On the lookout for all the main points on the upcoming Valheim Fireplace and Dwelling replace? You are not the one one. Since Valheim launched on Steam Early Entry in the beginning of February, the Viking survival recreation has racked up over six million gross sales. It is shocking everybody—not least Iron Gate Studios, the five-person growth workforce behind the sport.
Iron Gate has launched a roadmap, detailing the updates that gamers can count on to see all through the approaching yr. These updates actually have intriguing names, reminiscent of ‘Cult of the Wolf’ and ‘Ships and the Sea’. The primary main Valheim replace, Fireplace and Dwelling, sounds significantly attention-grabbing, not least of all due to how fashionable the constructing side of Valheim has rapidly develop into, with gamers displaying off increasingly more opulent bases.
Whereas particulars about a lot of the upcoming Valheim content material is being stored firmly below wraps, this is all the things we all know concerning the Valheim Fireplace and Dwelling replace.
Valheim Fireplace and Dwelling replace launch date: What we all know
Iron Gate hasn’t but specified after we can count on to see the Fireplace and Dwelling replace, however I am going to add any new data because it turns into obtainable.
Talking to PC Gamer in February concerning the Valheim roadmap, Henrik Törnqvist, co-founder of Iron Gate mentioned “The entire workforce is engaged on fixing all of the bugs that come to gentle while you instantly get 1,000,000 individuals enjoying your recreation. As quickly as we really feel prepared, we’ll start engaged on the updates outlined within the roadmap.”
With 4 named updates deliberate for 2021, it could make sense to see Fireplace and Dwelling—the primary of those—launch within the subsequent month or so. That is after all purely hypothesis as now we have no approach of figuring out what number of bugs are taking precedence or how a lot work has already been completed almost about the replace. We’ll replace as quickly as we all know.
Valheim Fireplace and Dwelling: Extra constructing items
If you happen to’ve performed various minutes of Valheim, you may have not less than constructed your self a rudimentary shelter. And for these of us that target base constructing quite than precise development, the Fireplace and Dwelling replace is one thing value marking in your calendars.
Because the title suggests, it’ll deal with base constructing and Törnqvist has confirmed that further constructing items will likely be added, in addition to “stuff to do in and round the home.” That is implausible information if you happen to’ve spent extra time than you’d wish to admit striving to construct the right base.
Whereas gamers are already discovering some severely spectacular methods of constructing with what’s already current in Valheim, the addition of additional constructing items is bound to open the flood gates to but extra bizarre participant creations.
Valheim Fireplace and Dwelling: Meals re-balancing
Presently, there isn’t any method to starve in Valheim as your well being won’t ever drop under the bottom worth of 25 with out injury from an exterior supply. You want to step outdoors your base in some unspecified time in the future, although. Once you do, be sure to’re stocked up on meals, particularly while you’re venturing into a number of the more durable biomes. And whereas there are many meals and meads presently obtainable, the Fireplace and Dwelling replace may even check out the meals in Valheim and make additions and enhancements to the system.
“Fireplace and Dwelling goes to be food-related as effectively,” Robin Eyre, Iron Studio’s Predominant Artist spoke just a little concerning the replace throughout his personal stream on Twitch. “So we’ll re-balance quite a lot of the meals, we’re in all probability getting extra cooking stations, I do not know. However we’re getting extra stuff that’s home-oriented and quite a lot of new meals.”
It is unclear what meals re-balancing will contain—although it appears logical that present meals will likely be tweaked to grant kind of well being or stamina.
Valheim Fireplace and Dwelling wishlist: The additions I wish to see
Whereas there isn’t any approach of figuring out precisely what will likely be added with the Dwelling and Fireplace replace, it is exhausting to not speculate. So this is a listing of some issues we expect would profit the Viking afterlife.
The flexibility to plant berry bushes and mushrooms
Whereas you could find these meals dotted round completely different biomes, it could be nice if you happen to might plant and harvest these at your base. Certain, it is simple sufficient to mark them in your map if you happen to discover a significantly good crop, however it might probably nonetheless be a ache if it’s a must to journey to gather them.
Flippable constructing items
Presently you possibly can rotate constructing items while you’re setting up your base. However there have been a couple of situations the place I’d have appreciated to flip the piece the wrong way up to slot in sure gaps.
Separate ‘backpack’ for gear or gear slots
Any armor you presently equip takes up beneficial stock area. Identical for weapons and instruments. It might be good to see devoted gear slots to liberate some further area for extra supplies or meals.
