The Vegan Valheim Challenge

In this video, I undertake a huge Valheim gameplay challenge where I defeat all bosses while greatly restricting the food and items I can use.
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0:00 Introduction
1:31 Why Vegan?
3:25 Challenge Rules
7:04 Deer Trophies
8:19 Troll Strats
9:07 Copper Knife
9:27 Door Strats
9:57 The Elder
11:46 Exploration
16:23 Turnip Seeds
16:50 Longcart
17:38 Mountain Ascent
18:25 Moder Setup
19:02 Eggs
25:05 Bonemass
28:37 Yagluth

[@nicolasduguay4]

You are the more patient and persistant Valheim player ever. I would have abandon this challenge at every steps of the way. Congratulation, this is not a small feat!

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thank you, I really appreciate that.

[@delboy6699]

Exactly what came across my mind, congrats on being patient on another level of patience.

[@grimmcoregames]

niiice! really good job! =) was a very interesting and eye opening challenge, very informative! Job well done! Im one of the Devs btw!

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thanks so much Robin. So glad you liked it. You do very beautiful work my friend. 👍

[@audunms4780]

@@NickRawcliffe you killed that poor poor deer eyketyr! YOU HAWE FAILED THE CHALANGE!

[@audunms4780]

@@NickRawcliffe padded armor? linnen + iron?

[@audunms4780]

@@NickRawcliffe you can get lether by destroyin fueling tanning racks.

@@audunms4780 You can also get leather in the scrap piles in the swamp, but it doesn't matter, because the challenge is to not "use" stuff from animal origin, as vegans don't, regardless if you kill the animal or not. And of course the exceptions are the bosses and the single 1 or 2-star deer that he needs to kill in order to invoke Eikthyr.

[@rammss]

Really an extraordinary work. I'm amazed by your patience.

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thank you, that's nice of you to say. Glad you liked the video.

[@dandymatt]

This man traveling the ocean in a cart...respect!

[@NickRawcliffe]

haha thanks XD

[@jessenewton6355]

Way to go! Nice to see the final product, I enjoyed catching bits of the stream process as well!

[@NickRawcliffe]

Awesome, thanks dude 🙏

[@Effects429]

You are the most patient and calm players/youtuber, I've ever seen! Keep up the great work!

[@NickRawcliffe]

Wow. Thanks I really appreciate that.

[@someonestupid9932]

That is actually insane, love those challenges, very well played

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thanks man. Really glad you like the content. Thanks for watching 👍

[@ProfessorNormal-EU]

Really love the challenge and the execution is superb. Your patience is rock solid, thank you for the entertainment

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thank you for the kind words. I’m really glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.

[@cecemcfarland4050]

I watched the recordings of all the streams and then this video. Truly enjoyed this project!

[@kylataramina1883]

the deaths it took you to get your swamo key from the swamp mob has me ☠☠☠☠ thank you this is a great video that i would literally never have the patience for

[@NickRawcliffe]

Haha you're very welcome. Thank you for watching. I really appreciate it.

[@IanMcc1000]

When you reached the Swamp, I realised this challenge is not for me.

[@NickRawcliffe]

Haha yup it got very tough at that point 😂 thanks for watching.

[@IanMcc1000]

@@NickRawcliffe I did laugh a lot at that point 🤣

[@bevo1835]

Loved every minute of this video ,well done Nick xx

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thank you so much. Glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@Lorelaeyn]

Well done, I enjoyed your editing style and voiceover. I've been watching your Valheim challenge playthoughs and speedruns.

[@NickRawcliffe]

Hey, thanks! really appreciate that, glad you like the content.

[@sofiablomquist8394]

As I commented during the premiere. Following the Vegan Vera streams taught me to be more confident in game. I now do deathruns naked. You have taught me how to do it properly. Thankyou!

[@NickRawcliffe]

That’s awesome. You’re very welcome. Thanks for watching.

[@mentalfloss2521]

Thanks for the entertainment Nick, and Merry Christmas to you!

[@NickRawcliffe]

You're very welcome. Thanks for watching. Merry Christmas!

[@BUCCIMAIN]

This challenge was way harder than I thought, great video.

[@NickRawcliffe]

Same XD thank you. Glad you liked the video 👍

[@Bagatell1]

You my friend are insane! just freakin insane. Keep up the great work man

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thanks dude. I appreciate that. I felt insane after doing this XD

[@PantsuAficionado]

Great stuff just finding all these ridiculous ways to progress. The ocean cart is a beautiful thing

[@lostsaucethein]

Content is always great, Nick!

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thanks bud

[@C_Haberstoked]

Great work Nick! Looked like a grind, but looks like it was worth it!

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thanks man, it was XD glad you like it 👍

[@viktorkullgren]

Yeah insane amount of work, great job! Really enjoyed it!

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thank you I really appreciate that. Glad you enjoyed it. 👍

[@MochaChicka]

Holy Moly! You DID it! It's done! Woah! You are a patient man! Congratulations! :-D!

[@NickRawcliffe]

Haha thanks 🙏

[@samlowdell9246]

bro im loving these!! smashing it my top youtuber atm

[@thomasalfa1154]

Amazing video, glad I got the chance to see the premiere :)

[@NickRawcliffe]

Nice, thanks. Glad you liked it 👍

[@carlduckels]

This was a great idea that threw many curve balls at you along the way. The full series was great to watch as it developed and the end result has been put together with a good balance of information, humour, fancy wipes and effects. Thank you Nick, for the time and effort you have spent putting this all together.

[@NickRawcliffe]

You’re very welcome. Thank you for always supporting me and the community. Really appreciate it buddy.

[@BeanWaterJunkie]

Your patience and persistence is unmatched.

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thanks man.

[@coldwetn0se172]

Lot of fun to watch. Subscribed. :D

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thanks 🙏 I’m glad you enjoyed it

[@sireous1y]

Omg! The whole run sounds insane, but the fact that you were killed during moder and went back to spawn….that would have been a rage quit.

[@chris_topher1984]

this is incredible. wow. nice job man, i will definitely subscribe for your content. i love Valheim, it might be the greatest game i have ever played.

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thanks man I appreciate that. Yeh Valheim is amazing. Glad you like the content.

[@Cerasum_chrysanthes]

My mind is blown. Using the cart to cross the ocean. I was wondering when you said in the beginning that it's still possible to do, but I couldn't imagine how! I got into Valheim through some friends who play on a server :) Still very new to the game, but it's great so far and I love the challenge videos!

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thanks man, Glad you enjoy the content. Thanks for watching.

[@zachrohlfs]

So sad about the spinning wheel. I know that was discussed during your streams. You were rushing Moder to get tears for the artisan table. Oh well, crazy how long all that took. Great job and amazing persistence. Hope to see more videos and it’s kind of cool that there are these strats that can be used for these odd challenge runs.

[@NickRawcliffe]

True, thanks dude. Glad you liked it.

[@daviddieteman1222]

13:46 thats gotta be the best pirate ive ever seen

[@eatmynoobfood7461]

Minimal loadout and you still made it look easy 😂 great vid ✌️💜

[@Cusifaii]

That was amazing. Congrats!. Insta subbed.

[@spacegabsX]

Ok, I had to like the video after the cart trick LOL

[@chrisinhotwater9896]

You are the Boss !! Nice video

[@damphool]

Best vid yet man! Nice!

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thanks dude, appreciate that.

[@Petra999]

Wow, I am vegan in real life and this was cool to watch. Makes you realize how this lifestyle is only practical in a very modern, convenient society. If things got primitive I would be breaking so many rules haha. Cheers

[@insomniacbritgaming1632]

no such thing as vegan... fyi

[@chrisrubin6445]

@@insomniacbritgaming1632 vegan does not mean someone who completely abstains from using animal products, but someone who makes the active effort not to use them if possible. atleast from my understanding. cheers mate.

[@robertlamborn7518]

I was wondering if you could play Valheim, meat-free and thought it maybe possible but going Vegan looks in near impossible. Congratulations and Thank You Nic, well done.

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thank you. 👍

[@mattmitchell7934]

Jesus, that moder fight was painful to watch even at 10000% speed. great work

[@NickRawcliffe]

lol thanks XD appreciate you checking out the content.

[@puddlesitter2]

Nick is probably my favourite person who does valheim challenges.

[@puddlesitter2]

2:57 I thought you said beans😂😂

[@BinaryJoe]

That's a lot of hours and more patience than I have. Nice job.

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thanks 👍

[@hungryal]

Honestly, if I was to give this a shot, I'd consider Greydwarves trees, just so I could use portals... Amazing you stuck through it though!

[@hellofditties]

i started a vegan challenge on my own channel and everyone told me to come watch this! i kinda wish i hadn't because now i know how truly hard it's gonna be 😩 but amazing work. i at least have an idea for how to cross the oceans now!

[@NickRawcliffe]

Haha good luck with your challenge. Thanks for stopping by 🙏

[@agedretainer]

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!! walking on a floating cart! never seen that!!! i'll log in now and do that haha

[@sofiablomquist8394]

It was a good edited video of that challenge. But you left out the disappointment when you realised that the spinningwheel used leather. The thoughtout strategy crumbled into nothing. Amazing challenge!

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.

[@WildflowersCreations]

this is absolutely insane, I laughed so hard.

[@NickRawcliffe]

XD I’m glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.

[@Flanredo]

you deserved for more views, well done

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thank you. I appreciate that.

[@coldcremator6206]

Wonderful video, mate! This and your In Reverse vids were a wonderful introduction to your channel and really scratched my itch for viewing unique ideas that challenge the player and sometimes even defy the game itself. I'm still pretty fresh to Valheim, so some of the tricks you used will definitely inspire me for my own solo seed. If we wanted to get technical, would the Vegan challenge's standard animal item ban extend to all NPCs classified as a "creature?" In that case, Surtling Cores would also not be allowed due to them being sourced from Surtlings in name and potential item drop. Of course, an outright ban would make the run most likely literally impossible, and since no Surtling was harmed in this production I reckon it can be overlooked, lol

[@NickRawcliffe]

I’m glad you enjoyed it. This is actually a really good point. I actually never considered it as I only used cores from burial chambers but you’re right. It would actually be possible. Just much harder. Thanks for the input.

[@FabulousFemFiend]

I would argue that Trolls are not animals thus allowed, but your challenge is insane regardless.

[@fuuunaaa3368]

Damn Bro that challange would have been to mich for me lmao And in the Eikthyr fight with 600% speed he sounded like a little cat sometimes

[@NickRawcliffe]

Haha TRUE poor kitty XD , Thanks for watching. Glad you liked it.

The trick with the cartwheel blew my mind

[@NickRawcliffe]

Ahaha thank you. Glad you liked it 👍

[@Asheffc]

Absolutely insane !

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thanks buddy 🙏

[@tortlani]

Omg that golem crying 😂

[@NickRawcliffe]

YES someone finally acknowledged my favourite part of my editing 😂 thank you.

[@Cashewcream]

Haha! I'm vegan irl but I'd never have the dedication to attempt this! Good job.

[@NickRawcliffe]

cool, thank you. appreciate that.

[@lexxeffectual]

Same! irl - no problem. In Valheim? Never! ^^ This is amazing!

[@insomniacbritgaming1632]

no such thing

[@brennanhewitt7609]

what an absolute mad lad!

[@NickRawcliffe]

XD thanks for watching

[@DaftCricket]

This deserves so much more credit......

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thank you. I appreciate that.

[@MathiasLassen-fx7tr]

Great vid

[@pavvy]

Great video!

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thank you so much for saying that. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@mark36ngnt44]

Thanks! Entertaining!

[@NickRawcliffe]

You're very welcome. Thanks for the support you legend!

[@MilohRhed]

I clicked on your video because I had just done it... It was tough. I got to Moder. Aside from not using any food/potions with meat in it, I had to use all light armor. It got to be very hard and I got tired of dying. I did vegetarian, not vegan. No metal armor, no meat consumption, I guess it was more of a druid run.

[@Madhijz]

at first I thought so what he can't eat cheese big whoop. but then the leather and hide aspect became apparent and suddenly cruising around the swamps for 18 hours looking for bones got knocked of the first place in Valheim patience.

[@NickRawcliffe]

Haha thank you XD

[@Petra999]

Lmao I love how you got deer trophies through "accidental" burning the deers to death

[@sofiablomquist8394]

Yaay! Christmas is early this year.

[@NickRawcliffe]

Haha I’m excited for everyone to finally see the finished thing.

[@mattman9656]

great challenge. Vegans usually dont eat honey though since it comes from an animal :) Time for another video

[@gingerbreadman7729]

"no one has ever done this" SIR I am the vegan runner thats how I play all games

[@NickRawcliffe]

TRUUUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEE

[@Majo_Ellen]

GOOD JOB~

[@nemisesik]

This is just pure torture and pain 😂❤

[@thecaptn2764]

Good luck with the mistlands update. Lol

[@LetzGoAntiSpe]

As a vegan and a Valheim player I enjoyed this video very much!

[@HerrGreencoat]

Leather scraps from crypts should have been allowed because if you don't use them, you waste them which is almost as bad as killing the animal in the first place

[@rockzalt]

Wow! You're like the Valheim whisperer, the game must of told you how to do this.😁

[@NickRawcliffe]

XD thanks

[@Wiggles4life]

Time to do the mistlands!

[@johnsonarlegui2158]

AMAZING

[@NickRawcliffe]

thank you. glad you liked it.

[@KM_Ultimate]

We need to get that vegan teacher to play valheim

[@AlbertLamarque]

We talked about it on our server and thanks to you we don't have to do it anymore. Some of us just go on and do the vegan challenge in real life where it isn't one. Good job!

[@NickRawcliffe]

Thank you

[@-nameless8871]

incredible run and strats, especially with the extra difficulty you added Vera The Vegan is a more devoted vegan than most in the real world, especially with the spinning wheel for example

[@NickRawcliffe]

Haha thank you 🙏

[@IchSprecheKeinDeutsch]

Next: vegan valheim, flintknife only in reverse

[@NickRawcliffe]

😂 BEST IDEA EVER

[@Ethan-pk8by]

Technically greydwarfs are plants due to their spawners being seeds

[@NickRawcliffe]

TRUE

[@DuygusalKasap]

watching it alone was such a torture

[@NickRawcliffe]

ok

[@CrimsonCQB]

Jeez... thumbs up for all the effort alone

[@evronian1129]

What a struggle!

[@NickRawcliffe]

True XD. Ty for watching

[@maapaa2010]

This is a whole new side to youtube holy fck.

[@NickRawcliffe]

Haha thanks for watching

[@coloradogames5054]

Real crazy man

[@NickRawcliffe]

Haha thanks XD thank you for watching 👍

[@CommonSenz]

madlad

[@NickRawcliffe]

XD thanks for watching

[@biancafroggy1738]

For those complaining that it wasn't quite vegan, so what, it was still an incredible feat.

[@MadMikael]

I looked up masochist online, and found a link to this video

[@NickRawcliffe]

Hahaha XD thanks for watching

[@thefatass500]

I come from the future to tell you that you are not the last, as of at least 2022.

[@InfernosReaper]

For some reason, I get the feeling like vegans would probably be fine with use of materials from incidental kills or the creatures they don't kill, but we have no idea because all of the ones we hear from live cushy modern lives That aside, it kinda bugs me that animal materials are needed for bows, cause the "crude bow" seems like something one could make with wood only, just like the most basic of the arrows, mainly cause I've seen it done.

[@u1trav10let2]

i swear u killed a greydwarf in cold blood

[@shibahile]

idk if troll would be considerd off limit by a vegan but amazing run none the less! #TrollArmourGang

[@NickRawcliffe]

It would. But yes thank you very much. Thanks for watching. Glad you liked it 👍

[@Vespusgaming]

Nice work. 8:45 troll can kill you when you are on burial chamber.

[@NickRawcliffe]

👍

[@brieoshiro]

I'm vegan IRL and even I wouldn't do this challenge haha

[@NxJers]

17:25 What do we do with a vegan viking What do we do with a vegan viking What do we do with a vegan viking Early in the morning?

[@gold-waffles]

Doesn't the barely wine/fire resist potion fall within these restrictions? No honey needed...

[@ArtAngelMouse]

Veganism irl: Fairly easy. Veganism in Valheim: hard mode but you get to be Jesus Christ and walk across the ocean 👀

[@NickRawcliffe]

TRUE 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Civan768]

Wait a minute… the cores are dropped by the fire thing in the swamps, does it count as a animal drop ?

[@Petra999]

Damn 90 minutes to kill Moder with a knife. Respect!

[@christianhorn1999]

💚

[@SokkingBTtulaj]

Crystal can be looted in caves.