Weapons

Weapon racks

Weapons are items that can be used to deal damage to creatures and structures.

Summary

Melee
Axes
Battleaxes
Clubs
Sledgehammers
Swords
Two-handed Swords
Spears
Polearms
Knives
Fists
Shields
Buckler shields
Tower shields
Ranged
Bows
Arrows
Crossbows
Bolts
Magic
Elemental magic
Blood magic
Other
Bombs
Blob bombs
Wooden weapons

Properties

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Wielding (One-handed/Two-handed)

Only one-handed weapons can be simultaneously equipped with shields or a Torch. All melee two-handed weapons have a greater movement speed reduction and cannot be used together with shields or a torch.

Offensive and defensive properties

Damage/Damage type

All damages in Valheim have a damage type. Some creatures have weaknesses/resistances to certain damage types, which increases/decreases the effectiveness of these damages. For example, Skeletons are weak to blunt damage and resist pierce damage.

When creatures are hit by damage with damage types they are weak/resist to, the damage numbers would be shown in yellow/grey color compared to the usual white color.

Similar types of weapons mostly deal the same type of damage:

• Blunt damage: One/two-handed Clubs
• Slash damage: One/two-handed Axes, Swords
• Pierce damage: Spears, Polearms, Pickaxes, Bows
• Half slash, half pierce damage: Knives

Exceptions include weapons that deal elemental damage like Torch, Frostner and Draugr fang. Some clubs including Stagbreaker and Porcupine also deal pierce damage besides blunt damage. Keep in mind that not all damage types are upgraded when upgrading some weapons.

Block armor and block force

All weapons have a value of block armor, indicating the amount of damage absorbed when blocked by the weapon.

Block force shows the amount of knockback applied to enemies when blocked.

Parry and Parry bonus

Weapons and shields, except tower shields, can be used to parry attacks, with varying parry bonuses.

Parry bonus is a multiplier to block armor (damage absorbed) when parrying. Damage dealt to the enemy in a period of time after a successful parry that absorbs all the damage is always 2x. Parry bonus is mostly determined by the weapon type:

• Tower shields: Cannot parry
• Tankard, Bows, Round shields: 1.5x
• Buckler shields: 2.5x
• Polearms (atgeirs): 3x
• Knives: 4x
• Flesh Rippers: 6x
• All other weapons: 2x

Backstab

Backstab indicates the multiplier applied to enemies when backstabbing. The backstab bonus is applied when attacking unaware enemies, regardless of whether they are facing towards or away from the player. Backstabbing an enemy gives it a backstab immunity for 5 minutes. Backstabbing can occur even if the enemy has partial HP. An enemy which has a red exclamation point over its name and HP bar, indicating that it is aware of your location, cannot be backstabbed.

• Abyssal harpoon: 1x
• Two-handed clubs: 2x
• Tankard (Cannot attack): 4x
• Knives and Flesh rippers: 6x
• All other weapons, including bows and one-handed clubs: 3x

Knockback

Knockback shows how far enemies are knocked back when attacked by the weapon.

Movement speed

Most weapons, when equipped, decrease the character's movement speed and increase dodge roll cost. The movement speed effect is mostly determined by the weapon type:

• Flesh Rippers and Knives: -0% (No movement speed reduction)
• All other one-handed melee weapons, Bows, non-Tower Shields, Pickaxes, Polearms, and Magic: -5%
• Serpent scale shield: -15%
• Two-handed Axes, two-handed Clubs, and Tower Shields other than Serpent scale shield: -20%

Melee weapons

Melee weapons are items that can be equipped to increase attack damage. Different types of melee weapon can have different ranges, attack speeds, stamina costs per attack and secondary attacks. When equipping one-handed weapons, the character can also equip shields.

Most melee weapons' attack pattern involve a 3-hit combo. Generally, the first hit has the slowest delay (from the initial click), the second hit has less delay, and the third hit is slightly slower while dealing the most damage. Most melee weapons are quicker to recover and block from a miss than after a direct strike. Below are details regarding each type of melee weapon:

Axes

They are the only type of player weapon that can be used to cut trees. They can also be used against creatures, which makes for a slightly worse sword.

Name	Icon	Damage	Stamina (primary)	Stamina (secondary)	Able to chop
One-handed
Stone axe		Slash: 15/30 Chop: 20/29	5	10	Up to Pine
Flint axe		Slash: 20/35 Chop: 30/39	6	12	Up to Pine
Bronze axe		Slash: 40/55 Chop: 40/49	8	16	Up to Birch and Oak
Iron axe		Slash: 60/75 Chop: 50/59	10	20	Up to Birch and Oak
Black metal axe		Slash: 100/115 Chop: 60/69	14	28	Up to Yggdrasil shoots
Jotun Bane		Slash: 80/95 Poison: 40/40 Chop: 70/79	16	32	Up to Yggdrasil shoots
Dual-wielded
Early axes		Slash: 30/45 Chop: 35/44	6	16	Up to Birch and Oak
Berserkir axes		Slash: 140/155 Chop: 80/89	16	32	Up to Yggdrasil shoots
Two-handed (Battleaxe)
Battleaxe		Slash: 70/88 Chop: 40/47.5	16	8	Up to Birch and Oak
Crystal battleaxe		Slash: 90/108 Spirit: 30/30 Chop: 50/57.5	18	9	Up to Birch and Oak
Black metal battleaxe		Slash: 110/128 Chop: 60/67.5	20	10	Up to Yggdrasil shoots
Skull Splittur		Slash: 130/148 Chop: 70/77.5	22	11	Up to Yggdrasil shoots

Clubs

Clubs primarily deal blunt damage and feature high knockback. The knockback from clubs allows the player to keep enemies at arms' length and is sufficient to displace some enemies out of their effective attack range.

Name	Icon	Damage	Knockback	Stamina (primary)	Stamina (secondary)	Notes
One-handed
Torch		Blunt: 4 Fire: 15	30	4	—
Club		Blunt: 12/30	30	6	—
Bronze mace		Blunt: 35/53	80	8	16
Iron mace		Blunt: 55/73	90	10	20
Frostner		Frost: 40/58 Blunt: 35/35 Spirit: 20/20	100	12	24
Porcupine		Blunt: 50/50 Pierce: 45/63	100	14	28
Flametal mace		Blunt: 135/153	100	16	28
Two-handed (Sledgehammer)
Stagbreaker		Blunt: 20/38 Pierce: 5/5	150	12	—	AoE damage
Iron sledge		Blunt: 55/73	200	20	—	2x stagger, AoE damage
Demolisher		Blunt: 145/163	210	28	—	2x stagger, AoE damage

Swords

Swords have low knockback and low stamina cost for good damage. Sword damage is not reduced when several enemies or objects are hit by a single attack, unlike most other weapons.

Name	Icon	Damage	Stamina (primary)	Stamina (secondary)
One-handed
Bronze sword		Slash: 35/53	8	16
Iron sword		Slash: 55/73	10	20
Silver sword		Slash: 75/93 Spirit: 30/45	12	24
Black metal sword		Slash: 95/113	14	28
Mistwalker		Slash: 75/75 Frost: 40/58 Spirit: 0/15	16	32
Nidhögg		Slash: 135/153	16	32
Dyrnwyn		Slash: 145/163 Fire: 10	16	32
Two-handed
Krom		Slash: 150/168	20	40
Slayer		Slash: 170/188	20	40

Spears

Spears have a fast attack with short range and low stamina cost.

Name	Icon	Damage	Stamina (primary)	Stamina (secondary)
Flint spear		Pierce: 20/38	6	8
Bronze spear		Pierce: 35/53	8	10
Ancient bark spear		Pierce: 55/73	10	12
Fang spear		Pierce: 75/93	12	14
Carapace spear		Pierce: 115/133	16	18
Splitnir		Pierce: 135/153	16	18

Polearms

Polearms are strong two-handed weapons. All polearms deal pierce damage, and have a distinct AoE special attack.

Name	Icon	Damage	Stamina (primary)	Stamina (secondary)	Block armor
Bronze atgeir		Pierce: 45/63	12	24	16
Iron atgeir		Pierce: 65/83	14	28	28
Black metal atgeir		Pierce: 105/123	18	36	52
Himminafl		Pierce: 85/85 Lightning: 40/58	20	40	64

Knives

Knives have fast attacks with short range and low stamina cost. Knives deal 6x damage against unalerted enemies, whereas most other weapons do 3x.

Name	Icon	Damage	Stamina (primary)	Stamina (secondary)	Notes
Flint knife		Slash: 5/8 Pierce: 5/8	4	12
Copper knife		Slash: 12/15 Pierce: 12/15	6	18
Butcher knife		Pure: 1000	5	-	Does damage only to tamed animals
Abyssal Razor		Slash: 20/23 Pierce: 20/23	8	24
Silver knife		Slash: 25/28 Pierce: 25/28 Spirit: 12	10	30
Black metal knife		Slash: 34/37 Pierce: 34/37	12	36
Skoll and Hati		Slash: 45/48 Pierce: 45/48	14	42	Dual-wielded

Fists

When a player attacks without a weapon, tool equipped, or use a dedicated Fist weapon such as the Flesh Rippers, they do a Fist strike.

Name	Icon	Damage	Knockback	Stamina
Bare fists		blunt: 5	5	4
Paws of the Bear		slash: 25/37	10	6
Flesh Rippers		slash: 60/72	20	10
Vilebone Maulclaws		pierce: 60 slash: 20/32	10	12

Shields

Shields are weapons that can be used with other one-handed weapons. The block power, parry force and parry bonus of the weapons used with shields would be replaced by that of the shield used.

Name	Icon	Type	Block armor (Min/Max)	Block force (Min/Max)	Parry bonus	Movement speed
Wood shield		Round	6/18	20/30	1.5x	-5%
Wood tower shield		Tower	10/22	100/110	-	-10%
Bone tower shield		Tower	32/44	100/110	-	-10%
Bronze buckler		Buckler	16/28	30	2.5x	-5%
Banded shield		Round	42/54	40/50	1.5x	-5%
Iron buckler		Buckler	28/40	30	2.5x	-5%
Iron tower shield		Tower	52/64	100/110	-	-10%
Silver shield		Round	60/72	40/50	1.5x	-5%
Serpent scale shield		Tower	60/72 Resistant vs. Pierce	100/110	-	-10%
Black metal shield		Round	78/90	50/60	1.5x	-5%
Black metal tower shield		Tower	104/116	150/160	-	-10%
Carapace buckler		Buckler	78/90	50/60	2.5x	-5%
Carapace shield		Round	96/108	60/70	1.5x	-5%
Flametal shield		Round	114/126	50/60	1.5x	-5%
Flametal tower shield		Tower	140/152	150/160	-	-10%

Ranged weapons

Bows

Bows are weapons that shoot equipped arrows. Unlike melee weapons, attacks consume equipped arrows and can be charged while spending stamina to increase range and damage. Bows cannot be used when there are no arrows left in the inventory.

Name	Icon	Stamina	Damage Types (Min/Max)	Knock back	Back stab	Velocity		Spread		Attack noise	Hit noise
						Min	Max	Min	Max
Crude bow		4 / s	Pierce: 22/31	0	3x	2 m/s	35 m/s	1°	20°	15 m	8 m
Finewood bow		6 / s	Pierce: 32/41	5	3x	2 m/s	50 m/s	1°	20°	15 m	8 m
Huntsman bow		8 / s	Pierce: 42/51	10	3x	2 m/s	50 m/s	0°	20°	4 m	4 m
Draugr Fang		10 / s	Pierce: 47/56 Poison: 5/20	20	3x	2 m/s	60 m/s	0°	20°	15 m	8 m
Spinesnap		14 / s	Pierce: 72/84 Spirit: 5/20	25	3x	2 m/s	60 m/s	0°	20°	15 m	8 m
Ash Fang		14 / s	Pierce: 82/94 Spirit: 0/15	25	3x	2 m/s	60 m/s	0°	20°	15 m	8 m

Crossbows

Crossbows are weapons that shoot equipped bolts. Like bows, attacks consume Bolts. Crossbows are slow to load, but have great damage and long range with no trajectory drop.

Name	Icon	Reload Speed	Stamina	Damage Types (Min/Max)	Knock back	Back stab	Velocity	Spread	Attack noise	Hit noise
Arbalest		3.5s	1/s	Pierce: 200/209	210	3x	200 m/s	0°	15m	8m
Ripper		3.5s	1/s	Pierce: 220/229	210	3x	200 m/s	0°	15m	8m

Magic weapons

Magic weapons need Eitr to be used. There are two types of magic weapons, Elemental magic and Blood magic.

Elemental magic

Name	Icon	Damage	Eitr Used	Block armor	Block force	Parry bonus	Knockback	Movement speed
Staff of Embers		Blunt: 120 Fire: 120/138	35	48-72	20	2x	100	-5%
Staff of Frost		Frost: 30/36	5	48-72	20	2x	10	-5%
Dundr		Lightning: 12x20/ 12x26	25	48-72	20	2x	210	-5%
Staff of the Wild		Blunt: 20/60 Poison: 20/60	55	48-72	20	2x	100	-5%
Staff of Fracturing		Blunt: 12x12 Fire: 12x12/ 12x24	30	48-72	20	2x	100	-5%

Blood magic

Blood magic weapons drain some of the caster's Health (current health, not maximum health) per cast.

Name	Icon	Eitr used	Health drained	Hp/Shield	Damage	Duration	Limit max Summon
Staff of Protection		60	40%	200	0	1/2/3/4 minutes per Staff level	1 per ally
Dead Raiser		100	40%	400	Summon: 50 slash/40 pierce	Unlimited	Up to 4 based on Dead Raiser level
Trollstav		120	60%	2000	On cast: 300 fire, 50 pure Summon: 60-80 blunt	Unlimited	2

Ammunition

Arrows

Arrows are items that can be shot by bows. Bows cannot be used without arrows.

Name	Icon	Total Damage	Damage Type	Knockback
Wood arrow		22	Pierce: 22	10
Flinthead arrow		27	Pierce: 27	10
Bronzehead arrow		32	Pierce: 32	10
Fire arrow		33	Pierce: 11 Fire: 22	10
Ironhead arrow		42	Pierce: 42	10
Poison arrow		78	Pierce: 26 Poison: 52	10
Obsidian arrow		52	Pierce: 52	10
Frost arrow		78	Pierce: 26 Frost: 52	10
Silver arrow		72	Pierce: 52 Spirit: 20	10
Needle arrow		62	Pierce: 62	15
Carapace arrow		72	Pierce: 72	15
Charred arrow		82	Pierce: 82	15

Bolts

Bolts are items that can be shot by crossbows. Crossbows cannot be used without bolts.

Name	Icon	Damage	Knockback
Bone bolt		Pierce: 32	0
Iron bolt		Pierce: 42	0
Black metal bolt		Pierce: 62	0
Carapace bolt		Pierce: 72	0
Charred bolt		Pierce: 82	0

Missiles

Missiles are items that can be shot by the Ballista. Ballistae cannot be armed without missiles.

Name	Icon	Damage	Knockback	ID
Wooden missile		Pierce: 75	45	TurretBoltWood
Black metal missile		Pierce: 120	60	TurretBolt
Flametal missile		Pierce: 140	60	TurretBoltFlametal

Bombs

Bombs are weapons that are thrown by the character and consumed when used.

Name	Icon	Damage	Damage type	AoE damage	AoE radius	AoE duration	Backstab	Knockback
Ooze bomb		5	Blunt	poison: 40	4 m	10 s	3x	40
Bile bomb		5	Blunt	fire: 15 poison: 30	4 m	10 s	3x	40
Smoke bomb		5	Blunt	smoked: 2/s	3 m	10 s	3x	40

Blob bombs

Blob bombs are a type of Bombs that summon a creature on impact.

Name	Icon	Crafting	Blob	id
Blob Bomb: Poison		Corked vial x1  Resin x3  Blob trophy x1	Blob	BombBlob_Poison
Blob Bomb: Elite poison (x2)		Corked vial x1  Resin x3  Blob trophy x3	Oozer	BombBlob_PoisonElite
Blob Bomb: Frost		Corked vial x1  Resin x3  Drake trophy x1	Frost Blob	BombBlob_Frost
Blob Bomb: Tar		Corked vial x1  Tar x3  Growth trophy x1	Growth	BombBlob_Tar
Blob Bomb: Lava		Corked vial x1  Sulfur x10  Proustite powder x10	Lava Blob	BombBlob_Lava

Wooden weapons

Wooden weapons is a series of weapons that deals only 1 damage. They are mainly suited for training and practice matches between players.

Name	Icon	Class	Stamina	Durability	Source	id
Wooden sword		Swords	4	200	Crafted at Workbench for 5  Wood, 3  Finewood and 2  Corewood.	SwordWood
Wooden axe		Axes	4	125	Found in chest buried in Viking Graveyard.	AxeWood
Wooden knife		Knives	4	200	Found in chest buried in Viking Graveyard.	KnifeWood
Wooden mace		Clubs	8	200	Found in chest in Combat Ruin and in Draugr Village Great Halls.	MaceWood
Wooden spear		Spears	4	100	Found in chest in Abandoned Outpost and in Abandoned Hut.	SpearWood
Wooden sledge		Sledge hammers	8	100	Found in chest in Swamp Runestone Tower and in Swamp Graves.	SledgeWood
Wooden battleaxe		Battleaxe	8	200	Found in Mountain chest.	BattleaxeWood
Wooden atgeir		Polearms	8	175	Found in Plains chest.	AtgeirWood
Wooden greatsword		Two-handed Swords	8	200	Found in Infested Mine Treasure chest.	THSwordWood