Favor of the Gods

Favor of the Gods — shrines, offerings, blessings and wrath for Valheim

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Build a large stone shrine to Odin, Thor, Freyja, Njord or Loki, lay gifts on the altar and earn the god's

favor. Favor unlocks four tiers of blessings. You serve one patron god; a patron who is neglected grows

angry — and Loki plays tricks on everyone who follows him.

Shrines

Five custom stone models (about 4.5 × 4.5 m, up to 5 m tall) with carved relief (normal maps), Norse interlace bands and statues — Odin's wolves Geri and Freki, the bound Loki's chains and scaled serpents, Njord's oars and carved prow, Freyja's glowing flowers, Thor's lightning inlays, built with the hammer in their own tab Gods (near a workbench).

The runes on each shrine glow in the god's colour and an offering flame burns on the altar. Building one is a real project:

| Shrine | Look | Build cost (default) |

|---|---|---|

| Odin | Monolith with the Valknut and Odin's eye, Gungnir spears, the ravens Huginn and Muninn, offering bowl | Stone 300, Wood 100, Feathers 20, Deer trophy 3 |

| Thor | Mjölnir resting on a pedestal, four rune posts, anvil altar | Stone 300, Wood 100, Flint 30, Hard antler 3 |

| Freyja | Stone circle, arch with Brísingamen, Freyja's cats, round altar | Stone 300, Wood 100, Dandelion 20, Honey 10 |

| Njord | Stone longship with a coiled prow and shields on a rocky shore, glowing sea in the hull, Laguz stele | Stone 300, Wood 100, Neck tail 10, Resin 20 |

| Loki | Twin serpents around a twisted pillar on a cracked base, Sigyn's bowl with venom, rune slab | Stone 300, Wood 100, Surtling core 3, Resin 20 |

The shrine window

Press E on a shrine. The window has three tabs and a favor panel:

• OFFERING — everything in your inventory this god accepts, with favor per piece and for the stack; pick the amount and offer. You can also use an item on the shrine to offer the whole stack.
• ACCEPTED GIFTS — the full list of what this god takes and how much favor each gift is worth (items, item groups and categories).
• TIERS & BLESSINGS — how favor works, all four tiers with their thresholds and bonuses, and what the god's wrath does.
• Favor panel — favor bar with the tier marks I–IV, your tier, the patron / Rite of Severance button, today's favor, time until the god grows angry, the current and the next blessing.
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Patron and favor

• You serve one patron god at a time. Choose the patron at its shrine (button in the favor panel, click twice). Only the patron accepts your offerings and blesses you.
• Changing your god requires the Rite of Severance (see below).
• Favor is capped at 2000; you can gain at most 200 per real day.
• Favor fades by 10 per hour of play.
• Tiers: I · Worshipper (150), II · Devotee (500), III · Chosen (1100), IV · Legend (1800). Reaching tier IV takes well over a week of steady offerings — and you must keep offering to stay there. Tiers III and IV are announced to the whole server.
• "Hours of play" are real hours while that character is online on the server — time offline never counts, and every character has its own favor.

Rite of Severance

To leave your patron — for another god or for none — you perform the Rite of Severance at a shrine (patron button or Rite of Severance button, click twice):

• Cost: 300 coins + 300 for every tier reached with the old patron (tier IV = 1500 coins), paid from the inventory. Free only if the patron has received nothing from you yet.
• Penalty: all favor with the old god is lost, you are Forsaken for 3 hours of play — no blessings, health regen −20%, stamina regen −15%, offerings give only 50% favor — and you cannot return to the old god for 24 hours.
• Thunder and a red flash mark the rite for everyone nearby.

Blessings

Blessings are shown as a status effect with the god's symbol. No percentage bonus goes above 50%.

| God | Tier I | Tier II | Tier II