What changed in Valheim in 2021

Seasonal items for the holidays have been added.

A brand new creature has been added to the game.

A new armor stand has been introduced to display unused gear.

Improved animations for trolls to enhance visual performance.

Added a new building item that allows players to display their armor sets.

Introduced seasonal decorative items for the holiday.

Clipping check enabled when placing thrones to improve placement accuracy.

Implemented a profanity filter for the server list to enhance user experience.

Tamed animals will no longer react fearfully to fire, improving gameplay experience.

Made adjustments to the drop rates and spawn mechanics of Abominations.

Tamed wolves have been taught to stop howling, providing a quieter environment.

Updated localization for better language support.

Adjusted music settings in various locations.

Valheim has been nominated for several awards, including Best Multiplayer and Best Debut Indie.

Resolved an issue where items tended to auto-stack and disappear in multiplayer.

The landscape for the Mistlands update is taking shape, with the mist rolling in.

Adjusted the music volume in the Swamps to match the rest of the game.

The Valheim soundtrack is now available on multiple platforms including Steam, Spotify, Deezer, and YouTube Music.

Concept art shown for upcoming caves in the Mountain biome, potentially featuring lupine inhabitants.

Brave vikings investigating the Swamps will be rewarded with materials to craft something brand new.

Fixes some random crashes related to pathfinding

In some edge cases they spawned on the edge between two biomes

It's now...very empty

Build menu overlapping fixes & added missing localization strings

They were previously regenerating HP faster than intended

Some locations now have discovery music (still needs some work though)

Monsters that spawn at night will now go to bed once the sun rises.

New item added for fall decoration.

Fixed stability issues for wood logs at 26° and 45° angles.

All melee weapons will now cost less stamina to use.

Parrying ranged attacks will now stagger the caster, adding a fun twist to combat.

Knives now have more durability.

Fixed issue with resolution setting in settings gui

Adjusted stats for blood pudding, boar jerky, bread, deer stew, mincemeat sauce, and wolf jerky.

Fulings have learned new battle tactics, spreading out and circling more during combat.

Adjusted HP and stamina values on most foods to provide more stamina on HP foods and more HP on stamina foods.

Slightly reduced health points for Fulings and Fuling shamans.

Fixed physics for 1x1 cage wall; already placed pieces may need repositioning.

Slightly easier to stagger Fulings during combat.

Reduced stamina consumption when using bows.

Resolved an issue with pressing I in the server list while trying to filter servers.

Boars have been updated to include blueberries, raspberries, and mushrooms in their diet.

Monsters should always target creatures first if they have a clear path to them & only attack low priority structures if trying to reach a player.

Used wrong DB conversion

Taught Greydwarfs to throw better

Long forgotten Blob event enabled

Bosses don’t run from you anymore

Solves a very unusual case of world corruption caused when shutting down

Fixes issue where you had to click a container multiple times to open it in multiplayer

More aggressively attacking structures when unable to attack the player among other things

Wolf event only triggers after Bonemass has been killed, Moder army can trigger in mountains etc.

Maypole enabled for temporary midsummer celebration

Added two new events: 'You are being hunted...' and 'The horde is attacking'.

Improved feedback when the fermenter is exposed.

Berries and flint should now correctly respawn.

Raise terrain is more smooth & less pointy.

Covered rocks should no longer look wet during rain.

Fixed issues inside boats.

Fixed issue where capes sometimes formed strange bumps on the back after jumping.

Visual updates have been made to the troll and two bosses in the game.

A new message has been added to inform players before saving.

The mechanics for using harpoons have been completely overhauled.

Adjusted harpoon mechanics to reduce rubberband effect.

Corrected material for 1 & 2 star draugrs.

Updated visuals for troll, boss-2, and boss-3.

Resolved an issue with the smelter when 10000 days had passed since visiting.

Modified spawning to avoid exceeding total limit in some cases.

Resolved issues occurring when a crafting station is destroyed while in use.

Fixed a bug that allowed draugrs to spawn inside stones.

Introduced a new terrain modification system to enhance gameplay.

Provided sneak peeks of new mechanics and items for the upcoming Hearth and Home update.

Updated the models of the troll and the second and third bosses for improved visuals.

Fixed the size of stones at dolmen locations.

Torches in locations should no longer support constructions.

Prevents server list download when exiting the start menu to decrease network bandwidth usage.

Tweaks made to fix issues with ships and buildings getting damaged while loading.

Terrain modifications in an area should now load before buildings, applicable to the new terrain modification system.

Introduced a new terrain modification system to reduce network instances and improve loading times.

Reduced the amount of stone required to raise ground using the hoe.

Fixed sound effects for Lox pets.

Fixed draugrs spawning inside stones.

Slightly lower use delay & queued button presses for a smoother experience

Changed the look of the credits screen & added missing names

Better bad connection detection.

Sunken crypt entrance tweaked to stop tombstones from getting stuck.

Deathsquito & Drake trophy drop rate increased.

Blackforest stone tower tweaks.

Comfort calculation fixed.

Server list refresh button can be pressed before the entire list has been downloaded.

Night-spawning wolves should be easier to tame now.

Fixed missing Moder spawn location in some worlds.

Reinforced chest inventory space increased to 6x4.

Ingame console disabled by default; add launch argument '-console' to enable.

Harpoon does not work on bosses anymore.

Hammer remove auto-repeat added.

Fixed 'Failed to connect' error message.

Campfire, Bonfire & Hearth take damage when dealing damage.

Fixed issue causing server to send more data the longer a client was connected.

Fixed removing item from item-stand not always syncing item stats.

Player knockback force is affected by equipment speed modifiers.

Improved enemy projectile reaction system.

Serpent trophy stack fix.

1 & 2 Star creature HP fix.

Added a slight use-delay on Hammer, Hoe & Cultivator.

Battle axe tweaks to hit multiple enemies easier.

You can no longer place a new ward where an enemy ward overlaps.

Megingjord item-collider fix.

Fixed dolmen location to stop top stone from falling for no reason.

Better network bandwidth handling for low bandwidth connections.

The console command for enabling developer/debug commands has been changed to 'devcommands' from 'imacheater'.

All boss drops can now float on water.

Fixed rotation of Wood tower shield on item stands.

Join IP-button updated to allow for LAN connections on dedicated servers and added DNS support.

The chance of boss trophies talking has been lowered.

Object network interpolation is skipped if the object was far away, solving issues with players flying through the air when entering dungeons and exiting portals.

Allows players to host local LAN-only servers.

The procreation rate of wolves has been slightly lowered.

Dedicated servers now always use direct connections instead of using Steam Datagram Relay (SDR), resulting in lower latency.

Correctly ending auth sessions

Resolved disconnection issue experienced by some players

Made bosses more challenging.

Can be enabled by adding '-force-vulkan' as a launch option.

Use CTRL-C or SIGINT instead

Use -savedir option

Please update local copies

Removed initial serverlist request to lower network traffic

Resolved a problem with the world selection GUI that was broken due to a corrupt world file.