Boar — stats, drops and taming in Valheim

Boar · Meadows
Creature overview
Base health (0★): 10. Primary biome: Meadows. Immunity: Spirit.
Drops: Boar Meat, Leather Scraps, Boar Trophy.
Behavior
- Sight range
- 20 m
- Sight angle before alert
- ±90°
- Hearing limit
- 20 m
- Ally alert range
- 6 m
- Fire
- Afraid of 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
| Stars | Health | Damage multiplier |
|---|---|---|
| 0★ | 10 | ×1 |
| 1★ | 20 | ×1.5 |
| 2★ | 30 | ×2 |
Attacks
- Blunt: 10 · AI attack range 2 m
Damage resistances
- Blunt
- Normal damage
- Slash
- Normal damage
- Pierce
- Normal damage
- Fire
- Normal damage
- Frost
- Normal damage
- Lightning
- Normal damage
- Poison
- Normal damage
- Spirit
- Immunity
Drops without stars
| Item | Quantity | Base chance |
|---|---|---|
| Boar Meat | 1 | 100% |
| Leather Scraps | 1 | 100% |
| Boar Trophy | 1 | 15% |
Where and when it spawns
Meadows · Day and night · 0–2★
Locations and dungeons · Day and night · 0–2★
Meadows · Day and night · 0–2★
Valheim biomes
Spawn sources
- Growth: Piggy · Base time: 50 min
Trophies for ballista targeting
Related creatures
- Piggy — Birth
Taming and breeding
Base time: 30 min, excluding bonuses and pauses.
Food: Carrot, Turnip, Onion, Mushroom, Raspberries, Blueberries
Pregnancy: 1 min Offspring growth: 50 min
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.