Valheim Northern Salmon: Where to Catch It and What It's Actually For

 

    Northern salmon is a passive fish in Valheim's Deep North biome, described in-game as "This fish likes the water to be almost freezing cold." It's also one of the more sparsely documented catches in the game — the source gives a precise bait recipe and a couple of listed uses, but leaves several basic numbers, including its price, blank. Below is everything the primary source actually says about it, the exact bait recipe, and every gap worth flagging rather than guessing at.

 

What Is Northern Salmon?

 

 

    Per its own infobox, Northern salmon is classed as Fish, internal ID fish10, sourced from Fishing, and found "in the waters of the Deep North biome." Its handling stats:

 

• Weight per level: 2.0
• Stack size: 10
• Teleportable: Yes

 

    That "weight per level" figure is the only weight value the source gives — it doesn't state how many size levels a Northern salmon can actually roll, so the total weight range for a caught fish is undocumented here; treat 2.0 as a per-level rate, not a fixed weight.

 

How to Catch Northern Salmon

 

 

    Northern salmon is caught with a fishing pole using Frosty fishing bait, and only that bait works on it per the source. Frosty fishing bait itself is crafted at the Food preparation table by combining:

 

• 20 Fishing bait
• 1 Drake trophy

 

    The source doesn't state how many Frosty fishing bait that combination yields, nor does it document a specific catch location beyond "the waters of the Deep North biome" — no coordinates, depth requirement, or fishing-skill level is given, so treat those as undocumented rather than assumed to be the same as other fish.

 

What Northern Salmon Is Used For

 

 

    The infobox lists two uses together: Decoration and Cooking. The source doesn't name a specific dish that calls for Northern salmon as an ingredient, so treat "Cooking" as a listed category, not confirmation of a particular recipe — that recipe is undocumented in the material used here.

 

    What is documented directly is a crafting requirement: the source states Northern salmon is "needed to craft a Fishing hat." That's the one concrete use case the wiki text confirms outright, beyond the general Decoration/Cooking tags.

 

    Northern salmon is also listed as teleportable, meaning a caught fish can be carried through a portal.

 

What the Source Doesn't Say

 

    A few points are worth listing plainly rather than filling in:

 

• Buy price: blank in the infobox — undocumented.
• Sell price: blank in the infobox — undocumented.
• Base weight before any level scaling: not given, only the 2.0-per-level rate — undocumented.
• Fishing skill or rod tier requirement: not stated — undocumented.
• The specific Fishing hat recipe quantity (how many Northern salmon it takes): not given in this source — undocumented.

 

    The Notes section does add one piece of flavor text, quoted verbatim: Northern salmon "has a unique line: 'Once I was free to jump upstream. But no longer.'" The source doesn't explain where in the game that line surfaces, so it's presented here as a documented quote, not an interpreted mechanic. The item is also filed under the wiki's Fishing and Fish categories, which is taxonomy rather than a gameplay fact.

 

Quick tips: Bring Frosty fishing bait, not any other type — it's the only bait the source lists for this fish. Craft it at a Food preparation table from 20 Fishing bait + 1 Drake trophy. Fish the Deep North's waters specifically; other biomes won't produce this catch. Keep at least one Northern salmon on hand if you're chasing the Fishing hat, since the source confirms it's a required ingredient. And don't assume a buy or sell price exists — the infobox leaves both blank.

 

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Conclusion

 

    Northern salmon is a Fish-type catch from Valheim's Deep North biome, caught only with Frosty fishing bait — itself made at the Food preparation table from 20 Fishing bait plus 1 Drake trophy. The source confirms two listed uses, Decoration and Cooking, and one hard requirement: it's needed to craft a Fishing hat. What it doesn't confirm is just as worth knowing — no buy or sell price, no base weight beyond a 2.0-per-level rate, and no documented fishing-skill requirement. Treat those gaps as gaps, not zeros.

 

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