I Beat The INSANE Mistlands Only Valheim Challenge

In this video, I beat the games hardest boss on a world that is made up entirely of the games hardest biome. This has never been done before therefore making it a worlds first / world record playthrough. I explain exactly how I did it in great detail in the video.
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00:00 Intro
3:29 Challenge Overview & Goal
4:52 Challenge Day 1
9:58 Seeker Soldier Fight
14:36 Challenge Day 2
16:31 Traversal & Dungeons
19:37 Mod Explained
24:34 Day 2 Continued
25:20 Challenge Day 3
26:49 Day 4 (Final Day)
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[@NickRawcliffe]

Just want to say a huge thank you to all of you who have supported me and my content during the making of this video. I was a long project. Thank you so much for the love and support. I hope you enjoy the video.

[@nicoyad]

I love all valheim creators

[@jaredgarden2455]

So you know this now means you have to do an Ashlands only challenge eventually.

[@manguy01]

6:47 The same is true of Abominations. They don't spawn until 66 minutes into the game.

[@FormationFaceroll]

*Throws out fishing rod* Good job on this, probably one of the greatest achievements in Valheim history. Unless someone does this on hardcore of course but I really think that's IMPOSSIBLE. I mean, theoretically it can surely be down but I don't think a human can.

[@wizardthemagical8366]

Damn it was like watching someone drink water with a fork. Just amazed by the dedication

[@NickRawcliffe]

Hahaha

[@jazzelvus9865]

with a chopsticks

[@Skillfullfilms89]

you mean like Pointcrow did with chopsticks?

[@morgan3392]

_Watches a man kill a seeker soldier for four and a half minutes at super speed._ Ah yes, truly the pinnacle of entertainment.

[@NickRawcliffe]

😂

[@capatheist]

0.25 playback speed. It's still way too fast to watch what's happening

[@Norkill1]

But why not luring a soldier to dwarfs?

[@adeetard2545]

​@@Norkill1 He couldn't make a wisp light, so likely just couldn't find any

[@samheldman3154]

bro i cant fight anything in the mistlands for more than 10 seconds before more mobs show up, this man fights for over an hour with nothing else coming his way. insane

[@deathtitan8087]

Yeah bro wtf, God level.

[@mark36ngnt44]

Never shall a new Valheim avatar be named "Misty"! We're not worthy! We're not worthy! What a show! Wonderful editing. Next level perseverance! Great job Nick. Thanks for sharing.

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thanks man. That’s very nice of you to say.

[@firemaker282]

bro basically said what if valheim was darksouls.

[@NickRawcliffe]

😂 TRUE

[@twocheezitz9182]

This is much harder than dark souls. This is like dark souls without swords

[@timklafke4712]

@@twocheezitz9182 broken straight sword sl1 no damage run type of playthrough lol

[@waldo5795]

this was a really well written video and deserves a lot more recognition 👍

[@NickRawcliffe]

Wow thanks, that's really nice of you. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.

[@alanclarke8117]

Nick, your Dark-Souls-Like tenacity is Legendary. What a beautiful, well-edited storybook for an excruciating process and goal. On each corpse run, when I feel like putting the game away, I'll remember this and persevere. Thanks!

[@NickRawcliffe]

Ahaha thank you very much, I consider that a big compliment XD If I wasn't a fan of souls games I don't think I'd ever do these challenges. Those games change a man. 😂

[@AeyakS]

Do you play with custom modifiers?

[@Emilis2023]

Kind of feel bad for that seeker soldier. That'd be like dying of blood loss to an incredibly persistent mosquito.

[@BigBrianGameplay]

Punching a seeker soldier to death is insane mate, well done!

[@richarddevenezia8186]

Another great production Nick. The intro alone is a huge edit achievment and showcases tons of creativity. Thanks for all the hard work and giving us awesome Valheim entertainment.

[@NickRawcliffe]

Aw thank you so much man, really appreciate that. You're very welcome. Thanks for being a part of this community.

[@UuLi93]

dude you're insane! damn great job bro.

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thanks man appreciate that. Thanks for watching.

[@robrfoster]

now do it blindfolded

[@Matthiasvd8]

he can't do it

[@kitchencat1816]

This was so fun to watch live! So glad you included the seeker soldier fight!

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thank you, that was the real challenge 😂

[@emmettnewman4777]

Fantastic work! I love the mistlands and it's easily my favorite biome in the game. Looking forward to Ashlands content and even more types of challenge runs!

[@NickRawcliffe]

Hell yeah! Thanks man.

[@oliveeater122]

Looking forward to the Ashlands only challenge

[@NickRawcliffe]

Hahaha omg, I really hope it will be possible XD

[@OVALetsPlay]

that would a amazing. so excited for the ashlands

[@bfgmcara]

Love it, Great work, Thanks for sticking with it...That was a hell of a tough challenge!!!

[@Chakeis]

Stamina management fighting a Seeker Soldier without a single food buff and no gear is impressive but the Patience to do it is psychotic.

[@danamassimiani415]

This is fantastic Nick- congrats on another great video

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thanks Dana. You legend. Hope you’re well.

[@tlm-dev]

Amazing man! Congratulations, video is amazing, well done on editing it and of course on all the work put on gameplay.

[@jagheterjensjuh]

Lets not forget the need for dragon tears.

[@yousus2121]

That was fun to watch, great job on the video! I would never ever attempt this. You sir, are a mad lad.

[@leezawillshe71]

Wow!!!! This is a crazy challenge and amazing at the same time. Well done.

[@Spezza__]

Was wondering when we would see the end of this :D Great stuff man.

[@NickRawcliffe]

Haha me too man, me too... Thank you.

[@mam4772]

Great vid always love when Nick uploads much love to ya❤

[@NickRawcliffe]

Aw thank you. That means a lot. Glad you liked it. ❤

[@jerrythelobster7]

man I love this challange! I missed your valheim content so much, great job, Im looking forward to other challanges or videos if you decide to do it, hope youre doing great❤

[@NickRawcliffe]

I am thank you, appreciate that. Hope you’re doing good also. Glad you liked the video.

[@jerrythelobster7]

​@@NickRawcliffeIm sure some new challanges would be possible after the Ashlands release, maybe valheim in reverse #2 or vegan challenge #2, with 2 new biomes and bosses it would be actually entertaining, with only mistlands added idk if its worth it. But Its only some ideas, I dont want you to be tortured by the game more 😂 only if you wanted. You are very skilled and entertaining and you make things like this possible, I dont know anybody else that would put this much effort and time into these challenges. We will see what will be possible with ashlands!

[@felipefreitas8711]

I killed the queen tricking its AI by standing close to one of the side doors of the entrance if it deaggro, I just walk towards it and attack and then back up, the queen entered in a loop of turning around and around making the kill easy. I am personally not a fan of the cooldown of its seeker summon, because before you finish dealing with them the boss is already spawning more, and ignore 2 seekers that deals tons of damage is not possible

[@NickRawcliffe]

I agree

[@Marxon1134]

Feels like its specifically to punish solo raids.

[@brycemasterton3633]

Ive only just got into valheim and im addicted to the game and your videos , thanks heaps for all the helpful stuff mate been a treat .

[@zalvazar9080]

Great video was well worth the wait :)

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thanks man, appreciate that.

[@deathtitan8087]

I love this challenges, i learn a lot of useful things, like the cart strat. Thank you so much bro.

[@letmesolohim]

Awesome run!

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thank you.

[@da_keepa1259]

Nice one and gg completing this challenge!

[@sanguine7599]

Mistland is the most difficult biome. Ashlands: Hold my beer.

[@leifdavidsson2222]

Congrats on the win! For a new challenge I thought I'd be cool to do a Drifter challenge. Essentially, no bases. Something like, you can't spend longer than one in-game day at any particular location. Anywho, just an idea. Love your videos btw!

[@Almugavar]

That's generally how he's done speedruns, the idea being that collecting enough materials to make portals takes too much time. May have changed when Mistlands dropped due to distance and bed survivability, but the speedruns at least up to plains are essentially also nomad runs, which is epic in and of itself. I've tried, it sucks lol

[@mark36ngnt44]

Thanks! stupendous challenge! ❤

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thank you so much for supporting the content bud and keeping my dream alive. You’re welcome.

[@evendur8341]

Yay! I missed ya man, good to have you back :D

[@khromyakvsevolod3664]

Even after release of ashlands, a biome that makes you feel like you're playing a zombie horde ahooter, i still think that mistlands are the worst.

[@ardentdfender4116]

I haven’t played Valheim since the week Mistlands was released. This was inspiring to watch given Ashlands was just released and thinking I need to get back to the game and likely have to do some Mistlands stuff. Very inspiring.

[@timtom4300]

Where did the black metal come from for the extractor? Also that food you ate. How? This strikes me as a spurious endeavor

[@preacher3073]

I had the same question, but he covered this around minute 22-23

[@conradbrown4139]

I asked myself too. I have no idea from where did the black metal come from. I spent about 120h playing on mistlands, and i never found or get a black metal on this biome. This black metal origin is unknown for me, as for you guys.

[@user-wv8nk1zb2k]

Nice vid man, ceep going❤️

[@NickRawcliffe]

I added time stamps btw. See pinned comment if you can't find them.

[@gaburieru6534]

Now i wanna see an ashlands only challenge, great work dude!

[@mtbman2479]

You, sir, have waaaaaaay more patience than me! I don't think I even have the patience to watch the unedited cuts, so very much appreciated the "condensed" version! On a technical note, I was wondering if you sprinkled some revined eitr around the queen room would have helped? Maybe slowed down her regen....but seriously, I learned a ton of useful tricks in this run -thanks!

[@MrLammofgod]

Very awesome video! Missed your valheim content👍 since I originally learned the "destroying the ward with a cart" trick from here.... You know mad valheim strats but I learned yesterday that you can also just toss refined eiter in a little mountain at the base of it and wait. The eiter kills it's slowly (faster than the cart trick) and you just kinda sit and wait👍

[@NickRawcliffe]

True but often in runs you’re looting towers before you make Eitr as brains to make Eitr is often what you’re looking for. But alas it’s a good tip yes. Also not sure if it is actually faster than the cart trick when done efficiently I’d have to test that. The cart trick can be done really slow or really fast depending on how you time you’re sprints. Perhaps I’ll explain it in a video in the future.

[@tobygoodman9134]

Awesome video dude.

[@atlas1227]

When you were talking about the fun parts of carts I was having a drink and when you said they work as boats I nearly choked on my water XD

[@bevo1835]

Thanks, Nick , fantastic video 🎉

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thanks bev. Glad you liked it.

[@arsemodeus]

Amazing content, thanks a bunch Nick (and Honeybadger)

[@PasqualItizzz]

Really nicely done vid

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thank you. Glad you liked it.

[@JonathanBell-genuine]

you sir are resilient and sane, can't say the same about your chat, they're mental

[@NickRawcliffe]

😂

[@jehooft8569]

I'm curious... Why isn't he leading the seekers and seeker soldiers into dvergr outposts? That sounds like the easiest way to both kill the seekers and the dvergr, at least that's what I do a lot in normal gameplay

[@Dick_Pippel]

He did

[@Wiggles4life]

Wow good job! 👏

[@Borednesss]

How did you get a blast furnace to smelt black metal? Thought you needed the tears from Moder for that

[@xAdcoux]

Next up ashlands

[@hastewolf4535]

How did you get black metal to place sap extractor?

[@TheDlabin]

Went here to ask that.....

[@TheDlabin]

Ok was explained later, for next ppl looking for answer.:D

[@NickRawcliffe]

Keep watching XD

[@tememaster17]

this was so well done

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thank you so much. Glad you liked it bud. 👍

[@Venkullix]

Yooo finally some valheim challenge runs in my recommended

[@N0RZC]

This is gonna be interestning 4 shur

[@bleuberry9636]

Super impressive!!

[@divinetouch9308]

nice! good job!

[@perrytheplatypus2275]

My hair folicals wouldn't survive this challenge, good work man

[@IvyMike.]

Awesome work bro, well worth the wait. You are such an inspiration.

[@NickRawcliffe]

Aw thanks so much buddy. That means a lot. Thanks so much for continuing to keep my dream alive again and again.

[@Cappanerd]

This game has taught me patience. You look like you were born with it!

[@NickRawcliffe]

Haha I appreciate that. I think video games tonight me a lot of it also.

[@user-qu9pm2ik1k]

like + sub from me just because of the sheer determination with which you displayed in your bout of fisticuffs against seeker soldier. well done!

[@leinou]

Damn I kinda stopped watching your runs after my interest in valheim dipped but I love to see your challenge run do well! I hope you continue doing more stuff like this because this is my favorite content on the site :D

[@N0RZC]

I wish skills were a permanent thing for our avatar, so that they arent reduced when dying. Id rather loose some items when dying

[@NickRawcliffe]

Yeh makes sense, I can see that.

[@Bence3]

i mean you can set it in the settings so you don't lose skill levels when dieing.

[@roblfc4life]

That was a great watch! I was wondering would it have been worth making a second demolisher? The queens health regen while repairing it seemed to add a good bit of time to the final fight

[@timklafke4712]

This makes me think it would be really cool if the devs added in secret seeds for this game just like terraria has. Obviously this game is way less developed as a whole than terraria, and it doesn't follow the blocky style, but i feel like they could come up with some unique challenge seeds for this game. Even just something that's like a custom island terrain generation where each land mass is a single small to medium sized island of just a single biome could be a fun change to spice up a playthrough. Or possibly spawning the dungeons or points of interest (fuling camps, drake nests, etc.) in completely different biomes. Or giving bosses different types of attacks on a certain seed to make them harder (although personally i think that should be a base game improvement). I think it'd be harder to do secret seeds in this game, but the world generation could definitely make for some entertaining twists and the potential from some really unique seeds is definitely there.

[@OneManGaming]

gg man. Respect.

[@s1oops1oop]

This is a sick channel

[@sofiablomquist8394]

Wow, you did it again 🎉❤

[@NickRawcliffe]

🎉

[@ronniecunningham9145]

That intro 🔥 chills

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thank you, glad you liked it, was a lot of work XD

[@cwage]

amazing!

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thanks!

[@xodroid9853]

Awesome gaming talent Nick! Was the music original, too? Very nice.

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thanks man. Nah all the music is from Epidemic Sound. You have to pay but the quality is really good.

[@pro100deskree]

Incredible!!!

[@xxg-forcexx8734]

I just wanna say, love the content ur a valheim legend. Shame you don't rate the most OP weapons in the game knives for those big parries but it is what ut is

[@soilman3b]

Most amazing video. I notice at 25:37 where there is a zoom up on the inventory slots, how did you happen to get items like a strawberry and resin in a mistlands only world?

[@yuriikrasylovych3939]

Petition for a mod that makes a full map into mistland, but with small "islands" of other biomes either unsubmerged by mist or partially covered by it. Also, petition to add it to the BASE game!

[@andreasacchini4101]

How did u get the sap extractor going considering it needs 5 black metal?

[@nicoyad]

Insane video

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thank you so much, glad you liked it.

[@NomadUniverse]

Kite the soldiers to the mages and get them to kill each other, that would cut down lot of time.

[@TetrahydrocannabissaurusRex]

Awwwww yeah, another challenge video!

[@NickRawcliffe]

hell ye, ty for watching

[@playinnpwnin]

i'd love to see Irongate make a world tree biome where we're on top of the branches and theyre even more massive for building space all with a nice magical forest environment, and guess what? if you jump down you jump back down into the world, would be insane.

[@preacher3073]

Where do you get the smelted back metal from in the mistlands? You need that for the extractor, right?

[@rickybrown8264]

Yo man this looks like a great video BUT I have not beat the ML yet so I dont want spoilers :( Good luck!! Ill be back after i do

[@mostafaosama6744]

how did you make an extractor without black metal ???? and how did you even acquire black metal

[@strykr3781]

Great work… Now do this in Ashlands

[@hanzethetickler1137]

Best intro ever

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thank you very much, glad you liked it.

[@rogofos]

something tells me you're the kind of person that *loves* from soft games

[@Kvantasan]

you're a sick bastard! i love it

[@NickRawcliffe]

Ahaha

[@yukorono8467]

judging from the music starting at around 1:30 you arent playing Valheim, you are attempting to craft the 1# float (xyz cs2 skin)

[@Airestotle09]

Great content I wouldve just let the dwarves handle the soldiers tho

[@quickhat]

how can u even make an extractor without black metal?

[@loku0023]

Excellent video! I have only one question...why does he call items "mats" xD

[@badstudent87]

you. are. crazy!

[@karl1coleman1]

How'd you vuild an extractor without black metal?

[@Xendrasch]

Interesting. Regarding the narrative of your video, it would have been better, to explain the fact, that you modded in the otherwise unobtainable black metal ingots, in the beginning of the video. Missing that information left me suspicious for the first 22 minutes of the video, since I knew with certainty, that in vanilla black metal ingots are unobtainable, without a blast furnace

[@dxvide4786]

now is time for only ashlands challenge

[@gioquarto1219]

gotta admit, this is pretty damn impressive... im just curious, how many worlds first/onlys do you have?

[@Andrewtr6]

If you added tin and black metal to the loot table of dungeon chests, why not just add another biome specific items? That way you could at least make armor. However, all this really shows is that Mistlands only isn't technically possible.