For those brave enough to venture into the treacherous realms of Valheim, there’s exciting news on the horizon! The latest update, Patch 0.219.13 – The Bog Witch, has officially arrived after weeks of testing in the Public Test Branch. This update includes new content, mechanics, and improvements to enhance your Viking experience. You can find the original announcement and details here.
A Glimpse into the Swamps
Players can now explore the murky depths of the Swamps, where a new trader known as the Bog Witch awaits. This mysterious NPC offers a variety of ingredients and materials essential for brewing potions and unlocking the new feast mechanic that promises to revolutionize gatherings in Valheim. With the introduction of new skills and tools, homesteading got a lot more engaging!
What’s New?
Let’s break down the key features of this latest patch:
- New Trader & Location: Meet the Bog Witch and discover her hut in the Swamps.
- Feast Mechanics: Enjoy 8 different feasts that can be shared with your fellow Vikings.
- Crafting Galore: 16 new crafting materials and 3 new clothing items up for grabs!
- Skills & Tools: Unlock 3 new skills and utilize 2 new tools to enhance your gameplay.
- Exciting New Emotes: Express yourself with 3 new emotes!
- Bug Fixes & Performance Improvements: Enjoy a smoother experience with various optimizations.
Diving Deeper: New Mechanics
* Feasts: Large meals that last longer and can be shared among several people
* New Skill: Cooking – Reduces the time it takes to craft food, chance to gain +1 food while crafting
* New skill: Farming – Reduces the stamina cost of using the Cultivator and increases the durability of farming items. Chance to gain bonus yield while harvesting crops.
* New skill: Crafting – Reduces the time it takes to craft items and increases the durability of crafting items. Reduces the stamina cost of placing build pieces.
* Tool: Serving Tray – Allows you to place any consumable item, like a build piece
* Tool: Scythe – Allows you to speed up the harvesting of your crops
* Material: Barrel Rings (purchasable)
* Material: Candle Wick (purchasable)
* Material: Scythe Handle (purchasable)
* Material: Cured Squirrel Hamstring (purchasable)
* Material: Powdered Dragon Eggshells (purchasable)
* Material: Fresh Seaweed (purchasable)
* Material: Pungent Pebbles (purchasable)
* Material: Fragrant Bundle (purchasable)
* Material: Toadstool (purchasable)
* Material: Ivy Seeds (purchasable)
* Material: Woodland Herb Blend (purchasable)
* Material: Mountain Peak Pepper Powder (purchasable)
* Material: Grasslands Herbalist Harvest (purchasable)
* Material: Herbs of the Hidden Hills (purchasable)
* Material: Fiery Spice Powder (purchasable)
* Material: Seafarer’s Herbs (purchasable)
* Barrel (storage)
* Resin Candle
* Workbench: Food Preparation Table
* Workbench: Mead Ketill
* Clothing: Harvest Tunic (purchasable)
* Clothing: Harvest Dress (purchasable)
* Hat: Straw Hat (purchasable)
* NPC: The Witch (trader)
* NPC/Enemy: Kvastur
* Feast: Whole Roasted Meadows Boar
* Feast: Black Forest Buffet Platter
* Feast: Swamp Dweller’s Delight
* Feast: Hearty Mountain Logger’s Stew
* Feast: Plains Pie Picnic
* Feast: Mushrooms Galore á la Mistlands
* Feast: Ashlands Gourmet Bowl
* Feast: Sailor’s Bounty
* Potion: Berserkir Mead
* Potion: Tonic of Ratatosk
* Potion: Lightfoot Mead
* Potion: Draught of Vananidir
* Potion: Mead of Troll Endurance
* Potion: Brew of Animal Whispers
* Potion: Anti-Sting Concoction
* Potion: Love Potion (purchasable)
* New Location: Witch’s hut in the Swamps
* New Event: Ghosts
* New Emotes: Relax, Rest & Toast
* Mead bases are crafted with the Mead Ketill instead of with the Cauldron
* Uncooked food items are crafted with the Food Preparation Table instead of with the Cauldron
* Food placed with the Serving Tray is steaming of deliciousness
* Various visual updates to Hildir’s camp
* Optimised Greydwarf Eye
* Added the ability to craft x5 at once when holding down shift or left stick
* Some old hardcoded strings have been fixed and are now properly localised
* Updated names and descriptions for some of the items in Hildir’s shop
* Food is now visible in the player’s hand during eating animation
* Player built pots now return charcoal resin on destruction
* Console command added: ‘sortcraft’ to be able to sort crafting lists by name, type, weight, count or original
* Reduced radius of burn area on fire pits
* Fixed visual bug with Asksvin Rug and Straw
* ResetSkill console command can now also take “all”
* Various optimizations to make the game run a bit smoother
* Framerates should become a bit more consistent when around a lot of buildings
* Fixed input loss that occured when running the game at lower framerates
* Fixed the slope-knockback bug that could occur when hitting enemies with some attacks while on a steep slope
* Fixed issue where if menu was opened during the generation of a new world, the join code would not be displayed
* Updated Unity version to 2022.3.50
* Improved smoke rendering performance and visuals
* Mead bases now have individual icons
* Active status effects are now shown in rows of 7
* Valuables now show “Item value (total value)”
* Trollstav & Staff of the Wild no longer refers to “Dead Raiser” when you reach max summon capacity
* Barley Flour max stack increased to 50
* Black Marble Bench now shows correct text when hovered
* Feather cape no longer has a boost to player jump height (this has been moved to the new Lightfoot Mead)
* Berserkir axe secondary attack stamina cost increased to 32 from 28
* Recipes for meads has been moved from the Cauldron to the Mead Ketill
* Recipes for uncooked food has been moved from the Cauldron to the Food Preparation Table
* Game no longer crashes when blocking/unblocking other player and exiting player list too fast
* Now if you suspend game after having joined online game, you can once again join another online game upon resuming without having to restart the whole game
* Fixed a bug where you could infinitely get stuck on “logging in to backend service” if you had deleted your playfab account and subsequently lost internet
* Made sure resolution dropdown in graphics settings can be scrolled with a gamepad
* Fixed Chat/NPC text not clamping correctly to screen borders on resolutions other than 1080p.
* Fixed bug with resolution confirmation popup not showing up if you switch to other settings tab and click OK
* Fixed so that the framerate slider movement speeds up if held down when using a gamepad
* Now filters out local IP addresses when searching for online servers
* Main audio device should no longer swap upon game launch
* Keys that don’t have a QWERTY counterpart can now be bound
* Bepinex will work on Steam versions of Mac again
* Dedicated servers now put save files in the correct location when no ApplicationSupport folder exists already
* Dragging the window around no longer triggers left mouse button clicks
* Valheim cursor is now re-enabled after moving mouse outside of game window
* Forward and backward mouse buttons are no longer incorrectly recognized as middle mouse button
* Valheim is now downloadable on App Store even if Steam installation already exists
* Fixed Steam overlay not being openable via shortcut
