Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: 10 Beginner’s Tips

It's time to step into the Animus and head to England as Viking raider Eivor in Assassin's Creed Valhalla. Here's your guide with 10 early game tips to help you get the most from Ubisoft's latest.

Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a meaty RPG thatoffers sprawling quests, a huge map, and a, frankly, intimidating-looking skill tree. It's possible to be overwhelmed when you boot the game up, but don't worry, we've got you covered with some early-game tips to help you get the most out of your time as a Viking raider.

In the video above, we tell you which collectables to be on the lookout for, how to find the best abilities for Eivor, and, crucially, how to find a wolf to join you in battle and a cat for your longship. If you're stuck looking for a certain yellow longship, we have the answer to that too (but we put a spoiler warning on it, don't worry). We also point out some side activities that you won't want to miss, such as flyting aka Viking rap battles. Yes, you read that right. 

For more on Assassin's Creed Valhalla, make sure to check out our review, as well as our video comparing visuals and load times between the Xbox Series X and Xbox One X versions of the game.

0:00 Intro
0:15 Assassin's Creed Valhalla item upgrades 
0:46 Flyting
1:13 Assassin's Creed Valhalla's coolest secrets and hidden bosses
2:05 Assassin's Creed Valhalla skill tree, abilities, and Books of Knowledge
2:49 How to get a wolf companion in Assassin's Creed Valhalla
3:21 Barracks and jomsvikings
3:34 Hunting Legendary animals
3:50 Order of Ancient medallions 
4:03 Assassin's Creed Valhalla cat companion
4:20 Where's the yellow boat in Soma's quest? (slight spoilers)

[Danymok]

These aren't things that "You wish you knew before playing" Valhalla, they're just things in AC Valhalla.

[gustavoroque]

Surprisingly enough I must say I haven’t liked an assassins creed as much as this since black flag. My only issue is how bad it performs on the standard PS4

[VisionarySea]

Tis a wee bit buggy still haha, the ship at the end had your character flickering 6 feet into the air 😂

[catbureso]

Any tips on how to drop/jump down without hopping back and forth. So frustrating.

[nvalentine]

I can't wait to get off work today and play!!!

[xboxonexchannal]

Best in the series yet well done ubisoft. And not as glichy as watch dogs Legion.

[heavyweightgaming]

Great video! I'm playing this game now so I'll definitely be using these tips. 🔥🙏

[hotlush]

You don't actually need to find the Longship for that quest.
If though you're struggling to work out who the villain you're searching for is, one of the cut-scenes that you can't miss pretty much gives it away.

[prissyblaire]

I have more than six medallions and he’s not taking them any advice is it a glitch?

[smashmasternl]

I am assuming there also will be New Game +

[JoeBlack]

At 3:15 a sliding block transforms into a human then performs Leap of Faith. Ubisoft glitches never cease to amaze! Lol

[sufficatingdreams]

This game blows. Why did I get a notification for this??

[masterdoomchief]

Having tons of fun playing I spent allot of my night playing. 😁

[John-]

10 things i wish i knew before watching this video.

[Brettstoned]

Does no one know how to do tips and tricks videos without spoilers anymore?

[wastnTIMEwastnTIME]

Did they make this the most epic viking game ever by lacing the entire game with Amon Armath music?

[excludedkratos]

The last assassin's creed game that i played was ac2, and its a strong possibility that it might stay that way. I just dont care anymore about the franchise.

[jessejamesweaponry]

Yo! I never predicted dragon's dogma's pawn system would be in an assassin's creed game. Pretty rad!

[lilgoat]

I used the raven to find the yellow ship took a bit of time tho

[Rockog]

I'm in the boat place but i can't find him, did they move the boat after they first patch or un just buged?