Ore teleportation has been one of the topics that has divided survival game Valheim’s community since it launched to massive popularity in Steam Early Access. One one hand, some players feel that being unable to enter portals – which otherwise facilitate quick travel across the map – while carrying ore is too restrictive.
On the other hand, a part of the community is quite fond of having to set up complex transport networks to carry ore from deposits to its cozy spot in their base. As Valheim’s players continue to debate the topic, Iron Gate CEO Richard Svensson has said, replying on Twitter, that there are “no plans” to make using portals while carrying ore possible.
This comes days after Svensson told PCGamesN that he “won’t make any judgement calls as to whether we will change it again or not, but we are listening to community feedback.”
He also admitted that ore teleportation “is something that has changed many times during development.” While his most recent statement might seem a bit contradictory, it could simply imply that other areas of Valheim are, at the moment, more important to the team.
Quite a few things are already planned on the survival game’s roadmap, including a new biome, improvements to exploration, combat, and more. At the same time, the team’s openness to listen to community feedback means that ore teleportation might come to Valheim further down the line.
Introducing it as an option that can be toggled on and off would, arguably, be one way to please both players who want to carry ore through portals and those who value the stories they can tell after struggling to take the resource across the map through more traditional means.
Valheim is available now on PC in Steam Early Access.
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not sure why people thing we are gonna allow ore in teleports. theres no plans for that :P
— Richard Svensson (@dvoidis) March 15, 2021
