Valheim 1.0 New Weapons: Nord, Frostfire & Thunderblood List

Valheim 1.0 adds 40+ new weapons across the Nord, Frostfire and Thunderblood series, plus four staves and four shields. Full named list and crafting chain.

Valheim 1.0 (the Deep North update, released 9 September 2026) is the game’s full launch, and the headline addition for fighters is a large new weapon roster. Iron Gate’s official patch notes confirm 40+ new weapons, and they name every one of them. This guide documents the complete confirmed list and explains — with clear sourcing — how the new Deep North crafting chain is understood to work, while flagging exactly what the developer has and has not published.

If you are planning a Deep North run, pair this page with the Deep North biome & Kall Fimbulbringer boss guide and the 1.0 console commands list if you want to spawn-test any weapon.

Three Series: Nord, Frostfire, Thunderblood

The official 1.0 patch notes group the new melee and ranged weapons into three named series. Each series contains the same 12 weapon types, which means the roster covers essentially every familiar Valheim weapon class at the new endgame tier:

That is 36 named weapons across the three series. The official notes say “40+ new weapons” in total, and the remaining confirmed entries are the staves and shields listed below.

Staves and Shields

Alongside the three melee/ranged series, the patch notes confirm four new staves and four new shields:

The notes also list new Bloodgold ammunition — Bloodgold Arrow, Bloodgold Bolt, Bloodgold Missile, and Bloodgold Payload — which pairs with the new bows, crossbows, and missile weapons.

The Four New Staves (Community-Reported)

Iron Gate confirms the four staves exist but does not describe what they do in the patch notes. Community guides (Fextralife) describe their effects as follows — treat these as community-reported and verify in-game:

• Echo Spike — casts a frozen projectile at the target.
• Spirit Caller — summons a ghost Wolf, Bear, or Moose ally to fight alongside you.
• Northern Vengeance — an enhanced variant of the Staff of Protection; enemies that strike the shield take damage rather than merely being blocked.
• Lightning Strike — calls a lightning strike down at the targeted location.

These are the only new magic weapons in the update and are distinct from the Nord/Frostfire/Thunderblood melee and ranged lines above.

How the Deep North Weapon Crafting Works

Iron Gate’s patch notes confirm the ingredients and stations that exist in 1.0: Moulds & Casts, Bloodgold, Frostfire Essence, Thunderblood Essence, Liquid Frost, the Frigid Kiln, the Frost Foundry, and a Smith’s Aprons Black Forge extension. What the notes do not do is walk through the assembly order step by step. Multiple community guides (Sportskeeda, All Things How, VG Times, SportsRant) describe the same pipeline, so we present it here as community-reported:

1. Find a weapon Mould inside the Winding Tunnels dungeons of the Deep North.
2. Make a Cast at an upgraded Black Forge (Level 4) using the Mould, Bloodgold, and any extra materials the recipe calls for.
3. Finish the Cast by placing it in the Frost Foundry and adding Liquid Frost (produced at the Frigid Kiln from Ice).
4. Collect the finished weapon.

On top of the base Nord line, the same guides describe Frostfire and Thunderblood as elemental variants made by infusing a Nord weapon with Frostfire Essence or Thunderblood Essence. Those essences are reported to drop from a ritual at an Ancient Altar that consumes Memorial Coal. Because this base-and-infusion relationship is described by community write-ups rather than stated verbatim in Iron Gate’s notes, treat it as community-reported until verified in-game.

For the material half of this chain — where Bloodgold, Frostcore, Timberwood, Moose Hide, and Seal Pelt actually come from — see our companion guide on Valheim 1.0 new materials.

What Iron Gate Has NOT Published

This site enforces a strict no-fabrication rule, so the following are deliberately not stated as facts anywhere above:

• Per-weapon damage, slash, or elemental values. Iron Gate has not released stat tables for the 1.0 weapons. Any “170 slash” style numbers circulating online are community datamines and change with upgrade level, so they are [UNCONFIRMED].
• Exact Bloodgold or material cost per weapon. The generic chain is corroborated; individual costs are not.
• Essence drop rates and any biome coordinate claims for weapon Moulds.

If you want to experiment safely, the 1.0 console commands guide covers the devcommands that let you spawn items for testing without affecting achievements on a throwaway world.

Companion Gear Added in 1.0 (Confirmed)

The same official patch notes that list the weapons also confirm a full set of companion gear, useful context for anyone building a Deep North loadout:

• 4 new armour sets: the Protector set (Breastplate, Trousers, Helmet), the Vanguard set (Chestpiece, Trousers, Hood), the Caller set (Robes, Trousers, Headdress), and a Lox Fur set (Jacket, Trousers, Hood).
• 2 new capes: Moose Hide Cape and Cape of the Caller.
• 2 new trinkets: Neckstabber and Witch Crown.
• Upgradeable pockets: Deeper Pockets and Wider Pockets, purchased from Haldor.

These are named directly in Iron Gate’s notes. Per-piece material costs and stat values are not published, so treat any specific numbers you see as [UNCONFIRMED] until verified in-game. For the material side of this gear, the Valheim 1.0 new materials guide covers what each piece consumes.

Reading the Three Series (Community-Reported)

Because Iron Gate lists all three series as standalone named weapons, the exact relationship between them is not stated in the official notes. Community guides (All Things How, Sportskeeda) describe a clear hierarchy that is community-reported:

• Nord is the base Deep North tier, crafted directly from Bloodgold via Moulds and the Frost Foundry.
• Frostfire weapons are reported to add Frost and Fire damage — slowing enemies and burning them over time — at the cost of some raw physical damage on the plain version.
• Thunderblood weapons are reported to add Lightning and Bleeding, keeping the physical damage intact and stacking Lightning on top, with a bonus that scales as your missing health rises.

This framing explains why the three series share identical weapon-type lists: each is the same twelve classes pushed down one of two elemental paths. None of these stat behaviours are published by Iron Gate, so treat them as community-reported until you confirm them in-game, and use the 1.0 console commands guide to spawn-test on a throwaway world.

FAQ

The questions above cover the most common searches. In short: Valheim 1.0’s new weapons are a confirmed, fully named roster of 36 series weapons plus staves and shields, built through the Deep North’s Mould-and-Foundry crafting chain. The developer-published facts stop at the part list — the step-by-step assembly and all stat numbers come from the community and should be verified in-game.