Assassin's Creed Valhalla first released a year ago today, on the 10th November 2020. The game was more than a bit buggy at launch — on PlayStation 4 especially — but the title's come a long way over the last 12 months. Indeed, in typical Ubisoft fashion, Valhalla has received loads of large updates — many of them adding new content to the already massive open world game. All told, it's been an impressive show of support, topped off by two solid expansions.
Anyway, to help celebrate the title's first anniversary, Ubisoft has published some crazy player statistics. Here are the highlights:
- Players have killed 28,655,028,898 enemies
- 2,909,779,176 enemies have been assassinated
- Varin's Axe (one of the game's earliest weapons) is the most used weapon, followed by the Hunnish Bow, Housecarl's Axe, and... the Blacksmith's Hammer
- Dive of the Valkyries is the most used combat ability
- Players have died 524,892,993 times
- 77% of deaths came through combat, 8% from falls, and 6% from fire
- 50 million photos have been taken
- Players have raided 290 million times
- Orlog (the dice game) has been played 75.4 million times, and the player win rate is 51%
- 87 million flyting matches have been had, with players winning 71% of the time
- 80 million drinking games have been played, with players winning 52% of the time
Phew, some big numbers there. The scale of these stats comes as no huge surprise, however — not since Ubisoft reported that Valhalla is the company's second most profitable release ever. Safe to say that it's been a success for the publisher.
And support for Valhalla isn't coming to an end, either. Unlike previous games in the series, Valhalla will be getting a second year of updates and DLC, stretching throughout 2022. No doubt we'll be getting more information in the coming months.
In the meantime, the game's newest festival is kicking off on the 11th November, and explorable Tombs of the Fallen have just been added via the latest patch. Are you still playing Assassin's Creed Valhalla? Hurl an axe or two in the comments section below.
[source discussions.ubisoft.com]
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Orlog... The reason I'll never get the platinum trophy.
It's also surprising how flammable the lead character is in recent AC games. Cassandra was forever spontaneously combusting when close to an open flame.
I think Odyssey would have had 100% of deaths come from snakes.
Proudly helped get that Orlog win rate over 50%
Fun game
Played valhalla around launch, and played Origins recently and I think Origins is wayyyy better. Can't really put my finger on exactly why I feel that way but I just do.
Not shocked Dive of the Valkyries is the most popular ability because not only do you get it early but its extremely powerful and forever useful in combat.
1 of 10 enemies assassinated... so sad to call this game "Assassin's Creed" while more enemies you can assassinate in any average action game.
@jamiestogden Would love to see a ranked infographic on flammable AC leads. I feel like if Eivor even hears crackling fire FHOOOP she goes up like a pile of balsa wood
No stats on cat petting?
Any clues if the season pass covers more expansions after the Paris one? Paid ones I mean
@MrGilly69 It hasn't been officially confirmed but it probably won't. Most likely scenario is we get a second season pass.
I'll wait until the Super Ultimate Deluxe Gold Edition with everything included before I dive in. Still trawling my way through Origins before a break from the formula before tackling Odyssey. Think the game should be complete by then.
Tbf, I used the axe through most of the game, just upgraded it a few times - so that particular stat doesn’t surprise me.
@jamiestogden I agree, I haven't been able to even do one game of Orlog yet, I am either just really bad or just have the worst luck at it.
55,565 - how many times I shook my head at the dreadful writing.
@jamiestogden " Cassandra was forever spontaneously combusting when close to an open flame."
That's hot.
@TBubs311 I loved the whole Egypt setting, and the gear was really fun to acquire.
This game's setting is kind of boring and the gear even worse. Unless you want to look like a wooly mammoth for the entire game, you have to spend money. The dark knight gear is awesome but yep, microtransaction.
Nice, 129hrs into it myself. Helped on some of those numbers.
Still crazy how Ubi turned this franchise around with the last 3 games, I had given up on it. Hope they can keep it up.
I don't really care if its not like a previous AC or if one of the previous games were better, all that matters is I enjoyed playing it and still play it.
The gold edition I purchased came with the season pass and it was cheaper than most other PS5 games that get less support and no additional content.
I honestly don't get why Valhalla has been so successful for them, it's average at best and lagging way behind origins and Odyssey in terms of quality, story, and fun.
For me it's in the lower half of all AC games. A boring, uninspired storyline that's literallythe same mission repeated, a main character with absolutely zero personality, charisma or charm, and locking the final mission behind a grindwall is just lazy.
Unpopular opinion, but i enjoyed my 70+ hours with Valhalla. Looking forward to going back when all Dlc's are released.
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