Haptic: I HAVE ARRIVED!

Yes, Haptic has finally reached the Mistlands! Well… some of our users have… Unfortunately, this writer is not one of them. I personally spent 4 hours trying to get my belongings back after dying in a swamp eight times to mosquitos, Draugr, green blobs, and two wraiths. I eventually got my stuff back (YAY!), but don’t catch me in the mist anytime soon. Instead, all of us at Haptic have thoroughly enjoyed watching Twitch streamer ThatMindlessGuy travel through the mist for us.

The much anticipated Mistlands update has been immense, with a new biome full of terrifyingly strong enemies, new resources, recipes, fishing, weapons, armor, wildlife, a new boss, and magic! And Haptic supports it all! After some tinkering, magic, and feedback from our fantastic community, Haptic servers are fully prepared to support your Mistlands runs and will forever support any more updates IronGate bestows upon us.

The general consensus among players is that Mistlands, though beautiful, is downright brutal. In fact, some have likened this new update to Darksouls-level difficulty with how hard the enemies hit. Happen to fall into a hole with a few Seekers? You’ll run out, tail between your legs, with a heart rate of 180 bpm. OR you’ll be dead and wondering how in the world you’ll ever get your items back. But as you gather resources and get new gear, getting through the Mistlands will get easier. And eventually, you’ll be able to take on The Queen.

If you don’t know who ThatMindlessGuy is, he’s an Affiliate streamer on Twitch and has almost 1,300 hours invested into Valheim. If you’re looking for an expert, he’s the one to turn to. Of course, we had to hear his thoughts on the new update. We asked him what his favorite part of Mistlands has been so far, “ My favorite part of the Mistlands update so far is that it neatly ties all the (current) biomes together in the sense you will need resources from all previous biomes just to venture through Mistlands. Before, you could do a boss without returning to the previous biome.”

However, Mindless let us know that his least favorite addition is the Eitr refinery. “Although it’s needed for Mistlands, it comes with a destructive annoyance… while crafting your magic eitr, it randomly expels particles around, damaging buildings and players."

But even though it may be hard at first, Mistlands does get better. According to Mindless, “No one is saying how easy it gets when you have the right tools for the job. I have one melee weapon from Mistlands, a black metal shield, and some Mistlands health foods, and I can explore without much difficulty unless I get swarmed now.” So there is hope! You just have to die a few times to get there… hopefully.

1. Don’t do it.

2. If you have to, don’t attempt to go into the mist until beating the 5th boss, Yagluth, who holds the key to being able to explore Mistlands.

3. You want to go in with maxed-out armor and weapons.

4. Go in with the best food you can possibly craft. You can still get taken to half-health with one hit at 160 HP.

5. Make healthy potions!

6. Learn to parry; a shield will be necessary even if you’ve never needed to use one before.

7. Mine petrified bone as soon as you find it.

8. Ticks are annoying, so take them out quickly.

9. Gjalls are weak from the bottom.

   

10. Parry Seekers.

11. Run behind Seeker Soldiers and use a heavy attack after they stomp on the ground.

12. Dvergers are friendly until you attack them or steal from them, but they hold the resources you need. Be cautious. The ravens can only warn you so much.

Other good tips are to make sure you have a wisp before you run headfirst into the mist (check out IronGate watching Timo_Redbeard travel into the mist with no wisps), craft some backup armor and weapons in case you die and need to get back to your loot and find a spot to enclose a teleporter and some storage to quickly make it back to your previous location.

But no matter how dangerous the Mistlands may be, the design and music are as breathtaking as ever. If you get the chance, just sit and enjoy the view, but be careful not to get taken out by a Gjall while you do.

Adding a whole new biome comes with a LOT of new content, but there are also new mechanics and a whole fishing update. So here’s a quick breakdown of everything new.

Magic

• Cook foods with Eitr to use magic staves and develop new Elemental and Blood magic

Mushroom Farming

• Grow new mushrooms from your home.

Poultry

• Raise some chickens! Get eggs, hatch them, care for your hens, and get more eggs.

Wisplight

• Wisplights can be used to dispel the mist. You can craft stationary wisplights or one that follows you.

NPCs

• The Dverger are new friendly NPCs that can agro if you do something to upset them

Enemies

• Seeker

• Seeker Brood

• Seeker Soldier

• Gjall

• Tick

Passive Creatures

• Hare

• Hen/Chick

Boss

• The Queen

Crafting

• Black Marble

• Yggdrasil Wood

• Blood Clot

• Soft Tissue

• Refined Eitr

• Sap

• Royal Jelly

• Magecap

• Jotun Puffs

• Egg

• Raw Chicken Meat

• Raw Seeker Meat

• Raw Hare Meat

• Scale Hide

• Carapace

• Mandible

• Bilebag

• Mechanical Spring

• Black Core

• Dvergr Extractor

• Wisp

• Sealbreaker Fragment

Mechanics

• Black Forge Workstation and Black Forge Cooler extension

• Galdr Table Workstation and Rune Table extension

• Mortar and Pestle Cauldron extension

• Eitr Refinery

• Wisp Fountain

• Sap Extractor

Resource Locations

• Giant Remains

• Ancient Roots

New Tree

• Yggdrasil shoot

Food

• Cooked Egg

• Cooked Chicken Meat

• Cooked Seeker Meat

• Cooked Hare Meat

• Magecap

• Jotun Puffs

• Misthare Supreme

• Meat Platter

• Mushroom Omelette

• Yggdrasil Porridge

• Seeker Aspic

• Salad

• Fish n’ Bread

• Honey Glazed Chicken

• Stuffed Mushroom

Potions

• Major Health Mead

• Lingering Stamina Mead

• Minor Eitr Mead

Craftable Tools

• Wisplight

• Blackmetal Pickaxe

• Dvergr Lantern

Key

• Sealbreaker

Weapons

Melee

• Mistwalker Sword

• Krom Two-Handed Sword

• Skoll and Hati Dual-Wielded Knives

• Jotun Bane Axe

• Demolisher Sledge

• Carapace Spear

• Himmin Afl Atgeir

Ranged

• Spine Sap Bow

• Arbalest Crossbow

Ammunition

• Carapace Arrows

• Bolts: Iron Bolt, Bone Bolt, Blackmetal Bolt, Carapace Bolt

• Ballista Ammunition: Blackmetal Missile, Wooden Missile

Bomb

• Bile Bomb

Shields

• Carapace Shield

• Carapace Buckler

Armor Sets

• Carapace Armor: Carapace Breastplate, Carapace Greaves, Carapace Helmet

• Eitr-Weave Armor: Eitr-Weave Robes, Eitr-Weave Trousers, Eitr-Weave Hood

Cape

• Feather Cape (Feather Fall Status Effect)

Building Pieces

• 14 Black Marble Pieces

• 2 Angled Darkwoods Beams

• 2 Spiral Stairs

• Dvergr Metal Wall

• 2 Angled Iron Beams

Furniture

• Hare Rug

• Black Marble Throne

• Wisp Torch

• Blue Jute Curtain

• Dvergr Wall Lantern

• Black marble Bench

• Black Marble Table

• Blue Jute Drapes

• Blue Jute Carpet

• Dvergr Lantern Pole

Stacks

• Yggdrasil Wood

• Black Marble

Defenses

• Dvergr Stake Wall

• Ballista

• Dvergr Sharp Stakes

• Trap

Fish Types

• Trollfish

• Grouper

• Magmafish

• Giant Herring

• Anglerfish

• Northern Salmon

• Tetra

• Pufferfish

• Coral Cod

Craftable Bait

• Mossy

• Cold

• Misty

• Frosty

• Sticky

• Stingy

• Hot

• Heavy

Can we please get a Valheim animated series... because this looks absolutely amazing!!!