Crafting Skoll and Hati in Valheim: Materials, Stats, and Upgrades

The Mistlands update that landed on December 6, 2022 brought a pile of new gear to Valheim, including the Skoll and Hati. Named after the mythical wolves that chase the sun and moon in Norse mythology, this knife-class weapon is the first dual-wielded option most Vikings will run into during a playthrough.

How to Craft Skoll and Hati

To forge a Quality 1 Skoll and Hati, you need to be standing at a Black Forge with the following materials:

• 4x Fine Wood
• 10x Iron
• 10x Black Metal

Each component has its own gathering loop:

• Fine Wood: Cut down Birch and Oak trees in the Meadows and Plains biomes. A bronze axe or better is required.
• Iron: Smelt Scrap Iron or Iron Ore in a regular Smelter. Scrap Iron drops are plentiful in Sunken Crypts inside Swamp biomes.
• Black Metal: Drop Black Metal Scrap into a Blast Furnace fueled with Coal. Scrap is harvested from Fulings out in the Plains.

Tip: If you would rather skip the grind, console commands can spawn each material directly. Handy when testing builds or running a creative server.

Upgrade Path

Upgrading the weapon scales with your Black Forge level. Each tier asks for more of the same materials you used initially.

• Quality 2 at Black Forge Level 2: 4x Iron and 4x Black Metal
• Quality 3 at Black Forge Level 3: 8x Iron and 8x Black Metal

Quality 4 is technically reachable, but it currently requires bumping the Black Forge to Level 4 via console commands. Vanilla progression does not get you there yet.

Weapon Stats by Quality

Skoll and Hati hits with two damage types, slash and pierce. Both numbers move in lockstep across upgrades, so each tier is a steady linear bump rather than a dramatic spike.

• Quality 1: 45 slash, 45 pierce, 200 durability
• Quality 2: 46 slash, 46 pierce, 250 durability
• Quality 3: 47 slash, 47 pierce, 300 durability

The biggest jump between tiers is actually durability, which stretches from 200 at base to 300 at Quality 3. Damage gains are modest, so the upgrade choice usually comes down to how often you want to repair between expeditions.