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Rich Stanton

New Valheim update brings world modifiers, creative mode, and finally lets you see your hair with a helmet on

Two characters talk to each other in some Valheim concept art.

Valheim's latest update has just hit the public test server, which means it'll be released for all very soon, and introduces the long-promised world modifiers that will allow players to tweak the experience to exactly the atmosphere they're looking for. As well as this, it adds a new quest-giving NPC, new locations, new hair and beard styles (very important in a viking game), and excellent-looking manual snapping when building.

The new world modifiers allow players to change the difficulty, but also add a creative mode called Hammer mode that should result in some spectacular creations. The modifiers are:

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