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Character Creation Guide: How to Customize Your Character

This is a character creation guide for Valheim. If you want to know more about all the customization options as well as the extent of how much you can customize your character, read on!

List of Contents

How to Create Your Character in Valheim

Character Creation Directory
Create New Sex Tone Hair
Beard Hair Tone Blondness Name

Create a New Character

Create New Character

To start, create a new character by pressing New.

Choose Your Character's Sex

Choose Your Preferred Sex

You may choose between a Male or Female Viking to start your journey.

Skin Tone

Skin Tone Slider

Choose your preferred skin tone for your Viking: lighter shades to the left and darker shades to the right.

Hair Selector

Hair Selector

You can choose between a variety of hairstyles!

Beard Selector

Beard Selector

You may also opt to give your Viking a beard!

Hair Tone

Hair Tone Slider

The hair tone slider works like the skin tone slider: with lighter shades to the left and darker shades to the right.

Blondness Slider

Blondness Slider

Choose the blondness level of your character: with darker shades to the left and the lighter shade to the right!

Choose Your Character's Name

Choose a Name

Lastly, pick a suitable name for your Viking! We recommend making it as cool as possible!

Can I Change My Character Appearance Later?

There is no way to change a character's appearance later on but you may opt to create a new character and use it! Take note though that progress is by character so if you choose to create a new one, your progress character-wise will reset as well.

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Guide for Beginners: How to Get Started

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List of Controls Character Creation Guide
How to Emote Cooking Guide: How to Make Food
Comfort Level and Rested Explained Map Guide: How to Mark and Ping Locations
Skill Leveling Guide Best World Map Seeds
Controller Layout and Support How to Build Fire Indoors
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Combat Guide: How to Battle in Valehim How to Parry: Parry Force and Parry Bonus
How to Hunt Deer Bow Tips: How to Aim the Bow
List of Raids: How do Raids Work? All Damage Types and Effects
Best Forsaken Power Weapon Guide: How to Use Each Weapon Type
Crafting Guides
Crafting Guide: How Does Crafting Work? How to Repair your Tools and Gear
How to Build and Upgrade the Workbench How to Build and Upgrade the Forge
Recipe List
Advanced Game Mechanics
How to Use Cheats and Console Commands How to Get Max Comfort
Farming and Resources Guides
Taming Guide: How to Tame Animals Breeding Guide: How to Breed Boar and Animals
How to Plant Seeds and Grow Vegetables Wolf Taming: How to Tame And Breed Wolves
House Building Guide Fishing Guide: How to Fish
Adventuring Guides
Dungeons Guide: Locations and Types How to Sail
Haldor the Trader: Where to Find and What He Sells Buried Treasure: How to Find
How to Get Into Sunken Crypts
Tier Lists
Best Weapon Tier List Best Armor Tier List
Multiplayer Guides
How to Play Multiplayer How to Make a Personal Chest
PVP Guide: How to Turn on Friendly Fire How to Fix Incompatible Version Error
FAQs
Do Resources Respawn? What Happens When You Die?
How to Split Stacks to Take One Item How to Take the Best Screenshots
Should You Launch With Vulkan? Best Graphics Settings
Best Cheats to Use: How to Cheat Well Do Bosses Despawn? How Bosses Work
Do Items Despawn? How to Throw Away Items Mysterious Figures: The Grim Reaper and Thor
How to Find Maypoles How to Quick Transfer Items
How to Kick Players What's at the Edge of the World?
Does Valheim Have Endgame? Why is my Console Not Working?

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