valheim developer iron gate studio is teasing what to expect from the games upcoming difficulty settings and the most exciting part is that were finally getting an option to disable raidslead designer jonathan smrs shared a clip of the difficulty settings menu in action thanks pc gamer here labeled as world modifiers its worth noting that all the settings shown here are subject to change since theyre still in development but they do indicate what the developers are hoping to put in placethere are sliders to adjust the things youd expect like combat difficulty and the amount of resources you get from the world and defeated enemies theres also a death penalty slider that changes what you lose when you die with options ranging from nothing to a hardcore mode that destroys all your carried items and removes all your skills permanentlyare your ready for hardcore mode in valheim or do you prefer something more chill note actual settings are not final valheimgame gamedev indiedev gamedevelopment pictwittercom9otoxdpkaoapril 17 2023see moremost exciting however is the raid rate slider just as it sounds this slider lets you turn off monster raids completely or if youre a masochist you can make them happen more often the threat of monsters randomly but regularly tearing down your carefullyconstructed fortresses is probably the biggest obstacle to anybody attempting to enjoy valheim as a chill building game and players have been looking for a way to change the raid rate pretty much since launchbeyond the sliders there are a number of straightup toggles that can make things easier or more challenging you can turn off the map or disable portals if you want things harder or you can turn off build costs and make enemies passive to create your own minecraftstyle creative mode there is also a portal items toggle and while we dont get to see what that does in the course of this clip the name suggests that were finally finally getting the option to carry ore through portalsas smrs explains in followup tweets youll be able to adjust these settings at any time and theyll even be available on existing worlds created before the options were introduced no word yet on when the difficulty settings will arrive but the devs began teasing them alongside details of the valheim ashlands update so heres hoping well get both sooner rather than laterif you need help conquering the valheim biomes you know where to click