Valheim 0.219.10: The Bog Witch
The Bog Witch adds a new trader in the Swamps who sells ingredients and materials for brewing potions and cooking the new feasts. It also brings three new skills and new tools for homesteading. This is a public test build, so it may be unstable.
New content 14
- A new trader, the Witch, can be found at a new Witch's hut location in the Swamps.
- The Witch sells 16 new crafting materials, including Barrel Rings, Candle Wick, Fresh Seaweed, Toadstool and Fiery Spice Powder.
- Feasts are a new mechanic: large meals that last longer and can be shared among several people.
- There are 8 feasts, including Whole Roasted Meadows Boar, Black Forest Buffet Platter, Swamp Dweller's Delight and Sailor's Bounty.
- There are 8 new potions, including Berserkir Mead, Tonic of Ratatosk, Lightfoot Mead, Draught of Vananidir and Mead of Troll Endurance; the Love Potion is bought from the trader.
- The new Cooking skill shortens food crafting time and gives a chance to gain +1 food while crafting.
- The new Farming skill lowers the stamina cost of the Cultivator, makes farming items more durable and gives a chance of bonus yield when harvesting crops.
- The new Crafting skill shortens crafting time, makes crafting items more durable and lowers the stamina cost of placing build pieces.
- The Serving Tray lets you place any consumable item like a build piece, and food placed this way steams.
- The Scythe speeds up harvesting crops.
- New build pieces are the Barrel (storage), Resin Candle, Food Preparation Table and Mead Ketill.
- Three new purchasable clothing items are the Harvest Tunic, Harvest Dress and Straw Hat.
- Kvastur is a new NPC/enemy, and Ghosts are a new event.
- Three new emotes are added: Relax, Rest and Toast.
Changes and balancing 9
- Mead bases are now crafted at the Mead Ketill instead of the Cauldron.
- Uncooked food items are now crafted at the Food Preparation Table instead of the Cauldron.
- Holding shift or left stick lets you craft x5 at once.
- A new console command, 'sortcraft', sorts crafting lists by name, type, weight, count or original, and the ResetSkill command now also accepts "all".
- Food is now visible in the player's hand during the eating animation.
- Player built pots now return charcoal resin when destroyed.
- The burn area on fire pits has a smaller radius.
- Hildir's camp has various visual updates, and some items in Hildir's shop have new names and descriptions.
- The Greydwarf Eye has been optimised, and various other optimizations make the game run smoother, with more consistent framerates around many buildings.
Fixes 12
- Fixed input loss that occurred when running at lower framerates.
- Fixed the slope-knockback bug that could occur when hitting enemies with some attacks on a steep slope.
- Fixed the join code not being displayed if the menu was opened while a new world was being generated.
- Fixed a visual bug with the Asksvin Rug and Straw, and some old hardcoded strings are now properly localised.
- Xbox: fixed a crash when blocking or unblocking a player and leaving the player list too fast, fixed being unable to join another online game after suspending and resuming, and fixed an endless "logging in to backend service" screen after deleting a playfab account and losing internet.
- PC: the resolution dropdown can now be scrolled with a gamepad, and the framerate slider speeds up when held with a gamepad.
- PC: chat and NPC text now clamps correctly to screen borders at resolutions other than 1080p, and the resolution confirmation popup now shows after switching settings tabs and clicking OK.
- PC: local IP addresses are now filtered out when searching for online servers.
- Linux: the main audio device no longer swaps on launch, and keys without a QWERTY counterpart can now be bound.
- Mac: Bepinex works again on Steam versions, and dedicated servers save files in the correct location when no ApplicationSupport folder exists.
- Mac: dragging the window no longer triggers left mouse clicks, the Valheim cursor returns after the mouse leaves the game window, and forward and backward mouse buttons are no longer read as the middle button.
- Mac: Valheim can be downloaded on the App Store even if a Steam installation exists, and the Steam overlay can be opened via its shortcut.