After the Hearth and Home update—one of the biggest updates that Valheim received since its official launch—developers, Iron Gate AB is finally ready with a new patch versioned 0.207.15, adding an influx of new content including a new Frost Caves dungeon, new enemies, weapons, armor, events, building pieces and a ton of other things to the game.
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At the time of writing this article, Valheim 0.207.15 update is live on the public test servers. Once this new patch is player tested, the developers will release it on the game’s main servers.
To make sure you don’t miss out on any content addition that Valheim’s new update brings—we have shared the official patch notes for the version 0.207.15 update.
Everything New Coming With Valheim 0.207.15 Update
Here is the complete list of new content added to Valheim test servers before it’s made available on the main servers.
New Content
- Frost Caves added as a new dungeon (Will only appear in unexplored areas)
- New enemies: Ulv, Cultist, Bat
- New crafting materials: Red jute, Fenring hair, Fenring claw
- New armour set: Fenris Coat, Fenris Leggings, Fenris Hood (equip all at once for an extra bonus!)
- New weapon: Flesh Rippers (Unarmed)
- New build pieces: Red jute carpet, Red jute curtain, Standing brazier
- New event: “You stirred the cauldron
Fixes & Improvements
- FPS limiter setting and option to reduce GPU usage when minimised, menu FPS capped to 60
- Various console command improvements and additions, see console ‘help’
- Fixed some dungeon parts not being fully deterministic (ends)
- Nomap mode improvements (vegvisr alternative, nomap is server setting, max distance for shouting, Random build/spawn rotation, ‘noportals’ command)
- Resolution now only shows refresh rate when forcing exclusive fullscreen
- Various UI fixes
- Recipes for Jack-o-turnip + Yule stuff disabled
Quality of Life
- Building marker is more subtle and indicates piece rotation
- Corpse run gives carry weight bonus to compensate for unequipped belt
- Crafting stackable items while having full inventory now possible if there are are available stack slots
- Fixed a bug where sometimes stackable items won’t be taken when having full inventory and pressing ‘Take All’ in a chest
- Chat can now be closed using esc, mouse or gamepad B
Gamepad support
- Full controller support!
- Controller legend visible in pause menu and settings
- Controller text input when running in Steam big picture mode. Chat, characters, signs, pets etc can now be named using the controller.
- Controller mapping of all game features
- Context menus will now always show controller buttons when using controller
- Alternative controller glyph style option
- Skills window scrollable with gamepad
- Crafting can be cancelled if pressing the button again (like with mouse)
- Fixed some missing/misplaced gamepad tooltips
Steam Deck
- Steam Deck controller layout shows when playing on Steam Deck
- Loads default settings catered to the Steam Deck
Valheim is a survival game currently available on the PC platform.
