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· Create your character, generate a world, and start the game.
· You can set the difficulty in the 'World Modifiers' menu when creating a world.
· For first-time players, the default difficulty is recommended, and difficulty can be changed at any time.
· If it's too challenging, changing only the combat mode to 'Easy' is a good option.

· The key to early survival in Valheim is managing health and stamina.
· You can increase health and stamina by consuming food.
· Resting near a shelter and campfire for about 30 seconds grants the 'Resting' buff.
· The 'Resting' buff significantly boosts health and stamina recovery speed, so it's crucial to maintain it.
· Installing furniture and fixtures increases your 'Comfort Level,' which extends the duration of the Resting buff.
· You can eat up to three different foods simultaneously; typically, meats increase health, while fresh produce/fruits/vegetables increase stamina.
· In the early game, a combination of two health foods and one stamina food is recommended.
· Early-game foods include raspberries, mushrooms (foraging), boar meat, deer meat, and Neck tail meat (hunting), which can be cooked on a cooking station over a campfire.

· Press the Tab key to open the basic crafting menu, then gather wood and stone to craft a hammer, stone axe, and club.
· Blunt weapons are useful in early Valheim areas, so it's good to use them to level up your blunt weapon skill.
· You can check your skill levels by pressing the Tab key and navigating to the skills menu at the top of your inventory.
· Equip the hammer and right-click to open the crafting menu, then place a workbench.
· A workbench requires a roof and walls to be usable, ensuring it's not exposed.
· Use the workbench to craft a hoe and a crude bow. The bow is especially useful for hunting deer.

· Nights in Valheim are very dangerous, with more monsters appearing than during the day.
· The best way to safely spend the night is to sleep in a bed.
· Be careful not to be hit by falling trees when logging.
· In the early game, a small 2x3 (4m x 6m) house is sufficient, requiring about 200-300 wood.
· The conditions for sleeping are shelter, fire, and a bed.
· Campfires extinguish in the rain, so a roof is needed, and a chimney should be built to allow smoke to escape to prevent smoke inhalation.
· A bed becomes your respawn point upon character death, so it's good to set up temporary bases with a campfire and bed while exploring.
· Upon death, all equipment and inventory items are dropped at the death location in the form of a tombstone.

· While exploring ruined houses in the Meadows, you might find beehives.
· Shoot down beehives with a bow to get a Queen Bee, then place a beehive to produce honey. Honey is an important resource until late-game, so collect it whenever you see it.
· Once you defeat the Meadows boss Eikthyr and craft a pickaxe, you can consider yourself past the beginner stage.
· When building your main base, it's good to consider these two locations:

Category	Details
Near the Sacrificial Altar	· Pros: Easy to display boss trophies, convenient to swap special abilities, good accessibility as a respawn point if no bed is designated. · Cons: There are building restricted areas, so don't build too close if you plan for base expansion.
By the Sea	· Pros: Sailing is essential for traveling to other regions, easy to build a port/dock for transporting metal resources, can enjoy sea views. · Cons: (No specific mention)

· It's good to plan for expansion space and a small garden in advance, considering various elements like future unlockable furniture, the forge, and crops.