How to Repair your Tools, Gear, and Buildings

This is a guide to repairing tools in Valheim. Read more to find out where you can repair tools, gear, and buildings and how much it costs!

How To Repair Tools and Gear

To repair tools and gears, you need to go to a crafting station and selecting the Repair button, the hammer icon to the left of the crafting window. It doesn't cost anything, so use it as often as possible.

How to Determine When You Need Repairs

There are white bars underneath repairable tools akin to health bars. If they get depleted, you will be unable to use that weapon or tool, so make sure to repair often and keep your item durability high!

Where to Repair Tools and Gear

Workbench

You can repair items in your workbench. Take note you can only repair items you made in your inventory or the workbench here, so higher level metal objects need to be repaired in the forge.

To learn more about how to build the workbench, read our article down below!
How to Build and Upgrade the Workbench

Weapons Repaired in the Workbench

List of Weapons Repaired in the Workbench

Item Name	Station Lv.	Materials Needed
Tankard	Level -	・Resin x2
Crude Bow	Level 1	・Leather Scraps x8 ・Wood x10
Finewood Bow	Level 1	・Core Wood x10 ・Deer Hide x2 ・Fine Wood x10
Flint Knife	Level 1	・Flint x4 ・Leather Scraps x2 ・Wood x2
Wood Shield	Level 1	・Leather Scraps x4 ・Resin x4 ・Wood x10
Wood Tower Shield	Level 1	・Leather Scraps x6 ・Wood x10
Flint Spear	Level 1	・Flint x10 ・Leather Scraps x2 ・Wood x5
Club	Level 1	・Wood x6
Flint Axe	Level 1	・Flint x6 ・Wood x4
Stone Axe	Level 1	・Stone x4 ・Wood x5
Antler Pickaxe	Level 1	・Hard Antler x1 ・Wood x10
Hammer	Level 1	・Stone x2 ・Wood x3
Hoe	Level 1	・Stone x2 ・Wood x5
Wood Arrow	Level 1	・Wood x8
Ooze Bomb	Level 1	・Leather Scraps x5 ・Ooze x10 ・Resin x3
Abyssal Razor	Level 2	・Chitin x20 ・Fine Wood x4 ・Leather Scraps x2
Stagbreaker	Level 2	・Core Wood x20 ・Leather Scraps x2 ・Deer Trophy x5
Abyssal Harpoon	Level 2	・Chitin x30 ・Fine Wood x8 ・Leather Scraps x3
Fire Arrow	Level 2	・Feathers x2 ・Resin x8 ・Wood x8
Flinthead Arrow	Level 2	・Feathers x2 ・Flint x2 ・Wood x8
Obsidian Arrow	Level 3	・Feathers x2 ・Obsidian x4 ・Wood x8
Poison Arrow	Level 3	・Feathers x2 ・Obsidian x4 ・Ooze x2 ・Wood x8
Frost Arrow	Level 4	・Feathers x2 ・Freeze Gland x1 ・Obsidian x4 ・Wood x8
Needle Arrow	Level 4	・Feathers x2 ・Needle x4

Armor Repaired in the Workbench

List of Armor Repaired in the Workbench

Item Name	Station Lv.	Materials Needed
Rag Tunic	Level 1	・Leather Scraps x5
Rag Pants	Level 1	・Leather Scraps x5
Deer Hide Cape	Level 2	・Bone Fragments x5 ・Deer Hide x4
Linen Cape	Level 2	・Linen Thread x2 ・Silver x1
Lox Cape	Level 2	・Lox Pelt x6 ・Silver x2
Wolf Fur Cape	Level 2	・Silver x4 ・Wolf Pelt x6 ・Wolf Trophy x1
Leather Tunic	Level 2	・Deer Hide x6
Leather Helmet	Level 2	・Deer Hide x6
Leather Pants	Level 2	・Deer Hide x6
Troll Hide Cape	Level 3	・Bone Fragments x10 ・Troll Hide x10
Troll Leather Tunic	Level 3	・Troll Hide x5
Troll Leather Helmet	Level 3	・Bone Fragments x3 ・Troll Hide x5
Troll Leather Pants	Level 3	・Troll Hide x5

Forge

You can only repair metal items in the forge, so most of what you make in the forge is repairable there.

To learn more about the forge and how to build it, check out our guide down below!
How to Build and Upgrade the Forge

Weapons Repaired in the Forge

List of Weapons Repaired in the Forge

Item Name	Station Lv.	Materials Needed
Huntsman Bow	Level 1	・Deer Hide x10 ・Feathers x2 ・Iron x20
Copper Knife	Level 1	・Copper x8 ・Wood x2
Bronze Mace	Level 1	・Bronze x8 ・Leather Scraps x3 ・Wood x4
Bronze Buckler	Level 1	・Bronze x6 ・Deer Hide x2 ・Wood x5
Bronze Spear	Level 1	・Bronze x6 ・Deer Hide x2 ・Wood x5
Bronze Sword	Level 1	・Bronze x8 ・Leather Scraps x2 ・Wood x2
Bronze Axe	Level 1	・Bronze x8 ・Leather Scraps x2 ・Wood x4
Bronze Pickaxe	Level 1	・Bronze x10 ・Core Wood x3
Cultivator	Level 1	・Bronze x5 ・Core Wood x5
Bronzehead Arrow	Level 1	・Bronze x1 ・Feathers x2 ・Wood x8
Bronze Atgeir	Level 1	・Bronze x8 ・Leather Scraps x2 ・Wood x10
Battleaxe	Level 2	・Ancient Bark x30 ・Iron x35 ・Leather Scraps x4
Draugr Fang	Level 2	・Ancient Bark x10 ・Deer Hide x2 ・Guck x10 ・Silver x20
Iron Mace	Level 2	・Iron x20 ・Leather Scraps x3 ・Wood x4
Banded Shield	Level 2	・Fine Wood x ・Iron x8
Iron Tower Shield	Level 2	・Fine Wood x15 ・Iron x10
Iron Sledge	Level 2	・Ancient Bark x10 ・Iron x30 ・Ymir Flesh x4
Iron Sword	Level 2	・Iron x20 ・Leather Scraps x3 ・Wood x2
Iron Axe	Level 2	・Iron x20 ・Leather Scraps x2 ・Wood x4
Iron Pickaxe	Level 2	・Core Wood x3 ・Iron x20
Ironhead Arrow	Level 2	・Feathers x2 ・Iron x1 ・Wood x8
Iron Atgeir	Level 2	・Iron x30 ・Leather Scraps x30 ・Wood x10
Frostner	Level 3	・Ancient Bark x10 ・Silver x30 ・Ymir Flesh x5
Black Metal Shield	Level 3	・Black Metal x8 ・Fine Wood x10 ・Chain x5
Black Metal Tower Shield	Level 3	・Black Metal x10 ・Fine Wood x15 ・Chain x7
Serpent Scale Shield	Level 3	・Fine Wood x10 ・Iron x4 ・Serpent Scale x8
Silver Shield	Level 3	・Fine Wood x10 ・Silver x8
Ancient Bark Spear	Level 3	・Ancient Bark x10 ・Iron x10 ・Troll Hide x4
Fang Spear	Level 3	・Ancient Bark x10 ・Leather Scraps x2 ・Silver x2 ・Wolf Fang x4
Silver Sword	Level 3	・Iron x5 ・Leather Scraps x3 ・Silver x40 ・Wood x2
Silver Arrow	Level 3	・Feathers x2 ・Silver x1 ・Wood x8
Blackmetal Knife	Level 4	・Black Metal x10 ・Fine Wood x4 ・Linen Thread x5
Porcupine	Level 4	・Fine Wood x5 ・Iron x20 ・Linen Thread x10 ・Needle x5
Blackmetal Sword	Level 4	・Black Metal x20 ・Fine Wood x2 ・Linen Thread x5
Blackmetal Axe	Level 4	・Black Metal x20 ・Fine Wood x6 ・Linen Thread x5
Blackmetal Atgeir	Level 4	・Black Metal x30 ・Fine Wood x10 ・Linen Thread x5

Armor Repaired in the Forge

List of Armor Repaired in the Forge

Item Name	Station Lv.	Materials Needed
Bronze Plate Cuirass	Level 1	・Bronze x5 ・Deer Hide x2
Bronze Helmet	Level 1	・Bronze x5 ・Deer Hide x2
Drake Helmet	Level 1	・Silver x20 ・Wolf Pelt x2 ・Drake Trophy x1
Iron Helmet	Level 1	・Deer Hide x2 ・Iron x20
Padded Helmet	Level 1	・Iron x10 ・Linen Thread x15
Bronze Plate Leggings	Level 1	・Bronze x5 ・Deer Hide x2
Iron Scale Mail	Level 2	・Deer Hide x2 ・Iron x20
Padded Cuirass	Level 2	・Iron x10 ・Linen Thread x20
Wolf Armor Chest	Level 2	・Silver x20 ・Wolf Pelt x5 ・Chain x1
Iron Greaves	Level 2	・Deer Hide x2 ・Iron x20
Padded Greaves	Level 2	・Iron x10 ・Linen Thread x20
Wolf Armor Legs	Level 2	・Silver x20 ・Wolf Fang x4 ・Wolf Pelt x5

How to Repair Buildings and Structures

Use your Hammer

If your building and structures have been damage by wheather or enemies, you can easily repair them back to max health. You will have to equip to your hammer and right-click to open your build menu. You will see a hammer icon on the first tile, select it. Now you can repair your building and other structures by left-clicking on them!

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