New players · Valheim 1.0.17
What to do with…
386 things you pick up, each with every use the game files give it: crafting, building, stations, altars, taming. Only 9 of them sell.
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Valuables to sell (10)
Traders buy only these, for coins.
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Boss summons, drops and keys (15)
What calls a boss, what a boss leaves behind, and the keys that open locked doors.
Trophies (67)
7 give a Forsaken power, 29 others go into recipes, pieces or a boss altar; the Obliterator burns 38 of them into coal one for one.
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Idols (16)
Spent at the Forge of Potential to go past an item's max level.
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Ores, scrap and metals (19)
Smelt ore and scrap, then forge the bars.
Seeds and saplings (21)
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Fish and bait (15)
Food ingredients (39)
Food and meads that something else takes.
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Materials: Meadows (20)
By the earliest biome they can be had in.
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Materials: Black Forest (15)
By the earliest biome they can be had in.
Materials: Swamp (17)
By the earliest biome they can be had in.
Materials: Mountains (13)
By the earliest biome they can be had in.
Materials: Plains (14)
By the earliest biome they can be had in.
Materials: Mistlands (18)
By the earliest biome they can be had in.
Materials: Ashlands (32)
By the earliest biome they can be had in.
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Materials: Deep North (47)
By the earliest biome they can be had in.
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Materials: Ocean (3)
Found at sea.
Questions
›What can you sell in Valheim?
Only items with a trade value: Draumyx (175 coins), Veydris (135 coins), Solryth (95 coins), Grimvarn (55 coins), Silver Necklace (30 coins), Ruby (20 coins), Amber Pearl (10 coins), Ancient Coin (10 coins), Amber (5 coins). Every trader buys them, a whole stack at a time. Nothing else sells.
›What do you do with Boar Trophy in Valheim?
No recipe, building piece or station in the game files takes Boar Trophy. The Obliterator burns each one into 1 Coal.
›What do you do with Amber in Valheim?
Sell it: traders pay 5 coins each. Nothing crafts or builds with it.
›What do you do with Dragon Egg in Valheim?
Place 3 on the item stands at the Sacrificial Altar to call Moder. Nothing crafts or builds with it.
›What do you do with Ancient Seed in Valheim?
Offer 3 at the Ancient Bowl (GDKing) to call The Elder. It also goes into Heart of the Forest.
›What do you do with Black Metal Scrap in Valheim?
Smelt it into Black Metal at the Blast Furnace; Black Metal goes into 24 recipes and pieces.
Source: recipes, building pieces, stations, altars, traders and the Obliterator in the files of Valheim 1.0.17 (2026-10-05). Which items lead the page: Google's suggestions for “valheim what to do with …”.