Two-handed weapon
Staff of Protection
For a slight blood offering it will protect the caster in a magical shell.
Materials fromMistlands· in the developers' Jonathan test kit
StaffShieldSpawnspawn StaffShield 1 4Recipe
Beyond level 4 at the Forge of Potential: 
1× Black Marble Battle Idol per attempt.
Upgrades by level
| Level | Block | Durability | Station lvl | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 48 | 200 | 1 |  20× Yggdrasil Wood 4× Blood Clot 16× Refined Eitr |
| 2 | 48 | 250 | 2 | 10× Yggdrasil Wood2× Blood Clot8× Refined Eitr |
| 3 | 48 | 300 | 3 | 20× Yggdrasil Wood4× Blood Clot16× Refined Eitr |
| 4 | 48 | 350 | 4 | 40× Yggdrasil Wood8× Blood Clot32× Refined Eitr |
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 Staff of Protection, broken down to what you gather (bars smelted from ore, with the coal the smelter burns):
Stats
- Skill
- Blood magic
- Primary attack eitr
- 60
- Primary attack health cost
- 4,000% of health
- 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
Staff of Protection in other languages
SwedishVäktarstav
UkrainianПатериця захисту
Portuguese BrazilianCajado da proteção
DanishBeskyttelsesstav
NorwegianSkjoldstav
HungarianVédelembot
FrenchBâton de protection
ItalianBastone della protezione
GermanStab des Schutzes
SpanishBáculo de Protección
RussianПосох защиты
RomanianToiagul Ocrotirii
BulgarianЖезъл на Защитата
FinnishSuojelussauva
IcelandicVarnarstafur
TurkishKoruma Asası
LithuanianApsaugojimo lazda
CzechHůl ochrany
PolishLaska Ochrony
Chinese佑护之杖
Chinese Trad防護法杖
Japanese守護の杖
Korean보호의 스태프
Thaiคทาโลหิตพิทักษ์
From the game's own localization files (25 languages).
Source: ObjectDB in the files of Valheim 1.0.16 (2026-09-24), prefab StaffShield. See how this site reads the game.