Valheim 0.221.12

Patch 0.221.12 adds a quicker way to pick emotes from the radial menu and puts gamepad crouching back to a single press. It also fixes a Vulkan startup crash on Windows, audio stutters in Ashlands, and several graphics settings problems. Vulkan can still make the game unstable or crash for now.

New content 1

  • You can now keep holding the radial menu button or key after the menu opens and then let go to choose an emote.

Changes and balancing 1

  • Crouching on gamepad is a single press again, undoing an unintended switch to press-and-hold.

Fixes 6

  • Fixed a startup crash on Windows that happened under specific conditions when using Vulkan.
  • Fixed audio stutters in Ashlands.
  • Fixed annoying resolution setting behavior in windowed mode when changing settings.
  • Fixed graphics settings sometimes not applying properly the first time after updating from an earlier version.
  • Fixed some minor UX issues in the graphics settings menu.
  • For modders: fixed a null reference exception that began in 0.221.10 when mods directly or indirectly accessed preferences at startup, for example through the localization system.

Known issues 2

  • Playing with Vulkan might currently make Valheim unstable or cause crashes, and a solution is being worked on.
  • Players who stay on Vulkan can disable the FPS limiters, for example in the Nvidia Control Panel, for a hopefully smoother experience.