Blighted World Heart

A cataclysmic raid-boss mod for Valheim! Forge your weapons, rally your clan, and brace yourselves for the ultimate test of endurance. This is not just a battle; it is an apocalyptic wave-defense challenge that will push you to your absolute limits.

The Blighted World Heart

The Blighted World Heart is a dynamic, massive raid event that violently transforms your serene surroundings into a blood-soaked warzone. Only the strongest Vikings will survive.

The Corrupted Core

Forged from the twisted remains of "The Hive," the Blighted World Heart beats with a sinister, pulsating malice. This towering abomination anchors the nightmare, serving as the nucleus of the raid and the prime target your clan must annihilate to stem the tide of darkness.

Universal Desecration

No sanctuary is safe. This cataclysm can be invoked at any existing vanilla boss altar. By sacrificing the required biome-specific trophies, you corrupt the ancient stones, tearing open a rift for the Blighted World Heart to erupt into existence. Transform any boss spawn in your world into a legendary battleground!

Biome-Dynamic Onslaught

The Blighted World Heart is a living, adapting nightmare. It bends the very environment to its will depending on where it is unleashed:

• Twisted Visuals & Mechanics: The Heart warps its horrific appearance and deadly characteristics to mirror the biome it infests.
• Relentless Hordes: The endless, surging waves of enemies are ripped directly from the local environment. A Heart in the Black Forest will unleash suffocating swarms of Greydwarves led by towering Trolls, while a desecrated altar in the Plains will crush you beneath a stampede of bloodthirsty Fulings and enraged Loxes.
• Monstrous Sub-Bosses: When you strike the Heart and shatter its health thresholds, it retaliates by summoning colossal, biome-dependent Sub-Bosses. These behemoths offer unique, devastating mechanics tailored to break your spirit.

Epic Features

• The Blighted World Heart: A corrupted monstrosity summoned via dark sacrifices. Once awakened, it unleashes an unrelenting, endless tide of foes. Survive, or be consumed!
• Nightmarish Sub-Bosses: As the Heart bleeds, it calls forth scaled-up champions of the horde (e.g., furious 2-Star Loxes, titanic Trolls, and terrifying Seekers) that must be slaughtered to proceed.
• Legendary Custom Loot System: Triumph over the Heart to claim the ultimate prize: Blighted Gear. Discover over 200+ incredibly rare, unique Blighted variations of Vanilla weapons and armors, forged in the heat of battle!
• Dynamic Multiplayer Scaling: The spoils of war grow with your warband. The Heart guarantees 3 legendary loot drops upon its destruction, plus 1 additional artifact for every Viking brother or sister who stood by your side.
• Fully Server Authoritative & Synced: Forged for dedicated realms. Every brutal config value is locked in server-side and automatically synchronized via Jotunn.
• Sleek Custom UI: Keep your eyes on the prize with a beautifully dynamic Boss Health Bar that relentlessly tracks the Heart and its summoned Sub-Bosses.

Blighted Affixes

The spoils of your victory are imbued with devastating, game-changing enchantments:

Weapons of Annihilation:

• of the Serpent: Infuses your strikes with a lethal, festering Poison that rots your enemies from the inside.
• of the Wraith: Channels the wrath of the dead, adding massive, soul-crushing Spirit damage.
• of the Blight: An ultra-rare, god-tier enchantment combining both Poison and Spirit elements, while massively amplifying your weapon's base destruction.

Armor of the Titans:

• of the Bastion: Forges your armor into an impenetrable wall, granting a colossal boost to Armor Rating and unyielding Durability.
• of the Serpent: Wards your flesh with absolute resistance against Venom and Poison.
• of the Wraith: Shields your soul, granting powerful resistance against necrotic Spirit attacks.
• of the Blight: The ultimate ward. A phenomenally rare aegis that bestows both elemental resistances and a monstrous multiplier to your base armor rating.

Server Forging & Configuration

Bend the nightmare to your will via BepInEx config or Jotunn's Configuration Manager:

• Boss Health & Sub-Boss Thresholds: Scale the Heart's vitality to create an insurmountable challenge in every biome.
• Wave Timers & Spawns: Dictate the pacing of the slaughter—adjust wave intervals and the maximum horde size allowed to swarm the battlefield.
• Summoning Sacrifices: Demand greater tributes! Customize the specific items and quantities required to invoke the Heart in any territory.
• Loot Scaling: Master the economy of war by adjusting the power curve of Blighted gear dropped across different biomes.

Default Sacrifice Requirements

By default, corrupting an altar requires 1x of the local Boss's unique drop.

• Meadows: 1x Hard Antler
• Black Forest: 1x Swamp Key
• Swamp: 1x Wishbone
• Mountain: 1x Dragon Tear
• Plains: 1x Yagluth Thing
• Mistlands: 1x Queen Drop
• Ashlands & Deep North: 1x Fader Drop

(Note: These items and quantities can be completely customized in the configuration file!)

Installation

1. Install BepInEx for Valheim.
2. Install Jotunn.
3. Extract the BlightedHeart.dll file into your BepInEx/plugins folder.
4. Prepare for battle!