Valheim Releases New Update for September 2025

Valheim has released its Call to Arms update, which rebalances Forsaken Powers, adds new weapons across biome tiers, and introduces Trinkets as a new equippable item type. As Valheim approaches its Deep North update, Iron Gate Studios has prepared Call to Arms to primarily serve as a mini-overhaul of the older biomes. Enemies such as Bears in the Black Forest and Viles in the Plains have added new armor sets for the two biomes, enhancing the overall tier progression.

Valheim Deep North Biome New POI Abandoned Viking Hall 2

While Version 1.0 has a tentative release window of Spring 2026, the Call to Arms update for Valheim should help tide fans over until the game finally leaves its Early Access period. The new patch was announced during Gamescom 2025, entered a brief period of public testing, and is now live for all Steam and Xbox players. It is primarily an update that improves gameplay in Valheim, and as such, players who start a new playthrough for Call to Arms will likely get the most out of it.

The full patch notes for Call to Arms were finally shared by the developers on September 9. The key feature in Call to Arms is the introduction of Adrenaline, a resource that is generated by hitting enemies, triggering a Forsaken Power, performing Perfect Blocks and Perfect Parries, as well as by casting magic. When the Adrenaline bar is filled up, it activates a perk based on the trinket equipped by the player. Trinkets are a new item type in Call to Arms that players will be able to obtain or craft by combining trophies from the many biomes of Valheim. The other key improvement to combat comes in the form of rebalanced Forsaken Powers, in which Moder received a significant buff, but Bonemass received a notable nerf.

Call to Arms also introduces wooden weapons to Valheim that will allow players to practice their skills against their co-op partners without worrying about killing them. These weapons will cover all categories, from atgeirs and greatswords, to knives and sledges. Call to Arms will also introduce two new battleaxes and two new fist weapons, with the latter being made from Bears and Viles.

The new Valheim update also comes with more hairstyles and beard styles, as well as a myriad of bug fixes. With Call to Arms now live, the main focus for Iron Gate Studios will be to finish the Deep North and launch Version 1.0 for Valheim. While much of the update still remains under wraps, the developers have teased the biome and its POIs (Winding Tunnels and Abandoned Viking Halls), as well as some of the critters that can be found in the Deep North, such as the Elaking. Version 1.0 for Valheim is expected to debut in Spring 2026, but until then, players can enjoy an overhauled combat experience with Call to Arms.

Valheim: Patch 0.221.4 – Call To Arms (September 9, 2025)

New Content

Trinkets: Equip these items to gain adrenaline during battle, and thus unlock temporary perks.
Adrenaline: You gain adrenaline by hitting enemies, triggering a Forsaken Power, using certain magic attacks, as well as performing Perfect Blocks and Perfect Dodge Rolls. When the bar is full, you get an adrenaline surge which gives you a temporary perk designated by your equipped Trinket. Adrenaline will fade when you are not in active combat, and you will only gain adrenaline as long as you have a Trinket equipped.
Wooden Weapons: By using wooden weapons you can practice combat against your friends without hurting each other.
New skill: Perfect Dodge Roll (Dodge an attack that would have caused you damage and get a % of stamina back)
Creatures:
Crafting:
- Material: Blob Vial (purchasable)
- Material: Ectoplasm
- Material: Ghost Trophy
- Material: Bear Hide
- Material: Bear Trophy
- Material: Bear Paw
- Material: Vile Trophy
- Material: Vile Ribcage
Food:
Clothing:
- Chest Armour: Patterns of the Bear
- Leg Armour: Loincloth of the Bear
- Helmet: Headdress of the Bear
- Chest Armour: Vilebone Cage
- Leg Armour: Vilebone Drapes
- Helmet: Vilebone Visage
- Hat: Sweat Band (purchasable)
Weapons:
- Bottled Blob: Poison
- Bottled Blob: Oozer
- Bottled Blob: Tar
- Bottled Blob: Lava
- Bottled Blob: Frost
- Wooden Sword
- Wooden Greatsword
- Wooden Axe
- Wooden Two-handed Axe
- Wooden Mace
- Wooden Sledge
- Wooden Spear
- Wooden Atgeir
- Wooden Knife
- Fist Weapon: Paws of the Bear
- Fist Weapon: Vilebone Maulclaws
- Battleaxe: Black Metal
- Battleaxe: Skull Splittur
Trinkets:
- Heart of the Forest
- Bronze Pendant
- Iron Brooch
- Nimble Anklet
- Crystal Heart
- Wolf Sight
- Fins of Destiny
- Evasion Mantle
- Bracelets of the Brave
- Pulsating Earrings
- Resounding Shackle
- Jörmundling
- Brimstone
Build Pieces & Furniture:
- Combat Practice: Archery Target
- Combat Practice: T.W.I.G.
- Furniture: Bearskin Rug
Misc:
- New location: CombatRuin01
- 3 new hairstyles (Mullet, Castellan & Vinland Shave)
- 5 new beard styles (Mustache, Handlebar, Trimmed, Waxed, Crumb Catcher)

Fixes & Improvements

Combat Changes:
- Perfect Block no longer cost stamina
- Reduced movement speed penalty on Battleaxes, Sledgehammers, and Tower Shields
- Vertical fighting improvements, now easier to hit enemies in slopes!
Rebalanced Forsaken Powers:
- Eikthyr: 60% reduced stamina usage for running, jumping, and swimming
- The Elder: 60% Chopping and Mining damage increase, 30% health regeneration increase
- Bonemass: 25% resistance VS pierce, slash, and blunt damage, 100% reduced block stamina usage, 5 stamina on return per block
- Moder: Always tailwind, 300 increased carry weight, 10% increased movement speed, 50% frost resistance
- Yagluth: 50% Lightning resistance, 25+ Farm skill, 10% increased damage
- The Queen: 100% increased Eitr regeneration., 100% reduced sneak cost, 50% poison resistance
- Fader: 100% Adrenaline increase, 50% reduced stagger meter modifier, 50% fire resistance
Item stands:
- These items are now allowed to be placed on item stands:
  - Barley Flour
  - Tankard
  - Ancient Seed
  - Dragon Tear
  - Volture Egg
  - Cores
  - Padded Helmet
  - Carapace Helmet
  - Fresh Seaweed
  - Fragrant Bundle
  - Thistle
  - Celestial Feather
- New item stand position & orientations on some items:
  - Atgeirs
  - Axes
  - Bombs
  - Bows
  - Crossbows
  - Knives
  - Maces
  - Pickaxes
  - Shields
  - Sledges
  - Spears
  - Staffs
  - Swords
  - Tower Shields
  - All Fish
  - All Helmets
  - Cooked Lox meat
  - Rotten Meat
  - Blueberries
  - Carrot
  - Cooked Bonemaw Meat
  - Cooked Serpent Meat
  - Cooked Neck Tail
  - Cooked Boar Meat
  - Raspberry
  - All Meads
  - Cultivator
  - Feaster
  - Fishing Rod
  - Hammer
  - Hoe
  - Scythe
  - Asksvin Saddle
  - Lox Saddle
  - All Trophies
  - Goblin Totem
  - Scythe handle
Misc:
- Updated old hairstyle names
- Updated localisation
- Ghost visual overhaul
- Upgraded Unity engine to 6000.0.46f
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed a bug that caused community servers to no longer be advertised in the community list on non-Steam platforms.
- Fixed UGC text not being filtered properly when the author is a Mac App Store user who wasn’t logged into Game Center at the time of writing.
- Fixed log spam when nearby or viewing hover text for signs, tamed animals and portals without text/name/tag.
- Fixed a bug that showed “TEXT HIDDEN, CHECK UGC SETTINGS” for UGC written by muted players – now there’s separate text for that case.
- Fixed a bug that caused the shield generator to not take damage if it was network owned by a different client than whatever dealt damage to it.
- Fixed join code in pause menu not being hidden when toggling off HUD visibility.
- Fixed join code copy to clipboard functionality.
- Improved how block list is synchronized between local storage and cloud storage.
- Fixed input loss in UI at low frame rates.
- Fixed select button not working properly when using an Xbox One Controller on Mac.
- Fixed a bug that allowed tab navigation when various popups in the world and server selection menus were open.
- Added the option in the settings menu to enable the developer console. The command line argument “-console” overrides the setting.
- Fixed a bug that caused integers with a value of zero to be reset to their default value when loading a world save file.
- Fixed a bug that made it possible to copy the join code with gamepad even when there was none.
- Modded text in start menu has been moved.
- You can no longer dodge while overencumbered
- Stairs of the Stone Portal should now be climbable
- Carvings on Fader sacrificial stone now have more emission to match other sacrificial stones
- Looking at a beehive while another player disconnects from the server no longer causes the game to crash
- There’s no longer Null Reference Exceptions when some projectiles hit the Shield Generator
- Fix a bug that caused the GUI to not update matchmaking data immediately when adding a server from join code
- Updated localisation
Server List Improvements:
- Rewrote the server list to reduce redundancies and improve performance, scalability, reliability and server retrieval speed.
- Improved retrieval speed of community servers via the PlayFab backend.
- Added a new “refreshing” icon displayed instead of the “?” icon when refreshing servers. The “?” icon has been repurposed for servers whose matchmaking data can’t be retrieved but the server may be online.
- The community server list is now no longer retrieved in the background unless the “friends” or “community” tab has been visited. This mitigates an issue for some Steam users that caused retrieval of the community server list via the Steam backend to overload their network.
- Fixed a bug that caused retrieval of matchmaking data via PlayFab in the server list to hit the rate limit.
- Fixed a bug where typing R in the “filter” box refreshed the server list.
- (For modders) The player limit displayed in the server list is no longer hard coded.
Steam Only:
- Fixed some issues with the Steam profile pictures displayed in-game. The image no longer looks washed out and now generates mipmaps to reduce aliasing at lower resolutions.
- Matchmaking data for servers on the Steam backend can now be properly retrieved via the Steam backend. This improves server retrieval speed for servers on the Steam backend in the favorite and recent lists.
Xbox Only:
- If the user has left a server as a result of entering suspend mode, show a notification when resuming from suspend mode.
- The developer console is now disabled by default, and can instead be enabled via the new gameplay setting.
- Massively improved retrieval speed of the friends server list.