Viking Horse

Viking Horse adds immersive horses to Valheim that feel like a natural part of the Viking world.

Finding the right balance for a new creature takes time and feedback from many different playstyles. Since extensive long-term testing is difficult for me as a solo modder, I intentionally do not provide creature balance configuration options. Instead, I would like balancing decisions to be driven by community feedback and discussion.

If you have suggestions, feedback, bug reports, or balance ideas, feel free to join my Discord:

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Features

Random Horse Variations

Every horse spawns with a random combination of fur and mane colors, creating a variety of unique horses throughout the world.

Taming

Horses spawn wild in the Meadows and must be tamed before you can ride them. They are fairly rare — the spawn rate is intentionally low, so finding one can take a bit of searching. When you do find one, they love Dandelion — drop some on the ground near a horse and give it space. Once it has eaten enough, it becomes tame.

Saddle System

Craft a saddle and equip it to your horse to make it rideable.

Recipe — crafted at a Workbench (level 3):

Material	Amount
Leather Scraps	10
Deer Hide	5
Bronze	3

Once attached, you can freely switch between four different saddle appearances.

Visible Reins

While riding, visible reins connect the rider and the horse for additional immersion.

Improved Forest Travel

To make horseback travel through forests less frustrating:

• Horses can destroy small bushes while moving through them.
• Destroyed bushes do not drop wood.
• Prevents horses from constantly getting stuck on vegetation.

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Localization

The mod is available in English, German and Portuguese (Brazilian & European).

If you'd like to see the mod in your language, drop the translations on the Discord and I'll include them.

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Prefab / Spawn Names

For console commands, spawners, or compatibility with other mods, the prefab names are:

Item	Prefab name
Horse (creature)	M2Horse
Saddle (item)	SaddleM2Horse

Example: spawn M2Horse spawns a horse, spawn SaddleM2Horse gives you a saddle.

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Community Feedback

The balancing of this creature is intentionally community-driven.

Rather than providing extensive balancing configuration options, I prefer gathering feedback from actual gameplay and adjusting the creature based on community suggestions and discussion.

If you have ideas, balance suggestions, bug reports, or feedback, join the Discord:

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Support my work

This mod, like all my mods, is free to use. If you'd like to support my work voluntarily, you can do so on Ko-fi.

The assets I build into my mods are ones I purchase commercially — your support helps me finance those assets and add new ones to my mods in the future. It's entirely optional and hugely appreciated. ❤️