Health
2,200
1★ 4,400 · 2★ 6,600
Hardest hit
280
2★ 560
Run speed
6
Stagger at
660
30% of health
Resistant to BluntResistant to SlashResistant to PierceWeak to FireResistant to FrostResistant to LightningImmune to PoisonImmune to Spirit
Spawn ID
Barka2 starsspawn Barka 1 3Drops
| Item | 0★ | 1★ | 2★ | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barka Trophyat most 21 kills between drops | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10% |
 Frozen Branch | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
From CharacterDrop in the files. Stars multiply chance and amount of the drops marked for it by 2 per star. Amounts are what the game can roll (it never rolls the upper number written in the files). Chances of 30% or less use a pseudo-random counter, so long dry streaks can't happen.
Attacks
| Attack | Damage | 2★ total | Every |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy swingmelee | 160 Blunt60 Chop30 Pickaxe100 Frost | 520 | 7 s |
| Slam drivemelee | 180 Blunt50 Chop25 Pickaxe100 Frost | 560 | 7 s |
| Whip flurrymelee | 100 Blunt25 Chop10 Pickaxe100 Frost | 400 | 7 s |
| Whip slammelee | 100 Blunt100 Pierce50 Chop30 Pickaxe40 Frost | 480 | 7 s |
| Backslammelee | 190 Blunt40 Chop80 Frost | 540 | 3 s |
Each star adds 50% damage (Attack.GetLevelDamageFactor). Check what your shield can hold in the block calculator.
Where Barka spawns
| Biome | When | Needs | Group | Max | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep North | day and night | — | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Barka in other languages
UkrainianБарка
RussianБарка
BulgarianБарка
Chinese灰巨人
Chinese Trad巴爾卡
Japaneseバルカ
Korean바르카
From the game's own localization files (8 languages).
Source: prefab Barka (Character, CharacterDrop, spawn lists) in Valheim 1.0.16 (2026-09-24).