Summary

  • Valheim's latest update focuses on bug fixes, improving player experience by addressing performance issues and tweaking gameplay mechanics.
  • Despite not introducing new content, the update includes adjustments to enemy spawn rates, cooking functionality, and other quality-of-life improvements.
  • With a commitment to player satisfaction, Iron Gate Studio continuously releases updates to enhance Valheim's immersive Viking-inspired gameplay experience.

Valheim has released a new update, delivering a range of improvements across the Ashlands biome and the game as a whole. Created by Iron Gate Studio, Valheim debuted in early access in 2021 and swiftly gained widespread acclaim, selling over 12 million copies on Steam.

This co-op survival game immerses players in a Viking-inspired fantasy realm, teeming with diverse biomes and lurking dangers. Despite still being in early access, Valheim impresses with its wealth of content and frequent updates. A previous update, Ashlands, was released in May and marked one of the game's most significant content drops. It introduced a new endgame biome, over 30 new weapons, three armor sets, two capes, more than 70 buildable items, over 30 crafting materials, and additional features, further enriching the gameplay experience.

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Two dedicated Valheim players build an incredible base on an island, sharing the results of their hard work with the community.

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Now, Valheim has received another update that primarily addresses various bugs and performance issues rather than introducing new content. Key fixes include resolving a problem where players would become stuck in a falling animation on Flametal Spires and significantly reducing the chance of these Spires sinking upon impact from 10% to 1%. The drop rate for Flametal Spires has been adjusted to 2-4 per chunk, and the sound effect for mining Flametal ore in Valheim has been corrected. Additionally, a major network issue that led to corrupted network objects resulting in slower player base loading, increased structural instability, and other gameplay issues, has been fixed.

Valheim August Update Brings Several Bug Fixes

Several gameplay tweaks and bug fixes have been implemented, such as adjusting spawn rates for various enemies, making smoke bombs effective for extinguishing fires, and improving cooking station functionality. Notable quality-of-life improvements include making it possible to cook hare meat on a wooden cooking station and ensuring chicken meat is properly attached to hooks. The update also addresses performance issues, such as fixing bugs related to the player list and loading screens. For Mac and Xbox Valheim users, specific fixes have been applied to address issues with game performance, multiplayer interactions, and display problems.

These continuous updates, which include both new content and bug fixes, underscore Iron Gate Studio's commitment to player satisfaction. However, despite its rich Viking simulation elements, Valheim does not yet offer the classic Viking raiding experience, as players are unable to pillage settlements or conduct raids. Future updates might potentially address this gap by introducing raiding mechanics, allowing players to attack and destroy inhabited villages or structures filled with enemies.

Valheim 0.218.21 Patch Notes

Abbreviated Patch Notes:

  • Tweaks and fixes to Flametal mining
  • Tweaked spawn rates for multiple Ashlands enemies
  • Trollstav tweaks
  • Various cooking fixes
  • Various build piece fixes
  • Multiple bug fixes and improvements

Detailed Patch Notes:

  • Players no longer get stuck in falling animation on flametal spires
  • Chance for Flametal Spires to start sinking on hit changed from 10% to 1%
  • Flametal spires drop rate changed to 2-4 per chunk
  • Flametal ore now makes correct sound when mined
  • Fixed an issue where network objects could become permanently corrupt, root cause of multiple issues (Player bases loading much slower over time in a multiplayer scenario; player bases being more prone to structural stability issues over time; random non-tamable enemies becoming tamed; random tamed animals dying)
  • Tweaked spawn amount for Asksvin
  • Tweaked spawn chance for Twitchers
  • Tweaked spawn chance for Charred Archers
  • Tweaked spawn chance for Charred Melees
  • Tweaked spawn chance for Voltures
  • Tweaked spawn chance for LavaBlob
  • Smoke bombs can now be used to put out fire
  • Trollstav can no longer be used in dungeons
  • Trollstav will now give a warning message when trying to spawn too many trolls
  • Spawned trolls can now be attacked by bosses
  • Tweaks to amount of damage players take from lava depending how deep into lava they are
  • Slightly higher threshold before taking damage from lava
  • Hare meat can now be cooked on the wooden cooking station
  • Asksvin & Volture meat now require the iron cooking station
  • Chicken meat will now be correctly attached to the hook on cooking stations
  • Voltures no longer make walking sounds when flying
  • Fader’s flame is no longer visible on longer distance than his body
  • Fixed a bug in the block list that made it possible to block yourself
  • Hot tub refuel effect now match other fire VFX
  • Stone portal is now able to be built on stone & black marble
  • Shield generator no longer take damage from being built over lava
  • Grausten arched roof pieces no longer display a gap between the top of two roof pieces
  • Fixed an performance issue related to grausten building pieces
  • Tweak to the small marble column hitbox
  • Fixed an issue where the Player List was not able to be closed.
  • Fixed bug where button rebind could be initiated with a controller but not cancelled
  • Fixed an issue with being able to switch tabs with keyboard while unified popup is displayed
  • The catapult will no longer duplicate stacked items
  • Magma fish is now interested in hot fishing bait
  • Immobilised tooltip will no longer show unnecessary stats
  • Loading screen will now freeze the window for a much shorter period.
  • The intro will now start playing while loading to shorten the overall loading time when starting the game for the first time.
  • You can now cycle through hints in the loading screen
  • Localization tweaks

Mac:

  • Ping icon is now correct on non-singleplayer servers on Mac
  • Tweaks to functionality for scrolling to make it less resource expansive, noticeable on weaker systems.
  • Fixed an issue to make sure to register the Game Center platform id without the "A:_" prefix, since that would later break the parsing of the platform ID when adding players to the player list since it expects only one underscore to be present in the string. This would've caused issues with muting players via the player list, but with this fix, muting works as expected with MAS players.

Xbox:

  • Fixed a crash issue that could happen when suspending the game
  • Pins on the minimap on Xbox is now a reasonable size on 4K displays
  • Fixed a bug that made the game think that every player in the player list was the local player. This bug was the root cause of multiple issues since privilege checks became completely broken. This impacted Managing Player Communication, Display Name and GamerPic, and Maintaining Multiplayer Session State.
  • Fixed a bug concerning Joinable Game Sessions and Online Play
  • Fixed an error on Xbox One caused by Mouse.current returning null if if no mouse is plugged in.
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Valheim
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Sandbox
Survival
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Systems
PC-1 Xbox-1
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Top Critic Avg: 85 /100 Critics Rec: 83%
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Released
February 2, 2021
ESRB
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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
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WHERE TO PLAY

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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.

Genre(s)
Sandbox, Survival
How Long To Beat
75 Hours
File Size Xbox Series
1 GB (November 2023)