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Valheim 1.0.21 Patch Notes - Valheim Guide - IGN

The 1.0.21 Patch for Valheim has arrived, bringing with it a number of fixes and adjustments to improve overall game performance, balance, and

· 612 words· updated October 28, 2026 at 09:31 AM

The 1.0.21 Patch for Valheim has arrived, bringing with it a number of fixes and adjustments to improve overall game performance, balance, and stability.

This page acts as a comprehensive breakdown of the 1.0.21 Patch for Valheim, including a link to the full Patch Notes.

Added a fix for being yeeted at high velocity when jumping on top of some enemies

Snow storms in Deep North / Mountains and Ash storms in Ashlands no longer blow inside of your house

Tree stumps in Deep North no longer sway in the wind

Fixed vendor GUI not opening after having watched cinematic in the current session

Fixed a bug where UI fields for names (World and Character) allowed non-name characters (e.g. ‘>’, ‘<’, ‘|’, etc - are no longer allowed).

Fixed bug where two trinkets could be equipped at once when dropping trinkets from itemstands

Items no longer drop outside of inventory on mouse up

Fixed issue where Kall Fimbulbringer’s drops could fall through the floor

Fixed bug where the “No Skill Drain” status effect could get re-applied after the timer ran out

Record correct crafter of item when Frost Foundry is network-owned by another player (achievement progress for crafting achievement is still tied to network owner, requires network incompatible update and is coming soon™)

Fix a bunch of rare crashes, mostly in multiplayer

Fixed bug that could cause Credits to show up on top of main menu GUI when exiting End Credits cinematic by pressing Space

Fixed a bug where some achievements were incorrectly tied to the current difficulty level - Mighty Halls, Comfort is King, The Homesteader, The Architect, and The Survivor.

Fixed a bug where you couldn’t filter Boss or Death markers with Gamepad

Made Baked Poteitr, Kale Chips, and Oven Pancake craftable at Food Preparation table instead of Cauldron

Correct tooltips are now used for uncooked Baked Poteitr, Kale Chips, and Oven Pancake

Removed the ability for Wolf spirits to reproduce

Removed requirement of moose trophies for upgrading DN mage helmet

Gammeltroll Punch attacks can no longer destroy other petrified gammeltrolls

Add Troll Trophy as requirement to The Trophy Collector achievement

Make some previously indestructible props part of some locations destructible

Make hood of the vanguard placeable on itemstand

Make snow walls part of DN locations (e.g. village) easier to destroy

Trees in Deep North now drop Timberwood cones, plant them in more hospitable biomes for a humongous tree (that also drops more Timberwood)

Tweaked Timberwood drop rates, now drop fewer pinecones and more Timberwood

Decrease Kall Fimbulbringer’s screen shake on some of his attacks

Decrease Kall Fimbulbringer’s Yagluth Aspect’s Fire Nova DOT by half (ground fire)

Nord Greatsword and variants no longer deal less damage per enemy when hitting several enemies in one hit

Decreased volume of some base decoration fire sound effects – affects iron torch, sconce, and braziers.

Frozen Skeletons and Greydwarves no longer LOD out of existence super early

Made moose colliders more accurate to the moose body

Fixed an issue with save caching where file status can get out of sync when a world is modified outside of the game

Added a retroactive fix that cleans up character and world files with invalid names (e.g. “i<3” will be removed). Fixes critical bug that causes UI in main menu to disappear when selecting “Start Game”.

No longer show Gamepad association UI on startup

Added info popup to when trying to join crossplay server while “PS5 only” toggle is on

Fixed a bug where the Achievement details panel could not be scrolled via Touch

If you wish to read the Patch Notes in full, you can do so via the official Valheim websites 1.0.21 Patch Notes post.

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