Board off your longships, feed your ravens, and grab a snow shovel. After over 5 years in Early Access, Valheim is now officially released. And with this full release, we get the game’s ultimate challenge in the final Deep North biome. The biome offers the standard fare for Valheim: new enemies, new resources, new dungeons, and the final boss fight. Along with all that stuff, we also get plenty of additions and improvements for the rest of the game, like an overhauled Hammer building system, new cinematics, and mechanics.
You can purchase the game for $29.99 or your regional equivalent. It’s available for Windows, Linux, and Mac PCs, Xbox and PlayStation current gen families of consoles, and the Nintendo Switch 2. Check out this release trailer to get into the required frosty crafting survival mood:
Valheim 1.0 Patch Notes
With the game’s release we’re treated to this Steam announcement that lists (perhaps a bit too vaguely) all the new additions and improvements of the 1.0 release. This cool new stuff includes over 40 new weapons, 20 food types, 10 creatures, and 80 build pieces. We also get not one but two new dungeons, the ability to expand our pockets, new music, events, achievements, and cinematics. You’ll find a quick overview of the new stuff below, but be sure to follow the link above if you want the full spoiler-rich list:
New Content:
New Biome – Deep North
40+ New weapons
New bombs and ammunition
4 New armour sets
2 New capes
2 New trinkets
New tools
10+ New creatures
80+ New buildable pieces
5 New crafting related build pieces
30+ New crafting materials
20+ New food items
New locations
New music
New events
New mechanics
Upgradeable pockets
Achievements
Fixes & Improvements:
New graphic setting for draw distance
Menu overhaul for hammer and serving tray
Magica cloth system added
Overhauled descriptions
Rebalanced enemy spawn chance in Ashlands
All hair and beard styles now available from start
Unity engine upgrade
Various fixes and improvements
Promotional Videos
While the game can now boast a bunch of new cinematics, you’ll see those while actually playing Valheim. However, in the days leading up to the game’s release, we got a couple of promotional videos you might also be interested in. The first comes from this year’s Gamescom and is a high-energy battle animation that’s sure to get you excited about playing the game:
And then, you can also watch this development video where both the developers from Iron Gate and some fans look back at Valheim’s Early Access journey, its overwhelming success, and then direct their attention towards the game’s future. Here it is:
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