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Progression

The Demigod skill (level 0 to 100) measures your demigod's power. It rises as you fight, raises your energy and the strength of your abilities and attributes, and is capped until you obtain each boss's trophy.

How it works

  • Demigod appears in Valheim's skills menu like any other skill. It gains experience and levels up the same way.
  • Each demigod gains experience differently, mostly from combat: dealing damage, blocking or taking hits. Each demigod page lists its sources under "Demigod skill experience": Brokkr, Eir, Fenrir, Freyja, Hel, Hraesvelgr, Kvasir, Njord, Surtr, Thor, Ullr.
  • The energy meter shows your level. Turn on [User Interface] Show Current Experience to also see your progress toward the next level, as a percentage.

What the level does

  • Energy: 1 more maximum energy every 10 levels. See Energy.
  • Abilities and attributes: most damage, healing and other values grow per level. Their pages show the values at levels 0, 50 and 100.

Experience needed

Each level needs more experience than the last (vanilla Valheim rules). The experience values on the demigod pages use these same points.

Level Experience for this level Total from level 0
1 1 1
10 16 76
25 63 669
40 127 2,107
55 204 4,617
70 293 8,381
85 392 13,561
100 501 20,301
  • Valheim's skill gain world modifier also changes how fast the Demigod skill rises.

Skill cap

Your demigod skill stops rising at a cap, set by the strongest boss whose trophy you have obtained.

Highest boss trophy you have Skill cap
None 10
Eikthyr 25
The Elder 40
Bonemass 55
Moder 70
Yagluth 85
The Queen None (100)
  • Killing the boss is not enough: its trophy (head) must be in your trophy list. You get it by picking the trophy up; it stays in the list even if you drop or use the trophy afterwards.
  • Only the strongest trophy counts: if you have Moder's trophy, the cap is 70 even without Bonemass's.
  • While capped, you gain no experience at all. In-game message when you reach the cap: "Your demigod's skill is now capped until you have obtained the head of the next boss!"
  • Tip: in multiplayer, each player needs the trophy in their own list. Pass the head around so everyone picks it up.

Losing levels

When What you lose
You die Nothing: the Demigod skill is protected from Valheim's skill loss on death
You die, with skill loss on death turned on 5 levels, and your progress toward the next level
You switch demigods with the Demigod Runestone 5 levels, and your progress toward the next level
You use the RevokeDemigod command (see First Steps) Everything: back to level 0

You never drop below level 0.

Default values

Setting Default Config
Experience gained 100% [Skills] Skill Demigod Experience Modifier (%)
Skill cap on Yes [Skills] Enable Skill Demigod Cap
Cap per boss See Skill cap (0 removes that cap) [Skills] Skill Demigod Cap None, … Eikthyr, … The Elder, … Bonemass, … Moder, … Yagluth, … The Queen
Skill loss on death Off [Skills] Enable Skill Loss On Death
Levels lost on death (if on) 5 [Skills] Levels Lost On Death
Levels lost when switching demigods 5 [Skills] Levels Lost When Switching Demigod