⚠️ Note: This update is for the Public Test branch of Valheim only, and may therefore be unstable! Prior to launching this update to the Default version of the game, we want to have a chance to discover bugs and fine-tune the balancing to ensure the best game experience.Please remember to be considerate towards players who are not participating in the Public Test, as some may prefer to avoid spoilers. As indicated by the access code, please ensure to create backups of your save files before playing.
- ACCESS: Right-click Valheim in your Steam library, then select ‘Properties’. In the new window, select ‘Betas’ and type in the code “yesimadebackups”. The Public Test branch should now be available for you to select. The PTB FAQ can be found here.
- FEEDBACK: Please leave any feedback in the “#valheim-public-test” channel in our Discord or through the form on our website.
If at first you don’t succeed, try again!
Fortunately there are resources at your disposal in order to improve yourself – whether that be wooden weapons for sparring with your comrades, or a built structure to hone your fighting skills against.
In our Call to Arms, you can also find a brand new type of item in the form of trinkets, which will help you in the heat of battle. And as there are some new dangerous foes around, you might find that you very much need them…
You’ll find the full patch notes below, whether you want them abbreviated or detailed. If you’re not afraid of spoilers though, we suggest you tune into the brand new trailer:
Abbreviated Patch Notes
* Forsaken Powers rebalanced
* New combat mechanics & combat improvements
* New equipable item type: Trinkets
* 13 new trinkets
* 1 new skill
* 2 new creatures, with 1 additional overhauled creature
* 1 new food item
* 8 new crafting materials
* 18 new weapons (9 wooden)
* 2 new armour sets
* 3 new building pieces
* 3 new hairstyles
* 5 new beard styles
* 1 new location
* Some items can now have multiple orientations on item stands
* Unity engine upgraded
* Various bug fixes and performance improvements
Detailed Patch Notes
New Content:
New Mechanics:
* Trinkets: Equip these items to gain adrenaline during battle, and thus unlock temporary perks.
* Adrenaline: You gain adrenaline by hitting enemies, triggering a Forsaken Power, using certain magic attacks, as well as performing Perfect Blocks and Perfect Dodge Rolls. When the bar is full, you get an adrenaline surge which gives you a temporary perk designated by your equipped Trinket. Adrenaline will fade when you are not in active combat, and you will only gain adrenaline as long as you have a Trinket equipped.
* Wooden Weapons: By using wooden weapons you can practice combat against your friends without hurting each other.
* New skill: Perfect Dodge Roll (Dodge an attack that would have caused you damage and get a % of stamina back)
Creatures:
* Enemy: Bear
* Enemy: Vile
Crafting:
* Material: Blob Vial (purchasable)
* Material: Ectoplasm
* Material: Ghost Trophy
* Material: Bear Hide
* Material: Bear Trophy
* Material: Bear Paw
* Material: Vile Trophy
* Material: Vile Ribcage
Food:
* Bear Meat
Clothing:
* Chest Armour: Patterns of the Bear
* Leg Armour: Loincloth of the Bear
* Helmet: Headdress of the Bear
* Chest Armour: Vilebone Cage
* Leg Armour: Vilebone Drapes
* Helmet: Vilebone Visage
* Hat: Sweat Band (purchasable)
Weapons:
* Bottled Blob: Poison
* Bottled Blob: Oozer
* Bottled Blob: Tar
* Bottled Blob: Lava
* Bottled Blob: Frost
* Wooden Sword
* Wooden Greatsword
* Wooden Axe
* Wooden Two-handed Axe
* Wooden Mace
* Wooden Sledge
* Wooden Spear
* Wooden Atgeir
* Wooden Knife
* Fist Weapon: Paws of the Bear
* Fist Weapon: Vilebone Maulclaws
* Battleaxe: Black Metal
* Battleaxe: Skull Splittur
Trinkets:
* Heart of the Forest
* Bronze Pendant
* Iron Brooch
* Nimble Anklet
* Crystal Heart
* Wolf Sight
* Fins of Destiny
* Evasion Mantle
* Bracelets of the Brave
* Pulsating Earrings
* Resounding Shackle
* Jörmundling
* Brimstone
Build Pieces & Furniture:
* Combat Practice: Archery Target
* Combat Practice: Battle Brother
* Furniture: Bearskin Rug
Misc:
* New location: CombatRuin01
* 3 new hairstyles (Mullet, Castellan & Vinland Shave)
* 5 new beard styles (Mustache, Handlebar, Trimmed, Waxed, Crumb Catcher)
Fixes & Improvements
Combat Changes:
* Perfect Block no longer cost stamina
* Reduced movement speed penalty on Battleaxes, Sledgehammers, and Tower Shields
* Vertical fighting improvements, now easier to hit enemies in slopes!
Rebalanced Forsaken Powers:
* Eikthyr: 60% reduced stamina usage for running, jumping, and swimming
* The Elder: 60% Chopping and Mining damage increase, 30% health regeneration increase
* Bonemass: 25% resistance VS pierce, slash, and blunt damage, 100% reduced block stamina usage, 5 stamina on return per block
* Moder: Always tailwind, 300 increased carry weight, 10% increased movement speed, 50% frost resistance
* Yagluth: 50% Lightning resistance, 25+ Farm skill, 10% increased damage
* The Queen: 100% increased Eitr regeneration., 100% reduced sneak cost, 50% poison resistance
* Fader: 100% Adrenaline increase, 50% reduced stagger meter modifier, 50% fire resistance
Item stands:
* These items are now allowed to be placed on item stands:
* Barley Flour
* Tankard
* Ancient Seed
* Dragon Tear
* Volture Egg
* Cores
* Padded Helmet
* Carapace Helme
* Fresh Seaweed
* Fragrant Bundle
* Thistle
* Celestial Feather
* New item stand position & orientations on some items:
* Atgeirs
* Axes
* Bombs
* Bows
* Crossbows
* Knives
* Maces
* Pickaxes
* Shields
* Sledges
* Spears
* Staffs
* Swords
* Tower Shields
* All Fish
* All Helmets
* Cooked Lox meat
* Rotten Meat
* Blueberries
* Carrot
* Cooked Bonemaw Meat
* Cooked Serpent Meat
* Cooked Neck Tail
* Cooked Boar Meat
* Raspberry
* All Meads
* Cultivator
* Feaster
* Fishing Rod
* Hammer
* Hoe
* Scythe
* Asksvin Saddle
* Lox Saddle
* All Trophies
* Goblin Totem
* Scythe handle
Misc:
* Updated old hairstyle names
* Updated localisation
* Ghost visual overhaul
* Upgraded Unity engine to 6000.0.46f
Bug Fixes:
* Fixed a bug that caused community servers to no longer be advertised in the community list on non-Steam platforms.
* Fixed UGC text not being filtered properly when the author is a Mac App Store user who wasn’t logged into Game Center at the time of writing.
* Fixed log spam when nearby or viewing hover text for signs, tamed animals and portals without text/name/tag.
* Fixed a bug that showed “TEXT HIDDEN, CHECK UGC SETTINGS” for UGC written by muted players - now there’s separate text for that case.
* Fixed a bug that caused the shield generator to not take damage if it was network owned by a different client than whatever dealt damage to it.
* Fixed join code in pause menu not being hidden when toggling off HUD visibility.
* Fixed join code copy to clipboard functionality.
* Improved how block list is synchronized between local storage and cloud storage.
* Fixed input loss in UI at low frame rates.
* Fixed select button not working properly when using an Xbox One Controller on Mac.
* Fixed a bug that allowed tab navigation when various popups in the world and server selection menus were open.
* Added the option in the settings menu to enable the developer console. The command line argument “-console” overrides the setting.
* Fixed a bug that caused integers with a value of zero to be reset to their default value when loading a world save file.
* Fixed a bug that made it possible to copy the join code with gamepad even when there was none.
* Modded text in start menu has been moved.
Server List Improvements:
* Rewrote the server list to reduce redundancies and improve performance, scalability, reliability and server retrieval speed.
* Improved retrieval speed of community servers via the PlayFab backend.
* Added a new “refreshing” icon displayed instead of the “?” icon when refreshing servers. The “?” icon has been repurposed for servers whose matchmaking data can’t be retrieved but the server may be online.
* The community server list is now no longer retrieved in the background unless the “friends” or “community” tab has been visited. This mitigates an issue for some Steam users that caused retrieval of the community server list via the Steam backend to overload their network.
* Fixed a bug that caused retrieval of matchmaking data via PlayFab in the server list to hit the rate limit.
* Fixed a bug where typing R in the “filter” box refreshed the server list.
* (For modders) The player limit displayed in the server list is no longer hard coded.
Steam Only:
* Fixed some issues with the Steam profile pictures displayed in-game. The image no longer looks washed out and now generates mipmaps to reduce aliasing at lower resolutions.
* Matchmaking data for servers on the Steam backend can now be properly retrieved via the Steam backend. This improves server retrieval speed for servers on the Steam backend in the favorite and recent lists.
Xbox Only:
* If the user has left a server as a result of entering suspend mode, show a notification when resuming from suspend mode.
* The developer console is now disabled by default, and can instead be enabled via the new gameplay setting.
* Massively improved retrieval speed of the friends server list.