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I run http://valheim-map.world and I've been collecting a little bit of data as folks have been generating seeds these past couple of months. I wanted to share some of the top seeds from 1.5 million world generations
These seeds have all been searched thousands of times. Most of them are from articles that show up in google searches for "Best valheim seeds" and similar.
| Seed | Number of Times Generated | How good is it really?1 |
|---|---|---|
| HHcLC5acQt (img) | 30205 | Top 13% of seeds |
| IX7JpLYpLd (img) | 13772 | Top 61% of seeds |
| <empty seed> (img) | 8065 | Top 40% of seeds |
| Helloworld(img) | 5361 | Top 50% of seeds |
| Odinisking(img) | 5145 | Top 88% of seeds |
| W2hUEJUEcM(img) | 4123 | Top 61% of seeds |
| t9n3WG6dFk (img) | 4873 | Top 90% of seeds2 |
| wVJCZahxX8(img) | 4724 | Top 71% of seeds |
| 42069lolxd(img) | 4029 | Top 90% of seeds |
| CdjvRssbHZ(img) | 4006 | Top 65% of seeds |
These aren't exactly the best possible seeds, but they are the seeds which require the least amount of travel to go to the closest of each boss. The World Version is important since worlds generated in different versions may have bosses in different locations. (Note that v0.150.3 is equivalent to v0.153.2)
| Seed + Version | Average Boss Distance from Spawn |
|---|---|
| aBc4dEf5gH v0.150.3(img) | 1483 |
| FjErztc9z9 v0.148.6(img) | 1538 |
| dUjew98GXd v0.148.6(img) | 1538 |
| AronDodger v0.148.6 (img) | 1545 |
| p4pvZnt2yI v0.150.3 (img) | 1555 |
Sadly this doesn't take into account land pathing vs. water, so while these are all very close they usually involve sailing.
Again, these aren't the worst possible seeds, but they are the seeds which require the max amount possible of travel to the various bosses. Definitely gives you the opportunity to really enjoy that sailing experience.
| Seed + Version | Average Boss (& Trader) Distance from Spawn |
|---|---|
| AQvvve6Tt3 v0.147.3 (img) | 4816 |
| dsaij3242R v0.150.3 (img) | 4815 |
| dpfXrGZ8tK v0.148.6 (img) | 4788 |
| irDGQxCYMu v0.148.6 (img) | 4762 |
| 5biomes v0.150.3 (img) | 4745 |
Personally I'm partial to #2 dsaij3242R, that's quite a lot of sailing! I was surprised to see "5biomes" on this list.
Out of 1.5 million seed generations, there are two that have 6 maypoles. Note that the version you generate the world in is critical and there is only a single seed so far recorded that has 6 maypoles in the latest Valheim version!
| Seed + Version | Maypole Count |
|---|---|
| wiG2wxMpTB v0.150.3(img) | 6 |
| MqmPzG9MPr v0.148.6(img) | 6 |
| iluvalheim v0.148.6 (img) | 5 |
| grumpy v0.148.6(img) | 5 |
| Dosadi v0.150.3(img) | 5 |
There are ~15ish other distinct seeds with 5 maypoles, and then its down to 4. Wondering what a maypole is? Check out the wiki
Valheim's generation algorithm samples an "infinite" plain of noise to generate the terrain. Cool right? Except the possible generation coordinates are actually in a very small area so it turns out that all possible maps are in a very small area. This means that there's very little variation as far as tallest mountain, most land, most water. Still here are some seeds that contain the "tallest" mountain. (Not including generated stones, towers, etc.) To date Valheim has not made any changes to land generation over time so world version isn't important here (yet).
| Seed | Mountain Height | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| t2AIYfmV9q (img) | 506.75 | (1596, 7596) |
| p684xxXyHy (img) | 506.33 | (4332, 8148) |
| Mv87uZ76g0 (img) | 504.3 | (5436, 7716) |
| AxoL0tL (img) | 503.96 | (708, 8580) |
| NYMR (img) | 503.4 | (564, 8532) |
Once again the low variance in Valheim terrain shows itself. The average tallest mountain point is about ~427. Still, the flattest maps have a peak of only ~300.
Again there is very little variation in land. Out of 1.5 million seeds, the seeds with the smallest amount of land are about 20.7% land, and the seeds with the highest amount of land have about 24.4% land. So at most any given seed will vary ~4% from any other seed.
| Seed | Percent Land | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| dYsNJYm2hd (img) | 24.401% | #1 Most Land |
| Geaey (img) | 24.38% | #2 Most Land |
| 9QPGvQqte9 (img) | 20.739% | #1 Most Water |
| noenemies (img) | 20.743% | #2 Most Water |
Valheim-map.world is my unofficial, fan made site which allows folks to instantly see their entire map without even needing to load Valheim. It can display dozens of useful locations such as:
For folks looking for something a little more role-play friendly the terrain can be hidden using the "Fogged" layer and only the pins they're ready to reveal can be selected.
For folks playing together it can be hard to collaborate and plan in Valheim given that there currently isn't a map table or any way to share pins (without mods). Using a lobby in valheim-map.world you can collaborate with any number of other players on a single map. Lobbies can be shared in "edit" mode for collaborators, or in "view" mode for folks you'd rather just look.
Add Custom Pins
https://i.redd.it/sr00489jn3z61.gif
Cross Off Existing Pins
https://i.redd.it/qcz9udbkn3z61.gif
Share your world =)
I only collect a very tiny amount of data on generated seeds, and only seeds which at least generate the bosses and trader. On those seeds I collect the closest-to-spawn position of all bosses+trader along with the % of land, the highest point, and the maypole count (only if the user generated maypoles).
When your terrain is wrong that's because your seed isn't right for some reason. The best thing to do is to use the seed extractor https://valheim-map.world/getseed.html
Likely you have selected the wrong world version. Remember your world version is the version of the game your world was first created in!
Next up I'll be fleshing out the "download" feature to provide a new way to download generated maps. This new way will allow users "raw" access to the heightmap, location positions, biome map, etc. This could allow other interested folks to do their own detailed analysis. I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!
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