Valheim WORLD RECORD Speedrun EXPLAINED

what's up guys thanks for stopping by i hope you're doing good recently i was able to retake the world record for the valham speedrun new game random seat glitchless all bosses flawless victory let's go this was a huge grind i managed to get the time down to four hours three minutes and eight seconds and in order to do this i figured out a bunch of new strats and plus since my last valheim speedrun explained video there's been a lot of changes to strats anyway so i thought it was the perfect time to go over the new record run and explain all the strats so without further ado this video is the valheim world record speedrun explained [Music] said [Music] okay so let's start out by explaining the speed on category and the rules the official category name is new game random see glitchless all bosses new game means that we just have to create a brand new character and we have to show that at the start of the run random seed means that we have to play on a random seed and we're not allowed to type any scene into the box and we have to show that on their own too glitchless means we have to use the glitches rule set more on that in a second and all bosses obviously means we have to kill all the bosses i will leave a link in the description to the speedrun.com page for people that want to read over the rules in more detail but here are the category rules on screen and the main thing to note here is that the term glitchless is fairly subjective and in this case simply refers to a set of known exploits related to clipping through walls or item duplication so we can't do any of that the other important thing to note here is that the timer starts when we start moving our character and it ends when the final boss in the run is defeated okay now we've gone over the rules let's jump into the run now i'm obviously not gonna show the entire run in this video because it is a four hour video so if you would like to see the run in its entirety which at the time of recording this is still the current world record i will leave a link in the description and a card in the top right right now if you want to go and watch this video before having any of it spoiled i will show as much of the actual run as i can however some strats are going to require me to do a recreation just to explain in the appropriate amount of detail so just know that if you're watching a clip with me on camera it's the actual run and if i'm not on camera it's a recreation all right now that's out of the way let's jump into it okay so even though the timer doesn't start until we start moving in order for moderators to validate the run every run starts with the creation of a new character and a new seed once the new world starts up the intro sequence can actually be skipped by logging out and locking back in again however this is not done in the run because we use the opportunity of flying over the world with a valkyrie to check for some information this actually brings us to our first new strat which is the print seeds command dev commands are not allowed during the speed run however any command that can be executed from the chat box is allowed as these are features available to normal players on a casual playthrough type in forward slash print seeds into the chat box returns the seed for any nearby dungeons dungeons in valheim like burial chambers or crypts are not tied to the seed of your world which means you can play the same seed over and over again and the layout of the dungeons on that world can be different every time this means each dungeon has its own unique seed so presumably this feature exists so that regular players of the game can report any problems with dungeon generation back to iron game however this command works within a certain radius which means that executing this command lets you know if there's a dungeon within an approximate 300 meter radius of the character as well as the distance of that dungeon therefore it is used at the beginning of the valkyrie flyover to search the ground for any nearby dungeons which would therefore reveal the location of a black forest and give us a potential direction to go after killing the first boss one of the other reasons we don't skip the intro is that as we fly over we do explore this part of the map which is another way we might get the location of a black forest before the run actually starts and last but not least from the valkyrie we can constantly pan the camera around and look out for mountains which may give us a direction to go in to start searching for modder then once the intro sequence is over or we feel that we've said enough to know that there isn't going to be anything useful nearby we'll log out and log back in before we start the run to remove the wet debuff that is obtained during the cutscene once we've re-logged and the timer starts we check the geekfield location and then our number one priority is getting mats to make a hammer once we have the hammer we use the torch to start collecting what so we can make multiple cooking stations we use the cooking stations to trap deer which enables us to start hunting them right away so once we've found deer we trap them kill them with either torch or whatever weapon we have and hope they drop a trophy this is a good opportunity to explain something about the hammer normally in valheim when you unequip a weapon an animation place however there is no animation for equipping or unequipping the hammer therefore the hammer is switched to throughout the run instead of unequipping any weapons so he can start sprinting instantaneously rather than waiting for the animation to be over once we've collected our trophies we then go and summon eek fear now in this particular run i actually got super unlucky with the ikfia spawn because he actually spawned in a tree which ruins the best strap for the boss fight but the general strat is to place as many fires as you can at ichthyo's feet and strafe around him trying to repair them to keep them lit as long as possible ideally you'd be able to do this from the moment aether spawns in so this is what it looks like when it goes well and you don't get the worst spawn ever [Music] once the fear is defeated we take his trophy back to spawn so we can claim his ability we collect 25 flint that we're going to use later build a couple of pickaxes and head to the black forest once we're in the black forest one of the things we're looking out for are troll caves troll caves have really high spawn rates for leather and bones which we use later to make a level three club of course the main thing we're looking for whilst we're in the black forest is an elder rune which means checking either burial chambers or grey dwarf towers if we end up checking a burial chamber then we also keep an eye out for one circling core which we use later to make a bonfire while searching for the elder we're also trying to find ancient seeds as we go which can be discovered by listening out for the sound of a gray dwarf nest once we get to the elder there are a couple of ways that you can approach the new elder strats for my approach is to get a bed down set the spawn kill your character by doing slash die in the chat and then combining the eek durability with the corpse run buff to greatly reduce stamina usage and then as the elder spawns in just like eat fear placing fires exactly where he spawns in and strafing round and repairing the process takes a little longer with the elder which is why i personally use the eek fear and the corpse from both the aid of this no i think we got it though [Music] hell yeah there we go world record pace around this part of the run is also when we start to build our weapons up until this point we made sure that we collect 25 flint and 20 leather and at least 15 bone we use some flint and wood to make a chopping block and flint and leather plus the hide from the deer from the beginning of the game to make a tanning rack this allows us to have a level 3 workbench and we use the bones to upgrade the club to level three if we have 30 bones then we make two clubs then from the scraps of any mats we have left over we make a level two spear to help deal with draugas and a crude bow to deal with their skittles [Music] next using the raft we head to a swamp and the main thing we're looking for in the swamp is a crypt once we find a crypt we build a bed on top of it so that we have a safe respawn point and then we start searching the crypt for withered bones and the bone mass rune whilst exploring crypts the main way that we deal with enemies is by using the pickaxe to carve holes in the scrap piles and throwing the spear through the hole and if we get poisoned we re-log which removes the poison debuff if we find the bone mass rune inside the crypt then we continue manuscript panels until we have all the weathered bones but if the crypt has no bone mass rune keep looking elsewhere checking any swamp structures for runes and once we find bone masses location we make our way to the boss collecting any additional with the bones we may still need and along the way keeping an eye out for any mountains that may provide us with a model location on this particular run we did find a mountain on the way to bone mass the way we climb mountains is by building a bed to set the spawn at the base of the mountain killing our character again where slash died to leave a tombstone then once again combining the egv with corpse run for a massive stamina usage reduction this allows us to climb the mountain very easily and a corpse run buff heals us over time so we don't die to freeze it whilst on the mountain we are searching for any towers hoping to find the modern on this run we got lucky because modder ended up being on the same mountain as our rune so to start the stella we place fires at the mother altar to stop us from dying from freezing and we use the pickaxe to dig out an area under the altar to place a bed we then use this bed as base camp to start searching for dragon eggs using the corpse from buff the whole time to survive the freezing once we find the three eggs we spawn modder in and return back into the hole under the altar and this is where we place as many campfires as we can during the modify if mother can't see us she will hover above our location the way we make sure that she can't see us is by checking to see if we have the shelter status so by getting sheltered and standing near the fires model will hover above them and then after a few seconds she will land and start taking fire damage while she's taking fire damage we keep repairing the campfires to make sure that she doesn't destroy them and start firing arrows or throwing the spear whenever she pokes a head over the top of the hole you can also use the bonfire for this strat but during this run at this moment in time we didn't have bonfire mats and so we went with campfires and eventually modder is defeated let's go that's huge chat next up is the bone mass fire there's several ways to approach this but i'll just go with the way that i'm currently using as i have found it to be incredibly consistent so with bone mass ultimately you want to build a structure that hangs off the side of the skull a very specific height if done at the correct height bomas's melee attacks will not be able to reach your structure but you will be able to reach him several different structures will work but ultimately you just want to build a platform with a bed and a roof so that you can respawn on the platform and to also shelter yourself from the rain so you won't get the wet debuff and therefore be able to get more hits in during the fight i personally currently prefer to make a cross-shaped platform with some pieces of wood on the edges so that my character doesn't fall off i have found this to be incredibly consistent and consistency is key if you want to be successful in valhalla speedrunning because this is a little bit more complicated i'll show a recreation so basically if you look really closely at the skull texture there is a little bit of a line in the texture towards the top of the eye socket and this is what i use as a marker for where i want to place my first floor tile and then from there i build out the cross shape and then jump on top and build the rest of the structure once the structure is finished it's pretty simple you just wait for bummer to come to you and keep attacking with the level 3 club if he's not quite close enough you can walk over to another part of the platform and try and kite him closer if you were able to build two level 3 clubs towards the start of the run because you found 30 bones and not just 15 then you won't need to make a workbench because two is enough however this is still possible with one club it's just you will also have to build a sheltered workbench somewhere so you can repair your single club once you die you respawn and use corpse run to survive for a while to get in several hits and then after rinsing and repeating this process bone mass is defeated right we can record this we just have what we're just gonna have to get super lucky with these location well that this cell but the main thing is just that it seems much much more consistent so far this run had been going very well but it was in the planes they would start to become clear that a world record could be on the horizon and tension was building yep it has a rune here we go finding a jag rune is the single most important thing that can happen during the plane segment and yag ruins spawn on these stone circles here it is chat moment of truth it's recordable we survived at sceto attacks by using the bow and waiting to release the arrow until the deskito is flying in a straight line along the way we're keeping an eye out for any fueling camps and checking them for totems or we're looking for this specific type of stone tower which has a guaranteed totem spawn and when we have everything we need it's time to head to yak it's obviously not an easy one to get let's go come on go go go go go this cannot fall apart i i'm probably not i'm gonna read shot i'm gonna be real i have to fully focus for the glove setup i dig out a square in the ground roughly one your glove length away from the altar and then a dig out one corner of the square to place a bonfire the maps for which we got from chess encrypts for the ancient park and tables and chairs are shipwrecked for the fine wood as well as core wood and the ceiling core that we collected from the black forest once the hole is dug we cover it with floor tiles and build a sheltered workbench inside to repair our weapons then we get a rested buff for the stamina recovery summon your glove and seal ourselves in the hole your glock will move towards us because he does know where we are but because he can't see us he won't aggro and destroy the structure and while most structures aggro bosses your gloth does not aggro on floor tiles this means he can be kited over to the hole and because he drags his stomach on the ground his belly flips through the floor tiles which means we can hit him with the level 3 club this also puts him in range of our fire so we get in as many hits as we can making sure we stay on top of repairing the bonfire and if all goes to plan the run is complete i'm glad to see you spamming the chat i can't see what you're saying but this is history in the making to make the most out of getting your names on the screen chat yeah i need to just concentrate like there's a lot of those things that can still go wrong flawless victory let's go come on yes a new world record by 10 freaking minutes i'll let this be a lesson to everybody set a goal anything in life doesn't matter how hard it is and never give up if i can do it you can alright guys that's just about gonna do it for this one this run has been the highlight of my speedrunning career so far and it was an absolute blast to share with you guys remember if you want to watch the whole run you can click the link in the description and if you enjoyed this video please support the content by leaving a nice comment and a like so the algorithm knows you guys are interested subscribe for future content also if you would like to support the content and help keep the dream alive i've been able to continue to make these videos and streams for you guys that you can do so on patreon at patreon.com or by just donating or becoming a youtube member so i'll leave links to all that stuff in the description as well you can make sure you don't miss any live streams or videos by joining the discord at the link below or by following me on twitch feel free if you have any more questions about valhalla speedrunning to leave it in the comments or just swing by the next live stream and ask me in the chat hope you enjoyed this video and until next time have a good one [Music] you

Channel: NickRawcliffe

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Id: Xbl7Jk2zpnI

Length: 18min 51sec (1131 seconds)

Published: Tue Aug 30 2022