Valheim players, though dropped into a world full of intimidating creatures, have a variety of great locations to build and create. After making sure their base is safe, the game offers a decent assortment of decorations that players can use. There are different thrones, chairs, and lighting fixtures that Valheim players can build and place to make their shelter feel more like their home.
But some items require materials that are locked behind boss battles. This makes it a bit of a challenge to know when certain items open up to players in the game. For those Valheim players looking to create the latest addition to the game, the Armor Stand, this guide is here to help.
How to Craft an Armor Stand
The Armor Stand is mainly a decorative addition, but it requires a fair bit of playtime to unlock. This item requires players to gather eight pieces of Fine Wood, four Iron Nails, and two Leather Scraps. This straightaway means that interested players have to have defeated at least the first boss of Valheim Eikthyr, as well as The Elder, to unlock the Armor Stand.
Once The Elder has been defeated, players gain access to the Swamp Key in Valheim. This item opens the Sunken Crypts in the Swamp Biome, and players will have to travel into these and mine the Muddy Scrap Piles in order to gather the Scrap Iron they need for the Iron Nails in the recipe. Scrap Iron can then be smelted at a Smelter to produce Iron, which can be used to create Iron Nails at a Forge.
Fine Wood can be gathered by hitting Birch and Oak trees with at least a Bronze Axe. Taking down just a pair of either type of tree should give players enough Fine Wood for this recipe. Leather Scraps in Valheim are relatively easy to come by, and players just need to hunt down Boar in the Meadows Biome to gather it. With all those materials, players can craft the Armor Stand with their Hammer.
Armor Stand Uses in Valheim
As the name implies, the Armor Stand is primarily used to store a player’s armor when they are not wearing it. This is done by selecting the armor pieces on the numbered hotkeys that players wish to hang up while close to the Armor Stand. It can hold an entire armor set but just a single tool or non-armor item.
Its main function is an easy display and storage location for armor sets such as Valheim's recently added Root Armor Set and the Wolf Armor Set. These are specialist armor sets that are more useful in specific biomes and are not likely to be a player's main set. Players can now hang up these sets with the Armor Stand when they are not going to the Swamp or Mountain Biomes.
Valheim is available now on PC.