Valheim devs reveal bear traps, fungi, and a new forge for the Mistlands update

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You'll need "something with a little extra" in the Mistlands

Valheim's Mistlands forge
(Image credit: Iron Gate AB)

The long-awaited Valheim Mistlands update continues to progress, and over the past few weeks the developers have been lifting the veil on a number of new additions to the game.

The biggest addition is probably the new forge, which was revealed in a blog post this week with a bit of concept art. The new crafting station will allow you to build Mistlands tier weapons, and as the devs explain, "a regular forge can only get you so far, and to battle what you’ll find in the Mistlands you’ll need something with… a little extra."

The new crafting station looks substantially more advanced than the simple wood and stone building tables that have powered the existing Valheim tech tiers. We still don't know much about what the Mistlands will entail, but this advanced forge seems to suggest we'll be encountering some powerful magic.

Today's blog also unveils a few bits of fungi you'll be able to cook with.

Valheim's Mistland fungi

(Image credit: Iron Gate AB)

Earlier this month, developer Jonathan Smårs shared a clip of some new bear trap-style items in action. You can use them to slow down and deal heavy damage to monsters as big as trolls, but they'll also kill you in a single snap.

The Mistlands will be Valheim's first major update, introducing a whole new biome that previously only existed as a placeholder in-game. There's no clear indication of when it will launch just yet, but the devs have been upping the pace of teasers over the past few months - including the reveal of some kind of horrible spider thing.

Dig into our Valheim guide to make the most out of your time in Viking purgatory.

Dustin Bailey
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Dustin Bailey joined the GamesRadar team as a Staff Writer in May 2022, and is currently based in Missouri. He's been covering games (with occasional dalliances in the worlds of anime and pro wrestling) since 2015, first as a freelancer, then as a news writer at PCGamesN for nearly five years. His love for games was sparked somewhere between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Knights of the Old Republic, and these days you can usually find him splitting his entertainment time between retro gaming, the latest big action-adventure title, or a long haul in American Truck Simulator.