# Valheim Patch 0.221.4 – Call To Arms

- Product: Valheim (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/valheim)
- Vendor: Iron Gate AB
- Date: 2025-09-09
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/892970/view/529856925490219058
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/valheim/releases/2025-09-09-patch-0.221.4-call-to-arms

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- **added** — Trinkets item type that can be equipped to gain adrenaline during battle and unlock temporary perks
- **added** — Adrenaline mechanic that builds from hitting enemies, triggering Forsaken Powers, using certain magic attacks, performing Perfect Blocks and Perfect Dodge Rolls
- **added** — Perfect Dodge Roll skill to dodge attacks and recover stamina
- **added** — Wooden weapons for sparring without hurting other players
- **added** — Bear and Vile enemy creatures
- **added** — 13 new trinkets including Heart of the Forest, Bronze Pendant, Iron Brooch, and Jörmundling
- **added** — 18 new weapons including 9 wooden weapons and new Bottled Blob variants
- **added** — 2 new armor sets for Bear and Vilebone with chest, leg, and helmet pieces
- **added** — Combat Practice Archery Target and T.W.I.G. building pieces
- **added** — Bear Meat food item
- **added** — 8 new crafting materials including Blob Vial, Ectoplasm, Ghost Trophy, Bear Hide, Bear Trophy, Bear Paw, Vile Trophy, and Vile Ribcage
- **added** — 3 new hairstyles: Mullet, Castellan, and Vinland Shave
- **added** — 5 new beard styles: Mustache, Handlebar, Trimmed, Waxed, and Crumb Catcher
- **added** — New location CombatRuin01
- **added** — Bearskin Rug furniture piece
- **changed** — Perfect Block no longer costs stamina
- **changed** — Reduced movement speed penalty on Battleaxes, Sledgehammers, and Tower Shields
- **changed** — Improved vertical fighting to make it easier to hit enemies on slopes
- **changed** — Rebalanced all Forsaken Powers with new effects and values
- **changed** — Items can now be placed on item stands with multiple orientations for Atgeirs, Axes, Bombs, Bows, Crossbows, Knives, Maces, Pickaxes, Shields, Sledges, Spears, Staffs, Swords, Tower Shields, and various food and trophy items
- **changed** — Upgraded Unity engine to 6000.0.46f
- **fixed** — Fixed bug that caused community servers to no longer be advertised in the community list on non-Steam platforms
- **fixed** — Fixed log spam when nearby or viewing hover text for signs, tamed animals, and portals without text or names

It's time to bring Call to Arms from the PTB and into Valheim proper! As always, a huge thank you to everyone who has tested it already, and a grand welcome to all new players!

This updates features plenty of ways of self-improvement – whether that be wooden weapons for sparring with your comrades, or a built structure to hone your fighting skills against.

You can also find a brand new type of item in the form of trinkets, which will help you in the heat of battle. And as there are some new dangerous foes around, you might find that you very much need them…

You’ll find the full patch notes below, whether you want them abbreviated or detailed. And if you didn't see it when the PTB launched, why not take a look at the update's trailer:

**Please note that you will need to have the latest Nvidia drivers for this update, otherwise the game risks crashing.**

##### Abbreviated Patch Notes

* Forsaken Powers rebalanced
* New combat mechanics & combat improvements
* New equipable item type: Trinkets
* 13 new trinkets
* 1 new skill
* 2 new creatures, with 1 additional overhauled creature
* 1 new food item
* 8 new crafting materials
* 18 new weapons (9 wooden)
* 2 new armour sets
* 3 new building pieces
* 3 new hairstyles
* 5 new beard styles
* 1 new location
* Some items can now have multiple orientations on item stands
* Unity engine upgraded
* Various bug fixes and performance improvements

##### Detailed Patch Notes

##### New Content:

**New Mechanics:**
* Trinkets: Equip these items to gain adrenaline during battle, and thus unlock temporary perks.
* Adrenaline: You gain adrenaline by hitting enemies, triggering a Forsaken Power, using certain magic attacks, as well as performing Perfect Blocks and Perfect Dodge Rolls. When the bar is full, you get an adrenaline surge which gives you a temporary perk designated by your equipped Trinket. Adrenaline will fade when you are not in active combat, and you will only gain adrenaline as long as you have a Trinket equipped.
* Wooden Weapons: By using wooden weapons you can practice combat against your friends without hurting each other.
* New skill: Perfect Dodge Roll (Dodge an attack that would have caused you damage and get a % of stamina back)

**Creatures:**
* Enemy: Bear
* Enemy: Vile

**Crafting:**
* Material: Blob Vial (purchasable)
* Material: Ectoplasm
* Material: Ghost Trophy
* Material: Bear Hide
* Material: Bear Trophy
* Material: Bear Paw
* Material: Vile Trophy
* Material: Vile Ribcage

**Food:**
* Bear Meat

**Clothing:**
* Chest Armour: Patterns of the Bear
* Leg Armour: Loincloth of the Bear
* Helmet: Headdress of the Bear
* Chest Armour: Vilebone Cage
* Leg Armour: Vilebone Drapes
* Helmet: Vilebone Visage
* Hat: Sweat Band (purchasable)

**Weapons:**
* Bottled Blob: Poison
* Bottled Blob: Oozer
* Bottled Blob: Tar
* Bottled Blob: Lava
* Bottled Blob: Frost
* Wooden Sword
* Wooden Greatsword
* Wooden Axe
* Wooden Two-handed Axe
* Wooden Mace
* Wooden Sledge
* Wooden Spear
* Wooden Atgeir
* Wooden Knife
* Fist Weapon: Paws of the Bear
* Fist Weapon: Vilebone Maulclaws
* Battleaxe: Black Metal
* Battleaxe: Skull Splittur

**Trinkets:**
* Heart of the Forest
* Bronze Pendant
* Iron Brooch
* Nimble Anklet
* Crystal Heart
* Wolf Sight
* Fins of Destiny
* Evasion Mantle
* Bracelets of the Brave
* Pulsating Earrings
* Resounding Shackle
* Jörmundling
* Brimstone

**Build Pieces & Furniture:**
* Combat Practice: Archery Target
* Combat Practice: T.W.I.G.
* Furniture: Bearskin Rug

**Misc:**
* New location: CombatRuin01
* 3 new hairstyles (Mullet, Castellan & Vinland Shave)
* 5 new beard styles (Mustache, Handlebar, Trimmed, Waxed, Crumb Catcher)

##### Fixes & Improvements

**Combat Changes:**
* Perfect Block no longer cost stamina
* Reduced movement speed penalty on Battleaxes, Sledgehammers, and Tower Shields
* Vertical fighting improvements, now easier to hit enemies in slopes!

**Rebalanced Forsaken Powers:**
* Eikthyr: 60% reduced stamina usage for running, jumping, and s

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