How to Farm Thistle in Valheim

The world of Valheim is rich with all manners of vegetation. Part of being a survivalist, and a tough-as-nails Norse one at that, is learning how to raise and harvest that vegetation, as well as turn it into something either useful or palpable. Such a task may seem difficult with particular thorny flora like thistle, but if you’re a real viking, you’ll do it and do it properly. Here’s how to farm thistle in Valheim.

You can find plants growing all over the place, though especially in the Black Forest and Swamp Biomes. Thistle, in particular, can be easily identified by its glowing blue blooms. Harvesting thistle is easy; just walk over and press E. There are usually a few deposits of thistle located in close proximity to each other, but sooner or later, you’ll run out of the wild stuff. This is when it’s time to start farming it. 

How to Farm Thistle in Valheim

To farm Thistle in Valheim, you’ll want to set up a teleporter near a Black Forest biome. That is unless your main settlement is already next to one. Thistle is easy to spot, as it has a visible blue glow to it. You can generally find a few plants in one particular area. Time of day doesn’t matter much, as the lights are visible in the daytime since the Black Forest is naturally fairly dark. You may want to mark the areas you find Thistle on your map. Thistle, and other vegetation, respawn with every day and night cycle, so you can run a loop every in-game day to optimize your farming.

As an added tip, you can open up your in-game settings and turn the Vegetation Quality slider down to low. You’ll be able to spot the Thistle Plants a bit more quickly by adjusting this setting.

Using thistle, you can create nutritious food and enchanted mead bases. Here are the currently available recipes:

• Blood Pudding
  • Thistle x2
  • Bloodbag x2
  • Barley flour x4
• Sausage
  • Entrails x2
  • Raw meat x1
  • Thistle x4
• Mead Base: Frost Resistance
  • Honey x10
  • Thistle x5
  • Bloodbag x2
  • Greydwarf eye x1
• Mead Base: Poison Resistance
  • Honey x10
  • Thistle x5
  • Neck tail x1
  • Coal x10