About BowPlugin
From ThunderstoreAllows you to configure velocity, accuracy, drawspeed, exp multiplier, crit chance, crit damage, bow crosshair and crosshair color of bows and crossbow weapons. Adds a few new crossbows and bows.
# BowPlugin
Allows you to configure velocity, accuracy, drawspeed, exp multiplier, crit chance, crit damage, bow crosshair and crosshair color of bows and crossbow weapons. Adds a few new crossbows and bows.
>## ## Installation (manual)
- extract
BowPlugin.dllfile to yourBepInEx\Plugins\folder. - (NOTE: DELETE config\blacks7ar.BowPlugin.cfg and let the mod regenerate a new one.)
>## ## Features
- Switch arrows with a press of key.
- Configurable arrow accuracy and velocity.
- Configurable Draw Speed, or can be scaled to you Bow skill level.
- Configurable Crossbow Recoil.
- Configurable Crossbow loading time, or can be scaled to you Crossbow skill level.
- Configurable exp multipliers for bows and crossbow weapons.
- New Crosshair color for more visibility
- Speed reduction while drawing bow.
- Character always faces the direction of the cursor when equipped with a bow or crossbow.
- Configurable Sneak attack bonus damage multiplier.
- Sneak skill gains exp from successful sneak attacks.
- Configurable Critical Chance and Critical Damage.
- Adds a new crossbow called Flint Crossbow that is inline with the damage of crude bow.
- Adds a new bolt that you can used early game called Flint Bolt.
- Adds new 12 bow crosshair and 7 crosshair color that you can configure while ingame no need to logout.
- Zoom and Auto Zoom while drawing a bow.
- Adds 3 new exploding arrows.
- Zoom feature for crossbow.
- Speed reduction while reloading crossbow.
- Addes 5 crossbows and 5 new bows.
- Uses ServerSync and built-in ConfigWatcher
- Configurable through config file or configuration manager
>## ## Credits
- @blaxxun for the serversync and how to use it.
- big shoutout to discord user @BLUBBSON for providing german translations for some of my mods.
Highlights
From source dataLoaders
Runs on BepInEx.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Dependencies
Needs 1 other project installed alongside it.
BowPlugin on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Valheim servers, for BepInEx servers. We download it from Thunderstore, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Optional on the server
- Server type needed
- BepInEx
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Valheim — 4 GB (4 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 1.8.8, released 2026-09-20
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| BepInEx |
From 25 recorded builds of BowPlugin.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8.8 | 2026-09-20 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 1.8.7 | 2026-09-13 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 1.8.6 | 2025-12-08 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 1.8.5 | 2025-09-18 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 1.8.4 | 2025-09-16 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 1.8.3 | 2025-09-12 | n/a | BepInEx |
Dependencies
- Required: BepInExPack Valheim
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run BowPlugin on a Valheim server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogQuality of life & UI
Small conveniences, tweaks and interface improvements players notice straight away.
Works on a server
From source side supportThunderstore lists server-side support for BowPlugin as optional: it can run on a server, but isn’t required there.
Compatibility
- Game
- Valheim
- Loaders
- BepInEx
- Runs on
- Serveroptional on the server
- Requires
- One-click install needs a BepInEx server. 1 other project installed alongside it.
Verified at the source
- ✓ThunderstoreOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓Authorblacks7ar, as published on Thunderstore
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree
