FishCues

Minimal mod to add audio fishing cues for Valheim

• a plink when a fish bites the hook
• a sound plays when the hooked fish struggles

Install

Copy FishCues.dll into <game>\BepInEx\plugins\. Needs BepInEx 5.4.2350 (BepInExPack_Valheim). One DLL, no assets, no dependencies. Client-side only, so it is safe on vanilla servers.

Config

<game>\BepInEx\config\online.buddycloud.fishcues.cfg, created on first launch. Restart after editing. PlinkClip and StruggleClip accept any vanilla sound name, case-insensitive; the two volume keys take 0 to silence one cue.

37 second demo — play it with sound.

AI disclosure

The code, patches and docs were written by an AI coding agent running Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, served locally by Radiance, and reviewed and tested in-game by a human. Candidate sounds were found in the game's own asset manifest and measured before anything was played, but the sounds were picked by ear.