Dynamic Reticle

A client-side Valheim aiming UI mod that expands the vanilla bow reticle language to other ranged and projectile weapons while keeping the HUD clean when you do not need it.

Features

• Normal crosshair appears for ranged/projectile weapons and when looking at interactable objects.
• Normal crosshair also appears for Hammer, Hoe, Cultivator, Pickaxes and the Snow Shovel.
• Normal crosshair appears whenever Valheim displays hover text/name for the aimed object.
• Uses a custom copy of Valheim's own bow-circle visual for consistent styling (it's a direct copy just to avoid bugs)
• Smooth configurable reticle easing.
• Crossbows shrink while reloading, stay tight while loaded, and disappear when fired.
• Spears get a smooth throw reticle timed to the projectile release.
• Projectile staves get contextual aiming reticles.
• Sustained rapid-fire staves stay at minimum size while firing and disappear when firing stops.
• Utility/summoning staves do not show a ranged reticle.
• The vanilla stealth/sneak HUD indicator is disabled, but can be re-enabled.
• Fully client-side.

Installation

Install with Gale/Hexium or another compatible mod manager.

For manual installation, place DynamicReticle.dll in:

BepInEx/plugins/

BepInEx for Valheim is required.

Configuration

A config file is generated after launching the game:

BepInEx/config/kajetan.valheim.dynamicreticle.cfg

Notable options include:

• normal crosshair fade timing
• reticle easing: Linear, SineInOut, or ExpoInOut (Linear is vanilla)
• vanilla bow scale range vs custom scale values
• per-weapon-category reticle toggles
• stealth indicator toggle

Compatibility

• Client-only.
• Built and tested against Valheim 1.0.12.
• Requires BepInEx 5.
• No server installation is required.

Notes

The mod uses Valheim's own interaction targeting and actual attack/reload events where available instead of custom aiming raycasts or something.