Valheim 1.0.20 Will Improve Trophy Drops and Fix Cheated Item Flags
Monster star levels will affect trophy chances, while a Mac App Store delay will temporarily suspend crossplay with other platforms.
Valheim 1.0.20 will make monster star level count toward trophy drop chances and keep rare-drop pseudo-random logic from resetting between player sessions. Iron Gate says that should give rare drops a fairer distribution, addressing player complaints that kills were producing too few trophies. The Steam announcement also details fixes for cheated item flags, dedicated-server frame rates, and Xbox settings.
A fix for items incorrectly marked as cheated was still pending during the earlier 1.0.15 rollout. Patch 1.0.20 will reset the cheated flag on items and build pieces from earlier versions, reversing a bug in the initial 1.0 release that mislabeled some legitimately obtained items. It will also correct cases where Cheat Sword and Cheat Sledge were not treated as cheated.
The patch also addresses a possible Forge of Potential exploit and adjusts attachment points for sheathed weapons. A dedicated-server fix targets a case where a server could run without a frame-rate cap if V-sync was enabled in a client on the same computer, wasting substantial CPU time. Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S will also get a fix for settings that failed to save between sessions.
The Mac App Store version will be delayed, leaving crossplay unavailable between its players and players on other platforms until the update catches up. Crossplay should work again for everyone once the patch reaches the Mac App Store.
Valheim 1.0.20 Patch Notes
- Trophy drop chance is now increased by star level of monsters
- Pseudo-random drop logic will no longer be reset between player sessions to give a more fair distribution for rare drops
- Fixed a possible exploit to Forge of Potential
- Reset the cheated flag on all items and build pieces from previous versions, to undo the damage done by a bug in the initial 1.0 release that marked some validly obtained items as cheated.
- Fixed bug that caused Cheat Sword and Cheat Sledge to not be considered cheated in specific cases
- Fixed dedicated server running at uncapped frame rate if v-sync was enabled in client on the same computer, wasting massive amounts of CPU time
- Adjusted attachment points for sheathed weapons
- Xbox One/Xbox Series S|X: Fixed settings failing to save between sessions for some users
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Valheim
Developed by Iron Gate Studios
Valheim is an open-world survival and exploration game set in a procedurally generated world inspired by Norse mythology. Playing alone or with up to nine other players, you explore dangerous biomes, gather resources, craft weapons and armour, build Viking settlements and longships, and battle powerful creatures and bosses in order to prove yourself worthy of Odin.
Progression is tied to exploration and defeating the Forsaken, with each biome introducing new enemies, resources, crafting possibilities and challenges. From the peaceful Meadows to the frozen Deep North, players can build, farm, sail, fight and explore the tenth world at their own pace.
- Genre Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
- Platforms Xbox Series X|S, Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
- Perspective Third person
- Modes Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Release September 9, 2026
- Publisher Coffee Stain Publishing
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