Parry Strike

Parry enemy attacks with your own swing — no shield required.

Parry Strike adds a timing window to your attacks. If an enemy hits you while that window is open, the hit is completely negated: the attacker is staggered and knocked back, you gain Blocking skill and adrenaline, and you get the block spark, sound and a brief hit-stop.

Miss the timing and you take the damage exactly as vanilla would deal it.

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How it works

1. You start a swing — the mod opens a parry window.
2. If an enemy lands a melee hit during that window, the damage is fully negated.
3. The attacker is staggered and knocked back.
4. You gain Blocking skill, adrenaline, and the perfect-block visuals.
5. A little stamina is spent (configurable).
6. Hit outside the window → normal damage, nothing changes.

Window modes

ParryOnWindup	Behaviour
true (default)	The window covers your whole attack animation, plus ParryWindow seconds after the hit frame. Forgiving — good for a first playthrough.
false	Strict "strike for strike": the window opens only on your weapon's hit frame and lasts ParryWindow seconds.

What can and cannot be parried

Parry Strike only reacts to a hit that:

• comes from a creature, or from a player with PvP enabled;
• is flagged blockable by the game (m_blockable) — i.e. something a shield could have stopped;
• arrives from the front (same rule as the vanilla block);
• is not a projectile (while OnlyMelee = true).

Never parried: fall damage, fire, poison, drowning, trees, traps and similar environmental damage. If you are actively holding a vanilla block at that moment, the normal block takes over and the mod stays out of the way.

Multiplayer

The mod works wherever the player owns the character, so it is client-side — install it on the clients that want it. Nothing needs to be installed on the server, and it does not change any network messages. It is not a cheat-style stat modifier: it only reacts to damage that was already about to be applied to you.

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Installation

With a mod manager (recommended)

Install through r2modman, Thunderstore Mod Manager or Gale and enable Parry Strike. BepInEx is pulled in automatically as a dependency.

Manual

1. Install BepInExPack for Valheim.
2. Copy ParryStrike.dll into <Game>/BepInEx/plugins/ParryStrike/.
3. Launch the game. The config appears at BepInEx/config/narukami.parrystrike.cfg.

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Configuration

File: BepInEx/config/narukami.parrystrike.cfg The file is generated on first launch; edit it with the game closed, or use a configuration manager (r2modman / Gale / BepInEx ConfigurationManager).

[General]

Setting	Default	Description
Enabled	true	Turn strike-parrying on or off.
ParryWindow	0.30	Window length in seconds (0.05–1.5).
ParryOnWindup	true	Open the window during the wind-up. false = strict strike-for-strike.
OnlyMelee	true	Only melee hits can be parried (no arrows or projectiles).
OneParryPerSwing	true	A single swing can parry only one hit.
AllowBowParry	false	Allow parrying while drawing a bow.

[Balance]

Setting	Default	Description
StaminaCost	10	Stamina spent per successful parry (0 = free).
StaggerAttacker	true	Stagger the attacker.
DeflectAttacker	true	Knock the attacker back.
DeflectForceMultiplier	1.0	Multiplier for the knockback force.
RaiseBlockingSkill	true	Raise the Blocking skill on a parry.
AdrenalineGain	5	Adrenaline granted per parry.
DurabilityLoss	true	Spend weapon durability on a parry.

[Visual]

Setting	Default	Description
ShowDamageText	true	Show the floating "Blocked" number.
FreezeFrame	true	Brief hit-stop on the parry for impact.

[Debug]

Setting	Default	Description
DebugLog	false	Verbose parry logging to the BepInEx console.

Suggested presets

• Forgiving / power fantasy — ParryWindow = 0.5, ParryOnWindup = true, StaminaCost = 0
• Balanced (default) — ParryWindow = 0.3, ParryOnWindup = true, StaminaCost = 10
• Souls-like — ParryWindow = 0.15, ParryOnWindup = false, StaminaCost = 15

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Troubleshooting

1. Check BepInEx/LogOutput.log for Parry Strike v0.1.0 loaded.
2. On the first successful parry the log prints First parry: <enemy>, prevented N damage. — that confirms the mechanic fired.
3. Parrying feels too hard → raise ParryWindow to 0.4–0.5, or keep ParryOnWindup = true.
4. Parrying feels too easy → set ParryOnWindup = false and ParryWindow = 0.15–0.2.
5. Still nothing → enable DebugLog = true, reproduce the situation, and attach the log to a bug report.

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Compatibility

• Valheim 1.0.20 — tested in game, and the Harmony targets and every game reference are verified against the 1.0.20 assemblies at build time
• BepInEx 5.4.23.x, HarmonyX 2.9
• Client-side; safe to add to an existing world or remove at any time
• No known conflicts: the mod hooks Character.RPC_Damage, Humanoid.StartAttack and Humanoid.OnAttackTrigger with prefixes/postfixes only and never rewrites vanilla IL
• Other mods that also patch Character.RPC_Damage may run before or after Parry Strike; if you use several combat overhauls, test them together

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Русский

Парирование ударом — парируйте атаку врага собственной атакой. Щит не нужен.

Мод добавляет окно парирования к вашим ударам. Если враг попадает по вам, пока окно открыто, урон полностью гасится: врага отбрасывает и оглушает, вы получаете навык «Блокирование», адреналин, искры и звук идеального блока. Промахнулись по таймингу — получаете обычный урон, как в ваниле.

Режимы окна

• ParryOnWindup = true (по умолчанию) — окно действует всю анимацию вашей атаки плюс ParryWindow секунд после кадра удара. Прощает ошибки в тайминге.
• ParryOnWindup = false — строго «удар в удар»: окно только с момента кадра удара.

Что парируется: ближний блокируемый удар существа или игрока с включённым PvP, пришедший спереди. Что нет: падение, огонь, яд, вода, деревья, ловушки, стрелы (пока OnlyMelee = true). Если вы в этот момент держите обычный блок — работает блок.

Установка: установите BepInExPack для Valheim, скопируйте ParryStrike.dll в <Игра>/BepInEx/plugins/ParryStrike/. Конфиг появится в BepInEx/config/narukami.parrystrike.cfg.

Настройки (файл narukami.parrystrike.cfg)

Параметр	По умолчанию	Описание
Enabled	true	Включить парирование ударом.
ParryWindow	0.30	Длительность окна в секундах (0.05–1.5).
ParryOnWindup	true	Открывать окно на замахе. false — строго «удар в удар».
OnlyMelee	true	Только ближние атаки (без стрел).
OneParryPerSwing	true	Одна атака — одно парирование.
AllowBowParry	false	Парирование во время натяга лука.
StaminaCost	10	Выносливость за парирование (0 — бесплатно).
StaggerAttacker	true	Оглушать врага.
DeflectAttacker	true	Отбрасывать врага.
DeflectForceMultiplier	1.0	Множитель силы отброса.
RaiseBlockingSkill	true	Повышать навык «Блокирование».
AdrenalineGain	5	Адреналин за парирование.
DurabilityLoss	true	Тратить прочность оружия.
ShowDamageText	true	Текст «Заблокировано».
FreezeFrame	true	Короткая заморозка кадра.
DebugLog	false	Подробный лог в консоль BepInEx.

Если парировать слишком сложно — увеличьте ParryWindow до 0.4–0.5. Если слишком легко — ParryOnWindup = false и ParryWindow = 0.15–0.2.

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Credits

Made by Narukami. Built with BepInEx 5 and HarmonyX. Not affiliated with Iron Gate Studio. Valheim is a trademark of Iron Gate Studio.