What to do with · Valheim 1.0.17
What to do with Flametal Ore
Warm to the touch with glowing veins of strange metal. Needs to be refined in a blast furnace.
Smelt it into Flametal at the Blast Furnace; Flametal goes into 57 recipes and pieces.
Stacks to 30Weight 10Can't go through portalsFull Flametal Ore page →
Turn it into something else
Last resort: the Obliterator
Obliteratorturns any 10 items (stacks counted one by one) into 1 
Coal; the rest is lost.
Incinerator.Incinerate in the game code.
Where to get more Flametal Ore
- Mined fromFlametal Ore
- Broken fromCrate
- Caught byMagmafish4.6%
- Found inCharred ChestAshlands
Questions
›What is Flametal Ore used for in Valheim?
Smelt it into Flametal at the Blast Furnace; Flametal goes into 57 recipes and pieces.
›Can you sell Flametal Ore in Valheim?
No. Traders only buy items with a trade value, and Flametal Ore has none. The 9 that do: Amber, Amber Pearl, Ancient Coin, Draumyx, Grimvarn, Solryth, Veydris, Ruby and Silver Necklace.
›Can Flametal Ore go through a portal?
No. Flametal Ore is one of the items a portal won't take: carry it by boat, cart or on foot.
›Where do you get Flametal Ore?
Flametal Ore, Crate, Magmafish. Every source is on the Flametal Ore page.
Source: recipes, building pieces, stations, altars, traders and the Obliterator in the files of Valheim 1.0.17 (2026-10-05), prefab FlametalOreNew.