Creature Preview

Creature Preview adds a creature viewer to Valheim's character-select screen. Browse the available creature prefabs, inspect their models, and customize the preview without entering a world.

✨ Features

• Opens directly from the character-select screen.
• Creature list sorted alphabetically from A to Z.
• Includes creatures, bosses, NPCs, variants, and other supported character prefabs.
• Select creature level from 1 to 3.
• Change supported visual and skin variants.
• Free-fly preview camera with zoom and focus controls.
• Remembers the most recently selected creature and settings.

Controls

Creature viewer

Control	Action
Creature Preview	Open the viewer from the character-select screen.
Choose Creature	Open the alphabetical creature list.
Previous / Next	Move between creature-list pages.
Creature name	Select that creature and return to the viewer.
Level − / +	Change the creature between levels 1 and 3.
Skin − / +	Cycle supported visual variants. This row appears only when variants are available.
Close	Close the creature list or Creature Preview.

Free-fly camera

Control	Action
Mouse	Look around freely.
W / S	Move forward or backward.
A / D	Move left or right.
Mouse wheel	Increase or decrease camera movement speed.
Hold Left Ctrl	Pause camera movement, show the cursor, and temporarily hide the preview panels.

Installation

Mod manager

Install Creature Preview through a Thunderstore-compatible mod manager. Its required dependencies will be installed automatically.

Manual

1. Install BepInEx for Valheim.
2. Install Jotunn.
3. Copy Untamo.CreaturePreview.dll into BepInEx/plugins.
4. Start Valheim and open the character-select screen.
5. Select Creature Preview.

Notes

• Creature Preview is a client-side preview utility.
• Some unusual internal prefab variants may not have complete preview visuals.
• The Player prefab is excluded to prevent conflicts with Valheim's player instance.

📌 Version

1.0.0