Once you know you have enough Iron scraps (or have your inventory full, or when you wish to quit farming it) to make your desired weapon, it’s back to your base or smelting area to create it via the Smelter, with the Charcoal Kiln nearby to feed the Smelter to process it. Your weapon (or anything that needs Iron for that matter) needs to be planned as the material amount can vary, which can take you a few hours, to even a few real-life days to have things sorted. I’m saying this as you’ll be doing a lot of crypt finding, meaning higher-grade food, and poison resistance is a must if you wish to hop to and from different Swamps. What is not simple is the difficulty of obtaining it especially early on, as the creatures of the Swamp are very deadly for the unprepared. Getting Iron is as simple as going to the Swamp, opening a crypt using the Swamp Key (obtained by killing the 2nd boss, Elder), picking a muddy scrap pile using any pickaxe, and bringing the Iron scrap back to base for smelting. How Do You Get Iron and Make Iron Weapons?īefore we start the list, let’s first establish the obvious. It’s also worth pointing out that this covers all the weapons you can get and isn’t limited to the time where you first get Iron. This list only covers weapons that predominantly only use Iron as their core metal component, with non-metal components not affecting its place in the list. Given the selection of weapons available, this list will narrow down the best weapons you can get for a wide variety of uses.Īs with all Valheim lists, this was written at the time of the games’ latest version (Hearth and Home Update, version 0.204.4). Valheim’s linear progression opens you up to the possibility of getting the weapons as soon as possible, with each weapon having its unique challenges, niches, and materials to farm. Given that it’s used in almost everything like armor and supporting beams for your structure, you’ll eventually ask yourself, what is the best weapon I can make from Iron? It is as usable as Wood, albeit being rare and limited, making it an important commodity to have from the mid-game and beyond.

With the mid-game of Valheim taking you to the Swamps, you’re likely to be there farming the most important ore in the game, Iron.

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