One-handed weapon · Knives
Silver Knife
A savage piece of pain.
Materials fromMeadows· in the developers' Plains test kit
KnifeSilverSpawnspawn KnifeSilver 1 4Recipe
Beyond level 4 at the Forge of Potential:
1× Silver Battle Idol per attempt.
Upgrades by level
| Level | Damage | Block | Durability | Station lvl | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 Slash25 Pierce12 Spirit | 2 | 200 | 3 | |
| 2 | 26 Slash26 Pierce12 Spirit | 2 | 250 | 4 | |
| 3 | 27 Slash27 Pierce12 Spirit | 2 | 300 | 5 | |
| 4 | 28 Slash28 Pierce12 Spirit | 2 | 350 | 6 |
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 Silver Knife, broken down to what you gather (bars smelted from ore, with the coal the smelter burns):
Stats
- Skill
- Knives
- Primary attack stamina
- 10
- Secondary attack
- 30 stamina, ×3 damage
- Knockback
- 10
- Backstab bonus
- ×6
- Block armor
- 2
- Parry bonus
- ×4
- Block force
- 10
- Tool tier
- 3
- Durability
- 200 (+50 per level)
- Weight
- 0.3
Hits to kill in the Meadows
| Creature | Health | Per hit | Hits | 2★ hits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 39.2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 10 | 39.2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 10 | 39.2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Greyling | 20 | 39.2 | 1 | 2 |
| 40 | 39.2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 60 | 39.2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 150 | 39.2 | 4 | 12 | |
| 175 | 39.2 | 5 | 14 | |
| 500 | 47.6 | 11 | — |
Level 4 Silver 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 |
Silver Knife in other languages
SwedishSilverkniv
UkrainianСрібний ніж
Portuguese BrazilianFaca de prata
DanishSølvkniv
NorwegianSølvdolk
HungarianEzüst kés
FrenchCouteau en argent
ItalianPugnale d'argento
GermanSilbermesser
SpanishCuchillo de plata
RussianСеребряный нож
RomanianCuțit de argint
BulgarianСребърен Нож
FinnishHopeaveitsi
IcelandicSilfurrýtingur
TurkishGümüş bıçak
LithuanianSidabrinis peilis
CzechStříbrný nůž
PolishSrebrny nóż
DutchZilveren mes
Chinese银刀
Chinese Trad銀刀
Japanese銀のナイフ
Korean은 칼
Thaiมีดเงิน
LatvianSudraba nazis
From the game's own localization files (27 languages).
Source: ObjectDB in the files of Valheim 1.0.16 (2026-09-24), prefab KnifeSilver. See how this site reads the game.