Beginner's Guide

Difficulty
When starting a new campaign you will first have to pick your game difficulty. The difficulty can be changed at any point in the options menu. Sons of Valhalla offers the following difficulty levels:

Gameplay basics
Stamina is required for dodging, blocking and power attacking. If you run out of stamina you can no longer do any of these and in addition movement speed will be reduced and standard attacks will be slower and cannot be chained together.

There are two types of attacks. Standard attacks do not require Stamina. Power attacks deal more damage but require 3 Stamina.

When blocking use the mouse cursor to change the direction of the shield. The shield must be in the way of an attack to block it. Catapult projectiles and certain boss attacks cannot be blocked.

On the minimap allies appear golden and enemies appear red. Controlled cities and outposts appear blue and enemy cities and outposts appear red.