My Thoughts On The Valheim Hildir's Update 

It would be cool if the clothing contributed to your comfort level. This would give an incentive to wear it around your base to get that max rested buff.

I think the clothing could increase the comfort level while wearing them and resting by 1/2/3. This would also make some sense since resting in fine clothes would be more comfortable than resting in armor. Although it might be unbalanced to have both the headpieces and the tunics/dresses grant the increase, so they could make it a set buff.

The non armor clothing should be chore related. Mining, wood chopping, cooking, farming, fishing bonuses.

Being able to move things without destroying them would be nice

One thing i really hope for is that they'll add miniboss weapons down the line. They could use the miniboss trophies as ingredients for unique weapons or even armours. As the main reward of beating the miniboss being purely cosmetic, is a bit disappointing. But i have faith.

Where was all this negative chatter? Reddit? That would be no surprise.

I was happy with the game before hearth&home. People will complain about anything and everything.

Personally this update was something I was hyped for because of the world customization. Not only does this mean quite a lot for the future, but I also absolutely despised the no portaling metals feature. It always felt like needless padding to a game that was already pretty grindy. As for the minibosses, I love fighting all of them, but I also agree that they need their own personal drops that don't break progression, but is still very useful. Doesn't make any sense that Zil & Thungr gets one, but the others don't

Thumbnail Hildr be lookin hella fine tho...

I love how despite that we got an update to core game mechanics from Iron Gate with some content as a bonus and some people still complain . And the root of it all , the phrase : "When i saw .... i expected ... " . IG should start to just schedule updates with no (or very vague) additional info .

I think people should remember that Valheim often creates a skeleton of a feature to test its mechanics then fleshes things out down the road in future updates. This includes food, the original trader, seasonal events, building and crafting stations. This is how development has been for the game. So right now the rewards, items and quests for the new NPC are meh but they will improve if the past development cycles are anything to go by. This game is in early access and it actually a proper early access with the game developers working to add systems and flesh out existing mechanics as the game advances through its development cycle. I am fine with a wait and see attitude because the dev has delivered so far. I may not agree with every choice but the game is better than release and there is more content than release so I am more than happy with this progression.

They could've gave us a bagpack to buy from hildur, and it expands inventory space but its like key item. (I.e. replaces belt of strength)

i so want bigger bags in the game , not more weight but a few more slots, if you are out on a gathering loop you run out of bagspace so quick

I wish they would add something more to do on the oceans, spear / arrow fishing... new ocean animals to meet / fight... even some treasure islands would be quite nice

really hope they give us a use for some of the clothing, and I think your noncombat stat buff idea is fantastic.

I hope they de-couple the setting for death penalties of skill and items. I want to lose all items on death but not skills. It's just annoying to go to completely slow at jumping, moving, drawing a bow etc.

Given that Valheim is fundamentally a roleplaying game, I can envision a multitude of ways in which this update will significantly elevate and enrich the overall gaming experience. In multiplayer gaming sessions, it's not uncommon for one player to assume the responsibility of tending to the base, which involves tasks such as gardening and cooking. The introduction of visually appealing clothing adds versatility and serves multiple purposes in these scenarios.

It's a free update for a $20 gam3. I'm not complaining

I’d like to see customized armor (colors, patterns, etc.) similar to what you can currently do with some of the shields.

My main note on this video is that if you want clothings to have stats, maybe have it look like the role youre trying to portray. ill be having none of this "oh, time to go chop some wood, where is my neon yellow dress", it doesnt make much sense at all, the intention is clear, it might not be what everyone wants, but im sure thatll be taken into account for future updates

Hopefully you play Starfield when it comes out. You and Kysen are my favorites to watch. My wife is dying of cancer so my life is upside-down now, and I've known her since I was 10. You always made me happy when I watched your videos.

a new raid type would be nice. like a hostile viking ship(or two), landing at your base and dispatch like 10-12 vikings which will loot your stuff if ignored

Thank you for this! Haven't had a chance to check out the PTB yet 🙌

Boggles my mind how the devs didn't think of having Hildir be a fabric weaver of some sorts, but she just sell you clothes imagine how she could either sell new banner/carpet designs or a "special thread" that unlock the recipes on top of giving a reason to come back to her to buy more

not rushing through the game makes it more enjoyable.

They should make it so you can wear clothes under armor and maintain buff and defense

They should make the clothing somehow equip to your armour like an attachment or at least make it equip over top of your armour.

I start a new run maybe 2-3 times a year. Try a different play style, different main weapon etc. That difficulty menu will definitely give me a reason for another one. Also, really want to check out that build snapping! Very close 2nd that stack moving. Awesome stuff =)

Clothing bonuses could be many and varied: Cooking apron/set slight food stat bonus when cooking. Farming gear: %chance of harvesting additional produce. Butcher gear: %chance of getting additional meat when using the butcher knife on tamed critters. Riding gear: boost riding skill/ increase riding skill gain. Fishing gear: increase fishing skill gain Swimsuit: increase swim skill gain Building gear: less stamina usage, ability to stand on steep rooftops. Dancing outfit: +3 comfort bonus when dancing near other players. Sleepwear: +5 comfort bonus sleeping in a bed. Any other basic clothing: +1 comfort bonus I think bonuses like these would be reasonable and balanced by the fact that you're not wearing armor.

Boom. You nailed it with the clothing stats and how they should cover the non combat related stats.

Idea for the clothing: I wouldn't care about a skill bonus on its own, but I would definitely carry an outfit with me if it had something like 50% less stamina drain on tool use.

I'm really looking forward to the qol stuff. Plus the eggs:)

Thanks for broadcasting this info and for highlighting the more prominent aspects of the update.

They desperately need to make the cultivator harvest in a circle radius so you don’t have to pick everything one by one. Planting should also be in a 3x3 grid.

Good Points there bud ^^ love the content

Nearly 700 hours of Valheim behind me, and ive loved every bit, and i welcome the upcoming changes. Most of all i wait to have the Hardcore mode to truly have the game challenge me.

Hundreds of hours of entertainment for $20.00 bucks. I'm not surprised at all that people are whining. Some people believe they should have instant gratification. Everything, all the time, for free.

I'm 100% onboard with those suggestions.

the Hildir merch was discussed in a podcast with devs some time ago, where players suggested to have some normal clothing to spend time in their bases without need of combat gear. The full idea was to also give less or no stamina usage when building, but I guess that didn't made it. Overall it's great update, I don't know why people not liking to have: - official game modification sliders - better building snap points - in game customization for your character - new cosmetic and decoration items - new gold sink Of course that won't be all, they will keep adding new stuff in old biomes so I enjoy every small update that they give us. Also note that the main focus is Ashlands + optimizing the game to work better on console. They are doing great job!

boosting stamina stat would be nice for the clothing for working around your base.

i disagree nwith you about the new outfits they should do it like its done in some mmorpgs and make them costumes that you can ware over your armor in a seperate slot

All this game is missing for me now is the ability to plant mushrooms, raspberries, blueberries, etc, etc where YOU WANT. Some proper farming. There is a mod for this, that seems very popular. I would love to see it in the official game.

in order for me to use clothes with stats instead of fenris armor they would have to give a permanant passive buff like the elder and modder abilities. + significant resource gathering yields for specific resources, + wind being at your back, maybe + a large percent map reveal distance+ 1000% jump height + inventory space. otherwise i'm still going to take the armour that increases my movement speed, and is also good enough to trivialize the first two biomes, and looks edgy. its not even a real contest. even if they get those much more powerful passive abilities its still a tough sell because of the limited number of spaces in your inventory. mine is full enough of junk i dont want at that moment anyway I dont want 3 more things in there.

I wish we got 100-200 new furniture items in this update over the clothing though. Tired of making wood furniture or using unofficial mods. Like Hildir's furniture right in the mfing trailer!

Hildir in thumbnail: straight outta hentai Hildir ingame: 🗿

Negative Fire. What would make more sense is You can put the non stat clothing in a overlay slot (Like in GW@ you can wear Outfits over Armor). So that way your stats are what ever armor you wear but what ppl see is the Dress wear.

If the characters looked more like your thumbnail I might play this more.

I reckon adding to comfort and getting better trade deals would make sense for them

Having vanilla resource modifier options and other tweaks to minize grindiness will be great for the next time busy players jump on

Thanks!

I was hoping clothing would work like some games that have a sort of "outfit slot" that just changes visuals but allows your armor to still be your stats modifier, but you can swap the look.

I'm very excited for the QOL and build piece placing features in this update...but personally I couldn't be bothered with the clothing or barber station.

Clothing could reduce stamina use when using the tools too so you use less stamina when you're wielding the Cultivator, Hoe, Pickaxe and could reduce wear and tear on those tools as well.

Changing hats is fine...but having to swap entire outfits everytime I want to DO something (chop wood, fish, dig) would be a pretty big negative experience. Now, if they added dedicated armor/equipment slots with the ability to swap on the fly (maybe not in combat), then that would be AMAZING!!

Yep! Well said.

FANTASTIC IDEA! - Iron Gate take notes!!

hey Firespark .... love your vids as always..... but if you could would you be able to show maybe how the world mod sliders work in regards to paid dedicated servers

if they had some kind of thrall/ recruitable & trainable human npcs i would play a lot more

I like the new update. I'm not a big role player, but I do like the fact my Viking has comfortable to sleep in! I was using troll armor to do that before. I do wish is warm for the cold nights though.

My gripe is still with the previous Mistlands update, magic introduced as an end game mechanic... should begin at start with basic magic and grow into greater magic?

Yeah a lot of things need reworking and more content could definitely be appreciated, but this game cost me like 10 bucks or something and tbh I'd play it almost only for the thing you can build lol. They're still putting out new content and not even charging you for it so I'm not complaining. It's still a really fun game and for me it's like a way better version of minecraft so, I'm sold.

All good points. Also, finding Hildir on pre existing maps is a pain. So perhaps a clue from the Merchant would be welcome.

Clothes that: Reduce smelt time Add chance to cook extra food Forage slightly more Wishbone clothes that find treasure Build wear to slightly reduce mat costs

World modifiers are something the game was sorely missing been really enjoying doing a moder only run(tears are mandatory for artisan table) and still getting enough iron just from wild scrap piles and oozers for everything up until breaking the towers in the mistlands...using the 3x drop rate and finally being able to just teleport heavy stuff through portals. Making it so you get constantly invaded and it's based on player level and not world level feels fantastic too. I can now use ooze bombs as a main weapon for dealing with deathsquitoes and seekers. In my current world I'm on day 68 only 1 death(got greedy in melee against 3 loxen) already have enough cores to make 3 endgame workbenches. Modifiers for me are 3x loot, normal combat difficulty, casual portals, casual death penalty, maxxed out frequency of raids and raids based on player level. Having those options is just great though :)

I think existing stats would not be the way to go because as other people have said, lugging around an extra set of clothing is not really worth the benefit of doing so when you are out in the world. The best thing they could do is add unique modifiers to the outfits for domestic tasks you do around your base, such as increasing farming yeild, increasing smelting/crafting yeild, reducing building costs or a bonus to the rested bonus you get if you rest while wearing them. But adding a quest with with rewards that mostly have no effect on gameplay is pointless. I don't understand the line of thought here. Nobody I know who plays valhiem plays it so they can play dressup.

@FireSpark81 Would you mind sharing where you got the picture for your preview of this video from? I tried searching it everywhere but could not find it.

the one thing bothering me is the focus on building+roleplay stuff when this is an exploration+viking conquest game. Not saying building shouldnt be expanded or anything but i feel the amount of game time introduced by these updates are not balanced towards builders/fighters. When new update drops theres hundreds of hours worth of new building possibilities, yet when it comes to exploring or fighting related stuff its just some dungeons. You could argue that procedural makes every biome "new" but theres really nothing to explore except the fact that hills and trees are in different places. I think we need a bunch of handmade stuff like these new towers and dungeons in each biome, but with lower spawn rates to make it worth searching many of them and with very USEFUL rewards. Not clothes to RP around town.....

The world sliders looks like a great idea. However, the clothes look like an absolute bust. Even if they sported the skills boosts suggested, who has the patience and inventory space to go out into the world, swap to an armourless outfit that gives +10 to Woodcutting to chop some wood, then to a +10 Pickaxes outfit to mine some Silver, then switch to your armour gear because you woke up a Stone Golem, then back to your Pickaxes outfit to finish mining and so on? It's just bleh. More stuff to spend your gold on is fine - if it's actually useful stuff. If it's cosmetic stuff that does nothing except weaken your character for the sake of novelty looks (like the Santa hat) it is again just bleh.

Have they fixed the unique armors? Also there is not enough new stuff going into the plains biom so I still haven’t had motivation to play mistlands. Also a mount before the plains biom is needed imo.

Adding skills to the new clothes seems like somthing that could easily be modded in after the update

Anythoughts or news on when it'll leave Public testing and go live? Can't wait for game modifiers!

I really hope they continue adding more helpful features in the future. I'm still hoping to see things in the base game like: - sort button for inventory/containers - shift + e to instant fill fires, smelters, kilns, etc - blast furnace takes all ores, not just black metal - quantity input for crafting - crafting filters for item categories - crafting search bar - trash button to discard unwanted items - scrap items at work benches for materials - one click repair all at work benches - equipment slots - quick slots for action items like food/mead - equipable quiver with arrow slots - dverger circlet as a utility item - compass that shows map markers - less janky ladders with proper step animation - vertical (slope) directional attacks - max health/stamina only start to deplete once the food icon is blinking - destination selection for portal frames - tamed wolves can go through portals

Do we know when the update is out? I know it’s on the test branch atm but I would love to play when it hits the public branch.

Its a good update. They totally reworked the flames and portal animations. Runs better.

5:27 giving stats to clothes items: If they did that someone would complain that the blue tunic should give +1 to fishing not jumping and the red one should give +1 to food, not sneaking. People will never be happy and take any opportunity to try and sound like they are smart by explaining why the above stats I mentioned, make perfect sense. Every update should be as small and insignificant as possible. Don't agree? Ever play World of Warcraft? They RUINED that game by trying to appease everyone that cried about anything. Game devs should IGNORE 99% of what people complain about as they are only complaining for attention (of one variety or another.) Personally, I love the game the way it is and I hope they change nothing. Ashlands? I don't care. I don't need any changes to keep playing this game. Generally, people have lost the ability to pay attention.

Thanks Firespark. The QOL fixes are great, though I feel like the modders have done so many already, eg farming. Are eggs worth that much before the black marble cooking station? Seems kinda meh. Clothes for clothes sake is also a bit meh, with no stats or anything on them.

Hildirs quest it's just a bone before Ashland update hehe

The real fix for the clothes is a transmog system with the ability to hide certain pieces of armor. This way you can look how you want without losing the bonuses you want.

That brute and shaman boss shall be known as Master Blaster. (Must have watched mad max beyond thunderdome to get reference.)

Does hilder only show up on undiscovered areas, and if she shows up on discovered stuff, will she auto show up on map or do I need to rediscover those areas?

i find myself often wanting to get back into valheim just to build stuff. but then i have to grind my way up to getting the necessary resources. that's pretty annoying. i always felt like a creative mode was missing. now it's finally here

Non-armor clothing should just provide different resistances to the elements. Some should mitigate the "wet" debuff, some should mitigate fire damage, cold damage or "cold" debuff. That way they don't make you faster than being naked, but they would make you a better worker in the rain, snow, or when exposed to fire. That seems both logical and might add more fun. Nothing too overpowered, just things like clothes for the different extant weather conditions. What does my one and only Firespark say to that?

Was hoping the clothing sets would give a bonus to your comfort level. Adding more time or added bonus to said effect giving you your various bonus. Once you do that and make swapping gear more necessary, you're going to need to make a ability to quick swap sets. So perhaps that why they haven't add any sort of buff yet.

How is this different from what we already have in Valheim Plus which allows free placement and rotation as far as building is concerned.

I do agree it’s lacklustre but it is just a small thing while they work on Ashlands. I do wish the bosses had weapons to go with them.

Pretty sure this is still in public testing? So, maybe the clothes will get some stats attached later?

I hear of these updates, but I'm still stuck on one from 15th of June and I don't receive any newer version updates. I have heard that there's 0.217 and I'm still at 0.216....

is there anyway to save moded valheim? I download a mod called valweed and seed totem that allows you to gain rested buff on the go and quick planning and harvesting with a tap on the seed totem respectively. But it requires material to create seed totem and I found out that if I were to turn off the mod and save the game or if I go to vanilla and save the game when leaving, the material used to make the seed totem also get lost. Is there anyway to prevent this? Thx

I've been holding off on playing a for this update cuz of the preset options the ability to make it where you can teleport all items is essential to me currently I just load into a different world drop stuff off load back teleport into the second world picked up and load back again I understand the teleporting iron and stuff like that is a law reason but still most people don't know about that and it's kind of stupid that you can't by default you can't teleport with iron ingots and or but you can with weapons and armor why

Hildir's update feels like an in between side project that they made during the mistlands development. Is it a bad update? No. Underwhelming yes, but not bad. As someone who enjoys dungeon crawling getting some minibosses, which can serve as 'bosses' for raids, this update was genuinely fun to just go out and explore the world and take on new challenges. Trophies are gorgeous and I welcome having a use for gold because in the past you'd buy megingjord, some ymir flesh, a few thunder stones, and two chicken eggs and you were done. That's all that benefits you on the main gameplay loop. Maybe the fishing rod but I've not seen many players fish for food. Another thing people overlook is the introduction of world options. Want a more brutal experience? Dial up difficulty, dial down resources and disable portals. Want more chilled cruising? Enable portals to teleport metal (did that. not fun carrying iron up a mountain for base building), lower raid frequencies and up the rate at which you get materials. New music, new hair, new beards (most important part of a viking), upgraded crafting benches improves their radius which is now cylindrical rather than spherical, so building is a tad easier; and the QOL that is chest quick stacking. However, to call it a good update? I'd not really say so. The outfits are nice which could be good for cinematics, events or role play for those who enjoy it. Time to relax and enjoy themselves. Some enjoyable QOL and improvements that make the game a bit more enjoyable. The new features don't really apply to people during their main gameplay and is entirely optional with minimal gameplay impact. It's by no means a bad update, as I personally enjoy it, but it feels kind of shoe-horned in like it was cut from the mistlands, intended to be part of a major update but released on its own. Either way, the ashlands awaits. We'll be getting that soon (tm) since unlike the mistlands the devs actually know what they have in mind for the biome.

When does the update come out?

Yes.

the fire skeleton should give you something that you can make a fire weapon. cuz as it is we now have only arrows. in general i think we should be able to puts "mods" in our weapons, something as RUNES to make our own weapons unique

sadly u can't repeat same dungeon. would be nice if dungeon mobs and mini boss respawn after 15min or 1h and do again dungeon. something like that

When is the Hildir update going to be live on PC normal play?

Clothing should simply be a transmog... you wear the armor you want then pick the outfit on how you want it to look.. like I mean the clothing is cool but I'm not gonna bother.. I don't want to switch stuff on/off all the time.. what am I gonna do just change my outfit while I do base stuff then get re-dressed and go adventure? lol.. weird..

It would be amazing if they could listen to this! ❤

The mod is good. I'm not a role player so the new quest rewards aren't interesting to me but it's nice to have some things to do in the game and everything else in the mod is a most welcome addition. My biggest problem with Valheim is still that it doesn't add much to the gameplay after the first couple biomes. It's just rinse and repeat what you did in the last biome. Run around and gather resources to make better gear so the biome isn't such a slog, kill the boss, unlock the next biome. And your reward you get to do it all again ;)

Do we know when this update is coming out?

I played it. I found the features like custom game settings and place stacks absolutely great . Hilda is a nice but rather 'meh' addition. I did them all first try finding them rather easy. it's no hearth and home but I wouldn't want to remove any of it.