Material

Chitin

A shard of crustacean shell.

Weight

stacks to 50

Item IDChitinSpawnspawn Chitin 50

Where to get Chitin

Source	Amount	Chance	Biome
Mined from Leviathan	1 × 3–4 rolls	100%	Ocean
Caught by Coral Cod	1–2 × 1 roll	13.3%

Source

Amount

Chance

Biome

Mined from Leviathan

1 × 3–4 rolls

100%

Ocean

Caught by Coral Cod

1–2 × 1 roll

13.3%

What Chitin is used for

Abyssal Razor× 20

Abyssal Harpoon× 30

Fins of Destiny× 5

Chitin in other languages

SwedishKitin

UkrainianХітин

Portuguese BrazilianQuitina

DanishKitin

NorwegianKitin

HungarianKitin

FrenchChitine

ItalianChitina

SpanishQuitina

RussianХитин

RomanianChitină

BulgarianХитин

FinnishKitiiniä

IcelandicKítín

TurkishÇitin

LithuanianChitinas

SlovakChitín

PolishChityna

DutchChitine

Portuguese EuropeanQuitina

Chinese甲壳素

Chinese Trad甲殼質

Japaneseキチン

Korean갑각소

Thaiไคทิน

AbenakiSôgaadagen

Georgianქიტინი

LatvianHitīns

From the game's own localization files (29 languages).

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