Scrap Iron
- Weight
- 10
- Stack size
- 30
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
It's old and rusty but can be smelted and used again. Scrap Iron is in the Materials category in Valheim. It weighs 10 and stacks to 30. Scrap Iron is not crafted. It comes from Dungeon Sunkencrypt Irongate Rusty (Swamp), Dvergrprops Pickaxe (Mistlands), Giant Helmet (Mistlands), Giant Sword (Mistlands).
Cannot be teleported
Where to find Scrap Iron
Giant Helmet
MinedMistlandsThese 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.
Giant Sword
MinedMistlandsThese 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 Scrap Iron generates in the world
- Mistlands: 6,000 m to 10,000 m from the centre of the world
- Swamp: 2,000 m to 6,000 m from the centre of the world
Height above sea level
1 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.
What Scrap Iron is used for
Refined into
| Item | Crafted at | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
 Iron | Smelter | 1 |
Scrap 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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Scrap Iron FAQ
How do you get Scrap Iron in Valheim?
Scrap Iron is not crafted. It comes from Dungeon Sunkencrypt Irongate Rusty (Swamp), Dvergrprops Pickaxe (Mistlands), Giant Helmet (Mistlands), Giant Sword (Mistlands).
What are the stats of Scrap Iron in Valheim?
They are listed above, at every quality level Scrap 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 Scrap Iron used for in Valheim?
The things that consume it number 1, across Refined into. 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 Scrap Iron weigh in Valheim?
10 each, and it stacks to 30 — so a full stack is 300 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 Scrap Iron in Valheim?
Scrap Iron is not crafted. It comes from Dungeon Sunkencrypt Irongate Rusty (Swamp), Dvergrprops Pickaxe (Mistlands), Giant Helmet (Mistlands), Giant Sword (Mistlands).