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Porcupine Recipe | How to Craft the Porcupine and Stats

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This is a guide to the Porcupine Weapon in Valheim. Learn the crafting recipe for the Porcupine, what materials are needed to craft and upgrade it, and all stats and information.

Porcupine Basic Information

Name Porcupine ImagePorcupine
Weapon Type Mace
Description A deadly weapon, bristling with fiendish spikes.
Associated Skill/s Clubs
Crafting Station Forge (Lv. 4)
# Hands One-handed
Weight 2
Durability Level 1: 150
Level 2: 250
Level 3: 250
Level 4: 300
Blunt Level 1: 50
Level 2: 50
Level 3: 50
Level 4: 50
Pierce Level 1: 45
Level 2: 51
Level 3: 57
Level 4: 63
Block Power Level 1: 20
Level 2: 20
Level 3: 20
Level 4: 20
Parry Force Level 1: 30
Level 2: 35
Level 3: 40
Level 4: 45
Parry Bonus 2x
Knockback 90
Backstab 3x
Movement Speed -5%
Item Spawn Code MaceNeedle

Porcupine Recipe: How to Craft the Porcupine

Crafting Materials Needed

Item Name How to Get
Fine Wood x5 Chop Birch trees.
Iron x20 Obtained by smelting Scrap Iron.
Linen Thread x10 Refined from Flax via the Spinning Wheel.
Needle x5 Enemy Drop from Deathsquitos.

Spawn with Console Command

If you don't mind using cheats to obtain it, the Porcupine 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 MaceNeedle command to create the item.

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How to Upgrade the Porcupine

Level 2 Upgrade Materials

Iron ImageIron x2 Needle ImageNeedle x2

Level 3 Upgrade Materials

Iron ImageIron x4 Needle ImageNeedle x4

Level 4 Upgrade Materials

Iron ImageIron x6 Needle ImageNeedle x6

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