Bow · Bows
Crude Bow
A crude but functional bow.
Materials fromMeadows· in the developers' Meadows test kit
BowSpawnspawn Bow 1 4Recipe
Beyond level 4 at the Forge of Potential:
1× Wooden Battle Idol per attempt.
Upgrades by level
| Level | Damage | Block | Durability | Station lvl | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 Pierce | 3 | 50 | 1 | |
| 2 | 25 Pierce | 3 | 100 | 2 | |
| 3 | 28 Pierce | 3 | 150 | 3 | |
| 4 | 31 Pierce | 3 | 200 | 4 |
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:
Stats
- Skill
- Bows
- Draw time
- 2.5 s
- Backstab bonus
- ×3
- Block armor
- 3
- Parry bonus
- ×1.5
- Movement speed
- -5%
- Durability
- 50 (+50 per level)
- Weight
- 1.5
Hits to kill in the Meadows
| Creature | Health | Per hit | Hits | 2★ hits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 21.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| 10 | 21.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 | 21.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Greyling | 20 | 21.7 | 1 | 3 |
| 40 | 21.7 | 2 | 6 | |
| 60 | 21.7 | 3 | 9 | |
| 150 | 21.7 | 7 | 21 | |
| 175 | 21.7 | 9 | 25 | |
| 500 | 21.7 | 24 | — |
Level 4 Crude Bow, primary attack, skill 50 (each hit rolls 55–85% of the damage), after each creature's resistances. Try other levels and skills in the damage calculator.
Compared with similar weapons
| Item | Damage | Max level | Stamina | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 31 | 0 | 1.5 | |
| 32 | 41 | 0 | 1.5 | |
| 42 | 51 | 0 | 1.5 | |
| 52 | 76 | 0 | 1.5 | |
| 77 | 104 | 0 | 1.5 | |
| 82 | 109 | 0 | 1.5 | |
| 82 | 109 | 0 | 1.5 | |
| 92 | 119 | 0 | 1.5 | |
| 92 | 119 | 0 | 1.5 |
Crude Bow in other languages
SwedishPilbåge
UkrainianГрубий лук
Portuguese BrazilianArco rudimentar
DanishPrimitiv bue
NorwegianGrov bue
HungarianDurva íj
FrenchArc
ItalianArco grezzo
GermanBogen
SpanishArco tosco
RussianГрубый лук
RomanianArc primitiv
BulgarianГруб Лък
FinnishKarkeatekoinen jousi
IcelandicGrófgerður bogi
TurkishKaba yay
LithuanianNeapdorotas lankas
CzechHrubý luk
SlovakPrimitívny luk
PolishKrótki łuk
DutchPrimitieve boog
Portuguese EuropeanArco tosco
Chinese粗弓
Chinese Trad原始弓
Japanese粗雑な弓
Korean조잡한 활
Thaiธนูกิ่งไม้
AbenakiNegemi atôbi
CroatianGrubi luk
Georgianმშვილდი
LatvianParasts loks
From the game's own localization files (32 languages).
Source: ObjectDB in the files of Valheim 1.0.16 (2026-09-24), prefab Bow. See how this site reads the game.