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

0.3.4

• saving inventory after equipping to avoid being naked

0.3.3

• loading inventory on interval to try to make sure their inventory stays synced
• saving inventory on destroy to try to make sure their inventory stays after player leaves area
• added debug logs whenever norseman inventory saves

0.3.2

• allowed trinkets to be equipped
• added config to change alt key

0.3.1

• fixed block decision checking if target has baseAI and target is player

0.3.0

• Overhaul
• Started from scratch to try to fix problems that plagued original version
• Plugin renamed: Norsemen

0.2.7

• Fixed input commands

0.2.6

• Hotfix for hair/beard/model randomizing

0.2.5

• Hotfix for latest patch

0.2.4

• Fixed drops and added back raid system

0.2.3

• Fixed prefab names elf/raiders being swapped
• Added toggle to disable purchasing settler

0.2.2

• Overhaul
• Version of elf and raiders per biome, with individual configs

0.2.1

• Fixed vikings not fighting tameable creatures

0.2.0

• Removed locations for now
• Locations were the main cause for FPS drops

0.1.9

• Fixed vikings attacking tameable creatures

0.1.8

• Bog Witch update

0.1.7

• Fixed missing hair item
• Added chat command to change hair

0.1.6

• Fixed eating animation bug

0.1.5

• Expanded interaction features
• You can give items
• Set conversation replies via YML
• Improved static object search

0.1.4

• Improved chat commands
• Added more in-depth chat commands
• Improved mining
• Added more configs

0.1.3

• Stability and save improvements
• Fixed leftover warning message
• Added another layer of inventory save for tames

0.1.2

• AI and interaction changes
• Removed automatic sitting/riding
• Added talk commands
• Tweaked elf taming

0.1.1

• Configurable elf settings
• Increased food duration

0.1.0

• AI improvements
• Improved AI
• Reduced jumping
• Added more random talk
• Tweaked location spawners

0.0.9

• Combat and ship updates
• Fixed burn effects not being removed properly
• Added harpoons to sailors
• Added oars to raider ships

0.0.8

• Location and settler fixes
• Fixed blueprint location generation due to variant cultures
• Fixed Haldor settler purchase

0.0.7

• Blueprint system redesign
• Redesigned blueprint location generation
• May create locations in already generated areas
• Added raider ship loot configs
• Settlers can ride tames

0.0.6

• Fixed vikings not dying (oops)

0.0.5

• Raider ship behavior update
• Raider ships are friendly until attacked or looted
• Improved fire effects
• Destroyed ships drop floating loot crates

0.0.4

• Cosmetic and ship updates
• Added config to make hair less colorful
• Added experimental raider ships

0.0.3

• YML and location config support
• YML config to define settler starting gear
• Config to change location generation

0.0.2

• Settler behavior improvements
• Settlers emote with player
• Settlers cannot teleport while carrying ore/metal

0.0.1

• Beta release