Assassin's Creed Valhalla's First Expansion Wrath Of The Druids Launches Tomorrow May 13th

Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a brilliant game. It's also a ridiculously big game and even though it's now six months since launch, I suspect a great many of you are still enjoying going a-Viking with Eivor, the best protagonist of the series in a while. I know I am.

Still, it's nice to get to go to new places and with Wrath of the Druids, the game's first expansion, you can. Ireland, to be specific. According to Ubisoft itself:

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Eivor’s new adventure will have players journey to bewitching and beautiful Ireland and unravel the mysteries of an ancient druidic cult, the Children of Danu. Diving into Gaelic myths and folklore, they will have to make their way through haunted forests and dazzling landscapes while helping Gaelic Kings unify Ireland.

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There will be three provinces - analogous to the shires of England I imagine, and therefore each with their own arcs - plus Dublin to explore, which sounds lovely to us at Jump Dash Roll. In particular I want to see all the ray tracing-action shimmering throughout Ireland's natural beauty on the current-generation consoles.

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The expansion has been developed by Ubisoft Bordeaux, not the main game's developer, Ubisoft Montreal, and will bring new features and content to the game's palette. For example:

• Accomplish the Royal Demands from the Gaelic Kings to gather resources.
• Claim and conquer the Ring Forts of Ireland, form alliances to dominate the trade routes to build Dublin’s wealth and establish it as the primary seat of commerce
• Trade rare resources and exotic rewards with overseas nations to make Dublin a thriving city.
• Master a brand new type of weapon: the Sickle, a fast and deadly blade that can be dual-wielded.
• Use new abilities and skills like the Viking Salute, the Smoke Bomb Arrow, the Irish Hound Summoning, and the Sickle Combo.
• Battle and defeat new powerful enemies including the Children of Danu, a mysterious cult of Druids; Drengrs; Irish factions; and new mythical creatures.
• Discover a variety of new gear and weapons, and more customisation options for Eivor’s longship, horse, raven, tattoos, hair, and settlement decorations.

Delightfully, playing the expansion does not require you to have completed the story arc of the main game (because the game's massive, which I may have mentioned). Wrath of the Druids will be accessible once players have reached England and completed one of the first narrative arcs – either Grantebridgescire or Ledecestrescire, which both unlock just after they arrive from Norway. There is no mandatory power level to play Wrath of the Druids which makes us even happier than knowing we don't need to have completed the game.

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is available on Xbox Series X | S, Xbox One consoles, PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, the Epic Games Store and Ubisoft Store on Windows PC, as well as on Stadia, Amazon Luna and Ubisoft’s subscription service, Ubisoft+. Players will either have the season pass through them purchasing some snazzy special edition, or you can hop onto your platform's storefront and buy it now. Your trip to Ireland starts tomorow folks!