Valheim update reveals new Ashlands creatures and drops
Another Valheim update is here from developer Iron Gate, showing us more new Ashlands creatures and teasing some of the drops we’ll encounter in the upcoming biome. We also get an update on the Valheim Hildir’s Quest release date, giving us a better idea of when the promised Valheim difficulty settings and hardcore mode are being implemented in the co-op Viking survival game.
With the most recent Valheim patch currently in public testing, the team says the focus is on getting Hildir’s Quest out as soon as possible – noting that any notable issues with the current patch will see it rolled back temporarily in favor of launching Hildir’s Quest. In fact, the team says that “If everything works out the way we hope it will, this should be the last blog post before the update is released for testing.”
The other note is that Hildir’s Quest may actually not be called that when it comes out – “Hildir’s Quest was mainly intended as a working title,” the team notes, “but rest assured that the name change doesn’t change what the patch actually contains.” You should be able to get hands on the update very soon, though, whatever it’s called.
Moving onto Ashlands, the team shows off some of the drops you’ll be picking up in the new Valheim Ashlands biome as you take on the scorched skeletal hordes and other foes. There’s a deep blue and black feather – almost certainly obtained from the unsettling Fallen Valkyries shown off in a previous Ashlands spoiler – a heart, and a tooth of rather concerning length. Whatever creature’s mouth that’s come out of, I’m not sure I want to meet it.
Not everything in the Ashlands is going to inspire fear at first sight, thankfully. There’ll still be plenty of smaller creatures and critters for you to
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