How to Find the Bog Witch – Valheim

The Bog Witch is a friendly NPC trader added to Valheim with the 0.219.13 Patch. As her name might suggest, this vendor lives in the Swamp, selling various potions, mushrooms, herbs, and other helpful items. Due to Valheim’s randomized nature, it can be a challenge to find the Bog Witch, as she doesn’t have a predetermined spawn location. But following this guide will allow you to easily find the old crone and avail yourself of her services. We’ve also put together a full list of what she has to offer to a visiting adventurer and how much it’ll cost you.

Here are some quick facts about the Bog Witch:

  • Creature type: NPC trader
  • Biome location: Swamp
  • Specialty: Potion and Feast supplies
  • Notable items: Scythe Handle, Love Potion, Ivy Seeds

Even using this guide, finding the Bog Witch will require some leg work and a bit of luck. As such, we offer you two ways of locating the hag – by exploring your world and by cheating just a little bit.

When Valheim creates your game world, it prepares several possible spawn locations for friendly NPCs like the Bog Witch. Whenever you approach one of these potential areas, the NPC spawns there, a special Point of Interest icon appears on your map (a cauldron for the witch) and the other possible locations get discarded. These locations all exist within a certain radius from your world’s center, but can’t be too close to the very middle. This basically means that whenever you’re out looking for an NPC, you should explore the biomes where the NPC can spawn that are close to the world’s center, but not immediately adjacent to it. This gives you plenty of places to explore but saves you from having an NPC spawn in some distant corner of the map you’ll never visit.

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When first approaching a trader, you’ll have Hugin appear and give you this quick tutorial message.

The Bog Witch, true to her name, spawns in the Swamp biome. The damp dark place with all the gnarled trees, draugr, leeches, and dungeons. On the map, Swamps are represented by the dark brown patches. You can tell you’re looking at a Swamp if you hover your cursor over it and see the word Swamp written in the top right corner of your map (1).

valheim bog witch swamp location
(1)

Once you’ve identified some Swamps in your immediate vicinity, you should head over there (by boat or portal) and start running around. When you approach the Bog Witch’s hut, it will be marked on your map with a large white cauldron. You shouldn’t worry about having to be too close to her spawn – the cauldron appears on your map long before you actually see the hut and will probably initially appear in the greyed-out part of your map (2).

valheim bog witch cauldron fog
(2)

As you move closer to the cauldron icon, you’ll see the witch’s hut. It’s surrounded by a force field of sorts that makes it safe from enemies (3). When within that shimmering dome, you don’t need to worry about the swamp’s creatures attacking you or the witch while you’re trading with her.

valheim bog witch force field
(3)

The only exception to the safety rule is the Kvastur – the pushy magical broom that constantly sweeps the witch’s hut. The broom is friendly and won’t attack you unless provoked (4). But if you accidentally hit it, or if you get annoyed by it constantly moving your character away from the witch and decide to show it who’s boss, it will turn red and attack you back. The Kvastur is not a very strong enemy, but for defeating it you get a piece of wood, some resin, and the Kvastur Trophy to add to your collection (5). The witch doesn’t care if you fight her Kvastur and won’t stop trading with you or raise her prices if you kill it. Moreover, a new Kvastur will spawn almost immediately after you destroy the first one, making it pretty pointless to fight it once you have the trophy.

If you want to skip the part where you’re trudging through endless Swamps in search of the witch, you can instead look under the hood thanks to the valheim-map.world site. This site allows you to upload your world files and then shows you the entire map, complete with possible trader spawn locations. Mind you, it’s pretty resource-intensive and can take a while to load, so if your PC slows down while you’re using it, that just means it’s working.

Once you’re on the site (6), you’ll need to upload your world files there by following the instructions it gives you(7). Once that’s done and your world is loaded, simply check what you want to find – the Bog Witch in this case – and you’ll see all the possible spawn locations for her in your world (8). Just pick one you think would be convenient and go there. This is where the witch will spawn for you.

Once you’ve located the witch, you’ll want to trade with her. You will need Coins for that. You find Coins by defeating certain enemies like Trolls and by looting the treasure chests you find in the world. The game’s traders want a lot of coin for their services, however, and you might need some extra cash to buy everything you need from them. In that case, you can also sell your precious gems like Amber, Pearls, and Rubies to the traders and get a solid chunk of Coins in return.

Patch 0.219.13 which added the Bog Witch revolves around the Feasts feature that lets you create large meals you can share with your party. A lot of what the Bog Witch sells will help you craft some of those Feasts. She also sells some useful potion ingredients, the handle you can use to craft a Scythe that will help with your farming and more.

The Bog Witch even sells Love Potions that troll you, literally. Drinking a Love Potion greatly increases the spawn rate of Troll monsters in your vicinity and makes them stronger than usual. While seemingly just annoying, if you’re strong enough to defeat the Trolls the potion brings to you, you’ll be able to farm some Coins to help with your future purchases.

Below you’ll find a table listing everything the Bog Witch sells. Just be aware that some of her goods only become available after you’ve defeated certain bosses. So if you find the witch in your world but don’t see a specific item you want, it just means you need to defeat some more bosses first.

Item
Price
Description
Use
Candle Wick x50
Coins x100
Steep these in something flammable for a long lasting and cosy light source.
Ingredient for the Resin Candle
Scythe Handle
Coins x200
A sturdy base for a tool.
Ingredient for the Scythe
Love Potion x5
Coins x110
An intense musk permeates the air around this bottle.
Attracts Trolls
Toadstool
Coins x85
Some say you can eat everything you find in the forest. That is not the case with this mushroom.
Ingredient for the Berserkir Mead
Fragrant Bundle x5
Coins x140
These plants carry a strong but pleasant scent. However, it’s possible that not all creatures agree…
Ingredient for the Anti-sting Concoction
Fresh Seaweed x5
Coins x75
The saltwater scent of this plant makes you think of the wide open ocean.
Ingredient for the Draught of Vananidir
Cured Squirrel Hamstring x5
Coins x80
Elastic and strong. This tendon must have come from a quick and agile animal.
Ingredient for the Tonic of Ratatosk
Powdered Dragon Eggshells x5
Coins x120
Dragon egg is a hard and difficult material to work with, yet here it has been ground to a fine, glittering dust…
Ingredient for the Mead of Troll Endurance
Pungent Pebbles x5
Coins x125
An earthy odour clings to these dried lumps. It’s best to not think too hard about what they are.
Ingredient for the Brew of Animal Whispers
Ivy Seeds x3
Coins x65
These unassuming seeds can grow into vines that might overtake entire buildings.
Grow into decorative vines
Serving Tray
Coins x140
Set the table with whatever food and drink you fancy, and impress your guests with a delicious feast.
Used for serving Feasts
Woodland Herb Blend x5
Coins x120
Thyme and marjoram carefully harvested and dried, before being mixed together. This blend will turn even the most basic of ingredients into a delicious feast.
Ingredient for multiple Feasts
Mountain Peak Pepper Powder x5
Coins x140
Only the most seasoned herbalist can find the pepperwood tree and harvest its leaves and bark. After careful preparation it’s ready to be added to food, and is sure to give it some warming heat.
Ingredient for the Hearty Mountain Logger’s Stew Feast
Grasslands Herbalist Harvest x5
Coins x160
This blend utilises all aspects of the lovage plant, a rarity in the tenth world. Roots, leaves and seeds have all been gathered, and then mixed together in the perfect quantity.
Ingredient for the Plains Pie Picnic Feast
Herbs of the Hidden Hills x5
Coins x180
A good herbalist knows exactly where to go to find ramsons, but she won’t tell you the secrets of her trade! Still, if you have the coin for it you may treat yourself to this blend of finely harvested ramson bulbs and leaves.
Ingredient for the Mushrooms Galore á la Mistlands Feast
Fiery Spice Powder x5
Coins x200
Whatever spices have been used in this blend, they must come from someplace hot. And as if that wasn’t enough, they have also been dried and smoked before being ground into a fine powder.
Ingredient for the Ashlands Gourmet Bowl Feast
Seafarer’s Herbs x5
Coins x130
The sour tang of sorrel, mixed with something the herbalist would rather not disclose, is well suitable for fish. Any fisherfolk worth their salt would do well to keep this blend near, in case of a good catch!
Ingredient for the Sailor’s Bounty Feast
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Bog Witch has wares if you have coin.

We hope this guide helped you deal with the Bog Witch without being turned into a newt. If you know any other tricks that will make finding the witch easier, don’t hesitate to let us know.

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