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4w ago

Valheim Marks 5 Years With Update Adding Early Axes, New Emotes, and a Steam Deck 60 FPS Boost

Iron Gate frames 2026 as a big step toward 1.0 with the Deep North.

An official screenshot promoting the new Valheim content in Patch 0.221.10.
Valheim player viking wearing the Bjorn equipment from the Call to Arms update
Over time, developer Iron Gate has significantly expanded Valheim with new content-filled biomes, fresh weapons and armors to craft, extra structure pieces to experiment with while base building, and more.
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Overview

  • Patch 0.221.10 is live with new items including a celebratory cap, frosted sweetbread, additional emotes, fresh hairstyles, and decorative build pieces.
  • A new Early Axes weapon set debuts, with AxeHead 1 and AxeHead 2 appearing in Meadows houses and available via console commands.
  • The update improves performance with Steam Deck optimization targeting 60 FPS and broader tweaks for PC and Xbox, alongside an engine upgrade and bug fixes.
  • Developers reiterated that Deep North is the final biome planned to bring Valheim to version 1.0, without providing a release date.
  • The team signaled a strong year ahead for the game and confirmed a 2026 PlayStation 5 launch that is planned to support full crossplay with Xbox and PC.