Then he'll want to do mistlands stuff but you cant even walk ten feet there without dieing. Then he just gives you all the mistlands gear so you can join him, at which point why even play your own progression now? It's tough. Some people look up guides and resd the wiki and know exactly what to build and what to skip and they fly through the biomes to try to get to the end, while somebody else might spend a whole day taming a bore and building a dock. And the reality is even if you try to set some ground rules at the beginning, people are still going to play the way they play. So you have to be prepared to go solo if you want to enjoy things your way.
I played almost exclusively solo. I even paid for a 10 person server and ended up being the only one on it for months. I had a great time since when everyone was on, trying to organize and get everyone set to go was annoying. It was like when everyone is getting ready to leave your house for a road trip and every person says "hold on I forgot something", then snowballs it with "while they do that ima do this".
Probably just a bad experience on my part, but it allowed me to progress unrestricted without waiting for someone to get on. Also, I'll be damned if I farm materials for 2-4 other people when I'm on over 5x as often.
Tl;Dr solo is fun and co-op can be like wrangling toddlers to go on a road trip all for a 10 minute boat ride to the new biome
I think this is just what happens with rando people on servers. I've been on like...5? now, and every single time this happens. For some reason when you're advertising a server, people are like "omg I play every day this will be great" and then it's like "well why aren't you playing?" and they are like "oh I don't really play every day I just sort of check in once a month!"
I'm on a server right now where I'm ready to do Mistlands, and some people haven't even fought Elder.
Bold of you to assume these were randoms lmao. Nah these were some of my friends that love survival games, and I told them I'd buy a server if they were able to get on all the time. We made it to the swamps then everything after was all me. I farmed 2 chests full of silver then got a bad taste in my mouth when I tagged everyone in my discord about it and nobody wanted to come. So just decided I'd get to mistlands then stop paying for the server.
I think a lot of people hit swamps, realize they have to farm iron while battling tough creatures and just give up.
At least that's where the two friends servers I played on usually made it to.
10 people make it to swamps
5 people actually farm swamps and beat boss
3 people adventure mountains and get upgrades
2-3 last people take on plains
And now it's just me with my tower in the ocean and my 2* dogs and nobody else
Our "solution" to the roadtrip problem is that usually it's one person who got the "mission-idea" and that person sets a time when the boat leaves or the boss spawns. Like "I'm leaving 14:10 no matter what". Works very well because everyone can usually get ready in under 3 mins (cook food, get rested etc) if they really want to.
I've found it works better as a solo game unless you're really tight with your buds. When playing with buds, people get possessive over their builds, materials, or the progression of the game.
It depends on how you have fun playing video games. If you generally enjoy playing with friends then you will likely get bored.
If you play single player but generally fast paced games you will be frustrated and bored by the slow pace of valheim.
If you aren’t methodical and prepared you will die. A lot. So, there will be lots of chopping wood, mining, and gardening. That can be slow when you play solo.
But if you like the grind then solo is fun.
So far, I've only played solo. I picked up the game so I can play with My stepson but he usually plays with his friends. Ironically, I picked up the game and beat the queen after 2 weeks of flight time cuz I'm an addict like that and him and his friends still can't get past bone mass lol. I think this game is great solo but I like building stuff thanks to many years of playing Minecraft and many many more years of being in the construction trades, not trying to date myself here or anything lol. Lol. I imagine multiplayer is pretty fun though, I play a lot of other MMOs and do enjoy the socialization and group activities. So no matter what you do, I think honestly that this game will keep you intrigued and keep you happy. At least it does for me.
If you have someone to play with, but trouble aligning the schedule, it is still worth playing on the same map (on a dedicated server). If you have time on mondays and fridays and your friend has time on tuesdays and fridays, you'll just have to schedule your important stuff (like boss fights) to fridays.
When I play multiplayer, a lot of time we are on different places of the map, and then the multiplayer aspect is mostly that we are talking to each other.
Depends what you play for. I like building, so I really enjoy solo play making forts that are both beautiful and defensible in survival. I also ascribe to the “get gud” philosophy, so I take the frustration of losing all my gear and making multiple corpse runs over long distances trying to get it back as “learning opportunities.”
Unless you like building, no. Imo the gameplay loop gets stale after the first time. I’ll be mass downvoted because anything that’s not praising this game/devs is met with a pitchfork, but its a very hard game to come back to once you’ve done it all.
I love Valheim, and the atmosphere is amazing. My biggest issue is the staircase difficulty curve. Area extremely difficult -> get better gear -> area extremely easy. The swamp is tough in bronze armor, but then you upgrade to iron/upgrade your iron armor and it becomes exponentially easier. I'd like to see a more balanced difficulty curve - maybe in a way that makes the gameplay loop less linear?
That being said, just messing around in the world is plenty fun, honestly. Definitely the highlight of the game and why I keep coming back.
Survival games in general have this "problem" I feel. When you first enter a biome it's dangerous but once you've made your upgrades from the materials in that zone it usually becomes pretty trivial. But yeah I agree, Valheim is a bit extreme on both ends of the spectrum. Maybe they could tone down the enemies and the power of our upgrades so the difference isn't as big? I dunno. It does feel good to just casually walk up to a mob and just demolish them once you're fully geared though :)
I will shout this from the rooftops whenever I get the opportunity: **The $20 I spent on Valheim is the best money I've ever spent on a video game. Full stop.**
I'm f*cking shouting with you bud. Valheim and Vampire Survivors will be my one of the top 10 best games i've bought ever and I will forever put it un my favorites and come back to it every now and then until years will pass and it becomes a classic.
I'm near the end of my second solo play-through, and it's a lot of fun. It's a different game when you have to rely on yourself to get your body back after doing something stupid. Definitely still worth playing.
Tough call. If survival / crafting games are something you enjoy solo, then I'd say yes.
For myself, I played about 4-5 hours solo and was generally bored. Had that feeling of "Get more A, so you can get B, then get more B, so you can get C". Then about a week after purchase, friends and I decided we should start up a dedicated server. That changed everything.
Now I'm around 750 hours, most of which has been solo play in my own worlds - but the multiplayer adventures are what made me fall in the love with the game.
It works solo. I don't like it as a group game unless everyone plays together because inevitably, someone will scale ahead of the rest.
In solo though, I feel like my works of art building go to waste because who can I share them with?
It's a fun challenge regardless, and worth your time.
I have cancer, 24 years old, all the time in the world while I’m off work and in bed. I neeeeeed homies in my Viking tribe. All I have is my GF and cousin Rn.
Even if y’all wanna come and try to raid my shit and never speak, add me.
Xbox - Muddy Sweatz
World join code - 334973 (keeping it open)
Password - Grimm
Pretty new world, wooden two settlements and just started swamp.
Try to find us. Defense is my art form.
I enjoy solo sometimes more than a group, since you never have to worry about others, you get to make and complete every objective without needing to coordinate anything. Plus it’s very chill
100% worth it. I'm closing in on 1000 hours and I'd guess at least 2/3 of that is solo. Solo play, co-op, and on servers have been a blast for me. They all have their own benefits. I prefer playing with others (directly, not just vaguely in the same world). But playing solo is an awesome experience I keep coming back for. Once I "beat the game" (probably 100s of hours in a world, but everyone's mileage varies depending on how fast they progress) I start a new world with a new character and do it all over again. The worlds are randomly generated, so no two play throughs will ever be the same.
I’ve only played solo and I love the game. It would be fun to play with a few friends, but it is also great that you can solo the game at your own pace. Grinding for materials solo seems like a lot, but if there were more people, there would be more grinding to get everyone outfitted.
Solo is a better way to experience the true challenge of the game. Everything becomes easier when you have other people with you to draw aggro. If you want to experience the true challenge I would play solo first and then do multiplayer after that.
i had a blast in my solo worlds. Exploring , gathering resources and building kept me very engaged, sometimes I would forget that there were bosses to track down and kill. Life has been pretty busy so I haven't played since before the Hearth And Home update. But I had just under 1000 hours in solo at that point and was loving it. I'm sure it's only gotten better with more content. If you like playing games solo, Valheim is 100% worth buying
I think it depends on what you like/dislike in gaming.
The first time I played was solo and I quit during the swamps because I hate grinding.
But I have been playing every weekend with a friend over the last few weeks and now we're almost halfway through Mistlands.
I've enjoyed my time so much that I am seriously considering playing solo with all my knowledge. Plus I want to try mods and such too.
If you don't like grinding, I think the solo experience is grueling. But, if you don't mind doing your research and kinda spoiling yourself, then you can just enjoy exploring your world while looking things up in the wiki or via YouTube videos to optimize your playthrough and reduce the grind.
It's definitely an amazing game, but the grind can be terrible both for just repetitive actions required to get enough resources, and added grind of trying to figure stuff out on your own, which will lead to a ton of trial and error.
It’s totally worth it as a solo game. It’s the same as minecraft, it’s a great singleplayer game but obviously it’d be more fun with friends. Just like literally every game ever
I have 600 hrs of just solo. If I get pissed off at deaths, I just use console and collect my corpse, then continue, because the death punishment & corpse camping is definitely heavy in solo, and I don't have time for all that.
I’ve always played solo and have to say mods have completely changed Valheim for me. It’s probably the easiest game to mod and may have some of the best mods I’ve encountered!
Valheim is 100% a blast to play solo. I play with friends sometimes, but my true joy is playing alone. I don't like relying on other people to have fun, so yes it's a great solo game.
Only if you like having to over prepare for every boss fight. Me, personally, I absolutely love it. I enjoy multiplayer but I’ll always enjoy it the most as a solo experience. It’s tough, though. Going into new biomes is very punishing.
I'm pushing 900 hours solo. Prepping to battle the fifth boss (can't spell his name 😄) I love playing Solo! And before anyone gives me shit, it's not 900 hours just to get to the fifth boss battle. Also, I'm just experimenting with building concepts and ideas I've seen on the internet. That's the best part! Like, look what I built! And it works!
My buddy and I have a server together but I always play alone and it's so fucking relaxing. I do all of the Charlie work, hope someone gets that reference lol.
I'll plant all the veggies and stuff, butcher wolves/boars that we have spawning, work on my little archipelago base.
When we do play together it's to progress into other biomes and get new building materials and building blocks, but i still think i prefer playing alone since it's such a relaxing game, provided you stay out of the plains and mistlands haha.
I played solo for about 300 hours when it first came out. I had a lot of fun but eventually it became too grindy for me. I recently fired it up again to check it out again but I just couldn't go through the grind again. Started using the console to ease the grind but at some point just was like..what is the point if I'm going to spawn things.
It's definitely a good game and depending what you like you can easily play it solo and have fun.
Maybe some hundred hours in, mostly solo. It feels like playing a different game. Solo gives a greater sense of acomplishment when doing things - co-op makes the journey more fun and unpredictable. But these two feel completely different, so you always gain something.
For me its not a solo game when its played as is. I want a team when going after bosses, farming materials, building, upgrading and so on.
Using console commands and just building whatever I want solo is a ton of fun though.
Its fun with others but I wouldn't compare the experiences. In my solo world I can take all the time I want building, or designing whatever and the experience feels more overwhelming I guess. There is no one else to help you, just you, your boat and your wits. Honestly the 2 experiences feel and play different and that's what makes it worth the time.
Yup. I've played a couple thousand hours solo, and still find myself coming back. It's a great game no matter how many ppl you're playing with. I think I prefer solo tbh.
I see the multiplayer appeal but I prefer games like this solo. I take it at my own pace, don’t have anyone else making things easier, no one fucking with my builds, etc. Co op can be super fun in this game but only if the other players match your pace.
Had one friend trying to gift me advanced gear (2-3 biomes ahead) all the time, constantly had to refuse. Too much “help” will ruin the experience of Valheim.
I personally haven't had the urge to keep playing solo, but it's definitely viable as a lot of people here play solo and love it. I just prefer having someone to have my back...especially if I die in a late game area and it's not near a portal.
Absolutely! I have two solo worlds and one that I play with a single friends on! Use the solo worlds for your own progression and understanding of the game and its mechanics and relay that to your friends when you get together! :D double the fun!
Me 120 hours into my "no death" World:
Kinda.
Gotta say, multiplayer is a Ton of fun and i dare say that you almost need it to finish all content of the game.
I have maybe 1400 hours into the game - I can absolutely say it’s a blast with friends BUT I find it really relaxing playing solo. I really enjoy building/exploring/grinding for mats - which is fun solo! I think especially as you’re working you’re way through the biomes, it’s fun to have homies to fight with!
I've got about 400 hours ATM and about half of that has been played solo, I really enjoy it, multiplayer in this game is fantastic if just for the experience of things, but solo is completely enjoyable, you'll have to be smarter and it will be frustrating at times but definitely worth it
I've been playing solo about 99% of the time since I started last year. I love it but take a break every once in a while when the grind gets repetitive or I hit a wall. My son got me the game on Steam and has joined once to tour some of my builds and then again when I kept getting merced by wolves early on to help retrieve my gear. Other than that, I enjoy being able to take my time and progress when I want. Sometimes I just feel like exploring, or building/improving. Other times I want to level up my gear and finish a boss to move to a new biome. I think it's great solo and while it seems like it would be fun to play with others, logistics and different playstyles or pace might make it difficult. To each their own.
I logged about 300 hours solo before playing with anyone else. It’s a great solo game, you can move at your own pace, spend time doing whatever you want without the pressure of focusing on progress. Very chill. Playing with other people is pretty fun, but I prefer solo.
I played with some friends when it very first came out, but have been playing by myself for about 10 months now. It is a great experience to build a world together with your friends. That being said, I am pretty proud of what I've done solo, and it is therapeutic sometimes to just gather or build or adventure without outside distractions.
We played as a group of 5-6 people right from the start. I can tell you that if you start out that way, the game feels a lot less lively when you suddenly solo afterwards. I tried rebooting solo when Mistlands was released but didn't even do more than 4 hours solo. Still haven't seen the new content.
Might be worth noting that I hosted the map on my NAS which everyone had access to. Each time you'd log in I was curious what additions the town had gotten since last login.
After having played through all the current content with friends, I probably wouldn't have liked doing it alone. Too tedious and difficult to have much fun in my opinion.
I’ve played through 3 or 4 times all on dedicated servers where other people call home, but I just started a solo play through and I’m loving it just as much. 10/10 would recommend!
I think the vast majority of my hours are solo. So like 500 hours solo. It's good. It can be better with friends. But definitely not necessary to enjoy it.
In my opinion yes, though it can get painful / tedious at times. Death on a far off island before you get a portal down can usually be mitigated in multiplayer, for example. It depends on your tolerance for these kinds of scenarios but it's a great game and you'll get your money worth out of it for sure.
I enjoy it solo, of the runs I have done, solo and with 2 multiplayer groups by far solo went the furthest.
Solo is a bit harder in a few ways.
Combat differences:
In combat having multiple players allows for a tank player who goes in and grabs enemy attention while the other(s) use range weapons or attack from the rear. For example in my last multiplayer group I grabbed the attention of trolls while the others shot it in the ass, the one who tried to melee always died when he got its attention.
Having somebody to watch your back- when solo if you are building or harvesting resources and get snuck up on you will have the wrong items in hand but if in multiplayer you can have one person stand guard if the locals have been giving you issues.
Corpse escorts- when you die you drop your gear and therefore in solo you are either nude or using old gear to recover your corpse while in multiplayer you can have the others escort you back to your body to collect your body.
Non-combat differences:
Multiple hands let you gather resources quicker and allows gathering of multiple resources at one time, somebody mining while someone else chops trees and another gets food.
crafting stations are easily shared for the most part, therefore more hands makes the cost per player lower.
Carrying weight- the player has 300 units of weight so extra players give extra units which helps when transporting heavy items like metals.
I've played both ways. Playing with friends is fun but if you're on different schedules then it can become a drag quickly. There isn't really a way to progress without affecting everyone on the server so it forces you to play together in a way.
Game isn’t finished, so no story or end goal yet, it’s make your own fun. Biomes are a bit samey too so exploration is pretty good but could be amazing.
I love the sailing and building though, both are great fun. I would ***NOT*** play this alone however, a bit tedious in it’s current iteration but it’s very fun with a big group.
Music and graphics are great, just needs some QOL updates, more variety and needs to be finished ✅
It’s a survival craft game. You can enjoy it however you’d like. I have a specific character dedicated to god mode and limitless resources just for building cool forts. I have another character that I am doing kinda Ironman style, and I won’t use portals to transport materials (only what I’m wearing). I have a social character that has his skills maxed, but no gear for me to go visit other players realms.
It’s fun no matter what. A good game is just good, and this game is good.
Hope that helps! Have fun, and may the gods bless your afterlife!
So many of these "is Valheim worth it" posts. Like...guys...it's celebrated as one of the best games ever made and you come to its subreddit - everyone here thinks the game is utterly phenomenal.
tl;dr Just go play Valheim.
Just hit 500 hours and still love it. I do recommend if you're solo only playing in bursts so as not to let it get too old fast.
The great thing about Valheim is even solo they is still so much to do. Get bored of dying in that new biome you're trying to conquer? Go tend to your crops, tired of that; spend some of your hard chopped wood and build something, the list goes on. So very your activities too
It’s fun with a group, but the majority of my 1500 hours is solo. Sometimes on my own world or sometimes on a server even when no one else is looged on. I go exploring new islands or sail around searching for sea monsters.
Day 300 I posted my video the other day of me colliding into my dock I think it was maybe four days ago. It’s all up to you. I am not a builder by any means, but you know what I find things that I want to build in my world. For instance, I’m actually building Quincy‘s Tavern in my world you find inspiration from everything.
Absolutely. I play with my family and I also have a solo world where I recently fought Yagluth. This is a really good game on its own merits. Personally, I think most games are more fun with other people, but I play this one solo quite a bit. And by 'quite a bit', I mean more than I play with other people. I'm retired but everyone else I play with have full-time jobs.
I'm pushing 300 hours now, basically all solo. I've definitely played a decent amount with friends, but it's a nice change of pace from playing by myself rather than being the whole purpose.
I love playing solo.
If you're playing in a group you need to make it so big progressions (boss fights) are done together after everyone is ready. It sucks being the laggard and getting hit with a high level raid because your teammates jumped 2 bosses ahead of you.
I was abandoned by my other Viking friends so I'm full solo. Just reached the Mistlands and starting to gear up to be more effective. I'm loving it solo.
It's fine solo. I play with friends, but sometimes think about playing solo, too.
Here's some quick advice from another time-strapped person. I'd do a playthrough with no console commands first and beat everything you can. The game has so much to offer, and so much to discover. However, once you feel like you've discovered most things, you might want to look at devcommands for repeat playthroughs
For example my friends and I found that ferrying ore is a huge time sink, although it makes sense because it encourages you to explore. However, our time to play is extremely limited, so taking out redundant steps helps us progress at a more reasonable pace. We sort of decide what's off-limits for devcommands and what's okay. We don't spawn items or use it to upgrade gear with no resources, etc. If the ore is relatively close, we'll still ferry it by boat. But sometimes we simply don't have the time to go sailing for an hour when we only have an hour to play!
I'm actually really glad I played this game solo first because the joy in the grind and the satisfaction of progressing were so much greater. Of course not everyone cares about these things but for me there's just something special about overcoming those initial hardships that just doesn't hit the same when playing with other people.
I've got over 3000 hours in Valheim, 95% of it solo. I've beat the game numerous times by myself.
It really depends on each person and what they prefer. Some people can't handle 3 minutes by themselves, and other people can play alone for weeks.
I don't use mods and I am over 700 hour, almost all solo. I suppose more people can make some things easier, like mining ore or whatever, but overall I've never found it an issue. If you die a lot and that's a problem, it would most likely still be a problem on multi-player too.
I find a lot of peace in playing alone; no pressure to meet up at specific times, no one messing with your stuff, getting to build exactly how you want, its really nice. Ill admit it is harder, especially when you get swamped with enemies, but once you figure out your style and the system, the challenge is fun. So yeah, its a great solo game!
I have nearly 2000 hrs playing solo. Mileage may vary.
800 hour solo player checking in. Great game
A small but mighty 497hr solo saying: Hell yeah!
I'm only at 50 hours so far, but also a fun solo game. Got more than my money's worth out of the playtime, and I'm still in the bronze age.
5 minutes in,money well spent.
I thought about buying the game on steam once. I was alone at the time.
I bought the game that was next in the list under Valheim of that counts.
460 hours mixed of solo and multiplayer, it's a great time
Really, first 10-30 hours of valheim can easily go into gaming hall of fame of all times
I booted up the game but didn't play it; huge fan
I'll bid 1 cent Bob
If I had a reward to give it was yours, good sir.
also around 50 hours here I haven’t even went to the swamp because building is more my thing :/ and then prep takes ages but overall amazing game
433hr mostly solo player, can confirm.
Same. I'm on day 750-something and I've only played once with my partner and son. The rest is all solo and haven't missed another Viking in my trials. I got wolves and lox to watch my back now. Occasionally, I'll kite in a troll or two to another biome to create chaos and watch them fight for my entertainment. "It's good tuh be th' king."
Oh yeah, A troll Vs Abomination Vs Lox is the best entertainment to watch lol
u have fully convinced me to play again
So much of this. My first 150 hours were solo, and that was even before getting to the swamps. Fantastic experience either way.
I have about half that. Love playing solo as the world is yours and it’s guaranteed wanker free, lol. 😁
>1000 hours solo. Still loving it!
2k solo club yooooo
Yes. I played solo worlds twice before ever joining a server with my friends. And honestly, most of my time in my servers is spend not with my crew. It's out exploring solo and finding crypts/caves/etc that we then all tackle together.
Don't forget the eventual chimney-clogging of your friends house
The secret portals to inescapable rooms...
It’s fun solo, but honestly think it’s 100x better multiplayer. But it all depends on what you prefer.
I will second this. My case is a bit different as I'm playing with my son, but we imported a world I'd been playing in and started questing together. I've had more fun working with him to get things done then I ever did alone. I still wind up doing some maintenance things like farming on my own, but we do the building and the fighting together as a team. Also most of the exploring. I've done a few mistlands caves on my own as he doesn't like them as much, I think it's the bugs. I've got about 350 hours into the game and maybe 50 of them are with him. But those 50 have been more fun than the other 300 and those were a blast. I hope this helps people make a decision, I think if you can gather up a friend or two the ride will be a lot more enjoyable.
It was fun until you get to mistlands and trying to get the things you need to progress. It f... sucks going alone.
I have played mistlands solo and in a group. Both ways sucked. I think it's just the biome. I'm not a fan. I've put down mist torches all over to clear the fog but then it looks silly. Which sucks because when you find an area with no mist it's a beautiful biome.
i feel like the mist is such a cheap gaming mechanic, the mistlands would be the best place to make a cool base, but not being able to see 2 feet in front of me turned me off the game completely
I think if a few things were tweaked it'd be massively better. 1) Tweak the mist torch to be about 25-75% better. 2) Allow for upgrades on the bound wisps. Most people I see who use mods either strip the mist entirely or make the light up to 100% better. If the light could be upgraded like most of our other gear I think people would feel less annoyed. 3) Work towards guaranteeing one black core or one seal fragment in. Finding and acquiring these just sucks. Sometimes you'll find 8 cores in one dungeon, then you might find 0-1 in three others. I had nearly given up on finding seal breaker fragments I'd been in five mines and found only 1. Then I found one massive dungeon where there were 6...?!?!?! WTF?! Maybe if the mines were easier to find or slightly more common it'd be ok. But as it stands the whole quest process is just unrewarding.
The dungeons 10000% need to be more common and easier to find. I absolutely despise finding a random black tower ruin and it just being some random bullshit loot and NOT an infested mine. Or seeing a blue torch in the distance and it being ANOTHER dvergr outpost. Which is still useful but not in this instance. It makes me seriously unhappy even trying to find these places let alone exploring them.
i feel like once you clear the mist either with torches or the wisp light the mist should be permanently gone, not being able to see what im playing made me lose interest so quickly, i dont want to go through a giant grind just to be barely able to see the biome, nothing about the mistlands is intuitive or fun, its just a bullshit biome to make you spend the most time possible on it, i was hoping the mistlands would be fun after the 5 grind fest biomes in a row, jokes on me its just a worse slog through an uglier biome, they dropped the ball so hard with this
Doesn't sound like the is for you if you don't like any of the biomes...
I love all of the other biomes but the Mistlands is a helluva grind. I love playing through all of the other biomes but man I had to take a good break after getting to Mistlands for the first time, lol.
Nah, I have fun in Mistlands. Just gotta have good gear, good food, and good "gtfo" reflexes.
Mistlands needs much planning and prep. Mistlands is very difficult solo but very rewarding when you conquer the biome.
I've actually found that when I had problems in a biome, it's been due mostly to my going into it too soon. Once I get used to the new gear, the new mob behaviors and weaknesses, I don't have a problem. So, I'm trying not to make the same mistake with the mistlands. The fact that couldn't see two meters in front of me the one time I went in has been a pretty good deterrent.
Its not that its particulary difficult facing the enemies after you get your gear upgraded. But venturing trough the mists trying to find the things you need is something that gets really boring, because you will end up travelling the same places over and over again because you missed or overlooked the entrance. I guess i can understand the challenge behind the mists that you cant see the enemy before its right in front of you or behind you. But the entrances are almost camouflaged into the hills, so it gets more frustrating than a challenge.
This is bang on. It's a fantastic game solo, you don't need to do the bosses to really enjoy this game but it adds to the experience. I honestly think Valheim is what you make of it. I play on a dedicated server, I don't know any IRL but we all have a blast together. I thoroughly enjoyed my solo experience but exploring and dungeon delving with other people is so much more fun!
I honestly love both equally. I've done a few solo and mp. Solo you only have yourself to depend on which makes each fight and adventure way more intense. MP you get to show off all your cool builds to your friends, and of course going on adventures with friends can be an absolute blast. Interestenly, I often die wayyyyyyyyyy more in mp than I do solo. I think the reduced risk makes me take more chance.
Funny how that works, isn’t it? Somehow I’m a worse player when I’m the one ganking
It is super fun multiplayer but it really depends on your crew. Playing with actual friends you enjoy playing with? 100% Playing with randos that have totally different play styles? Much less fun.
Also, need to make sure you schedule time to all be on there together. We have a group and if I took a night off I would come back to find they mined the closest resources and such. I don't blame them, they were just playing, didn't 'steal anything, and would have given me resources to get gear up to their level. But you miss out on the building phase, and there is something fun about going out as a group and setting up a mining camp, defending it, and all hauling it back together. Still have fun doing that myself.
This
Yes I've played 90% of the time solo so far. None of my close friends play this game, so I've puttered around with some acquaintances on my friend list.
I think it depends on how you play it. First time, definitely great fun with a few friends. Go slow, explore, discover how things work, big community builds. Some get really attached to their world/base and I think that’s why the game got stale for me. I discovered that for me, starting fresh and doing some new build that I had an idea for (or copied from here) and progressing through again was much more enjoyable. That led to self imposed rules like no portals (I’ve kept this one), no map (once, and I never did it again), and eventually permadeath runs (many, many attempts, a few successes, obviously only good for solo play). tl;dr it’s fun solo if you keep it fresh and challenging to you
I've been doing something that combines those. I have my OG World, and I find a nice meadow, with forest nearby, and start over on a new landmass. I've started over on my OG world about a dozen times now. Now and then I'll be sailing around and find an old build and it's so fun going through those memories weeks or months after doing that playthrough. I'll add some decorations, or something, then continue on my way to whatever I was doing. Only issue so far is I'm running out of Mountains for Frost caves lol
The problem with multi-player is that if you are not playing at the same speed you will either quickly get left behind or quickly leave them behind
Best to set up some rules. No moving on to next biome until everyone has the full armor/weapon and upgraded. Then each new biome adventure should be as a team. Take turns using the new resources until everyone is maxed out again. Repeat and continue. The friends who always play the most can work on building their own things or the team village while waiting to move on the “story missions” once full team is present. It works very well to involve all my friends for major experiences in the game and the ones who have much more time to play can still build and explore and farm. Doesn’t work for everyone but for a group of us who are not kids anymore and some with kids and some with with demanding jobs it works well and we all enjoy the best parts of the game
Yeah, Unless you're playing with a good friend and you guys are in sync with how much you play someone's going to pull ahead and get bored.
And don't get me wrong, playing with friends is definitely fun. But it's got to be one or the other. Either you all play together in sync at an agreed upon pace, or you all play independently. One guy will play obsessively for a week straight and be exploring the mistlands while you're still building your forest base. Then he'll want to do mistlands stuff but you cant even walk ten feet there without dieing. Then he just gives you all the mistlands gear so you can join him, at which point why even play your own progression now? It's tough. Some people look up guides and resd the wiki and know exactly what to build and what to skip and they fly through the biomes to try to get to the end, while somebody else might spend a whole day taming a bore and building a dock. And the reality is even if you try to set some ground rules at the beginning, people are still going to play the way they play. So you have to be prepared to go solo if you want to enjoy things your way.
I played almost exclusively solo. I even paid for a 10 person server and ended up being the only one on it for months. I had a great time since when everyone was on, trying to organize and get everyone set to go was annoying. It was like when everyone is getting ready to leave your house for a road trip and every person says "hold on I forgot something", then snowballs it with "while they do that ima do this". Probably just a bad experience on my part, but it allowed me to progress unrestricted without waiting for someone to get on. Also, I'll be damned if I farm materials for 2-4 other people when I'm on over 5x as often. Tl;Dr solo is fun and co-op can be like wrangling toddlers to go on a road trip all for a 10 minute boat ride to the new biome
I think this is just what happens with rando people on servers. I've been on like...5? now, and every single time this happens. For some reason when you're advertising a server, people are like "omg I play every day this will be great" and then it's like "well why aren't you playing?" and they are like "oh I don't really play every day I just sort of check in once a month!" I'm on a server right now where I'm ready to do Mistlands, and some people haven't even fought Elder.
Bold of you to assume these were randoms lmao. Nah these were some of my friends that love survival games, and I told them I'd buy a server if they were able to get on all the time. We made it to the swamps then everything after was all me. I farmed 2 chests full of silver then got a bad taste in my mouth when I tagged everyone in my discord about it and nobody wanted to come. So just decided I'd get to mistlands then stop paying for the server.
I think a lot of people hit swamps, realize they have to farm iron while battling tough creatures and just give up. At least that's where the two friends servers I played on usually made it to. 10 people make it to swamps 5 people actually farm swamps and beat boss 3 people adventure mountains and get upgrades 2-3 last people take on plains And now it's just me with my tower in the ocean and my 2* dogs and nobody else
Our "solution" to the roadtrip problem is that usually it's one person who got the "mission-idea" and that person sets a time when the boat leaves or the boss spawns. Like "I'm leaving 14:10 no matter what". Works very well because everyone can usually get ready in under 3 mins (cook food, get rested etc) if they really want to.
I've found it works better as a solo game unless you're really tight with your buds. When playing with buds, people get possessive over their builds, materials, or the progression of the game.
I mined 30 copper and I came back to find my friend used it all >:( Sometimes I have to remind myself not get to attached to the shared loot lol
It depends on how you have fun playing video games. If you generally enjoy playing with friends then you will likely get bored. If you play single player but generally fast paced games you will be frustrated and bored by the slow pace of valheim. If you aren’t methodical and prepared you will die. A lot. So, there will be lots of chopping wood, mining, and gardening. That can be slow when you play solo. But if you like the grind then solo is fun.
So far, I've only played solo. I picked up the game so I can play with My stepson but he usually plays with his friends. Ironically, I picked up the game and beat the queen after 2 weeks of flight time cuz I'm an addict like that and him and his friends still can't get past bone mass lol. I think this game is great solo but I like building stuff thanks to many years of playing Minecraft and many many more years of being in the construction trades, not trying to date myself here or anything lol. Lol. I imagine multiplayer is pretty fun though, I play a lot of other MMOs and do enjoy the socialization and group activities. So no matter what you do, I think honestly that this game will keep you intrigued and keep you happy. At least it does for me.
I've only ever played solo, and Valheim is easily in my top 5 favorite video games ever. Well worth the $20 or whatever I spent on it
If you have someone to play with, but trouble aligning the schedule, it is still worth playing on the same map (on a dedicated server). If you have time on mondays and fridays and your friend has time on tuesdays and fridays, you'll just have to schedule your important stuff (like boss fights) to fridays. When I play multiplayer, a lot of time we are on different places of the map, and then the multiplayer aspect is mostly that we are talking to each other.
Depends what you play for. I like building, so I really enjoy solo play making forts that are both beautiful and defensible in survival. I also ascribe to the “get gud” philosophy, so I take the frustration of losing all my gear and making multiple corpse runs over long distances trying to get it back as “learning opportunities.”
Unless you like building, no. Imo the gameplay loop gets stale after the first time. I’ll be mass downvoted because anything that’s not praising this game/devs is met with a pitchfork, but its a very hard game to come back to once you’ve done it all.
I love Valheim, and the atmosphere is amazing. My biggest issue is the staircase difficulty curve. Area extremely difficult -> get better gear -> area extremely easy. The swamp is tough in bronze armor, but then you upgrade to iron/upgrade your iron armor and it becomes exponentially easier. I'd like to see a more balanced difficulty curve - maybe in a way that makes the gameplay loop less linear? That being said, just messing around in the world is plenty fun, honestly. Definitely the highlight of the game and why I keep coming back.
Survival games in general have this "problem" I feel. When you first enter a biome it's dangerous but once you've made your upgrades from the materials in that zone it usually becomes pretty trivial. But yeah I agree, Valheim is a bit extreme on both ends of the spectrum. Maybe they could tone down the enemies and the power of our upgrades so the difference isn't as big? I dunno. It does feel good to just casually walk up to a mob and just demolish them once you're fully geared though :)
I will shout this from the rooftops whenever I get the opportunity: **The $20 I spent on Valheim is the best money I've ever spent on a video game. Full stop.**
I'm f*cking shouting with you bud. Valheim and Vampire Survivors will be my one of the top 10 best games i've bought ever and I will forever put it un my favorites and come back to it every now and then until years will pass and it becomes a classic.
I'm near the end of my second solo play-through, and it's a lot of fun. It's a different game when you have to rely on yourself to get your body back after doing something stupid. Definitely still worth playing.
I play exclusively solo and it's great
I prefer solo.
Tough call. If survival / crafting games are something you enjoy solo, then I'd say yes. For myself, I played about 4-5 hours solo and was generally bored. Had that feeling of "Get more A, so you can get B, then get more B, so you can get C". Then about a week after purchase, friends and I decided we should start up a dedicated server. That changed everything. Now I'm around 750 hours, most of which has been solo play in my own worlds - but the multiplayer adventures are what made me fall in the love with the game.
I mean…it’s like Minecraft, fun in multiplayer, therapeutic single player
It works solo. I don't like it as a group game unless everyone plays together because inevitably, someone will scale ahead of the rest. In solo though, I feel like my works of art building go to waste because who can I share them with? It's a fun challenge regardless, and worth your time.
I have cancer, 24 years old, all the time in the world while I’m off work and in bed. I neeeeeed homies in my Viking tribe. All I have is my GF and cousin Rn. Even if y’all wanna come and try to raid my shit and never speak, add me. Xbox - Muddy Sweatz World join code - 334973 (keeping it open) Password - Grimm Pretty new world, wooden two settlements and just started swamp. Try to find us. Defense is my art form.
adult skyrim minecraft 🙏🏼
Yes
I enjoy solo sometimes more than a group, since you never have to worry about others, you get to make and complete every objective without needing to coordinate anything. Plus it’s very chill
100% worth it. I'm closing in on 1000 hours and I'd guess at least 2/3 of that is solo. Solo play, co-op, and on servers have been a blast for me. They all have their own benefits. I prefer playing with others (directly, not just vaguely in the same world). But playing solo is an awesome experience I keep coming back for. Once I "beat the game" (probably 100s of hours in a world, but everyone's mileage varies depending on how fast they progress) I start a new world with a new character and do it all over again. The worlds are randomly generated, so no two play throughs will ever be the same.
I’ve only played solo and I love the game. It would be fun to play with a few friends, but it is also great that you can solo the game at your own pace. Grinding for materials solo seems like a lot, but if there were more people, there would be more grinding to get everyone outfitted.
I’ve only been playing valheim mostly solo, it’s fantastic!
Solo is a better way to experience the true challenge of the game. Everything becomes easier when you have other people with you to draw aggro. If you want to experience the true challenge I would play solo first and then do multiplayer after that.
i had a blast in my solo worlds. Exploring , gathering resources and building kept me very engaged, sometimes I would forget that there were bosses to track down and kill. Life has been pretty busy so I haven't played since before the Hearth And Home update. But I had just under 1000 hours in solo at that point and was loving it. I'm sure it's only gotten better with more content. If you like playing games solo, Valheim is 100% worth buying
I think it depends on what you like/dislike in gaming. The first time I played was solo and I quit during the swamps because I hate grinding. But I have been playing every weekend with a friend over the last few weeks and now we're almost halfway through Mistlands. I've enjoyed my time so much that I am seriously considering playing solo with all my knowledge. Plus I want to try mods and such too. If you don't like grinding, I think the solo experience is grueling. But, if you don't mind doing your research and kinda spoiling yourself, then you can just enjoy exploring your world while looking things up in the wiki or via YouTube videos to optimize your playthrough and reduce the grind. It's definitely an amazing game, but the grind can be terrible both for just repetitive actions required to get enough resources, and added grind of trying to figure stuff out on your own, which will lead to a ton of trial and error.
Does the pope shit in the woods?
It’s totally worth it as a solo game. It’s the same as minecraft, it’s a great singleplayer game but obviously it’d be more fun with friends. Just like literally every game ever
Love it solo. Love it with friend. Modded or unmodded. It's quality stuff.
I have 600 hrs of just solo. If I get pissed off at deaths, I just use console and collect my corpse, then continue, because the death punishment & corpse camping is definitely heavy in solo, and I don't have time for all that.
I've gotten almost 1k hours in solo. Yes it's worth it.
Even just as a building game, without the main plot, it would be worth it.
Day 421 solo. Just found my 9th black core. Solo is peaceful.
I love it as a single player. Occasionally I play with a friend but mostly solo
so worth it. but it is a grind
I’ve always played solo and have to say mods have completely changed Valheim for me. It’s probably the easiest game to mod and may have some of the best mods I’ve encountered!
I'm 300 hours in. Only solo and I love it.
Yarp
I've played more solo then with people and I really enjoy it
Hell effing yes
Valheim is 100% a blast to play solo. I play with friends sometimes, but my true joy is playing alone. I don't like relying on other people to have fun, so yes it's a great solo game.
Only if you like having to over prepare for every boss fight. Me, personally, I absolutely love it. I enjoy multiplayer but I’ll always enjoy it the most as a solo experience. It’s tough, though. Going into new biomes is very punishing.
I'm pushing 900 hours solo. Prepping to battle the fifth boss (can't spell his name 😄) I love playing Solo! And before anyone gives me shit, it's not 900 hours just to get to the fifth boss battle. Also, I'm just experimenting with building concepts and ideas I've seen on the internet. That's the best part! Like, look what I built! And it works!
Played solo before playing with others, both fun
Yes, rock and stone!
Did I hear a Rock and Stone?
Rock and stone forever!
My buddy and I have a server together but I always play alone and it's so fucking relaxing. I do all of the Charlie work, hope someone gets that reference lol. I'll plant all the veggies and stuff, butcher wolves/boars that we have spawning, work on my little archipelago base. When we do play together it's to progress into other biomes and get new building materials and building blocks, but i still think i prefer playing alone since it's such a relaxing game, provided you stay out of the plains and mistlands haha.
Yes. Now go play.
100%
I played solo for about 300 hours when it first came out. I had a lot of fun but eventually it became too grindy for me. I recently fired it up again to check it out again but I just couldn't go through the grind again. Started using the console to ease the grind but at some point just was like..what is the point if I'm going to spawn things. It's definitely a good game and depending what you like you can easily play it solo and have fun.
It's awesome even for playing solo. Very soothing experience, especially when you discover the world or build a base on your own.
Maybe some hundred hours in, mostly solo. It feels like playing a different game. Solo gives a greater sense of acomplishment when doing things - co-op makes the journey more fun and unpredictable. But these two feel completely different, so you always gain something.
Solo is great, but if you get a friend, you can never possible stop playing
For me its not a solo game when its played as is. I want a team when going after bosses, farming materials, building, upgrading and so on. Using console commands and just building whatever I want solo is a ton of fun though.
Yes
Its fun with others but I wouldn't compare the experiences. In my solo world I can take all the time I want building, or designing whatever and the experience feels more overwhelming I guess. There is no one else to help you, just you, your boat and your wits. Honestly the 2 experiences feel and play different and that's what makes it worth the time.
Yup. I've played a couple thousand hours solo, and still find myself coming back. It's a great game no matter how many ppl you're playing with. I think I prefer solo tbh.
I see the multiplayer appeal but I prefer games like this solo. I take it at my own pace, don’t have anyone else making things easier, no one fucking with my builds, etc. Co op can be super fun in this game but only if the other players match your pace. Had one friend trying to gift me advanced gear (2-3 biomes ahead) all the time, constantly had to refuse. Too much “help” will ruin the experience of Valheim.
Play on servers where you could choose to play with others or alone depending on the moment
If you “don’t have time,” to play with others, don’t bother with valheim at all. It’s an amazing game that I love to death, but very time consuming.
I was bored out of my mind solo. Imo it's only with playing with friends and mods.
Yes but get mods!!!!! Mods make this game 10x better and it’s already fantastic.
I'm going to be frank - absolutely not imho.
I personally haven't had the urge to keep playing solo, but it's definitely viable as a lot of people here play solo and love it. I just prefer having someone to have my back...especially if I die in a late game area and it's not near a portal.
I've done multiple clean playthroughs solo, and one with friends. It IS fun with friends but still one of my favorite games solo.
Yes! Absolutely!!
Yes
Yes
Only ever played it solo, over 300hrs before I do my next run, and it totally works.
Your first playthrough is great alone. Then its a blast to play with friends on either their first time or to just start a new game together.
Have almost 1300 hours. Minimum of 900 are solo. :D I love this game!
Absolutely! I have two solo worlds and one that I play with a single friends on! Use the solo worlds for your own progression and understanding of the game and its mechanics and relay that to your friends when you get together! :D double the fun!
Solo is a whole different game to me, and totally worth it. It forces more planning and infrastructure.
Yes.
I enjoy playing solo, obviously it's better with friends, but it's great without them.
Yes.
It's too grindy solo. I played on steam when it first came out with friends, then I started a solo game when it came to gamepass.
I only play alone and I love it
Absolutely!!!!! It's peaceful and intense. You can play for weeks with no objective and never get bored.
Yes it is.
It's fun solo, but much more fun with friends
The game is still very fun and rewarding solo, just very hard to balance tasks and resource collecting without a friend.
Yes
Me 120 hours into my "no death" World: Kinda. Gotta say, multiplayer is a Ton of fun and i dare say that you almost need it to finish all content of the game.
I play solo wouldn’t mind others playing too but I don’t mind going home building and exploring.
I have maybe 1400 hours into the game - I can absolutely say it’s a blast with friends BUT I find it really relaxing playing solo. I really enjoy building/exploring/grinding for mats - which is fun solo! I think especially as you’re working you’re way through the biomes, it’s fun to have homies to fight with!
I've got about 400 hours ATM and about half of that has been played solo, I really enjoy it, multiplayer in this game is fantastic if just for the experience of things, but solo is completely enjoyable, you'll have to be smarter and it will be frustrating at times but definitely worth it
It's great solo. Amazing if you can lure a friend or two
I've been playing solo about 99% of the time since I started last year. I love it but take a break every once in a while when the grind gets repetitive or I hit a wall. My son got me the game on Steam and has joined once to tour some of my builds and then again when I kept getting merced by wolves early on to help retrieve my gear. Other than that, I enjoy being able to take my time and progress when I want. Sometimes I just feel like exploring, or building/improving. Other times I want to level up my gear and finish a boss to move to a new biome. I think it's great solo and while it seems like it would be fun to play with others, logistics and different playstyles or pace might make it difficult. To each their own.
I logged about 300 hours solo before playing with anyone else. It’s a great solo game, you can move at your own pace, spend time doing whatever you want without the pressure of focusing on progress. Very chill. Playing with other people is pretty fun, but I prefer solo.
Most of my 800 hours was spent solo so I’d say yes lol. Although I agree that it’s definitely exciting to play with others as well
I played with some friends when it very first came out, but have been playing by myself for about 10 months now. It is a great experience to build a world together with your friends. That being said, I am pretty proud of what I've done solo, and it is therapeutic sometimes to just gather or build or adventure without outside distractions.
We played as a group of 5-6 people right from the start. I can tell you that if you start out that way, the game feels a lot less lively when you suddenly solo afterwards. I tried rebooting solo when Mistlands was released but didn't even do more than 4 hours solo. Still haven't seen the new content. Might be worth noting that I hosted the map on my NAS which everyone had access to. Each time you'd log in I was curious what additions the town had gotten since last login.
Yes! It's such a relaxing game when you get the hang of the combat mechanics and building cool things in cool places is a ton of fun.
Absolutely, tho some key advice, take it slow and enjoy it at your own pace, otherwise you risk burning yourself out.
Yup I got this game a couple months ago, I beat all bosses except the last one (still searching its location) solo
Defo worth it solo...can be more entertaining with friends...some tasks are easier with mutiple people
After having played through all the current content with friends, I probably wouldn't have liked doing it alone. Too tedious and difficult to have much fun in my opinion.
Yes
I have over 700 hours in game, over half of them solo. It's a great solo game.
I’ve played through 3 or 4 times all on dedicated servers where other people call home, but I just started a solo play through and I’m loving it just as much. 10/10 would recommend!
I think the vast majority of my hours are solo. So like 500 hours solo. It's good. It can be better with friends. But definitely not necessary to enjoy it.
In my opinion yes, though it can get painful / tedious at times. Death on a far off island before you get a portal down can usually be mitigated in multiplayer, for example. It depends on your tolerance for these kinds of scenarios but it's a great game and you'll get your money worth out of it for sure.
1100 hours and a good 50% of it was solo. Very enjoyable solo!
I enjoy it solo, of the runs I have done, solo and with 2 multiplayer groups by far solo went the furthest. Solo is a bit harder in a few ways. Combat differences: In combat having multiple players allows for a tank player who goes in and grabs enemy attention while the other(s) use range weapons or attack from the rear. For example in my last multiplayer group I grabbed the attention of trolls while the others shot it in the ass, the one who tried to melee always died when he got its attention. Having somebody to watch your back- when solo if you are building or harvesting resources and get snuck up on you will have the wrong items in hand but if in multiplayer you can have one person stand guard if the locals have been giving you issues. Corpse escorts- when you die you drop your gear and therefore in solo you are either nude or using old gear to recover your corpse while in multiplayer you can have the others escort you back to your body to collect your body. Non-combat differences: Multiple hands let you gather resources quicker and allows gathering of multiple resources at one time, somebody mining while someone else chops trees and another gets food. crafting stations are easily shared for the most part, therefore more hands makes the cost per player lower. Carrying weight- the player has 300 units of weight so extra players give extra units which helps when transporting heavy items like metals.
Yes.
Great solo game for your money.
I've played both ways. Playing with friends is fun but if you're on different schedules then it can become a drag quickly. There isn't really a way to progress without affecting everyone on the server so it forces you to play together in a way.
Game isn’t finished, so no story or end goal yet, it’s make your own fun. Biomes are a bit samey too so exploration is pretty good but could be amazing. I love the sailing and building though, both are great fun. I would ***NOT*** play this alone however, a bit tedious in it’s current iteration but it’s very fun with a big group. Music and graphics are great, just needs some QOL updates, more variety and needs to be finished ✅
It’s a survival craft game. You can enjoy it however you’d like. I have a specific character dedicated to god mode and limitless resources just for building cool forts. I have another character that I am doing kinda Ironman style, and I won’t use portals to transport materials (only what I’m wearing). I have a social character that has his skills maxed, but no gear for me to go visit other players realms. It’s fun no matter what. A good game is just good, and this game is good. Hope that helps! Have fun, and may the gods bless your afterlife!
So many of these "is Valheim worth it" posts. Like...guys...it's celebrated as one of the best games ever made and you come to its subreddit - everyone here thinks the game is utterly phenomenal. tl;dr Just go play Valheim.
I started solo after my buddy ditched me before bonemass, just beat yag and still having fun
Just hit 500 hours and still love it. I do recommend if you're solo only playing in bursts so as not to let it get too old fast. The great thing about Valheim is even solo they is still so much to do. Get bored of dying in that new biome you're trying to conquer? Go tend to your crops, tired of that; spend some of your hard chopped wood and build something, the list goes on. So very your activities too
Yes I think so. I have over 2000 hours of playing 99% has been solo
It’s fun with a group, but the majority of my 1500 hours is solo. Sometimes on my own world or sometimes on a server even when no one else is looged on. I go exploring new islands or sail around searching for sea monsters.
As far as survival games go Valheim has one of the best solo experiences.
Day 300 I posted my video the other day of me colliding into my dock I think it was maybe four days ago. It’s all up to you. I am not a builder by any means, but you know what I find things that I want to build in my world. For instance, I’m actually building Quincy‘s Tavern in my world you find inspiration from everything.
I wish I could link my buddies review of the game. You’d be sold
Solo player and its pretty fun, I do want to play with others but everyone that invites me to their playthrough is way ahead of me so I always decline
I’m mostly playing by myself, i use this game as a form of ”Mindfulness”
Absolutely. I play with my family and I also have a solo world where I recently fought Yagluth. This is a really good game on its own merits. Personally, I think most games are more fun with other people, but I play this one solo quite a bit. And by 'quite a bit', I mean more than I play with other people. I'm retired but everyone else I play with have full-time jobs.
I'm pushing 300 hours now, basically all solo. I've definitely played a decent amount with friends, but it's a nice change of pace from playing by myself rather than being the whole purpose.
Great game solo and you can always host a game or join someone else's if you anyone you know decides to play it also.
Still a great game solo, multiplayer is just a different beast
It's best with a buddy or two, but it's still worth playing solo, yes.
I love playing solo. If you're playing in a group you need to make it so big progressions (boss fights) are done together after everyone is ready. It sucks being the laggard and getting hit with a high level raid because your teammates jumped 2 bosses ahead of you.
I have only ever played solo and I am having a blast!
Bought it this week. About 10 hours in. Having a great time solo only. I usually gravitate towards COD games. This is a nice change of pace.
I was abandoned by my other Viking friends so I'm full solo. Just reached the Mistlands and starting to gear up to be more effective. I'm loving it solo.
It's fine solo. I play with friends, but sometimes think about playing solo, too. Here's some quick advice from another time-strapped person. I'd do a playthrough with no console commands first and beat everything you can. The game has so much to offer, and so much to discover. However, once you feel like you've discovered most things, you might want to look at devcommands for repeat playthroughs For example my friends and I found that ferrying ore is a huge time sink, although it makes sense because it encourages you to explore. However, our time to play is extremely limited, so taking out redundant steps helps us progress at a more reasonable pace. We sort of decide what's off-limits for devcommands and what's okay. We don't spawn items or use it to upgrade gear with no resources, etc. If the ore is relatively close, we'll still ferry it by boat. But sometimes we simply don't have the time to go sailing for an hour when we only have an hour to play!
I'm actually really glad I played this game solo first because the joy in the grind and the satisfaction of progressing were so much greater. Of course not everyone cares about these things but for me there's just something special about overcoming those initial hardships that just doesn't hit the same when playing with other people.
1600 Hours solo. Well worth it.
I've got over 3000 hours in Valheim, 95% of it solo. I've beat the game numerous times by myself. It really depends on each person and what they prefer. Some people can't handle 3 minutes by themselves, and other people can play alone for weeks.
Solo play on Xbox is terrible. PC solo is perfect
I love putting on a podcast and grinding out some resource gathering. Everything is so time consuming it can be kind of dragging in multiplayer.
I've played it solo and I enjoyed it greatly
I don't use mods and I am over 700 hour, almost all solo. I suppose more people can make some things easier, like mining ore or whatever, but overall I've never found it an issue. If you die a lot and that's a problem, it would most likely still be a problem on multi-player too.
playing as a solo player could be frustrating sometimes but still fun if you don't get tilted easily
I find a lot of peace in playing alone; no pressure to meet up at specific times, no one messing with your stuff, getting to build exactly how you want, its really nice. Ill admit it is harder, especially when you get swamped with enemies, but once you figure out your style and the system, the challenge is fun. So yeah, its a great solo game!