One-handed weapon · Knives
Flint Knife
Sharpened flint. A reliable tool.
Materials fromMeadows· in the developers' Meadows test kit
KnifeFlintSpawnspawn KnifeFlint 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 | 5 Slash5 Pierce | 2 | 200 | 1 | |
| 2 | 6 Slash6 Pierce | 2 | 250 | 2 | |
| 3 | 7 Slash7 Pierce | 2 | 300 | 3 | |
| 4 | 8 Slash8 Pierce | 2 | 350 | 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
- 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
| Creature | Health | Per hit | Hits | 2★ hits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 11.2 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 | 11.2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 10 | 11.2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Greyling | 20 | 11.2 | 2 | 6 |
| 40 | 11.2 | 4 | 11 | |
| 60 | 11.2 | 6 | 17 | |
| 150 | 11.2 | 14 | 41 | |
| 175 | 11.2 | 16 | 47 | |
| 500 | 11.2 | 45 | — |
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
| Item | Damage | Max level | Stamina | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 8 | 4 | 0.3 | |
| 10 | 16 | 4 | 0.3 | |
| 24 | 30 | 6 | 0.3 | |
| 40 | 46 | 8 | 0.3 | |
| 62 | 68 | 10 | 0.3 | |
| 68 | 74 | 12 | 0.3 | |
| 90 | 96 | 14 | 0.3 | |
| 150 | 180 | 14 | 0.3 | |
| 205 | 250 | 14 | 0.3 |
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.