Viking NPC (Norsemen)
Friendly vikings roam the world—working, hunting, and surviving.
Whether they remain allies or become enemies is up to you.
0.3.0 — Overhaul
This release completely rewrites the plugin to address long-standing stability and performance issues.
- Settlers and Raiders replaced with Norsemen
- Norsemen are tameable vikings, friendly until provoked
- Behavior inspired by Dvergers, with added taming and stealing mechanics
- Many systems simplified or removed to reduce overhead
Removed
Towns may return in the future if this version proves stable.
Features
- Tameable vikings (Norsemen)
- Configurable:
- Random gear sets
- Random inventory items
- Spawn settings
- Base health & armor
- Vikings benefit from equipped armor
- Steal from viking inventories
- Tool-based behavior:
- Pickaxe → mining
- Axe → lumbering
- Fishing rod + bait → fishing
- Follow behavior:
- Attaches to player ship
- Teleports back when player disembarks
- Revive tamed vikings via tombstone interaction
- Ignores tameable creatures unless provoked
- Consumes inventory items to maintain happiness
- Can receive potions via hotbar use
- Equipment are excluded from dropped items on death
Random Gear Sets
YML example:
PrefabNames:
- HelmetFlametal
- ArmorFlametalChest
- ArmorFlametalLegs
- CapeAsh
- SwordNiedhogg
- ShieldFlametalTower
RequiredDefeatKey: defeated_queen
Weight: 0.8
- Sets are excluded if conditions aren’t met
Weight controls selection probability- Create/Change/Delete files supported
- Files sync automatically from server
Random Items
YML example:
PrefabName: CopperOre
RequiredDefeatKey: defeated_eikthyr
Chance: 0.5
Min: 1
Max: 5
- Items are skipped if conditions aren’t met
Chance controls probability- Create/Change/Delete files supported
- Files sync automatically from server
Prefab IDs
Meadows_Norseman_RSBlackForest_Norseman_RSSwamp_Norseman_RSMountains_Norseman_RSPlains_Norseman_RSMistlands_Norseman_RSAshlands_Norseman_RS
Console Commands
norsemen tame: tames all nearby norsemen (admin only)norsemen clear_tombs removes all nearby norsemen tombstones (admin only)
Support & Community
Questions or feedback?
Find Rusty in the Odin Plus Team Discord:
https://discord.gg/v89DHnpvwS
Or visit Modding Corner:
https://discord.gg/fB8aHSfA8B
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