Valheim lets you name pets and build thrones with newly released ‘Hearth and Home’ update
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Our list ofbest PC gamesis a competitive place, but Valheim makes a good case for it as one of the better survival games on PC right now. Today, Iron Gate Studio and Coffee Stain are finally releasing the long-awaited Hearth and Home update, Valheim’s first (hopefully, of many) major releases during its Early Access tenure. Hearth and Home includes a ton of new features and changes to look forward to for players, including all-new building pieces, weapon improvements, naming pets, new Plains features, and much more. There’s also a new trailer to celebrate the update’s release.
As the name suggests, Hearth and Home places extra attention on the players' homes in Valheim, and features all-new building pieces and furniture, ways to plant additional trees, new food items, new weapons and weapons balancing, and more. There are also a ton of general quality-of-life improvements like new graphics settings, bug fixes, and more. All-in-all, this is a major update for Valheim players, and even includes more new features beyond the changelog, especially in theValheims Plains area.
You can find the full changelog for Valheim’s Hearth and Home update below, or go download the release on Steam right now. If you haven’t played Valheim yet, and are interested in one of thebest PC survival gamesyou can play right now, be sure to check out ourValheim beginner’s guidefor some tips and tricks on how to get started.
Source: Coffee Stain
The full changelog for Valheim’s Hearth and Home update includes:
General improvements
Food
World
Items
Building
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