A patch for the open world survival sport Valheim went reside on the general public check server again in June that, amongst different issues, added world modifiers that allow gamers to alter the sport’s issue in numerous methods. With that replace, referred to as Hildir’s Request, now absolutely reside, developer Iron Gate is celebrating in an appropriately viking-ish style with the Trial of Tyr, a speedrun competitors that challenges gamers to race by means of your complete sport—in exhausting mode—on their very own.
Particulars on the competitors can be found within the full guidelines, however the fundamentals are fairly easy:
- You play the total sport, by your self, from begin to end with out dying.
- No dev instructions or different types of “exterior assist” allowed.
- It’s essential to play within the official Trial of Tyr world seed: MX7L9GYcf2
- “Onerous” preset on the earth modifier settings have to be used.
- Runs have to be both livestreamed on Twitch or YouTube, or recorded “with out splits in footage”
- The run ends once you defeat the ultimate Mistlands boss The Queen and mount her head on the Historic Stone Circle. Or once you die horribly by the hands of some grotesque, otherworldly horror, because the case could also be.
The Trial of Tyr contest runs till 2:59 pm PT/5:59 pm ET, and you may submit a number of entries for those who handle to beat the time of a earlier submission. To place your title within the hat, you may have to tweet a hyperlink of the stream or recording to @valheimgame with the hashtag #Trialoftyr, and likewise add it to this Google kind.
The winner of the Trial—that’s, whoever completes the exhausting mode speedrun the quickest—will probably be given a custom-made viking tankard engraved with their title and successful speedrun time. In my e book, that’s undoubtedly a prize price combating for.
For many who perhaps aren’t into videogame masochism however are inquisitive about what the large Valheim replace truly brings to the sport, the abbreviated patch notes are under. The complete patch notes—which comprise quite a few spoilers, to the extent that the entire thing is redacted—might be discovered on Steam.
New Content material:
- New NPC: Hildir the service provider
- New areas
- World modifiers added
- 2 new crafting extensions
- New hair and beard types
- New gadgets
Misc:
- Hair and beards at the moment are seen when equipping helmets
- Numerous visible enhancements
- Fast-stack button added
- Guide snapping for constructing added
