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Patch 0.221.13 (Public Test)
⚠️ Note: This update is for the Public Test branch of Valheim only, and may therefore be unstable! Prior to launching this update to the Default version of the game, we want to have a chance to discover bugs and fine-tu…
Word From the Devs: Yeah, That’s A Drawbridge
Hello vikings! We began this month of April, as is customary, with a bit of a laugh. Most of you caught on to the fact that it was an April Fools joke, but we do want to make sure to clarify that there is not going to b…
Word From the Devs: Winter Adventures
Hello Vikings! While the story of Hervor Bloodtooth has come to an end, the same cannot be said for the Deep North. We continue to work away on crafting the biome, and today we want to show you a couple of different win…
Word From the Devs: Looking to the Future
Hello Vikings! First of all, thank you for all the kind messages during our five year anniversary earlier this month. We wouldn’t be here without all of you! You might also have noticed that we announced that Valheim is…
Patch 0.221.12
We've got a couple of fixes for you today! Please also note that playing using Vulkan might currently cause Valheim to be unstable and/or crash. If you want to continue using Vulkan, you can disable the FPS limiters in…
Patch 0.221.10 – Five Years of Valheim!
Greetings vikings! Today marks the five year anniversary since Valheim was first released into Early Access – and what an incredible five years it’s been! We want to thank everyone who has been a part of our journey and…
Word From the Devs: It’s Freezing!
Greetings, vikings! 2026 is here, and we hope you’re just as eager for this year as we are! We’ve been having quite a bit of winter weather here in our corner of the world lately, which feels apt as we’ll be sharing wit…
Word From the Devs: Through the Roof
Greetings vikings! We’ve truly hit the colder part of the year now, which gives us plenty of inspiration for the Deep North landscape. And just as we continue to work on the biome, Hervor Bloodtooth is continuing her jo…
Word from the Devs: Picking Up the Thread
Hello vikings! We want to start with mentioning a Unity security vulnerability that occurred a few weeks back. There is no evidence that the vulnerability ever reached Valheim in any way, and we hurried to patch the gam…
Word From the Devs: We Fight On!
Greetings vikings! Since our last check-in we have moved the Call to Arms update from the Public Test Branch and into the Live version of the game! We want to thank everyone who tested the game during the PTB, as well a…
Patch 0.221.4 – Call To Arms
It's time to bring Call to Arms from the PTB and into Valheim proper! As always, a huge thank you to everyone who has tested it already, and a grand welcome to all new players! This updates features plenty of ways of se…
Patch 0.221.4 (Public Test)
⚠️ Note: This update is for the Public Test branch of Valheim only, and may therefore be unstable! Prior to launching this update to the Default version of the game, we want to have a chance to discover bugs and fine-tu…
Word from the Devs: Ready For A Fight!
Greetings vikings! We’re back after a bit of a summer break, and we’ve got lots of things going on! To start with, as you may have already noticed, we’re at Gamescom to present the latest update, Call to Arms. It’s avai…
Patch 0.221.3 – Call To Arms (Public Test)
⚠️ Note: This update is for the Public Test branch of Valheim only, and may therefore be unstable! Prior to launching this update to the Default version of the game, we want to have a chance to discover bugs and fine-tu…
Word from the Devs: Summer in Sight
Hello vikings! Summer is here already! In case you’ve missed it, that also means that you’re able to build the Maypole and craft the Midsummer Crown in Valheim – you’ll be able to do so for the rest of June and through…
Word From the Devs: Mystery Foes
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 tha…
Development Blog: Rock On!
Hello vikings and Rocky-fans! It’s April, and you might have noticed that we were a bit mischievous earlier this month… For clarity, we did a repost of our old April Fools jokes, and as funny as these videos may be they…
Patch 0.220.5
We've gone digging deep into our archives today, vikings! We found some old stuff that you will recognize already (but we're putting it all here anyway so no one misses it), but we also found something that's been gathe…
Development Blog: Venturing Forth
Greetings vikings! We’d like to start off this post by saying thank you to everyone we met at GDC this year! It’s always a pleasure to get to meet people who have played our game, and this time around was no exception.…
Patch 0.220.4
Just a small patch of fixes for you today, thanks for testing on the PTB! Patch Notes: Fix a crash on Xbox that could occur when entering suspend mode while playing online multiplayer * Fix memory leak for HUDs of dead…
