Shield
Wood Shield
A simple wooden shield.
Materials fromMeadows· in the developers' Meadows test kit
ShieldWoodSpawnspawn ShieldWood 1 3Recipe
Beyond level 3 at the Forge of Potential:
1× Wooden Protection Idol per attempt.
Upgrades by level
| Level | Block | Durability | Station lvl | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 200 | 1 | |
| 2 | 12 | 250 | 2 | |
| 3 | 18 | 300 | 3 |
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 3:
Stats
- Skill
- Blocking
- Knockback
- 40
- Backstab bonus
- ×4
- Block armor
- 6 (+6 per level)
- Parry bonus
- ×1.5
- Block force
- 20
- Movement speed
- -5%
- Durability
- 200 (+50 per level)
- Weight
- 4
Compared with similar shields
| Item | Block | Max level | Parry × | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 18 | ×1.5 | 4 | |
| 10 | 22 | ×0 | 4 | |
| 16 | 28 | ×2.5 | 3 | |
| 28 | 40 | ×2.5 | 4 | |
| 32 | 44 | ×0 | 4 | |
| 42 | 54 | ×1.5 | 5 | |
| 48 | 60 | ×1.5 | 4 | |
| 52 | 64 | ×0 | 4 | |
| 60 | 72 | ×0 | 5 |
Wood Shield in other languages
SwedishTräsköld
UkrainianДерев’яний щит
Portuguese BrazilianEscudo de madeira
DanishTræskjold
NorwegianTreskjold
HungarianFapajzs
FrenchBouclier en bois
ItalianScudo di legno
GermanHolzschild
SpanishEscudo de madera
RussianДеревянный щит
RomanianScut de lemn
BulgarianДървен Щит
FinnishPuukilpi
IcelandicViðarskjöldur
TurkishTahta kalkan
LithuanianMedinis skydas
CzechDřevěný štít
SlovakDrevený štít
PolishDrewniana tarcza
DutchHouten schild
Portuguese EuropeanEscudo de madeira
Chinese木盾
Chinese Trad木盾
Japanese木の盾
Korean나무 원형 방패
Thaiโล่ไม้
AbenakiAbazajwanôgan
CroatianDrveni štit
Georgianხის ფარი
LatvianKoka vairogs
From the game's own localization files (32 languages).
Source: ObjectDB in the files of Valheim 1.0.16 (2026-09-24), prefab ShieldWood. See how this site reads the game.