Two-handed weapon · Elemental magic
Lightning Strike
Simply point, and you shall summon the wrath of the sky.
· in the developers' Deep north mage test kit
StaffThunderBloodSpawnspawn StaffThunderBlood 1 4Recipe
Beyond level 4 at the Forge of Potential: 
1× Bloodgold Battle Idol per attempt.
Upgrades by level
| Level | Damage | Block | Durability | Station lvl | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 300 Lightning | 48 | 400 | 3 |  10× Bloodgold 5× Nornathread 1× Thunderblood Essence |
| 2 | 320 Lightning | 48 | 450 | 4 | 5× Bloodgold2× Nornathread1× Thunderblood Essence |
| 3 | 340 Lightning | 48 | 500 | 5 | 10× Bloodgold4× Nornathread2× Thunderblood Essence |
| 4 | 360 Lightning | 48 | 550 | 6 | 20× Bloodgold8× Nornathread4× Thunderblood Essence |
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 Lightning Strike
| Source | Amount | Chance | Biome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooked on Frost Foundry · from Cast: Lightning Strike | — | — |
Stats
- Skill
- Elemental magic
- Primary attack eitr
- 40
- Knockback
- 10
- Backstab bonus
- ×1
- Block armor
- 48
- Parry bonus
- ×2
- Block force
- 20
- Movement speed
- -5%
- Tool tier
- 5
- Durability
- 400 (+50 per level)
- Weight
- 0.3
Compared with similar weapons
| Item | Damage | Max level | Stamina | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dundr | 20 | 29 | 0 | 1.5 |
 Staff of Fracturing | 24 | 42 | 0 | 0.3 |
 Staff of Frost | 30 | 36 | 0 | 0.3 |
 Staff of the Wild | 40 | 160 | 0 | 0.3 |
 Staff of Embers | 240 | 258 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Lightning Strike | 300 | 360 | 0 | 0.3 |
Lightning Strike in other languages
UkrainianБлискавичник
Portuguese BrazilianRaio
DanishLynnedslag
FrenchCoup de tonnerre
ItalianFulmine
GermanBlitzschlag
SpanishGolpe de relámpago
RussianГромовержец
BulgarianСветкавичен Удар
TurkishYıldırım Çarpması
PolishUderzenie pioruna
Chinese雷击法杖
Chinese Trad雷擊
Japanese雷撃の杖
Korean번개 일격
From the game's own localization files (16 languages).
Source: ObjectDB in the files of Valheim 1.0.16 (2026-09-24), prefab StaffThunderBlood. See how this site reads the game.