As if life in Valheim’s viking purgatory is not already fraught sufficient, one participant is filling his server with Dollar Common shops and chain eating places, to the exasperation of his associates. Identical to in actual life, the dreary, fluorescent-lit field shops began with only a single location, and have since unfold to a number of biomes throughout the server.
The saga began when X person Greg the Sorcerer, as picked up by PC Gamer, posted a screenshot of a Dollar Common retailer lovingly recreated in Valheim, saying he was “pissing off my associates in Valheim by constructing Dollar Generals.” The eye to element within the retailer is fairly spectacular, with an attention grabbing glowing signal on the entrance facade and fluorescent lighting within the inside.
Greg’s associates began popping up quickly after, with person Paladin Posting sharing a screenshot of the identical constructing with the caption: “WTF is a Dollar Common. Why is it in my Valheim server.” One other person, Lady Mage, additionally shared a view of the constructing from a distinct angle with the caption “that is simply absurd.”
Greg’s subsequent construct stepped the problem ranking up a notch, braving deathsquitos and Fulings to construct one other Dollar Common within the scenic reaches of the Plains–another location that was shortly noticed by the exasperated Paladin Posting.
A large laughing face emoji arrange close to the primary Dollar Common was the final straw for Paladin Posting, who posted a screenshot with the caption “I don’t wish to play Valheim with Greg anymore.” In a reply to a remark, the person mentioned they’d quickly after destroyed the emoji.
Whereas it appears Greg hasn’t made any new Dollar Generals since then, he has as a substitute branched out into different chain manufacturers. Greg constructed what’s seemingly Valheim’s very first Waffle Home in the course of the swamp–complete with a kidnapped skeleton manning the counter. Paladin Posting has additionally found this location, complaining that “the service right here is shit.”
The most recent replace from Greg reveals a contemporary McDonalds perched on prime of a frozen mountain. In response to a remark, Greg mentioned that every constructing took him round two to 3 hours to make, however the alpine McDonalds took a bit longer as he needed to degree out a bit of the mountain to construct on.
Commenters on X cannot get sufficient of the incongruous chain shops, difficult Greg to increase his empire by placing manufacturers like Spirit Halloween or Denny’s in one in all Valheim’s extra harmful biomes.
Valheim has been in early entry since early 2021, with Iron Gate studios slowly increasing the sport through the years. The studio is at the moment engaged on its last biome, the Deep North, which can arrive with the sport’s 1.0 launch. Nonetheless, there’s nonetheless no launch date for the ultimate replace, which has been within the works since mid-2024.