Neck
- Health
- 5
- Star Levels
- 2★
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
Neck is a Forest Monsters creature in Valheim with 5 health, found in Meadows. Weak to: Fire. Every drop it leaves is listed below with the exact chance, along with what the one star and two star versions carry.
Resistances
Movement and resilience
Attacks
| Neck Bite Attack | Slash 6 |
Drops
| Item | Chance |
|---|---|
 Neck Tail | 70% |
| Neck Trophy | 5% |
Spawns in
| Biome | When | Group | Max stars | Spawn rate | Max per zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meadows | Any time | 2–4 | ★★ | 50% / 100s | 6 |
| Meadows | Any time | 2–4 | ★★ | 100% / 30s | 8 |
Stars only appear on Neck more than 800 metres from the centre of the world. Closer in, the same rule spawns it plain however long you wait.
One of these rules only runs in certain weather: Rain, ThunderStorm, LightRain.
Neck is a Forest Monsters creature in Valheim with 5 health. The numbers above are the ones the game never shows you: how fast it moves against your own speed, how much damage inside one window it takes to stagger it, whether smoke and fire do anything to it, and the spawn rule behind the biome — an interval, a chance and a cap per zone.
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Neck FAQ
How do you kill Neck in Valheim?
Weak to: Fire. Health is 5, so the right damage type matters more than raw weapon damage.
What does Neck drop in Valheim?
It drops Neck Tail (70%), Neck Trophy (5%). Chances shown are for a plain kill; starred variants multiply both the amount and the chance on anything that scales.
Where does Neck spawn in Valheim?
In Meadows the game rolls for one every 30 seconds with a 100% chance, up to 8 alive in a zone at once. Valheim worlds are seed-generated, so there is no fixed location: the rule is what is fixed, not the place.
Can you outrun Neck in Valheim?
Yes. Neck runs at 5 against your 7, so a straight sprint loses it as long as your stamina holds — which is the real limit, not its speed.
Can Neck be staggered?
Yes. Landing 50% of its maximum health inside one window staggers it, which is the opening a parry is for — parry damage counts towards that figure, so the two combine.
Where do starred Neck spawn?
More than 800 metres from the centre of the world. Inside that radius this rule only ever spawns the plain version, which is why a long-settled first base never sees starred ones.