Shield
Bone Tower Shield
The bones of dead warriors make for a good protection.
Materials fromSwamp· in the developers' Black forest test kit
ShieldBoneTowerSpawnspawn ShieldBoneTower 1 3Recipe
Beyond level 3 at the Forge of Potential:
1× Bronze Protection Idol per attempt.
Upgrades by level
| Level | Damage | Block | Durability | Station lvl | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 True | 32 | 200 | 3 | |
| 2 | 10 True | 38 | 250 | 4 | |
| 3 | 10 True | 44 | 300 | 5 |
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 3:
Stats
- Skill
- Blocking
- Knockback
- 40
- Backstab bonus
- ×1
- Block armor
- 32 (+6 per level)
- Parry bonus
- ×0
- Block force
- 100
- Movement speed
- -10%
- Tool tier
- 1
- Durability
- 200 (+50 per level)
- Weight
- 4
Compared with similar shields
| Item | Block | Max level | Parry × | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 18 | ×1.5 | 4 | |
| 10 | 22 | ×0 | 4 | |
| 16 | 28 | ×2.5 | 3 | |
| 28 | 40 | ×2.5 | 4 | |
| 32 | 44 | ×0 | 4 | |
| 42 | 54 | ×1.5 | 5 | |
| 48 | 60 | ×1.5 | 4 | |
| 52 | 64 | ×0 | 4 | |
| 60 | 72 | ×0 | 5 |
Bone Tower Shield in other languages
SwedishHög bensköld
UkrainianКістяний баштовий щит
Portuguese BrazilianEscudo-torre de osso
DanishKnogletårnskjold
NorwegianStort beinskjold
HungarianCsont toronypajzs
FrenchÉcu en os
ItalianScudo a mandorla di ossa
GermanKnochenturmschild
SpanishEscudo de torre de hueso
RussianКостяной башенный щит
RomanianScut turn de oase
BulgarianКостен Висок Щит
FinnishLuinen tornikilpi
IcelandicHár beinaskjöldur
TurkishKemik kule kalkan
LithuanianKaulinis bokštinis skydas
CzechKostěná pavéza
PolishWielka Kościana Tarcza
DutchBotten scutum
Chinese枯骨塔盾
Chinese Trad骨塔盾
Japanese骨のタワーシールド
Korean뼈 대형 방패
Thaiโล่กระดูกใหญ่
LatvianKaulu torņa vairogs
From the game's own localization files (27 languages).
Source: ObjectDB in the files of Valheim 1.0.16 (2026-09-24), prefab ShieldBoneTower. See how this site reads the game.