2.3.0 - PvP stagger, action rules, roll attacks, status meters and a Chinese menu

Added

• Movement and actions
  • One action at a time: attacks commit, early presses are dropped and later presses wait; a roll can still cancel recovery.
  • Roll attacks for supported melee weapons, with independent tuning, timing and facing.
  • Per-attack permission and recovery windows after roll invincibility, with optional bow drawing and shooting.
  • Optional Jump i-frames for directional jumps, with successful-dodge particles.
  • Running attacks for knives and native dual knives.
  • Options to keep bow draw and crossbow or Dundr reload progress through a roll.
  • Configurable input buffers.
  • Separate equip and unequip movement and timing controls for each hand and armor.
• PvP and defense
  • Separate permissions for a timed-block bonus and for staggering a parried attacker.
  • Per-shield stagger taken on parry.
  • Flat block stamina costs and separate global and weapon-type parry costs for PvE and PvP.
  • Separate PvP damage, defense and stagger settings for summons.
  • Separate player facing preservation in PvE and PvP, and an option for qualifying flank staggers.
• Status effects
  • Build-up meters for roots, lightning and other weapon effects, with separate decay and PvP settings.
  • Your root bar counts down while rooted.
  • No re-immobilize while immobilized prevents roots being refreshed before they end.
  • Per-attack effect multipliers and separate PvP controls.
• Hyperarmor
  • Optional Balanced [Beta] timing with a configurable start point.
  • Protection for club and mace primaries, the two-handed sword Secondary and the two-handed axe Running attack.
• Combat and targeting
  • Projectile landings alert enemies: nearby idle monsters investigate or become alerted.
  • No stamina regeneration while airborne.
  • Per-weapon base stamina rates, shown in item tooltips, alongside independent attack rates.
  • Optional Fallen warriors follow pvp rules, including GCO weapon tuning and dodging.
  • Server-controlled sparring partners for combat testing, with configurable equipment, blocking and dodging.
  • Lunges stop at targets and a close-range hit ray help swings connect.
  • Lock-on target priorities, optional body facing and projectile-drop compensation.
• Multiplayer
  • Optional Client-side dodge and parry checks hits against your screen while your connection is fair.
  • Lag compensation [Beta] judges delayed hits against what the target was doing when they were sent.
• Menu and profiles
  • English and Simplified Chinese menu text; Auto follows Valheim.
  • Controller support and layout buttons.
  • Page ruleset buttons and tools to install or edit weapon YAML.
  • Weapon YAML supports elemental damage weights and Roll attacks.
  • Stagger bars and status meters above character health bars.
• Valheim's Chinese sneak-attack tooltip uses 偷袭, distinct from GCO's flank wording.

Fixed

• Multiplayer
  • Sneak, flank, execution and counter bonuses work on every monster.
  • Counters work in PvP.
  • Guests keep their bonuses when the host turns GCO off or plays as a vanilla Viking.
  • Ranged and area parry settings work.
  • An admin's console changes reach the server.
  • Waiting at a server's password prompt no longer breaks the sync.
• Combat
  • A jump pressed with an attack no longer cuts it.
  • Nothing pressed as a stagger lands can cut it, and the interrupted attack lands no more hits, monsters' included.
  • A dodged hit never staggers.
  • Emotes can't end any action.
  • Monsters carrying player-type weapons, such as Charred and Jotun warriors, no longer get player weapon damage settings.
• Locked-on crossbow and staff shots no longer fly over the target.
• More Epic Loot, Talent Tree and other mod effects stack with GCO.
• Vanilla behavior
  • The vanilla ruleset now matches Valheim more closely.
  • A weapon's Apply switches set Off now match Valheim more closely.
• Settings
  • Saving settings no longer stutters.
  • Opening the menu no longer changes settings.
• Broken files
  • One broken weapon YAML file no longer holds back the others.
  • A damaged mod file no longer stops every other mod from loading.

Changed

• Smoother damage progression across three- and four-hit melee combos.
• PvP
  • Stagger and guard resistance are rebuilt around weapon roles, with separate short stagger durations and stronger dagger finishers and running attacks.
  • Successful parries keep their permitted block bonus and do not stagger the attacker by default.
  • Bows, crossbows, Dundr and spear throws can build stagger.
  • The PvP damage curve covers each player or player-summon hit once, including damage over time and other mods' bonuses.
  • Bows and crossbows deal more PvP damage; damage-dealing staffs deal less.
  • Counters use a smaller, more consistent bonus, with independent PvE and PvP tuning.
  • Ordinary flank bonuses are lower, and already-staggered players receive no flank bonus or flank ding by default.
  • Summons attack other players by default and take more damage from them.
  • Weapon and summon roots can affect players with their matching PvE chances and shorter durations.
  • Guards still depend on current stamina; repeated hits can exhaust even a strong shield.
• Stagger and blocking
  • Stagger bars wait before draining and stop building during a stagger.
  • Players and enemies preserve facing when staggered by default.
  • A full stagger bar interrupts an attack despite hyperarmor.
  • Souls-like guards stop spending at zero stamina, even with stamina debt enabled.
  • Blocking and most parries now cost stamina per hit; PvE buckler parries remain free by default.
  • Tower shields let less physical damage through a successful block.
• Weapons
  • The alternate spear moveset is out of beta and enabled by default: an empty off hand gives spears an atgeir-style melee chain while retaining the throw.
  • Atgeirs hit harder and reach further, with bundled pierce/slash profiles.
  • Bundled weapon profiles match reach to the weapon's measured length.
  • Two-handed sword attacks use native stamina rates.
  • Heavy-weapon attacks, movement and protection are retuned; sword and axe secondaries turn more readily, and the two-handed axe Running attack remains parryable.
  • Ordinary sledge stagger power is reduced while its PvP stagger remains strong.
  • SDW dagger Secondary matches its opening primary contact by default and uses medium PvP stagger pressure.
  • Fist primaries retain free movement and have no separate Running attack.
  • Spear throws turn using their native baseline and gain stronger PvP stagger.
  • Shovels are excluded from GCO weapon tuning and special attacks.
• Weapon effects
  • Each SDW hand applies its own weapon's effect for the animation being played.
  • Daggers and paired weapons apply effects less often per hit; multi-hit SDW secondaries share their effect total.
  • Recommended Running and Jump effect multipliers reflect their damage, while remaining independently editable.
  • Guaranteed effects clear existing buildup; meters decay more slowly and wait before draining.
• Resources and equipment
  • Crossbow shots and most staff casts cost stamina while retaining their native magic costs.
  • Equipping weapons and shields no longer adds a movement slowdown by default; armor retains native behavior.
  • Cheat Fest also protects shields and armor from wear.
• Interface and compatibility
  • Clearer menu names; the old Balanced window is now Before hit ray end.
  • Stagger and effect meters moved to Interface / HUD Bars.
  • Resource HUD controls are individually Beta, and Show beta covers them.
  • Debug functions follow the host; logging and keybinds remain personal.
  • Built for Valheim 1.0.20; requires ConditionalConfigSync 1.0.9 or newer, with offline checks against 1.0.11.
  • With Sync config On, every player and server must use the same GCO build.
• Updating
  • Saved settings and weapon profiles remain yours.
  • Use Set to recommended (All) to adopt current gameplay tuning and Install default YAML profiles to adopt current profiles.
  • These actions replace custom tuning; replaced profile files are kept as backups.
  • On the vanilla ruleset, use Set to vanilla (All) again.

2.2.1 - Ranged accuracy and YAML editor

Added

• Ranged accuracy
  • Bow, crossbow and Dundr spread that shrinks with skill and grows in the air or on the move.
  • An arrow charge bar.
• A health bar on the locked-on target.
• YAML
  • A YAML editor in the menu.
  • Generate YAML for modded weapons.

2.2.0 - Config menu, target lock-on and crosshair

Added

• The GCO config menu (F3).
• Target lock-on (CapsLock, or an optional hold on right-click).
• A custom crosshair.

Changed

• Fall damage starts at Valheim's usual height, and higher as Jump skill grows.

2.1.2 - Compatibility

Added

• Sync config.
• Be a vanilla Viking to play vanilla on a GCO server.

Changed

• YAML weapon profiles are out of beta.
• YAML weapon profiles are On.

2.1.1 - Multiplayer settings and Cheat Fest

Added

• Cheat Fest: the host gives everyone debug powers and free resources.

Fixed

• Admins edit the server's settings.
• Guests can't edit the server's settings.

2.1.0 - Dual wielding

Added

• Optional Smoothbrain DualWield support.
• A stamina regeneration delay setting.

Changed

• Valheim's own facing replaces Better Free Aim.
• Valheim's own dodge replaces the roll key.

2.0.2 - Server lock and environment hit rays

Added

• Lock configuration for servers.
• Alternate environment hit ray: your weapon's longer reach no longer extends to terrain, trees and buildings.

2.0.1 - Multiplayer sync

Changed

• Requires ConditionalConfigSync, which syncs settings in multiplayer.

2.0.0 - Valheim 1.0, YAML weapon profiles and rebuilt combat

Added

• YAML weapon profiles.
• Support for Valheim 1.0's grappling hook.
• Support for Valheim 1.0's new staves.

Changed

• Updated for Valheim 1.0.
• Rebalanced combat.
• The staggered-enemy bonus is now Execution.

1.4.0 - Damage curves, parries and sledges

Added

• PvE and PvP damage curves.
• Parry options for ranged and area attacks.
• A [Beta] alternate sledge moveset.

1.3.3 - Pickaxe hit ray fix

Fixed

• Pickaxe hits are no longer horizontal.

1.3.2 and 1.3.1 - Thunderstore tag fix

Fixed

• A wrong store page tag only (nothing changed in game).

1.3.0 - Stamina and blocking

Added

• Blocking
  • Souls-like block stamina.
  • Block angle settings.
• A flank bonus.

Changed

• Stronger backstabs.
• Wider tower shield blocks.

1.2.1 - Console, debug tools and durability

Added

• Parry window options.
• Durability options.
• Console commands.
• GCO debug mode.

1.2.0 - Block canceling and running while blocking

Added

• Block canceling after a melee hit.
• Running while blocking.

1.1.0 - Hit rays and multi-target

Added

• Per-attack settings
  • Hit shape.
  • The multi-target penalty.
  • Attack noise.

1.0.9 - Player size

Added

• Reach that scales with player size.

1.0.8 - Balance cleanup

Added

• Summon cap settings.

1.0.7 - PvP, staffs and blocking

Added

• PvP
  • PvP guard break settings.
  • A PvP test dummy.
• Shield type settings.
• Staff settings.

1.0.6 - Feedback link

Changed

• No longer requires the Mod Configuration Menu.

1.0.5 - Running and jump attacks

Added

• More jump attacks.
• Running attack choices.

1.0.4 - Typo fix

Fixed

• Typos in the package text only (nothing changed in game).

1.0.3 - Airborne attacks, armor and shields

Added

• A two-handed axe jump attack.
• Airborne damage settings.
• Armor settings.
• Shield settings.

1.0.2 - Lunge, running attacks and PvP

Added

• Running attacks.
• Lunge settings.
• PvP stagger settings.
• Per-attack settings.

Changed

• Running no longer drains stamina during attacks and jumps.

1.0.1 - Player systems and movement

Added

• Negative stamina, so actions can spend into stamina debt.

Changed

• Crouching costs no stamina.
• Armor has no movement penalty.

1.0.0 - First official release