VillageLife
Add NPCs to your Valheim village — merchants, quest givers, guards, and villagers with dialog, trading, and quests.
By Villeim
| Last updated | a day ago |
| Total downloads | 325 |
| Total rating | 0 |
| Categories | Mods NPCs |
| Dependency string | Villeim-VillageLife-1.1.0 |
| Dependants | 1 other package depends on this package |
This mod requires the following mods to function
denikson-BepInExPack_Valheim
BepInEx pack for Valheim. Preconfigured with the correct entry point for mods and preferred defaults for the community.
Preferred version: 5.4.2333
ValheimModding-Jotunn
Jötunn (/ˈjɔːtʊn/, 'giant'), the Valheim Library was created with the goal of making the lives of mod developers easier. It enables you to create mods for Valheim using an abstracted API so you can focus on the actual content creation.
Preferred version: 2.27.1README
VillageLife
Add living NPCs to your Valheim settlements! Create merchants, quest givers, guards, and villagers through the Village Hall crafting station.
Features
- 4 NPC Roles: Merchant, Quest Giver, Guard, and Villager
- Trading System: Config-driven shops with 4 shop types (General Store, Weaponsmith, Armorer, Food Vendor)
- Quest System: 15 quests across Meadows, Black Forest, and Swamp biomes
- Guard AI: Guards patrol and defend your village from hostile creatures
- NPC Behaviors: Day/night schedules, wandering, fleeing from raids, ambient dialog
- Multiplayer Support: Synced via ZDO and Jotunn RPCs
- Fully Configurable: JSON config files for shops, quests, and dialog lines
- Localization: English and French built-in, with custom translation file support
How to Use
- Build a Village Hall using the Hammer (costs 10 Wood, 5 Stone)
- Interact with the Village Hall to open the NPC Workshop
- Choose a name, role, gender, and appearance for your NPC
- The NPC spawns near you and begins its role behavior
NPC Roles
| Role | Description |
|---|---|
| Merchant | Buy and sell items. Restocks periodically. |
| Quest Giver | Offers quests based on the biome pool you select. |
| Guard | Patrols and attacks hostile creatures near your base. |
| Villager | Wanders around, provides ambient dialog. |
Configuration
Config files are generated in BepInEx/config/VillageLife/ on first run:
shops.json— Merchant inventories and pricesquests.json— Quest definitions, objectives, and rewardsdialog.json— NPC dialog lines by role and context
Requirements
- Valheim
- BepInEx 5.4+
- Jotunn (JVL) 2.20+
