Latest Valheim Tease Could Have Much Larger Implications For The Game

One new tease in a popular biome could be a major change for the entire game. The popular Viking survival game is believed to only have one more major update left. That is a revamp to the currently empty Deep North Arctic biome that will act as the 1.0 release of the game. However, it is supposedly not set to launch till late 2025 or early 2026, meaning any updates that come in the meantime will likely be small in scale.

So far, very little is known about the Deep North. It is expected it will be similar to the mountains, as it has an intense cold effect, but outside that is a blank slate. There is also a chance this 1.0 update could add an Ocean revamp, but that is a lower priority for the development team. Broader mod support has been something the team says they want to include in the 1.0 update, which would be a huge boost for the longevity of the popular indie title.

's Swamp biome is arguably the best in the game and could get even better. In a recent Development Blog, a small hut with these ward-like totems outside it has been shown off. Some users have even peered inside the small opening of the hut to see a cauldron that is noticeably different from the one Vikings use. This has led to the popular theory of it being a Witch Hut, which is backed up by the blog saying, ​​

If true, this could be a massive boost for the Swamp. This biome is the first large ramp-up in difficulty filled with poisonous leeches, tanky skeletons/draugrs, and one of the hardest bosses in ,Bonemass. It is challenging to navigate and even more so to delve into the Crypts for iron needed to progress through the game. Though other biomes may have more difficulty, the Swamp is the perfect combination of everything that makes great.

Without further information, there are a few ways this hut could work. The first is the Witch acting like another NPC. A place where players could go to buy mead without needing the resources to make it. It would also be interesting if the NPC had new