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This is a guide on building and upgrading the Workbench in Valheim! Read more to find out what materials you need to build it, how to upgrade it, and what it costs to upgrade the workshop, as well as how to repair tools using the workbench.
List of Contents
All Crafting Station Guides | |
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Workbench | Forge |
Stonecutter | Artisan Table |
The workbench is the main early game crafting station of Valheim. You can build it for the first time by crafting a hammer through righthand side of your Tab menu. Once you have the Hammer equipped, right click and select the Workbench under the crafting menu.
A blueprint of the workbench will appear, and simply left click at the location you want it to be in. You can rotate with the mousewheel.
Workbench | |
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Description | Crafting Station |
Crafting Station | N/A |
Materials | ・Wood x10 |
Item Name | How to Get | Spawn Code |
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Obtained by chopping trees or from picking up branches on the ground. | Wood |
The workbench enables you to do the following:
You can craft more advanced weapons, armor, and tools using the workbench.
You can upgrade gear by selecting the Upgrade tab in the right menu when interacting with the workbench. It increases an items stats per upgrade for a small resource cost.
You can build structures around Workbenches. It will allow you to build shelter and then a bed for a respawn area, or fortifications against raids.
List of Buildings (Structures)
You can repair your gear by interacting with the workbench then pressing the glowing hammer icon in the lefthand side of the right menu. This costs nothing and will fully replenish your item's durability.
You can only repair items built in the workbench.
How to Repair your Tools, Gear, and Buildings
Item Name | Stats | Materials Needed |
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Antler Pickaxe | ・Pierce: 18 ・Block Power: 10 ・Parry Force: 20 ・Parry Bonus: 2x ・Knockback: 50 ・Backstab: 3x ・Movement Bonus: -5% | ・Hard Antler x1 ・Wood x10 |
Club | ・Blunt: 12 ・Block Power: 10 ・Parry Force: 20 ・Parry Bonus: 2x ・Knockback: 25 ・Backstab: 3x ・Movement Bonus: -5% | ・Wood x6 |
Crude Bow | ・Pierce: 22 ・Block Power: 5 ・Parry Force: 0 ・Parry Bonus: 1.5x ・Knockback: 0 ・Backstab: 3x ・Movement Bonus: -5% | ・Leather Scraps x8 ・Wood x10 |
Finewood Bow | ・Pierce: 32 ・Block Power: 5 ・Parry Force: 0 ・Parry Bonus: 1.5x ・Knockback: 5 ・Backstab: 3x ・Movement Bonus: -5% | ・Core Wood x10 ・Deer Hide x2 ・Fine Wood x10 |
Flint Axe | ・Slash: 20 ・Block Power: 10 ・Parry Force: 20 ・Parry Bonus: 2x ・Knockback: 50 ・Backstab: 3x ・Movement Bonus: -5% | ・Flint x6 ・Wood x4 |
Flint Knife | ・Slash: 6 ・Pierce: 6 ・Block Power: 5 ・Parry Force: 10 ・Parry Bonus: 4x ・Knockback: 10 ・Backstab: 10x | ・Flint x4 ・Leather Scraps x2 ・Wood x2 |
Flint Spear | ・Pierce: 20 ・Block Power: 10 ・Parry Force: 0 ・Parry Bonus: 2x ・Knockback: 20 ・Backstab: 3x ・Movement Bonus: -5% | ・Flint x10 ・Leather Scraps x2 ・Wood x5 |
Stone Axe | ・Slash: 15 ・Block Power: 10 ・Parry Force: 20 ・Parry Bonus: 2x ・Knockback: 50 ・Backstab: 3x ・Movement Bonus: -5% | ・Stone x4 ・Wood x5 |
Wood Arrow | ・Pierce: 22 ・Knockback: 10 | ・Wood x8 |
Wood Shield | ・Block Power: 20 ・Parry Force: 20 ・Parry Bonus: 1.5x ・Movement Bonus: -5% | ・Leather Scraps x4 ・Resin x4 ・Wood x10 |
Wood Tower Shield | ・Block Power: 35 ・Movement Bonus: -20% | ・Leather Scraps x6 ・Wood x10 |
Item Name | Stats | Materials Needed |
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Abyssal Harpoon | ・Pierce: 10 ・Block Power: 10 ・Parry Force: 0 ・Parry Bonus: 2x ・Knockback: 20 ・Backstab: 1x ・Movement Bonus: -5% | ・Chitin x30 ・Fine Wood x8 ・Leather Scraps x3 |
Abyssal Razor | ・Slash: 12 ・Pierce: 12 ・Block Power: 10 ・Parry Force: 10 ・Parry Bonus: 4x ・Knockback: 10 ・Backstab: 10x | ・Chitin x20 ・Fine Wood x4 ・Leather Scraps x2 |
Fire Arrow | ・Pierce: 11 ・Fire: 22 ・Knockback: 10 | ・Feathers x2 ・Resin x8 ・Wood x8 |
Flinthead Arrow | ・Pierce: 27 ・Knockback: 10 | ・Feathers x2 ・Flint x2 ・Wood x8 |
Stagbreaker | ・Blunt: 20 ・Pierce: 5 ・Block Power: 15 ・Parry Force: 50 ・Parry Bonus: 2x ・Knockback: 150 ・Backstab: 2x ・Movement Bonus: -20% | ・Core Wood x20 ・Leather Scraps x2 ・Deer Trophy x5 |
Item Name | Stats | Materials Needed |
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Obsidian Arrow | ・Pierce: 52 ・Knockback: 10 | ・Feathers x2 ・Obsidian x4 ・Wood x8 |
Poison Arrow | ・Pierce: 26 ・Poison: 52 ・Knockback: 10 | ・Feathers x2 ・Obsidian x4 ・Ooze x2 ・Wood x8 |
Item Name | Stats | Materials Needed |
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Frost Arrow | ・Pierce: 26 ・Frost: 52 ・Knockback: 10 | ・Feathers x2 ・Freeze Gland x1 ・Obsidian x4 ・Wood x8 |
Needle Arrow | ・Pierce: 62 ・Knockback: 15 | ・Feathers x2 ・Needle x4 |
Item Name | Armor | Materials Needed |
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Rag Pants | Level 1: 1 | ・Leather Scraps x5 |
Rag Tunic | Level 1: 1 | ・Leather Scraps x5 |
Item Name | Armor | Materials Needed |
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Deer Hide Cape | Level 1: 1 | ・Bone Fragments x5 ・Deer Hide x4 |
Leather Helmet | Level 1: 2 | ・Deer Hide x6 |
Leather Pants | Level 1: 2 | ・Deer Hide x6 |
Leather Tunic | Level 1: 2 | ・Deer Hide x6 |
Linen Cape | Level 1: 1 | ・Linen Thread x2 ・Silver x1 |
Lox Cape | Level 1: 1 | ・Lox Pelt x6 ・Silver x2 |
Wolf Fur Cape | Level 1: 1 | ・Silver x4 ・Wolf Pelt x6 ・Wolf Trophy x1 |
Item Name | Armor | Materials Needed |
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Troll Hide Cape | Level 1: 1 | ・Bone Fragments x10 ・Troll Hide x10 |
Troll Leather Helmet | Level 1: 6 | ・Bone Fragments x3 ・Troll Hide x5 |
Troll Leather Pants | Level 1: 6 | ・Troll Hide x5 |
Troll Leather Tunic | Level 1: 6 | ・Troll Hide x5 |
Item Name | Stats | Materials Needed |
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Tankard | ・Block Power: 4 ・Parry Force: 5 ・Parry Bonus: 1.5x ・Knockback: 30 ・Backstab: 4x | ・Resin x2 |
Hammer | ・Stone x2 ・Wood x3 | |
Hoe | ・Stone x2 ・Wood x5 | |
Ooze Bomb | ・Blunt: 5 ・Block Power: 4 ・Parry Force: 0 ・Parry Bonus: 1.5x ・Knockback: 40 ・Backstab: 3x | ・Leather Scraps x5 ・Ooze x10 ・Resin x3 |
Recipe List: How to Craft All Items
You can upgrade the workbench level by placing certain objects in its vicinity. It allows you to build even more items. Each item in its vicinity will increase the workbench level by one, and you can tell if an item affects the workbench by checking if glowing lights appear linking it to the workbench when your reticule is on it. Workbench Level 5 is required to upgrade certain tools and armor. This level can be attained by building all 4 Workbench upgrades listed below:
You can building a chopping block with the hammer once you gather enough Flint. Gather Flint by the shorelines and in shallow water.
Building Name | Required Crafting Station | Materials Needed |
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Chopping Block | Workbench |
・Flint x10 ・Wood x10 |
You can build a tanning rack once you get your first Deer Hide. Kill a deer, which is best done with a bow, to unlock this blueprint.
Building Name | Required Crafting Station | Materials Needed |
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Tanning Rack | Workbench |
・Deer Hide x5 ・Flint x15 ・Leather Scraps x20 ・Wood x10 |
An Adze will be unlocked once you obtain Fine Wood. Chop a birch tree with a Bronze Axe to obtain fine wood. You need to build it near a forge as well.
Building Name | Required Crafting Station | Materials Needed |
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Adze | Workbench |
・Bronze x3 ・Fine Wood x10 |
The Toold Shelf will be unlocked once you have obtained Iron and Obsidian in the Swamp and Mountain biomes respectively.
Building Name | Required Crafting Station | Materials Needed |
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Tool Shelf | Forge |
・Fine Wood x10 ・Iron x4 ・Obsidian x4 |
At the moment of writing this, there is no known way to increase your workbench level to 6, with 5 being the max. There can be a way to upgrade it in a future update, so comeback soon for any updates!
List of Buildings (Structures)
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Wood Stack | Stone Pile | Portal |
Ward | Cart | Longship |
Raft | Karve |
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