Tameable, Breedable and Ridable Bear

A focused Valheim mod by nick008 that makes the vanilla Bear / Bjorn tameable, breedable and ridable.

Features

• Vanilla Bears can be tamed.
• Tamed Bears can use Valheim's normal Follow / Stay behaviour.
• Tamed Bears can breed and produce bear cubs.
• Bear cubs grow into adults and are protected from the Butcher knife while young.
• Star levels are supported.
• Bears can be fitted with the vanilla Lox Saddle visual and ridden.
• Mounted Bears can use two of Bjorn's normal attacks.
• A special riding workaround keeps 2-star Bears moving correctly while mounted.
• No Jotunn dependency is required.

Controls while riding

• Mount: Left Alt + E
• Move / steer: normal Valheim movement controls
• Attack 1: Left Mouse Button
• Attack 2: Middle Mouse Button / press the mouse wheel

Normal E remains available for the usual pet / Follow-Stay interaction.

Food

Bears can eat:

• Blueberries
• Honey
• Raw Meat
• Deer Meat

Default timings

• Taming: 60 seconds
• Fed duration: 5 minutes
• Bear cub growth: 60 seconds
• Pregnancy duration: 90 seconds
• Pregnancy chance: 66%
• Nearby bear breeding limit: 5

Riding notes / known visual limitation

The Bear uses Valheim's vanilla Lox saddle/riding system, adapted to Bjorn's body and animations. Because the Bear was not originally designed as a mount, riding can look a little rough: the player and saddle may sway or move from side to side while the Bear is moving. When the Bear stops, they settle back into place. This is a visual issue only and does not affect riding functionality.

Valheim scales a 2-star Bear to approximately 1.50x size. At that scale the mounted Bear can become stuck in place while its running animation continues. This mod therefore temporarily caps a mounted 2-star Bear to a known-working 1.25x riding scale. Its original size is restored automatically after dismounting.

Installation

Install with a Thunderstore-compatible mod manager, or manually copy:

plugins/nick008-tameable_and_breadable_and_ridable_bear.dll

into your:

BepInEx/plugins/nick008-tameable_and_breadable_and_ridable_bear/

folder.

Requirements

• BepInExPack Valheim
• Valheim with the vanilla Bear / Bjorn creature