You have beaten Moder and the next name on the list is Yagluth, Valheim's fifth boss: an ancient Fuling king whose spirit still drives a crowned skeleton of a skull, two arms and a torso. Where is his altar, how do you summon him, and what do you bring? This guide covers the whole fight. For all eight bosses, see our Valheim bosses in order guide.
Quick answer: Valheim's Yagluth waits at a Forsaken Altar in the Plains, shown on your map by a rare Vegvisir in a Stonehenge ruin. Summon him with five Fuling Totems from Fuling villages, outposts and Fuling Berserkers. He has 10,000 health, resists fire and pierce and is immune to poison, so bring Fire Resistance Barley Wine, Padded armour, a slash, blunt or spirit weapon and Frost Arrows. Roll through his blue fist slam and step sideways out of his fire beam. He drops three Torn Spirits for the Wisp Fountain, the first step to the Wisplight you need in the Mistlands.
Where to Find Yagluth in Valheim
Yagluth's altar stands in the Plains, the open grassland biome of Lox, Fulings and Deathsquitos. The community Valheim Wiki counts four of his altars per world, placed 3,000 metres apart. The altar is ringed by tall stone pillars shaped like fingers.
A Vegvisir, the glowing runestone that marks a boss on your map, can point you there. Yagluth's appears in Stonehenge structures, the stone circles of the Plains, but the wiki's Yagluth page warns it spawns only rarely, so finding the altar itself is often quicker:
- Sail along a large Plains coast and scan for the tall stone fingers. Deathsquitos spawn on Plains beaches and follow you far into the water, so keep your bow ready.
- Check your seed in a seed map viewer. Our Valheim map viewer guide shows how to find your seed and where the boss altars appear.
How to Summon Yagluth: Five Fuling Totems
You summon him by placing five Fuling Totems in his altar. The wiki lists four sources:
| Source | Chance |
|---|---|
| Fuling Villages | 50% chance of a totem next to each bonfire |
| Fuling Outposts | Guaranteed in some variants |
| Fuling Berserkers | 10% drop |
| Stonehenge centre chest | 2.8% |
Fuling Villages are guarded by many Fulings, Shamans and Berserkers. Take a totem before anything breaks its stand: if the pedestal is destroyed first, the totem does not drop. Totems can go through portals, so collect them over several trips.
Like every boss, Yagluth does not despawn until he is killed, so if you die he is still there when you come back (Forsaken Altars). You can summon him again as often as you bring five new totems.
Yagluth's Attacks and How to Dodge Them
Yagluth moves slowly and picks one of three attacks based on how close you are. The numbers are from the Valheim Wiki:
| Attack | Tell | Used when you are | Cooldown | Damage | How to avoid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beam | He roars and breathes fire | 10 to 40 m away | 15 s | 20 projectiles, each 40 fire and 20 lightning | Move sideways, or break line of sight behind a pillar |
| Meteors | Left fist glows red | Within 30 m | 25 s | 10 stones, each 40 blunt and 120 fire in a 5 m blast | Keep moving, use pillars as cover, or stand at his face |
| Nova | Right fist glows blue, then slams | Within 10 m | 20 s | 65 fire and 65 lightning in a 10 m blast, then burning ground | Dodge roll as the fist comes down, then step out of the blue fire |
- Beam. A straight line about 40 metres long with no spread. He turns slowly to follow you, so side steps work. Blocking it drains your stamina fast, says the wiki's boss strategy page, and the pillars stop it until they break.
- Meteors. In melee, staying in front of his face lets his skull catch most of them.
- Nova. Roll through or block the first blast. The blue fire left behind cannot be blocked.
His aura also darkens the area and stops rain, so you cannot count on being Wet from rain for fire resistance.
What Yagluth Is Weak To
Nothing: he has no weakness in the wiki's table, so his resistances decide your weapon:
| Type | Effect | Damage he takes |
|---|---|---|
| Fire | Resistant | 50% |
| Pierce | Very resistant | 25% |
| Poison | Immune | 0% |
| Stagger | Immune | None |
| Slash, blunt, frost, lightning, spirit | Normal | 100% |
The percentages come from the wiki's resistance page. In practice:
- Spears, atgeirs and ordinary arrows do little, and poison nothing.
- The Silver Sword and Frostner from the Mountains add spirit damage, and the Black Metal Sword works on raw slash damage. Our weapons by biome guide lists the options.
- For a bow, the wiki names Frost Arrows the best arrows here: 52 frost and only 26 pierce. You make 20 at a level 4 Workbench from 8 Wood, 4 Obsidian, 2 Feathers and 1 Freeze Gland from Drakes.
- He cannot be staggered, so a parry gives you no opening.
Gear to Bring in Valheim 1.0
The wiki's strategy page says the fight is balanced around Fire Resistance Barley Wine, which halves the fire damage you take. Every attack he has does fire damage, so treat it as required.
- Fire Resistance Barley Wine. Make a base from 10 Barley and 10 Cloudberries in a Mead Ketill and ferment it for two in-game days for six wines. Each lasts 10 minutes.
- Armour. Padded is the heavy Plains set, 26 armour per piece from iron and linen thread at a level 2 Forge. The full Fenris set gives fire resistance on its own but only 10 armour per piece; resistances do not stack, so with Fenris the wine adds nothing. Lox Fur, new in 1.0, is a light set with +30 Sneak and +15 Bows for archers. Our armour sets guide compares them.
- Food. Your best Plains food, such as Lox meat pie, Blood pudding and Bread (food guide).
- Forsaken power. The wiki suggests Bonemass's, mostly against Fulings and Deathsquitos that join in, since Yagluth deals little physical damage. A power lasts 5 minutes, has a 20 minute cooldown shared by all powers and also works on allies within 10 metres (Forsaken power).
- Extras. A shield, plenty of Frost Arrows, and materials for a portal and a workbench.
Prepare the Arena Before You Summon
The wiki warns that a Fuling village or a tar pit can sit right next to his altar, which makes the fight much harder if you leave it.
- Clear the area first. Kill the Fulings in any village next to the altar and fight away from tar pits, which are guarded by Growths.
- Block wild spawns. Some build pieces stop wild creatures from spawning around them, and the wiki names campfires and workbenches as the cheapest. Yagluth's blasts can destroy them, so spread a few around.
- Set up a retreat. Build a portal outside the fight area. Some players dig a tunnel under the altar with a campfire, deep enough that the nova cannot reach it.
- Eat and drink first. Top up food and drink the barley wine before you place the fifth totem.
How to Beat Yagluth
Yagluth rises out of the ground slowly, and you can hit him freely, even from behind, before he starts moving or attacking. Then pick a style.
Melee. Stay in front of his face, so his skull blocks most meteors and he does not use the beam. When his right fist glows blue, roll as it slams down, then step out of the burning ground and hit him between novas. He gives few openings, so trying to take no damage at all makes a very long fight; lean on food, armour and barley wine instead.
Ranged. Shoot Frost Arrows and keep moving sideways so the beam misses. The wiki notes he stops using the beam and meteors once you are far enough away, and some players shoot him from there.
The pillar method. Slow but safe. Circle one of the stone fingers so he stays on the other side; he is too slow to keep up. Step out, shoot, step back. If he spots you, he roars and charges the beam, and getting out of sight before the charge ends cancels it. The wiki suggests a Draugr Fang with plenty of durability and several hundred Frost Arrows.
Fighting Yagluth With a Group
The wiki's creature page says every extra player within 100 metres gives a creature 30% more effective health and 4% more damage, so against three players Yagluth has 16,000 effective health and hits 8% harder. A group still has the edge: one player at his face, the others shooting from the sides.
The world's combat setting changes more. On Hard, enemies deal 150% damage and you deal 85%; on Very hard, 200% and 70%; on Easy, 75% and 110% (World Modifiers). On a dedicated server that is the -modifier combat start flag, explained in our Valheim dedicated server guide. With the world on a server, such as our Valheim hosting, anyone in the group can log in for another attempt without the host's PC. Our Valheim servers accept Windows (Steam) players only.
What Yagluth Drops and What It Leads To
Yagluth drops three Torn Spirits and his trophy.
Torn Spirit to Wisplight. A Torn Spirit is the material for the Wisp Fountain: 10 Stone and 1 Torn Spirit, built with a Stonecutter nearby. Wisps gather around it from about 18:00 or when it rains, one every 30 seconds; fountains closer than 20 metres share their limit, so space them out. Your first Wisp makes the Wisplight craftable from 1 Silver and 1 Wisp at the Workbench. It clears the Mistlands fog, and our Mistlands guide takes it from there.
Trophy to Forsaken power. Hang the trophy at the Sacrificial Stones for Yagluth's power: 50% lightning resistance, +25 Farming and 10% more damage, the values Iron Gate set in patch 0.221.4.
What changes in your world. The Fuling horde raid stops, and Gjall and Seeker raids become possible (Events). Fulings can now spawn at night in the Meadows, Black Forest and Mountains. Haldor sells Eggs for 1,500 coins, the start of chicken farming, and the Bog Witch sells Grasslands Herbalist Harvest for 160 coins, an ingredient of the Plains pie picnic feast.
You will meet him again. In Valheim 1.0's final fight, Kall Fimbulbringer calls up spirits of the earlier bosses, a Yagluth Aspect among them. Patch 1.0.21 on 28 October 2026 halved the ground fire of that Aspect's nova (patch notes). That is the only Yagluth line in Iron Gate's notes from 1.0 to 1.0.21; none changes his own fight.
FAQ
Where is Yagluth in Valheim? At a Forsaken Altar in the Plains, ringed by tall stone fingers. A Vegvisir in a Stonehenge ruin marks it, but those are rare, so sailing the Plains coast or checking a seed map is often faster.
How do you summon Yagluth? Place five Fuling Totems in his altar. You find them next to bonfires in Fuling villages (50% each), in some Fuling outposts, as a 10% drop from Fuling Berserkers, and rarely in Stonehenge chests.
What is Yagluth weak to? Nothing. He resists fire, takes only 25% of pierce damage and is immune to poison and stagger. Slash, blunt, frost, lightning and spirit do full damage, so the Silver Sword, Frostner, Black Metal Sword and Frost Arrows work well.
What does Yagluth drop? Three Torn Spirits and his trophy. A Torn Spirit builds the Wisp Fountain, which leads to the Wisplight for the Mistlands; the trophy gives his Forsaken power.
Can you fight Yagluth again? Yes, as often as you like, with five new Fuling Totems each time. If you die, he stays at the altar, so you can come back and try again.
Did Valheim 1.0 change Yagluth? Not his own fight. The only Yagluth change in the patch notes up to 1.0.21 is for the Yagluth Aspect in the Kall Fimbulbringer fight, whose nova leaves half as much ground fire since 28 October 2026.
Sources
All opened on 2 November 2026:
- Iron Gate on Steam: Valheim 1.0 Has Arrived (9 September 2026), Patch 1.0.21 (28 October 2026), Patch 0.221.4: Call To Arms (Forsaken power values)
- Valheim Wiki: Yagluth, Boss strategies, Forsaken Altars, Fuling Totem, Stonehenge, Plains, Fuling Village, Tar Pit, Resistance, Frost Arrow, Fire Resistance Barley Wine, Mead Ketill, Forsaken power, Creatures, World Modifiers, Torn Spirit, Wisp Fountain, Wisplight, Events, Haldor