Valheim can be quite a difficult game, and this is never clearer than when traveling to new biomes and coming face to face with newer and more dangerous monstrosities. The best way to tackle the unknown in a game like this is to be as prepared as possible.

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There are lots of ways to do this in Valheim, but one of the most important is raising your comfort level. This will improve the bonus that you get when your character feels "rested" and it should be one of your main priorities whenever you unlock a bunch of new crafting recipes.

Updated on October 19, 2021 by Ryan Bamsey: October 4th brought a small patch which affected some of the comfort mechanics - importantly, removing the comfort bonus from Crystal Walls. We've updated this article to reflect this change, and we've added a small guide on achieving the maximum comfort level, too!

What Does Comfort Level Do?

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The comfort level of your base will directly affect the level of your rested effect, which is a bonus applied to your character whenever they rest near a fire or use a bed for at least 20 seconds without being wet and without any enemies being nearby.

In the meantime, you will be under a temporary resting effect. The resting effect triples your health regeneration and quadruples your stamina regeneration. If you can sustain this resting effect for the requisite twenty seconds (which automatically happens should you go to sleep in a bed) you will get a different, separate rested effect (note the past tense!).

The rested bonus improves your health regeneration by 50 percent, doubles your stamina regeneration, and even provides an experience bonus of 50 percent too! The rested effect also persists for an amount of time depending on your comfort level.

At its base rate (level one), you'll get the bonus for only seven minutes. With the maximum comfort level, you'll get the resting effect for a whopping 24 minutes (26 minutes with the rare seasonal items) - more than long enough to take on a tough boss or ransack a few crypts.

How To Improve Comfort Level

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Your comfort level depends on the current range of furniture that can be found around your character. Different furniture contributes a different level of comfort, so it is useful to upgrade to snazzier stuff when you have the option. The table below details the furniture currently available in the game and how much comfort each provides.

Furniture

Comfort

Crafting Recipe

Deer Rug

1

Deer Hide x4

Wolf Rug

1

Wolf Pelt x4

Lox Rug

1

Lox Pelt x4

Table

1

Fine Wood x6

Round Table

2

Fine Wood x10, Tar x2, Iron Nails x20

Long Heavy Table

2

Fine Wood x20, Tar x2, Iron Nails x20

All Banners

1

Fine Wood, Leather Scraps, Various Berries

Campfire

1

Stone x5, Wood x2

Bonfire

1

Surtling Core x1, Ancient Bark x5, Core Wood x5, Fine Wood x5

Hanging Brazier

1

Bronze x5, Coal x2, Chain x1

Hearth

2

Stone x15

Bench

1

Fine Wood x6

Sitting Log

1

Core Wood x2

Stool

1

Fine Wood x4

Chair

2

Fine Wood x4

Raven Throne

3

Fine Wood x20, Iron Nails x10

Stone Throne

3

Stone x20, Deer Hide x2, Wolf Pelt x2

Bed

1

Wood x8

Dragon Bed

2

Fine Wood x40, Deer Hide x7, Wolf Pelt x4, Feathers x10, Iron Nails x15

Hot Tub

2

Wood x20, Tar x6, Iron x10, Stone x8

Maypole

1

Wood x10, Dandelion x4, Thistle x4

Yule Tree

1

Wood x10, Fir Cone x1

  • The base comfort level is one, which requires there to be a fire nearby. This upgrades to two when the character is both near a fire and sheltered at the same time. Further levels of comfort require furniture to be placed.
  • Each comfort level increases the amount of time that your rested effect lasts by one minute.
  • Furniture must be within ten meters of your character when they rest to count.
  • Furniture of the same type generally does not stack when calculating comfort, and the game will take the highest value available.
    • The three tables do not stack with each other.
    • None of the banners stack with each other.
    • The four fire sources do not stack.
    • The various seating options do not stack.
    • The two beds do not stack.
    • The main exceptions to this rule are the various rugs that you can craft (Deer rug, Wolf rug, and Lox rug), these can all stack together to provide a total of three comfort.
  • The Maypole and Yule Tree are seasonal items and cannot be crafted unless there is a seasonal event running in-game. The Maypole can however be very rarely found in the Meadows biome.

Taking all of the above into account, if you want to achieve the maximum level of comfort without using the seasonal items, you will have to place the following items close to your bed:

  • a Raven Throne
  • a Round or Long Heavy Table
  • one of each type of rug (Wolf, Lox, and Deer)
  • a Hearth
  • any Banner
  • a heated Hot Tub.

Note that the bed itself must be a Dragon Bed, too! This will grant you a grand total of 17 comfort points, which will equate to 24 minutes of the rested effect.NEXT: Valheim: Best Weapons Currently In The Game And How To Craft Them