# Valheim Patch 0.219.13 – The Bog Witch

- Product: Valheim (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/valheim)
- Vendor: Iron Gate AB
- Date: 2024-10-29
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/892970/view/4522269457743085719
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/valheim/releases/2024-10-29-patch-0.219.13-the-bog-witch

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- **added** — New trader NPC called the Witch found in the Swamps who sells ingredients and materials
- **added** — Feast mechanic allowing large meals that last longer and can be shared among multiple players
- **added** — Eight new feast recipes including Whole Roasted Meadows Boar, Black Forest Buffet Platter, and Swamp Dweller's Delight
- **added** — Three new skills: Cooking, Farming, and Crafting with unique progression benefits
- **added** — Cooking skill reduces food crafting time and provides chance to gain +1 food while crafting
- **added** — Farming skill reduces Cultivator stamina cost, increases farming item durability, and provides chance for bonus crop yield
- **added** — Crafting skill reduces item crafting time, increases crafting item durability, and reduces stamina cost of placing build pieces
- **added** — Serving Tray tool allowing placement of any consumable item like a build piece
- **added** — Scythe tool to speed up crop harvesting
- **added** — Sixteen new purchasable crafting materials including Barrel Rings, Candle Wick, and various herbs and spices
- **added** — Eight new potions including Berserkir Mead, Tonic of Ratatosk, and Lightfoot Mead
- **added** — Three new clothing items: Harvest Tunic, Harvest Dress, and Straw Hat
- **added** — Four new build pieces: Barrel storage, Resin Candle, Food Preparation Table, and Mead Ketill
- **added** — Three new emotes: Relax, Rest, and Toast
- **added** — New location: Witch's hut in the Swamps
- **added** — New event: Ghosts
- **added** — Console command 'sortcraft' to sort crafting lists by name, type, weight, count, or original order
- **changed** — Mead bases are now crafted with the Mead Ketill instead of the Cauldron
- **changed** — Uncooked food items are now crafted with the Food Preparation Table instead of the Cauldron
- **changed** — Feather cape no longer provides boost to player jump height
- **changed** — Berserkir axe secondary attack stamina cost increased from 28 to 32
- **fixed** — Visual bug with Asksvin Rug and Straw

After a couple of weeks in the Public Test Branch, with tweaks and adjustments, it's now time to release the latest Valheim update to everyone!

Valheim: The Bog Witch features a brand new trader to be found in the Swamps, who sells a bunch of different ingredients and materials for you, useful for both brewing new potions and exploring the new feast mechanic. The update also features new skills and tools for homesteading!

You will find the patch notes below, both abbreviated and complete (which means full of spoilers). Skål!

##### Abbreviated Patch Notes:

* New trader & trader location
* New feast mechanic, including 8 feasts
* 16 new crafting materials
* 8 new potions
* 3 new items of clothing
* 3 new skills
* 4 new build pieces
* 2 new tools
* 3 new emotes
* 1 new event
* Various bug fixes and performance improvements

##### Detailed Patch Notes:

##### New Content:

**New Mechanics:**
* Feasts: Large meals that last longer and can be shared among several people
* New Skill: Cooking - Reduces the time it takes to craft food, chance to gain +1 food while crafting
* New skill: Farming - Reduces the stamina cost of using the Cultivator and increases the durability of farming items. Chance to gain bonus yield while harvesting crops.
* New skill: Crafting - Reduces the time it takes to craft items and increases the durability of crafting items. Reduces the stamina cost of placing build pieces.

**Crafting:**
* Tool: Serving Tray - Allows you to place any consumable item, like a build piece
* Tool: Scythe - Allows you to speed up the harvesting of your crops
* Material: Barrel Rings (purchasable)
* Material: Candle Wick (purchasable)
* Material: Scythe Handle (purchasable)
* Material: Cured Squirrel Hamstring (purchasable)
* Material: Powdered Dragon Eggshells (purchasable)
* Material: Fresh Seaweed (purchasable)
* Material: Pungent Pebbles (purchasable)
* Material: Fragrant Bundle (purchasable)
* Material: Toadstool (purchasable)
* Material: Ivy Seeds (purchasable)
* Material: Woodland Herb Blend (purchasable)
* Material: Mountain Peak Pepper Powder (purchasable)
* Material: Grasslands Herbalist Harvest (purchasable)
* Material: Herbs of the Hidden Hills (purchasable)
* Material: Fiery Spice Powder (purchasable)
* Material: Seafarer’s Herbs (purchasable)

**Build Pieces & Furniture:**
* Barrel (storage)
* Resin Candle
* Workbench: Food Preparation Table
* Workbench: Mead Ketill

**Clothing:**
* Clothing: Harvest Tunic (purchasable)
* Clothing: Harvest Dress (purchasable)
* Hat: Straw Hat (purchasable)

**Creatures:**
* NPC: The Witch (trader)
* NPC/Enemy: Kvastur

**Foods & Potions:**
* Feast: Whole Roasted Meadows Boar
* Feast: Black Forest Buffet Platter
* Feast: Swamp Dweller’s Delight
* Feast: Hearty Mountain Logger’s Stew
* Feast: Plains Pie Picnic
* Feast: Mushrooms Galore á la Mistlands
* Feast: Ashlands Gourmet Bowl
* Feast: Sailor’s Bounty
* Potion: Berserkir Mead
* Potion: Tonic of Ratatosk
* Potion: Lightfoot Mead
* Potion: Draught of Vananidir
* Potion: Mead of Troll Endurance
* Potion: Brew of Animal Whispers
* Potion: Anti-Sting Concoction
* Potion: Love Potion (purchasable)

**Misc:**
* New Location: Witch’s hut in the Swamps
* New Event: Ghosts
* New Emotes: Relax, Rest & Toast
* Mead bases are crafted with the Mead Ketill instead of with the Cauldron
* Uncooked food items are crafted with the Food Preparation Table instead of with the Cauldron
* Food placed with the Serving Tray is steaming of deliciousness

##### Fixes & Improvements:

* Various visual updates to Hildir’s camp
* Optimised Greydwarf Eye
* Added the ability to craft x5 at once when holding down shift or left stick
* Some old hardcoded strings have been fixed and are now properly localised
* Updated names and descriptions for some of the items in Hildir’s shop
* Food is now visible in the player’s hand during eating animation
* Player built pots now return charcoal resin on destruction
* Console command added: ‘sortcraft’ to be able to sort cra

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