Valheim Seed cr7Uv2LSML: Close Bosses, Heavy Mistlands Valheim 1.0.17

cr7Uv2LSML is a seed built for a fast run up the boss ladder. The first five altars all sit within 5.3 km of where you spawn, Haldor is close to the spawn, and the Black Forest and Mountains start almost at your feet. The trade-off is a spawn island with little gentle terrain around it. Here is how the seed plays, where it helps you and where it makes things harder.

The seed

Bosses and Haldor

Distances from the spawn to the nearest altar for each boss:

Eikthyr is the closest and the farthest of the first five is The Elder at 5.3 km. Yagluth is unusually near for a late-game boss, closer than The Elder or Moder, so you could scout his Plains early. The Queen and Fader are further out at 7.1 km and 7.7 km, with The Frozen King the longest trip at 9.3 km.

Haldor is 1.3 km from spawn, one of the closest placements in the seed. The other two traders are a little further out: the Bog Witch at 2.1 km and Hildir at 2.4 km.

Biomes around the spawn

How far you travel to reach each biome from the spawn:

The Black Forest is 0.2 km away and the Mountains 0.3 km, so both are practically at the doorstep. The Swamp follows at 1.0 km and the Plains at 1.8 km. Every one of the first four progression biomes is within 2 km. The Mistlands are 4.7 km out, the Ashlands 6.8 km and the Deep North 9.0 km.

What the land is made of

The biome shares are lopsided:

• Mistlands: 24.6%
• Plains: 17.8%
• Black Forest: 17.3%
• Ashlands: 17.3%
• Deep North: 10.0%
• Mountains: 4.6%
• Meadows: 4.1%
• Swamp: 3.9%

Meadows make up only 4.1% of the land and the Swamp 3.9%, so those biomes are small. The Mistlands are the largest biome at 24.6%, which means plenty of room for the late-game stretch. If you like building in open Meadows, this seed gives you little of it.

Metals

The ore distances below are approximate, worked out from the game's placement rules:

Tin and copper are both within half a kilometre of spawn. The Swamp iron is about 1.4 km away and silver about 1.6 km. That is a tight metal curve, with every early metal inside 2 km. The seed also ranks number 11 in the list of seeds with iron scrap close to the spawn, out of 120000 seeds measured.

Landmass and dungeons

The landmass you spawn on covers 105 km², a decent amount of ground to work with. There are 26 dungeons within 3 km of the spawn, which gives you plenty of places to loot without long trips.

Who it suits, and where it falls short

This seed suits players who want a quick, compact progression: altars, traders and metals all close to the spawn. Anyone planning to race the early bosses or play a fast run will find a lot to like. It also fits players who want to reach the late-game biomes sooner, since it is number 1 in the list "Seeds with the Mistlands and Ashlands bosses closest to the spawn".

The weak points are the small Meadows and Swamp, and the long distances to the last bosses. The Frozen King at 9.3 km and the Deep North at 9.0 km are the farthest targets, so the final stretch asks for more travel than the start.

Questions

How close is Haldor to the spawn in cr7Uv2LSML?

Haldor is 1.3 km from the spawn. The Bog Witch is at 2.1 km and Hildir at 2.4 km.

Which boss is nearest the spawn?

Eikthyr, at 1.5 km. Yagluth is next at 2.7 km, then Bonemass at 3.0 km.

Is there enough Meadows land for building?

Not much. Meadows are only 4.1% of the land and the Swamp 3.9%, while the Mistlands cover 24.6%.

How well does the seed rank?

It is number 1 in the list "Seeds with the Mistlands and Ashlands bosses closest to the spawn" and number 11 in the list "Seeds with iron scrap close to the spawn", out of 120000 seeds measured.

Measured on the worlds the game's generator makes for Valheim 1.0.17; the ore distances are worked out from the game's placement rules and are approximate.

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