Valheim Second Boss SOLO Combat Gameplay Location Guide: How to Summon & Kill The Elder Boss!

[@joshuamoskal544]

This game is a blessing. I was in a video game slump.

[@enigmaze7489]

Big same!

[@machinech183]

Absolutely! Wasn't even looking for this game or genre, but what an amazingly well-done title. Been playing nothing else for days now.

[@lt.danicecream]

In today's gaming market, this game is brightly shining gem in a massive pile of trash.

[@joshwilliams8185]

I felt this comment in my bones

[@msolomonii9825]

same!

[@waterman5000and1]

The irony in the statement "he's summoning roots, but they can't get to us because we're underground" 🤣

[@loraelstad8941]

That was my thought, too. 😆

[@TheRealPots]

how did I miss this 😂

[@munchaking1896]

You dream of rivers running up hill and green shoots sticking into the ground. Makes sense to me.

[@Kaj1gga]

Just a tip here that's worth noting about the bronze armour: If you are using a bow and kiting around consider equipping instead the Troll Hide Armour. This is true of any fight where kiting is possible. Bronze armour slows your movement speed. The point of kiting is to stay at range and avoid getting hit. The last thing you need is a movement penalty. That 10% may not seem much but it's significant. You especially notice this when out of stamina so trying to get some distance between you and a mob. It WILL catch you if attempting to flee the scene in Bronze gear.

[@specificocean588]

literally doesn't matter

[@sovietsid9452]

@@specificocean588 literally, it does matter

[@JohnK68]

True, every problem needs its own solution, with bronze i would go into the burial places but when you need to move around Troll armour it is.

[@GPS08]

@@sovietsid9452 - Literally doesn't matter man. Just use the Eikthyr power which gives you more jump and run speed. If it's your first Elder fight, you'll most probably have this power equipped.

[@dontask3613]

@@GPS08 lmfao Eiktyhr literally only makes it so when you run and jump it doesnt drain as fast, it has nothing to do with movespeed/jump power.

[@benjaminschutz727]

Nobody ever mentions that the crows lead you to caves, their sound gets louder as you draw near and they always hang out close to the burial chambers

[@gunnergunnarsson3534]

oh mine. thanks for the tip. i was mindlessly looking for dungeons/caves for mushrooms and cores

[@Rawarart]

I see

[@DaemonRayge]

Also, Skeletons are another indicator one is nearby.

[@TheRealPots]

they lead you to caves?! damn I've been murdering them every chance I get.. F dudes

[@IamCaleum]

@@TheRealPots Not the white birds you shoot for feathers, there are black crows that lead you to them by sound.

[@KineticDepth]

I like how you snap to the clip of him dieing and you have the 'No skill drain' debuff.

[@kylecantley]

Did he think we wouldn't notice. I take this as a simple (DEFINITELY EXPLOIT IT)

[@mikegamerguy4776]

the internet always notices. xD

[@honeyLXIX]

If you use bronze to craft some nails you will be given another boat blueprint, this boat goes significantly faster than the raft :)

[@matthelfrich4528]

Wish I had known this before we set sail on that abysmal raft. The boat is so much better. Skip the raft and use the boat 100%

[@dr_mercio]

Reading this right after I've just crafted my second raft 💀

[@jordanpetrini8505]

The raft also takes damage from waves

[@joeroscelli813]

been using the raft and its so garbage xD thanks for the info =]

[@paperaxes4192]

Zig-zagging to catch the wind while sailing is called tacking. I was pretty excited to see that this was a thing in game, as this is how real-world sailing works. I grew up on a lake that was PERFECT for sailing to the south-east. 10 minutes to go four miles or so. And then the rest of the day to get back home.

[@Reoh0z]

The Elder, "Roots, get him!" Roots, "Nah we're sick of being underground we want to praise the sun."

[@elliotyoung8760]

Love watching these after I have already fought the boss just to see how much easier of a time I would have had. I was doing fine in a 1v1 with it until a horde of greydwarf's and a troll showed up. Was pretty much running around shooting the occasional arrow at the elder until it died for about 1/3rd of the battle at the end.

[@takeoverjupiter]

A hoard and troll showed up for me right as I defeated him lol

[@drewquitco6019]

Lol yesterday after watching your video I tried looking for my first dungeon. When I entered it "Troll Cave" and I was like wait he never said their was a troll cave XD

[@wajokbill572]

After watching this video high as a kite I realized that sail boats are a very smart invention

[@StrayCatAlley]

Found ESO through skyrim, stayed for literally everything else

[@miguell.8763]

Yeah, is a great youtuber.

[@ywild8678]

Same

[@tomdove3772]

Same, he's the best KZbinr I've found for walkthroughs and general funnyness. I feel like he's my friend, even though I've never met him lol 😜

[@theoneandonly3077]

I found him through bannerlord

[@jaeslow6347]

Ain’t wrong, when I see the letters ESO I think of this guy rather than the game nowadays

[@FamousCoozie]

No need for the fires or anything like that, and honestly a bow isn't necessary and slows down an already long fight. You do want to fight him at the summon spot. Make sure you get behind a pillar until he comes to you after being summoned. Get close so he stomps, dodge the stomp, then get in some hits depending on how much stamina you have left. I suggest using a bronze sword. As soon as he summons the roots, (wait until they actually appear as they are proximity based so if you run right away, you'll bring them with you) run to the pillar across from you. Hide there until he comes over your way (destroying all the roots in the process), then run out, dodge the initial stomp, get in your swings, rinse and repeat. Super easy method. I literally just tested it before posting this so I know it works and he still behaves this way. Unless a root gets in a lucky swing, you shouldn't even take any damage this way. I was only hit twice, both of which were lucky root swings and didn't do much at all. Happy Hunting!

[@tylerc2287]

When I killed him I just moved pillar to pillar. Roots never touched me as I moved when he summoned them.. and his vines got blocked by the pillar. Never got close enough to stomp me.. works well assuming you want to use range.

[@AaaaNinja]

If you want to travel into the wind on the raft, pull up the sail and use the rudder exclusively which happens automatically, you just have to steer left and right. The rudder becomes like a paddle to propel you. The place where you see the sail icon is replaced with a picture of a rudder being rocked left and right. So it's essentially like an oar.

[@farenhaid13421]

To your first way of cheesing it I have a better version of it, use the copper pickaxe and actually create a tunnel with 2 ends, come from one side, shoot an arrow at it and run to the other side and repeat, if it takes too much time you can put a crafting table in the tunnel and a bonfire to recover health and repair the bow quickly. YES, this method will take you a few minutes, but I recommend it since being stuck in a tiny hole won't work much. Making a tunnel with 2 ends would be the safest way.

[@larryhinkle9390]

TIP: lure him to the forest (hell go back to temple eventually) and use his ranged to clear cut the area. Tons of rock and would for no effort

[@MrShnazer]

wtf are you trying to say?

[@drkleviathanz851]

@@MrShnazer Same Technique as the trolls, lure him to where you have trees and boulders and the boss will destroy them trying to kill you and you can reap the materials after the boss is downed

[@ashryver3605]

@@MrShnazer "LURE HIM TO THE FOREST AND USE HIS RANGED TO CLEAR CUT THE AREA. TONS OF ROCK AND WOOD FOR NO EFFORT"

[@jakewade8348]

@@drkleviathanz851 good idea, next time I find a troll gonna lead him to a coppervein, cheers

[@GymmyRhys]

in English?

[@justinfeliciano8328]

My guy actually took a raft all the way to the island, sheesh the patients of this guy lol

[@painstake2933]

It really doesn't the that long

[@twoheavensgaming]

Patients? How many patients are on him?

[@heyhoe168]

@@painstake2933 unless you find the giant tuna of love or hit the storm.

[@hellraizzer7064]

Learn how to spell.

[@HaydenHero]

I died in the middle of he ocean with my karve yesterday and spent 45 minutes sailing back to that spot in a raft. That ride would’ve been 10 tops with the karve.

[@nyghtreign8210]

This is super helpful. I've been having a hell of a time trying to even find the Elder place. Mine looks to be in the swampland area which is so toxic, i've died numerous times just trying to reach it.

[@xyrusx]

I tried laying out campfires and The Elder just walked into the water and stood there. Fight lasted 3 in game days and we had to teleport back to base to make more arrows.

[@Phantom_Anthem]

Important tip about sailing, you can sail into the wind but you just need to have your sail down and use the rudder only (the first arrow)

[@crazywall256]

Got lucky and found the merchant plus the elder summoning in my starting island while just walking around.

[@Rudra_Jr]

What's your seed?

[@dontbothermeimjust12]

Tacking in Zig Zag with a ~30 degree angle against the wind is how you do it in real life with modern boats to sail against the direction of the wind. However, the Vikings did not have the technology for that. Their sails could only catch wind coming from the aft and theoretically up to 90 degrees on both sides (to varying efficiency). I guess they didn't do that in the game because no one cares for that much realism and it would hinder a lot of the sailing in the game.

[@kirenemmanuelanbalagan9367]

This was really helpful. I was stuck mining copper all day, not know there was tin in this game. Thanks ESO!

[@godsoffice5714]

I don't want to die and reincarnate as a main character in an isekai/fantasy world. 😂 Those methods are creative asf

[@TheIceThorn]

i'll take your place :| ... ... ... ... ... ... elves :Q______________ xD

[@larryhinkle9390]

I found he was really easy with just fire arrows and keep moving. Use the pillars for cover and just run when he does roots. Just make sure to upgrade your Bow so you have enough condition to get thru it.

[@CottonEyedJoeWDYCF]

Just watched first 2 parts this game looks great. Hope it comes to console. Keep it up ESO.

[@Chip-Chapley]

"How to get fine wood" I rammed birch trees into the "fine wood" tree.... "too hard" tree can get fucked.

[@marinapaller9522]

Bronze axe

[@lemon_boy5246]

Here we see someone who can’t find dark forest

[@bsherder]

@@lemon_boy5246 I found it but every time i go to mine copper, i get attacked by 6 or more greydwarf's. They seem to show up in droves. They just spawn in wherever i am not looking. Pita

[@lemon_boy5246]

@@bsherder get a spear and shield wipe them all in two seconds

[@bsherder]

@@lemon_boy5246 Doing it at night was my mistake. Once i started doing it only during day time it wasn't so bad.

[@monitorlizard9971]

I was in the black forest close to my spawn and all my different camps and goods. In a crypt in the black forest it showed me where the elder boss is. clear across like 3 oceans and the entire map. I havent even made a smelter yet. smh.

[@Elite02k]

Karve, coastline sailing, and some hope will get you where you need to go

[@Elite02k]

All mosquitoes are is block their attack and one hit them with anything above a tier one bronze sword lmfao

[@dhisanamincheri4830]

@@Elite02k you cant block 100 dmg with bronze stuff lmao

[@Elite02k]

@@dhisanamincheri4830 I didn't say you could. If you have a bronze buckler and full bronze with halfway decent food, you'll live long enough to heal if you block their attack. You'll still take damage, but they wont kill you if you atleast block on food.

[@exemida]

Why do mosquitos hit so hard?

[@donsteppedinside6796]

forgot i clicked this video to learn absolutely everything about this game before tackling the boss fight

[@s.n.8128]

Love those tutorials that never get to the point

[@braedendaniel7759]

Love the guides have helped a bunch!! The first boss he glitches and got stuck easily killed with fire arrows! Bad part went into a burial chamber and got killed they do respond in the chambers can't run back and get your gear!! Thanks again! 😊

[@Kinnikki]

Brilliant vid. Clear, concise and informative. Thank you.

[@mcbone2178]

Amazing how the first boss was so easy and the second one was 10x harder. The game be telling you that the tutorial is over and now you have to face real challenges.

[@oogenbisonbison9395]

Fr I had maxed everything for first boss and was very disappointed.

[@5dancingisraelis535]

Dude that first boss fucked me up, multiple times XD

[@KhalidElMouloudi]

I killed the 1st boss very early on with the shitty bow, 2nd boss was even easier since he dosn't chase you far from the arena & you can just snipe him from afar.

[@YuliyValenko]

Had the same feeling after finishing my studies

[@thejunglegod]

The flame arrows take a lot of time IMO. I just got close to him,blocked his stomps and hack slashed him. It's much quicker if you have an upgraded bronze sword though. Also, thank you so much for your guides, they are precise and exact. Carry on mate. Cheers!

[@holidayinn4293]

Melee works well. Parry or block the footstomp then counter. He'll summon those vines every so often you just kill the ones next to you and that's about it.

[@loraelstad8941]

Keep ‘em coming, Danny. Because of the streams, I am 3 bosses deep in knowledge without ever having played this myself (console player). In my last tweet I realized I mentioned Siev’s sweet Castle set up, but I had also meant to compliment you & your friends on the Longhouse & base you made. Loved the design, even though it kinda messed with the bed situation. 😁 I expect you may either convert it, or add on with more buildings, in stone, now that you’ve unlocked those building recipes. Oh & I hope you do a video on how portals work in this game. I get a bit confused with you changing their assignment when going to different locations. Thank you, man!

[@spicydeath82]

you can get scrap iron from the black forest dungeons by using a pick axe on the walls apparently. then you can smelt the scrap iron into ingots.

[@ESOdanny]

As far as I know you can only get iron as early as the swamps which you need the key from this boss to open.

[@1991codester]

Just started playing yesterday after about an hour of gameplay repeatedly thought to myself “am I missing something?” Then watched some videos and realized, nah this is just the starting pace lmao! But I like it a lot it’s pretty fun.

[@ad.mcmusic]

Legend of a youtuber

[@alysaroesch2031]

Just did the boss fight yesterday with some friends. The amount of deforestation that happened from his ranged attack was crazy 😂

[@exemida]

Hes the best hired help you can get at chopping some wood just avoid the vine attacks lol.

[@Boamere]

When me and my 3 friends tried this, we got him to a quarter HP and then he spam summoned trolls and greylings, we had about 3 trolls and 30 greydwarfs chasing us around so we had to retreat.

[@draggy76]

"one is an exploit, the other is legit" In times of rage and anger, an exploit fight is just as serotonin as a legit fight, fact that's how i killed most the trolls i come across, exploiting the terrain.

[@cmel7841]

I "quit" skyrim to play this game and followed you to these as well :) thanks

[@davidadkins5588]

The vines still got me underground haha

[@PabloVillasante]

OMG you look like Eivor from Assassins Creed valhala!

[@davey3765]

Your videos are AWESOME! Thanks man!

[@NFawc]

Build a big wooden structure or two near (just other side) the columns. The Elder boss then spends a lot of time attacking THEM, rather than YOU.

[@thesarcasticsettler252]

i like a game where thinking and preparation count.

[@thepapefantasme2960]

Troll armor is less strong than bronze but it doesn’t make you slower (4pieces extra sneaky) also really easy to kill with bow

[@Attackfroattack]

Don’t know if anyone has told you yet but if you craft bronze nails it gives your the recipe for the next ship. Much faster and better maneuverability

[@tomdove3772]

I've been following all your vids from Skyrim to this awesome game, I got it from watching your first one and have been following all your tips. Thankyou so much for your help and tips, would've been lost without them. 😉🤟👍

[@prosgonenoobs9438]

I MISS Skyrim videos 🙃. Really missed them

[@LaterTazor]

Your not alone

[@Boemtie]

its patched the roots can get you underground now

[@SkyKenomo]

Thanks I needed to know this

[@anderfu8273]

Yes thank you, very frustrating i kept thinking I was going it wrong.

[@2d40]

And he destroyed the fire r

[@latechno9]

This game is so cool and it also have a great potential!

[@Ninja-Dev]

Great vids thank you @ESO. Subbed.

[@asurasounds]

you can kill bonemass almost the same way by building in a tree and using frost arrows

[@ESOdanny]

Haha gotta love this gane for how creative you can be. We even discussed doing this in our boss run live stream a few days ago!

[@asurasounds]

i remmeber that im pretty sure the guy that made it stole it from you LOL

[@ashryver3605]

real vikings kill the Elder with leather armour, a flint axe, and a crude bow

[@SuperTheTman]

I tried that yesterday... got him to one shot left and the shamans kept healing him :( eventually my bow broke and I got rekt

[@younglingslayer2896]

@@SuperTheTman bruh those healing Shamas ... Fuck

[@tturner0051]

@@SuperTheTman Real Vikings take 2 bows with them ;)

[@rey_1939]

@@SuperTheTman lmao shaman

[@TheIceThorn]

real vikings kills it making a tree fall onto them.

[@Hekkler72]

The back and forth movement to keep the wind in your sails is called "tacking".

[@1stpogo]

I followed the guide, built the underground hiding spot and died there from his attacks. Whatever allowed it before has been patched

[@Euruzilys]

Thanks man. Good to know before I try this. Thank you for your contribution o7

[@zedtesser9241]

Good info sir

[@tbo5owaxD]

same

[@Wolf-xb8bo]

All you have to do is fight like a true warrior. Stop copying silly guides to make things easier for you. Beat this guy with a bow, and all you have to do is use the 4 pillars as coverage. When he gets close to your pillar, run to the other. When he spawns his roots then run out of its boundaries. Bosses have a pattern.

[@Zankaroo]

A note on sailing, the first speed is paddling using the tiller and rudder. You can "sail" into a head wind with this, but on the raft it is so god awful slow. I mean honestly skip the raft entirely, its to slow even with a tail wind and full sail. Really shouldn't be leaving your island before "bronze age" anyways. So just wait and make the Karve as it is massively better than the raft. Its speed is much better even in a head wind and has 4 cargo slots. HP wise the karve was at about 1/2 HP after taking 3-4 attacks from a sea serpent and a little storm dmg.

[@berryforce6017]

Don't know if I botched my preparations or if they patched it but the "cheese hole" tactic didn't work for me as the vines and roots could reach down where I was.

[@snoopygonewilder]

I got lucky, one of my Elder altars was on an island separated only by a river to my starting island, which is great because I suck at sailing. I just walked all the way there, swam across the river and then set up a portal nearby for easy return for when I died, which I did... 2 times; once by a Troll who invited himself to the party, and once by the Elder itself.)

[@KovacsDaniel-kodacx]

Two additional DATA be careful: - at easy mode kill if you don't dig ENOUGH DEEPLY under the stone... he can actually reach you with his feet stumpings and damage you - he actually CAN summon these naughty agressive roots IN YOUR DUG OUT HOLE, next to you... well at least one or two... Personally tested. :)

[@thymegaming1896]

3:30 +1 to letting the creeps run into each other.

[@cmullen82]

Tried the camp fire trick, but the developers must have patched it, because the fire pits didn't do anything thing to the tree guy. In fact I had a couple of the tree vine guy spawn underground too.

[@coltonbucholz6278]

Highly recommend not destroying the greydwarf spawn points and instead just farm the greydwarfs instead. They don’t come back when destroyed and they are an “easy” way to farm supplies and exp

[@elizabethgoodwin4678]

Thank you!! I needed the easy way I suck at boss fights 😅

[@sammyshehole]

Just fought him. Pretty easy but a troll coming along in the middle of the fight made things hectic.

[@immortangamer]

So I tried to cheese him...let me tell you how my night went.. 1) Setup the camp fires, took out a nearby spawner 2) summoned boss 3) it rained 4) made hole too big 5) several level 2 greydwarves came to investigate during fight 6) they dropped into the hole with me 7) killed me underground during boss fight 8) proceeded to go around and wreck all my campfires while boss was rampaging

[@tylerrapp7876]

I’ve spent easily 30 in game days building my house. I just beat the first boss to get a pick to make stone not a bitch. This game is a breath of fresh air. Onto this boss, slightly scared solo

[@isaacpaterson729]

MAKE SURE U HAVE FULL BRONZE FIRST ETC theres alot between the 1st and secound boss. im on day 39ish and trying my 1st time on the elder now

[@tylerrapp7876]

@@isaacpaterson729 I currently have a bronze axe and need like another 40 copper to make the bronze for armor

[@sunlightmarc]

I know ESO bacause I searched 'how to marry Lydia' in Skyrim bruh

[@heromedley]

i find the cheese method to be actually even more fun than the real method cause it takes alot of set up to do like building a watchtower on eikthyr

[@washerdryer3466]

The underground cheese method doesn't work anymore. The roots can now go below normal ground level and the Elder stomping AOE also hits. Fire arrows are now the way to kill him. Also I nearly gave up when 2 trolls joined him and wrecked me and my attempts at corpse retrieval...

[@MariDutton]

You explain well. Ty

[@MmMerrifield]

Nice tips!

[@harveybayliss3578]

Nice

[@AltinsGaming]

Great video as always!

[@wiggingout46]

Captain No Skill over here thanks you

[@vesavius]

See, I don't see this as cheesing it... I see it as preparing the battleground. I personally built a small hill fort with a trench and pinged him with fire arrows. Nothing in the game says that you have to melee him.

[@painhurts3720]

that's a great way of seeing it honestly

[@sifubankai2719]

Thanks for the upload my dude

[@vocalsunleashed]

It's hilarious how confused he looks XD

[@SomeOne-zz4hs]

what some people call an exploit is what i call good tactics

[@Alloran]

Thanks for that cheezy method, I love me some stress free bossing.

[@Brotesque89]

My Elder register location was in a dungeon.... that I died in.

[@FluffyMuffs]

Lol

[@heyhoe168]

There are a lot of ruinstones for elder. It is not a problem to find it if you farm burial chambers for sulfing cores

[@HaydenHero]

Dungeons are actually pretty easy. Just level up the stagbreaker and use that. 2-3 hit kill on every skeleton.

[@jamesstead1016]

Just fought this boss somehow found the altar before finding one of the tablets that tells you were it is haha

[@ERICV570]

The Underground method is patched. his stomps will still hit you. setting up the fires and hitting him with fire arrows made quick work of him though. Make sure you have ALOT of fire arrows

[@thescrub9226]

I dug underneath the whole platform, got lucky and could make a base underneath. He got stuck in one of my trenches. Had him blinded by a pillar and just continued to shoot him without building all the fireplaces.

[@travisscott7736]

great video, keep up the great work

[@jakubsoun7883]

Useful pieces of advice´!

[@JA-tu3iu]

Cheese does not work anymore, tentacles will spawn down there and for some reason once he caught on fire he stomped and destroyed all fires instantly.

[@ralphwalker5712]

I wish your videos were in order, I can’t work out which one is next. Can anybody advise which is the best one of his videos to watch after completing the 2nd boss please?

[@Wolf-xb8bo]

This Boss was very easy. Game has not given me a challenge yet. Can't wait to find 3rd boss.

[@gelion1990]

My brother you are in full bronze, make some nails to unlock the better ship. Raft is a pain.

[@exemida]

So I didnt look up a guide and he stepped on me which hurt alot...I then realize the summoning site has four indestructible pillars...that block his mini gun vine attack. So I took him out with a bow today lol. It was a very fun fight. Btw if people are curious 2 star brutes drop up to 5 ancient seeds.

[@wildape8694]

They fixed the underground roots. they can now get to you

[@Jumbers47]

Thank you much! Happy hunting!

[@silhd4307]

I did the 'easy guide' so I put campfires around and digged that hole, somehow the elder spawned in the hole so I had to run away from it and hide behind these pilars whilst the elder boss was stuck in the hole. Lol. Pretty easy it was after all ;)

[@dcyphermanplays8233]

My God man I'm not even a PC player I love your videos very good

[@loraelstad8941]

Believe me, there are plenty of us console users who watch this even though it’s currently only PC. If it’s successful, they may consider porting it in the future. 👍🏻

[@Stresslvls99]

*Digs a hole into the ground/Super Mario invincible music plays*

[@heat_wayve3097]

I was with you until battle brother.. damn, you're good too

[@appalachiantrucker9712]

Such a good game. thanks for the guides.