How to get bloodgold in Valheim: Gammeltrolls and Ember Charges
Bloodgold comes from petrified tissue, which only Ember Charges can blast out of petrified Gammeltrolls. 1 tissue and 2 coal make a bar in a blast furnace.
You need Fader dead before you can start: Ember Charges take embers, and embers gather around an Eternal Pyre built from his kindled ribs. After that it’s a loop of blasting petrified Gammeltrolls in the Deep North for Petrified Tissue and smelting it into Bloodgold at a Blast Furnace.
The quick answer
| Step | What you need | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Make Ember Charges | An Eternal Pyre (10 Stone, 1 Kindled Ribs) to lure Embers; then 2 Seal Pelt, 1 Embers → 10 charges | Stonecutter, then workbench |
| 2. Find a petrified Gammeltroll | The seed map | Deep North |
| 3. Blast the pieces | Ember Charges | Deep North |
| 4. Smelt the tissue | 1 Petrified Tissue, 2 Coal → 1 Bloodgold, 30 s | Blast furnace |
Step 1: make Ember Charges
Ember Charges need embers, and embers need Fader. The Eternal Pyre costs 10 stone and 1 kindled ribs, and Fader drops 5 kindled ribs. Build it at the stonecutter, and embers gather around it.
Seal pelts come from seals in the Deep North, 2 to 3 per seal. With 2 pelts and 1 Embers, the workbench makes 10 charges. Each one weighs 0.3, stacks to 50 and can go through portals.
Petrified Gammeltrolls need tool tier 6. The best pickaxe, black metal, is tier 3, so the charges’ explosion is the only way in.
Step 2: find a petrified Gammeltroll
Up to 30 of each of two petrified troll landmarks generate in the Deep North, already broken into pieces. They’re the only source of petrified tissue: a live Gammeltroll (3,000 health, a 220 blunt punch) doesn’t drop any. Search “petrified troll” on the seed map to find the nearest one on your seed.
Step 3: blast the pieces
The pieces are deposits like a copper vein, but tier 6, so you keep blasting them with Ember Charges. Each chunk you break rolls 2 or 3 times, and each roll is 1 in 3 for petrified tissue; the rest is stone.
Petrified tissue weighs 14 and stacks to 30. It can’t go through the wooden portal, but the Portal – Stone takes it.
Step 4: smelt it
The blast furnace turns 1 petrified tissue and 2 Coal into 1 bloodgold in 30 seconds, and holds up to 10 tissue. It’s the same furnace that smelts black metal and flametal: 20 stone, 5 surtling cores, 10 iron and 20 finewood, built near an artisan table.
A bloodgold bar also weighs 14 and stacks to 30.
What bloodgold makes
Most Deep North gear starts with it, at a level 4 Black Forge:
| Item | Bloodgold | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Nord weapons (sword, axe, mace, bow, crossbow and more) | 20 each | Made as a cast with the weapon’s mould and, for most, 10 timberwood, then finished in the Frost Foundry |
| Helmet, breastplate and trousers of the Protector | 20 each | Cast with moose hide, then finished in the Frost Foundry |
| Cast: Intricate Key | 5 | Plus the Intricate Key mould |
| Crown of Valheim | 5 | Plus Kall Fimbulbringer’s crown jewel |
| Bloodgold Arrow, Bloodgold Bolt | 1 per 20 | Level 1 black forge, with feathers and timberwood |
| Neckstabber, Witch Crown | 5 each | Trinkets, level 1 black forge |
Each item page has the full recipe.
Further reading
FAQ
How do you get bloodgold in Valheim?
Smelt petrified tissue in a blast furnace. Petrified tissue comes from petrified Gammeltrolls in the Deep North, which you break with Ember Charges.
Can you mine petrified Gammeltrolls with a pickaxe?
No. They need tool tier 6, and the best pickaxe, black metal, is tier 3. Only the Ember Charge explosion breaks them.
How do you make Ember Charges?
2 seal pelts and 1 Embers make 10 at the workbench. Embers drift around an Eternal Pyre, which you build at the stonecutter from 10 stone and 1 kindled ribs, Fader's drop.
Can you teleport bloodgold or petrified tissue?
Not through the wooden portal. Both are flagged as not teleportable, but the Portal – Stone takes any item.
