Deer2 starsspawn Deer 1 3Drops
| Item | 0★ | 1★ | 2★ | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Deer Meat | 2 | 4 | 8 | 100% |
 Deer Hide | 1–2 | 2–4 | 4–8 | 100% |
| Deer Trophy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
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.
Where Deer spawns
| Biome | When | Needs | Group | Max | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MeadowsBlack Forest | day and night | — | 1–3 | 4 | up to 2★ |
Deer in other languages
SwedishRådjur
UkrainianОлень
Portuguese BrazilianCervo
DanishHjort
NorwegianHjort
HungarianSzarvas
FrenchCerf
ItalianCervo
GermanHirsch
SpanishCiervo
RussianОлень
RomanianCerb
BulgarianЕлен
FinnishPeura
IcelandicDádýr
TurkishGeyik
LithuanianElnias
CzechJelen
SlovakJeleň
PolishJeleń
DutchHert
Portuguese EuropeanVeado
Chinese鹿
Chinese Trad鹿
Japanese鹿
Korean사슴
Thaiกวาง
AbenakiNolka
Georgianირემი
LatvianStirna
From the game's own localization files (31 languages).
Source: prefab Deer (Character, CharacterDrop, spawn lists) in Valheim 1.0.16 (2026-09-24).