Valheim: Find and use iron - how to do it

Iron is in the ranking of materials in Valheim the increase to bronze. Accordingly, the resource becomes important at a certain point. Read in which area you will find it.

With iron will: You find iron in the swampland and can make many items from it.

The Iron Age follows the Bronze Age and affects your options in the game.

Valheim: How to find iron

Bas a basic rule: iron is available in the swamp biome.

• More precisely: you need to enter the crypts that are located there.
• For this, in turn, you need a special key. This you get from the second boss. The Ancient One is thus the prerequisite to be able to get iron.
• Inside the crypts you will find large piles of scrap iron, which you must mine with the pickaxe.
• After that, it continues as usual: In the furnace you convert scrap iron to iron ingots.
• The first iron ingot you pick up unlocks many new items, such as pieces of armor, arrows, weapons and tools made of iron.

Since iron is the logical upgrade to bronze, you should craft the new equipment as soon as possible. The better parts are a valuable aid in both swampland and even more difficult biomes, and you should not do without them.