Ember Charge: Fader Relic to Bloodgold Guide

Ember Charge is a consumable tied to Ashlands / Deep North progression. You obtain it from Seal Pelt and Embers from the Eternal Pyre, and its main role is breaking petrified Gammeltroll remains. Use this page alongside the Deep North guide and the item catalog.

Quick facts

How to obtain

1. Defeat Fader and use his Relic to build the Eternal Pyre.
2. Collect Embers from the pyre and Seal Pelt in the Deep North.
3. Craft an Ember Charge and use it on petrified Gammeltroll remains.
4. Collect Petrified Tissue and smelt it into Bloodgold.

What it's used for

• Open the Bloodgold supply chain that leads to the Intricate Key.
• Break petrified remains rather than ordinary terrain.
• Bridge Ashlands progression into the Deep North workshop route.

Common mistakes

• Entering the Deep North without first using the Fader Relic to establish an Ember supply.
• Throwing charges at living Gammeltroll instead of petrified remains.

The Ashlands-to-Deep-North bridge

Ember Charges explain why a player can explore the Deep North yet still fail to make Bloodgold. Defeat Fader in the Ashlands and use the Fader Relic with 10 Stone at a Stonecutter to build the Eternal Pyre. Collect its Embers, then combine one Ember with two Seal Pelts at any workbench. The recipe yields ten charges, enough to carry as a dedicated tool stack rather than crafting one projectile at a time.

Kill a Gammeltroll before using the charge. The creature petrifies when it dies, leaving remains that normal mining tools cannot break. Throw an Ember Charge at those remains to shatter them and collect Petrified Tissue. Each tissue can then be smelted with Coal in a Blast Furnace to make Bloodgold.

That creates the full dependency chain: Fader Relic → Eternal Pyre → Ember → Ember Charge → Petrified Tissue → Bloodgold → Intricate Key. The chain crosses two biomes and several stations, so place the Pyre at a portal-connected base and keep spare pelts nearby. Do not throw charges at a living Gammeltroll or ordinary rock; their progression use begins only after the troll has petrified.

Frequently asked questions

How many Ember Charges does the recipe make?

One Ember and two Seal Pelts produce ten charges at a workbench.

When should I throw an Ember Charge?

After killing a Gammeltroll. Throw it at the petrified remains to release Petrified Tissue.

Carrying and aiming charges

Ten charges per craft is enough to keep a small reserve at the Deep North portal and a working stack on the player. Store the rest away from ordinary ammunition so an accidental hotbar throw does not consume the supply needed for Bloodgold.

After the Gammeltroll dies, wait for the petrified object to settle and aim at the remains from close range. Collect every released tissue before leaving the area, then mark the kill site as cleared. If the blast produces nothing, verify that the target is the dead petrified Gammeltroll rather than a living enemy, scenery, or a normal rock deposit.

Charges are portal-safe, so replenish from the Eternal Pyre at the main base and distribute small stacks to northern outposts. That avoids transporting the Fader Relic chain itself into every hunting camp.

Keep the workbench recipe available at the main storage area and restock before the counter reaches zero. A spare batch also protects the run if one charge misses the corpse or is thrown accidentally during inventory handling.

Documentation status

Iron Gate's 1.0 notes confirm the named content; exact quantities and route details here are included where current hands-on guides and game-data references agree.

Sources

Sources: Official Valheim 1.0 notes, Valheim.tools game-data guide, Beebom guide, Valheim.tools 1.0 database update, Valheim.tools ember charge item data.