ValHardMode - Hard Mode mod for Valheim

ValHardMode is a mod that is intended to increase the difficulty of Valheim while also including some low-impact quality of life changes.

It is meant to run on a dedicated server and requires all players connecting to that server to install the mod as well. It can also be ran in solo/client-hosted games by adding VHM to the end of your world name.

The mod will not load at all when connecting to a server not running the mod or a solo server without the world name suffix.

Current Features

Enemies

• Increases overall enemy health and attack damage
• Doubles the chance for enemies to level up
• Reduces the delay between enemy special attacks
• Caps enemy drops at 1 star
• Increases group spawn numbers
• Removes fear of fire from all enemies
• Updates certain drop rates to accomodate for recipe changes

Bosses

• Increases all boss health, damage and movement speed

Items

• Increases max stack size of stackable items
• Prevents most non-equippable/consumable items from being teleported
• Increases material cost of most crafting recipes

Random Events

• Increases potential frequency and chance of random events
• Enables Skeleton & Troll events to happen at any time
• Removes Surtling event
• Adds 2 new random events

Ships

• Ships now have a max weight and will begin to sink if exceeded
• Increases damage taken by ships from large waves
• Increases the cargo size of Karve

Player

• Reduces death skill penalty to only reset progress on current level
• Increased range for pieces that Rested status into account for calculating comfort level

Building

• Increases max capacity of Smelter-like objects
• Fireplace-type objects don't consume fuel
• Increases build range of crafting stations
• Increases crafting station extension placement range
• Increases grow time for planted trees
• Enables Maypole piece for building

Dedicated Server

• Shared features will only load when connecting to a dedicated server with the same version installed
• Servers running this mod will only allow clients to connect if they also have the same version of the mod installed
• Fixes incorrect data on Steam server browser

Installation

1. Backup your characters and worlds! Copy C:\Users\<username>\AppData\LocalLow\IronGate\Valheim somewhere safe just in case
2. Install BepInExPack Valheim (v5.4.602 or higher) on clients and server
3. Download latest release and extract ValHardMode.dll to ...\BepInEx\plugins folder created from previous step
4. Enjoy!

Known Issues

• When removing the mod, or loading a character that played on a modded server in a non-modded server, item stacks or ore/fuel in Smelter-type objects over the normal max amount will be lost