Valheim: 7 Ways to Kill Yagluth - Melee, Wet Debuff, Bow & Arrows, Wolves, Bonfires, and Glitches

Yagluth is the 5th boss that you'll face in the Plains. This video shows you 7 different methods on how to kill him.

These 7 methods start with having a fair fight and using our Melee weapons. We also kill him by cleverly using the Wet debuff, trapping him so we can still use the old Bow & Arrows strategy, gang up on him with wolves, burn him from below with Bonfires, and a couple other sneaky methods

If you're fighting Yagluth for the first time, make sure to bring Fire Resistance Barley Wine. About 90% of his damage is from fire attacks, so this will help a lot. For your choice of weapon, stick with the silver weapons you made in the mountains. This mainly includes the Silver Sword and Frostner.

0:00 Introduction
1:22 Preparing for the boss fight
2:06 Method #1: Melee with Fire Resistance
6:42 Method #2: Melee with the Wet Debuff
10:54 Method #3: Bow & Arrows (Preperation)
12:20 Method #3: Bow & Arrows
15:20 Be Patient!
15:39 Method #4: Sacrificing the Wolves
16:52 Method #5: Fighting Fire with Bonfires
19:32 Method #6: Stabbing from below
21:48 Iron Cage Floors were a bad idea
22:02 Method #7: Glitching into the Altar
24:45 Summary and Yagluth's Power

[Rhacman]

15:28 Love the giant explosion, followed by walking a few steps and face-planting!

[trillistarauriestre]

Very well done, clear easy to follow no unnecessary bs and several methods clearly marked, best how to videos I have seen in a while

[JesseFrancis]

Let's not forget killing him with approx 20 lox. Get them on him FAST, they will kill him faster than the wolves if you do it right

[malinaplays]

This is by far the best guide on how to beat this boss I found on YT!

[epatnor]

Perfect guide. Easy to follow and concise. Thanks!

[rayvolk]

I used method 6. It worked extremely well for me, thanks. I have two goblin villages and 3 tar pits close to the alter. I didn't want to risk any adds messing up the fight. Silver sword and middle mouse killed him in about 5 minutes :)

[matthewogden]

Also if you are fighting with a group. You can typically dig under the altar and get enough space for a fire and teleporter to help out if anyone needs it. None of his attacks will hit them as the altar takes no damage. The group I play with is large and all but 2 people have quality gear....

[TimConama]

Yep, I tried method 6, and Yag immediately destroyed the trap with me in it. I'm not sure if they fixed the AI, or if some differences in my setup caused it. Differences are: There were two players instead of one. In addition to the workbench at floor level, I had another workbench buried below the wooden floor, and I had an escape/return portal below the floor. All were destroyed in the second Yagluth arrived. :) was funny. Also, I had another portal, quite far, but maybe not far enough away.

[sandman_says_runrunner]

Excellent breakdown... knowledgeable, concise, and easy to absorb and follow. Thanks!

[Vasilio]

Nice guide. Ten 2** wolves is enough too (with a little help with silver sword). If you are lucky you can even kill him twice in a row with the same wolves, losing them only on the second go. The second time I did not manage to bring the wolves in time to do the initial damage during spawning, so I lost them when Yag was 3/4 down. The rest was just a bit of work for silver sword (I helped wolves during the fight too a little, but just a little).

7:12 i am not sure if the hottub was available during the time you made this video, but you can now just put that somewhere close to the arena if its not near water to get the wet debuff :)

[lootgoon]

Excellent guide. I’m holding off on ending Yaggy boy for a bit. I’m having a difficult time finding totems on my seed, and since I also like using them for decorations along with extra boss trophies, I need quite a few. Because they don’t respawn, the Fuling raids on my base are the only renewable way to obtain them, as beserkers have a chance to drop totems. Once Yagluth is defeated, the Fuling raids stop, so its gonna be a bit before I take him on.

[dare]

Bow skill really increases the DPS of the bow because it not only increases the DMG but all decreases the draw time from 2.5 seconds to 0.8 seconds at lvl 100. This makes the bow do around 6 times the DPS at lvl 100 vs 0.

Yagluth is killable even with worse arrows at a high bow skill level.

Tip, try doing a bow-only run and your skill level will be around 80-90 when you get to Yagluth.

[konakoffee]

I'm going to setup for the belly buster method today! Excellent guide!

[ElAnciano]

Excellent guide. Now I want to try all the methods (except the wolves).

[Scratchyjackscratch]

I tried the water debuff lastnite on Yagluth, worked well until 3 Lox spawned next to the alter and ruined the fight, I will try again soon. Game on !

[HandyHanderson]

I recommend using a fully upgraded Root Armor in this fight for some *_extra spice._*

[sailorgunsveteran]

correction to your "frost arrows are only ones that do descent damage to Yag, Silver arrows do more damage than frost arrows, but are costly. Good guide. Thanks for posting.

[Daedric_Angel]

If you really need another way you can also make a dirt wall around the area(such as walls from pillar to pillar). Then slowly dig/build them closer until you can get him in a spot to use Sledge, takes awhile but it works, lol.

[Ryöken]

there is a strategy on his pattern, when he meteor it's on cd, so if you prefer, try to trigger his meteor, then go near him and trigger his fist, after this, he can't meteor until a moment and can't use another attack cause you are too close that let you a moment to free dps