There’s no place like home! Or, there is
no place like our Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
Settlement that we will discuss today, friends.
So, welcome back Assassin’s Creed fans to
a new Assassin’s Creed Valhalla gameplay
trailer breakdown in which we will talk about
everything we know so far regarding Eivor’s
settlement in the upcoming Assassin’s Creed
video game.
Basically, we will analyze our settlement
in general, how we will upgrade it, and obviously
together we will try to uncover the Assassin’s
Creed Valhalla buildings that we will be able
to construct while expanding our Vikings territories.
Again, we will start with a small shoutout
to all subscribers and a very big thank you
for your support on all my Assassin’s Creed
Valhalla videos.
Alright then. Back to our Assassin’s Creed
Valhalla village, or settlement, or Eivor’s
headquarters if you like. Let’s see what
we can expect from Ubisoft.
The first question we are going to answer
is also the most common one. What is the Assassin’s
Creed Valhalla Settlement and why do we need
it?
Luckily for us, the answer to this question
comes from Darby McDevitt and his interview
for the Official PlayStation Magazine.
As you can see, Eivor’s settlement is a
hub or the central piece of our Viking community.
The village we need to take care of.
To answer the second part of the question,
why do we need it; well, we have to understand
the main reason why the Vikings invaded Great
Britain. And this answer comes from history
which tells us they were looking for land
in order to expand.
There are obviously other reasons as well,
but their ultimate goal was to expand their
territories. Great Britain in this case was
the perfect country for them because unlike
Scandinavian countries, Great Britain had
fertile land for farming.
So right now, we know that we will have at
least one settlement to take care of in the
video game, so let’s go over all Assassin’s
Creed Valhalla buildings that have been confirmed
so far by various sources. Directly or indirectly.
From Darby McDevitt’s interview we saw earlier
we can learn that our settlement in Great
Britain will have a blacksmith, a stable and
also farms.
Let’s begin with the blacksmith. Although
we have discussed the weapons earlier this
week, it’s worth mentioning that all weapons
can be extensively upgraded which means that
the blacksmith plays a key role when we talk
about Assassin’s Creed Valhalla gear.
Basically, the blacksmith will help us keep
Eivor and our Vikings well equipped by upgrading
their weapons and armor.
The Assassin’s Creed Valhalla blacksmith,
however, is not new, because we can remember
that we had blacksmiths in most video games
of the franchise.
The Assassin’s Creed Valhalla stable is
also an important building because it will
most likely allow us to change our mounts.
It is unclear right now if mounts can be upgraded,
but we do know that we have at least two types
of mounts. Horses and wolves; the latter being
confirmed by the pre-order bonus.
Just like the blacksmith, this type of building
is not new for an Assassin’s Creed video
game.
Farms on the other hand are new, and although
we do not know if we can directly interact
in the farming process, we do know that they
exist thanks to Darby McDevitt, and history
tells us that the Vikings were very interested
in farming.
The farms and what they produce remains to
be seen but we can safely assume that the
products they’ll provide will not only allow
us to keep our Vikings well-fed but also earn
in-game currency or other resources using
the trading system that was also confirmed.
So, these are the 3 types of buildings that
have been confirmed by Darby Mc Devitt alone.
If we move to the game’s official page on
Ubisoft.com, we can learn that in our settlement
we will also be able to build barracks and
a tattoo parlor.
The barracks is also a new type of building
we’ll be able to get in the upcoming Assassin’s
Creed Valhalla, and according to the same
source, it allows us to get better troops
when we upgrade it; however, if we scroll
down a bit on the page we can learn that we
will also have mercenary Vikings we can share
online to help other players.
By doing that we can get our hands on more
resources, and we can also recruit mercenaries
to aid Eivor while raiding.
This feature will most likely be available
at the barracks, which will become a key building
when we plan our future raids
Finally, we have the tattoo parlor that allows
us to customize Eivor's tattoos.
If you watched the Vikings Tv Series you may
remember that most Vikings had a lot of tattoos
on their bodies and even heads. The tattoos
depicted various connections to Gods; such
as Ragnar’s tattoo showing Odin’s ravens.
In the second Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
trailer we can see that Eivor has some cats
on his chest.
This tattoo represents a connection with one
of the Norse Gods we have discussed.
Obviously, the Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
tattoo parlor is something worth keeping an
eye on, and even though we do not know how
it’ll work at this point, we can imagine
that it will be similar to the character customization
from the recent Nioh 2 video game, for example.
Ok, so right now we have 5 different types
of buildings we have managed to identify.
Let’s see what else we can find.
Well, if we check Ashraf Ismail’s twitter
account, we can learn that our Assassin’s
Creed Valhalla settlement will also have a
dock where we can fish.
An activity we already discussed last week.
But at the dock, we can do more than that.
Such as customizing our longships maybe?
The customization of our longship clearly
exists since the Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
Ultimate Pack comes with a beautiful Berserker
Longship Pack as you can see.
It remains to be seen if changing the aspect
of our longship requires a dock or not, but
the building itself will most likely be available
in our settlement.
Speaking of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Ultimate
Pack we can also notice that it includes the
Berserker Settlement Pack. A closer look at
the content reveals a series of totems and
worshiping places for various Norse Gods.
We can see a tree similar to Yggdrasil, a
wooden statue showing Freyr and several wooden
totems for other gods.
If you remember from my Assassin’s Creed
Valhalla video in which we have identified
the Norse Gods, they will play an important
role in the game and the content from the
Berserker Settlement Pack not only confirms
the information from my video but also shows
some cosmetic structures we will be able to
place in our settlement.
Last but definitely not least we have the
core of our settlement which is the mead hall
or feasting hall.
We can clearly see it in the second trailer
and it will obviously be the most important
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla building; because
this is where Eivor will be able to meet the
war chiefs, plan his next attacks, and why
not relax and engage in flyting and drinking
games as we have discussed in the Assassin’s
Creed Valhalla activities video.
Ok, so as we can see we have a lot of buildings
in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, and upgrading
them will not be easy, thus we will need a
lot of resources. Which brings us to the next
question. How will we be able to upgrade our
buildings in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla?
The answer to this important question comes
again from Darby McDevitt, who explains that
in order to get the resources required for
upgrades we have two options.
We can choose to raid settlements and plunder
them or we can close alliances and engage
in trading.
Pretty straightforward if you ask me, although
I have no doubt that a lot of resources will
also be offered as quest rewards.
Great now, so what can we expect to see in
our settlement? Well, this is my favorite
part because by investing time and resources
in our village we will be able to see it grow.
According to McDevitt new settlers will arrive,
some of them providing new services and even
quests.
Finally, the settlement is the place where
most story quests will start and the place
where we will always return because we need
to make decisions to help our settlers and
we also need to keep them happy.
In return, they will share their stories,
their services, and why not some rewards.
Exciting right?
So, let me know what do you think about this
new approach Ubisoft is preparing for us in
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, about the buildings
we have identified and what are your expectations.
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