How to Get Black Metal in Valheim

If you want to craft some of the best endgame weapons and tools in Valheim, you'll need to pick up a resource called Black Metal Scrap.

Where to find Black Metal in Valheim

As of this writing, there's only one way to get black metal in Valheim, and that's by killing goblin-like creatures called fulings; upon death, the Plastics will drop Black Metal Debris, which can then be turned into Black Metal via a Blast Furnace.



That said, you can find fodder spawning and in large numbers in the plains biome, but we recommend caution as, despite the small size of these creatures, they can kill quite quickly. For this reason, we recommend that you craft at least full iron armor and pack some powerful weapons, along with a hunter's bow.

How to Get Black Metal in Valheim

Once you're ready, you can find fodder that spawns in forts and tribal encampments all over the plains biomes. Along with this, subsequent fills will drop Black Metal Scrap on death.

  • Normal Fulings
  • Fuling Shaman: These guys will drop totems that you'll want to keep to summon the 5th boss.
  • Fuling Berserker

How to Get Black Metal in Valheim

To kill fulings, we recommend having a friend distract them, then having someone with a ranged weapon take them down from a distance. Alternatively, you can also try making Seep Bombs and throw them at the fodder when they cluster together; other aoe attacks will also be good against these creatures.


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When you get Black Metal Scrap, just bring it back to a Blast Furnace, because unlike other ores, Black Metal can only be crafted inside a Blast Furnace. That said, you can craft a Blast Furnace with the following materials.


  • 20 Stone
  • Five Surtling Cores
  • 20 wood
  • Crafting Table: You will need to craft a Crafting Table to make a Black Furnace; you can craft one with two dragon tears and ten wood.

Once you have black metal, you can create many new weapon crafting recipes, as shown below.


  • Black metal knife
  • black metal sword
  • Black metal ax
  • Black metal shield
  • Black Metal Tower Shield

For more on Valheim, we at PGG have a growing list of guides like how to build a ship and how to get a pickaxe in Valheim. In addition to these two awesome guides, check back later and we'll have even more guides for Valheim in the weeks and days to come.


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