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Valheim Serpent spawn: how to solo kill Sea Serpents for Scales and Serpent Meat
Wondering how to find and kill Valheim’s Sea Serpents?Serpents roam the roiling seas ofValheim, preying on unprepared players that have ventured beyond the coasts. But in truesurvival gamefashion, Serpents can be defeated with the right tools and tips. ThisValheim Serpent guidewill show you where Serpents spawn and how to kill them for their Scales and Serpent Meat.
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Valheim Serpent spawn locations
Serpents are giant sea creatures that spawn in theOcean biome. They are currently the only hostile sea creature in the game, and they will readily attack both players and theirboats of choice- even the mighty Longship.
There is no sure way to track down a Serpent because their spawns are completely random within the Ocean biome. Your best bet is to head far enough away from the coasts to get into the Ocean biome, but not to stray too much further into open sea, because you might want to return to the coast in a hurry once you’ve found your Serpent.
How to kill a Serpent
If you find a Serpent fairly near to a coast, Harpoon it while on the boat and lead it to land. The connection may break at times so you’ll need to keep harpooning the Serpent. Once on land, hop off the boat and keep dragging the Serpent far onto land; then start quickly attacking it with your strongest weapon.Frostneris one of thebest weaponsfor dealing with Serpents because Serpents are weak to frost damage, but otherwise anyBronzeorIronweapon will do.
The good news is that Serpents don’t have that much health, so you can kill it fairly quickly once it’s beached.
Serpent Scales, Serpent Meat, and Serpent Stew
Serpents can drop three types of loot once killed:
Serpent Trophies are purely decorative, like almost every other trophy item in Valheim.
Serpent Scales are rare crafting materials that can currently only be used to craft the Serpent Scale Shield, a tower shield of slightly greater strength than an Iron Tower Shield.
Serpent Meat is usually dropped in large quantities per killed Serpent, and can be cooked at a Cooking Station just like any other meat source. However, you can also preserve your Serpent Meat and turn it into Serpent Stew with 2x Honey and 1x Mushroom, which gives even greater benefits:
Cooked Serpent Meat:
Serpent Stew:
That’s all you need to know to start hunting, killing, and eating those nasty Sea Serpents in Valheim. But Serpents aren’t the greatest threats out there, so why not familiarise yourself with the fiveValheim bossesor the best generaltips and trickswhile you’re here?
