ComboBrawler
Every fist weapon gets a fighting style of its own: the heavy Bear, the nimble Wolf and the martial-arts Brawler - each with a 3-hit combo, finishers and a special chain, all custom animations. Balanced for fair play.ComboBrawler
An AI-built, hand-tuned animation mod that gives every fist weapon a fighting style of its own.
Valheim's fist weapons all share the bare-hand punches: two jabs and a kick. ComboBrawler gives each kind of fist weapon its own combo, its own finishers and its own special chain. Every clip in this mod is authored for these weapons; none of them is a vanilla animation with its timings nudged.
What you get
Three fighting styles, each with a three-hit combo, a finisher after every hit (press special during the combo) and a three-move special chain (press special from neutral).
- The Bear - Paws of the Bear and Vilebone Maulclaws. Heavy and slow: every blow is wound up, held for a beat and driven home with the whole body. Overhead clubs, a ground scoop, a bear hug, a charged punch held back and released, and a special chain of wide arcs that ends in a braced elbow strike.
- The Wolf - Flesh Rippers. Nimble and fast: long lunging slashes, a leap in, a dash straight through your target that ends behind it facing it, escape hops that hit on the jump, and claws driven in and ripped down.
- The Brawler - Knucklechains (all three kinds). A martial artist: crosses snapped out from a tight guard, a superman punch, an overhand haymaker, and the Bear's finishers and special chain for the rest.
- Gloves stay gloves - the hand stays closed in a proper fist while a style weapon is equipped, idle included.
- True damage numbers - the floating number shows the damage a hit really deals (when ComboSpear is installed, it does this for both mods).
Bare fists stay vanilla.
Balanced for fair play
Bigger moves hit harder, and they cost the time and stamina to match. The styles are tuned for fair play, which makes ComboBrawler a great fit for challenge runs.
Recommended: ComboSpear and ValheimWeaponClasses Continued
ComboBrawler shares the player's animations with ComboSpear by AndyTheDemon - run both and the spear and the fists each keep their own moves. ValheimWeaponClasses Continued lets your weapons grow with you as you fight.
Compatibility
| Mod | Status |
|---|---|
| ComboSpear | Recommended - works together |
| ValheimWeaponClasses Continued | Recommended |
| Any other mod that changes fist-weapon attacks or animations | Incompatible - both change the same attacks; pick one |
Block and parry are untouched.
Config
One setting, in BepInEx/config/andythedemon.combobrawler.cfg (created on first launch):
[General]
Enabled = true
Set it to false to play with vanilla fist weapons. It takes effect the next time the game starts.
Installation
Use a mod manager (r2modman, Thunderstore Mod Manager), or install by hand:
- Install BepInExPack Valheim.
- Copy this package's
BepInExfolder into your Valheim folder. It holds one file,BepInEx/plugins/ComboBrawler.dll: the whole mod, animations included.
When it runs, the log shows Combo Brawler 1.0.0 loaded.
Notes
- Every player should install ComboBrawler. Your attacks are sent to other players under the mod's own names: players with the mod see your moves, players without it see no attack animation - the hits you deal still land.
- If a game update moves the attack states the mod borrows, it logs a warning instead of breaking your game.
Fists deserve more than two jabs.