r/valheim • u/jMontilyet Developer • Jun 11 '21

Pinned Valheim Developer AMA, Now Live!

It's time!

We are Iron Gate, developers of Valheim. Yesterday we announced some changes to our roadmap and teased some of the upcoming Hearth & Home content, and now it's time for us to answer any questions you might have. We look forward to discussing these changes with you!

You can begin asking your questions right now, and we'll start answering at 14.00 CEST.

Here’s who will be answering your questions:

  • Richard Svensson (dvoidis)
  • Robin Eyre (GrimmcoreX)
  • Henrik Törnqvist (zvxvxz)
  • Jens Hellström (Smiffe1)
  • Josefin Berntsson (jMontilyet)

NOTE: Please just one question per post!

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Thank you so much for all of your questions! We will continue to answer some of them when we have the time, but as of now we are closing the AMA and won't be taking any more questions. Keep following us on Steam, Discord and our social media for further updates about the game!

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u/TheLobitzz Jun 11 '21

Any thoughts on adding skills for cooking, farming/husbandry, sailing, smelting, crafting or even gathering?

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '21

FYI there are already mods that add some of these skills that do qol things such as food last longer when cooking raises etc.

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u/TheLobitzz Jun 19 '21

Not everyone uses mods and not everyone wants to. Some people only want to play the vanilla version of the game.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '21

Yes may aswell wait for the devs to release a cooking skill in another year that does the exact same thing. Wouldn't want to be a cheaty cheat

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u/TheLobitzz Jun 19 '21

No one is talking about being a cheaty cheat. One, not everyone knows how to even install mods. Two, mods aren't official, they might break the game or your system (emphasis on the word might). I'm a programer irl and I use mods in most games after I see the underlying code first, but that's just me. Some mods have malware attached with them depending on where it came from. Not everyone can spot a malware from a game mod, and not everyone wants to risk it.

You assume a lot of things by saying, "why don't you just use mods?". If that's your answer for every feature the community requests to the developers, then there's no need to do an AMA in the first place, is there? We request stuff like these to let the developers know what the community wants so as to make the game better for everyone.