Valheim Weapons Tier List: All Ranked [2023]

Valheim weapon tier list is a useful resource for players that have just started or want to climb their way up the ranks of skill in the game. As the game progresses, all kinds of creatures like trolls, dwarves, skeletons, and many bosses try their luck against you, to fancy one’s chances of victory; any gamer needs to keep the best weapons in their inventory.

Below you can see a simple and brief list of all the weapons of valheim:

S-TIER LIST

This group contains the best weapons in the game, and all of these are unlocked after you have sufficiently progressed in the game. In our case, most of these weapons belong to the “mistlands” and the “plains” biome of Valheim. Hence, collecting resources to craft these weapons requires skill due to the variety of materials found in the mistlands. Almost all of these weapons possess unique names.

Frostner

• Crafting recipe: 10 ancient bark, 5 ymir flesh, 30 silver, 5 freeze gland
• Spawn ID: MaceSilver
• Bio: “The dead fear silver. Remind them why”

The frostner is a forged, one-handed mace being one of the most overpowered weapons in the game. Available in the mountains and dealing blunt, frost, and spirit damage to its victim, the frostner is effective against all types of enemies. Despite being expensive to craft, the output of this weapon balances the hassle of gathering the resources involved. You can obtain the ymir flesh needed for the frostner at Haldor the Trader.

Arbalest

• Crafting recipe: 10 wood, 8 iron, 4 root
• Spawn ID: CrossbowArbalest
• Bio: “A slow but powerful weapon.”

The arbalest is a crossbow available after the player reaches the mistlands in Valheim. It is crafted at the black forge and uses blackmetal bolts as ammunition so be sure to have a sufficient supply of blackmetal bars if you want to use this weapon. The resources to craft the arbalest are easy to gather except the “root” that is available in the Abominations in swamps. The Arbalest deals sufficiently high damage making up for the slow reload time of this weapon.

Dead Raiser

• Crafting recipe: 10 bone fragments, 1 Skeleton trophy, 16 refined either
• Spawn ID: StaffSkeleton
• Bio: “Sacrifice a bit of blood to raise the dead. Upgrade the skull to spawn multiple skeletons, and increase your blood magic to make them stronger.”

The dead raiser being a blood magic weapon, summons a skeleton called “Skellet” to fight by your side. It costs a fraction of the caster’s current health along with the original crafting resources needed. The skeleton functions as a two-handed weapon. Interestingly, you can increase the number of skeletons summoned by upgrading this weapon at the Galdr table using 10 yggdrasil wood, 4 bone fragments, and 2 refined eitr.

Demolisher

• Crafting recipe: 10 yggdrasil wood, 10 refined eitr, 20 iron
• Spawn ID: SledgeDemolisher
• Bio: “This mighty sledge yearns to wreak havoc”

The demolisher is a two-handed sledge efficient for crowd control and is crafted at the black forge. It slams the ground and has a spherical radius of damage of 4 meters. Although its attack has a swing delay, the damage inflicted is enough to knock out ticks and damage other larger beasts. The Yggdrasil wood and refined eitr needed to craft the demolisher are available in the mistlands while iron can be found in both mistlands and swamps.

Draugr Fang

• Crafting recipe: 10 ancient bark, 20 silver, 2 deer hide, 10 guck
• Spawn ID: BowDraugrFang
• Bio: “Dark wood strung with glistening sinew, a vicious thing.”

The best bow in the game, “Draugr Fang” poisons its enemies alongside the pierce damage inflicted. It is available to the players after reaching the mountain biome. Moreover, the greenish glow of this bow also makes visibility easier in the dark.

The ancient bark needed to craft it is harvested from ancient trees in the swamps. Likewise, one can obtain Deer hide by hunting deer in the black forest and meadows. Finally, the silver ore needed to craft this bow is mined with Bonemass’ wishbone in the mountains.

Himmin Afl

• Crafting recipe: 10 yggdrasil wood, 2 mandible, 15 refined eitr
• Spawn ID: AtgeirHimminAfl
• Bio: “It might not be a hammer, but Thor himself would still approve of this weapon”

Being a two-handed atgeir with two pointy edges at the front, the Himmin Afl deals both pierce and lightning damage. The primary attack deals 85 pierce damage, while its secondary attack also drops lightning bolts with the pierce. The yggdrasil wood and refined eitr needed to craft it are available to extract in the mistlands while the mandible is dropped by seeker soldiers in the mistlands as well.

Blackmetal Atgeir

• Crafting recipe: 10 Fine wood, 5 Linen thread, 30 Black metal
• Spawn ID: AtgeirBlackmetal
• Bio: “A vicious hewing-axe of almost unbreakable black metal”

The blackmetal atgeir is a two-handed weapon with a long blade, and its length is useful to pierce all enemies standing at a distance. It has the highest pierce damage out of all the weapons in the game being at a value of 105 and can be improved further by upgrading your polearm skills. The materials needed to craft it are a little hard to gather, though.

The linen thread required can be gathered by crafting a spinning wheel after defeating Moder, the 4^th forsaken. After this, find faux at filing villages and obtain linen threads from it. Similarly, you can find the blackmetal and fine wood in the plains by gathering blackmetal scrap and chopping down oak trees respectively.

Jotun Bane

• Crafting recipe: 5 yggdrasil wood, 3 bilebag, 15 iron, 10 refined eitr
• Spawn ID: AxeJotunBane
• Bio: “Not even the giants of old could weather the poisonous bite of this weapon”

The Jotun Bane is a one-handed axe and is the latest of the axe category crafted in the black forge. This mighty weapon deals poison, slash and chop damage and also glows dim yellow so can be used as a light source in the dark. Furthermore, it is useful to chop down materials like oak, birch, beech, Yggdrasil trees, etc. The bilebag needed to craft it can be gathered by hunting the flying worm while the Yggdrasil wood is obtained from its trees in the mistlands. In addition to this, you will need to go to the eitr refinery to get eitr to complete the material requirements for this weapon. 

Krom

• Crafting recipe: 30 iron, 20 bronze, 5 scale hide
• Spawn ID: THSwordKrom
• Bio: “As deadly as it is shiny, and it’s very shiny”

The Krom is a two-handed longsword available in the mistlands and crafted at the black forge. Slash damage and knockback are the biggest strengths of this weapon and are useful in crowded situations. It deals a slash damage of 150 and a knockback of 55. The bronze needed to craft this is created at a forge using 2 copper and 1 tin, both found in the black forest biome. Scale hide and iron can be found in the mistlands.

Mistwalker

• Crafting recipe: 3 fine wood, 15 iron, 10 refined eitr, 3 wisp
• Spawn ID: SwordMistwalker
• Bio: “The faint glow seems to slice through the mist”

The fifth sword in Valheim stands as one of the best weapons owing to its slash damage of 75 and frost of 40 at the base. This weapon also holds a unique ability of clearing the mist of mistlands around the player when equipped. The resources need to craft the mistwalker are available in the above-described biome. One can obtain the wisp from a wisp fountain and fine wood from oak and pirch trees in the meadows.

Porcupine

• Crafting recipe: 5 fine wood, 20 iron, 10 linen thread, 5 needle
• Spawn ID: MaceNeedle
• Bio: “A deadly weapon, bristling with fiendish spikes”

This one-handed club found in the plains stands as one of the most versatile weapons of the game thanks to the combination of pierce and blunt damage it deals. The Porcupine’s perfect blend of damage types makes it effective against all types of enemies in any biome. Moreover, the materials needed to craft and upgrade it are also not tough to find.

Skoll and Hati

• Crafting recipe: 4 fine wood, 10 iron, 10 black metal
• Spawn ID: KnifeSkollAndHati
• Bio: “Stab once for those who’ve betrayed you and twice for those you hate.”

Skoll and Hati are dual-wielded knives crafted at the black forge and found in the mistlands. Dealing pierce and slash damage and being relatively fast among the other S-tier weapons, these knives are a good selection to put up a good fight. The materials needed to craft it are also relatively easy to find.

Spine Snap

• Crafting recipe: 10 fine wood, 40 bone fragments, 10 refined eitr
• Spawn ID: BowSpineSnap
• Bio: “Using this bow is backbreaking work, but so worth it”

The only weapon that stands close to the Draugr Fang in the category of ranged combat is the Spine Snap. Boosting an impressive 72 pierce damage and 5 spirit damage at the base are the strengths of this bow. The bone fragments needed to craft this are mostly found in the black forest. The eitr refinery and oak trees produce eitr and fine wood, respectively while the fine wood is available in meadows in abundance.

Staff of Protection

• Crafting recipe: 20 yggdrasil wood, 4 blood clot, 16 refined eitr
• Spawn ID: StaffShield
• Bio: “For a slight blood offering it will protect the caster in a magical shell”

The second weapon using blood magic in Valheim is the staff of protection. This staff casts a protective wall around the caster at the cost of the caster’s current health. The amount of damage absorbed can be increased by upgrading your blood magic skill level. The Galdr’s table allows the crafting and upgrading of this weapon to improve it further. Blood clot needed to craft this is dropped by ticks in the mistlands while Yggdrasil wood and eitr are also available in the mistlands.

Staff of Embers

• Crafting recipe: 20 yggdrasil wood, 4 surtling core, 16 refined eitr
• Spawn ID: StaffFireball
• Bio: “The sweltering heat of Muspelheim seems almost pathetic compared to what this staff can do.”

The Staff of Embers is gamers’ favorite magic weapon owing to its ability to throw fireballs at enemies. The fireballs deal both fire and blunt damage and have a spherical radius of effect. The only weakness of this weapon is that it uses 35 eitr per fireball and resultantly, drains your eitr really quickly. The resources needed to craft it are:

1. Surtling Core: found in Burial Chamber dungeons in black forest
2. Yggdrasil wood: harvested from Yggdrasil trees
3. Refined eitr: produced at eitr refinery by combining sap and soft tissue

Staff of Frost

• Crafting recipe: 20 yggdrasil wood, 4 freeze gland, 16 refined eitr
• Spawn ID: StaffIceShards
• Bio: “A staff as cold as the three-year winter that will herald the end of times”

The last magic weapon in the game, namely Staff of Frost, weakens its enemies by firing a stream of ice projectiles in front of the caster. The frost damage inflicted isn’t that high relative to other magic weapons, but it is inflicted at a faster rate. All the resources needed to craft it are available in the mistlands except the freeze glands available in the mountains.

A-TIER LIST

The weapons in this tier stand out in their powers to the majority of the arsenal of Valheim. Even though, not as mighty as the S-class weapons, they still put up a decent fight against any enemy you might face in the game. Most of the weapons in this category are blackmetal or silver forged weapons. Collecting these materials requires exploring the mountains and the plains biome.

Blackmetal Sword

• Crafting recipe: 2 fine wood, 20 black metal, 5 linen thread
• Spawn ID: SwordBlackmetal
• Bio: “A thing of death and beauty, it catches the light with a greenish glow”

The blackmetal sword has the highest base slash damage out of any sword in the game. So, it is efficient against all enemies with the highest health as well. Crafting a blackmetal sword requires a level 4 forge after entering the plains biome. However, gathering the needed materials to craft this sword is a challenging task to complete.

Blackmetal Knife

• Crafting recipe: 4 fine wood, 5 linen thread, 20 black metal
• Spawn ID: KnifeBlackMetal
• Bio: “A darkling blade, strong and sharp”

The fifth knife of its category deals both pierce and slash damage of 34. Its secondary attack can be very deadly when mastered properly due to its strength against unalerted enemies. Possessing similar crafting needs as the sword, the blackmetal knife can be created at a level 4 forge in the plains.

Silver Sword

• Crafting recipe: 2 wood, 40 silver, 3 leather scraps, 5 iron
• Spawn ID: SwordSilver
• Bio: “Purest of metals, nothing unclean can abide its touch”

The silver sword stands as the second-best blade in the game behind blackmetal sword. The weapon has a high slash and good spirit damage making it a strong weapon against skeletons and fenrings etc. it is crafted at a level 3 forge after finding silver in the mountains.

Silver Knife

• Crafting recipe: 2 wood, 10 silver, 3 leather scraps, 2 iron
• Spawn ID: KnifeSilver
• Bio: “A savage piece of pain”

The fourth knife in Valheim can be crafted at a level 3 forge from silver ore found in the mountains when all the required resources have been gathered. Its primary attack deals with a slash and pierces damage of 25 with spirit damage of 12. In addition to this, the secondary attack of this knife triples all these damage stats in its single leap. You can find and gather the needed materials to craft a silver knife in the mountains.

Crystal Battleaxe

• Crafting recipe: 40 ancient bark, 30 silver, 10 crystal
• Spawn ID: BattleaxeCrystal
• Bio: “It’s see-through and tears through”

The crystal battleaxe offers a big upgrade from the original battleaxe regarding almost everything. This two-handed axe uses a three-hit combo with double damage on the last hit of its swing. Crafting this axe requires a level 3 forge. The resources needed to craft it are:

1. Ancient bark: trees in the swamps
2. Silver: silver ore in the mountains
3. Crystal: killing snow golems in the mountains

Flesh Rippers

• Crafting recipe: 10 Fenris hair, 6 Fenris claws, 10 Silver
• Spawn ID: FistFenrirClaw
• Bio: “Claws work for wolves; why not for a Viking?”

One of the unique weapons in Valheim, the Flesh Rippers are a pair of fists with claws at their front. They are available to craft at a level 3 forge after reaching the mountain biome. The resources needed to craft the flesh rippers are also unique. The materials needed are:

1. Fenris hair: dropped by alve and also found in the walls of frost caves in mountains
2. Fenris claw: inside different places at the frost caves
3. Silver: found abundantly across the mountains

Abyssal Harpoon

• Crafting recipe: 8 Fine wood, 30 chitin, 3 leather scraps
• Spawn ID: StaffShield
• Bio: “The ocean’s wrath”

The Abyssal Harpoon functions in a way resembling the spears such that the spear is launched at the target and, after striking it, the harpoon’s rope may be pulled back to reduce the span between bodies. This weapon is generally used to kill the sea serpent and keep it from escaping after it has been injured. Aside from that, the harpoon’s damage isn’t particularly commendable for usage as a regular weapon in your arsenal. The resources needed to craft it are:

1. Fine wood: obtained from oak/pirch trees
2. Leather scraps: obtained by killing boars
3. Chitin: mine abyssal barnacles on leviathan islands in the ocean

Blackmetal Axe:

• Crafting recipe: 6 Fine wood, 20 Black metal, 5 Linen thread
• Spawn ID: AxeBlackMetal
• Bio: “A perfectly balanced axe forged from dark metal with an emerald sheen”

The blackmetal axe is the fifth and best one-handed axe in the game. Being able to cut any kind of tree in valheim, the weapon stands as a valuable tool alongside its primary use as a weapon due to its’ 95 slash damage. You can craft the Blackmetal Axe after gathering Blackmetal bars extracted from fulings in the plains biome. Similarly, one can obtain the fine wood from oak and birch trees, and at last, Moder, the 4^th boss drops off the linen thread needed to craft the described weapon.

Carapace Spear

• Crafting recipe: 10 Yggdrasil wood, 4 carapace, 2 mandible
• Spawn ID: SpearCarapace
• Bio: “Sharpened to jagged perfection, this spear is sure to be deadly.”

The carapace spear is the fifth spear in its weapon category. Its primary attack deals a melee pierce damage of 115, while the secondary attack throws the spear for 1.5x original damage. This spear is useful if you want to inflict considerable damage to the enemy while being at a distance as well. 

Blackmetal Pickaxe:

• Crafting recipe: 3 Yggdrasil wood, 25 Black metal
• Spawn ID: PickaxeBlackmetal
• Bio: “A good strong pick of glistering dark metal.”

The blackmetal axe specializes in gathering marble available only by mining the petrified bones in the mistlands. Slamming the ground with 49 pierce damage, it also outstands its durability among its weapon category. To make a weapon of this kind, firstly, you will have to chop down large Yggdrasil trees and collect Yggdrasil wood. After that, one has to smelt blackmetal scrap using coal to produce blackmetal bars in a coal furnace. 

B-TIER LIST

These chosen weapons are a mediocre choice to progress forward in Valheim. They can prove to be useful for a small amount of time before you move into a tougher area with bigger enemies. The B-Tier list weapons need iron and copper as their required materials, so these weapons demand a tour of the swamps and the black forest.

Finewood Bow

• Crafting recipe: 10 fine wood, 10 core wood, 2 deer hide
• Spawn ID: BowFineWood
• Bio: “A simple bow of strong and supple wood”

The second bow in the game is unlocked in the black forest and is useful for a considerable time if upgraded. You can craft such a weapon on a workbench using fine wood obtained from oak/pirch trees. Apart from this, the bow also needs core wood obtained from pine trees, and deer hide gathered after hunting deer to be produced.

Iron Axe:

• Crafting recipe: 4 Wood, 20 Iron, 2 Leather Scraps
• Spawn ID: AxeIron
• Bio: “Sharp and strong, a woodcutter’s friend.”

The gamer can craft an iron axe by using the same weapons needed for a bronze axe other than the iron obtained by smelting scrap iron. This weapon delivers a magnitude of 55 slash damage and 50 chop damage. Resultantly, the iron axe is a good choice to survive in the swamps.

Huntsman Bow

• Crafting recipe: 10 Fine wood, 20 Iron, 10 Feathers, 2 Deer hide
• Spawn ID: BowHuntsman
• Bio: “Finely worked and strung, a huntsman’s joy”

The huntsman bow is a good partner in stealth and also has better damage than finewood and crude bow. Also available to craft at a level 1 forge; the materials needed to craft it are available in the swamps as well.

Iron Sword

• Crafting recipe: 2 wood, 20 iron, 3 leather scraps
• Spawn ID: SwordIron
• Bio: “The straight line between life and death runs along the edge of this blade”

As you upgrade from the bronze to the iron age, the iron sword is a big step up from the bronze predecessor. It has higher damage and a longer range as well to aid your attacks. You can craft this one-handed sword at a level 2 forge in the swamps. Unfortunately, the weakness of this sword is its slash damage, from which most of the swamps’ enemies are resistant.

Iron Mace

• Crafting recipe: 4 wood, 20 iron, 3 leather scraps
• Spawn ID: Macelron
• Bio: “A fist-sized lump of iron on a wooden shaft”

The iron mace stands as one of the most effective weapons in the swamps due to its blunt damage. The skeletons are weak to blunt damage, and so is the third boss of the game, Bonemass. Hence, the iron mace is the best weapon to use in the swamps. In addition to this, the materials needed to craft it are not tough to find either. You can obtain wood from the branches of normal trees. Similarly, iron can be extracted by smelting scrap iron, while leather scraps are obtained by killing boars.

Iron Atgeir

• Crafting recipe: 10 Wood, 30 Iron, 2 Leather scraps
• Spawn ID: AtgeirIron
• Bio: “Blood-drinker, skullcracker, death-bringer”

The second atgeir in the game is not a favourite due to the huge cost of iron needed to craft it. The iron atgeir does offer much higher damage than the bronze one making it useful until the blackmetal successor is unlocked. The resource requirements for this weapon are the same as the iron mace.

Iron Sledge

• Crafting recipe: 10 ancient bark, 4 ymir flesh, 1 Draugr Elite trophy, 30 iron
• Spawn ID: SledgeIron
• Bio: “A mighty hammer, worthy of a champion”

The iron sledge deals high damage when slammed to the ground and is useful for knocking back multiple enemies around you. The sled does have the downside of being slow and having a low damage per second, weakening it to a great deal. The materials needed to craft it are:

1. Ancient bark: obtained from ancient trees in swamps
2. Ymir flesh: bought from Haldor, the trader
3. Iron: smelting scrap iron
4. Draugr Elite trophy: earned after defeating a draugr elite

Iron Pickaxe:

• Crafting recipe: 3 Core wood, 20 Iron
• Spawn ID: PickaxeIron
• Bio: “A sturdy tool of hardened iron”

The iron pickaxe is a must-have before you head into the mountains owing to its ability to mine silver, copper, tin, and obsidian deposits. You can craft such an axe after collecting core wood harvested from pine trees and iron obtained after scrap iron is smelted. This two-handed pickaxe is made at a level 2 forge in the swamps when the needed resources are available.

Battleaxe

• Crafting recipe: 30 ancient bark, 4 leather scraps, 35 iron
• Spawn ID: Battleaxe
• Bio: “Skull-splitter, a warrior’s joy”

Unfortunately, the two-handed battleaxe is not a gamer favorite mainly because of its slow speed. One swing of this axe inflicts 75 slash damage to its target. Fortunately, all the materials needed to craft the battleaxe are present in the swamps. This improves the overall rating of the battleaxe.

Fang Spear

• Crafting recipe: 10 ancient bark, 4 wolf fang, 2 leather scraps, 2 silver
• Spawn ID: SpearWolfFang”
• Bio: “Even in death, the wolf’s tooth aches for flesh”

The fang spear needs a level 3 forge and is unlocked after reaching the mountains biome. The spear can be used to melee an enemy with a pierce damage of 75 while throwing it deals 112.5 damage to the victim. You can locate the materials needed to build the spear in different biomes of Valheim. The wolf fang and the silver are found in the mountains.

Similarly, you can obtain the ancient bark by chopping down ancient trees in the swamps and leather scraps by killing boars in meadows.

Abyssal Razor

• Crafting recipe: 4 fine wood, 20 chitin
• Spawn ID: KnifeChitin
• Bio: “A knife from the deep”

The third knife in its category deals 20 of both slash and pierce damage to its enemies. The attack mechanics are the same as all the other knives. To build this weapon, the difficult part is gathering chitin because it being available only at the leviathans in the ocean. However, you can find fine wood easily from oak and pirch trees present in the meadows. You can craft this knife at any forge after gathering all the described materials.

Stagbreaker

• Crafting recipe: 20 Core wood, 2 Leather scraps, 5 Deer trophy
• Spawn ID: SledgeStagbreaker
• Bio: “A weapon worthy of the gods! If you get hit with this, you’ll know it”

One can unlock this two-handed sledge in the black forest biome. It works by smashing the ground and damaging every enemy within its area of effect and so is useful against skeletons and greylings. Not so effective late in the game; it surely is one of the best early unlocked ammunitions in Valheim. Also, the materials needed to craft it can easily be located in the meadows.

Ancient Bark Spear

• Crafting recipe: 4 troll hide, 10 ancient bark, 10 iron
• Spawn ID: SpearElderbark
• Bio: “Despite its gnarled look, this spear is strong and perfectly balanced”

The ancient bark spear is a good weapon to keep early in the game because this spear provides a pierce damage of 55. Moreover, you can craft multiple spears for use at a time, making the weapon better than other early weapons in the game. All materials needed for crafting one of these are available in the swamps.

C-TIER LIST

The C-Tier contains the most basic weapons of Valheim. You can unlock most of this ammunition right after you have started the game and without much hassle. However, these weapons do not prove productive right after you start to explore the game because even if these weapons are upgraded, the base statistics of their successors are comparatively much better. On the bright side, crafting the C-tier weapons is easy because of the availability of all needed resources in the meadows (the first biome of game).

Bronze Spear

• Crafting recipe: 5 wood, 2 deer hide, 6 bronze
• Spawn ID: SpearBronze
• Bio: “A sturdy spear with a head of burnished bronze”

Unlocked in the black forest using bronze, deer hide and wood, the bronze spear offers 35 pierce damage to battle your opening enemies. Moreover, using a spear helps in hunting and gathering resources in the meadows as well. Similar to other early game weapons, the bronze spear is not difficult to craft.

Bronze Mace

• Crafting recipe: 4 wood, 8 bronze, 3 leather scraps    
• Spawn ID: MaceBronze
• Bio: “A headache on a stick”

The bronze mace is the better choice when you enter the black forest relative to other bronze weapons. This is due to the fact that many species in that environment are vulnerable to clubs’ blunt damage. Being one-handed, shields can also be wielded alongside a club strengthening the weapon’s position even more.

Bronze Pickaxe:

• Crafting recipe: 3 Core wood, 10 Bronze
• Spawn ID: PickaxeBronze
• Bio: “A good bronze pick. Can break very hard rocks”

The bronze pickaxe offers nearly the same advantages an antler pickaxe does, apart from the greater damage. The mining ability of this axe remains identical to the antler pickaxe. However, this axe needs constant repair at a forge. The weapon also possesses low durability, and it is not beneficial to manufacture one of these unless you have a significant sum of bronze on hand. For crafting, the pine trees in the black forest provide the core wood required to make this weapon, while copper is produced by processing bronze and tin in a forge.

Bronze Sword

• Crafting recipe: 2 wood, 8 bronze, 2 leather scraps
• Spawn ID: SwordBronze
• Bio: “Blood-drinker, a thirsty friend”

The bronze sword is the best unlockable weapon of the bronze age. Having high speed, good damage and the ability to be paired with a good shield make it an all-around choice in the black forest. Moreover, the sword also offers decent durability, so one doesn’t have to craft it again and again. 

Antler Pickaxe:

• Crafting recipe: 10 Wood, 1 Hard antler
• Spawn ID: PickaxeAntler
• Bio: “This tool is hard enough to crack even the most stubborn rocks”

After eliminating the game’s first boss, Eikthyr, players may create the game’s first pickaxe by combining wood and his hard antlers on a workbench. This weapon helps in mining metal ores and stone and is useful in meadows and black forest biomes.

Bronze Atgeir

• Crafting recipe: 10 Wood, 8 Bronze, 2 Leather scraps
• Spawn ID: AtgeirBronze
• Bio: “A true warrior’s tool”

This two-handed atgeir is the first polearm available in the game. Being able to sweep and stagger enemies with a single swing, the atgeir is useful against a crowd of enemies. However, the high stamina consumption makes the player weak against tricky enemies.

Copper Knife

• Crafting recipe: 3 wood, 8 copper
• Spawn ID:  KnifeCopper
• Bio: “A glittering copper knife”

You can craft the copper knife at a forge after heading into the black forest. The resources needed to build this weapon are wood found in trees and copper made by smelting copper ore.

Bronze Axe:

• Crafting recipe: 4 wood, 8 Bronze, 2 Leather Scraps
• Spawn ID: AxeBronze
• Bio: “A bright and burnished blade, curved like a smile”

The first metal axe available in the game is the bronze axe. Offering a decent slash and chop damage at the base, the iron axe is useful to chop down hard trees and can also be used as a melee weapon in the black forest. To craft an iron axe, you require wood from trees, leather scraps obtained by killing boars, and copper and tin ores to make bronze at a forge.

Crude Bow

• Crafting recipe: 10 wood, 8 leather scraps
• Spawn ID: Bow
• Bio: “A crude but functional bow”

The crude bow specializes in hunting deer in the meadows. Dealing a decent pierce damage of 22, the crude bow can be used until you move to another biome.

Flint Knife

• Crafting recipe: 2 wood, 4 flint, 2 leather scraps
• Spawn ID: KnifeFlint
• Bio: “Sharpened flint, a reliable tool”

The flint knife is the weapon you want to have in the earliest stage of the game. It has a fast speed and deals slash-and-pierce damage to its enemies. The resources to craft it are:

1. Wood: obtained from trees
2. Flint: found near the shore in meadows
3. Leather scraps: obtained by killing boars

Flint Axe:

• Crafting recipe: 4 Wood, 6 Flint
• Spawn ID: AxeFlint
• Bio: “Sharper than stone”

Superior to the stone axe because of a higher damage, the flint axe is a good substitute to the prior one. You will need to craft a workbench to make a flint axe. The flint and wood needed as resources for this are both available in the meadows.

Stone Axe:

• Crafting recipe: 5 Wood, 4 Stone
• Spawn ID: AxeStone
• Bio: “A crude axe for tree felling”

One of the earliest weapons in the game is the stone axe. It is very simple to craft and can work as a tool to chop down trees as well as a weapon against enemies. Furthermore, the recipe to develop a stone axe is also simple and both the ingredients are available in the meadows.

Flint Spear

• Crafting recipe: 5 wood, 10 flint, 2 leather scraps
• Spawn ID: SpearFlint
• Bio: “if your eye marks a thing for death, let your eye send the messenger”

A weapon useful for hunting and collecting resources when the game is started.

Club

• Crafting recipe: 6 wood
• Spawn ID:  Club
• Bio: “A crude but useful weapon”

The first one handed “club” in the game is also the easiest to craft. After all, it is better to have a weapon than to fight bare fists.

Summary

Our list of weapons was based on personal preferences, and we weren’t biased with any weapon in the game. But these personal preferences can differ between certain gamers having a distinct gameplay style.

Additionally, the fact that one unlocks most of the good weapons late in the game does not nerf their predecessors. We created this tier list keeping in mind the weapon’s overall performance throughout the game which caused some early weapons to lose their spot in an upper tier.

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