Iron
- Weight
- 12
- Stack size
- 30
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
A bar of pure iron ready to be worked. Iron is in the Materials category in Valheim. It weighs 12 and stacks to 30. Iron is not made from a recipe. It is produced at Smelter from Iron Ore, Scrap Iron.
- Found in
- Ashland Pot+2
- Used in
- Ancient Bark Spear+38
Cannot be teleported
Plan Iron down to the last ore
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Where to find Iron
Ashland Pot
MinedAshlandsThese are the odds of a single pick landing on each drop, not how much the node yields in total — the number of picks a node is worth is not in the game files.
Also from breakable objects
Furniture, barrels, crates and other props that drop it when destroyed. These only exist inside built locations, so world generation gives them no biome of their own.
Where Iron generates in the world
- Ashlands: measured from a different centre, far beyond the playable radius
Height above sea level
11 m above sea level and higher
Every Valheim world is generated from its seed, so no page can say where anything is. What is fixed for every seed is the conditions above: the ring a biome is confined to, and the ground a node will accept.
Coal
Iron OreWhat Iron is used for
Crafted into
| Item | Crafted at | Quantity | To max quality |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ancient Bark Spear | Forge | 10 | 45 |
 Arbalest | Black Forge | 8 | 36 |
 Banded Shield | Forge | 8 | 20 |
 Battleaxe | Forge | 35 | 140 |
 Carapace Breastplate | Black Forge | 5 | - |
 Carapace Greaves | Black Forge | 5 | - |
 Demolisher | Black Forge | 20 | 125 |
 Eitr-weave Hood | Galdr Table | 2 | - |
 Horn of Celebration | Workbench | 2 | - |
 Huntsman Bow | Forge | 20 | 90 |
 Iron Atgeir | Forge | 30 | 135 |
 Iron Axe | Forge | 20 | 90 |
 Iron Bolt | Black Forge | 1 | - |
 Iron Brooch | Forge | 5 | - |
 Iron Buckler | Forge | 10 | 25 |
 Iron Greaves | Forge | 20 | 55 |
 Ironhead Arrow | Forge | 1 | - |
 Iron Helmet | Forge | 20 | 55 |
 Iron Mace | Forge | 20 | 90 |
 Iron Nails | Forge | 1 | - |
 Iron Pickaxe | Forge | 20 | 90 |
 Iron Scale Mail | Forge | 20 | 55 |
 Iron Sledge | Forge | 30 | 135 |
 Iron Sword | Forge | 20 | 90 |
 Iron Tower Shield | Forge | 10 | 25 |
 Jotun Bane | Black Forge | 15 | 85 |
 Krom | Black Forge | 30 | 135 |
 Mechanical Spring | Artisan Table | 3 | - |
 Mistwalker | Black Forge | 15 | 85 |
 Nimble Anklet | Forge | 5 | - |
 Padded Cuirass | Forge | 10 | 31 |
 Padded Greaves | Forge | 10 | 31 |
 Padded Helmet | Forge | 10 | 45 |
 Porcupine | Forge | 20 | 34 |
 Serpent Scale Shield | Forge | 4 | 10 |
 Silver Knife | Forge | 2 | 9 |
 Silver Sword | Forge | 5 | 26 |
 Skoll and Hati | Black Forge | 10 | 38 |
 Skull Splittur | Black Forge | 30 | 135 |
Built with
| Item | Crafted at | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
 Black Forge Cooler | Black Forge | 5 |
 Blast Furnace | Artisan Table | 10 |
 Cage Floor 1x1 | Forge | 1 |
 Cage Floor 2x2 | Forge | 2 |
 Cage Wall 1x1 | Forge | 1 |
 Cage Wall 2x2 | Forge | 2 |
 Darkwood Gate | Forge | 4 |
 Dvergr Sharp Stakes | Black Forge | 2 |
 Dvergr Stakewall | Black Forge | 8 |
 Food Preparation Table | Workbench | 5 |
 Forge Tool Rack | Workbench | 15 |
 Frost Foundry | Workbench | 15 |
 Hot Tub | Workbench | 10 |
 Iron Cooking Station | Forge | 3 |
 Iron Gate | Forge | 4 |
 Iron Stack | - | 30 |
 Obliterator | Forge | 8 |
 Personal Chest | Workbench | 8 |
 Pots and Pans | Workbench | 5 |
 Reinforced Chest | Workbench | 2 |
 Shield Generator | Workbench | 5 |
 Smith's Anvil | Workbench | 20 |
 Standing Blue-burning Iron Torch | Forge | 2 |
 Standing Green-burning Iron Torch | Forge | 2 |
 Standing Iron Torch | Forge | 2 |
 Stonecutter | Workbench | 2 |
 Stone Oven | Artisan Table | 15 |
 Tool Shelf | Forge | 4 |
 Vice | Black Forge | 5 |
 Wood Iron Beam | Forge | 1 |
 Wood Iron Beam 26° | Forge | 1 |
 Wood Iron Beam 45° | Forge | 1 |
 Wood Iron Beam 67° | Forge | 1 |
 Wood Iron Pole | Forge | 1 |
Iron is in the Materials category in Valheim, and every number on this page is read straight from the game files for the current build. That includes the ones the in-game tooltip shows you and the ones it never does: reach, swing arc, how many hits the combo runs to and what the final one multiplies by.
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Iron FAQ
How do you get Iron in Valheim?
Iron is not made from a recipe. It is produced at Smelter from Iron Ore, Scrap Iron.
What are the stats of Iron in Valheim?
They are listed above, at every quality level Iron reaches. Some of those figures come from Valheim's own item tooltip; the rest — reach, swing arc, combo length, what the secondary attack multiplies — are read from the game files, because the tooltip never shows them.
What is Iron used for in Valheim?
The things that consume it number 73, across Crafted into, Built with. That list is the honest answer to whether a stack is worth keeping: something with a single use is worth exactly one project, while something that feeds recipes, a station and a build piece at once is worth a dedicated chest.
How much does Iron weigh in Valheim?
12 each, and it stacks to 30 — so a full stack is 360 of your carry limit. It also cannot go through a portal, which turns the weight into a real logistics problem: every unit has to come home by cart or by boat.
Where do you find Iron in Valheim?
Iron is not made from a recipe. It is produced at Smelter from Iron Ore, Scrap Iron.