SkaldSaga

Every world has a story. SkaldSaga makes sure it's told.

A Valheim mod that broadcasts meaningful world events to all players in real-time. Boss kills, deaths, biome discoveries, milestones, and a full title system. One DLL — install on server and clients.

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Features

World Events

• 🗡 Player Deaths — cause of death included
• 💀 Boss Kills — with killer name and active title, co-op credit for all nearby players
• 🌍 Biome Discovery — first time a player enters a new biome
• ⚓ Player Join / Leave — with session duration

Milestones

• ⚔ Kill Count — 1, 10, 100, 500, 1,000, 5,000, 10,000
• 💀 Death Count — 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 500, 1,000
• 🛡 Gear Tier — Leather → Flint → Bronze → Iron → Silver/Wolf → Blackmetal/Padded → Carapace → Flametal
• All stats persist across sessions in BepInEx/config/SkaldSaga/

Title System

45+ earnable titles across all biomes and creature types. Titles appear in all broadcasts.

Creature Titles — 100 / 500 / 1,000 kills per creature type across all biomes including Mistlands, Ashlands, and Deep North.

Boss Titles — first kill of each boss earns a unique title. Kill all 7 to earn the rarest of all.

Boss Kill Milestones — total boss kills unlock additional titles at 3, 10, and 25.

Title Menu — press ] to open. Click any earned title to equip it. Draggable.

Boss Assist — all players within configurable radius of a boss death receive kill credit.

Client UI

• HUD Panel — press \ to toggle last 5 events. Draggable, scalable.
• Title Menu — press ] to pick your active title.
• Stats Panel — press [ to view kill counts and earned titles.

Admin Tools

• Chronicle Log — BepInEx/plugins/SkaldSaga/SkaldSaga_Chronicle_[date].log
• Tab-separated, timestamped with in-game day and online count

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Installation

Thunderstore Mod Manager / r2modman (Recommended)

1. Click Install with Mod Manager on the Thunderstore page
2. Install on both server and client profiles
3. Launch — done

Manual

1. Install BepInExPack for Valheim
2. Drop SkaldSaga.dll into BepInEx/plugins/SkaldSaga/ on both server and client
3. Launch — config generates automatically

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Configuration

BepInEx/config/com.nomadicwar.skaldsaga.cfg

Key settings:

• BossCreditRadius — meters around boss death to award credit (default: 100)
• ShowInChat — show messages in chat (default: off)
• ShowOnHud — show messages on HUD (default: on)
• PanelToggleKey — HUD panel key (default: \)
• TitleMenuKey — title menu key (default: ])
• StatsMenuKey — stats panel key (default: [)
• HudScale — HUD panel scale 0.5–2.0 (default: 1.0)
• All event types individually toggleable

Live Reload — edit and save the config file while in-game. Changes take effect within 5 seconds, no restart needed.

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Save Data

Character data is stored in BepInEx/config/SkaldSaga/ and will automatically migrate from older plugin folder locations on first load.

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Credits

Built by Nomad (NomadicWar) With support from HailSkadi and Wubarrk

Skål.