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How to Farm Iron

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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.

Iron Basic Information

Name Iron ImageIron
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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Serpent Scale Sharpening Stone Silver
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