Viking Reenactor Reviews VALHEIM Historical Accuracy

Valheim is a smash hit Viking survival game filled with trolls, greydwarfs, skeletons, monsters, and adventure!
But how historically accurate is it? Are there pieces of Viking archaeology and history that we can find even in a fantasy game? Join me as I look at what the real Vikings looked like compared to Valheim. You might eve learn a word or two of Welsh along the way ;)
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[@Loweene_Ancalimon]

"OH PLEASE NO I'M DOING A GUIDED TOUR" is now something I aspire to say seriously once in my life.

[@Loweene_Ancalimon]

Twitch would be fun, would love to just hang out there !

[@TheWelshViking]

I just... I just wanted to show you my deforestation patterns and my boat!

[@Loweene_Ancalimon]

@@TheWelshViking ! Deforestation patterns ! Are they funky shapes ?

[@Kate-qu2rw]

My fav momoment of Valheim ever

[@tr4shpanda.official]

There's actually are fancy beds, looms and fabric later in the game, you just need to progress a bit through bioms, and bosses :)

[@habibishapur]

same with the earthworks he wanted around his palisade. he could do it with pickaxe

[@MartinTraXAA]

One of the small things I like is the Flint in Valheim. It's not gathered by mining it, but gathering it from the shore. Reflects on the fact that there is very little flint in Norway, so during the stone age the flint they had was either brought from elsewhere or... gathered from the shore, where flint stones were deposited by the ice! Pretty neat detail.

[@MartinTraXAA]

Oh, and the stone circles that form the keel of a ()-shaped ship are actually graves in the game. Similar to stone structures that can be found especially in Sweden. In the game you can excavate them with a pickaxe and find buried skeletons and treasure!

[@emilytravis1696]

I have been watching my husband play Vallheim and one of my first comments was "Where are the sheep? How can you be vikings without wool?" Apparently you can get linen in the game though?

[@TheWelshViking]

You can, but WOOL! He's absolutely right and I was so annoyed the sailcloth is leather at first, and never wool. Dis. Gusting.

[@johannageisel5390]

@@TheWelshViking See, that's why Minecraft is superior: Sheepsies.

[@loaf_of_eitr]

Yes, you can get linen through the game, but it is very far from the very first location and first boss. In fact, even if you are lucky enough to get some linen, the game will not allow you to craft something - your progress should be bigger.

[@onychophorawesome]

You just sent me down a Wikipedia rabbit hole on the history of bee keeping.

[@master_illitrix]

It's fascinating stuff. My high school chemistry teacher had apiaries and used them to explain pheromones to us

[@TwoMikesProductions]

MUSCULAR ALAN LIVES. LONG LIVE BIG TERRY

[@TheWelshViking]

RIP IN PEACE HE RIDES WITH ODIN NOW

[@spawniscariot9756]

Had the pleasure of meeting Muscular Alan at a charity do once. He was surprisingly down to earth, and VERY funny.

[@haloserb]

I actually love this sort of approach more for a Viking inspired setting. It's more original and you can see they've taken inspiration from history and mythology rather than something like AC Valhalla where it feel like they've twisted things up while claiming it's historical.

[@christofferrasmussen6533]

Same, and it saddens me to see kids and morons post comments all over wishing the devs would add dual wielding... Just no.

[@shironerisilk]

I couldn't stop laughing on the ''I'M ON FIRE'' part oh my god lol

[@VirtuallyViktoriyan]

I found that a bit too relatable to my own game play

[@shironerisilk]

@@VirtuallyViktoriyan Exactly, so funny lol

[@PhoenyxAshe]

@@VirtuallyViktoriyan Same - Especially the first hour of gameplay...

[@rohraspy1590]

One thing really cool about valheim is sometimes you can see Odin stood just out of your reach and even Thor in the sky during a storm!

[@TheWelshViking]

I noticed that! Beautiful touches

[@Jackster8484]

one thing I thought was a really nice touch in this game is that the first enemies you fight aren't some generic fantasy monster, but living trees. Killing Greydwarfs and using their wood to make a house is wary similar to Odin killing Ymir and using his body to crate Midgard, our home world.

[@sotetsotetsotetsotetsotet2379]

A lot of the things you are critiquing, such as the bed, are the early technologys in game and are replaced with things such as the more decorated Dragonbed. At least you haven't got far enough yet to see the wolfskin on the shoulders yet ;)

[@Lunareon]

I love how building stuff in the game requires tons of materials, and then suddenly you've used up all the natural resources in the vicinity. This has unfortunately historically happened in many parts of the real world. Also, I'm convinced that the trolls and other creatures are just trying to protect their home environment from the invading players. They always seem to appear when you're cutting down trees and mining minerals... ^^;;

[@Colouras]

I swear the trolls start coming for you when you cut trees which is rather cool ^^

[@melodicbuttonmash]

I've noticed that too. Sometimes I think "here come the environmentalists". can't blame pretty much everything in the game for just trying to defend their homes.

[@loaf_of_eitr]

This is right, one of the bosses, the Elder, lives in Black Forest and tries to protect it, because he's just a huge sapient tree covered with some stones.

[@Bluebelle51]

"Wild boar, not as common these days, which is a shame because they're lovely creatures" me, "Unless of course, you've had to run for your life from one, then they're terrifying!" I've actually had one attack my truck, with myself trapped inside, with visions of "Cujo" dancing in my head and the truck still has the dents in it, those things are massive!!!!

[@christineherrmann205]

Yeah, as someone who studied ecology, I had to laugh at the "lovely" wild boar. Not hardly.

[@eazy8579]

They’re way too common here in the states

[@Bluebelle51]

@@christineherrmann205 one of the most terrifying adorable things I've ever seen in my life was a baby boar. So freaking cute!!!! I backed away very slowly knowing full well that it's parents were just out of sight in the brambles.

[@Bluebelle51]

@@eazy8579 Also, not seen often in cities like Glasgow. Now I live in the Mojave, but at the time, I was living in a very rural part of a very rural southern state (our "town" had a population of 75) and I lived in the forest. My next door neighbor was 5 miles away.

[@christineherrmann205]

@@Bluebelle51 the only thing more terrifying would be brown/grizzly or moose. Or, I suppose, shark fin. 🤣

[@rachelboersma-plug9482]

I don't even game, and I've got a pile of editing I'm supposed to finish today, but here I am, with my cup of tea, thoroughly enjoying this.

[@paulaunger3061]

Oooh, your hair looks nice today :)

[@TheWelshViking]

I thought it was nicely poofy myself, thank you! :3

[@markusjones1598]

Also Addicted, 200+ days in and still haven't bothered with the second boss. have been building an entire Viking Village. :)

[@ashleejones1690]

Well that was hilarious and thoroughly entertaining, and I don't even game 😅

[@joejoelesh1197]

I would love to see you review Netflix's "Norsemen" series, BUT only point out the good things about it. Yes, there are some.

[@anna-zs3oy]

That would be a good one!

[@Anauriel]

I've thought about this as well! It's hilarious if nothing else

[@joejoelesh1197]

@@Anauriel the production quality has really increased for the 3rd season. There are numerous things that I have been impressed with.

[@Anauriel]

@@joejoelesh1197 Oh? I haven't been able to watch for a while so I may have to use my tax refund to catch up!

[@FriidaK]

A thing I absolutely love about Valheim is the soundscape! They’ve nailed using sound to convey surroundings, weather, movement, time of day; birds chirping, wind blowing, etc. It gives a depth to the experience

[@SnappyDragon]

. . . A dragon ornament, you says? [sits on bargeboards and poses]

[@TheWelshViking]

Perfect! *is murdered by skellinbones*

[@johannageisel5390]

Maybe the SnappyDragon can even defend the house by snapping. :D

[@caspian8650]

Would be SO interested in seeing how things with the dye plants go. I wanted to grow some woad, but apparently it's highly invasive where I live so I thought best not!

[@RandomAFP]

I wanted to grow my own dye plants but my garden is awful and I occasionally try but give up because omg hard work even with half the contents of b&q. But! Turns out if I just ignore it, I get buttercups out the wazoo and they give the most amazing brilliant yellow with tin as a mordant. Takes a while to pick 100g but so worth it, looks like I should get another good crop this year.

[@TheWelshViking]

Ooh, this is good to know!

[@TheWelshViking]

Woad is pretty rare around here nowadays but *in theory* it should grow nicely for me in my soil. Here's hopin'! Could you grow it in a pot and be vigilant of its growth?

[@johannageisel5390]

I have woad in my garden. I took some seeds a couple years ago when visiting an old monastery with a well kept herb and dye garden. (It's a museum now; no monks anymore.) I had no idea it could be invasive somewhere. Where do you live, Caspian?

[@Dennden]

You could forage the woad. You get woad, the forest loses an invader. Win win!

[@paulaunger3061]

Would they really have had bare flame torches inside their houses like that? Those are quite close to wooden walls, wall hangings etc and - as Large Alan discovered - represent a bit of a fire risk.

[@TheWelshViking]

The hearth was usually inside and unprotected so yeah, bare flame in a wooden building was pretty much standard. I mean a lot of houses burnt down...

[@paulaunger3061]

@@TheWelshViking Oh no! I'd have thought they might have sorted out some kind of stone alcove to protect it or something... An invention for a later century ;)

[@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei]

@@paulaunger3061 I would doubt that they used torches in their buildings. :D I think they used candles and maybe even some sort of oil lamps. I mean, even the Sumerians had oil lamps.

[@kahn04]

@@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei oil lamps and possibly rushlights, candles would have probably been quite expensive.

[@spawniscariot9756]

If I remember correctly, non-wooden chimneys (I assume they were often lined with daub or clay though) only became a regular, and regulated, thing in the mid- to late 1800's in London

[@Rune_Scholar]

Love that you did this video. This is a wonderful game. I'd like to point out some things you may have missed. First the bargeboards. You actually CAN cross them the way they were done just by using the individual wood beams. It would be kind of hard to describe here but you use the snap points. The X shaped beam is just an easy way. Tapestries. One of the updates coming is called "Home and Hearth". There are hints that tapestries are coming. The bed. (SPOILER:) You can make a better bed later that is quite accurate to some examples we've seen. Runestones have red paint as we know they did in period. Sure, they glow but...it's fantasy. The sword you can make with bronze looks like examples of swords from the Nordic Bronze Age. The sword you can make of iron looks like a typical lobed pommel Viking Age sword, and the sword you can make with silver (It comes after iron and ignore that it's made of a weak metal) looks like a late Viking Age early normal style sword with a brazil-nut pommel. That attention to progression is great. One of the polearms you can make is an atgeir which is a weapon that never gets enough love or recognition. The armour is pretty crap but eh. While it is crap, I'd like to draw attention to the helmets which look pretty good on the iron. The (SPOILER) padded armour, later on, is gambeson, which isn't Viking Age but it's still nice to see gambeson. The helm looks like a spectacle helm with an aventail. The ship burials that you can find around the meadows are a nice touch. Weaving and sails. One of the updates coming is called "Ships and Sea". And customisation of your ship, sails included, is heavily hinted at. Also we already (SPOILER) have a spinning wheel in-game. I think we need a loom, though.

[@Bluebelle51]

speaking of crafting and gardening, next week I'm planting flax, just a few rows, to experiment with turning flax into linen which I will weave on my loom ( IF it grows and IF I don't screw this up) If it turns out, then next year I will plant a much larger patch, this year, it's just experimental

[@caspian8650]

Oh gosh I'd love if you made a video about it or blogged about that experience somewhere! I really want to try the same thing when I have the space for it.

[@Bluebelle51]

@@caspian8650 I might make a video about it, I hadn't thought of that before. I'm not even sure I can get it to grow here, I live in the Mojave desert. On the other hand, making a video record of the experiment isn't a bad idea!

[@PhoenyxAshe]

@@Bluebelle51 I'm in Colorado, and have been hesitant about growing flax for the same reason. Also need to check the regulations again. I believe hemp grows with moderate success out here, but while you can have two pot plants for personal use, the hemp variety was tied up in so much red tape it was insane.

[@Bluebelle51]

@@PhoenyxAshe I hadn't thought of trying hemp, I'm not sure what the rules are here, but where I live, no one would ever know anyway, because I'm so far away from civilization it's unreal. I should check into that, I know when I was raising birds I could buy hemp seeds for them, but I haven't a clue about what the laws and rules are about growing it. Legally I can grow 6 cannabis plants for personal use, but I haven't done that either. Thanks for giving me another research project!

[@PhoenyxAshe]

@@Bluebelle51 You're welcome! Wait... 6 plants? I have friends and family that would jump on that... =l=

[@leblabbiy7489]

If you have a closer look at the starting. It's not Hugin who brings you to Valheim. It's a birdlike women, (or a womanlike bird in this case) So it's a Valkyrie. Maybe different looking than expected, but surely not a raven.

[@tdorn20000]

Just a guy geeking out about an awesome game, which I thoroughly enjoyed watching. Side note, took me till the phrase of the dsy to realize what was different about you. I was thinking "oh, Jimmy looks refreshed, wonder if he had a short vacation?" Then I realized you shaved. I like both looks :)

[@TheWelshViking]

Many thank yous! I got bored of the beard and decided to go clean shaven for a bit. Makes me feel young again!

[@KycklingsoppaDeluxe]

1) Scales are now one hundred percent tipped in favour of me joining my brother in playing this game. 2) It is SO lovely to see vids like this one, or the one where Bernadette Banners swoons over the costumes in Gentleman Jack. Appreciation and a bit of nerdy joy, I love it!

[@TheWelshViking]

There's plenty of grumpy stuff, but sometimes I just want to show you guys all the nice stuff as well, you know? I love a good rant as much as the next nerd, but it's been a bugger of a year and I want to spread some love!

[@tamedbb]

You have NO IDEA how excited I was to see this on my subscription list. I am glad that a fellow Viking Age nerd enjoys this game as much as I do.

[@Dreymasmith]

Shut your gate! There's a lot to love in this game. I love that iron comes from bogs (well, from mud in swamp dungeons, but still), tin comes from rocks on the sea shore, nails for the beautiful boats, etc etc. But I was really disappointed with them putting a spinning wheel in. Those amazing sails were spindle spun and there should have been acknowledgement of that - a spindle and distaff in a basket of fleece would have been cool. But no, it's a spinning wheel and we have to wait for flax to get it. Where are the Icelandic sheep? Oh well. Still love the game. And still love Minecraft

[@jennifercourtemanche9793]

Just saw this comment - the Icelandic sheep are at my farm. You are more than welcome to come meet them if you are ever in Montana.

[@VirtuallyViktoriyan]

There is a bed later in the game which looks very similar to the photo of the bed you showed! I wonder if that’s where they took the design from!

[@MinecraftDwarves]

Correction: At the beginning you are be brought to Valheim by a Valkyrie. The Valkyries in the game only look a bit like ravens ;3

[@ChristheRedcoat]

Very inconsiderate of that greydwarf and those skeletons, interrupting your tour like that. Smdh.

[@oliviahamilton8654]

I would love to see you do a video on your viking age/medieval garden!

[@TheWelshViking]

I'm putting some footage together right now! It's a long term project ofc, but I'll try it!

[@jrj5893]

I know that this is an old video, but I FINALLY got the game and have been low-key playing it with my significant other, and I was thrilled to see that you've made a video on it. Have you had a chance to do much playing of it in the last year? If so, what do you think about the new Mistlands update? I haven't even fought the first boss yet, I'm mostly just enjoying exploring (and deforesting >.>) but I'm going to crack soon because I want that pick axe so I can start mining lol

[@swedneck]

Something i find very special about the game is that the black forest biome just.. feels like an actual scandinavian forest. It's so nice how it's not an evil forest or anything, it's just a beautiful forest with some honestly quite easy to avoid dangers, which is lovely game design.

[@kahn04]

I got way to much enjoyment out of seeing Huginn explode in a burst of feathers 🤣🤦🏻‍♂️

[@greenknitter]

Hi Jimmy, Happy St. Patrick's Day from Ireland. 🇮🇪 😃 Found your channel after searching for info on Viking age Waterford-where I'm from. A city founded by the Norse Vikings- Vadrafjord as it was. Ever been I wonder? we have a Viking Musuem, Viking Triangle area of the city and the oldest civic building in the country also built by them and added onto by the Normans-Reginald's Tower, which now has a collection of Viking Waterford artifacts. Think you'd love it if you haven't been already. Not a gamer but loved this one. RIP Big Terry. But how did I start out looking for local history and end up watching a game reaction and now wanting to learn nålbinding? Tricksy Welshman 🤔

[@TheWelshViking]

I am a trickster! Lemme tell you something. Lean in. I. LOVE. Waterford. Super happy to have you, mate! Have a good Paddy's!

[@adrianajesus2226]

It would be nice if you do a react of "viking music" live wardruna and Heilung.

[@tetchedistress]

Hope all is going well with you. Have been working on fiber arts myself, and I have a few to finish before I try nahlbinding again. Am also looking into building my own loom. Happy Spring! Enjoy the garden. We are currently under a few inches of snow from a recent storm. Thank You for the video, and take care this week.

[@sisuguillam5109]

Building your own loom? Wow! 😍

[@RandomAFP]

I wanna build a WW loom in the pojkvän's car port. No room indoors here and too wet too often for outside.

[@AnnAnonyme]

"The location that I've picked for my little homestead here is as accurate a location as I could manage." 🤣

[@foxxielane2196]

Yes to more video games historical accuracy, please.

[@haloserb]

Also yes, forges can be built on a wooden frame or bench just fine usually, especially for a smaller one where only a small spot in the center of the coals get particularly hot. This is what I use myself, along with similar stake anvils to those in game :D

[@Th3GreenMachine]

Oh no, I have a work meeting I’m supposed to be in!...I wonder why I’m suddenly not able to attend 🤔

[@Torso]

Great video! I always use the pick axe to dig a ditch around my settlements and then use that stone to raise the ground for look out/arrow positions!

[@TheWelshViking]

I have now done this and I *love* it

[@madsrasmussen5536]

OMG! I only barely can imagine you playing Minecraft, in a Viking way.. holy sweet Jesus that sounds epic! Nice video btw!

[@TheWelshViking]

Honestly my MC is usually all concentric castles with chapels and towers and gatehouses and donjons. It gets a bit silly! :D

[@madsrasmussen5536]

@@TheWelshViking uuh i see. I really also like to build chapels! :)

[@mintyrich2814]

My hubby loves this game, i personally am an Elder scrolls Online fan and Northern Skyrim is beautiful. It reminds me of Northern British Columbia and thebNorth West Teritory in Canada. They even include the Aurora Borealis. Anyway i am blathering on. It is populated by the Norse...

[@Nattfare]

Some people I have played with here in Sweden think the art of the game has taken some inspiration from Astrid Lindgren's Ronia, the Robbers' Daughter (with the greydwarves and the vildvittra that carries you at the start) as well as John Bauer's drawings (like the trolls).

[@TexZenMaster]

5 people made this game... $100 million in sales in

[@TheWelshViking]

100%

[@UmiHatake]

I actually really want to play this game now! I didn't know it was a thing! I'm always on the look out for historically inspired games. I'm currently playing one based on Slavic folktales called Yaga and once I'm done with that one I'll move on to Mooseman, which is based off Finnish mythology, so this will make a fine addition to my queue!! I for one would be interested in watching you stream.

[@knittinghistory5430]

My husband was playing this on Twitch, and a vegetarian was upset about killing animals in-game. It's perfectly fine to be veggie! But no one was making him watch a game about the Viking Age, and meat and leather are fairly important to the game.

[@polkadot8788]

I think I'd prefer the freya option over odins. Will you be reviewing the how to train your dragon games next?

[@FayeSterling]

I remember being in a voice chat with Tom when he was playing and he utterly flipped over the butts of the Trolls 😂 In his words "Why did they make 'em so THICCC!" I've been in the research pits so haven't had the time to play it, but I'm glad that it's not as godawful as AC:Valhalla!

[@Ayns.L14A]

erm it's a Valkyrie that drops you at the beginning of the game have a closer look she's fit!!!

[@thegiantmimir4664]

I think the architectural influence on the game from the stave church at Borgund is evident. Including the carved dragon heads. Whatever you're doing for your audience (multiplayer valheim server?) - don't underestimate the power of blocking in Valheim combat. Not only will it reduce the amount of damage, but a perfect block (timing) stuns and staggers melee AND ranged enemies - allowing you to dish out critical damage to them.

[@brQdfrQd]

You can find formations of stone that kinda resembles a ship, and if you dig down you can find human remains. Vikings buried with their ship maybe? :)

[@eiszapfenkobold]

You can build the some kind of rounded roof look with using the 45° thatch and then the 25° thatch on top of it without using the special roof top piece Holds together fine. ;)

[@JasTheMadTexan]

If you like wild boar so much, you're welcome to the feral hogs we have here in North America. They're invasive and a huge nuisance.

[@Kramplarv]

do you have 50 feral hogs coming round?

[@Bluebelle51]

and one tried to kill me once...........

[@Bluebelle51]

one of the cutest and most terrifying things I ever saw was a baby boar it was adorable and I knew that it's parents were too close for comfort

[@ThomasVanhala]

It is a bit more to the story of the game, The 10th realm is a prison where Odin have locked away some powerful monsters and they are staring to break free. You newly dead and handpicked to go there and defeat the monsters.

[@sabrinah.1149]

If you did a stream on twitch playing valheim I'd come watch immediately!

[@niknotnikki]

I know I am three days late but I would love love love to see you do a twitch stream with this game!

[@skadi4893]

I actually waited for you to look into the game. Especially your opinion to Linen Capes :D

[@Kramplarv]

greydwarfs are quite cool. They are taken from Astrid Lindgrens Ronja the Robber's daughter! (the name that is. the creature is not! )

[@rachelboersma-plug9482]

One of my favourite books.

[@yarus5889]

Hey, I know you cover alot of anglo, norse, icelandic, welsh history, especially obviously with vikings. I was wondering if you were interested in the Varangian Guard, or the Kievan Rus. They're both favorite topics of mine, especially as a fan of late roman/byzantine history.

[@TheWelshViking]

I plan to do some Byzantine stuff yes absolutely, I adore it and Roman. As for the Kievans, it's not a favourite subject of mine, but I think I have a couple of videos on them in the pipeline as well.

[@canucknancy4257]

So I knew Markiplier (the kiddo got into Unus Annus bigtime last year) but I had to ask my 17 year old who jacksepticeye is. Not a bad imitation you did. This looks like a very cool world to explore. Glad you've found something to 'escape' into now and again. Thanks for sharing. Take care 😊

[@GeoGuy2018]

For anyone who is wondering, I'm the 17-year-old son.

[@TheWelshViking]

I pride myself on my ad-hoc impressions of caffeine fuelled Irish KZbinrs ;)

[@corvidare9357]

I'm not playing the game, but it looks interesting and I'm completely here for more facts about casual viking life.

[@DanielledeVreede]

Not the point of the video but I must say, I'm curious about your bed (the real world one). It looks awesome ❤

[@paulaunger3061]

Game videos would be fun :) Watching this has made me want to buy the game :) Maybe next week when I'm off on annual leave :)

[@Larananne]

There are some lovely dragonheads on Borgund stavehurch (and others I think), so they are "real", although late viking-age :) I'm totally lost in this game too, haha :D

[@TheWelshViking]

I thought Borgund was about 1200? I'm slowly becoming not garbage!

[@goatloops]

Always hoped you'd do a review of this game! Thank you for your insight. :D

[@kirstenwyatt9675]

It really feels like a love letter to the Viking age. Not 100% accurate, but it includes the small things. Many of your complaints are added in later "tech tiers," especially now that they have added a few more biomes.

[@curiouslywoven9737]

Thanks for the look into the gaming portrayal. How did you like Dr. Phillips’ take on how we continue to use tropes in her interview on The Medievalist podcast?

[@TheWelshViking]

Very interesting. It makes a lot of sense. I do have a great deal of time for her research and theoretical approaches. Always a good listen!

[@UncleYammy]

I LOVE and HATE that trees kill me more often in this game than the creatures do. Let's be honest. We've all been there!

[@goShinigami]

60h into the game and... no..never? even if you are starved you still have 25HP and I think a falling tree does like .. 10-15 max? Unless you are really reckless or lumberjacking with an army of Greydwarves on your back I think it is very hard to die chopping trees

[@TheWelshViking]

I may have been maimed by several beech trees why who's asking? O_O

[@UncleYammy]

@@TheWelshViking Only that scheming Greydwarf that's in-waiting as you cut down that tree! XD

[@UncleYammy]

@@goShinigami Some of us like to live on the dangerous side. Screw workplace safety and PPE, no?

[@scouttyra]

"Wild boar [...] lovely creatures"... Spoken like someone who hasn't had fields destroyed by the little buggers

[@astertea5187]

Yay, I was wondering if you were going to talk about this game. If you feel like doing a neolithic game, I'd like to hear your thoughts on Dawn of Man.

[@TheWelshViking]

Ooh, I'll have to read up on NL archaeology but it looks super cool!

[@lavakeese]

I would LOVE watching you stream games on Twitch! Excellent idea!!

[@lynn858]

STOP. DROP. And ROLL! You're ON FIRE! Stop Drop and Roll. FUCK!! Why is it not letting you stop drop and roll?!! Geeze guys, you had a wonderful opportunity to help instill an important real-world emergency response in people, and... you didn't. I realize there's programming logistics, and it's complicated, but, damn that stressed me out.

[@angelcollina]

Oooh! I am currently addicted to Minecraft. It looks like it’s time to get addicted to something else :3

[@johannao4849]

Wild boars not being very common?! Lovely creatures!? I would like to invite you to Småland, Sweden, Good Sir!

[@christofferrasmussen6533]

Fun fact, my great great great great great great great great great grandfather actually killed the Elder ;)

[@MakooWallinen]

I would like reviews and reactions of Viking styled games like Hellblade: Senuas sacrfice and God of War and so on.

[@nicciep9378]

I actually think that the smelter is an OKEY and acceptable (not accurate, but moderately inspired) representation of an iron age blast furnace, even though they were a lot smaller and made of clay I believe. I'll link a picture of a "reconstructed" blast furnace. sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bl%C3%A4sterugn#/media/Fil:Hobro__-Fyrkat-__Vikingecenter_12_ies.jpg I also believe that the "birdhuman" that brings you to Valheim is a Vildvittra, or harpy as I think they are called in the english version of Ronja, the robbers daughter. The greydwarfs also seem to be inspired from Ronja, the robbers daughter. :)

[@azeenon]

A few other games I'd be curious to see your input on: Dead in Vinland Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Jotun: Vallhalla Edition Niffelheim All of these are on steam as well.

[@avaconstant4893]

I really enjoyed this video, the aesthetics of this game are amazing, and it seems like the creators put a lot of effort into being authentic! Always nice to see other people that are just as into history as I am!

[@TheWelshViking]

It's just soooo goooood though!

[@swiggens9139]

Hey Welsh Viking. Have you ever played the game Mount and Blade Warband or the new one Mount and Blade II Bannerlord?

[@KadeValentine]

You should check out the reddit! There's so much base building some of which is amazing and probably authentic!

[@frankyestrada1628]

Any way you can review the show Norsemen? I know it's a spoof...but that might make it more fun...? Anyway, thanks for all the fun content!

[@StanfieldMacCue]

look up dragestil architecture, explains the dragon house decoration. Very Norge, just also very after the viking age. But you'll see what they were going for.

[@AgentPedestrian]

So... are viking sails striped because they've sewn together several lengths of thin mediaeval weave?

[@saulithyia]

I adore this game. I never got into Minecraft, I got angry that I kept accidentally destroying things when trying to use them. But this game is lovely. My one beef with it though is with crafting items and placing items. I wish that once placed, you could move an item if it's not exactly how you want it, rather than destroying it and trying again. I'm a tad OCD over placing things JUST RIGHT, that it can be frustrating if I just need to push something a little bit. That said, while exploring around, I found this adorable, quaint little abandoned farm/village along the coast, and I decided to make that my new home base. Of course, my first one was across the island, thank goodness for carts to haul my stuff to the new locale. I've restored the 5 houses there, repaired fences around the raspberry bushes that were there. I've started building up stone walls and a moat to create a probably not accurate "keep" around my little village.

[@felixhaggblom7562]

I love your videos! I've also been having a blast with this game, and my earliest critique was also how much leather is used and how late fabric comes into play, where really it should be the other way around. One tiny petpeeve I have though, and something I know most non-native Scandinavians would have no way of knowing, is that the vowel "heim" is pronouncend like "day", not like in "high". That pronounciation is decidedly German, and English speakers just assume its the same because of the spelling.

[@heinrich4208]

I think the dragon ornaments were inspired by Stavechurches.

[@anadesouza7202]

hey hey, what do you think of Assassins Creed Valhalla making a short story of gay Vikings? I watched another archeologist saying there probably were gay Vikings, but the video of the videogame on KZbin has even more dislikes than likes.

[@merseyviking]

The boats look great, but the rigging isn't quite right. First the mast doesn't have shrouds, so it'd topple over the side as soon as you look at it. Boats of that size generally don't have backstays, mostly because it gets in the way. The braces (the lines coming from each end of the yard), there should only be one on each side, the windward/luff brace would be tied to the top strake forward, and the leeward/leech brace would be fed through a cleat and be held (or tied) by the steersman. There's also no halyard here, but I'll forgive them that as the yard is fixed in place :) That said, I am really impressed - the scale looks right, the sail shape looks good, and on the compass they have the deadzone where it's impossible to sail (although I would put it a bit wider for realism's sake, but totally understand that it's a gameplay thing - Real Tacking Simulator would be an exercise in frustration!). I've not played it, but defo want to after seeing this, thanks Jimmy!

[@AnnoyedKitten]

I am SO disappointed in that you didn't name your character Gefjong Rödballe! SO disappointed, Mr Viking! ;)

[@amesyoder521]

I would love to see an update on this talking about some of the late game elements. Wonderful video, on a very fun game.

[@lordofuzkulak8308]

I’m guessing the construction of the crossbeams is a consequence of how things are constructed in the game rather than them suggesting that’s how they really would be constructed, so I think they can be let off that one. Twitch gaming sounds like a nice idea; would you just play this game or do others? 🙂 Hmm, wonder how many non-Brits watching haven’t got a clue what you mean by Camp coffee? Would be interesting to see what they come up with. 🤣

[@clovenbeast5183]

That's crazy I moved from Minecraft to valheim I wasn't really too much of a gamer before lol. I was wondering cuz like they couldn't produce iron I could only take it but they were bronze age It just kind of rang true in some ways but which is what brought me to this video

[@catyatzee4143]

This is a lovely idea for a series. Another fun game; Prey for the gods. Another heavily Norse inspired fantasy game with survival and Jotun slaying elements

[@permiebird937]

Those "stargazing" camp chairs, I was told in my local SCA group that the design is actually a US colonial one. I haven't seen much evidence for that, but with all the wood available in 17th and 18th century US, it would be a design that might suggest its self in a land where trees were a major obstacle to farming. I would guess it's a design that independently sprung up in several different places over time, but not in Norse medieval culture.

[@esmecat]

weaving and spinning are very under represented in video games.... i would to see more. but i don't hold my breath for it. ok, back to splitting my time between my spinning wheel and valheim :D