Wood Shield
The first shield in the game. Wood Shield block and parry basics in valheim.
- Tier
- 1
- Type
- Round shield (parry)
- Block
- 10
The Wood Shield is your first defense, crafted at the Workbench from Wood, Leather Scraps, and Resin. As a round shield it can both block and parry: a well-timed block staggers the enemy and opens them to a counter in valheim. Learning to parry early with this cheap shield carries you all the way through the game, since the timing is the same on every round shield.
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