Mistwalker

Mistwalker

The faint glow seems to slice through the mist.
Type	Sword
Damage	75 Slash 40 Frost
Stamina	16 primary
Block	48 block armour 2x parry bonus 20 block force
Weight	-
Durability	200
Crafting Station	Black forge
Station Level	1
Crafting Materials	3x Finewood 15x Iron 10x Refined eitr 3x Wisp
Biome	Mistlands
Spawn ID	`spawn SwordMistwalker`

The Mistwalker is a sword in Valheim, dealing 75 slash and 40 frost. At 115 total damage it is 11th of the 15 swords, so it is a step on the ladder rather than the top of it. In the Mistlands that matters more than it sounds: Seeker, Seeker Brood and Seeker Soldier shrug off blunt, pierce and slash alike and not frost, so the frost half is the damage that actually lands. Frost damage hurts Blob, Oozer and Serpent more than most things as well.

How to Craft

Crafted at Black forge, station level 1.
Costs 3x Finewood, 15x Iron, 10x Refined eitr, 3x Wisp at quality 1.
Materials can be found in the Mistlands biome.

When to Use It

Mid game. It needs Mistlands materials and a Black forge, so it is behind Yagluth and the sea crossing after him. 2 biomes still sit past this one: the Ashlands and the Deep North both carry better gear.

Upgrades

Upgraded 3 times after crafting, each level wanting the station built one step further up than the last. Every figure quoted elsewhere on this wiki is quality 1, so this is the ladder your own copy is somewhere on:

Quality	Crafting Station	Slash	Frost	Spirit	Durability	Resources
1	Black forge (Level 1)	75	40	-	200	3x Finewood 15x Iron 10x Refined eitr 3x Wisp
2	Black forge (Level 2)	75	46	5	250	10x Iron 5x Refined eitr 1x Wisp
3	Black forge (Level 3)	75	52	10	300	20x Iron 10x Refined eitr 2x Wisp
4	Black forge (Level 4)	75	58	15	350	30x Iron 15x Refined eitr 3x Wisp

Properties

The slow is the point, not the 40 frost. Every landed hit applies Frost and resets it to full strength, and it lasts 50 seconds scaled by the share of the target's health the frost took off. That is about 10 seconds of crippled movement on a 200 HP Seeker and about one on a 1,500 HP Seeker Soldier: a tool for breaking up a pack, not for holding a Gjall still.

The ladder is the weapon. Slash never moves, 75 at quality 1 and 75 at quality 4. Every level buys frost, spirit and durability instead. In a biome that resists slash almost everywhere, an unupgraded Mistwalker is barely a Mistlands sword at all.

The spirit damage is for later. 7 of the 8 Mistlands creatures are immune to spirit, so the 15 it reaches at quality 4 does nothing in the biome that crafts it. It starts paying in the Ashlands, where the Charred and the Fallen Valkyrie are weak to it.

Notes

The blade clears the Mist in a 5 m radius, against 10 m for a Wisplight. It is a real effect and not a real substitute: carry the Wisplight anyway and treat the sword's radius as what you still have if it is on the wrong character.
It also glows faintly at all times, which is enough to move around a dark room by and enough to cost you roughly 20% extra visibility while sneaking.
Frost refreshes rather than stacks. A second hit resets the slow to full strength instead of adding to it, so a fast combo holds a target slowed for as long as you keep swinging.

All Swords

*stats displayed are item's base values. See upgrades under each item for item stats per level.

Name	Slash	Fire	Frost	Lightning	Poison	Spirit	Stamina	Block	Weight	Durability	Materials	Crafting Station	Spawn ID
Bronze Sword	35	-	-	-	-	-	8	12	-	200	2x Wood 8x Bronze 2x Leather scraps	Forge	`spawn SwordBronze`
Iron Sword	55	-	-	-	-	-	10	21	-	200	2x Wood 20x Iron 3x Leather scraps	Forge	`spawn SwordIron`
Black Metal Sword	95	-	-	-	-	-	14	39	-	200	2x Finewood 20x Black metal 5x Linen thread	Forge	`spawn SwordBlackmetal`
Silver Sword	75	-	-	-	-	30	12	30	1	200	2x Wood 40x Silver 3x Leather scraps 5x Iron	Forge	`spawn SwordSilver`
Mistwalker	75	-	40	-	-	-	16	48	-	200	3x Finewood 15x Iron 10x Refined eitr 3x Wisp	Black forge	`spawn SwordMistwalker`
Nidhögg	135	-	-	-	-	-	16	57	-	200	3x Charred bone 12x Flametal 2x Asksvin hide	Black forge	`spawn SwordNiedhogg`
Nidhögg the Bleeding	135	-	-	-	-	-	16	57	-	200	1x Nidhögg 6x Flametal 1x Bloodstone	Black forge	`spawn SwordNiedhoggBlood`
Nidhögg the Primal	135	-	-	-	10	-	16	57	-	200	1x Nidhögg 6x Flametal 1x Jade	Black forge	`spawn SwordNiedhoggNature`
Nidhögg the Thundering	135	-	-	10	-	-	16	57	-	200	1x Nidhögg 6x Flametal 1x Iolite	Black forge	`spawn SwordNiedhoggLightning`
Krom	150	-	-	-	-	-	20	52	-	200	30x Iron 20x Bronze 5x Scale hide	Black forge	`spawn THSwordKrom`
Dyrnwyn	145	10	-	-	-	-	16	57	0.8	200	20x Flametal 1x Bloodstone	Black forge	`spawn SwordDyrnwyn`
Brutal Slayer	170	-	-	-	-	-	20	64	4	200	1x Slayer 15x Flametal 1x Bloodstone	Black forge	`spawn THSwordSlayerBlood`
Slayer	170	-	-	-	-	-	20	64	4	200	30x Flametal 5x Asksvin hide 3x Morgen sinew	Black forge	`spawn THSwordSlayer`
Primal Slayer	170	-	-	-	10	-	20	64	4	200	1x Slayer 15x Flametal 1x Jade	Black forge	`spawn THSwordSlayerNature`
Scourging Slayer	170	-	-	10	-	-	20	64	4	200	1x Slayer 15x Flametal 1x Iolite	Black forge	`spawn THSwordSlayerLightning`

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