key-item

Hard Antler Valheim

Eikthyr drop used for your first pickaxe.

Field note

When it matters

This is the gate into copper, tin, and bronze.

Valheim player scouting a bright Meadows and forest border — Meadows is where the basic survival loop starts: food, shelter, bow practice, and map awareness.Official Valheim press screenshot, used with guide commentary.

Item flow

Hard Antler unlock path

SourceMeadows

key-itemHard Antler

UnlockAntler pickaxe

Prioritycritical

Best useThis is the gate into copper, tin, and bronze.

Use this flow to understand where Hard Antler enters progression and why it matters before crafting everything else.

Your first real progression key

Hard Antler turns the first boss kill into the next resource tier. Craft the antler pickaxe, then use it to begin copper and tin scouting rather than lingering in Meadows with no new objective.

+Store extra antlers safely if you fight Eikthyr more than once.
+Repair and rest before the first Black Forest mining trip.
+Use the post-Eikthyr route once the pickaxe is crafted.

How to get it

Defeat Eikthyr.

Unlocks or supports

+Antler pickaxe