Two-handed weapon
Black Metal Pickaxe
A good strong pick of glistening dark metal.
Materials fromSwamp· in the developers' Jonathan test kit
PickaxeBlackMetalSpawnspawn PickaxeBlackMetal 1 4Recipe
Beyond level 4 at the Forge of Potential: 
1× Black Metal Battle Idol per attempt.
Upgrades by level
| Level | Damage | Block | Durability | Station lvl | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 49 Pierce49 Pickaxe | 2 | 210 | 2 |  3× Yggdrasil Wood 25× Black Metal |
| 2 | 54 Pierce54 Pickaxe | 2 | 260 | 3 | 1× Yggdrasil Wood15× Black Metal |
| 3 | 59 Pierce59 Pickaxe | 2 | 310 | 4 | 2× Yggdrasil Wood30× Black Metal |
| 4 | 64 Pierce64 Pickaxe | 2 | 360 | 5 | 4× Yggdrasil Wood60× Black Metal |
Upgrade cost per level = materials per level × (level − 1), and × 4 at level 4 (Piece.Requirement.GetAmount in the game code). Station level = recipe level + level − 1.
Total cost
Craft it and upgrade to level 4:
One Black Metal Pickaxe, broken down to what you gather (bars smelted from ore, with the coal the smelter burns):
Stats
- Skill
- Pickaxes
- Primary attack stamina
- 14
- Knockback
- 50
- Backstab bonus
- ×3
- Block armor
- 2
- Parry bonus
- ×2
- Block force
- 20
- Movement speed
- -5%
- Tool tier
- 3
- Durability
- 210 (+50 per level)
- Weight
- 2
Black Metal Pickaxe in other languages
SwedishSvartmetallkorp
UkrainianЧорнометалеве кайло
Portuguese BrazilianPicareta de metal negro
DanishSvartmalmshakke
NorwegianSvartmetallhakke
HungarianFeketefém csákány
FrenchPioche en sombracier
ItalianPiccone di metallo nero
GermanSchwarzmetall-Spitzhacke
SpanishPico de metal negro
RussianКирка из черного металла
RomanianTârnăcop de metal negru
BulgarianЧернометална Кирка
FinnishMustametallihakku
IcelandicSvartmálmshaki
TurkishKarademir kazma
LithuanianJuodojo metalo kirtiklis
CzechKrumpáč z černokovu
PolishKilof z czarnego metalu
Chinese黑金属镐
Chinese Trad黑金屬十字鎬
Japanese黒金属のつるはし
Korean흑철 곡괭이
Thaiอีเตอร์เหล็กดำ
From the game's own localization files (25 languages).
Source: ObjectDB in the files of Valheim 1.0.16 (2026-09-24), prefab PickaxeBlackMetal. See how this site reads the game.