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How to Farm Iron

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Last updated on: March 25, 2021 05:02 AM

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This is a guide to farming Iron in Valheim. Learn how to get Iron quickly, how Iron can be used, and the materials required to craft Iron.

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Iron Basic Information
How to Get Iron
How to Use Iron
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Iron Basic Information

Name	Iron
Item Type	Material
Weight	12
Description	A bar of pure iron ready to be worked.
Max Capacity	30
Item Spawn Code	Iron

How to Get Iron

Refined in a Smelter

Smelt Iron in Smelter
Iron is obtained by refining scrap iron using the smelter.

Refer to the table below for iron's smelting rate:

Req. Scrap Iron / Req. Coal	Produced Iron / Time to Refine
1 Scrap Iron / 2 Coal	1 Iron / 24 seconds

How to Get Required Materials

Material	How to Farm
Scrap Iron	Mined from Muddy Scrap Piles in Crypt dungeons in Swamp biomes.
Coal	Burnt Food or made from the Charcoal Kiln.

Can Be Spawned with Console Command

If you don't mind using cheats to obtain it, Iron can easily be spawned with the console command.

To spawn the item, first turn on cheat codes by typing devcommands in the F5 console, and use the spawn Iron command to create the item.

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How to Use Iron

Craftable Materials

Item Name	Crafting Station Type	Materials Needed
Iron Nails	Forge	・ Iron x1

Craftable Weapons

Item Name	Crafting Station Type	Materials Needed
Iron Atgeir	Forge (Lv. 2)	・Iron x30 ・Leather Scraps x30 ・Wood x10
Battleaxe	Forge (Lv. 2)	・Ancient Bark x30 ・Iron x35 ・Leather Scraps x4
Huntsman Bow	Forge (Lv. 1)	・Deer Hide x10 ・Feathers x2 ・Iron x20
Iron Mace	Forge (Lv. 2)	・Iron x20 ・Leather Scraps x3 ・Wood x4
Porcupine	Forge (Lv. 4)	・Fine Wood x5 ・Iron x20 ・Linen Thread x10 ・Needle x5
Banded Shield	Forge (Lv. 2)	・Fine Wood x ・Iron x8
Iron Tower Shield	Forge (Lv. 2)	・Fine Wood x15 ・Iron x10
Serpent Scale Shield	Forge (Lv. 3)	・Fine Wood x10 ・Iron x4 ・Serpent Scale x8
Iron Sledge	Forge (Lv. 2)	・Ancient Bark x10 ・Iron x30 ・Ymir Flesh x4
Ancient Bark Spear	Forge (Lv. 3)	・Ancient Bark x10 ・Iron x10 ・Troll Hide x4
Iron Sword	Forge (Lv. 2)	・Iron x20 ・Leather Scraps x3 ・Wood x2
Silver Sword	Forge (Lv. 3)	・Iron x5 ・Leather Scraps x3 ・Silver x40 ・Wood x2
Iron Axe	Forge (Lv. 2)	・Iron x20 ・Leather Scraps x2 ・Wood x4
Iron Pickaxe	Forge (Lv. 2)	・Core Wood x3 ・Iron x20
Ironhead Arrow	Forge (Lv. 2)	・Feathers x2 ・Iron x1 ・Wood x8

Craftable Armor

Item Name	Crafting Station Type	Materials Needed
Iron Scale Mail	Forge (Lv. 2)	・Deer Hide x2 ・Iron x20
Padded Cuirass	Forge (Lv. 2)	・Iron x10 ・Linen Thread x20
Iron Helmet	Forge (Lv. 1)	・Deer Hide x2 ・Iron x20
Padded Helmet	Forge (Lv. 1)	・Iron x10 ・Linen Thread x15
Iron Greaves	Forge (Lv. 2)	・Deer Hide x2 ・Iron x20
Padded Greaves	Forge (Lv. 2)	・Iron x10 ・Linen Thread x20

Used to Construct Buildings

Building Name	Required Crafting Station	Materials Needed
Tool Shelf	Forge	・Fine Wood x10 ・Iron x4 ・Obsidian x4
Stonecutter	Workbench	・Iron x2 ・Stone x4 ・Wood x10
Smith's Anvil	Workbench	・Iron x20 ・Wood x5
Forge Toolrack	Workbench	・Iron x15 ・Wood x5
Blast Furnace	Artisan Table	・Fine Wood x20 ・Iron x10 ・Stone x20 ・Surtling Core x5
Wood Iron Pole	Forge	・Iron x1 ・Wood x2
Wood Iron Beam	Forge	・Iron x1 ・Wood x2
Iron Gate	Forge	・Iron x4
Reinforced Chest	Workbench	・Fine Wood x10 ・Iron x2
Personal Chest	Workbench	・Fine Wood x10 ・Iron x8
Standing Green-Burning Iron Torch	Forge	・Guck x2 ・Iron x2
Standing Iron Torch	Forge	・Iron x2 ・Resin x2

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Ancient Bark	Barley	Black Metal
Bloodbag	Bone Fragments	Bronze
Bronze Nails	Chain	Chitin
Coal	Copper	Core Wood
Deer Hide	Dragon Tear	Feathers
Fine Wood	Flametal	Flax
Flint	Freeze Gland	Greydwarf Eye
Guck	Hard Antler	Iron
Iron Nails	Leather Scraps	Linen Thread
Lox Pelt	Needle	Obsidian
Ooze	Queen Bee	Resin
Serpent Scale	Sharpening Stone	Silver
Stone	Surtling Core	Tin
Troll Hide	Wolf Fang	Wolf Pelt
Wood	Ymir Flesh