Valheim is Better with Friends – Time to Get Ready for Crossplay Viking Adventures

The best thing about multiplayer games is, as with most other things, in ValheimWhen you are playing with your friends, things can happen. Sometimes you mess up badly, sometimes you triumph, and sometimes you get out with just the narrowest of margins – but you do it together. We thought back on some multiplayer experiences players have shared with us, from bold adventures to humble days in their homesteads, and thought you might recognize yourself in some of them… 

Maybe you were sailing with your friends along the coast and came across a village looking peacefully in the meadows. The suspicion grew and you shared it with your friends. “I think this place is already occupied,”But you all kept moving closer. Before you knew it, everyone was on the boat and panicking about the Draugr elite village chieftain. You were all trying to get the boat out of the water so that your escape could be possible. Although you came very close, the Draugr defeated you all and forced you to set up an elaborate ambush to recover your gear.

Or maybe you know what it’s like to finally tame those beautiful boars and give them carefully chosen names (Boaris and Hamlet), but your buddy just wanted to butcher them for some good meat. While walking around tending to your base you suddenly noticed the boar pens seemed…a bit empty. “Wait, where is Hamlet?”You asked your friend, but got no reply. There was none. But all those leather scraps in the corner looked oh-so-heartbreakingly familiar. “Did you KILL Hamlet?” you asked your still silent friend. There was not much that could be done, except for naming the next boar Hamlet II.

You might also recall a time you got stuck up in the mountains. The cold wind whipped through your body, so you had to survive on nothing but food and no cloak or armor. To leave the cramped cabin could mean death. But your friends were determined to save you, and set out on a most daring rescue mission – fighting off the cold by building campfire after campfire. Your friends made it to your hiding place and braved the elements and dangers to bring you safely home. That’s the kind of loyalty you can’t forget.

Whatever your ideal is ValheimWhatever your memory may be, this is the perfect moment to increase it. You can find it here. ValheimThe Xbox Game Pass is now included in the Microsoft Store. With the Xbox launch due in early 2023, more friends can join you in perilous adventures across the tenth universe. The full crossplay support will ensure that you can play together with your friends, no matter what platform you’re using. And once the upcoming Mistlands update arrives, you will need all the help you can get…

Valheim is available now for Windows PC, plus it’s included with PC Game Pass, and is coming to Xbox early next year!

Valheim (Game Preview)

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The game is still in development. This game may change in the future or be released as a finished product. Only purchase if you’re happy with the state of the game as it is now.

Valheim is a brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players set in a procedurally-generated world inspired by Norse mythology. To prove your worth to Odin, you can build powerful weapons and longhouses or slay formidable foes!

EXPLORE THE 10TH WORLD
Discover a mysterious world. You will find unique environments, enemies you must defeat, treasures to discover and secretive secrets. Be a viking and explore the open oceans looking for lands, fighting bloodthirsty beasts.

BUILD MIGHTY HALLS
Build bases and raise viking longhouses to provide refuge from the threats ahead. With a comprehensive building system, you can customize buildings inside and outside. To upgrade, grow and defend your base, you can move through different building levels.

GATHER, SURVIVE AND CRAFT
As you collect materials, craft weapons, armors, tools and ships and fight for survival, it is difficult to stay alive. You can decorate your home, sharpen your knives, cultivate crops, vegetables and make potions. As you conquer more bosses and learn new blueprints and recipes, your skills will improve.

KICK FEATURES
-Massive procedurally-generated world where every biome is immersive and distinct, with unique enemies, resources and crafting recipes to discover.
– Play alone or with up to 10 players on player-hosted dedicated servers and experience unlimited world creation and enemies that scale in difficulty.
– Staminabased combat that rewards preparation and skill. You can use a variety of weapon types to combat your adversaries, including those with different attacks, blocking styles, ranged combat and dodges, as well as parries.
– Rewarding food system where you cannot starve and are not punished for not eating, instead you gain health, stamina and regeneration buffs depending on what foods you consume.
– Intuitive crafting where recipes are discovered as you explore the world, and pick up new resources and ingredients.
– Flexible building system that takes structural integrity and ventilation into account. You can build a shelter, a village or outpost, or take over abandoned buildings. You can then customize it to suit your needs.
– Sail boats and ships to reach distant lands and explore the sea that offers riches to claim and monsters to fight.
– Epic boss fights that will test even the best prepared vikings and offer rewards that help you on your journey.

You can find all details about the current status, as well as how to give feedback or report problems at www.valheim.com.