Root Mask

Root Mask

Your head fits perfectly inside this knot of roots and bark.
Type	Helmet
Armor	8 at quality 1 14 at quality 4
Effects	Resistant(0.5x) VS Poison Weak(1.5x) VS Fire Root Set bonus: +15 Bows
Movement Speed	-
Weight	3
Durability	800
Crafting Station	Workbench
Station Level	2
Crafting Materials	10x Root (item) 10x Ancient bark 4x Leather scraps
Biome	Swamp
Spawn ID	`spawn HelmetRoot`

The Root Mask is a helmet in Valheim, carrying 8 armour and 14 fully upgraded. Worn with the rest of the Root Set set, it is part of a 24 armour rating, which turns a 100-damage hit into 76.

How to Craft

Crafted at Workbench, station level 2.
Costs 10x Root (item), 10x Ancient bark and 4x Leather scraps at quality 1.
Materials can be found in the Swamp biome.

When to Use It

Early game. Iron comes out of Sunken Crypts in the Swamp, so this arrives once The Elder is down.

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	Armor	Durability	Resources
1	Workbench (Level 2)	8	800	10x Root (item) 10x Ancient bark 4x Leather scraps
2	Workbench (Level 3)	10	900	2x Root (item) 5x Ancient bark Leather scraps
3	Workbench (Level 4)	12	1000	4x Root (item) 10x Ancient bark Leather scraps
4	Workbench (Level 5)	14	1100	6x Root (item) 15x Ancient bark Leather scraps

Root Set

Piece	Image	Quality 1	Quality 2	Quality 3	Quality 4	Weight	Movement
Root Mask		8	10	12	14	3	-
Root Harnesk		8	10	12	14	10	-2%
Root Leggings		8	10	12	14	10	-2%
Full set	-	24	30	36	42	23	-4%

Set bonus: +15 Bows, for wearing every piece at once.

Properties

Resistant(0.5x) VS Poison
Weak(1.5x) VS Fire
Root Set bonus:
+15 Bows

Notes

Armour reduces damage from physical, fire, frost and lightning. Poison and spirit are not reduced by it at all.
Below half the incoming damage, armour subtracts: health lost = damage - armour. At or above half, it divides: health lost = (damage x damage) / (4 x armour). The second case looks like diminishing returns and is not, because the number of hits you survive keeps rising at the same rate.
Your armour rating is the sum of the head, chest, leg and cape pieces you are wearing, so a missing helmet is a quarter of the total gone.

All Helmets

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

Name	Armor	Weight	Movement	Durability	Effects	Materials	Crafting Station	Spawn ID
Celebratory Cap	1	3	-	800	-	2x Deer hide 1x Bronze 1x Bear hide 1x Amber pearl	Workbench	`spawn HelmetCelebration`
Extravagant Cap Green	1	3	-	800	-	Cannot be crafted	Hildir	`spawn HelmetHat4`
Extravagant Cap Orange	1	3	-	800	-	Cannot be crafted	Hildir	`spawn HelmetHat9`
Fur Cap Brown	1	3	-	800	-	Cannot be crafted	Hildir	`spawn HelmetHat3`
Fur Cap Grey	1	3	-	800	-	Cannot be crafted	Hildir	`spawn HelmatHat8`
Headband	1	1	-	1000	-	Cannot be crafted	Hildir	`spawn HelmetSweatBand`
Hood of Odin	1	1	-	300	-	10x Leather scraps 4x Coal	Workbench	`spawn HelmetOdin`
Midsummer Crown	1	1	-	-	-	10x Dandelion	Workbench	`spawn HelmetMidsummerCrown`
Pointy Hat	1	3	-	800	-	5x Coal 1x Bronze 2x Deer hide	Workbench	`spawn HelmetPointyHat`
Simple Cap Purple	1	3	-	800	-	Cannot be crafted	Hildir	`spawn HelmetHat10`
Simple Cap Red	1	3	-	800	-	Cannot be crafted	Hildir	`spawn HelmetHat5`
Straw Hat	1	3	-	800	-	Cannot be crafted	Hildir	`spawn HelmetStrawHat`
Tied Headscarf Blue	1	3	-	800	-	Cannot be crafted	Hildir	`spawn HelmetHat1`
Tied Headscarf Yellow	1	3	-	800	-	Cannot be crafted	Hildir	`spawn HelmetHat6`
Twisted Headscarf Green	1	3	-	800	-	Cannot be crafted	Hildir	`spawn HelmetHat2`
Twisted Headscarf Red	1	3	-	800	-	Cannot be crafted	Hildir	`spawn HelmetHat7`
Yule Hat	1	1	-	-	-	Cannot be crafted	Haldor	`spawn HelmetYule`
Dverger Circlet	2	1	-	-	Cone shaped light source	Cannot be crafted	Haldor	`spawn HelmetDverger`
Leather Helmet	2	1	-	400	-	6x Deer hide	Workbench	`spawn HelmetLeather`
Troll Leather Hood	6	1	-	500	Troll Set bonus: +15 Sneaking	5x Troll hide 3x Bone fragments	Workbench	`spawn HelmetTrollLeather`
Headdress of the Bear	7	1	-	1000	Berserk: +30% Health regen +15% Stamina regen Slightly weak (+25%) vs Blunt, Slash and Pierce +10% Slash and Chop	5x Bear hide 1x Bear trophy	Workbench	`spawn HelmetBerserkerHood`
Bronze Helmet	8	3	-	1000	-	5x Bronze 2x Deer hide	Forge	`spawn HelmetBronze`
Fishing Hat	8	3	-	1000	-	1x Perch 1x Pike 1x Tuna 1x Tetra 1x Trollfish 1x Giant herring 1x Grouper 1x Coral cod 1x Anglerfish 1x Northern salmon 1x Magmafish 1x Pufferfish	Workbench	`spawn HelmetFishingHat`
Root Mask	8	3	-	800	Resistant(0.5x) VS Poison Weak(1.5x) VS Fire Root Set bonus: +15 Bows	10x Root (item) 10x Ancient bark 4x Leather scraps	Workbench	`spawn HelmetRoot`
Fenris Hood	10	1	+3%	1000	Fenris Set bonus: +15 Fists Resistant(0.5x) VS Fire	20x Fenris hair 2x Wolf pelt 1x Cultist trophy	Workbench	`spawn HelmetFenring`
Vilebone Visage	12	1	-	1000	Vilebone Wrath: +20% Health regen +40% Stamina regen Slightly weak (+25%) vs Blunt, Slash and Pierce +20% Blunt +20% Pierce	5x Bear hide 1x Vile trophy	Forge	`spawn HelmetBerserkerUndead`
Iron Helmet	14	3	-	1000	-	20x Iron 2x Deer hide	Forge	`spawn HelmetIron`
Eitr-weave Hood	16	1	-	1000	+20% Eitr regen	16x Linen thread 15x Refined eitr 2x Iron	Galdr table	`spawn HelmetMage`
Hood of Embla	19	1	-	1000	+30% Eitr regen	16x Linen thread 15x Refined eitr 2x Asksvin hide	Galdr table	`spawn HelmetMage_Ashlands`
Drake Helmet	20	3	-	1000	-	20x Silver 2x Wolf pelt 2x Drake trophy	Forge	`spawn HelmetDrake`
Padded Helmet	26	3	-	1000	-	10x Iron 15x Linen thread	Forge	`spawn HelmetPadded`
Hood of Ask	28	1	-	1000	Ask's Endurance (full set)	15x Linen thread 4x Lox pelt 10x Asksvin hide	Black forge	`spawn HelmetAshlandsMediumHood`
Carapace Helmet	32	3	-	1200	-	16x Carapace 3x Scale hide 2x Mandible 4x Refined eitr	Black forge	`spawn HelmetCarapace`
Flametal Helmet	38	3	-	800	-	16x Flametal 3x Asksvin hide 2x Charred bone 4x Refined eitr	Black forge	`spawn HelmetFlametal`

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