We've heard a lot of you pointing out that you haven't been getting as many trophies as you should from your kills, and this patch should finally fix that. We hope you're ready to craft those bear rugs!

Please Note: There is a small delay with Mac App Store for this patch, which means that crossplay will not work between Mac App Store players and players on other platforms until it has caught up. As soon as the patch is out on that platform, crossplay should work for everyone again.


* Trophy drop chance is now increased by star level of monsters
* Pseudo-random drop logic will no longer be reset between player sessions to give a more fair distribution for rare drops
* Fixed a possible exploit to Forge of Potential
* Reset the cheated flag on all items and build pieces from previous versions, to undo the damage done by a bug in the initial 1.0 release that marked some validly obtained items as cheated.
* Fixed bug that caused Cheat Sword and Cheat Sledge to not be considered cheated in specific cases
* Fixed dedicated server running at uncapped frame rate if v-sync was enabled in client on the same computer, wasting massive amounts of CPU time
* Adjusted attachment points for sheathed weapons
* Xbox One/Xbox Series S|X: Fixed settings failing to save between sessions for some users

A small bug fixing patch for today, vikings!

Due to some internal restrictions, the patch will require a few days to get uploaded to all platforms. Despite this, however, crossplay will still remain functional, so you can keep playing with your friends regardless of what platform you’re on.


* Fixed a rare bug that could erase all objects in parts of the world when one large world save chunk file was split into smaller ones.
* Fixed invalid item types (most importantly invalid shield of root variant that was available in 1.0.15 on PlayStation®5) causing buggy behaviour. Now invalid styles just reset to the default style and continue functioning normally.
* Updated some placeholder text.
* Fixed credits being hidden in 1.0.16.

Greetings Vikings!

We can’t believe it’s only been a scant few weeks since we released 1.0. We’re so happy to see so many new and returning players alike, and we’re grateful for all the love you’ve shown us so far. Without you, we wouldn’t be here, so thank you!

We’re thrilled to say that we have even been nominated in as many as three categories for this year’s Golden Joystick Awards! You can vote for Valheim[www.gamesradar.com] for Best Multiplayer Game, Best Indie Game and PC Game of the Year, and voting is open until October 23!

As you might have noticed, we’ve been putting out a bunch of bug fixing patches over the past weeks, and we will continue to do so, looking over both bugs and balancing tweaks. We thank you for your patience as we iron out all of the wrinkles, and if you do encounter a bug, please make a report[valheim.com] and we will take a look as soon as we are able.

In the wake of 1.0 we’ve also been dropping a bunch of other announcements on our social channels. In case you have missed one or some of them, we thought we’d sum them up for you in this post.

On the merch front, we’ve launched another Kickstarter with Heroic Replicas, where you can get your hands on cool new items like the Valkyrie blanket, or get a new chance to get a shield replica. We also have a new batch of scented candles with Cantrip Candles[cantripcandles.com], with the Meadows, Mistlands and Deep North joining the roster. Finally, we have announced a limited edition hoodie together with Makeship[www.makeship.com], perfect as the weather is getting colder.

We’ve also teased that Valheim is getting its own concert – one in Stockholm and one in Paris – next year. Tickets, as well as more cities, will be available soon, so if you’re interested you should sign up to that mailing list[mailchi.mp].

Another thing on the horizon for next year is that Valheim is entering the world of comic books! We have an absolutely incredible team working on bringing the tenth realm to the page, and we really hope you’ll like what they’re cooking up. On our website you will find some sneak peeks, as well as a link to sign up[valheim.com] for more information.

We suspect you might wonder what else is in store for Valheim. We can promise you that there are more content updates coming, though exactly what that content will be, we can’t reveal just yet. Simply rest assured that there is more in the works for Valheim, and we will be sure to announce it when we have news!

With that said, we also want to let you know that as 1.0 has been released, these Words from the Devs will no longer be monthly. Instead we will simply update you when we have news for you, and we hope you won’t miss us too much!

To sign off, we want to once again share the fantastic song and music video from Miracle of Sound – because Valheim really is about the stories that you have to tell, and about taking your fate into your own hands.

Skål!

/The Iron Gate team

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!

Further tweaks for you today, vikings! This one includes fixes for both terrain modification and for some achievements, so we hope this makes playing smoother for you all!

Due to some internal restrictions, the patch will require a few days to get uploaded to all platforms. Despite this, however, crossplay will still remain functional, so you can keep playing with your friends regardless of what platform you’re on.

* Fixed a bug that caused terrain modifications to revert in Deep North after unloading the area in some cases. Our apologies that this one went back and forth for a while! You may need to manually fix terrain seams by pickaxing, using the hoe, or walking over snow however.
* Fixed a bug that could cause way too many enemies to spawn, especially during raids
* Fixed Child of Odin achievement not unlocking correctly
* Fixed a case where Comfort is King achievement was not unlocking correctly
* Excluded unobtainable Blue Mushroom from The Gourmet achievement
* Fixed a bug where smoke from fires could push some enemies in unintended ways
* Fixed a bug where snow deposits from trees could cause the terrain to be raised around it
* Fixed a bug where certain spawns during the Deep North boss fight could spawn outside the boss area
* Fixed a bug where item variants were not applied visually to items on item/armour stands (e.g. shields)
* Updated localization
* Placeable rocks and boulders no longer take rain damage
* Tessellation is now disabled in the “low” graphics preset
* Tree logs in Deep North now move more consistently when rolling over snow
* Fixed a bug where certain spawns during the Deep North boss fight could render incorrectly when standing in certain places
* Fixed an error / potential crash in the online session Player List
* Fixed a bug where rolling snowballs far away from the player could result in terrain seams and in some cases, crashes
* Switch 2 / PlayStation®5: Fixed a bug where motion controls activation was inconsistent
* Switch 2: Fixed a bug where banding artifacts could appear on textures of objects very close to the camera
* Mac App Store: Fixed a bug where backups could not be restored via Manage Saves menu

We have a small patch today that fixes an issue which has caused some players to have duplicated terrains and decreased performance. If you have been affected by this there is a possibility that you will have some visual seams in your terrain. Simply deform the terrain along these seams, or walk in the snow there to make the seams disappear. Previously, these seams would re-appear after reloading the area, but now they will persist correctly.

For those of you who have run into the issue of incorrectly having items marked as cheated: We have a planned fix for this, but as it’s a fix that has to be released simultaneously on all platforms as to not break crossplay, it will come in an upcoming patch. We just want to let you know that you can continue to play normally with these items and they will be fixed soon!

Regarding lost levels on items:
An important message regarding the previous fix to where items on item stands or armour stands would lose their levels and variants. This was due to the updated save format introduced in 1.0, and sadly this data is lost in the conversion and the issue was not found during our testing of this update. This was fixed in Patch 1.0.12, so any world converted from now on will convert correctly.

The good news is that there is a workaround if you are affected by this, either:
* Revert your world from the backup which was made when you first loaded the new save format. Note: All world progress & changes you have made in the world will be lost with this method.
* Or, make a copy of your backup, and enter into the backuped world, then put all your affected on to your character, and go back to your main world and replace the broken items.

If you need help with this please feel free to reach out to us in the support channel on Discord.

* Fixed an issue that could cause terrain duplications which resulted in a loss of performance
* Increased drop chance for Deep North Armor moulds by making both Jotun Warrior types drop both medium and heavy armor moulds
* Writhan spawn rate and areas increased
* Items affected by dev commands will no longer be marked for characters which have enabled the dev bypass command and naming has been updated and items can now stack together again


Due to some internal restrictions, the patch will require a few days to get uploaded to all platforms. Despite this, however, crossplay will still remain functional, so you can keep playing with your friends regardless of what platform you’re on.

We've got more hotfixes and improvements for you today! This patch touches upon a little bit of everything, from keybindings to music. We hope you're having fun in the tenth world, vikings!


Due to some internal restrictions, the patch will require a few days to get uploaded to all platforms. Despite this, however, crossplay will still remain functional, so you can keep playing with your friends regardless of what platform you’re on.


Quality of Life:
* Added several new keybinding options to the keyboard (Alternate dodge key, hotbar rebinding (on top of 1-8), support for rebinding radial wheel, support for removing keybinds)
* Added accessibility setting to be able to toggle blocking
* Add toggle to Gameplay settings to skip the intro cinematic on startup
* When attacking, the player’s rotation now also snaps towards the intended attack direction when the “attack towards look direction” option is enabled, not just when it’s disabled.
* Swapped Motion Sensor and Sheath keybinds on gamepad, returning Sheath to its original keybind. Motion Sensor can now be activated with the alt-key + Sheath button instead.

Optimizations:
* Improved GPU performance when tessellation is disabled by eliminating unnecessary GPU overhead in this case.
* Heightmap shadows are now calculated more accurately and at a lower performance cost.
* Optimized particle systems in the main menu to reduce overdraw.
* Multiple GPU performance improvements on Switch 2.

Bugs & Issues:
* PlayerBase effect on some build pieces has been increased to block enemies more
* Fixed inaccuracies in stick input pre-processing that made it heavily weighted towards axis-aligned movement and 30% too slow diagonally.
* Jotun puffs and Magecaps no longer respawn.
* Fix for player characters sometimes mistakenly being marked as temporary cheaters, leading to items dropped by monsters they kill being incorrectly marked as having a cheated origin.
* Cheated stackable items no longer stack with regular items, preventing uncheated stacks from being “corrupted” into a cheated state.
* Persistent Events devcommand (“pevents”) is now actually behind the devcommands toggle and not available in the console by default.
* Fixed errors when using the grappling hook’s secondary attack on creatures.
* Fixed various issues with Ashlands water (VFX, water damage not stopping)
* Fixed a bug where characters didn’t save correctly when manually pressing Save while playing on a server hosted by someone else.
* Disabled biomedata caching, fixing a bug where the cache could end up in an invalid state, making it impossible to join remote servers.
* Fixed Deep North battleaxes tool tier, can now cut all the trees.
* Made placeable boulders persist, only placeable on the ground, break if the ground they’re standing on goes away, and give ground-level support.
* Updated Ballista to make it accept all new trophies (All Deep North enemies + Bjorn + Vile)
* Timberwood build pieces no longer incorrectly show up in earlier biome locations
* Fixed various crashes/errors that could happen in rare circumstances
* Fixed a bug where Helmet of the Protector was craftable directly via the Black Forge
* Fixed a bug where terrain modifications by players or monsters could lead to performance and portal issues in multiplayer, such as performance and portaling issues, terrain seams, and terrain modifications becoming undone
* Updated Deep North and Winding Tunnels music for better balance and to remove some clicks when looping.
* Now plays the correct music in Mörkhalla.
* Better mixing of location music in the Deep North.
* Tweaked Seal and Baby Seal colliders to better match their bodies.
* Fixed an issue where the “No time for snoozing” achievement could sometimes not be unlocked in multiplayer
* Fixed an issue where The Homesteader and The Architect achievements could unlock repeatedly.
* Nintendo Switch 2: The TV output no longer switches from 120 Hz to 60 Hz while the virtual keyboard is open or while in the home menu when using the balanced graphics preset and playing online multiplayer, which caused a black screen while entering and leaving these menus.
* PlayStation®5: The TV output no longer switches from 120 Hz to 60 Hz while in the home menu when using the balanced graphics preset, which caused a black screen when entering and leaving this menu.
* PlayStation®5: The “Stronger Together” achievement is now achievable.
* Steam: Fixed a bug where Steam Cloud could get stuck in an invalid state if the game crashed while saving.

The time has come to finally venture into the Deep North and Valheim 1.0. We know you’re most likely just itching to jump into the game, so we will not keep you with needless talk! If you have questions about mods and world saves, please do make sure to check out our 1.0 FAQ[valheim.com], otherwise we would like to show you our brand new launch trailer, and invite you read our patch notes below!

* New Biome – Deep North
* 40+ New weapons
* New bombs and ammunition
* 4 New armour sets
* 2 New capes
* 2 New trinkets
* New tools
* 10+ New creatures
* 80+ New buildable pieces
* 5 New crafting related build pieces
* 30+ New crafting materials
* 20+ New food items
* New locations
* New music
* New events
* New mechanics
* Upgradeable pockets
* Achievements

* New graphic setting for draw distance
* Menu overhaul for hammer and serving tray
* Magica cloth system added
* Overhauled descriptions
* Rebalanced enemy spawn chance in Ashlands
* All hair and beard styles now available from start
* Unity engine upgrade
* Various fixes and improvements


New Mechanics:
* The snow has fallen thick and deep; best clear it away before you can build!
* On frozen seas and pond alike you had better watch your step
* The Jotun have begun their invasion of Valheim – set out into the world to halt their advance
* Traverse across heights easier with a grappling hook!
* Travel to the outer edges of Valheim for a chance to discover alternate versions of earlier biomes
* Find mysterious idols scattered throughout the world and bring them to a hidden forge for the possibility of upgrading your items further
* Unlock new cinematics as you progress through the game
* Visit Haldor to find upgrades to your inventory
* Show off with achievements!

Crafting:
* Material: Bloodgold
* Material: Crown Jewel
* Material: Dead Pulp
* Material: Elaking Hair Bundle
* Material: Embers
* Material: Frostcore
* Material: Frostfire Essence
* Material: Frozen Branch
* Material: Hook
* Material: Ice
* Material: Leather Straps
* Material: Liquid Frost
* Material: Long Claws
* Material: Moose Hide
* Material: Moose Meat
* Material: Moose Sinew
* Material: Molds & Casts
* Material: Nornathread
* Material: Petrified Tissue
* Material: Seal Blubber
* Material: Seal Pelt
* Material: Seasoning of the Gourd (purchaseable)
* Material: Thunderblood Essence
* Material: Timberwood
* Material: Writhan Roots
* Material: Barka Trophy
* Material: Elaking Trophy
* Material: Eyeless One Trophy
* Material: Frost Blob Trophy
* Material: Hexen Trophy
* Material: Krigen Trophy
* Material: Lava Blob Trophy
* Material: Moose Trophy
* Material: Pulp Trophy
* Material: Seal Trophy
* Material: Writhan Trophy
* Plantable: Kale
* Plantable: Oats
* Plantable: Poteitr
* Plantable: Timberwood
* Production: Frigid Kiln
* Production: Frost Foundry
* Black Forge Extension: Smith’s Aprons
* Cauldron Extension: Smoker
* Galdr Table Extension: Standing Loom

Craftable Items:
* Weapon: Nord Sword
* Weapon: Nord Greatsword
* Weapon: Nord Atgeir
* Weapon: Nord Mace
* Weapon: Nord Sledge
* Weapon: Nord Axe
* Weapon: Nord Greataxe
* Weapon: Nord Spear
* Weapon: Nord Dagger
* Weapon: Nord Knucklechains
* Weapon: Nord Bow
* Weapon: Nord Crossbow
* Weapon: Frostfire Sword
* Weapon: Frostfire Greatsword
* Weapon: Frostfire Atgeir
* Weapon: Frostfire Mace
* Weapon: Frostfire Sledge
* Weapon: Frostfire Axe
* Weapon: Frostfire Greataxe
* Weapon: Frostfire Spear
* Weapon: Frostfire Dagger
* Weapon: Frostfire Knucklechains
* Weapon: Frostfire Bow
* Weapon: Frostfire Crossbow
* Weapon: Thunderblood Sword
* Weapon: Thunderblood Greatsword
* Weapon: Thunderblood Atgeir
* Weapon: Thunderblood Mace
* Weapon: Thunderblood Sledge
* Weapon: Thunderblood Axe
* Weapon: Thunderblood Greataxe
* Weapon: Thunderblood Spear
* Weapon: Thunderblood Dagger
* Weapon: Thunderblood Knucklechains
* Weapon: Thunderblood Bow
* Weapon: Thunderblood Crossbow
* Staff: Echo Spike
* Staff: Spirit Caller
* Staff: Northern Vengeance
* Staff: Lightning Strike
* Shield: Nord Buckler
* Shield: Nord Shield
* Shield: Nord Greatshield
* Shield: Shield of Roots
* Armour: Crown of Valheim
* Armour set: Breastplace of the Protector, Trousers of the Protector, Helmet of the Protector
* Armour set: Chestpiece of the Vanguard, Trousers of the Vanguard, Hood of the Vanguard
* Armour set: Robes of the Caller, Trousers of the Caller, Headdress of the Caller
* Armour set: Lox Fur Jacket, Lox Fur Trousers, Lox Fur Hood
* Ammunition: Bloodgold Arrow
* Ammunition: Bloodgold Bolt
* Ammunition: Bloodgold Missile
* Ammunition: Bloodgold Payload
* Trinket: Neckstabber
* Trinket: Witch Crown
* Cape: Moose Hide Cape
* Cape: Cape of the Caller
* Bomb: Ember Charge
* Item: Intricate Key
* Item: Moose Saddle
* Item: Snowball
* Tool: Snow Shovel
* Tool: Grappling Hook

Build Pieces & Furniture:
* Building Pieces: 4 Ashwood pieces (Ashwood Wall 67°, Ashwood Wall 67° Inverted, Ashwood Roof Cross 67°, Ashwood Beam 67°)
* Building Pieces: 4 Shingle Roof pieces (Shingle Roof 67°, Single Roof Inner Corner 67°, Shingle Roof Outer Corner 67°, Shingle Roof Ridge 67°)
* Building Pieces: 4 Thatch Roof pieces (Thatch Roof 67°, Thatch Roof Inner Corner 67°, Thatch Roof Outer Corner 67°, Thatch Roof Ridge 67°)
* Building Pieces: 4 Wooden pieces (Wood Wall 67° Wood Wall 67° Inverted, Wood Beam 67°, Wood Roof Cross 67°)
* Building Pieces: 5 Decorated Timber Poles and Beams (Decorated Timber Beam 2m, Decorated Timber Pole 2m, Decorated Timber Beam 26°, Decorated Timber Beam 45°, Decorated Timber Beam 67°)
* Building Pieces: 10 Timber Poles and Beams (Timber Beam 2m, Timber Beam 4m, Timber Pole 2m, Timber Pole 4m, Timber Beam 26°, Timber Beam 45°, Timber Beam 67°, Timber Roof Cross 26°, Timber Roof Cross 45°, Timber Roof Cross 67°)
* Building Pieces: 15 Scalewood Wall pieces (Scalewood Wall, Scalewood Half Wall, Scalewood Quarter Wall, Scalewood Wall 26° Left, Scalewood Wall 26° Right, Scalewood Wall 26°Left (Inverted), Scalewood Wall 26° Right (inverted), Scalewood Wall 45° Left, Scalewood Wall 45° Right, Scalewood Wall 45°Left (Inverted), Scalewood Wall 45° Right (inverted), Scalewood Wall 67° Left, Scalewood Wall 67° Right, Scalewood Wall 67°Left (Inverted), Scalewood Wall 67° Right (inverted))
* Building Piece: Darkwood Beam 67°
* Building Piece: Iron Wood Beam 67°
* Building Piece: Log Beam 67°
* Building Piece: Drawbridge
* Building Piece: Ice Block
* Building Piece: Lathed Timber Wall
* Building Piece: Rustic Drawbridge
* Building Piece: Roundpole Gate
* Building Piece: Stone Fence
* Building Piece: Timber Drawbridge
* Building Piece: Timber Gate
* Building Piece: Timber Wall
* Furniture: Antler Throne
* Furniture: Carved Bench
* Furniture: Carved Chair
* Furniture: Grausten Chest
* Furniture: Long Carved Table
* Furniture: Moose Hide Carpet
* Furniture: Sealskin Rug
* Furniture: Square Carved Table
* Furniture: Wardrobe
* Stack: Ancient Metal Stack
* Stack: Black Metal Stack
* Stack: Bloodgold Stack
* Stack: Bronze Stack
* Stack: Copper Stack
* Stack: Flametal Stack
* Stack: Flint Pile
* Stack: Iron Stack
* Stack: Silver Stack
* Stack: Timberwood Stack
* Stack: Tin Stack
* Stack: Obsidian Pile
* Misc: Birdnest
* Misc: Eternal Pyre
* Misc: Hooded Lantern
* Misc: Snow Lantern

Creatures:
* Enemy: Barka
* Enemy: Elaking
* Enemy: Eyeless One
* Enemy: Fallen Warrior
* Enemy: Gammeltroll
* Enemy: Hexen
* Enemy: Krigen
* Enemy: Hexahedric Pulp
* Enemy: Shapeless Pulp
* Enemy: Tiny Pulp
* Creature/Enemy: Moose (tameable and rideable)
* Creature: Moose Calf
* Creature: Seal
* Creature: Baby Seal
* Creature: Writhan
* Boss: Kall Fimbulbringer

Food:
* Food: Baked Poteitr
* Food: Cooked Moose Meat
* Food: Cooked Seal Blubber
* Food: Fish Soup
* Food: Kale
* Food: Kale Chips
* Food: Lingonberries
* Food: Lingonberry Juice
* Food: Luminous Larva
* Food: Meat In Bread
* Food: Meatballs and Poteitr
* Food: Oats
* Food: Oat Flour
* Food: Oat Milk
* Food: Oatmeal
* Food: Oven Pancake
* Food: Pancakes
* Food: Poteitr
* Food: Pulled Bear
* Food: Seal Meat Soup
* Food: Smoked Fish
* Food: Smoked Moose Meat
* Feast: Northern Morning Fare

Misc:
* Armour: Crown of Roots (purchasable)
* Dungeon: Winding Tunnels
* Dungeon: Mörkhalla
* Location: Abandoned village
* Location: Stave hall
* Location: Ice Pond
* Location: Memorial site
* Location: Forge of Potential
* Lore: New Munin dialogue
* Lore: New dreams
* Lore: New runestones
* Event: “The Jotun have found you”
* Event: “They emerge from below…”
* Upgrade: Deeper Pockets (purchaseable)
* Upgrade: Wider Pockets (purchaseable)
* Valuable: Ancient Coin
* Valuable: Draumyx
* Valuable: Grimvarn
* Valuable: Solryth
* Valuable: Veydris
* Item: Memorial Coal
* Item: Malicious Blood
* Item: Sacrificial Blood
* Item: Salvaged Lantern
* Item: 16 Protection & Battle Idols
* Hairstyle: Masculine
* New music
* Updated functionality for Fader Relic
* Hoe: 2 placeable boulders
* Tweaked how rare enemy drops work, to avoid killing a lot of enemies without ever receiving the drop
* Updated credits
* New dev commands (descriptions found in console ‘help’ command): confirmcheats, achievements, getstat, haslocation, snow, updatecover, cinematic, cinematicsleep, inventorysize, inventoryclean, clearpopups, height, pevents, repairall, resetbuildui, biomeinfo, altbiomes, findbiome, findbiometp


Fixes & Improvements
* New graphic setting: “Draw Distance” shorten or lengthen the game simulation distance (shorter simulation distance improves performance, while longer simulation distance may cause worse performance but can offer epic visuals on high end set ups)
* New save system: Splits world data across chunks to reduce how much data is serialized and written to improve performance, and is designed to be resilient against mid-write failures
* Menu overhaul for Hammer and Serving Tray
* Added build piece author window to HUD which can be enabled in the settings menu, to make it possible to see who built each piece
* Overhauled player movement animations
* Player burns green when attacked by Faders fire
* Added support for Ctrl+Delete and Ctrl+Backspace in text fields
* Magica Cloth system added for capes and other cloth items
* Overhauled descriptions for all build pieces
* Reduced spawn chance of Bjorn in Black Forest
* Reduced Bjorn health
* Increased durability for Mistlands and Ashlands gear
* Reduced spawn chance of multiple enemies in Ashlands
* Reduced time between spawns of Charred monsters in Ashlands
* Increased mist removal range of Wisp Light, Wisp Torch and Mistwalker, and added mist removal to all Mistlands weapons
* Updated which build pieces are tagged as player base
* Unity engine upgraded
* More creatures have variants with wake up and sleep animations
* Improved blob jump animation
* All hair-and beard styles are now available in the character creator, not just from the Barber Station
* New icon for asksvin hide
* Fixed so that the sun no longer shines through invisible gaps in grausten floor pieces
* Fixed missing plane in Demolisher
* Fixed Z-fighting in rugs
* Fixed a memory leak connected to the mini map
* Optimization tweaks to multiple models (Asksvin Skeleton, Artisan Table, Blast Furnace)
* Optimized world generation to be much faster
* Optimized network traffic usage of terrain manipulation
* Optimized audio to reduce memory usage and reduce lag spikes
* Optimized textures to reduce memory usage
* Items spawned by using cheat commands are now marked as “cheated item” when looked at in inventory
* Added vibration support to some controllers and platforms (Mac: Dualshock controllers, Windows: Dualshock & Xbox controllers, Xbox: Xbox controllers)
* Use a fixed time budget for removing navmesh links, which should slightly improve frame pacing on weaker systems
* Added EULA for playing online
* Main menu cleaned up, changelog hidden by default
* Added Ukrainian as an officially supported language
* It’s now easier to jump up on edges while in the water
* Fixed Ashstone and Ancient (Ashlands ruins) not having the correct foot step effects
* Fixed harpoon released text and max summon texts not being localized
* Various improvements to old dev commands
* Fixed some IPv6-related bugs
* Fixed keyboard key hint “[1-8]” being shown when using a controller
* Improved graphics preset descriptions
* “Balanced” graphics preset is now selectable on non-120 Hz TVs and fall back to “Performance” preset when 60 Hz output is used
* Fixed Manage Saves menu loading too slowly when V-sync is enabled
* Improved CPU performance by removing an unnecessary per-frame check that had a large CPU cost, particularly on Xbox One
* Show Xbox user in the main menu on Xbox versions of the game
* Fixed aliasing in Xbox profile pictures
* Improved ambient occlusion
* Various bug fixes and improvements

Greetings vikings!

We hope you’re having a wonderful summer! We’re currently gearing up for the 1.0 release in September, fixing some final bugs and getting everything ready for you to experience in just a few weeks. We hope you’re as excited as we are!

In the meantime, please do make sure you check out our 1.0 FAQ[valheim.com], which covers many of the questions we have been asked about the release. As always, we recommend that you start a new playthrough to get the best possible Valheim experience, but we also understand that many of you will want to visit the Deep North as soon as you can, and we have tried to answer any questions relating to that!

And one last time in case you missed it, the 1.0 announcement trailer:

As you know, next week we will be at Gamescom in Cologne, and we really hope to see some of you there. If you’re visiting, make sure to stop by our booth in hall 10 and say hello! And regardless if you’re there or not, make sure to keep an eye out for a brand new trailer that will be premiering during the event. We will be seeing some familiar faces…

And with that, we’ll see you on the other side of 1.0!


For many years now, we have been sharing your wonderful and creative buildings under this headline. With the Early Access journey coming to an end, we will also be wrapping up this particular segment – though we will of course still be curious to see what it is you’re building in the game. Keep an eye out on our social channels, because you can be certain that we will be asking you to share what you’ve made!

To round off, we will highlight two builds this time. First out is The Bridge by Hi, I'm Klaus[discord.com]. Look at all those creative solutions!

And last, but not least, we want to direct your attention to the Cathedral of the All-Father, built by Ayriv[discord.com]. Since we’ll be going to Cologne it feels only fitting, after all!

Sharpen your axes and raise your shields!

/The Iron Gate team

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