Players of Valheim can craft many items on the workbench, making it an essential object worth having within reach. Initially, the level of a newly created workbench will be first, so its functionality is obviously limited. However, the workbench can be upgraded several times, after the upgrade new items will become available, and old ones can be improved.
To upgrade the crafting station, you need to place near it items that are marked in the «Crafting» section with a star and a footnote «Workbench: upgrade». There are four such items in total: a chopping block, a tanning rack, an adze, and a tool shelf. They need to be discovered in exactly this order, created, and placed next to the workbench. Each of them upgrades the workbench by one level. If all four items are placed next to the workbench, its level will be raised to the fifth. First of all, you need to make these items available:
As you can see, to create the adze and tool shelf, a forge is needed.
Create and place next to the workbench a chopping block:
Create and place next to the workbench a tanning rack:
Create in the forge and place next to the workbench an adze:
Create in the forge and place next to the workbench a tool shelf:
After you have created all or some of these items, they need to be placed outside the building where the workbench is located. If the workbench level does not increase, then the item is placed too far away, try to place it closer. In most cases, there will be no need to do this, as well as to place items inside the building. The workbench level is written on the star to the right in the «Workbench» tab, the maximum level currently is fourth. However, there is a possibility that after the release of the full version of the game, it will be possible to upgrade the crafting station even more.
For now, players can explore what can be crafted and upgraded on the fourth level workbench. Items created on such a workbench will greatly ease your life in the wild lands of Valheim.