ValheimWith this guide, you will learn how to summon and defeat Yagluth, the fifth boss of Valheim.
You have defeated the first four bosses of Valheim. Now it's time for the fifth boss, which you must summon if you wish to join Valhalla.
Rewards
Yagluth drops a Yagluth trophy and a power that gives you extra resistance to elemental damage. In addition to that, you get three items of the "Yagluth things" type. These are placeholder items that have no use in the current version of the game.
Finding Yagluth
Explore the plains in search of a rune that gives you the location of Yagluth's summoning altar. This boss will always be found in a "plains" biome.
Preparation
Preparation is what matters most for the Yagluth boss fight. He doesn't drop any important items, so there's no reason to rush to him. In this section, we will prepare to fight Yagluth by finding the best weapons, armor, food, and mead.
THE BEST WEAPONS FOR YAGLUTH
A black metal sword is your main weapon against Yagluth, along with a black metal shield to block some of his damage. You can also bring a fully upgraded draugr fang bow. As well as some needle arrows. But they won't do much damage!! So you should only use them if you need to heal.
THE BEST ARMOR FOR YAGLUTH
You need padded armor for this fight! Which requires iron to craft rather than black metal. The good news is that a fully upgraded padded armor is slightly cheaper than previous armors.
THE BEST FOOD FOR YAGLUTH
At this stage of the game, you should have achieved quite an impressive barley production. Which means you'll have access to all the best food in the game. For the fight, eat and bring blood pudding, fish wraps, and lox meat pies. This will give you a ridiculous amount of health and stamina.
THE BEST YAGLUTH MEAD
Fire-resistant barley wine is essential for Yagluth, as he frequently summons flames around him during the fight. With the extra resistance, you should be able to take quite a bit of damage without having to flee the fight. Bring as many medium healing and stamina drinks as possible, in case you need them.
Another tool: tasty mead, which reduces your HP regeneration in exchange for much faster stamina regeneration. It's obviously dangerous, but the extra stamina regeneration can be useful for dealing more damage to Yagluth, or for allowing you to escape some of his attacks. Using this mead is purely a personal preference, however.
Summoning Yagluth
Yagluth is summoned by placing five Fuling Totems at the center of Yagluth's Mystical Altar. There are five circles at the center of the altar where you can interact and place the totems as long as they are in your taskbar.
Where to Find Fuling Totems?
You won't need to go far, as the Fulings are inhabitants of the Plains biome. You can often find Fuling Totems inside Fuling villages and outposts, so keep an eye out for them while searching for the Vegvisir. Sometimes, a defeated Fuling berserker will also drop a totem.
Once you have placed the fifth Fuling totem in the altar, Yagluth, the final boss of Valheim, will appear before you as a gigantic glowing purple half-skeleton.
Attacks
Yagluth's fist glows blue, and he raises it in the air before slamming it down and dealing damage in a small area around him. This ability is very slow and easy to dodge.
Yagluth's fist glows red and he summons a meteor shower that targets players. These are not too difficult to dodge as long as you start running as soon as he summons them and don't stop until the shower ends.
Yagluth pulls his head back and fires shots in a straight line and slow rotation. This can technically be blocked by a shield for a short moment, but it's better to run to the side of it. Do not try to run away as the range is extremely long. You can use the pillars of his summoning platform to block the fire, but the fire beam destroys other terrain like rocks as soon as it touches them.
Defeating Yagluth
You will mostly need to fight Yagluth up close. Use your shield and sword and focus on three-hit combos. He has a lot of health, but the fight shouldn't be as long as others in the game.
With fully upgraded armor and active fire resistance wine during the fight, there isn't much about Yagluth that should scare you. You can probably withstand his blue fist attack and continue hitting him, but you should avoid his fire beam and meteors as they do a bit more damage and put you in danger. If your health drops too low, flee and let it regenerate while dodging attacks and occasionally shooting an arrow at Yagluth to ensure he doesn't regenerate his own health.
Additional enemies are an extra complication that can be added to the fight. As Plains enemies tend to wander, sometimes additional Fulings and Deathsquitos will join the fight. Make sure to deal with them as soon as you see them, but always be aware of which attack Yagluth is using so you know how to dodge it, even if you're distracted.
Want to know more? Watch the tutorial by Morrighn4n on YouTube!
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