Windmill

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

Overview

Windmill is a crafting building piece in Valheim, placed with the Hammer. It's built from Stone, Wood, and Iron nails.

The Windmill has 1000 health.

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

Turns grain into flour. Works best on windy days!

Piece ID	windmill
Category	Crafting
Health	1000

Command reference: spawn

Spawn Command

Spawns Windmill. Requires cheats enabled (devcommands).

Build Cost

Stone×20
Wood×30
Iron nails×30

More Crafting

Processing & production

Full reference

3 entries

Processing & production
Station	Input	Output	Time	Fuel & capacity
Windmill	1 ×Barley	1 ×Barley flour	10 sec At full wind power; slower in weak wind	No added fuel 50 input capacity
Windmill	1 ×Oat Seeds	1 ×Oats	10 sec At full wind power; slower in weak wind	No added fuel 50 input capacity
Windmill	1 ×Oats	1 ×Oat Flour	10 sec At full wind power; slower in weak wind	No added fuel 50 input capacity

Windmill

Input: 1 ×Barley
Output: 1 ×Barley flour
Time: 10 sec
At full wind power; slower in weak wind
Fuel & capacity: No added fuel
50 input capacity

Windmill

Input: 1 ×Oat Seeds
Output: 1 ×Oats
Time: 10 sec
At full wind power; slower in weak wind
Fuel & capacity: No added fuel
50 input capacity

Windmill

Input: 1 ×Oats
Output: 1 ×Oat Flour
Time: 10 sec
At full wind power; slower in weak wind
Fuel & capacity: No added fuel
50 input capacity

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

Windmill

Structural support: Stone
1000 maximum
100 minimum support
Does not support other pieces
Weather & damage: No rain wear
blunt: Resistant
slash: Resistant
pierce: Resistant
chop: Resistant
fire: Immune
frost: Immune
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

Required crafting station

Artisan Table

Item entry

Windmill

Placement rules

Check these restrictions before choosing where to build.

Water: Cannot be placed in water
Support: Cannot be placed on wood
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)