Two-handed weapon · Elemental magic
Dundr
What happens next may shock you.
Materials fromAshlands· in the developers' Ashlands mage test kit
StaffLightningSpawnspawn StaffLightning 1 4Recipe
Beyond level 4 at the Forge of Potential:
1× Flametal Battle Idol per attempt.
Upgrades by level
| Level | Damage | Block | Durability | Station lvl | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 Lightning | 48 | 300 | 2 | |
| 2 | 23 Lightning | 48 | 350 | 3 | |
| 3 | 26 Lightning | 48 | 400 | 4 | |
| 4 | 29 Lightning | 48 | 450 | 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 4:
One Dundr, broken down to what you gather (bars smelted from ore, with the coal the smelter burns):
Stats
- Skill
- Elemental magic
- Reload time
- 1.9 s
- Projectiles
- 12
- Knockback
- 210
- Backstab bonus
- ×1
- Block armor
- 48
- Parry bonus
- ×2
- Block force
- 20
- Movement speed
- -5%
- Tool tier
- 5
- Durability
- 300 (+50 per level)
- Weight
- 1.5
Hits to kill in the Ashlands
| Creature | Health | Per hit | Hits | 2★ hits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 | 20.3 | 10 | 30 | |
| 200 | 20.3 | 10 | 30 | |
| Charred Twitcher | 220 | 20.3 | 11 | 33 |
| 300 | 30.5 | 10 | 30 | |
| 350 | 20.3 | 18 | 52 | |
| 600 | 20.3 | 30 | 89 | |
| 800 | 20.3 | 40 | 119 | |
| 1,100 | 20.3 | 55 | 163 | |
| 1,500 | 20.3 | 74 | 222 | |
| 1,600 | 30.5 | 53 | 158 | |
| 25,000 | 20.3 | 1232 | — |
Level 4 Dundr, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 29 | 0 | 1.5 | |
| 24 | 42 | 0 | 0.3 | |
| 30 | 36 | 0 | 0.3 | |
| 40 | 160 | 0 | 0.3 | |
| 240 | 258 | 0 | 0.3 | |
| 300 | 360 | 0 | 0.3 |
Dundr in other languages
SwedishDunder
UkrainianДандр
NorwegianDunder
RussianДундр
BulgarianДъндър
IcelandicDúndur
TurkishGümbür
LithuanianDundras
Chinese雷霆之杖
Chinese Trad雷霆之杖
Japanese赤雷の杖
Korean둔드르
From the game's own localization files (13 languages).
Source: ObjectDB in the files of Valheim 1.0.16 (2026-09-24), prefab StaffLightning. See how this site reads the game.