What to do with · Valheim 1.0.17
What to do with Magecap
A mushroom commonly used in a sorcerer's diet.
It goes into 7 recipes and 1 building piece. Plant it with the Cultivator: it grows into Magecap.
MagecapPlant: Magecap
Mead Base: Lightfoot× 5 · Mistlands
Mead Base: Lingering Eitr× 10 · Mistlands
Mead Base: Minor Eitr× 5 · Mistlands
Seeker Aspic× 2 · Mistlands
Uncooked Stuffed Mushroom× 3 · MistlandsStacks to 50Weight 0.1Full Magecap page →
Plant it
With the Cultivator, on cultivated ground.
Craft with it (7)
Earliest first, by the biome where everything the recipe needs can first be had.
Mead Base: Lightfoot× 5 (+1/level) · Mead Ketill 1 · MistlandsMead Base: Lingering Eitr× 10 (+1/level) · Mead Ketill 1 · MistlandsMead Base: Minor Eitr× 5 (+1/level) · Mead Ketill 1 · MistlandsSeeker Aspic× 2 (+1/level) · Cauldron 5 · MistlandsUncooked Stuffed Mushroom× 3 (+1/level) · Food Preparation Table 1 · Mistlands
Marinated Greens× 2 (+1/level) · Cauldron 6 · Ashlands
Sparkling Shroomshake× 2 (+1/level) · Cauldron 6 · AshlandsBuild with it (1)
Eat it
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 Magecap
Questions
›What is Magecap used for in Valheim?
It goes into 7 recipes and 1 building piece. Plant it with the Cultivator: it grows into Magecap.
›Can you sell Magecap in Valheim?
No. Traders only buy items with a trade value, and Magecap has none. The 9 that do: Amber, Amber Pearl, Ancient Coin, Draumyx, Grimvarn, Solryth, Veydris, Ruby and Silver Necklace.
›Can Magecap go through a portal?
Yes, Magecap can be carried through a portal.
›Where do you get Magecap?
Magecap. Every source is on the Magecap page.
Source: recipes, building pieces, stations, altars, traders and the Obliterator in the files of Valheim 1.0.17 (2026-10-05), prefab MushroomMagecap.