Is this your first time to play Valheim? Don’t know where to start or what is really the objective of the game? Valheim has no story line and its an exploration and sandbox construction game where players can build structure from stone age to silver age and it’s final age the “Black metal”.
Table of Contents
In the middle of the game, you might get stuck on ages where you have no idea what to build to unlock the next age and since we’ve seen a lot of players has this problem.
In this guide, we have compiled all of the item that you need to collect in order for you to unlock the next crafting materials.
Trader
Trader is a shop you can only find in Black Forest, though its recommended to access this at Bronze or Iron age. We just listed here for reference. Some item here like Ymir Flesh are needed to craft materials for Iron age. If you also want to catch fish at early stage, this is needed to unlock fishing.
| Item | Description | Costs |
| Yule hat | Cosmetic headgear | 100 Coins |
| Dverger circlet | Flashlight helmet | 620 Coins |
| Megingjord | Accessory to increase carry weight limit by 150 | 950 Coins |
| Ymir Flesh | Needed to craft materials for Iron Age | 120 Coins |
| Fishing Rod | Equipment to catch fish | 350 Coins |
| Fishing Bait x 50 | Bait item to use for Fishing Rod | 10 Coins |
In your adventure, you will be getting valuable item like Amber, Ruby and many more in exchange of coins, for you to buy item sold by the trader. Below are the list of prices:
| Item | Earns |
| Amber | 5 Coins |
| Amber pearl | 10 Coins |
| Ruby | 20 Coins |
| Silver necklace | 30 Coins |
Stone Age
Basically, in this age you have to loot all of the item near the spawn area. Pick up stuff that you see in the ground, if you find something on the river, pick it up to unlock new craft recipe.
The first priority is to get enough wood and stone to unlock hammer for crafting other item and structure. We also listed here materials that you can as get early as Stone age, like getting fine woods using Trolls.
| Task | Unlocks |
| Wood (Obtain item) | Crafting Recipe: Club Free item: Torch Rag tunic |
| Stone (Obtain item) | Crafting Recipe: Hammer Stone Axe |
| Hammer (Craft item) | Build Piece: Repair Campfire Wood stack Stone pile Cooking station Workbench |
| Hoe (Craft item) | Build Piece: Level ground Raise ground Pathen |
| Workbench (Build structure) | Crafting Recipe: Wood arrow Hoe Build piece: Wood floor 2×2 Wood floor 1×1 Wood wall Wood wall half Wood door Wood gate Wood stair Wood ladder Thatch roof 45° and 26° Thatch roof ridge 45° and 26° Thatch roof o-corner 45° and 26° Thatch roof i-corner 45° and 26° Wood wall 45° and 26° Wood roof cross 45° and 26° Wood pole 1m and 2m Wood beam 1m and 2m Wood beam 45° and 26° Roundpole fence Stakewall Bed Chest |
| Resin (Obtain item) | Crafting recipe: Torch Build piece: Standing wood torch |
| Leather scraps (Obtain item) | Crafting recipe: Rag tunic Rag pants Crude bow Flint knife Wood shield Wood tower shield Flint spear |
| Deer Hide (Obtain item) | Build piece: Tanning rack Deer rug |
| Flint (Obtain item) | Crafting recipe: Flint axe Build piece: Chopping block |
| Queen Bee (Obtain item) | Build piece: Beehive |
| Fine Wood (Obtain item) | Crafting recipe: Tankard Finewood bow Build piece: Wood dragon adornment Stool Chair Bench Table |
| Coal (Obtain item) | Build piece: Sign Black banner |
| Raspberries (Obtain item) | Build piece: White and red striped banner |
| Core Wood (Obtain item) | Build piece: Log beam 4m Log beam 2m Log pole 2m Log pole 4m sharp stakes |
| Chopping Block (Build structure) | Upgrades: Workbench +1 level Crafting recipe: Leather tunic Leather pants Fire arrow Flinthead arrow Deer hide cape Leather helmet |
| Tanning rack (Build structure) | Upgrades: Workbench +1 level |
| Surtling core (Obtain item) | Build piece Smelter Charcoal kiln |
| Greydwarf eye (Obtain item) | Build piece Portal Ward |
Other Craftable
Below you can also unlocked crafting recipe by defeating mini boss Trolls and obtaining Chitin using a boat in the ocean.
| Tasked | Unlocked |
| Troll hide (Obtain item) | Crafting recipe: Troll leather tunic Troll leather pants Troll hide cape Troll leather helmet |
| Chitin (Obtain item) | Crafting recipe: Abyssal razor Abyssal harpoon |
Cooking Recipes (Cooking Station)
In this age, you can build a cooking station where you can grill raw meat from monsters.
| Foods | Recipes |
| Grilled neck tail | 1 x Neck tail |
| Cooked meat | 1 x Raw meat |
| Cooked fish | 1 x Raw fish |
| Cooked serpent meat | 1 x Serpent meat |
| Cooked lox meat | 1 x Lox meat pie |
Bronze Age
In the Bronze age, you can now use Ore (Copper and Tin) to craft Bronze and use it to build several equipments like swords, helmet and pickaxe. If you have no idea how to get Ore, you can also use Trolls to smash those deposit found in the forest.
| Tasked | Unlocked |
| Copper Ore (Obtain item) | Smelter Crafting recipe: Copper |
| Tin Ore (Obtain item) | Smelter Crafting recipe: Tin |
| Copper (Craft item) | Build piece: Forge Forge cooler |
| Tin (Craft item) | Crafting recipe: Bronze |
| Bronze (Craft item) | Build piece: Anvils |
| Forge (Build structure) | Crafting recipe: Bronze plate cuirass Bronze plate leggings Bronzehead arrow Bronze atgeir Bronze axe Bronze Bronze nails Cultivator Bronze helmet Copper knife Bronze mace Bronze pickaxe Bronze buckler Bronze spear Bronze sword Cauldron Adze Sconce Fermenter |
| Cultivator (Craft item) | Build piece: Cultivate Grass Plant seeds |
| Adze (Build structure) | Upgrades Workbench +1 level |
| Anvils (Build structure) | Upgrades Forge +1 level |
| Forge Cooler (Build structure) | Upgrades Forge +1 level |
| Bronze nails (Craft item) | Build piece: Cart Karve Item stand |
Plant Seeds
At this age, you also unlock the ability to plant seeds by crafting Cultivator, you can plant the seeds listed below to get equivalent vegetables and beech.
| Cultivate Plant | Seeds sapling |
| Carrot seeds | Carrot |
| Beech seeds | Beech |
| Turnip seed | Turnip |
Food Recipes (Cauldron)
Also in this age, you can also craft foods using Cauldron that you can use to resist frost and restore health. Mead base recipe requires Fermenter to use these potion.
| Foods | Recipe |
| Frost resistance (Mead Base) | 10 x Honey 5 x Thistle 2 x Bloodbag 1 x Greydwarf eye |
| Fire resistance (Mead Base) | 10 x Barley 10 x Cloudberries |
| Poison resistance (Mead Base) | 10 x Honey 5 x Thistle 1 x Neck tail 10 x Coal |
| Minor healing (Mead Base) | 10 x Honey 5 x Blueberries 10 x Raspberries 1 x Dandelion |
| Medium healing (Mead Base) | 10 x Honey 4 x Bloodbag 10 x Raspberries 1 x Dandelion |
| Minor stamina (Mead Base) | 10 x Honey 10 x Raspberries 10 x Yellow mushroom |
| Medium stamina (Mead Base) | 10 x Honey 10 x Cloudberries 10 x Yellow mushroom |
| Tasty (Mead Base) | 10 x Honey 10 x Raspberries 5 x Blueberries |
| Queens Jam | 8 x Raspberries 8 x Blueberries |
| Carrot Soup | 1 x Mushroom 3 x Carrot |
| Sausage | 2 x Entrails 1 x Raw meat 4 x Thistle |
| Serpent stew | 1 x Mushroom 1 x Cooked serpent meat 2 x Honey |
| Turnip stew | 1 x Raw meat 3 x Turnip |
| Blood pudding | 2 x Thistle 2 x Bloodbag 4 x Barley flour |
| Bread | 10 x Barley flour |
| Fish wraps | 2 x Cooked fish 4 x Barley flour |
| Lox meat pie | 4 x Barley flour 2 x Cloudberries 2 x Cooked lox meat |
Iron Age
At iron age, you can now build stone structures and build longship for fast sailing in the ocean. Equipments are also improved with more powerful selection. Also, you need to find the trader in the Black forest to obtain Ymir flesh (120 coins) for you to Iron sledge.
| Tasked | Unlocked |
| Iron Ore (Obtain Item) | Smelter Crafting recipe: Iron |
| Iron (Craft item) | Crafting recipe: Iron scale mail Iron greaves Ironhead arrow Iron atgeir Iron axe Huntsman bow Iron helmet Iron nails Iron mace Iron pickaxe Banded shield Iron tower shield Iron sword Build piece: Stonecutter Smith’s anvil Forge toolrack Wood iron pole Wood iron beam Iron gate Reinforced chest Personal chest Standing iron torch |
| Iron nails (Craft item) | Build piece: Windmill Spinning wheel Raven throne Longship |
| Flax (Obtain item) | Crafting recipe: Linen thread |
| Stonecutter (Build structure) | Crafting recipe: Sharpening stone Build piece: Paved road Hearth Stone wall 1×1 Stone wall 2×1 Stone wall 4×2 Stone pillar Stone arch Stone floor 2×2 Stone stair |
| Sharpening stone (Craft item) | Build piece: Grinding wheel |
| Grinding Wheel (Build structure) | Upgrades: Forge +1 level |
| Forge toolrack (Build structure) | Upgrades: Forge +1 level |
| Ancient bark (Obtain item) | Crafting recipe: Battleaxe Ancient bark spear Bonfire |
| Trader (Trader found in Black Forest) | Item: Ymir flesh |
| Draugr Elite trophy (Obtain item) | Crafting recipe: Iron sledge |
| Linen thread (Craft item) | Crafting recipe: Padded cuiras Padded greaves Padded helmet Linen cape |
Silver Age
To unlock this age, you need Silver to do that and some item from wild monsters in the Black Forest.
| Tasked | Unlocked |
| Silver Ore (Obtain Item) | Smelter Crafting recipe: Silver |
| Silver (Craft Item) | Crafting recipe: Silver arrow Silver shield Silver sword |
| Wolf Fang | Crafting recipe: Fang spear |
| Freeze Gland | Crafting recipe: Frostner |
Black Metal Age
The last age is the Black Metal and most end-game item are here. But most item required to craft in this age requires you to defeat the Moder.
| Tasked | Unlocked |
| Dragon tear | Build piece: Artisan table |
| Artisan Table | Build piece: Blast furnace |
| Black Metal Ore | Black furnace crafting recipe: Black Metal |
| Black Metal | Crafting recipe: Blackmetal atgeir Blackmetal axe Blackmetal knife Blackmetal sword |
That’s it guys! We will keep this guide as updated as possible. If you find any missing item from the list, please leave a comment down below.