Bow · Bows
Thunderblood Bow
Lightning dances along the string, waiting to be unleashed.
Materials fromSwamp
BowGold_BloodLightningSpawnspawn BowGold_BloodLightning 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 | 110 Pierce45 Lightning10 Spirit | 3 | 400 | 4 | |
| 2 | 118 Pierce50 Lightning15 Spirit | 3 | 450 | 5 | |
| 3 | 126 Pierce55 Lightning20 Spirit | 3 | 500 | 6 | |
| 4 | 134 Pierce60 Lightning25 Spirit | 3 | 550 | 7 |
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 Thunderblood Bow, broken down to what you gather (bars smelted from ore, with the coal the smelter burns):
Stats
- Skill
- Bows
- Draw time
- 2.5 s
- Knockback
- 25
- Backstab bonus
- ×3
- Block armor
- 3
- Parry bonus
- ×1.5
- Movement speed
- -5%
- Tool tier
- 5
- Durability
- 400 (+50 per level)
- Weight
- 1.5
Hits to kill in the Swamp
| Creature | Health | Per hit | Hits | 2★ hits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 106.4 | 1 | 2 | |
| 50 | 127.4 | 1 | 2 | |
| 60 | 135.8 | 1 | 2 | |
| 100 | 153.3 | 1 | 2 | |
| 100 | 115.2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 150 | 127.4 | 2 | 4 | |
| 200 | 153.3 | 2 | 4 | |
| 400 | 153.3 | 3 | 8 | |
| 800 | 65.5 | 13 | 37 | |
| 5,000 | 82.9 | 61 | — |
Level 4 Thunderblood Bow, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 76 | 0 | 1.5 | |
| 77 | 104 | 0 | 1.5 | |
| 82 | 109 | 0 | 1.5 | |
| 82 | 109 | 0 | 1.5 | |
| 92 | 119 | 0 | 1.5 | |
| 92 | 119 | 0 | 1.5 | |
| 110 | 170 | 0 | 1.5 | |
| 165 | 219 | 0 | 1.5 | |
| 178 | 235 | 0 | 1.5 |
Thunderblood Bow in other languages
UkrainianГромокровний лук
Portuguese BrazilianArco de trovossangue
DanishTordenblod bue
FrenchArc de sang-tonnerre
ItalianArco di Sangue tonante
GermanDonnerblut-Bogen
SpanishArco de sangre de trueno
RussianГромокровный лук
BulgarianГръмокръвен Лък
TurkishŞimşekkanı Yayı
PolishGrzmotokrwisty łuk
Chinese雷血之弓
Chinese Trad雷血弓
Japanese雷血の弓
Korean천둥피 활
From the game's own localization files (16 languages).
Source: ObjectDB in the files of Valheim 1.0.16 (2026-09-24), prefab BowGold_BloodLightning. See how this site reads the game.