Barrel

The build cost, comfort value, and health for Barrel in Valheim, plus its prefab ID for the spawn console command.

Overview

Barrel is a furniture building piece in Valheim, placed with the Hammer. It's built from Wood and Barrel Hoops.

The Barrel has 200 health.

Spawn one directly with the console command spawn piece_chest_barrel once cheats are enabled via devcommands.

A barrel is good for storing lots of things, including food and drink.

Piece ID	piece_chest_barrel
Category	Furniture
Health	200

Command reference: spawn

Spawn Command

Spawns Barrel. Requires cheats enabled (devcommands).

Build Cost

Wood×10
Barrel Hoops×1

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Building mechanics

Full reference

Barrel

Structural support: Iron
1500 maximum
20 minimum support
Does not support other pieces
Weather & damage: No rain wear
blunt: Resistant
slash: Resistant
pierce: Resistant
chop: Resistant
pickaxe: Resistant
fire: Resistant
frost: Resistant
poison: Immune
spirit: Immune
Needs protection from Ashlands ash
Heavy snow can damage weakly supported pieces
Storage & fuel: 12 storage slots
6 columns × 2 rows

Support depends on contact geometry and the pieces underneath. Maximum support is not a safe height in meters. Damage multipliers are before other game effects.

Build materials

Required crafting station

Workbench

Placement rules

Check these restrictions before choosing where to build.

Water: Cannot be placed in water
Surface: Cannot be placed on a tilting surface
Inside dungeons: Not allowed

Game data source

The full settings include internal fields and inactive defaults. The sections above explain the values relevant to gameplay.

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