Fish
Giant Herring
Fermented, this fish will smell worse than the swamp it came from.
· in the developers' Fisherman test kit
Fish6Spawnspawn Fish6 1 5Upgrades by level
| Level |
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| 1 |
| 2 |
| 3 |
| 4 |
| 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.
Where to get Giant Herring
| Source | Amount | Chance | Biome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caught by Fishing · Sticky Fishing Bait | — | — |
Stats
- Weight
- 2
- Stack size
- 10
What Giant Herring is used for
Raw Fish× 1
Fishing Hat× 1Raids and achievements
The FishermanCatch every kind of fish.Giant Herring in other languages
SwedishJätteströmming
UkrainianВелетенська салака
Portuguese BrazilianArenque gigante
DanishKæmpe sild
NorwegianStorsild
HungarianÓriáshering
FrenchGuinée saumon
ItalianAringa gigante
GermanRiesenhering
SpanishArenque gigante
RussianГигантская сельдь
RomanianHering Gigant
BulgarianОгромна Херинга
FinnishMaitokala
IcelandicRisasíld
TurkishDev ringa
LithuanianMilžiniška silkė
CzechObří Sleď
PolishŚledź ogromny
Chinese巨型鲱鱼
Chinese Trad巨大鯡魚
Japaneseジャイアントニシン
Korean거대 청어
Thaiปลาเฮร์ริ่งยักษ์
LatvianMilzu siļķe
From the game's own localization files (26 languages).
Source: ObjectDB in the files of Valheim 1.0.16 (2026-09-24), prefab Fish6. See how this site reads the game.