Material

Iron

A bar of pure iron ready to be worked.

Weight

stacks to 30

Item IDIronSpawnspawn Iron 30

Where to get Iron

Source	Amount	Chance
Broken from Ancient Pot	1 × 2–3 rolls	100%
Broken from Mountain kit wood gate	1 × 1–2 rolls	25%
Mined from Rock destructible test	1 × 1–3 rolls	1%
Made in Smelter · from Iron Ore	—	—

What Iron is used for

Carapace Breastplate× 5

Carapace Greaves× 5

Iron Scale Mail× 20

Iron Greaves× 20

Padded Cuirass× 10

Padded Greaves× 10

Ironhead Arrow× 1

Iron Atgeir× 30

Iron Axe× 20

Jotun Bane× 15

Battleaxe× 35

Skull Splittur× 30

Iron Bolt× 1

Huntsman Bow× 20

Arbalest× 8

Iron Helmet× 20

Eitr-weave Hood× 2

Padded Helmet× 10

Iron Nails× 1

Silver Knife× 2

Skoll and Hati× 10

Iron Mace× 20

Porcupine× 20

Mechanical Spring× 3

Iron Pickaxe× 20

Banded Shield× 8

Iron Buckler× 10

Iron Tower Shield× 10

Serpent Scale Shield× 4

Demolisher× 20

Iron Sledge× 30

Ancient Bark Spear× 10

Iron Sword× 20

Krom× 30

Mistwalker× 15

Silver Sword× 5

Horn of Celebration× 2

Iron Brooch× 5

Nimble Anklet× 5

Building pieces:

Wood Iron Pole× 1

Wood Iron Beam× 1

Wood Iron Beam 26°× 1

Wood Iron Beam 45°× 1

Wood Iron Beam 67°× 1

Cage Floor 1x1× 1

Cage Floor 2x2× 2

Cage Wall 1x1× 1

Cage Wall 2x2× 2

Iron Gate× 4

Darkwood Gate× 4

Dvergr Stakewall× 8

Dvergr Sharp Stakes× 2

Iron Cooking Station× 3

Tool Shelf× 4

Pots and Pans× 5

Smith's Anvil× 20

Forge Tool Rack× 15

Black Forge Cooler× 5

Vice× 5

Food Preparation Table× 5

Stone Oven× 15

Stonecutter× 2

Frost Foundry× 15

Blast Furnace× 10

Obliterator× 8

Reinforced Chest× 2

Personal Chest× 8

Standing Iron Torch× 2

Standing Blue-burning Iron Torch× 2

Standing Green-burning Iron Torch× 2

Iron Stack× 30

Hot Tub× 10

Shield Generator× 5

Iron in other languages

SwedishJärn

UkrainianЗалізо

Portuguese BrazilianFerro

DanishJern

NorwegianJern

HungarianVas

FrenchFer

ItalianFerro

GermanEisen

SpanishHierro

RussianЖелезо

RomanianFier

BulgarianЖелязо

FinnishRautaa

IcelandicJárn

TurkishDemir

LithuanianGeležis

CzechŽelezo

SlovakŽelezo

PolishŻelazo

DutchIJzer

Portuguese EuropeanFerro

Chinese铁

Chinese Trad鐵

Japanese鉄

Korean철

Thaiเหล็ก

AbenakiAlnahlakw

CroatianŽeljezo

Georgianრკინა

LatvianDzelzs

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

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