Material

Ancient Bark

An ancient and sturdy material.

Weight

stacks to 50

Materials fromSwamp

Item IDElderBarkSpawnspawn ElderBark 50

Where to get Ancient Bark

Source	Amount	Chance	Biome
Found in Chest	20–30 × 4–5 rolls	100%	Swamp
Chopped from Log	1 × 10 rolls	50%	Swamp

Source

Amount

Chance

Biome

Found in Chest

20–30 × 4–5 rolls

100%

Swamp

Chopped from Log

1 × 10 rolls

50%

Swamp

What Ancient Bark is used for

Root Harnesk× 10

Root Leggings× 10

Battleaxe× 30

Crystal Battleaxe× 40

Draugr Fang× 10

Root Mask× 10

Frostner× 10

Iron Buckler× 4

Iron Sledge× 10

Ancient Bark Spear× 10

Fang Spear× 10

Iron Brooch× 5

Building pieces:

Butcher's Table× 2

Bonfire× 5

Longship× 40

Ancient Bark in other languages

SwedishUråldrig bark

UkrainianПрадавня кора

Portuguese BrazilianCasca anciã

DanishÆldgammelt bark

NorwegianEldgammel bark

HungarianŐsi kéreg

FrenchÉcorce ancienne

ItalianCorteccia antica

GermanUralte Rinde

SpanishCorteza ancestral

RussianДревняя кора

RomanianScoarță antică

BulgarianДревна Кора

FinnishMuinaista kaarnaa

IcelandicFornbörkur

TurkishKadim kabuk

LithuanianSenovinė žievė

CzechStarověká kůra

SlovakStaroveká kôra

PolishPrastara kora

DutchOeroude bast

Portuguese EuropeanCasca antiga

Chinese古树皮

Chinese Trad古代木樹皮

Japanese古代の樹皮

Korean고대 나무껍질

Thaiเปลือกไม้ดึกดำบรรพ์

AbenakiChibaiysakw

CroatianDrevna kora

Georgianუძველესი ქერქი

LatvianAizvēsturiska koka miza

From the game's own localization files (32 languages).

Source: ObjectDB in the files of Valheim 1.0.16 (2026-09-24), prefab ElderBark. See how this site reads the game.