InValheim, you may live your best Viking life slaying monsters and drinking mead. You’ll also have the opportunity to cook a wide range of meals, each with its own benefits. How do you cook these meals though? Thankfully, you’ve come to the right place.

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In this guide, we are going to take a look at how you may make your very own Cauldron, which is used to make a majority of meals. The Cauldron can be upgraded, so we will also take a look at how you can do this. First, let’s look at what type of meals you can make in one.

What Is The Cauldron Used For?

The Cauldron will come in handy when you arecooking pretty much any meal that requires more than one ingredient.At Campfires and Hearths, you can grill meat such as boar and fish. These are simple foods that will boost your stats, but there are better options out there.

This is where the Cauldron comes into play. With this, you cancook more complex meals, as well as mead bases.

valheim player using the cauldron outdoors

For a complete list of every meal,be sure to check out our recipe guide!

How To Make A Cauldron

To make a Cauldron, you will just need the following materials.

Tin is an ore that you can find in theBlack Forest Biome.Raw Tin deposits areusually found around shorelines,which means you don’t have to fully enter the Black Forest biome to find it.

valheim player at smelter outdoors

Tin canonly be mined with an Antler Pick or better.This means that you will need todefeat Eikthyr first.

When you have at least ten Tin ore, you can smelt it in aSmelterto get a refined, bar version. As with other workstations,you will need to place the Cauldron with a Hammer and a Crafting Station nearby.

valheim player standing in complete kitchen

Upgrading The Cauldron

There arefour possible upgrades that you’re able to add to the Cauldron, with each one expanding the recipes that you can make.

These components will need to beplaced near the Cauldron for them to provide the upgrade.

Below, you can check out each upgrade item, and how to make it.

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Mortar & Pestle

As you progress in upgrades, the materials will becomeharder to acquire.The final upgrade (Mortar and Pestle) requires you to venture into theMistlands biometo obtain Black Marble.

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