Valheim DatabaseValheim 1.0.16 · read from the game files · unofficial
Staff of Frost icon

Two-handed weapon · Elemental magic

Staff of Frost

A staff as cold as the three-year winter that will herald the end of times.

Damage
30
30 Frost
Block
48
parry ×2
Weight
0.3
Max level
4

Materials fromMistlands· in the developers' test kit

Item IDStaffIceShardsSpawnspawn StaffIceShards 1 4

Recipe

Upgrades by level

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

One Staff of Frost, broken down to what you gather (bars smelted from ore, with the coal the smelter burns):

Stats

Skill
Elemental magic
Primary attack eitr
5
Knockback
10
Backstab bonus
×1
Block armor
48
Parry bonus
×2
Block force
20
Movement speed
-5%
Tool tier
5
Durability
200 (+50 per level)
Weight
0.3

Hits to kill in the Mistlands

CreatureHealthPer hitHits2★ hits
Seeker Brood2025.213
Tick5025.226
Seeker20025.2824
Dvergr Rogue35025.21442
Gjall1,50025.260179
Seeker Soldier1,50025.260179
The Queen12,50025.2497—

Level 4 Staff of Frost, 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

ItemDamageMax levelStaminaWeight
Dundr202901.5
Staff of Fracturing244200.3
Staff of Frost303600.3
Staff of the Wild4016000.3
Staff of Embers24025800.3
Lightning Strike30036000.3

Staff of Frost in other languages

SwedishFroststav

UkrainianПатериця морозу

Portuguese BrazilianCajado da geada

DanishFroststav

NorwegianFroststav

HungarianFagybot

FrenchBâton de givre

ItalianBastone di gelo

GermanStab des Eises

SpanishBastón de la Ventisca

RussianПосох льда

RomanianToiagul Gheții

BulgarianЖезъл на Мраза

FinnishRoutasauva

IcelandicHrímstafur

TurkishBuz Asası

LithuanianŠerkšno lazda

CzechHůl mrazu

PolishLaska mrozu

Chinese冰霜之杖

Chinese Trad冰凍法杖

Japanese霜の杖

Korean서리 스태프

Thaiคทาภูติเหมันต์

From the game's own localization files (25 languages).

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