How to Get Ancient Elder Bark in Valheim

Valheim like all survival games require you to indulge completely into the game and spend several hours looking for resources to make survival easier and the character stronger. It’s particularly important in Valheim because the mobs increase in strength and speed as you explore new biomes. Hence, you need to constantly look for new weapons and resources to make them. The Ancient Elder Bark is an important resource that is used to craft powerful weapons like the ancient bark spear, Iron Sledgehammer, the Longboat, etc. If you are wondering how to get the Ancient Elder Bark in Valheim, keep scrolling.

How to Get Ancient Elder Bark in Valheim

As you start the game, you might be wondering how to get the Ancient Bark and while the Elder boss in the Black Forest biome does drop the bark that’s not sufficient and neither a reliable way to collect the resource. Instead, you should look to the next biome – the swamps – to harvest the Elder Bark.

However, if you have not yet explored the third biome, you may think that the only way to get it is via the second boss, which is far from the truth. As the name of the bark resembles that of the second boss, most people assume that’s the location to find the Ancient Elder Bark.

So, to get the Ancient Elder Bark, you need to find the Swamp biome and go there. Once you are there, the Ancient bark is available in plenty and you can farm as many as you want. The trees in the biome drop the resources, so all you need to do is chop them. Have a bronze axe on your when you visit the Swamps as it’s the only tool that can help you harvest thee resource in the game.

Here are some items you can craft using Ancient Bark.

So, now you know, to get the Ancient Bark or the Elder Bark, you need to go to the Swamp biome and use a Bronze Axe to cut down the trees and option the resource.