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One-handed weapon · Knives

Flint Knife

Sharpened flint. A reliable tool.

Damage
10
5 Slash · 5 Pierce
Block
2
parry ×4
Attack stamina
4
Max level
4

Materials fromMeadows· in the developers' Meadows test kit

Item IDKnifeFlintSpawnspawn KnifeFlint 1 4

Recipe

Upgrades by level

LevelDamageBlockDurabilityStation lvlMaterials
15 Slash5 Pierce220012× Wood4× Flint2× Leather Scraps
26 Slash6 Pierce225022× Flint
37 Slash7 Pierce230034× Flint
48 Slash8 Pierce235048× Flint

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
Knives
Primary attack stamina
4
Secondary attack
12 stamina, ×3 damage
Knockback
10
Backstab bonus
×6
Block armor
2
Parry bonus
×4
Block force
10
Durability
200 (+50 per level)
Weight
0.3

Hits to kill in the Meadows

CreatureHealthPer hitHits2★ hits
Neck511.212
Deer1011.213
Boar1011.213
Greyling2011.226
Greydwarf4011.2411
Greydwarf Shaman6011.2617
Greydwarf Brute15011.21441
Fuling17511.21647
Eikthyr50011.245—

Level 4 Flint Knife, 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

ItemDamageMax levelStaminaWeight
Wooden Knife2840.3
Flint Knife101640.3
Copper Knife243060.3
Abyssal Razor404680.3
Silver Knife6268100.3
Black Metal Knife6874120.3
Skoll and Hati9096140.3
Nord Dagger150180140.3
Thunderblood Dagger205250140.3

Flint Knife in other languages

SwedishFlintkniv

UkrainianКрем’яний ніж

Portuguese BrazilianFaca de sílex

DanishFlintekniv

NorwegianFlintkniv

HungarianTűzkő kés

FrenchCouteau en silex

ItalianColtello di selce

GermanFeuerstein-Messer

SpanishCuchillo de sílex

RussianКремневый нож

RomanianCuțit de cremene

BulgarianКремъчен Нож

FinnishPiikiviveitsi

IcelandicTinnusteinshnífur

TurkishÇakmak taşı bıçak

LithuanianTitnaginis peilis

CzechNůž z pazourku

SlovakNôž z pazúrika

PolishKrzemienny nóż

DutchVuurstenen mes

Portuguese EuropeanFaca de sílex

Chinese燧石刀

Chinese Trad燧石小刀

Japanese火打石のナイフ

Korean부싯돌 칼

Thaiมีดหินเหล็กไฟ

AbenakiMazipskwi chakwakw

CroatianKremeni nož

Georgianკაჟის დანა

LatvianKrama nazis

From the game's own localization files (32 languages).

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