Black Metal Chest

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

Overview

Black Metal Chest is a furniture building piece in Valheim, placed with the Hammer. It's built from Wood, Tar, and Black metal.

The Black Metal Chest has 1000 health.

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

The sturdy black metal that holds this chest together lets you put almost anything inside.

Piece ID	piece_chest_blackmetal
Category	Furniture
Health	1000

Command reference: spawn

Spawn Command

Spawns Black Metal Chest. Requires cheats enabled (devcommands).

Build Cost

Wood×10
Tar×2
Black metal×6

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Building mechanics

Full reference

Black Metal Chest

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: 32 storage slots
8 columns × 4 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

Item entry

Black metal chest

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.

Download full game settings (JSON)