Where to find Scrap Iron in Valheim
Scrap Iron is found in the Swamp and Mistlands of Valheim. It comes from deposits you break with a pickaxe.
BiomesSwamp, Mistlands
Needsa pickaxe of tier 3 or better
Tools that can do it: Black Metal Pickaxe.
Where the world generator places it
The world is made of zones, 64 m on a side. For each zone the game tries to place the number below, in the biomes listed; where it can land is also limited by altitude and the lie of the ground. A number below 1 is the chance that one is placed in a zone.
| Source | Biome | Per zone | Altitude | Group | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muddy Scrap Pile | Swamp | 0–5 | above 0.5 m | 1 | |
| Ancient Armour | Mistlands | 1–2 | above 1 m | 1 | |
| Ancient Armour | Mistlands | 1–2 | above 1 m | 1 | |
| Ancient Sword | Mistlands | 1–2 | above 1 m | 1 | |
| Ancient Sword | Mistlands | 1–2 | above 1 m | 1 | |
| Ancient Sword | Mistlands | 3–5 | -3 to 0 m | 1 | |
| Ancient Sword | Mistlands | 3–5 | -3 to 1 m | 1 | |
| Ancient Sword | Mistlands | 3–5 | above 1 m | 1 | |
| Ancient Sword | Mistlands | 3–5 | above 1 m | 1 | |
| Ancient Armour | Mistlands | 3 | above 0 m | 1 | |
| Ancient Armour | Mistlands | 3 | above 0 m | 1 |
Open the seed map to see the biomes of your world, then look in the ones above. See Scrap Iron for what it makes and the console command to spawn it.