Two-handed weapon
Iron Pickaxe
A sturdy tool of hardened iron.
Materials fromBlack Forest· in the developers' Mountains test kit
PickaxeIronSpawnspawn PickaxeIron 1 4Recipe
Beyond level 4 at the Forge of Potential: 
1× Iron Battle Idol per attempt.
Upgrades by level
| Level | Damage | Block | Durability | Station lvl | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 33 Pierce33 Pickaxe | 2 | 150 | 2 |  3× Corewood 20× Iron |
| 2 | 38 Pierce38 Pickaxe | 2 | 200 | 3 | 1× Corewood10× Iron |
| 3 | 43 Pierce43 Pickaxe | 2 | 250 | 4 | 2× Corewood20× Iron |
| 4 | 48 Pierce48 Pickaxe | 2 | 300 | 5 | 4× Corewood40× Iron |
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 Iron Pickaxe, broken down to what you gather (bars smelted from ore, with the coal the smelter burns):
Stats
- Skill
- Pickaxes
- Primary attack stamina
- 10
- Knockback
- 50
- Backstab bonus
- ×3
- Block armor
- 2
- Parry bonus
- ×2
- Block force
- 20
- Movement speed
- -5%
- Tool tier
- 2
- Durability
- 150 (+50 per level)
- Weight
- 2
Raids and achievements
Knowing this item affects raids: Eikthyr rallies the creatures of the forest, The forest is moving...
Iron Pickaxe in other languages
SwedishJärnkorp
UkrainianЗалізне кайло
Portuguese BrazilianPicareta de ferro
DanishJernhakke
NorwegianJernhakke
HungarianVascsákány
FrenchPioche en fer
ItalianPiccozza di ferro
GermanEisenspitzhacke
SpanishPico de hierro
RussianЖелезная кирка
RomanianTârnăcop de fier
BulgarianЖелязна Кирка
FinnishRautahakku
IcelandicJárnhaki
TurkishDemir kazma
LithuanianGeležinis kirtiklis
CzechŽelezný krumpáč
SlovakŽelezný krompáč
PolishŻelazny kilof
DutchIJzeren houweel
Portuguese EuropeanPicareta de ferro
Chinese铁镐
Chinese Trad鐵十字鎬
Japanese鉄のつるはし
Korean철 곡괭이
Thaiอีเต้อเหล็ก
AbenakiAlnahlagw kadapskahigan
CroatianŽeljezni kramp
Georgianრკინის ძალაყინი
LatvianDzelzs cērte
From the game's own localization files (32 languages).
Source: ObjectDB in the files of Valheim 1.0.16 (2026-09-24), prefab PickaxeIron. See how this site reads the game.