Gaming Guide

Haldor’s Store in Valheim 1.0: Every Item and Its Boss Unlock

Full prices for Haldor's Black Forest shop, plus the exact boss kill that adds each locked line, including Wider Pockets.

Full prices for Haldor’s Black Forest shop, plus the exact boss kill that adds each locked line, including Wider Pockets.

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Haldor is the dvergr trader who sets up camp in the Black Forest, and his shop is the only place to buy gear that no workbench recipe can make. His stock is not fixed. Six lines are on sale the moment you find him, and five more appear one at a time as specific bosses fall in your world. Knowing which kill unlocks which line tells you exactly when a trip back to his camp is worth the coins.

Quick answer: The store opens with six items. Defeating The Elder adds Ymir Flesh and Thunder Stone, Moder adds Wider Pockets, Yagluth adds the Egg, and The Queen adds Deeper Pockets.


Haldor’s store in the Black Forest with ten items on sale, including the Egg and Wider Pockets.

Everything Haldor sells and what unlocks it

Prices are listed in Coins. Where a line sells in a bundle, the price covers the whole bundle. The unlocks follow the world, not your character, so a boss counts for everyone on a server once it has died in that world.

ItemCoinsPer buyUnlocks
Yule Hat1001From the start
Dverger Circlet6201From the start
Megingjord9501From the start
Fishing Rod3501From the start
Fishing Bait1020From the start
Barrel Hoops1003From the start
Ymir Flesh1201The Elder dead
Thunder Stone501The Elder dead
Wider Pockets1,0001Moder dead
Egg1,5001Yagluth dead
Deeper Pockets2,0001The Queen dead

The six opening lines cover the gear you cannot craft. The Megingjord is a belt that gives superhuman strength and raises your carry weight. The Dverger Circlet is a head lamp that lights the ground in front of you for dungeon work. The Fishing Rod and its bait let you catch fish, and the bait only comes from Haldor. Barrel Hoops are the metal rings used to build a Barrel, sold three at a time. The Yule Hat is a red cosmetic cap that sits in the helmet slot.

Wider Pockets and Deeper Pockets are one-time unlocks, not objects. Each adds one row of inventory slots that stays on your character, which is why their tooltips carry no weight line.


How the stock grows after each boss

Before you beat any boss, the list holds six lines. Each unlock adds its item to the same panel, so the shop simply gets longer as you clear bosses.

  • The Elder: adds Ymir Flesh and Thunder Stone, taking the list to eight lines. Ymir Flesh feeds the Frostner and Iron Sledge recipes; Thunder Stone is needed to build the Obliterator.
  • Moder: adds Wider Pockets. This is the Mountain boss, so Wider Pockets is not on sale on a first visit.
  • Yagluth: adds the Egg for 1,500 Coins. The Egg is your only route to the first chicken, and it hatches when kept warm.
  • The Queen: adds Deeper Pockets, bringing the list to eleven lines.
  • Bonemass: adds nothing at Haldor.

With The Elder, Moder and Yagluth all down, the panel shows ten lines: Yule Hat, Dverger Circlet, Megingjord, Ymir Flesh, Fishing Rod, Fishing Bait x20, Thunder Stone, Egg, Barrel Hoops x3 and Wider Pockets. Beating The Queen on top of that adds the eleventh line.


Find Haldor and open the store

Haldor only camps in the Black Forest, away from the biome edge. A world reserves up to ten possible sites, each at least 512m apart, and the first one you walk up to is the one that stays. Nothing can be built within 12m of the camp, and the campfire gives the Fire status, so it is a warm, safe spot once you arrive.

Explore the Black Forest until a bag icon appears on the minimap. The marker shows up as the camp comes into range and stays on the map afterwards, so you can return to it any time.
Walk up to the camp and stand in front of Haldor. Aim at him until the prompt reads Haldor [E] Talk, then use it.
Haldor beside his campfire with the E Talk prompt highlighted as the player approaches.
Aim at Haldor by the campfire until the [E] Talk prompt appears, then press it to trade.
The Store panel opens on the left, titled “STORE”, with the scrolling list of goods, a Buy button, and your Coin count at the bottom. All ten lines fit without scrolling once the first three bosses are down.
Haldor's STORE panel with Yule Hat selected at 100 coins and a balance of zero coins.
Haldor’s STORE panel, with the Yule Hat line highlighted at 100 Coins and the Coin count sitting at zero.
Select a line and press Buy. The purchase goes through when you have enough Coins, and the count under the Buy button drops by the price. Resting the cursor on any line shows a tooltip explaining what the item is, with a weight figure for everything except the two pocket unlocks.

What a full shopping trip costs

Both inventory unlocks together run 3,000 Coins for two extra rows. Pairing the Megingjord with both pockets costs 3,950 Coins. Buying one of every line, pockets included, comes to 6,800 Coins.

Fuling Berserkers in the Plains are the main source of Coins, yielding 5 to 20 apiece; treasure chests and drops from other enemies provide more. At his camp, Haldor pays a fixed price for valuables, so you can exchange Amber, Amber Pearls, Rubies and Silver Necklaces for Coins. Your inventory starts with four rows, and each pocket you unlock adds one.