This week it’s time for both Midsummer and the summer solstice, which has long since been a cause for celebration here in the north! Just like last year, you can celebrate in Valheim by building your own Maypole (or Midsummer pole, as we call them in Sweden). This year we’ve also added a flower crown, and some more colourful banners, to make the summer even more festive. We hope you’ll have some fun with it!
As we added the new items, we also updated the game with the Steam Cloud save fix that we have mentioned in previous blog posts. Hopefully this should mean a smoother game experience for all of you, and we want to thank everyone who helped test the update in the Public Test branch!
Last week we revealed that Valheim will be coming to the Microsoft store as well as Xbox and will feature full crossplay support with Steam players. These ports are being handled by two external teams, while we here at Iron Gate keep focusing on the Mistlands update.
And speaking of the Mistlands! For the teasers this week, we thought we’d share something that’s also a bit summer themed. We don’t want the Mistlands update to only be about the Mistlands – we also want there to be some new content in the earlier gameplay leading up to the new biome. A significant such addition will be an upgrade to the fish; there will be new types, they’ll come in different sizes, and you’ll be able to mount your most impressive catches on item stands! While they’re still swimming the fish will also jump above the surface, to give it all an even more atmospheric touch.
Last time we showed some concept art of the forge which will be a part of the Mistlands update. Many speculated about what it might be made of, and what you might create with it, and it’s a lot of fun to read your theories! Just to get you to speculate a bit further, we thought we’d share a screenshot of how the model looks now that it’s implemented into the game:
And last, but certainly not least, we would like to show you one of the creatures you can encounter in the Mistlands. Ticks are quite a common summer occurrence in Sweden, after all, though thankfully they don’t quite reach this size…
Build of the Month
This month, we have chosen a creation made by Gamerrockz22. Sometimes smaller buildings can be just as impressive as grand castles! If you’d like a chance to have your building featured here, just use the hashtag #ValheimBotM on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. You can check out previous winners in this thread here on Steam.
Since Early Access started this Monday, we've fixed a couple of pressing glitches. The third spikewall stage would cause a crash - fixed in the latest build.
The game currently features about ~50 stages. We'll be dropping a few more stages come Friday, and building our way towards our 100 stage goal for release. We're also toying with new game modes, expect those soon! When we do, we'll do a special stream to flash our new chrome!
It’s time to introduce you all to yet another patch, and an exciting one at that. That’s right, it’s time to kick off Season 1 of The Cycle: Frontier!
FORTUNA PASS
Our Fortuna Pass works like any other battle pass you may have seen in other games. It will run for a whole season, and you will be able to unlock items for free in the pass.
The pass will also have a paid version, for 950 Aurum you will unlock the paid part of the pass. This includes XP boosters for the pass, new Prospector skins, melee weapons, emotes, banners, charms, and more.
Additionally, you will be able to find things like Weapon Supply crates, resources, Aurum, and Salvage Tokens in the free track of the pass.
TWITCH DROPS
Twitch Drops are already making a comeback starting June 23rd! There will be days when anyone in The Cycle: Frontier Category will be able to stream with drops enabled, but on certain days we will limit them to our Partnered Creators and Affiliates.
The start and end time for each drop period is 12 pm CEST / 6 am EDT.
June 23rd - June 25th - Open days! Everyone will be able to stream with Drops Enabled.
June 25th - June 28th - Partners only. Drops will be exclusive to partners on a rotating pattern, that schedule will be revealed soon!
June 28th - June 29th - Affiliates only. We are making the drops exclusive to our affiliates. For 24 hours the smaller committed channels in our community will have access to the drops, this should be a wonderful opportunity to find some new up-and-coming creators to add to your Following list!
June 29th - July 2nd - Partners only. We go back to the partner schedule with more of our favorite streamers from Closed Beta 1 and 2.
July 2nd - July 4th - Open days again! For the final 48 hours, we go back to open drops, where anyone in The Cycle: Frontier category can stream with drops enabled.
With that out of the way, let us dive into the changes and fixes from Patch 1.2.0!
CHANGES
The creature spawn for the Dead Scientist mission was adjusted – there will be at least 5 creatures that are always spawning.
We adjusted some of the loot and enemy respawn timers.
We did another tuning pass for our matchmaking buckets.
You can now craft Altered Nickel. 5 common Nickel are required for that.
B9 Trenchgun, Rusty B9 Trenchgun, and Shattergun got adjustments to their spread.
Hipfire Spread increased from 3.5 to 5.5.
ADS Spread increased from 3 to 5.
Rusty AR-55 damage reduced from 13 to 12.
AR-55 damage reduced from 13 to 12
Manticore damage reduced from 13 to 12
Note from the design team: We really appreciate the feedback we’ve gotten so far and keep getting when it comes to balancing. Keep it coming! We see it as a dialogue with the community to get this right over time, and as the season progresses. With that in mind, when it comes to balancing late-game gear, we’re still watching data and feedback to see how things develop over time, as players get their hands on more late-game stuff. It’s still early, and the ecosystem is still changing rapidly. Expect regular updates during the season!
BUGFIXES
Fixes for the friends list import were applied.
Fixed some item duplications.
We fixed the problem that some players got stuck in their starter quests by adjusting the mission check.
The Paladin Blade will be shown correctly in your inventory and can be equipped.
The game does not launch in VR mode when you have a VR headset connected. Sorry, the future isn’t quite now.
You can transfer items from your loadout into a stash with a right-click when you have no backpack equipped.
We made Newton proud and restored gravity to the following items close to the Crashed Ship on Bright Sands:
Co-Tec Multitool.
Hydraulic Piston.
Zero Systems CPU.
Bushes lost their rubber coating and do not block lightning anymore.
Marauder had missing footsteps on some occasions. Those are fixed. Back to stomping terror.
Gunfire SFX from your own weapon is now louder than your squad mate's fire.
Grenade SFX was fixed.
You cannot skip the B9 Trenchgun reloading animation anymore. Get those shells in. One. By. One.
2x Optic, 4x Optic, and 2x - 4x Variable Optic will not clip through the ASP Flechette any longer.
If you attach a Tactical Light to the ASP Flechette it will not float under the weapon.
The construct button gets greyed out properly now if you do not have enough materials.
We added the missing localization for “Confirm” in the Cosmetics tab.
We added the missing localization for the rarity in the Welcome Pack Shop.
Fixed a visual issue with the Laser Drill battery display.
Fixed flickering lights from a distant Laser Drill.
We fixed occurrences of players spawning on top of each other.
The Epic Medium Extended Magazine visuals were fixed for the AR-55.
If you cycled between the Pickaxe and your weapons you could lose control until you ledge climbed. This was fixed.
The objective description of “Satellite Master Part 2” was fixed.
Birds now make a proper noise when flying away. Best of course is to not scare them.
Following angry complaints from ground control, you will not fly away anymore if you stand on top of a meteor while mining it.
Fixed some of the reverb effects.
Uplink sounds are also affected by the Master Volume Slider now.
Same for the Dead Drop audio.
Laser Drill SFX also got fixed.
Fixed broken crouching while on Prospect Station. Your knees will thank us.
The SFX for the Oil Pumped is played properly.
You will not get stuck between the rails and tables in the small homes on Crescent Falls after the patch.
The color of the customize button in the vanity section is fixed. A vain change for sure.
MISC
Additional tweaks to our internal anti-cheat measures.
We will be able to kick players when we have maintenance to make sure that everyone uses the correct version. Sorry about the confusion last time!
KNOWN ISSUES
Vanity items cannot be claimed if the stash is full
Biker Queen's image shows black hair, though she has white hair
The Dev team loves to hear that so many people enjoyed and had fun with our demo. It really motivates us! We have learned a lot from the demo version, and we promise to bring a better version to you in the near future.
We will continue working our hardest to bring you the best and most enjoyable experience we can.
We will keep posting developments on Discord and Twitter and we hope to remain actively engaged with our audience up until launch, and after launch as well.
We would like to inform everyone that Continent of the ninth seal will perform its server maintenance. This is for new updates, changes, server refresh, etc.
[Estimated Time]
4-5 hours (Subject to change)
[Start Schedule]
June 22, 2022 18:00 PST June 23, 2022 02:00 UTC June 23, 2022 03:00 CET
Please note that during the maintenance, the game server will be inaccessible. We can only ask for your kind patience during this time.
For any inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us on our customer support service center or on our official Facebook fan page!
Olympwnks, aka Pwnk Olympics, is a mini-game competition based on total scores. Your chat can join anytime during the game, so if there are viewers who arrive late, they can still participate in the game via chat comments! Also, there is no elimination in this game mode. Players with the highest total score will win the competition.
New Games:
1. Pwnk Man
-Which viewer will become the biggest Pwnk Man?
Streamers: Press Spacebar to boost Pwnkmans' speed and points! A successful hit will make Pwnkman bigger and faster! (Red area=miss Green area=great Yellow area=perfect)
Viewers: Enter 1-4 to spawn a Pwnkman! Pwnkman will eat dots and other smaller Pwnkman to get bigger. Pwnkman will respawn automatically upon death!
2. Pwnk Loot
-Guess the correct video game by game items or loot!
3. Pwnk Mandela
-Which picture is correct? Find out how reliable is everyone's memory!
Improvements:
- Added a way to select a game in Versus mode. (New versus games are coming soon: Pwnk Draw & Pwnk Defense Versus.) - Pwnk Life: added achievements in the result screen, improved voting, and Life events! - Pwnk NFT: added timers to see when you can hack other streamers' NFT - Pwnk Defense: Balanced units' cost and stats - Pwnk Blitz: streamer no longer needs to click on the card - Pwnk Snack: Added a bit of difficulty - Pwnk Away: Added a bit of difficulty - Added new resolution 1600x900 - Improved game lobby graphics - Improved some SFX - Limited in-game leaderboard to show up to top 200 players.