To advance from leather armor, you will need to make a full set of bronze; here's how and what you will need in Valheim.
How to craft Bronze Armor in Valheim
To make bronze armor, you will need both bronze ingots and deer hides; getting deer hides is really easy as all you need to do is kill deers to get the hides. However, getting the bronze ingots you need will require you to get both a pickaxe and a smelter; after that, you can make bronze ingots by combining copper and tin inside a forge.
That said, once you get all of that above, the following is everything you will need to make a full set of bronze armor by armor piece inside a level one forge.
How to make a Bronze Cuirass in Valheim
Here is everything you will need to make a bronze cuirass; once crafted, it will provide you eight armor and more once upgraded.
- Five Bronze
- Two Deerhide
How to make Bronze Plate Leggings in Valheim
Here is everything you will need to make a bronze plate leggings; once crafted, it will provide you eight armor and more once upgraded.
- Five Bronze
- Two Deerhide
How to make a Bronze Helmet in Valheim
Here is everything you will need to make a bronze helmet; once crafted, it will provide you eight armor and more once upgraded.
- Five Bronze
- Two Deerhide
Once fully crafted, your Bronze armor set will provide you a total armor level of 24, but you can boost this level even further if you upgrade each piece; here's everything you will need to upgrade all armor pieces.
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How to upgrade a Bronze Helmet to level two
- Three Bronze
- Level Two Forge
How to upgrade a Bronze Helmet to level three
- Six Bronze
- Level Three Forge
How to upgrade a Bronze Helmet to level four
- Nine Bronze
- Level Four Forge
How to upgrade a Bronze Cuirass to level two
- Three Bronze
- Level Two Forge
How to upgrade a Bronze Cuirass to level three
- Six Bronze
- Level Three Forge
How to upgrade a Bronze Cuirass to level four
- Nine Bronze
- Level Four Forge
How to upgrade a Bronze Plate Leggings to level two
- Three Bronze
- Level Two Forge
How to upgrade a Bronze Plate Leggingsto level three
- Six Bronze
- Level Three Forge
How to upgrade a Bronze Plate Leggings to level four
- Nine Bronze
- Level Four Forge
Once fully upgraded, your bronze armor set will provide you with a new total armor level of 42, which should keep you safe until you advance to iron armor and up.
For more on Valheim, we at PGG have tons of guides to suit all your Viking needs like how to make troll hide armor and how to build a ship in Valheim.
Andrew Vaughan is a Contributing Writer at Pro Game Guides that has written guides on popular RPGs and FPS survival titles for several years. Andrew Vaughan specializes in survival and roleplaying games and has been a lifelong gamer.