Hello vikings!
We want to begin with mentioning that we’ll be renaming these monthly blog posts to “Word From the Devs”, since many of you have felt that the name “Development Blog” isn’t as fitting anymore. We hope that the new naming will be more suitable, and that it will cover everything these posts are about!
We also want to reassure you all that we are very much still working on the game, and that there are a lot of things behind the scenes that we aren’t showing you just yet! The Deep North development is in progress, but we want to leave a lot of it for you to discover yourselves. With that said though, we believe that this month’s Hervor video shows you something you’ve been curious about:
That creature at the end there wasn’t just part of the wildlife, but rather one of the enemies you will face in the Deep North. It’s called an Elaking, and we have a picture of it for you as well:
Besides the Deep North, we have a reveal for you as well! We’re also working on a smaller update, which will be released before the Deep North, that focuses on improving Valheim’s combat mechanics. And yes, that includes at last fixing slope fighting!
But what would a combat update be without some new armour? Some of you may already have glimpsed it on our Instagram stories last week, but here’s a better look! What kind of creature is it made from, do you think?
Before we sign off, we also want to thank everyone who backed the Makeship campaign for the Rocky plushie! Makeship aims to ship the plushies in August this year, so stay tuned for that!
Build of the month
This month we want to direct our gaze towards Fort Elvetham, built by kpthe13th and his daughters. What a lovely place!
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Sharpen your swords!
/The Iron Gate team
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