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v1.6.6 — the Shrink Hammer and the Alfar base

Races of Valheim developer

A new hammer builds small, both sizing hammers change size with Alt + scroll, and the Alfar's chests and core get bodies of their own. The hammers, the chests and the core were tested in game; the drone fix was not, so please report what you find.

Shrink Hammer​

A fine hammer for small work: a little drakkar on a shelf, a table for the shelf. It builds everything the ordinary hammer builds, from the same menu and at the same cost, from a quarter of the size up to vanilla size. 2 Fine Wood and 2 Resin at a Workbench; any race can craft it. Thanks to MrBiffty for the idea. See Trol.

Alt + scroll​

With Trol's Hammer (1 to 3) or the Shrink Hammer (0.25 to 1) in hand, hold Alt and scroll in build mode to change the size in steps of 0.05. The bottom bar shows the hint, and the size floats over the preview whenever it is not the hammer's usual one. Select the repair tool and aim at a piece to read the size it was built at. Both hammers have icons of their own now.

The Alfar base​

Players took a plain Wood chest for the Eldividarkista, so neither Alfar chest looks like a vanilla chest any more. The Eldividarkista is a blackened iron crate whose grate glows and throws sparks while it holds wood the drones may burn. The Inngangskista is navy steel with a cyan line in the lid that shines while it holds anything for the drones.

The Ljoskjarne is now a riveted steel pyramid carved with Valheim's runes, floating above the ground and turning slowly, with a cyan seam that burns brighter while crystals wait.

Drones​

A drone alerted by an enemy that ran off but stayed loaded kept fighting it forever and stopped sorting. Drones now drop an enemy that gets too far and go back to work. They also talk now, over their heads and in chat: an item with nowhere to go, an item kept for a station, and a kiln left idle because its wood is in a plain chest. Thanks to snakey for the reports. See Alfar.