As part of the latest update to the open-world action-adventure game Assassin’s Creed Valhalla released by Ubisoft today, players are being given access to a new game mode along with a small selection of other free content updates.
The major addition is the River Raids mode, a permanent addition to Assassin’s Creed Valhalla from now on. According to Ubisoft, features of this mode include:
- Higher-stakes raids, with unique maps and rewards, in which the player can raid without impacting their main game progression and alliances in England. Unlike the original raiding feature, the raiding crew can be temporarily lost if players don’t revive them during the raid.
- A Jomsviking Crew: Recruited Jomsvikings (created by other players online) are led by the player’s personal Jomsviking Lieutenant.
- A New Longship: An all-new fully customizable longship exclusive to the game mode – whose cargo hold can be upgraded to bring more resources back from River Raids.
The new Jomsviking Hall has three levels to upgrade in Season 1, with the higher the Hall’s level, the higher the ranked Jomsvikings it will attract for the player to recruit. Jomsviking also now have ranks, with the higher-ranked Jomsvikings having greater survivability in River Raids.
After players complete one of the first narrative arcs in England, either Grantebridgescire or Ledecestrescire, build their Barracks and recruit their Jomsviking Lieutenant, they will encounter a new NPC named Vagn and his crew of Jomsviking raiders, who will introduce them to the River Raids game mode. The mode introduces three new river maps set around England’s coastline full of locations to raid and treasure to loot.
Looking for more than just the raids mode? The update brings a selection of additional rewards for players to unlock, including:
- The Saint George Armor set and Great Sword
- 3 new Abilities, hidden in monasteries
- 2 new Settlement Buildings
- A new set of longship and player cosmetics
Developed by Ubisoft Montreal, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla can now be purchased for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Google Stadia, Amazon Luna and the Windows PC.
