As it continues to evolve through its early access phase, Valheim has been updated with patch 0.214.2, which features several adjustments and quality-of-life improvements. Valheim was originally released for PC in 2021, and the game is being added to the Xbox lineup and is joining Game Pass on the same day, with this patch preparing the game for the jump to the Microsoft console.

Because of how fresh the Valheim Mistlands update is, many aspects of the content introduced with it are among the bug fixes in update 0.214.2, but the patch includes plenty of more things worth looking at. Valheim's Mistlands update brought with it a whole new biome to the game, as well as fresh enemies, food, builds, and more. Though Mistlands succeeded in bringing some lapsed Valheim players back to the game, its jump to Xbox and Xbox Game Pass may garner the survival RPG an even bigger community that will be able to play with their PC friends through crossplay.

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There are some big quality-of-life changes joining Valheim with the latest update, like necessary tweaks and new button layouts for gamepad controls which arrives just in time for the Xbox launch later this month. The manual save button now includes the last save time, crafting stations will be a Valheim character's focus if they're using one, and the server menu now informs players more accurately if a realm isn't joinable in update 0.214.2. There are also some performance fixes with Valheim patch 0.214.2, as players can expect to see better mountain shadows and improved functionality in dungeons, the inventory, and the map. In addition, crossplay stability has been tinkered with, suggesting that developers are experimenting with the feature.

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There are a plethora of fixes that are part of Valheim update 0.214.2, such as a reworked visual style that also affects the build menu and may improve its visibility. In addition, a bug making online servers appear offline was removed. Various language issues have been rectified with the latest patch, like the ability for players to change the language without restarting the games, proper translations for Haldor lines of dialogue, and proper menu selection markers for the selected dialect. Some of the adjustments being made to what was introduced with Valheim's Mistlands include the giant helmet and sword rewarding copper and iron when scrapped, the Queen boss will no longer escape her room, and Munin will appear in ribcage locations.

Given that Valheim is set to launch on Xbox and Game Pass in the near future, these changes and improvements may entice some survival fans that weren't already looking at the Iron Gate Studio title. Though PC players had to wait for the Mistlands update, Xbox fans will have access to it and the titular biome from day one, which gives them more launch content to dabble in than PC had for Valheim's successful launch.

Patch 0.214.2 (Public Test)

Gameplay & Balance:

* Mistlands giant helmet and sword will now properly drop both iron and copper scrap as intended

* Seeker soldier and ticks should now respawn correctly in dungeons, and ticks starred ticks chance increased from 10% to 20% as intended.

Fixes & Improvements:

* Added Munin to Ribcage locations in Mistlands

* Added saving icon to HUD and delayed the "bad connection icon" when saving

* All game texts have been optimised for better clarity and performance

* Reworked button prompts to a new visual style, added some missing buttons, etc.

* Key hints are now displayed in a horizontal line rather than vertical list and visible in all needed contexts

* Kicked players get a proper message

* Menu selection markers should now be displayed correctly in all languages

* Fixed several focus loss scenarios when using a gamepad

* Haldor’s lines are now translated correctly

* Build menu has been widened to avoid overlapping other interface items

* D-Pad should now be usable in all menus

* Controller and keyboard usage of menus improved

* Skills menu should now work correctly with gamepad and show tooltips correctly

* Mistlands boss should no longer escape her room during rare occasions (changes have been made to how ownership of objects work when transferred to another player; specifically checking the positions)

* Fixed a bug that caused projectiles to sometimes miss even though it obviously should have connected

* Durability bar on item in the inventory and action bar is now only visible if the item has been damaged

* Fixed a visual bug that showed servers that were being pinged as offline

* Thatch roof i-corner 45o can now support itself and will protect underlying beams from rain properly

* Thatch & darkwood roof top 26o middle beam point fixed

Quality of Life:

* Added alternative controller layout and changed layout to be more readable. Build snapping is a toggle in the alternative layout, and has an icon when active

* Added manual save button to the pause menu that displays last save time

* Crafting menus and quick use bar now have cycling navigation when using gamepad

* You can now use the sticks to move to and from a container inventory from the player inventory directly rather than changing menu focus

* Crafting station is now focused when opening a crafting station

* Language can now be changed without restarting the game

* If a server is unjoinable for version mismatch or other restriction this will shown when attempting to join a game from the server list immediately rather than having to wait for the game to load

Performance:

* Performance of distant mountain shadows greatly increased, and added a setting to turn off distant shadows completely. (This may increase performance significantly for players with older graphic cards)

* Performance increased while in dungeons

* Performance improved when using many map pins

* Performance improved while using the inventory with many items

* Network stability and performance improvements for crossplay

* Improved cloud save performance on Microsoft Store version.

* Memory optimizations for textures and fonts

Valheim is available now for PC, and releases for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on March 14.

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