Valheim News

[p]Greetings vikings![/p][p][/p][p]We’re back after a bit of a summer break, and we’ve got lots of things going on![/p][p][/p][p]To start with, as you may have already noticed, we’re at Gamescom to present the latest update, Call to Arms. It’s available on the Public Test Branch right now for everyone who wishes to try it out! You can read the patch notes here, and we’ll of course share the trailer again, because we think it turned out pretty cool:[/p][p][/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]
[/p][p]On site in Cologne we have our Iron Gate team members Robin, Andreas and Emilia, and while they might be a bit busy doing some interviews, they’re happy to stop and chat if you want to say hi to them.
[/p][p]But Gamescom isn’t the only event we’ll be attending; in a month we will also have a booth at Tokyo Game Show! If you’ll be attending, please come say hi! And even if you won’t be in Tokyo – keep an eye out, because we’ll be having an exciting announcement to make for that event as well.
[/p][p]Since there’s plenty of other things to focus on right now, we’ll be having a bit of a break from the Hervor episodes. We can promise that her voyage will continue, but first you will have to wonder about her fate a little longer.[/p][p][/p][p]With that said though, we don’t want to leave you entirely without a Deep North teaser for this month. Since we’re already fully focused on combat this month, let’s take a peek at one of the weapons you’ll be able to craft in the biome:[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Build of the Month
[/h3][p]And last but not least, it’s time to highlight some builds! Since we had a month without sharing any builds, we’ll of course share double now. First out is LootPursuer with this mystical build. Well done![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]And we would also like to highlight this epic bridge by charass. Impressive![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]If you want your creation to be featured in this section, use the hashtag #ValheimBotM on social media. Please also send us a DM or email with a link to your post, to make sure that we see it. Now you can also submit builds on Discord, by posting in the build-of-the-month forum channel! No DM is necessary if you post there, as that’s our own forum.
[/p][p]Fight well![/p][p][/p][p]/The Iron Gate team
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⚠️ Note: This update is for the Public Test branch of Valheim only, and may therefore be unstable!

Prior to launching this update to the Default version of the game, we want to have a chance to discover bugs and fine-tune the balancing to ensure the best game experience.

• ACCESS: Right-click Valheim in your Steam library, then select ‘Properties’. In the new window, select ‘Betas’ and type in the code “yesimadebackups”. The Public Test branch should now be available for you to select. The PTB FAQ can be found here.
  
  
• FEEDBACK: Please leave any feedback in the “#valheim-public-test” channel in our Discord or through the form on our website.
  
  

Please remember to be considerate towards players who are not participating in the Public Test, as some may prefer to avoid spoilers. As indicated by the access code, please ensure to create backups of your save files before playing.

If at first you don’t succeed, try again!

Fortunately there are resources at your disposal in order to improve yourself – whether that be wooden weapons for sparring with your comrades, or a built structure to hone your fighting skills against.

In our Call to Arms, you can also find a brand new type of item in the form of trinkets, which will help you in the heat of battle. And as there are some new dangerous foes around, you might find that you very much need them…

You’ll find the full patch notes below, whether you want them abbreviated or detailed. If you’re not afraid of spoilers though, we suggest you tune into the brand new trailer:

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]


[h2]Abbreviated Patch Notes[/h2]

* Forsaken Powers rebalanced
* New combat mechanics & combat improvements
* New equipable item type: Trinkets
* 13 new trinkets
* 1 new skill
* 2 new creatures, with 1 additional overhauled creature
* 1 new food item
* 8 new crafting materials
* 18 new weapons (9 wooden)
* 2 new armour sets
* 3 new building pieces
* 3 new hairstyles
* 5 new beard styles
* 1 new location
* Some items can now have multiple orientations on item stands
* Unity engine upgraded
* Various bug fixes and performance improvements


[h2]Detailed Patch Notes[/h2]

[h3]New Content:[/h3]
New Mechanics:
* Trinkets: Equip these items to gain adrenaline during battle, and thus unlock temporary perks.
* Adrenaline: You gain adrenaline by hitting enemies, triggering a Forsaken Power, using certain magic attacks, as well as performing Perfect Blocks and Perfect Dodge Rolls. When the bar is full, you get an adrenaline surge which gives you a temporary perk designated by your equipped Trinket. Adrenaline will fade when you are not in active combat, and you will only gain adrenaline as long as you have a Trinket equipped.
* Wooden Weapons: By using wooden weapons you can practice combat against your friends without hurting each other.
* New skill: Perfect Dodge Roll (Dodge an attack that would have caused you damage and get a % of stamina back)

Creatures:
* Enemy: Bear
* Enemy: Vile

Crafting:
* Material: Blob Vial (purchasable)
* Material: Ectoplasm
* Material: Ghost Trophy
* Material: Bear Hide
* Material: Bear Trophy
* Material: Bear Paw
* Material: Vile Trophy
* Material: Vile Ribcage

Food:
* Bear Meat

Clothing:
* Chest Armour: Patterns of the Bear
* Leg Armour: Loincloth of the Bear
* Helmet: Headdress of the Bear
* Chest Armour: Vilebone Cage
* Leg Armour: Vilebone Drapes
* Helmet: Vilebone Visage
* Hat: Sweat Band (purchasable)

Weapons:
* Bottled Blob: Poison
* Bottled Blob: Oozer
* Bottled Blob: Tar
* Bottled Blob: Lava
* Bottled Blob: Frost
* Wooden Sword
* Wooden Greatsword
* Wooden Axe
* Wooden Two-handed Axe
* Wooden Mace
* Wooden Sledge
* Wooden Spear
* Wooden Atgeir
* Wooden Knife
* Fist Weapon: Paws of the Bear
* Fist Weapon: Vilebone Maulclaws
* Battleaxe: Black Metal
* Battleaxe: Skull Splittur

Trinkets:
* Heart of the Forest
* Bronze Pendant
* Iron Brooch
* Nimble Anklet
* Crystal Heart
* Wolf Sight
* Fins of Destiny
* Evasion Mantle
* Bracelets of the Brave
* Pulsating Earrings
* Resounding Shackle
* Jörmundling
* Brimstone

Build Pieces & Furniture:
* Combat Practice: Archery Target
* Combat Practice: Battle Brother
* Furniture: Bearskin Rug

Misc:
* New location: CombatRuin01
* 3 new hairstyles (Mullet, Castellan & Vinland Shave)
* 5 new beard styles (Mustache, Handlebar, Trimmed, Waxed, Crumb Catcher)

[h3]Fixes & Improvements[/h3]

Combat Changes:
* Perfect Block no longer cost stamina
* Reduced movement speed penalty on Battleaxes, Sledgehammers, and Tower Shields
* Vertical fighting improvements, now easier to hit enemies in slopes!

Rebalanced Forsaken Powers:
* Eikthyr: 60% reduced stamina usage for running, jumping, and swimming
* The Elder: 60% Chopping and Mining damage increase, 30% health regeneration increase
* Bonemass: 25% resistance VS pierce, slash, and blunt damage, 100% reduced block stamina usage, 5 stamina on return per block
* Moder: Always tailwind, 300 increased carry weight, 10% increased movement speed, 50% frost resistance
* Yagluth: 50% Lightning resistance, 25+ Farm skill, 10% increased damage
* The Queen: 100% increased Eitr regeneration., 100% reduced sneak cost, 50% poison resistance
* Fader: 100% Adrenaline increase, 50% reduced stagger meter modifier, 50% fire resistance

Item stands:
* These items are now allowed to be placed on item stands:
* Barley Flour
* Tankard
* Ancient Seed
* Dragon Tear
* Volture Egg
* Cores
* Padded Helmet
* Carapace Helme
* Fresh Seaweed
* Fragrant Bundle
* Thistle
* Celestial Feather

* New item stand position & orientations on some items:
* Atgeirs
* Axes
* Bombs
* Bows
* Crossbows
* Knives
* Maces
* Pickaxes
* Shields
* Sledges
* Spears
* Staffs
* Swords
* Tower Shields
* All Fish
* All Helmets
* Cooked Lox meat
* Rotten Meat
* Blueberries
* Carrot
* Cooked Bonemaw Meat
* Cooked Serpent Meat
* Cooked Neck Tail
* Cooked Boar Meat
* Raspberry
* All Meads
* Cultivator
* Feaster
* Fishing Rod
* Hammer
* Hoe
* Scythe
* Asksvin Saddle
* Lox Saddle
* All Trophies
* Goblin Totem
* Scythe handle

Misc:
* Updated old hairstyle names
* Updated localisation
* Ghost visual overhaul
* Upgraded Unity engine to 6000.0.46f

Bug Fixes:
* Fixed a bug that caused community servers to no longer be advertised in the community list on non-Steam platforms.
* Fixed UGC text not being filtered properly when the author is a Mac App Store user who wasn’t logged into Game Center at the time of writing.
* Fixed log spam when nearby or viewing hover text for signs, tamed animals and portals without text/name/tag.
* Fixed a bug that showed “TEXT HIDDEN, CHECK UGC SETTINGS” for UGC written by muted players - now there’s separate text for that case.
* Fixed a bug that caused the shield generator to not take damage if it was network owned by a different client than whatever dealt damage to it.
* Fixed join code in pause menu not being hidden when toggling off HUD visibility.
* Fixed join code copy to clipboard functionality.
* Improved how block list is synchronized between local storage and cloud storage.
* Fixed input loss in UI at low frame rates.
* Fixed select button not working properly when using an Xbox One Controller on Mac.
* Fixed a bug that allowed tab navigation when various popups in the world and server selection menus were open.
* Added the option in the settings menu to enable the developer console. The command line argument “-console” overrides the setting.
* Fixed a bug that caused integers with a value of zero to be reset to their default value when loading a world save file.
* Fixed a bug that made it possible to copy the join code with gamepad even when there was none.
* Modded text in start menu has been moved.

Server List Improvements:
* Rewrote the server list to reduce redundancies and improve performance, scalability, reliability and server retrieval speed.
* Improved retrieval speed of community servers via the PlayFab backend.
* Added a new “refreshing” icon displayed instead of the “?” icon when refreshing servers. The “?” icon has been repurposed for servers whose matchmaking data can’t be retrieved but the server may be online.
* The community server list is now no longer retrieved in the background unless the “friends” or “community” tab has been visited. This mitigates an issue for some Steam users that caused retrieval of the community server list via the Steam backend to overload their network.
* Fixed a bug that caused retrieval of matchmaking data via PlayFab in the server list to hit the rate limit.
* Fixed a bug where typing R in the “filter” box refreshed the server list.
* (For modders) The player limit displayed in the server list is no longer hard coded.

Steam Only:
* Fixed some issues with the Steam profile pictures displayed in-game. The image no longer looks washed out and now generates mipmaps to reduce aliasing at lower resolutions.
* Matchmaking data for servers on the Steam backend can now be properly retrieved via the Steam backend. This improves server retrieval speed for servers on the Steam backend in the favorite and recent lists.

Xbox Only:
* If the user has left a server as a result of entering suspend mode, show a notification when resuming from suspend mode.
* The developer console is now disabled by default, and can instead be enabled via the new gameplay setting.
* Massively improved retrieval speed of the friends server list.

[p]Hello vikings![/p][p][/p][p]Summer is here already! In case you’ve missed it, that also means that you’re able to build the Maypole and craft the Midsummer Crown in Valheim – you’ll be able to do so for the rest of June and through the first week of July, so there’s plenty of time still to enjoy the time of the summer solstice.[/p][p][/p][p]There’ll be no warm summer weather in the Deep North though! Last time we saw Hervor Bloodtooth, she got attacked by an Elaking as she was exploring a large hall. And it appears she has been taken deep below ground…[/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][p]You may have guessed it already, but that’s your first sneak peek of a Deep North dungeon! We call them Winding Tunnels, and they’re one of many things that we have been working on behind the scenes which we hope you’re excited to explore in the future. We will, as usual, give you a still image as well, but after that we’ll be leaving Hervor to her fate for a while. How do you think she will fare?[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Last month we mentioned that we’re also working on an update which focuses on improving the combat mechanics. We want to share another teaser for that update, in the form of an archery target – because even with improved mechanics you might still want an easy way to practice your own skills! The target will also let you know how close to the center you managed to shoot, and you will be able to retrieve your arrows or bolts once you’re done practicing.[/p][p]
[/p][h3]Build of the Month[/h3][p][/p][p]This month we want to highlight this Black Forest longhouse, built by Kalltorak. Nicely done![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]If you want your creation to be featured in this section, use the hashtag #ValheimBotM on social media. Please also send us a DM or email with a link to your post, to make sure that we see it. Now you can also submit builds on Discord, by posting in the build-of-the-month forum channel! No DM is necessary if you post there, as that’s our own forum. You can view previous builds in this thread on Steam.[/p][p][/p][p]Take aim![/p][p]/The Iron Gate team[/p][p][/p][p]If you’d like to discuss the content of this post, please visit our Discord, or our forums on Reddit and Steam, or make a comment on social media![/p][p][/p]

Hello vikings!

We want to begin with mentioning that we’ll be renaming these monthly blog posts to “Word From the Devs”, since many of you have felt that the name “Development Blog” isn’t as fitting anymore. We hope that the new naming will be more suitable, and that it will cover everything these posts are about!

We also want to reassure you all that we are very much still working on the game, and that there are a lot of things behind the scenes that we aren’t showing you just yet! The Deep North development is in progress, but we want to leave a lot of it for you to discover yourselves. With that said though, we believe that this month’s Hervor video shows you something you’ve been curious about:

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

That creature at the end there wasn’t just part of the wildlife, but rather one of the enemies you will face in the Deep North. It’s called an Elaking, and we have a picture of it for you as well:



Besides the Deep North, we have a reveal for you as well! We’re also working on a smaller update, which will be released before the Deep North, that focuses on improving Valheim’s combat mechanics. And yes, that includes at last fixing slope fighting!

But what would a combat update be without some new armour? Some of you may already have glimpsed it on our Instagram stories last week, but here’s a better look! What kind of creature is it made from, do you think?



Before we sign off, we also want to thank everyone who backed the Makeship campaign for the Rocky plushie! Makeship aims to ship the plushies in August this year, so stay tuned for that!

[h3]Build of the month[/h3]

This month we want to direct our gaze towards Fort Elvetham, built by kpthe13th and his daughters. What a lovely place!



If you want your creation to be featured in this section, use the hashtag #ValheimBotM on social media. Please also send us a DM with a link to your post, to make sure that we see it. You can view previous builds in this thread on Steam.

Sharpen your swords!

/The Iron Gate team

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