InValheim, players may have noticed a little number pop up in the corner of the game as they use certain tools or perform certain actions. There will also be a brief halo of light around a player’s head. This mean that they have upgraded a skill to the next level.
Complete List of Skills
Currently, there are seventeen skills in a player’s skill tree. Each of these is leveled by the player using the skill; for example, players must fight with a sword to level their Sword stat. The skills in the game are:
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The last two suggest that both fire magic and frost magic are part of thefuture roadmap ofValheim, which is still in development. However, these may be skills that are only used by enemies, like Drakes with their frost breath and Fuling Shamans with their fireballs. Hopefully players will be able to use them as well in the future.
Skill Level Loss
When a player dies, they may have noticed a skill level decrease that pops up on the screen. With every death, players will lose 5% of their total skill points. Thankfully, there is a five-minute buff after death called “No Skill Drain” that prevents more skill drain if a player dies again while trying to retrieve their inventory from their tombstone.
Progressing With Skills
Players will have to gain a certain amount of XP in each skill to move to the next level. The amount of needed XP in each skill can be calculated with this formula:
(Current Skill Level+1^1.5) x 0.5+0.5
In order to get more XP in a skill, players just have to use it. Running, jumping, sneaking, fighting, chopping trees, and all the other activities will naturally level each of these skills. Attacking other players inValheim’s PVP modedoes not currently level fighting or blocking skills. Each skill can be leveled to a max of 100.
In the skills menu, players can see what level they are in each category. The yellow bar is how far along they are to 100 levels, and the orange bar is progress to the next level. to open the skill menu, players must hit tab then click the second symbol in the upper right-hand corner. It will look like overlapping triangles, between the crow and the trophy.
The massively-popular,record-breakingValheimis still in Early Access, however, so all of this information could change in future updates.
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