A Valheim player managed to complete the fastest speedrun in the game to date. Thanks in part to a shocking bit of luck. YouTuber NickRawcliffe managed to defeat all five Valheim bosses in under 90 minutes, around 47 minutes faster than the previous record.
That might not seem particularly fast for a video game speedrun, but NickRawcliffe has done it in a survival game that features randomly generated biomes and boss locations spread around a massive map. Under more normal circumstances, NickRawcliffe would also have had to go from a level one starting character and transform into something stronger. Thanks to the Valheim community rules for speedrunning, players can actually use a fully leveled character. The challenge is to find the bosses, many of which require very specific circumstances to appear.
“NG+ stands for New Game Plus, which means any character can be recruited with any skill level (100 max),” says Speedrun.com. “All items that can normally be found in the game can be taken in the race (no items that can only be earned by cheaters).”
It’s a very difficult and time-consuming task, even with NickRawcliffe managing to kill the first boss, the electric deer god Eikthyr, in one hit. After that, NickRawcliffe tracked down the Bonemass gelatinous boss through a swamp biome. It’s easier said than done, usually requiring a ton of navigation. Next, you need to find a crypt, and that crypt must contain the Bonemass runestone marker. Many players will traverse swamp biomes without ever finding a crypt, and even finding a crypt does not guarantee the boss runestone will spawn. It’s boring, but challenging as survival games often are.
NickRawcliffe then went in search of the Moder dragon, which spawns in tricky mountain biomes that give the hills of Skyrim a run for their money. Again, you have to find a runic marker that actually indicates its location.
The best moment of the whole speedrun is when NickRawcliffe stumbles upon the final boss spawn area Yagluth. Normally, Yagluth asks you to find a runestone marker to know its real location like the other bosses. Instead, at 1:18:30, NickRawcliffe sees it just on the horizon off a goblin-filled coast.
It’s possible that NickRawcliffe’s speedrun will be beaten in the future, but it will take this person an incredible amount of luck and hard work.
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