- Input
1 ×Boar meat- Output
- Time
25 sec
Needs a fire below · Burns after 50 sec total cooking
- Fuel & capacity
No added fuel
2 cooking slots
Cooking Station
Overview

Cooking Station is a crafting building piece in Valheim, placed with the Hammer. It's built from Wood.
The Cooking Station has 20 health.
Spawn one directly with the console command spawn piece_cookingstation once cheats are enabled via devcommands.
Perfect for grilling raw meat.
| Piece ID | piece_cookingstation |
| Category | Crafting |
| Health | 20 |
- Command reference
- spawn
Spawn Command
Spawns Cooking Station. Requires cheats enabled (devcommands).
Build Cost
Wood×2
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Processing & production
Full reference8 entries
| Station | Input | Output | Time | Fuel & capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
25 sec Needs a fire below · Burns after 50 sec total cooking | No added fuel 2 cooking slots | |||
25 sec Needs a fire below · Burns after 50 sec total cooking | No added fuel 2 cooking slots | |||
25 sec Needs a fire below · Burns after 50 sec total cooking | No added fuel 2 cooking slots | |||
25 sec Needs a fire below · Burns after 50 sec total cooking | No added fuel 2 cooking slots | |||
25 sec Needs a fire below · Burns after 50 sec total cooking | No added fuel 2 cooking slots | |||
25 sec Needs a fire below · Burns after 50 sec total cooking | No added fuel 2 cooking slots |
- Input
1 ×Neck tail- Output
- Time
25 sec
Needs a fire below · Burns after 50 sec total cooking
- Fuel & capacity
No added fuel
2 cooking slots
- Input
1 ×Raw fish- Output
1 ×Cooked fish- Time
25 sec
Needs a fire below · Burns after 50 sec total cooking
- Fuel & capacity
No added fuel
2 cooking slots
- Input
1 ×Deer meat- Output
- Time
25 sec
Needs a fire below · Burns after 50 sec total cooking
- Fuel & capacity
No added fuel
2 cooking slots
- Input
1 ×Wolf meat- Output
- Time
25 sec
Needs a fire below · Burns after 50 sec total cooking
- Fuel & capacity
No added fuel
2 cooking slots
- Input
1 ×Chicken Meat- Output
- Time
25 sec
Needs a fire below · Burns after 50 sec total cooking
- Fuel & capacity
No added fuel
2 cooking slots
Times are base processing times while the station can operate. Wind, blocked smoke, shelter, skills, and world settings can change actual production.
Building mechanics
Full reference- Structural support
Wood
- 100 maximum
- 10 minimum support
- Weather & damage
No rain wear
- pierce: Resistant
- fire: Resistant
- poison: Immune
- spirit: Immune
- Needs protection from Ashlands ash
- Heavy snow can damage weakly supported pieces
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
Item entry
Placement rules
Check these restrictions before choosing where to build.
- Water
- Cannot be placed in water
- Inside dungeons
- 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)