[2021] Valheim Developer AMA, Now Live!

No, not really, at least not any concrete plans. We are currently planning on adding 3 more biomes (Mistlands, Deep north and Ashlands) before we exit Early Access. What happens after that we don't really know at this point =)

Adding variants of the existing cart is definitely something we should consider. Adding other types of land transportation sounds like an interesting challenge ( I always love to play around with physics), but its not something we currently have planned.

Definitely thoughts on adding crafting skills, the challenge is figuring out a way to do it that works well with the existing system ( quality & extensions etc ). But I hope we will figure something out in the future. Sailing skill is also something we have talked about but not high priority at this point. But definitely something we will consider in the future.

First this is a pretty complex question to answer. As already stated all our current planned biomes are technically already in the game and depending on what kind of changes we will do to them it will affect the rest of the game world in different ways. We will try to not break any existing worlds and allow you to continue playing in them after updates as much as possible. However already explored areas will most likely not get any new content, and you will have to visit unexplored areas to be able to experience the new content added. Depending on what kind of changes we make to the world generation you might have to create a new world to be able to get the new changes. Short answer: it all depends on what changes we will do to the world-generation but we will try to keep your existing worlds as working as possible and allow you to continue playing in it...but no promises ;-)

Technically we already have an Ocean biome, We actually have some loose plans to add more interesting content to it. Just not sure when =)

Correct, the main focus of Hearth & Home was initially to do some changes and re-balancing to the food system. Which has been kind of the main focus of it. That said we still want to add some new fun stuff for you to find and explore in the world. But of course we don't want to spoil that for you =D. In addition to the changes in the food system we have also made some pretty big changes to the blocking mechanics. Will probably talk more about this at some later time.

well, the world is pretty huge , so if you explore just a small part of Midlands etc the rest will still be unaffected.