Chicken — stats and drops in Valheim

Chicken · Breeding
Creature overview
Base health (0★): 10. Breeding. Immunity: Spirit.
Drops: Chicken Meat, Feathers.
Behavior
- Sight range
- 20 m
- Sight angle before alert
- ±90°
- Hearing limit
- 20 m
- Fire
- Afraid of fire
- Avoids water
- 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 |
Attacks
- Attack damage for this creature is not yet available in the reference.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken Meat | 1 | 25% |
| Feathers | 1 | 50% |
Where and when it spawns
Breeding
Spawn sources
- Hatching: Egg · Base time: 30 min · Fire required · Roof required · Shelter: 70%
Related creatures
- Hen — Growth
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.