Valheim Should Rethink Its Approach to Portal-Based Item Transit

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While Valheim has already proven to be successful, there are a few limitations within its portal-based transport system. Valheim was originally released through Early Access in February 2021, which has allowed developer Iron Gate AB to adjust the game's systems and world as players explore. Despite a number of updates, one system in Valheim that has remained relatively unchanged is transporting.

For a relatively small investment, players can create portals and transport themselves across the massive world of Valheim. However, moving raw metals and their smelted counterpoints through these portals remains impossible. This has left some players frustrated when making their way to new continents and biomes, so there are a few adjustments Iron Gate could make to leave the system better than ever.

Valheim is a More Skyrim-like Survival Game

After defeating Valheim's first boss Eikthyr, players gain an item needed to harvest Tin and Copper ore in the Black Forest biome. This flow lends itself to building forward bases in each new area that players can explore. Teleporting between these bases helps ease the burden of transporting materials needed to survive in this harsh Viking world. Unfortunately, when any of the game's metals are in a player's inventory, using portals becomes impossible, which makes transporting new metal ore back to a player's original base more challenging — especially if the ore is found on a different island.

Removing this metal requirement would help limit trips across the Ocean biome of Valheim, where challenging Serpents linger. Normally, transporting important metals in the cargo hold of Valheim's ships can lead to devastating losses at sea. Being able to teleport metals and ores through portals would