Bear — stats and drops in Valheim

Bear

Bear · Black Forest

Creature overview

Base health (0★): 500. Primary biome: Black Forest. Weaknesses: Fire. Immunity: Spirit.

Drops include: Bear Paw, Bear Meat, Bear Hide.

Behavior
Sight range
25 m
Sight angle before alert
±90°
Hearing limit
15 m
Ally alert range
6 m
Fire
Avoids fire
Avoids water
Yes
Attacks player structures
Yes

These are AI settings. Sight depends on stealth and obstacles; hearing depends on target noise. Indoors, hearing is capped at 12 m. The sight angle applies before alert.

Stats by star level

StarsHealthDamage multiplier
0★500×1
1★1,000×1.5
2★1,500×2

Attacks

Damage resistances

Blunt
Resistant
Slash
Normal damage
Pierce
Resistant
Fire
Weak
Frost
Resistant
Lightning
Normal damage
Poison
Normal damage
Spirit
Immunity

Drops without stars

ItemQuantityBase chance
Bear Paw1100%
Bear Meat2100%
Bear Hide4100%
Bear Trophy110%

Where and when it spawns

Black Forest · Day · 0–1★

Black Forest · Night · 0–2★

Locations and dungeons · Day and night · 0–0★

Black Forest · Day and night · 0–0★

Valheim biomes

Black Forest

Trophies for ballista targeting

Values exclude world difficulty, player count and active effects. Special projectiles and summoned creatures may use separate values.

Source: Valheim game files, Steam build 25909357. Database updated 2026-10-20. Some gathering sources and spawn conditions may not have been identified.

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