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Valheim‘s first major update is here, focusing on the acclaimed survival game’s cooking and building mechanics. Valheim Hearth and Home, as its aptly named, introduces new recipes and items, re-balances food consumption and its effect on stamina and health, along with plenty of new building pieces. There’s even some unannounced content, which developer Iron Gates teases as ‘something dark and mysterious that seems to spread across the plains.’ You can read the full patch notes below for an overview of what’s new and changing in Valheim Hearth and Home.
Valheim Hearth & Home Patch Notes
Valheim Hearth & Home General Improvements
- Weapons rebalanced (All weapons have been rebalanced to be more viable as main weapon and also have more unique playstyles)
- Blocking system overhauled (Current maximum hp now greatly affects your ability to block attacks, stagger bar gui added)
- Naming tamed creatures
- Gamepad sensitivity settings
- Auto-pickup toggle button added
- Graphics settings (Active point lights & Active point light shadows)
- Tamed creatures affected by friendly fire setting (i.e you can’t hurt a tamed creature unless you enable friendly fire or use the new Butcher knife item)
- Various other improvements and bugfixes
Food
- Food rebalance (Most food items now give mainly stamina or mainly health to make food choices more interesting)
- Food GUI overhauled to work better with the rebalanced food
- Over 10 new things to eat (Actually 12)
World
- Tamed Lox now have a purpose
- Slimy locations & creatures added to plains
- New plantable seeds: Birch, Oak & Onions
Items
- New weapons: Crystal battleaxe, Silver knife
- New shields: Bone tower shield, Iron buckler
- Butcher knife (Special weapon for butchering tamed animals)
- Thunder stone (Sold by trader)
- Lox accessory
Building
- New Darkwood building pieces like shingle roofs, beams, decorations and more
- New types of furniture, including but not limited to a mighty stone throne and a steamy viking hot tub
- Crystal walls
- New types of stacks to show off your treasure and resources
- Cauldron improvements: Spice rack, Butcher’s table, Pots and pans
- Cartography table (For sharing map-data with other players)
- Oven added (For baking bread and pie)
- Obliterator added (Items be gone)
- Iron cooking station (Required to cook some types of meat)
Valheim is out now for PC via Steam. If you need a helping hand navigating Valheim‘s gorgeous but challenging sandbox, be sure to check out our wealth of guides. These range from finding dragon eggs to tending to your vegetable garden.
