Valheim V0.218.15a ((top)) -

Character customization gets a minor overhaul, addressing some popular player requests regarding hairstyles.

: The boiling ocean surrounding the southern rim will quickly destroy standard wooden hulls. You must craft the brand-new, sturdier vessel specifically designed to withstand the heat.

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To understand v0.218.15a, you have to look backward. The major milestone was update (v0.218.9), which added:

: Unleashes crackling chain-lightning storm damage upon groups of enemies. Jade : Binds targets using immobilizing nature energy. New Armor Sets and Tooltips user wants a long article about the Valheim v0

: Before launching the game on the stable branch, copy your world and character files locally.

Thanks to the Valheim community’s data-mining efforts (credit to Valheim Wiki Discord), here is what isn’t in the official changelog: search results show various pages

We tested v0.218.15a on three hardware configurations. The results show mixed but generally positive gains.