The lakes and rivers of Valheim hold many grim secrets beneath their surface. Ruined crypts of an ancient civilization break the still waters, entombing unknown clans and their grim fate. Tales of curses and evil unleashed surround these watery graves, deterring most from disturbing whatever resides within.
Deeper still in the forests, burial mounds from elder days dot the wilds where surtling cores smolder. The Black Forest holds remnants of civilizations now crumbled into mist, their barrows and tombs containing relics of knowledge lost. Yet not all clans buried their dead in peace – some instead entombed their victims alive as sacrifice, to arise in twisted flesh eternal.
The crypts were once magnificent structures, raised with knowledge now lost to the ages. None now remember the people who built them or why their great works fell into disrepair and ruin. Over time the crypts sank into lakes and rivers, preserving their shadowed halls while the land around them changed. The magic that caused their ruin may have been sealed away beneath the water…but not for eternity.
Villagers whisper that entire clans were once entombed alive within the crypts as sacrifice to sinister powers, awakened into undeath to guard their chambers forevermore. Their anguished spirits haunt the Black Forest still, shrieking from the depths of burial mounds as a warning to trespassers. The surtling cores that smolder in those barrows power the foul curse keeping undead clans alive in putrid flesh.
Others speak of those who ventured into the crypts in search of lost knowledge, only to emerge gnarled and deformed into fiendish beasts. A darkness slumbers in those halls that twists any who delve too deep into profane evil. Madness and mutation are the fate of those who disturb the curse.
Whatever sinister magic or nameless evil dwells within the Sunken Crypts endures still, waiting to claim new victims. Each ruin explored poses disturbing questions about the grim end that befell its architects…and a warning that some powers are best left chained in the depths, never again unleashed upon the land of the living. The truths lurking in the crypts’ shadowed halls may be too sinister to bear.
Yet for the brave, venturing into the ancient barrows within Valheim’s Black Forest holds rewards as well as risks. Surtling cores that smolder deep within burial chambers and tombs contain fiery magic that can be mastered by those who dare claim them. Harness their power to build smelters, portals and other crafts if you can outwit the undead horrors that guard these vaults.
The secrets and treasures of elder days await discovery beneath the surface, for any hardy enough to face the evil that slumbers there.
The crypts were once magnificent structures, raised with knowledge now lost to the ages. Though doom befell their architects, remnants of their genius endure and can be turned to purpose once more. Plunder the tombs to unlock crafts and powers of old…if you have the mettle to outlast the curse. The dead dwell here still and will not part from their surtling cores so easily.
Tread carefully when breaching ancient barrows below ground or crumbling chambers drowned within lakes – you may find far more inside than material spoils alone.
The greed of ages past lies entombed in this grim place, where magic and horror entwine…and the curse is slow to forget any who disturb its rest. Some doors in Valheim are best left unopened, and the dead undisturbed.
