Stride

Stride is a standalone Valheim BepInEx mod focused on small movement and stamina quality-of-life improvements that stay close to vanilla Valheim.

Overview

Stride adds a handful of optional movement helpers and recovery mechanics:

• more forgiving jump timing
• a configurable wall jump
• buffered fall-roll mitigation
• optional stamina debt handling for eligible one-shot stamina costs

Every feature can be tuned or disabled in the config.

Features

• Coyote time Lets a jump still register for a brief moment after you leave a ledge.
• Jump buffering Stores an early jump input briefly so it can fire when you land.
• Wall jump Lets you jump away from a nearby wall shortly after a normal jump if the wall and timing are valid.
• Fall roll mitigation Lets a buffered dodge before landing reduce some fall damage when timed correctly.
• Stamina debt Allows certain one-shot stamina costs to dip below zero briefly, then repay before other stamina spending resumes.

Config

Config file:

%APPDATA%\r2modmanPlus-local\Valheim\profiles\<ProfileName>\BepInEx\config\com.b0n3.stride.cfg

Legacy com.b0n3.walljump.cfg files are migrated automatically on first launch.

Settings are grouped by feature so each part of Stride is easier to tune on its own.

Each gameplay section has:

• Enabled Turns that feature on or off.
• feature-specific settings Control timing, distances, force, or reduction values for that feature.
• VerboseLogging Prints extra logs for that feature when Logging.EnableVerboseLogging is also on.

Logging also has two global options:

• Logging.VerboseAllFeatures If this is on, Stride prints verbose logs for every feature at once. This only works while Logging.EnableVerboseLogging is on.
• Logging.EnableVerboseLogging Main on/off switch for verbose logs. If this is off, no verbose logs are printed.

Multiplayer and ServerSync

ServerSync v1.20 is included inside Stride. No separate ServerSync download is needed.

• Install Stride on the server and each participating player's game to share gameplay settings.
• The server controls feature toggles, jump timing, wall-jump forces, fall-roll reduction, and stamina debt. Logging settings stay local.
• Server.LockConfiguration defaults to true. Only server admins can change synchronized settings while it is locked. Unlocking allows clients to change shared settings.
• Your personal settings return after disconnecting. Solo play and servers without Stride continue using your local settings.
• To edit the server config file, stop the server, edit BepInEx/config/com.b0n3.stride.cfg, then start it again.
• Stride remains optional. Players without Stride, including versions before 0.7.0 that lack the synchronization handshake, are not blocked. Version checks apply between builds that support synchronization; this is not an anti-cheat system.

Tested with Valheim 1.0 and BepInExPack Valheim 5.4.2350.

Gameplay Notes

• Coyote time and jump buffering only track short timing windows around normal jumps.
• Wall jump only works once per airborne sequence.
• Wall jump needs a nearby vertical surface and can optionally require forward input.
• Stamina debt only applies to eligible chunked one-shot spends; continuous drains stay on the vanilla path.
• While stamina is negative, further stamina spends are blocked so repayment cannot be interrupted.
• Fall roll mitigation uses the game dodge input path, supports buffered timing before landing, and reduces fall damage by a configurable amount when it succeeds.
• Stride is tuned around movement forgiveness and short recovery windows, not infinite traversal or a total combat overhaul.

Compatibility Notes

• Stride patches vanilla stamina, food, and HUD update paths to support stamina debt.
• Mods that also rewrite stamina spending, food-driven max stamina updates, or the stamina HUD may need compatibility testing alongside Stride.
• If stamina debt behaves unexpectedly in a larger mod stack, enable Logging.EnableVerboseLogging and Stamina Debt.VerboseLogging first, then inspect the Stride debt logs.