Valheim Update Adds Frost Caves

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Last year's indie smash-hit, Valheim, had taken the gaming world by storm, only for a slow update schedule to lessen its hype in the long run. The developers, however, are hard at work producing new content, and the latest update is now available for everyone to enjoy.

The standout feature of Valheim's latest update is, without a doubt, the all-new Frost Caves dungeon biome, which opens up a wealth of new options for both veteran players and newbies alike. There's much more to the update than just a new dungeon biome, however, and players who haven't had the chance to play the game's public test branch have much to look forward to.

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Located in the game's Mountains biome, the Frost Caves are a new dungeon type loaded to the brim with difficult encounters, top-end loot, and potential progression options for interested players. One of the main enemies, as shown during Valheim's Frost Caves update public test branch, will be the werewolf-like Fenring creatures, though developers have also announced the presence of cultists, the Ulv, and Stone Golems — among other threats.

According to the developers' latest blog post, there's a major new base defense event involving one of the all-new creatures, though players will need to discover the specifics of this event on their own. Curiously, the Frost Caves update is, in fact, the renamed Valheim Cult of the Wolf update, which could be seen in the game's earliest official roadmaps. The official blog explains that the update ended up getting re-titled along the way, and that the developers are hoping to clear up any potential confusion this way.

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