Ulf, also known as Ulf, the Brave, is a mentioned character in Valheim.
Biography[]
According to multiple runestones located in Valheim, Ulf was a settler who died, thus being sent to the purgatory lands. He has spent at least three summers in Valheim and has seemingly traveled the world from end to end, leaving behind him various runestones detailing his life among the various biomes.
Runestone[]
Meadows[]
Heed these words of Ulf, a poor settler in a strange land. You will find here good stone and wood, all you need to build a house. You will need to craft a roof to keep out the rain. Then you will need walls to stop the roof from falling down. Finally, you must have a door or it will be much harder to go in and out.
These things Ulf has learned for himself. Now he writes them on this stone to help others. Pray to Odin for his soul.
Black Forest[]
Rest awhile and remember Ulf, who carved this stone with his own hand but could think of nothing to say.
Swamp[]
Heed the words of poor Ulf and do not build your house beside the murky waters. Bad dreams and a soggy bed are all you will find. I leave this stone as a warning and go now to make my dwelling on higher ground.
Mountain[]
This marks the spot where the great drake was first seen by me, Ulf, in the third summer of my life in Valheim. She stopped here to leave a pile of dung holding the bones of deer, boar and the skull of a greydwarf. I will never come near this place again.
Mountain[]
In these mountains I cannot throw a spear without hitting something that wants to kill me. But from the heights I have seen sunny plains where life will be easier. I go now to make my home there. These are the words of Ulf.
Plains[]
This place was too hot for Ulf, a man used to brushing snow from his beard. He carved this stone and moved on.
Mistlands[]
The raven showed me how to make a staff that set my beard on fire. I will meddle no more with such things.
Weary of mist and magic, Ulf carved this stone. Now I go to find a less troublesome place.
Mistlands[]
Heed the words of Ulf and do not take the hats of the short ones from their heads. They have no sense of a jest and the only cure for insulting them is to kill them. Also, their hats do not fit common heads.
Ashlands[]
I have not been happy for more than a day in any place since I came here but this place is the worst of all. Most things are on fire and the fishing is not good. These are the words of Ulf.
Trivia[]
- Historically, runestones were raised by people in Scandinavia and other places visited by the Norsemen. They were often memorials to dead men, written testaments to important events or even used as territorial markers.