What to do with · Valheim 1.0.17
What to do with Turnip
A dense vegetable, rich with nutrition.
Plant it with the Cultivator: it grows into Turnip Seeds. It also goes into 4 recipes and 2 building pieces. Feed it to tame the Boar.
Turnip SeedsPlant: Seed-turnip
BoarTames it
Black Soup× 1 · Swamp
Turnip Stew× 3 · Swamp
Purple Fireworks× 1 · Plains
Uncooked Stuffed Mushroom× 2 · MistlandsStacks to 50Weight 0.3Full Turnip page →
Plant it
With the Cultivator, on cultivated ground.
Craft with it (4)
Earliest first, by the biome where everything the recipe needs can first be had.
Build with it (2)
Spice Rack× 3
Jack-o-turnip× 4Tame with it
Leave it near the animal; it eats while it is not alarmed. Taming times
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 Turnip
- Picked fromTurnip
- Grown fromTurnipMeadowsBlack ForestSwamp
Questions
›What is Turnip used for in Valheim?
Plant it with the Cultivator: it grows into Turnip Seeds. It also goes into 4 recipes and 2 building pieces. Feed it to tame the Boar.
›Can you sell Turnip in Valheim?
No. Traders only buy items with a trade value, and Turnip has none. The 9 that do: Amber, Amber Pearl, Ancient Coin, Draumyx, Grimvarn, Solryth, Veydris, Ruby and Silver Necklace.
›Can Turnip go through a portal?
Yes, Turnip can be carried through a portal.
›Where do you get Turnip?
Turnip. Every source is on the Turnip page.
Source: recipes, building pieces, stations, altars, traders and the Obliterator in the files of Valheim 1.0.17 (2026-10-05), prefab Turnip.