Bear has 500 health and spawns in Black Forest.
It takes extra damage from fire; it resists blunt, pierce and frost; spirit does nothing to it at all. Slash lands at full damage, so that is what to bring.
Its hardest hit is bite at 55 pierce, out of 6 attacks.
Of everything craftable, 
Lightning Strike, 
Thunderblood Greatsword and 
Frostfire Greatsword put the most damage through what it resists.
Bear is a hostile creature of the Black Forest with 500 health. It resists blunt, pierce and frost, is immune to spirit damage and weak to fire, which leaves slash as the strongest physical type against it. It bites for 55 pierce, slams for 50 slash and swipes for 25 slash per claw on 4 second cooldowns, adds a 50 blunt paw strike in a 2.5 meter radius every 12 seconds, and runs at 7 from a walking speed of 1.5. Bears back off from any fire within 3 meters, so facing one while holding a lit 
Torch pushes its swings off target at the last moment. A kill gives 1 
Bear Paw, 2 to 3 
Bear Meat, 4 to 5 
Bear Hide and a 10% chance of a 
Bear Trophy.
Fight them the way you fight trolls, with distance and patience, but bring fire: they take extra damage from it and their fear of flames lets a placed campfire control the whole fight. 
Fire arrows from behind a fire is the safe recipe.
| Where | Roll | Group | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Forest | 15% every 2000 s, max 1 near you | 1 | day only · up to ★ |
| Black Forest | 20% every 2000 s, max 1 near you | 1 | night only · up to ★★ |
Each 64 m zone keeps its own timer per entry and rolls the chance once per interval while loaded; a zone never loaded before rolls the moment you arrive. The spawn lands 40 to 80 m from a player, never inside a base unless noted, and "max near you" counts the loaded area around that zone. Dungeon and camp spawners are separate and not counted here.
With devcommands enabled, this spawns Bear in front of you. The third number is the level: 3 spawns a 2-star.
Creature ID: Bjorn · all console commands and IDs