Iron Gate Studio has been promising it for months, but now the first big Valheim update, Hearth and Home, has finally arrived! As the name implies, the update adds a variety of new building options (Including a Viking hot tub!) and rebalances cooking, but there are also a number of other new features and changes. Tamed creatures can now be named, combat has been tweaked, and Iron Gate is teasing something “dark and mysterious” may be happening out in the world. Hmmm! You can check out a quick trailer for the Heart and Home update, below.

　　Here are your full patch notes for Hearth and Home:

　　General improvements

　　Weapons rebalanced (All weapons have been rebalanced to be more viable as main weapon and also have more unique playstyles)Blocking system overhauled (Current maximum hp now greatly affects your ability to block attacks, stagger bar GUI added)Naming tamed creaturesGamepad sensitivity settingsAuto-pickup toggle button addedGraphics settings (Active point lights & Active point light shadows)Tamed creatures affected by friendly fire setting (i.e you can’t hurt a tamed creature unless you enable friendly fire or use the new Butcher knife item)Various other improvements and bugfixesFood

　　Food rebalance (Most food items now give mainly stamina or mainly health to make food choices more interesting)Food GUI overhauled to work better with the rebalanced foodOver 10 new things to eat (Actually 12)World

　　Tamed Lox now have a purposeSlimy locations & creatures added to plainsNew plantable seeds: Birch, Oak & OnionsItems

　　New weapons: Crystal battleaxe, Silver knifeNew shields: Bone tower shield, Iron bucklerButcher knife (Special weapon for butchering tamed animals)Thunder stone (Sold by trader)Lox accessoryBuilding

　　New Darkwood building pieces like shingle roofs, beams, decorations and moreNew types of furniture, including but not limited to a mighty stone throne and a steamy Viking hot tubCrystal wallsNew types of stacks to show off your treasure and resourcesCauldron improvements: Spice rack, Butcher’s table, Pots and pansCartography table (For sharing map-data with other players)Oven added (For baking bread and pie)Obliterator added (Items be gone)Iron cooking station (Required to cook some types of meat)Valheim is currently in Early Access on Steam. The Hearth and Home update is available now.