Val Hull

Resident role-playing RPG game expert. Knows where trolls and paladins come from. You must fight for your right to gather your party before venturing forth.

Joined: March 2, 2023
Articles: 108
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ByVal Hull
OnDecember 10, 2024

Complete Food List – Valheim

It’s important for a Viking to eat well. Especially when dealing with Trolls, Skeletons, and other supernatural foes. As such, in Valheim you can craft a wide assortment of foods that increase your Health, Stamina, and Eitr. This guide will…

ByVal Hull
OnDecember 7, 2024

How to Increase Carry Weight – Valheim

When you begin your Valheim journey, your fresh Viking will have a limit of 300 units of carry weight. This is more than enough when you’re wearing a loincloth and using sticks you’ve picked up from the ground as weapons.…

ByVal Hull
OnDecember 5, 2024

How to Complete Hildir’s Quests – Valheim

When you find Hildir in Valheim, the NPC trader will have a limited stock to offer you. If you want to get access to her premium goods, you will need to complete some quests for the enterprising Dvergr. This guide…

ByVal Hull
OnDecember 1, 2024

How to Find Hildir – Valheim

Hildir is a friendly NPC trader added to Valheim with Patch 0.217.14. Hildir was the first NPC trader to be added to the game after its initial Early Access release. Her main specialty is mostly cosmetic clothes your characters can…

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ByVal Hull
OnNovember 20, 2024

Valheim Development Update – Deep North and the 1.0 Release

Valheim launched into early access in February 2021, instantly becoming a runaway indie success. Since then, the game has received a couple of major updates adding new biomes, namely Mistlands and Ashlands, and several smaller but still significant content patches…

ByVal Hull
OnNovember 19, 2024

Valheim Patch 0.219.16 Fixes Gamepads and Exploits, Reworks the Asksvin Cape

A couple weeks back, the developers over at Iron Gate released a new major early access patch for Valheim. That Patch 0.219.13 introduced a new NPC trader – the Bog Witch – and the new feast system. The patch also…

ByVal Hull
OnNovember 14, 2024

How to Find Haldor – Valheim

Haldor is a friendly NPC trader you can find while exploring the Black Forest in Valheim. As he was there pretty much from the start, he doesn’t have a specific theme like the traders added to Valheim with future patches.…

ByVal Hull
OnNovember 14, 2024

How to Find the Bog Witch – Valheim

The Bog Witch is a friendly NPC trader added to Valheim with the 0.219.13 Patch. As her name might suggest, this vendor lives in the Swamp, selling various potions, mushrooms, herbs, and other helpful items. Due to Valheim’s randomized nature,…

ByVal Hull
OnOctober 2, 2024

Elden Ring Patch 1.15 Released – Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

Having introduced quite a few balance adjustments in their previous patch for Elden Ring, and in particular the game’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, Bandai Namco together with FromSoftware now bring us a shiny new patch for the Shadow of…

ByVal Hull
OnSeptember 10, 2024

The State of RTS Games in 2024

The ’90s were the undeniable golden age for real-time strategy games. Everyone just seemed fascinated by the idea of constructing a well-defended base, gathering resources, drawing green boxes around assorted units, and sending them into battle against a human or…