Valheim DatabaseValheim 1.0.17 · read from the game files · unofficial

What to do with · Valheim 1.0.17

Old gear

No trader buys gear: none of the 304 weapons, armor pieces, shields and tools has a trade value. A broken item can't be equipped until it's repaired, and repairing is free at the station that makes it. Past that, you can push gear beyond its max level at the Forge of Potential, turn 19 weapons into their variants, burn every 10 pieces into 1 Coal in the Obliterator, or put them on an armour stand.

Repair it — free

At the station that crafts it, once that station is at the recipe's level (levels count up to 4); Stone Axe, Club and Hammer, made by hand, at the Workbench. It restores full durability for no materials and trains the Crafting skill (InventoryGui.CanRepair, RepairOneItem).

Black Forge101 items · level 1–4Forge57 items · level 1–4Workbench49 items · level 1–3Galdr Table18 items · level 1–4

44 items can't be repaired anywhere — they have no recipe, and a repair needs one (2 of them sold by Bog Witch, 34 of them sold by Hildir).

Plain Brown DressSimple Undyed DressBrown Dress with ShawlBrown Dress with BeadsPlain Blue DressBlue Dress with ShawlBlue Dress with BeadsPlain Yellow DressYellow Dress with ShawlYellow Dress with BeadsHarvest TunicHarvest DressPlain Blue TunicSimple Undyed TunicBlue Tunic with CapeBlue Tunic with BeadsPlain Red TunicRed Tunic with CapeRed Tunic with BeadsPlain Yellow TunicYellow Tunic with CapeYellow Tunic with BeadsWooden AtgeirWooden AxeWooden BattleaxeServing TrayBlue Tied HeadscarfSimple Purple CapGreen Twisted HeadscarfBrown Fur CapExtravagant Green CapSimple Red CapYellow Tied HeadscarfRed Twisted HeadscarfGrey Fur CapExtravagant Orange CapCrown of RootsStraw HatHeadbandWooden KnifeWooden MaceWooden SledgeWooden SpearWooden Greatsword

A broken item (durability 0) can't be equipped until it is repaired (Humanoid.EquipItem). Only Sparkler and Torch burn out and vanish when they run out (m_destroyBroken), and they can't be repaired.

Take it past its max: the Forge of Potential

199 items can go above their normal max level, one idol per try, 65% chance each; a failed try breaks the item and returns 35% of its materials. Odds and average cost per item

Celebratory CapDeer Hide CapeLeather HelmetLeather TrousersLeather TunicRag TrousersRag TunicWood ShieldWood Tower ShieldClubCrude BowCultivatorFlint KnifeFlint SpearHammerHoeScytheSnow ShovelStagbreakerStone AxeBone Tower ShieldBronze BucklerBronze HelmetBronze Plate LeggingsBronze Plate TunicCape of OdenFishing HatHood of OdenLoincloth of the BearPatterns of the BearTroll Hide CapeTroll Leather HoodTroll Leather TrousersTroll Leather TunicBronze AtgeirBronze MaceBronze PickaxeBronze SpearBronze SwordCopper KnifeFinewood BowFlint AxePaws of the BearWooden SwordBanded ShieldIron BucklerIron GreavesIron Helmet

Turn a weapon into its variant

45 recipes take a finished weapon and make another: the weapon is used up and the new one starts at level 1 (InventoryGui.DoCrafting).

Nord Atgeir→ Thunderblood Atgeir and Frostfire AtgeirBerserkir Axes→ Bleeding Berserkir Axes, Thundering Berserkir Axes and Primal Berserkir AxesNord Axe→ Thunderblood Axe and Frostfire AxeNord Greataxe→ Thunderblood Greataxe and Frostfire GreataxeAsh Fang→ Blood Fang, Storm Fang and Root FangNord Bow→ Thunderblood Bow and Frostfire BowNord Crossbow→ Thunderblood Crossbow and Frostfire CrossbowRipper→ Wound Ripper, Storm Ripper and Root RipperNord Knucklechains→ Thunderblood Knucklechains and Frostfire KnucklechainsNord Dagger→ Thunderblood Dagger and Frostfire DaggerFlametal Mace→ Bloodgeon, Storm Star and KlossenNord Mace→ Thunderblood Mace and Frostfire MaceNord Sledge→ Thunderblood Sledge and Frostfire SledgeNord Spear→ Thunderblood Spear and Frostfire SpearSplitnir→ Splitnir the Bleeding, Splitnir the Storming and Splitnir the PrimalNord Sword→ Thunderblood Sword and Frostfire SwordNidhögg→ Nidhögg the Bleeding, Nidhögg the Thundering and Nidhögg the PrimalSlayer→ Brutal Slayer, Scourging Slayer and Primal SlayerNord Greatsword→ Thunderblood Greatsword and Frostfire Greatsword

Burn it: the Obliterator

Obliteratorturns any 10 items into 1 Coal. Gear doesn't stack, so that is 1 coal per 10 pieces; the remainder is lost. 14 kinds of arrows and bolts burn 20 to 1 coal instead (the kind you put in most of, per pull).

Reduce, reuse, obliterate.

Incinerator.Incinerate in the game code.

Display it

Armour Stand“Some clothes are just too nice to fold away. Why not put them on display instead?”Item Stand“Mount items on vertical surfaces with this item stand.”Item Stand“Place items on horizontal surfaces with this item stand.”

Drop it

An item on the ground disappears once it is 1 h old, as long as no player is within 25 m, it isn't inside your base and it isn't stuck in tar (ItemDrop.TimedDestruction). The game code has no trash slot, so dropping it and the Obliterator are how unwanted gear goes away.

Materials, valuables and trophies instead? What to do with everything else →

Questions

›Can you sell old gear in Valheim?

No. Traders buy only items with a trade value, and none of the 304 weapons, armor pieces, shields and tools has one. The 9 things that sell: Amber, Amber Pearl, Ancient Coin, Draumyx, Grimvarn, Solryth, Veydris, Ruby and Silver Necklace.

›Can you salvage or deconstruct gear in Valheim?

No recipe or station gives materials back for an item. The one exception: when a Forge of Potential attempt fails, the item breaks and returns 35% of its materials.

›How do you repair gear in Valheim?

Stand at the station the item is made at and press Repair: it costs nothing and restores full durability. The station must reach the recipe's level. Stone Axe, Club and Hammer, made by hand, are repaired at the Workbench. 44 items have no recipe, so no station repairs them.

›What happens when gear breaks in Valheim?

At zero durability it can't be equipped until repaired. Only Sparkler and Torch burn out and disappear when they break.

Source: the item, recipe and piece data in the files of Valheim 1.0.17 (2026-10-05) and its code: InventoryGui.CanRepair, Humanoid.EquipItem, StoreGui.SellItem, Incinerator.Incinerate, ItemDrop.TimedDestruction.