Summary
- Valheim teases a new update for Swamp biome planned for Fall 2024.
- Iron Gate Studio drew inspiration from Legend of Zelda, Skyrim, and Terraria for development of Valheim.
- Recent Valheim patch 0.218.21 tweakde late-game Flametal material and adjusted spawn rates in Ashlands.
The Valheim development team has just teased a new addition to the game's Swamp biome. Valheim recently received a small update that delivered fixes, game tweaks, and quality-of-life improvements to the popular early access title.
Valheim is an open-world survival game developed by Sweden-based Iron Gate Studio. In May, the team released Valheim's much-anticipated Ashlands update, adding a host of fresh content like a new biome, enemies, and weapons, among other things. Iron Gate Studio has since outlined its plans beyond Ashlands that include changes to one of Valheim's existing areas, the Swamp.
Valheim Releases New Update for August 2024
Survival video game Valheim releases its latest update, bringing a range of new improvements and bug fixes to enhance the gaming experience.
In the latest post on the Valheim development blog, Iron Gate Studio revealed it was working on a "little something" related to the NPC Hildir that should come out in fall 2024. The team also teased a change coming to Valheim's dangerous Swamp biome, as well as overhauls and improvements. A preview image of the upcoming update showed a version of the game with more detailed textures, suggesting that Valheim, which uses low-resolution but stylized 3D graphics, could soon receive some visual upgrades.
Valheim's Next Update Release Date
- Fall 2024
Despite its simple graphical presentation relative to other popular open-world games with multiplayer, people often cite Valheim's charming visuals as one of its greatest strengths. Iron Gate CEO Richard Svensson explained in a past interview that Valheim's art direction allowed people not equipped with the latest hardware to more easily play the game. It shortened the time required for asset creation as well, according to Svensson, who also added that the low-detailed world of Valheim was complemented by the game's suite of ambient and post-processing effects.
In another interview, Iron Gate Studio co-founder Henrik Törnqvist said that 2017's The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, widely considered to be among Nintendo's most influential games of all time, was one of the main inspirations for Valheim. Other titles like Bethesda's beloved The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim and hit indie game Terraria were also used by Iron Gate Studio as creative influences in the development of Valheim.
The Unity-powered Viking experience received a small update, Patch 0.218.21, on August 27, notably adjusting the parameters related to Valheim's late-game Flametal material. Additionally, it also made changes to the spawn rates of multiple enemy types found in the Ashlands, namely the Asksvin, Charred Marksman, Charred Twitcher, Charred Warrior, Lava Blob, and Volture. Valheim's 0.218.21 patch implemented other tweaks and fixed a number of issues, such as the one that prevented people from closing the Player List, as well.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 85 /100 Critics Rec: 83%
- Released
- February 2, 2021
- ESRB
- r
- Developer(s)
- Iron Gate AB
- Publisher(s)
- Coffee Stain Studios
- Engine
- Unity
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer
- Cross-Platform Play
- PC, Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S
WHERE TO PLAY
Valheim is a brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players set in a procedurally-generated world inspired by Norse mythology. Craft powerful weapons, construct longhouses, and slay mighty foes to prove yourself to Odin!
EXPLORE THE TENTH WORLD
Explore a world shrouded in mystery. Discover distinct environments with unique enemies to battle, resources to gather and secrets to uncover! Be a viking, sail the open seas in search of lands unknown, and fight bloodthirsty monsters.
BUILD MIGHTY HALLS
Raise viking longhouses and build bases that offer reprieve from the dangers ahead. Customise buildings, both inside and out, with a detailed building system. Progress through building tiers to upgrade, expand and defend your base.
GATHER, CRAFT AND SURVIVE
Struggle to survive as you gather materials and craft weapons, armor, tools, ships, and defenses. Decorate your hearths and sharpen your blades, grow crops and vegetables, prepare food, brew meads and potions, and progress as you defeat more difficult bosses and discover new recipes and blueprints.
- Platform(s)
- Linux, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S
- Genre(s)
- Sandbox, Survival
- How Long To Beat
- 75 Hours
- File Size Xbox Series
- 1 GB (November 2023)
