Forge & Mead

resource

Tin ore Valheim

Bronze-era ore found near water.

Field note

When it matters

Combines with copper to make bronze.

Valheim player carrying a torch inside a burial chamber
Black Forest progression depends on chambers, surtling cores, copper, tin, and the first portal loop.Official Valheim press screenshot, used with guide commentary.

Item flow

Tin ore unlock path

SourceBlack Forest
resourceTin ore
UnlockTin bar
Prioritycritical
Best useCombines with copper to make bronze.
Use this flow to understand where Tin ore enters progression and why it matters before crafting everything else.

Gather it while scouting shorelines

Tin is easier to collect than copper because it appears along Black Forest waterlines. Pick it up while mapping coastlines, but remember that bronze production will usually run out of copper first.

  • +Mark good shorelines so future bronze batches are quick.
  • +Combine tin runs with thistle, carrot seed, and burial chamber scouting.
  • +Do not overfarm tin if copper mining is the real bottleneck.

How to get it

Mine small tin nodes along Black Forest shorelines.

Unlocks or supports