Valheim: how to repair tools and items – Rock Paper Shotgun

Valheim, like many survival and crafting games, prefers to let players work things out on their own rather than telling them exactly what to do. But when it comes to little things like how to repair tools, weapons, and building parts, that's the kind of useful little thing that everyone ought to know from the start. Learn how to do each of those things with our quick Valheim repair guide below!

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In Valheim, tools such as axes, hoes, and even your weapons have a durability meter which is lowered every time it's used. If it reaches zero durability, the item will break. It won't disappear from your inventory, but it will be unusable until you repair it at a Workbench.

Here's how to repair tools in Valheim:

That's right - as long as you have a usable Workbench nearby, you can repair your tools for free whenever you like. They don't have to be fully broken either: you can repair any tool that doesn't have a full durability meter.

If you're having trouble covering a Workbench properly, you'd best check out our handy Valheim Workbench guide!

Repairing buildings in Valheim is even easier than repairing tools. All you need to do is equip your Hammer, right-click to open up the building menu and select the Hammer tool icon in the top-left corner.

Now that the Hammer is set to repair mode, just walk up to the building part that needs repairing (you'll know if it's damaged because a little bar will appear next to your reticule denoting its health, or durability), and left-click to repair it. As with repairing tools, this costs you no materials at all, so you can do it as much as you like.

It's worth taking a look at the health of each of the parts of your home every so often. Wooden building parts in particular can get damaged over time without you realising, because whenever it rains any wooden part that isn't covered with a roof tile will have its health slowly stripped away until it is destroyed. So keep that Hammer handy!

That's it for this Valheim repair guide. Now why not head over to our guide on setting up your very own Valheim server so you can play with friends?

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