patch · June 18, 2024
Valheim Public Test Patch 0.218.17 Eases Ashlands Spawn Rates
The latest Valheim public test update reduces enemy spawn rates in the Ashlands and stops Flametal spires from sinking into lava. It also targets specific bugs on Xbox and Mac.
Iron Gate has pushed a new public test update for Valheim, bringing balance adjustments to the Ashlands biome alongside technical fixes for Xbox and Mac platforms. The patch is currently live only on the Public Test branch.
Ashlands Difficulty Adjustments
Enemy encounter rates in the Ashlands drop significantly in this update. Voltures see their spawn chance reduced from 30 percent to 20 percent and no longer play walking audio while airborne. Twitchers receive multiple nerfs, including increased spawn intervals, reduced max spawns down from four to three or three to four depending on the variant, and lower spawn chances dropping to 25 and 30 percent. Charred Archers and Charred Melee fighters see their spawn intervals lengthened from 240 to 320 and their spawn chances cut to 20 percent. LavaBlobs also experience a longer spawn interval, moving from 200 to 260.
Resource Gathering Adjustments
Mining Flametal spires is now safer. These deposits will no longer submerge into lava once players begin mining them, removing the race against the sinking timer.
Console and Desktop Fixes
Xbox players receive fixes for major multiplayer session and profile bugs where the game incorrectly treated every user in the player list as the local player, breaking privilege checks, gamerpics, and communication management. An Xbox One error tied to missing mouse inputs is also resolved. Mac users benefit from performance optimizations that cache precise scrolling deltas and run the scroll modifier plugin only during active scrolling, lowering CPU overhead on weaker systems. A bug preventing Game Center platform IDs from registering properly on Mac is also fixed.
Why this patch matters
The changes remove some of the most punishing friction points in the Ashlands by toning down continuous enemy pressure and securing Flametal mining nodes.