Hello vikings! March is nearing its end and were quite busy here at Iron Gate. Some of us were at GDC in San Francisco last week, and were even able to meet some of you! Unity had a booth where you could try out a bunch of games made with their engine and that included a Valheim setup if you were there we hope you had a great time! Otherwise were currently spending most of our time ironing out a lot of wrinkles. Just like any biome, the Ashlands will feature several new mechanics, new materials, building pieces and enemies, and its important to get all of that working smoothly. Right now were solving as many bugs and issues as we can in order to give you the best experience possible! That being said, the Ashlands update really isnt far away now, and in order to make sure youre sufficiently prepared, we have put together this article for you, so that you know what to expect in terms of world generation, difficulty, and so on. But as always, onto the teasers! You might have noticed that weve promised that the Ashlands update will feature over 50 new build pieces (there were just over 35 for the Mistlands update, for comparison), and today wed like to show you a decorative window in the new wooden material which will be accessible in the biome. Here its built together with regular wooden walls and black marble pieces:
We also want to show you a new floor piece that will be featured in the Ashlands. Can we interest you in some diagonal boards?
Build pieces wont be the only way to customise your home though the Ashlands update will also feature vines that you can plant yourself and have grow onto your house! They will grow wherever they are able to, however, so make sure they dont cover the door Something people were wondering was whether the vines would only be vines, or whether there would be something to harvest from them. To that, wed like to reply with this little picture:
Finally, in case you missed it, we have plushies in our merch store! Theres a lox and a neck, and a small troll head keychain. Arent they just the cutest? These are available for purchase right now, in case you need something to squeeze tight when the Ashlands update arrives

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