Better Fishing

An improved fishing experience for Valheim

Key Features • How To Use • Download • License

Key Features

In Valheim you earn exp everytime you reel, regardless of how difficult it was. This mod lets you farm exp while focusing on catching high quality fish instead

• Modifiable exp multipliers
• Exp multiplier from bait type used
• Exp multiplier from fish grade
• Possibility to boost the grade of a fish while hooking it (once)

With this mod, you can improve your fishing skill faster by catching better fish. Additionally you could make "training ponds", where you can throw your fish and refish them to become a better fisher.

How To Use

Valheim needs to be launched atleast once to generate files. To clone and run this application, you'll need a mod launcher like r2modman or to manually setup BepInEx and drag and drop BetterFishing.dll in the appropriate folder.

After the mod is installed, launch it with mods atleast once to generate its config files

Download

You can download the latest version of this mod on github or in thunderstore

Roadmap

I am not sure if I will continue this project further. But some ideas I have:

• Extra items like fishing bag, rod, and others
• Disable exp from reeling without a fish hooked
• De-level a boosted fish if the catch failed
• Synced configurations

Merges are welcome if someone wants to implement something

Support

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2024 Kam1goroshi

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

1. The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

2. You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

3. You may include this mod in modpacks, provided that you give proper credit to https://github.com/Kam1goroshi/BetterFishing.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

[1.2.2] - 2023-10-16

Added

• small fx when fish level gets boosted

[1.2.1] - 2023-10-15

Changed

• Fixxed issues with stacked fish in inventory losing their attributes by removing the ability to boost fish after they've been picked up
• Fixxed a bug where fish would lose their attributes due to saving before assigning them

Removed

• No longer able to boost fish that were already picked up

Notes

• Some of these issues could be fixxed by making each fish unstuckable but I believe the annoyance with inventory slots would not be worth it for most players.

[1.2.0] - 2023-10-14

Added

• Deboosting fish level (if it has been boosted) when failing to catch

Changed

• Some code cleanups

[1.1.0] - 2023-10-14

Added

• Starting using Jotunn Library (now it is a dependency)
• Synced configuration with server
• Configuration updates live with or without config watcher

Changed

• Logging using bepinex instead of Debug.Logging
• Publicized dll

[1.0.0] - 2023-10-13

Added

• Probability to boost the level of a fish while hooking it (once)
• Extra experience gained for catching a fish, depending on bait and level
• Configuration for all features
• Control over exp gained while reeling a hooked fish

Changed

• Logging using bepinex instead of Debug.Logging
• Publicized dll