MyFishingGuide
Viking-style fishing guide with high-contrast HUD, fish scouting, bait advice, optional SeaAnimals or RtDOcean wildlife sightings, boat warnings and fishing audio.My Fishing Guide
Version 0.11.18 | by JayBird
Find the fish. Know the bait. Fish your way.
My Fishing Guide adds a movable, Viking-themed fishing assistant to Valheim. It scouts nearby rod-catchable fish, recommends bait, offers situational Spirit Fishing Guide advice, and provides optional fishing sounds and shipboard creature warnings. It does not automatically catch fish, change spawn rates, or modify creature AI.
What's new in 0.11.18
- Higher-contrast guide: a translucent deep-navy background behind the title, Spirit advice, fish rows, and wildlife sightings. It grows or shrinks with the content instead of covering the entire screen. Adjustable under
[Display]:DarkBackdropEnabled = true(default)DarkBackdropOpacity = 0.82(range 0.25–0.95)
- SeaAnimals sightings: retains the optional SeaAnimals integration introduced in 0.11.17, tested in-game with Whale Shark and Orca sightings. The SeaAnimals list is separate from rod-catchable fish; wild orcas may trigger a compact boat caution.
- Correct version reporting: both the BepInEx plugin metadata and the startup log now report 0.11.18.
- Removed the temporary Fishing Skill Test and its
Skills.GetSkillLevelHarmony patch. Old[Fishing Skill Test]lines may remain in an existing BepInEx config file, but this version no longer reads or uses them. - No SeaAnimals cooking, meat, or recipe guide was added.
Features
- Nearby fish: lists currently loaded, rod-catchable fish, distance, species counts, and bait when known. Player-centered shore scan: 25 m.
- Boat Fish Scout: scans up to 150 m by default while the ship's helm is occupied; displays approximate ship-relative bearings. Actual sightings depend on Valheim loading the creatures.
- Spirit Fishing Guide: context-aware, rotating fishing advice, bait recommendations, and catch celebration.
- Sea creature safety: high-visibility danger banners for vanilla Sea Serpents and Bonemaw; smaller caution banners for supported modded boat threats. Warnings can also work aboard a ship without the rod equipped.
- Optional wildlife scouting: SeaAnimals and RtDOcean creatures are listed separately from catchable fish and never receive invented bait recommendations.
- Fishing audio: optional nibble, hook, struggle splash, and Viking catch fanfare. Event support varies by rod and third-party fishing implementation.
- Movable HUD: with a rod equipped, press F8 to unlock the cursor and drag the guide, then press F8 again to save its position.
Recommended companion mods and thanks
My Fishing Guide works with vanilla Valheim. These are optional projects; they are not bundled or required dependencies.
Ocean wildlife — choose ONE
We recommend installing either SeaAnimals or RtDOcean, not both together. They are alternative ways to enrich the ocean. Running both may create overlapping wildlife populations and a busier ocean than intended; this is a recommendation for a cleaner experience, not a claim of a proven technical incompatibility. My Fishing Guide supports either mod independently.
- SeaAnimals by Marlthon — adds sharks, whales, dolphins, orcas, squid, and turtles. My Fishing Guide identifies supported creatures as marine wildlife, separate from catchable fish. Thank you, Marlthon, for making the ocean feel alive!
- OR RtDOcean by Soloredis — offers a more extensive ocean wildlife and exploration expansion. My Fishing Guide retains optional detection for supported RtDOcean creatures. Thank you, Soloredis, for your ambitious ocean expansion!
Fishing companion
- ComfyFishing by Loxley — offers alternative rods, fishing progression, and a more relaxed reeling system. Thank you, Loxley, for your work on Valheim fishing!
My Fishing Guide is an independent JayBird project and is not affiliated with these authors. Compatibility is best-effort; features that depend on another mod's internals may change with updates.
Installation
Install with r2modman or Thunderstore Mod Manager, or manually place
JayBirdMyFishingGuide.dll into your active Valheim profile's
BepInEx/plugins directory. Remove the previous copy of the DLL
rather than keeping duplicate versions.
After starting Valheim, the BepInEx log should report
Loading [My Fishing Guide 0.11.18] and
My Fishing Guide 0.11.18 loaded.
The plugin ID is jaybird.myfishingguide; its configuration is
BepInEx/config/jaybird.myfishingguide.cfg.
Useful settings
| Section | Setting | Default | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Display | DarkBackdropEnabled | true | Show the dark contrast panel |
| Display | DarkBackdropOpacity | 0.82 | Adjust panel darkness |
| Display | UIScale | 1.0 | Scale the guide |
| Display | TitleFontSize / FishFontSize | 22 / 19 | Adjust readability |
| Display | AdviceWidthPixels | 560 | Guide width |
| Display | MoveGuideKey | F8 | Drag and save HUD position |
| Boat Scout | RangeMeters | 150 | Maximum loaded-creature scout radius |
| Boat Scout | RefreshSeconds | 3 | Boat scan frequency |
| SeaAnimals | EnableIntegration | true | Enable SeaAnimals wildlife sightings |
| Safety | ShowSeaThreatWarnings | true | Enable boat cautions and danger banners |
| Fishing Audio | Enabled | true | Fishing sound cues |
Existing config values take precedence over new defaults. After dragging the guide, SavedPositionX and SavedPositionY override the original right inset and top offset.
Release status
This package includes the DLL compiled by the mod author. The SeaAnimals integration was demonstrated in-game in the preceding release; the 0.11.18 contrast changes still need an in-game check.
Limitations
- Fish Scout sees only creatures currently instantiated/loaded by Valheim; it does not reveal distant or unloaded animals.
- Boat danger cautions are advisory, not proof that a creature is currently attacking.
- No food, cooking, or meat drop tracking is included.
- Fishing audio events are best-effort with alternative fishing mechanics, including ComfyFishing.
Author
JayBird — My Fishing Guide
See CHANGELOG.md for release history.