If you’re playing Valheim and noticed that your damage numbers have different colors, this guide is for you. Depending on the weapon type you use, you may deal weak gray damage, normal white damage, or strong yellow damage. Every enemy in Valheim has a resistance or weakness to different weapons that are shown in the charts below. This helps understand what you should be using, especially if you’re going after a tough boss.
DoT in the chart refers to damage over time. This is when an enemy takes damage from something over time such as fire or poison. There are a few types mentioned in the weakness chart below. Also, I added the Torch and Frostner weapon to the chart as they surprisingly have unique differences.
All Valheim Enemy Weaknesses and Resistances |
Valheim Boss Weaknesses and Resistances |
Miscellaneous Notes |
All Valheim Enemy Weaknesses and Resistances
Blunt | Pierce | Slash | Fire DoT | Poison DoT | Spirit DoT | Frost | Torch | Frostner | |
Neck | White | White | White | White | White | Immune | White | Yellow | White |
Boar | White | White | White | White | White | Immune | White | White | White |
Deer | White | White | White | White | White | Immune | White | White | White |
Greyling | White | White | White | White | White | Immune | White | Yellow | White |
Greydwarf | White | White | White | White | White | Immune | White | Yellow | White |
Greydwarf Brute | White | White | White | White | White | Immune | White | Yellow | White |
Greydwarf Shaman | White | White | White | White | White | Immune | White | Yellow | White |
Skeleton | Yellow | Gray | White | White | Immune | White | Gray | Yellow | Gray |
Rancid Remains | Yellow | Gray | White | White | Immune | White | Gray | Yellow | Gray |
Ghost | Gray | Gray | Gray | White | Immune | White | White | White | White |
Troll | Gray | Yellow | White | White | White | Immune | White | White | White |
Blob | Yellow | Gray | Gray | White | Immune | White | Yellow | Gray | Yellow |
Oozer | Yellow | Gray | Gray | White | Immune | White | Yellow | Gray | Yellow |
Draugr | White | White | White | White | Immune | White | White | Gray | White |
Blunt | Pierce | Slash | Fire DoT | Poison DoT | Spirit DoT | Frost | Torch | Frostner | |
Draugr Elite | White | White | White | White | Immune | White | White | Gray | White |
Leech | White | White | White | Immune | White | Immune | White | Gray | White |
Surtling | White | White | White | Immune | Immune | Immune | Yellow | Gray | Yellow |
Wraith | Gray | Gray | Gray | White | Immune | White | Gray | Yellow | Gray |
Wolf | White | White | White | White | White | Immune | White | White | White |
Fenring | White | White | White | White | White | White | White | Yellow | White |
Drake | White | White | White | White | White | Immune | Gray | Yellow | Gray |
Stone Golem | White | Gray | Gray | Immune | Immune | Immune | Gray | Gray | Gray |
Deathsquito | White | White | White | White | White | Immune | White | White | White |
Lox | Gray | White | Gray | White | White | Immune | Gray | Yellow | Gray |
Fuling | White | White | White | White | White | Immune | White | White | White |
Fuling Berserker | White | White | White | White | White | Immune | White | White | White |
Fuling Shaman | White | White | White | White | White | Immune | White | White | White |
Serpent | White | White | White | Immune | White | Immune | Yellow | Gray | Yellow |
Valheim Boss Weaknesses and Resistances
Blunt | Pierce | Slash | Fire DoT | Poison DoT | Spirit DoT | Frost | Torch | Frostner | |
Eikthyr | White | White | White | White | White | White | White | White | White |
The Elder | White | White | White | White | Immune | White | White | Yellow | White |
Bonemass | Yellow | Gray | Gray | White | Immune | White | Yellow | Gray | Yellow |
Moder | White | White | White | White | White | Immune | Gray | Yellow | Gray |
Yagluth | White | White | White | White | Immune | White | Yellow | Gray | Yellow |
Miscellaneous Notes
- Elemental arrows like Fire and Poison still deal damage even if an enemy is immune to their DoT effect.
- Certain elemental arrows may have a different resistance on hit compared to what their DoT is. For example, poison arrows deal gray damage to Greydwarves, but the DoT deals white damage.
- Frost Arrows deal yellow damage to Blobs, Oozers, and Surtlings, despite them being immune to the DoT.
- As Valheim is in Steam Early Access, these resistances and weaknesses may change at a later time.
- Even though Frost Arrows don’t have a DoT, they temporarily slow enemies with a Freeze debuff.
- Ooze Bombs are likely bugged right now as the poisonous cloud left behind deals 0 damage to every enemy. Despite the damage number having different colors.
If you find any new information regarding Valheim resistances/weaknesses, be sure to let us know in the comments below. Otherwise, for more Valheim guides, visit the guide hub. Or take a look at one of the useful guides linked below.

Jeff is a journalist that loves to write, stream, and make content about video games. He’s a sucker for RPGs, survival games, roguelikes, and more.
john adam
Tuesday 30th of March 2021
I like your content Jeffrey Lerman
Jon Doe
Thursday 8th of April 2021
Yours is unbeatable.
asdsd
Monday 8th of March 2021
Pickaxe is Yellow on stone golems btw.
Jeffrey Lerman
Monday 8th of March 2021
That's clever, I don't know why I didn't think to test that haha.