Ultimate Blue Gear Guide for Odin Valhalla Rising

In Odin: Valhalla Rising, one of the biggest early hurdles players face is figuring out how to manage gear progression efficiently. With so many upgrade paths, crafting tiers, and limited resources, it's easy to waste time and materials chasing the wrong upgrades. This guide breaks down a proven blue gear strategy-focusing on what to craft, when to craft it, and how to use alternate characters (alts) to accelerate progress while staying free-to-play friendly.

Why Blue Gear Is Worth It

Let's start with a key point: your goal should be Tier 3 blue gear. Not green, not purple-not yet. While it might be tempting to stick with green gear and push it to +8, you'll burn through materials that are better saved for collections or future upgrades. More importantly, green gear can't be adorned, while blue gear can. Adornments provide vital stat bonuses that make a huge difference later in your journey.

So, skip Tier 1 and Tier 2 blues and head straight for Tier 3. That's where efficiency meets long-term value.

Start With Your Weapon

Among all your gear, your weapon is the single most important piece. It boosts both accuracy and attack, directly affecting your damage output in main missions, dungeons, and daily content. A stronger weapon speeds up every aspect of your progress-and because weapons can be transferred between characters, your alts can also benefit.

To craft a top-tier blue weapon, you'll need a special stone, often obtained from events. Stick to your daily grind for materials and don't waste crafting slots on lower gear tiers. If you're unlucky with drops, it's worth buying a weapon directly from the market for around 300 gems-the only time it's truly worth spending on blue gear.

If you're strictly free-to-play, don't worry. You can farm gems through elite dungeon rotations using your alts. Even one strong weapon will drastically boost your efficiency across all accounts.

Using Alts to Supercharge Crafting

Alts are your secret weapon in Odin: Valhalla Rising. They're not just for storage-they're a key part of your blue gear production line.

Here's how it works:

Use your alts to run town quests, which reward crafting materials for armor and accessories.

Transfer spare materials from your main to your alts.

Use alts to craft Tier 2 or Tier 3 blue pieces.

Send those finished pieces back to your main.

With two free alt slots, you can craft up to two armor pieces per alt, plus accessories if materials allow. This dramatically increases your crafting speed without spending real money. Even though mystery crystals (blue stones) are slow to acquire, spreading your work across alts keeps progress steady.

Accessories are trickier since they require rarer materials, but running white accessory farm spots daily and dismantling extra drops helps offset that.

Don't Waste Green Gear - Use It Smartly

While blue gear is your end goal, green gear still has value. As you farm and craft, you'll gather plenty of green items from dungeons and town missions. These can be enhanced for collection bonuses-just make sure to stop at the enhancement level required for the collection entry (usually +5 or +6).

If you get lucky and push a piece to +6 that's better than your current setup, go ahead and use it temporarily until you replace it with blue gear. But don't overinvest; every extra enhancement beyond what's needed is wasted effort at this stage.

Special Gear: The Garm Necklace

One unique piece to know about is the necklace crafted from materials dropped by Garm, the three-headed realm invader boss. You can obtain crafting components from the chests rewarded for participating or ranking well during the Garm event.

However, don't equip this necklace as part of your main build. It's best used purely for collection purposes once enhanced to +5. Combining this with other invader-based items provides a 3% damage reduction bonus, so it's worth farming-but only as a long-term investment.

Town Quests, Tokens, and Merchants

Town quests aren't just filler-they're one of the most consistent sources of crafting materials. Always prioritize quests that reward a-gates or mystery crystals, as these are essential for progression. If you have to choose between missions, pick the ones that list crafting materials or a-gates as random rewards.

You can also exchange town tokens and achievement coins at the merchant for crafting materials. While farming them naturally gives better value, spending a few tokens can help if you're short on materials or juggling multiple alts.

Dismantle Everything You Don't Need

As you farm, you'll collect tons of white and green items. Dismantle everything that isn't needed for your collection. White items drop frequently, and you'll need the crafting materials they yield much more than the gear itself. If you ever need more whites later, you can easily farm them again in minutes.

Accessories are particularly valuable to dismantle since they drop fewer materials per run, but require large quantities for crafting.

Bonus Tip: Save for the Purple Avatar

Every town quest and feat gives you disc coins, a special currency used for avatars. Don't waste them on blue avatars-save them for purple. With daily alt usage and achievement farming, you should be able to afford one in around 40 days. Plenty of Odin Diamonds are always available to help.

Purple avatars provide major combat power boosts and are one of the best long-term investments for free-to-play players.

Final Thoughts

If you want fast, efficient progress in Odin: Valhalla Rising, the path is clear:

Prioritize Tier 3 blue gear, starting with your weapon.

Use alts strategically to multiply your crafting output.

Dismantle excess gear and reinvest materials.

Farm town quests for crafting materials and a-gates.

Save your coins and gems for essential upgrades only.

This approach keeps your resources focused and your progression steady. Before long, you'll see massive CP gains without wasting time or money on low-tier gear.

MMOexp Odin Valhalla Rising Team