She Wolf

She Wolf — become a she-wolf in Valheim (alpha preview)

> 35 languages: item names, effects, messages and the wolf interface follow your game's language — English · Svenska · Français · Italiano · Deutsch · Español · Русский · Română · Български · Македонски · Suomi · Dansk · Norsk · Íslenska · Türkçe · Lietuvių · Čeština · Magyar · Slovenčina · Polski · Nederlands · Português (Portugal) · Português (Brasil) · 简体中文 · 繁體中文 · 日本語 · 한국어 · हिन्दी · ไทย · Hrvatski · ქართული · Ελληνικά · Srpski · Українська · Latviešu (English otherwise).

The she-wolf and her interface. This picture is assembled from the mod's own artwork, laid over an in-game capture.

> Alpha preview (0.5.0). This version adds a lot at once, and part of it is rough. The base of the mod (transformation, fighting, pups, leash) is the one from the previous preview. The new look, the Wolf skill, the talent tree, its magic and the new interface are young: expect rough edges. See Known issues below before you install it on a world you care about.

> New in 0.5.0: from Wolf level 25, shapeshift at will (key U): each minute as a she-wolf costs one pheromone drop. The she-wolf can now harvest (mushrooms, berries, sap, honey, finished mead…), hits a little less hard and staggers far less, and the Wolf skill grows a quarter slower. The talent tree has a new look.

> New in 0.5.1: works with the Valkyr body replacer: its hair no longer floats above the she-wolf.

Hunt wolves, collect their pheromones and brew an essence at the mead cauldron. Drink it, and answer the call of the pack: you become a she-wolf for 45 minutes, with dark fur, three tails and glowing markings that change colour as your Wolf skill grows.

What is new since the previous preview (0.3.1)

• A new look. The she-wolf used to be the game's grey wolf with a brown lock of hair. She now has charcoal fur, a spiky mane, three tails, white glowing eyes and luminous tribal markings.
• Markings that follow your level. Cyan at level 1, then yellow, orange, red, pink and violet at level 100. They glow, and cast a faint light on what is close to you.
• A Wolf skill, from 1 to 100, in the game's skills window. It grows as you live as a she-wolf.
• A talent tree of Norse magic: twenty abilities, one every five levels, fifteen already active, each with its own visible magic. It opens with F4, in a real window.
• A power bar: your powers on keys 1 to 6, with their cooldowns.
• A new interface, in the style of the emblem: a health dial, food sockets, ink-black windows with a thin gold line.
• Movement fixed. She no longer runs with her hindquarters twisted to one side, she has a real walk, she can sneak low to the ground, and she really leaps when she jumps or dodges.
• A real howl: she sits and raises her head to the sky.
• Peace with wild wolves: they leave a she-wolf alone, as long as she does not bite them.
• Everything is translated: the Wolf skill, the tree, its abilities and its powers follow your game's language too, in all 35 languages.
• On the character selection screen, a character who logged out as a she-wolf is shown as a she-wolf.
• The essence costs 30 drops instead of 50.
• A fur for the cold (0.4.1): as a she-wolf you are resistant to frost, with no cape and no mead.
• 0.4.2: other players' she-wolves glow on your screen too, Geri and Freki are tougher, the Wolf skill grows half as fast, and every ability has its icon.
• 0.5.0: shapeshifting at will from level 25 (one pheromone drop per minute as a she-wolf), harvesting, softer damage and staggers, a slower Wolf skill, and a new look for the talent tree.
• 0.5.1: works with the Valkyr body replacer: its hair no longer floats above the she-wolf, and the game's own hair no longer comes back under Valkyr's when you turn human again.

The full list is in the changelog.

How it works

1. Wolf Pheromone Drops: wolves you kill have a 50 % chance to drop 1 to 5 of them.
2. The essence: 30 drops make a Wolf Pheromone Essence at the mead cauldron.
3. The transformation: drinking the essence turns you into a she-wolf for 45 minutes. Until Wolf level 25 there is no way back early. Logging out does not end it, and neither does dying: you respawn as a she-wolf and can still recover your tombstone.
4. Shapeshifting (from Wolf level 25): press U (or Enter on the ability in the talent tree) to go from she-wolf to human form and back, as often as you like. You live on a reserve of time: what is left of an essence, then one pheromone drop from your bag for each further minute. Going back to human form keeps the reserve for the next time; when it is empty and no drop is left, you turn back. An essence still fills the reserve with 45 minutes. Logging out in human form keeps you human.

As a she-wolf

• Body: you get the wolf's own model and animations, with charcoal fur, a spiky mane down the back, three tails and white glowing eyes. Nobody will take you for a wild wolf.
• Markings: a spiral on the hip, a line running down the hind leg and along the tail, a sign behind the shoulder, cracks on the throat and the face, bands around the legs. They glow in the colour of your Wolf skill level and cast a faint light around you. Other players see them in your colour.
• Fighting: all your damage is multiplied by 1.2, and your attacks are quicker than a wild wolf's.
• Left mouse button: a three-strike combo, like the game's weapons: bite left, bite right, then she rears up and rakes with her claws (stronger, wider, staggers).