Viking NPC (Norsemen)

Friendly vikings roam the world—working, hunting, and surviving.
Whether they remain allies or become enemies is up to you.

0.3.0 — Overhaul

This release completely rewrites the plugin to address long-standing stability and performance issues.

• Settlers and Raiders replaced with Norsemen
• Norsemen are tameable vikings, friendly until provoked
• Behavior inspired by Dvergers, with added taming and stealing mechanics
• Many systems simplified or removed to reduce overhead

Removed

• Raider ships
• Towns

Towns may return in the future if this version proves stable.

Features

• Tameable vikings (Norsemen)
• Configurable:
  • Random gear sets
  • Random inventory items
  • Spawn settings
  • Base health & armor
• Vikings benefit from equipped armor
• Steal from viking inventories
• Tool-based behavior:
  • Pickaxe → mining
  • Axe → lumbering
  • Fishing rod + bait → fishing
• Follow behavior:
  • Attaches to player ship
  • Teleports back when player disembarks
• Revive tamed vikings via tombstone interaction
• Ignores tameable creatures unless provoked
• Consumes inventory items to maintain happiness
• Can receive potions via hotbar use
• Equipment are excluded from dropped items on death

Random Gear Sets

YML example:

PrefabNames:
- HelmetFlametal
- ArmorFlametalChest
- ArmorFlametalLegs
- CapeAsh
- SwordNiedhogg
- ShieldFlametalTower
RequiredDefeatKey: defeated_queen
Weight: 0.8

• Sets are excluded if conditions aren’t met
• Weight controls selection probability
• Create/Change/Delete files supported
• Files sync automatically from server

Random Items

YML example:

PrefabName: CopperOre
RequiredDefeatKey: defeated_eikthyr
Chance: 0.5
Min: 1
Max: 5

• Items are skipped if conditions aren’t met
• Chance controls probability
• Create/Change/Delete files supported
• Files sync automatically from server

Prefab IDs

• Meadows_Norseman_RS
• BlackForest_Norseman_RS
• Swamp_Norseman_RS
• Mountains_Norseman_RS
• Plains_Norseman_RS
• Mistlands_Norseman_RS
• Ashlands_Norseman_RS

Console Commands

• norsemen tame: tames all nearby norsemen (admin only)
• norsemen clear_tombs removes all nearby norsemen tombstones (admin only)

Support & Community

Questions or feedback?
Find Rusty in the Odin Plus Team Discord:

https://discord.gg/v89DHnpvwS

Or visit Modding Corner:
https://discord.gg/fB8aHSfA8B

Support Development

If you enjoy this mod and want to support development:

• https://paypal.me/mpei