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Valheim

How to Farm Neck Tails

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

Neck Tail Basic Information

Name Neck Tail ImageNeck Tail
Item Type Ingredient
Weight 0.5
Description Inedible when raw, but proves to be quite a tasty snack if cooked.
Max Capacity 50
Item Spawn Code NeckTail

How to Get Neck Tails

Necks are Found Near Bodies of Water

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Necks are mostly located near bodies of water in Meadows biomes. They also have a lilly pads on their bodies that act as camouflage so keep an eye out when exploring rivers and shores!

As for hunting them, Necks are currently the weakest hostile monsters in Valheim. This means you can easily hunt them early on with something as simple as a Stone Axe or Torch — You can even hunt them unarmed if you want to!

Run Up and Down the Creek or Beach

Necks can spawn a few times a day in the areas you first find them in. Try going up and down the body of water, sometimes you will find new Necks has spawned in the same place!

Dropped by Enemy

Enemy Enemy Lv. Qty. Drop Rate
Neck 1 1 ~66%
Neck 2 2 100%
Neck 3 4 100%

Can Be Spawned with Console Command

If you don't mind using cheats to obtain it, Neck Tails 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 NeckTail command to create the item.

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How to Use Neck Tails

Craftable Materials

Item Name Crafting Station Type Materials Needed
Mead Base: Poison Resistance Cauldron Honey x10
Thistle x5
Neck Tail x1
Coal x10

Used to Cook Food

Food Name Cooking Station Type Ingredients Needed
Grilled Neck Tail Cooking Station Neck Tail x1

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Crafting Materials Ore and Scrap Metal Trophies
Food Ingredients Key Items
Potions and Mead Seeds Valuables
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All Ingredient Items

Barley Flour Barley Wine Base: Fire Resistance Dandelion
Entrails Lox Meat Neck Tail
Raw Fish Raw Meat Serpent Meat
Thistle Turnip Yellow Mushroom
Raspberries Blueberries Honey
Blue Mushroom Cloudberries Mushroom
Mead Base: Frost Resistance Mead Base: Medium Healing Mead Base: Medium Stamina
Mead Base: Minor Healing Mead Base: Minor Stamina Mead Base: Poison Resistance
Mead Base: Tasty

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3 Anonymousabout 4 years

dumb

2 Anonymousover 4 years

Haaa this is not useful. Mate, hacking isn't farming

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