Races of Valheim

A Valheim mod that introduces custom playable races with unique boss-based progression systems, immersive magical spells, and fully functional shapeshifting abilities.

Features

• Boss-based Progression: As you defeat the bosses of Valheim, your chosen race evolves, gaining new passive abilities, models, and stats.

• The Undead Skeleton: Transform into a Skeleton! This race does not eat normal food. Instead, its stomach is magically infused based on the defeated bosses, granting permanent, ever-growing HP without the need to eat.

• Skeleton Evolution:

  • Level 0 (No Bosses): Standard Skeleton (25 Max HP)
  • Level 1 (Eikthyr): +50 Max HP
  • Level 2 (The Elder): +80 Max HP, Poison Skeleton Model, 20% Lifesteal on hit.
  • Level 3 (Bonemass): +110 Max HP, Enhanced Health Regeneration.
  • Level 4 (Moder): +140 Max HP, Complete Poison Immunity, all attacks inflict Poison.
  • Level 5 (Yagluth): +170 Max HP, Auto-Resurrect ability upon taking fatal damage.
  • Level 6 (The Queen): +200 Max HP, 30% Lifesteal, 1.1x Size, and you summon up to 2 allied Skeletons when killing enemies.
  • Level 7 (Fader): +230 Max HP, 40% Lifesteal, the first hit against an enemy automatically stuns them.
  • Level 8 (Master): +275 Max HP (300 Total), Charred Twitcher Model, summons Charred Twitchers on kill, and a permanent Fire Aura that damages nearby enemies.

• Fenrir Evolution:

  • Level 0 (No Bosses): Base Fenrir
  • Level 1 (Eikthyr): -20% Run Stamina Drain, +20% Stamina Regeneration, +25 Unarmed Damage.
  • Level 2 (The Elder): Unlock Wolf Form (H key, Night-only).
  • Level 3 (Bonemass): +10 Armor, -50% Fall Damage, +25% Jump Force. Wolf Form becomes available Anytime. Unlock Ulv Form (G key, Night-only).
  • Level 4 (Moder): +20 Armor, +40 Unarmed Damage. Ulv Form becomes available Anytime. Unlock Fenring Form (G key, Night-only, 2m duration, 10m cooldown).
  • Level 5 (Yagluth): Complete immunity to Fall Damage. Fenring Form cooldown reduced to 5m.
  • Level 6 (The Queen): Fenring Form becomes available Anytime with unlimited duration. Unlock Cultist Form (J key, 2m duration, 10m cooldown).
  • Level 7 (Fader): +30 Eitr, +30% Eitr Regeneration. Cultist Form cooldown reduced to 5m.
  • Level 8 (Master): +30 Armor, +60 Unarmed Damage. Cultist Form becomes available Anytime with unlimited duration.

• Skadi (Dragon Master):

  • Frost Affinities: Passively gain Frost Resistance, Frost Damage, and Eitr bonuses.
  • Cold Spells: Cast Ice and Moder projectiles using your Eitr and Elemental Magic skill.
  • Shape-shifting: Transform into a Drake, Moder, or the mighty Ashlands Fader (Skeleton Dragon) with full flight mechanics!

• Skadi Evolution:

  • Level 0 (No Bosses): Base Skadi
  • Level 1 (Eikthyr): Immune to Cold environmental effect, Bonus Frost Damage, 50% Frost Resistance.
  • Level 2 (The Elder): +20% Eitr Regeneration, Freezing environment effect downgraded to Cold, Cold Spell unlocked.
  • Level 3 (Bonemass): Unlock Drake Form (G key, unlimited duration, flight only).
  • Level 4 (Moder): Drake Form gains the ability to attack.
  • Level 5 (Yagluth): Unlock Moder Form (H key, 1m duration, 10m cooldown, can attack).
  • Level 6 (The Queen): +50% Eitr Regeneration, Immune to Freezing environmental effect, Improved Cold Spell unlocked.
  • Level 7 (Fader): 100% Frost Immunity, permanent Frost Aura around the player.
  • Level 8 (Master): Moder Form cooldown removed. Unlock Skeleton Dragon (Fader) Form (J key, unlimited duration, can attack).

Development & Feedback

This is a stable release of Races of Valheim, but the mod is actively in development! We plan to add more races, gameplay elements, and refine the mechanics in future updates. Any feedback, bug reports, or suggestions for new features are more than welcome. Please write to us on my Discord server: https://discord.gg/gbBEK2VTE

Admin & Debug

(No custom admin items at the moment, but the mod tracks global boss keys automatically.)

Items & Crafting

(Specific race tokens or potions will be added in future updates to manually reverse transformations if desired.)

Installation

1. Install BepInExPack Valheim and Jotunn.
2. Extract the RacesOfValheim folder into your BepInEx/plugins directory.
3. Ensure the .dll file is placed correctly in your plugins folder.

Support

If you want to support my work or make requests, you can use my Ko-fi link.

Credits

• Programming & Logic: Nandor

Changelog

v1.0.1

Balance

• Reworked Skeleton food progression to be perfectly stable and invisible.
• Total HP at Master level is now exactly 300.
• Blocked UI food messages for the Skeleton race to ensure a smooth, undead experience.

Bugfixes

• Fixed internal 1-second background food refresh loop.
• Built a universal message throttler to prevent any mod or game message from spamming the HUD.