How to flee from boss

[One Winged Angel]

The first boss 2-hited me, I went back to my cropse and now I cant flee from the boss. ANy solution or game over?

[†KHETTI†]

Originally posted by One Winged Angel:

I just started a few minutes ago and thought I had to kill the boss to progress.
Your suggestions dont solve the problem, because the boss is following me, so I cant craft armor or weapons.
But nevermind, I rather refund...

Why refund dude, it's a fantastic game, you've just started, just restart and don't do the first boss until you've made some basic armor and a bow,.
It's a survival/crafting/exploration game, if there is no challenge involved then the game would be pointless.

[GrapeJuice]

if you have some form of raft drag it out into the water then go back to land and ran away fast. Elk man will get stuck and lose agro. i think i left him there for like 4 or 5 in game days. he just sits in the water. but remember he can swim.

[DustDevil]

Originally posted by theaaronone:

On my first game I thought relatively similarly because the rune is right there at spawn, and it pops up on the map, so that's where I headed. Hunting / crafting / camping along the way, and I was also smooshed pretty quick.

Grab your stuff and run into the woods to start re-equipping your gear... eat whatever foods you've got to get your health/stamina up, then snipe at him with whatever arrows you've got after you dodge his range attacks, which are pretty heavily telegraphed. Once he's summoned you've pretty much got to deal with him.

Or start a new map.

If you die the boss is not gonna come hunt you down. or i don't think so i haven't tried it i thought He will wait near wherever he last killed you. as long as you keep your distance from him you should be fine and not trigger him to start attacking you.

In fact im going to try this. i'll go spawn him let him kill me and wait to see if he turns up.

[DustDevil]

Originally posted by DustDevil:

In fact im going to try this. i'll go spawn him let him kill me and wait to see if he turns up.

It seems i was correct in my assumption the boss will not attack you until you come into render range of it. so even if you do spawn it and die. you can just leave it alone until you are ready to fight it

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2633658893
in the first shot the blue lights are the boss so even at max render distance he will not attack
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2633659171
only after i got considerably closer did his name appear and start to attack

and don't mind the second death icon on the minimap as i was running back i got ambushed by a skeleton ^^

[Sprocket66]

Originally posted by DustDevil:

Originally posted by Lecherous Lychee:

2-hit you?! How did that happen?

When I solo'ed the first boss, it was able to get me down about 85% of my total health, and I was wearing troll hide armour.

1. Are you wearing any armour? Make sure to wear at least all troll and leather armour.
2. Are you eating any food? Make sure to eat 3 different types of food.
3. Use a bow and flint or fire arrows.

i disagree Troll armour is way over kill. if you gonna tank its attacks i would recommend leather armour and a shield.
i agree with eating a full 3 type meal.
i disagree with flint or fire arrows. wooden are the cheapest and will still do dmg.

A troll is harder than the first boss. There are vids of people beating the first boss naked by just punching him. He is very slow on his attacks and always does a animation before he hits you. You have three ways to easily beat him, dodge the attack, parry the attack with a shield or stay at range an hit him with arrows until he's toast.

[theaaronone]

Originally posted by DustDevil:

Originally posted by theaaronone:

On my first game I thought relatively similarly because the rune is right there at spawn, and it pops up on the map, so that's where I headed. Hunting / crafting / camping along the way, and I was also smooshed pretty quick.

Grab your stuff and run into the woods to start re-equipping your gear... eat whatever foods you've got to get your health/stamina up, then snipe at him with whatever arrows you've got after you dodge his range attacks, which are pretty heavily telegraphed. Once he's summoned you've pretty much got to deal with him.

Or start a new map.

If you die the boss is not gonna come hunt you down. or i don't think so i haven't tried it i thought He will wait near wherever he last killed you. as long as you keep your distance from him you should be fine and not trigger him to start attacking you.

In fact im going to try this. i'll go spawn him let him kill me and wait to see if he turns up.

I wasn't hunted down, but he was still in the altar area when I grabbed my gear... I ran into the woods to slow him down and give myself time to regroup... I've seen a few posts of people saying that Eikthyr showed up at their base, but that has never happened to me.

I died so many times to Bonemass, if any boss was going to just knock on the door, it would've been him.

[GunsForBucks]

If close enough and you die or are unable to be reached they will go after any workbenches in the area.

I could see if you had a house next to the altar and he starts to aggo on that ha ha.

My first house lately has been at the altar.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2633685528
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2590494858

[Lucidess]

Originally posted by One Winged Angel:

I just started a few minutes ago and thought I had to kill the boss to progress.
Your suggestions dont solve the problem, because the boss is following me, so I cant craft armor or weapons.
But nevermind, I rather refund...

Imagine refunding a game because it challenges you.

[warrenchmobile]

Originally posted by One Winged Angel:

The first boss 2-hited me, I went back to my cropse and now I cant flee from the boss. ANy solution or game over?

There is always a solution to problems in Valheim. Your current problem is that you tried to tackle the first boss before you were prepared to defeat him. Now your less well-equipped viking is not capable of rushing in and getting your corpse then making your escape.

So don't do that. All the bosses, including the first one, will remain close to where they either last killed you or last lost sight of you. In your case, if your resurrected viking cannot successfully flee the boss, lead him as far away from your spawn point as possible before he kills you again.

After being resurrected again, don't go back to where you were killed the second time. He will still be there. Concentrate instead on building a shelter, hunting deer, boar, and neck to get meat and hides, gathering mushrooms and raspberries. Explore as much as you can without venturing out of the Meadows or getting near the boss's last location.

Take as long as you need to get marginally proficient with the bow, at blocking and dodging melee attacks, and at managing your stamina. Sneaking helps a lot also. When you really feel you are ready, return to take on the first boss.

The first boss is weak to piercing damage, so the bow for ranged combat and the spear or knife for melee combat are the weapons of choice.

Valheim rewards planning, preparation and thinking. It does not matter how long it takes you to defeat any boss. The game provides no more reward for killing a boss on Day One than it does for killing a boss on Day One Thousand. Take your time. The game is over when you say it is over.

[blankitosonic]

Surely you fight that boss just eating raspberries and mushrooms being naked ....what kind of progress is that ?
Now best meadows food gives you a lot of hp ( cooked boar and deer meat and honey ) , you just dont hunt any animal of cooked deer meat ...

[Original Stingy]

You could call some Vikings for help, to kill the boss. I know there are clans that help out players who lost their gear in new biomes and ect. Someone can join your world and help you out.

[Semirotta]

FIRST boss 2 hits you? Wow you are definitely undergeared. :D

[NoL]

my first attempt I forged 2 flint spears, threw one from a distance, evaded the lightning, let it come closer, threw the other, then run to the first spear I threw, then repeated the cycle until boss was defeated. make sure to throw the spear only at a distance that you confident it would hit and remember where it hit the boss, btw flint can be found near the water/sea

[Aimee]

Dont try to collect your loot, unless you are sure you can get out of the situation again.
If the map you played got ruined because of this, start a new one and dont rush bosses.

Most bosses use hit and run tactics, so make sure you are ready for that if you do fight them.

[us271934-Слава Україн]

Originally posted by Nascarman:

Originally posted by GunsForBucks:

solo you only need two to trigger the boss.

You can sneak up and kill dear without a bow

doesnt change the fact that you literally get food for killing them

Nor does it change the fact you're calling the op a liar and using incorrect info as the basis of your 'argument'.