Database
Valheim key item database
This database focuses on progression-critical items first: what they unlock, when they matter, and whether beginners should prioritize them.
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Wood
Needed for shelter, tools, workbench coverage, and early fuel.
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Hard Antler
This is the gate into copper, tin, and bronze.
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Fine wood
Unlocks portals once you have surtling cores.
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Surtling core
One of the most important early progression bottlenecks.
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Copper ore
Mine it after Eikthyr to begin bronze progression.
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Tin ore
Combines with copper to make bronze.
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Bronze
Prioritize bronze axe, cultivator, and key upgrades before full armor.
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Swamp Key
This is your gate to iron.
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Scrap iron
Mine it heavily, because iron remains useful for many tiers.
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Iron
Craft iron mace first if Bonemass is next.
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Wishbone
This is your mountain progression gate.
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Silver
Needed for wolf armor, Frostner, and mountain gear.
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Dragon tear
Use Dragon Tears to build the Artisan Table, then choose the first Plains production blocker: blast furnace, windmill, or spinning wheel.
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Black metal
Use it for strong weapons and shields before Mistlands.
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Barley
Start farming it as soon as a Plains farm is safe.
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Flax
Needed for padded armor and Plains progression.
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Torn spirit
This is the visibility gate for Mistlands.
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Wisp
Required to navigate Mistlands safely.
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Black core
Prioritize these for black forge and galdr table progression.
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Poison Resistance Mead
Mandatory for safe Swamp and Bonemass prep.
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Frost Resistance Mead
Required before wolf cape or frost gear.
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Fire Resistance Barley Wine
Important for Yagluth and Ashlands fire pressure.
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Workbench
Everything starts here: shelter, repair, tools, and upgrades.
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Forge
Build the Forge after your first copper smelting loop so bronze axe, cultivator, shields, weapons, and metal upgrades can move the route forward.
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Cauldron
Build the Cauldron once tin is available so stronger food and mead bases become part of every biome and boss preparation loop.
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Fermenter
Use the Fermenter to turn mead bases into the resistance and healing drinks that make Swamp, Mountain, Plains, and boss routes safer.
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Portal
Use portals to reduce corpse-run and exploration risk.
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Artisan Table
Build it with Dragon Tears so black metal, barley, and flax can become useful through the blast furnace, windmill, and spinning wheel.
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Black Forge
Needed for Mistlands weapons and armor.
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Flint
Use it to upgrade early weapons and tools before Eikthyr.
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Leather scraps
Important for first bow and early defensive upgrades.
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Deer hide
Needed for leather gear and early progression comfort.
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Ancient seed
Gather three when ready for the Black Forest boss.
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Withered bone
Collect ten from crypts before boss prep.
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Dragon egg
Plan transport before collecting them.
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Fuling totem
Collect five from fuling villages or structures.
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Refined eitr
Needed for Mistlands magic and advanced gear.
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Sealbreaker fragment
Collect fragments before attempting The Queen.
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Carapace
Useful for endgame armor before Ashlands.
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Flametal
Used for endgame weapon and gear upgrades.
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Medium Healing Mead
Carry it for bosses and corpse recovery.
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Sausages
Core food before Bonemass and crypt runs.
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Turnip Stew
Helps counter wet stamina pressure.
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Lox Meat Pie
Core pre-Yagluth boss food.
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Misthare Supreme
Useful for Queen and dangerous Mistlands runs.
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Galdr Table
Needed for staves and magic builds.
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Stone Portal
Important for Ashlands logistics; verify current restrictions before launch.
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Longship
Use it for iron and long expeditions.
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Drakkar
Prepare it before pushing into Ashlands.
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Core wood
Needed for better structures and some Black Forest gear.
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Ashwood
Used for Ashlands crafting and building progression.
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Grausten
Useful for fortified Ashlands bases and structures.
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Molten Core
Verify live usage before public launch.
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Stonecutter
Unlocks stronger bases and useful fortification.
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Karve
Good for scouting and early ore logistics.
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