Tools · FORGE
Bronze axe
Unlock fine wood and take a dependable axe into the Black Forest.
Crafting and upgrade costs
Each row is the additional cost of that step. The last row includes the original craft and every upgrade. To calculate only your remaining steps, enter your current quality in the planner.
| Step | Bronze | Wood | Leather scraps | Forge level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craft quality 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Quality 1 → 2 | 4 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Quality 2 → 3 | 8 | — | 2 | 3 |
| Quality 3 → 4 | 12 | — | 3 | 4 |
| New → quality 4 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
Turn bronze into an ingot budget
From no stored bronze, the complete quality-4 item requires 64 copper ingots and 32 tin ingots for its 32 bronze. Other materials in the table are additional. Existing bronze and ingots reduce that total; the planner applies them in the correct order.
Before you spend your materials
Equipment upgrades and forge improvements are separate costs. The required forge level does not mean that its buildings are included in this table. The planner covers the published base-game recipe and does not apply mods or consume anything in your actual game.
Read the practical guide for this equipment →
Source & verification
Recipe and upgrade values checked against Valheim Wiki: Bronze axe ↗ on September 27, 2026. Adapted tables are shared under CC BY-SA 3.0. Calculations are our own. This is reference verification, not a claim of in-game testing.