The update 0.150.3 was released for the survival game Valheim and includes some small but important changes. Among other things, a tool has been improved, the hoe. This is supposed to make terraforming cheaper – but it does not.
What the update changes: One of the changes in the update concerns the hoe and the amount of stone needed to raise terrain. Initially, you needed four stones to lift a plot of land by one unit.
Raising land is important to create a level building space, so that your constructions are stable. Additionally, you may need the function when you want to dig a ship canal through the islands for easier travel.
The required amount has now been halved, so two stones are sufficient. Theoretically, this means the amount of stone for raising terrain has been reduced by 50%. Practically, however, everything has become much more expensive.
Why does building cost more now? With the update, there was also a patch that fixed a bug. Previously, it was possible to click exactly at the edge of a terrain with a hoe and immediately bring the adjacent plot to the same height.
This way, entire plateaus could be easily created by repeatedly using the “raise ground” function directly at the edge of the raised land. Each raising only cost four stones, even if significantly more ground was lifted.
This bug has now disappeared with the update. Even though raising itself has become cheaper, building now costs more stones. Some players welcome this update with memes because they have been waiting to save stones:
Better performance and smoother gameplay with update 0.150.3
What’s also in the update: Along with the “improved” hoe, the developers have also worked on the entire terrain system. Among other things, terraforming is now supposed to be loaded before built objects.
Additionally, ships and buildings should no longer be damaged while they are still loading. These changes should reduce network load and thus improve the connection. Overall, the game should run better and smoother. You can find the full patch notes on the Steam page of Valheim (via Steam).
What’s next? Currently, the developers are still working on fixing bugs and getting the game into a state they are satisfied with. Only then do they want to focus on new updates.
However, there is already a kind of roadmap with upcoming content. Next up is “Hearth and Home”, which will introduce more building options and recipes. You can find the best cooking recipes in Valheim in our guide .
Later, more content such as new bosses, features, and biomes will come. In total, there are supposed to be nine biomes, each with its own boss. Three of them are already known:
- Foglands
- Deep North
- Ashlands
All three are already in the game but not really usable yet, being empty. However, at least what we know about the Foglands already hints that the new biome will truly disgust you.
