Are you trying to become a viking chef? Here you can learn how to make and upgrade the cauldron needed for cooking in Valheim.
Game valheim allows you to enjoy the harsh life of the Vikings, killing monsters and drinking mead. You will also have the opportunity to cook a variety of dishes, each with its own benefits. But how to cook these dishes?

In this guide, we will look at how to make your own cauldron, which is necessary for cooking most dishes. The boiler can be improved, so we will also look at how to do this. But first of all, let's see what kind of dishes you will cook in the game using a cauldron.
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What is the boiler in Walheim used for?

Boiler will be needed when you want cook any dish that requires more than one ingredient. In the Hearth and Home add-on, you can grill meats such as wild boar or fish. These are simple products that will increase your performance, but there are better options in the game.
It is for them that the boiler is useful. In it you can prepare more complex dishes, as well as mead.
How to make a cauldron in Valheim

To create a cauldron, you will need the following materials.
- 10x tin
Tin is an ore that you can find in Biome Black Forest. Tin deposits usually found along the coastline, which means you don't have to fully enter the biome to collect the resource.
To mine tin, you need least deer antler pick. This means that you first need to defeat Eiktur.
When you have at least 10 units. tin ore, smelt them in a smelter to get ore ingots. As with other workstations, you will need to place a cauldron, a hammer, and a crafting station nearby.
How to upgrade the cauldron in Walheim

There is four possible improvements, boiler, each of which expands the list of recipes that you can cook in it.
These components must be placed near the boiler in order for them to improve.
Below are all the objects of improvements and the materials necessary for them.
Boiler level | Component update | Required materials |
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2 | Herb dryer | 3x Dandelion 2x Carrot 5x Mushroom 3x Thistle 3x Turnip |
3 | Butcher's table | 2x Ancient bark 4x solid wood 4x Quality wood 2x Silver |
4 | Kitchenware | 5x Iron 5x Copper 5x Black Metal 10x Quality wood |
5 | mortar and pestle | 8x Black marble 6x Quality wood 4x solid wood |
As you create cauldron upgrades, materials become more and more harder to get. The latest update (mortar and pestle) requires you to travel to biome misty lands, and black marble was mined there.