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Valheim roadmap revealed – at least SIX major updates coming to game
VALHEIM has got loads of new content planned – including at least four major updates.
If you’ve become a Valheim obsessive like the rest of us, read on to find out what’s coming up.
Valheim is one of 2021’s most popular games[/caption]
What is Valheim?
If you haven’t heard of Valheim, you will soon.
It’s a wildly popular survival sandbox video game set in the world of Vikings.
The game is technically “upcoming”, although it’s available to buy and play on Steam in Early Access.
You play as a Viking sent to a strange and distant realm called Valheim, where you need to forge a life.
The Hearth and Homes update will improve building and decoration[/caption]
This involves exploring, harvesting and crafting, fighting enemies and more.
The world is procedurally generated, so you’ll have a totally different map compared to other players.
It’s also an enormous world that will take weeks and even months to explore fully.
The game is currently only available in Windows and Linux, but developer Iron Gate Studio has teased possible launches on Mac and consoles if demand is there.
It was created by a small team of just five people, and is published by Coffee Stain Publishing.
Valheim roadmap – future Valheim updates revealed
Although the game is huge, brilliant and reasonably polished, it’s far from being done.
In fact, Valheim’s creators already have loads of future updates planned.
Here’s the roadmap…
The roadmap is extensive, and doesn’t even include some of the later biomes we’re expecting[/caption]
The first update will be Hearth and Homes, followed by Update 2: Cult of the Wolf.
Update 3 is Ships and the Sea, and then Update 4 introduces a new biome: Mistlands.
Other improvements teased by Iron Gate include:
- Multiplayer Interactions
- Combat Improvements
- Moon Phases
- Tar Pits
- Vendor Inventory Expansion
- Svartalfr Brigands
- More Unique Locations
- Sandbox Mode
- Munin
Tar Pits are expected to give players a way to protect exposed wood from water damage.
Svartalfr are dark elves in Norse mythology, and could be a new enemy to face.
And multiplayer interactions could include proper trading, rather than just tossing items near to other players.
We also know that two other biomes – Ashlands and Deep North – exist in the game, and will eventually be updated.
One future update will focus on sailing and the oceans[/caption]
Valheim Hearth and Homes – next update
The next big update for Valheim is called Hearth and Homes.
As the name suggests, it will add new content around your homestead.
This likely means more types of building structures.
But it probably also means new internal decorations to zhuzh up your interior.
It’s also expected to introduce new recipes and types of food preparation.
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