Valheim Ascended
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A comprehensive RPG overhaul mod for Valheim, built with BepInEx and Harmony. Adds classes, talent trees, abilities, three professions (enchanting, smithing, shipwright), a milestone-based progression system, and a fully custom UI layer.
Work in Progress — Features are incomplete and nothing is balanced yet. Expect frequent changes.
Features
Classes
Five playable classes, each with unique resource mechanics and playstyles:
| Class |
Primary |
Secondary |
Resource |
| Warrior |
STR |
END |
Rage (builds on hit/taken) |
| Rogue |
DEX |
AGI |
Combo (pip-based) |
| Hunter |
AGI |
DEX |
Focus (builds while still) |
| Mage |
INT |
Subclass |
Eitr + subclass resource |
| Paladin |
END |
INT |
Eitr |
- Class selection unlocks after defeating Eikthyr
- Each class branches into 2–3 subclasses via the talent tree
- Respec available for a coin cost
Attributes
Five attributes that scale combat stats:
- STR — Physical damage, carry weight, combat stamina reduction, knockback, armor penetration
- AGI — Movement speed, dodge stamina reduction, run stamina reduction
- INT — Magic damage, healing output, eitr pool, eitr regen
- END — Max health, armor, stamina pool, healing received, blunt damage
- DEX — Crit chance, crit damage, backstab bonus, slash damage
Each level-up grants +2 primary, +1 secondary (class-determined), and 1 free point to spend on any attribute.
Talent Trees
Per-class talent trees with ~50 nodes each:
- Node types: Start (free), Shared, Subclass Gate, Subclass Exclusive, Subclass Shared, Capstone
- Custom node art — per-subclass colored diamonds (selected/deselected), capstone art, gate art
- Bidirectional connections — not linear prerequisite chains
- Subclass unlock — requires 6–9 talent points spent (locked behind Elder kills)
- Right-click refund with BFS connectivity check to prevent orphaned nodes
- 216+ total passives wired across all 5 classes
- Talent points earned from boss kills (20 total across all 7 bosses)
- Scrollable tooltips with fade edges and scroll indicators
Abilities
6+ abilities per class, unlocked via talent point thresholds:
- Tier-based unlock — Tier 1 at 5 points spent, Tier 2 at 10 points spent
- Pick any 3 — choose from your available abilities, right-click to unlearn
- Ability drawer — icon grid with custom art, click to assign to slots
- 3 ability slots with hotkeys G / H / B
- Mage: 5 slots including LMB/RMB for spell casting, with Arcane Bolt as a base ability
- Bolt transforms into subclass-specific variant after choosing a subclass
- Empower — enhance up to 2 abilities for -20% cooldown (placeholder)
- Per-class ability bar art — unique bar skins per subclass + generic fallback
- Castbar system for windup abilities
- Cooldown display on the ability bar
- Abilities cost class resources (Rage, Focus, Combo, or Eitr)
Implemented: Warrior 6/6, Rogue 6/6, Hunter 6/6, Mage 11/11, Paladin 11/11
Capstone Abilities
End-of-tree ultimate talents with unique mechanics and pip-based UI:
- Warrior: Titan's Grip, Colossus (arc VFX), Gladiator (dodge trail VFX)
- Rogue: Living Shadow (clone), Reaver's Stance (spear glow), Executioner (2H execute)
- Mage: Spellblade (melee bolt proc), Enchanter (resonance stacking), Overcharge (hold-to-charge)
- Paladin: Divine Arsenal (bonus holy strikes), Radiant Judgement (judgment marks), Zealot's Conviction (zeal stacking)
Enchanting (Mixing System)
Craft enchantments by combining materials and trophies:
- Mixing mechanic — combine a base material (sets tier) with 1-2 trophies (determines enchant)
- 16 trophy tags — each trophy has 2 hidden tags (e.g. Beast / Swift), slot position determines which is active
- 512 unique enchantments — 256 tag combos × 2 variants (Offensive / Defensive)
- Discovery system — trophy tags hidden as ??? until researched or discovered through enchanting
- Trophy Research panel — pay tier-scaled materials to reveal hidden tags
- 2 enchantment slots per item with per-slot tier gating
- Item naming — enchanted items display combo names: [Enchant 1] Item of [Enchant 2]
- All 15 affix effects wired — ElementalMastery, Berserker, Execute, Lifesteal, Vampiric, HealOnKill, SoulHarvest, Thorns, Swiftness, Fortify, ParryStaggerProc, Undying, and more
- Inline slot actions — Reroll (↻) and Remove (✕) buttons on filled enchant slots
Smithing & Modifications
Equipment customization system:
- Component slots (Head, Shaft, Blade, etc.) with 3 modification choices each
- Dual-axis sliders with stat trade-offs:
- Brutality ↔ Impact (Damage % vs. Stagger)
- Force ↔ Resilience (Knockback vs. Damage Reduction)
- Lethality ↔ Fortitude (Armor Pen vs. Armor)
- Set Forging — assign armor to set templates with 4 type-locked slots (Head, Back, Body, Legs)
- 2-piece and 4-piece tiered bonuses (class-specific and universal)
- Class filter buttons for browsing sets
- Set bonuses UI works but gameplay effects are not yet implemented
- Cost icons — material costs displayed with icons across all smithing tabs
Shipwright
Ship modification profession — upgrade and customize your vessels:
- 4 modification categories: Hull, Sail, Cargo, Armament
- Per-ship definitions — each ship type has unique mods with appropriate materials and effects:
- Raft — Hull and Sail only (wood, resin)
- Karve — Hull, Sail, Cargo (fine wood, bronze, deer hide)
- Longship / Drakkar — All categories including Armament (iron, ancient bark, black metal)
- 12 mod types: Reinforced Hull, Streamlined Hull, Ironclad, Large Sail, Storm Sail, Auxiliary Oars, Extended Hold, Reinforced Crates, Quick Rigging, Ram Bow, Mounted Crossbow (coming soon), Harpoon Launcher (coming soon)
- Multi-tier upgrades — slider-based tier progression (up to 5 tiers per mod)
- Material costs scale with ship tier and upgrade level
- 50% salvage refund when removing installed mods
- Radar stat chart — visual overview of ship stats with yellow preview overlay before committing changes
- 3D ship preview with rotate and zoom
- Owner-only editing — only the ship owner can modify it in multiplayer
Progression (Renown System)
Milestone-based leveling:
- 90+ milestones across 7 categories: Boss Kills, Crafting, Gathering, Exploration, Stations, Events, Professions
- Renown earned from completing milestones → level-ups
- Max level 50 with configurable renown-per-level (default 100)
- Boss kills additionally award talent points
Custom UI
Complete RPG interface overlay:
- Navigation Bar — icon bar for accessing all panels (draggable, horizontal/vertical toggle, orientation saved per character)
- Health & Stamina bars — custom bars with delayed damage/use trails
- Food / Boss Power / Rested indicators — compact status row below health bars (vanilla indicators hidden)
- Resource bar — Rage/Focus/Combo pips or Eitr display per class
- Ability bar — bottom-center with per-subclass art, icon-grid drawer for ability assignment
- Castbar — draggable anchor (visible in inventory mode) for positioning the cast bar
- Equipment panel — paper doll slots, 3D preview, equipped items return to hotbar on unequip
- Stats detail panel — 44 stat rows in 7 categories with collapsible per-source breakdowns
- Talent panel — visual talent tree with custom node art, ability selection sub-panel, scrollable tooltips
- Quests/Milestones panel — card layout with filters, progress tracking, gathering tiers
- Enchanting panel — scrollable enchantment picker
- Smithing panel — modifications, set bonuses, refining
- Shipwright panel — ship modifications with 3D preview, radar chart, tier slider
- Social panel — player list, party invite, inspect
- Party HUD — health/status display for party members
- Floating text — proc notifications and persistent aura indicators
- Toast notifications — milestone completion and level-up slide-in banners
- Welcome guide — tabbed quick-start guide, dismissible, reopenable via console
- Target lock — press ` to lock onto a target
- Weapon sheathe — press Z to sheathe/unsheathe
- Scrollable tooltips — normalized design across all panels with max-height capping, mousewheel scroll, fade edges, and scroll indicators
- Snap-to-grid — 10px grid with 50px major lines, toggle button in navbar, hold Shift to bypass
- All panels are draggable with positions saved per character
- Class pick notification — top-of-screen prompt after killing Eikthyr until a class is chosen
Status Effects
Custom status effect system:
- SE_Chilled — 1–3 stacks, 10%/stack slow, 6s timeout, snowflake VFX
- SE_Frozen — 2s root + animation freeze + blue tint + 25% frost vulnerability
Installation
Requirements
Steps
- Install BepInEx for Valheim
- Build the mod or obtain
ValheimAscended.dll
- Copy
ValheimAscended.dll to BepInEx/plugins/
- Launch Valheim
Dependencies
- .NET Framework 4.8
- BepInEx 5.x
- Harmony 2.x (included with BepInEx)
- Valheim managed assemblies
Console Commands
Open the console with F5. All commands are prefixed with va_.
| Command |
Description |
va_status |
Show level, renown, class, attributes, and resource |
va_status2 |
Full breakdown of all attribute modifier values |
va_guide |
Open the welcome guide |
va_level [n] |
Set level directly (applies retroactive growth) |
va_renown [n] |
Add renown (triggers level-ups) |
va_talentpoints [n] |
Grant talent points (default 20) |
va_milestone [id] |
Force-complete a milestone |
va_resetprogression |
Wipe level, renown, milestones, and attributes |
va_class [name] |
Set class (warrior/rogue/hunter/mage/paladin/none) |
va_spend [attr] |
Spend a free attribute point (str/agi/int/end/dex) |
va_enchant random [rarity] |
Enchant equipped items |
va_enchant add [type] [value] |
Add a specific affix to held weapon |
va_enchant test |
Test all enchant effect hooks |
va_enchant list |
List enchantments on equipped items |
va_enchant clear |
Remove enchantments from equipped items |
va_party [sub] |
Party management (invite/accept/decline/leave/kick/disband) |
va_weapon |
Dump equipped weapon data |
Hotkeys
| Key |
Action |
| Tab |
Open inventory + NavBar |
| G / H / B |
Ability slots 1–3 |
| LMB / RMB |
Mage ability slots 4–5 |
| ` (backtick) |
Toggle target lock (hold to clear) |
| Z |
Sheathe / unsheathe weapon |
