ElPopeAdventures

ElPopeAdventures

Several things in one mod, each of which can be switched off on its own:

• The Mage class. Play a mage from day one in the Meadows. You get a mana pool, and a new staff in every biome: frost first, then fire, then arcane. Mage armour covers the biomes before vanilla's Eitr-weave. Mana cocktails are brewed from each biome's fruit.
• The Rogue class. Sneak and stab from day one: stealth and dagger bonuses, and dual daggers for every biome up to the Plains, with a Shadowstep special attack.
• Twinblades and greatswords. Dual swords that cross on your back when put away, and greatswords from the Black Forest on, for anyone.
• New enemies and mini-bosses. Tougher, faster-fighting creatures and roaming mini-bosses in the Meadows, Black Forest and Plains, with combos and moves vanilla creatures never use.
• Companions. Rare wandering companions in every biome from the Meadows to the Plains. Befriend one with an offering (one companion at a time), and if it falls, raise it again at a Companion Cairn.
• Masterwork gear. Anything upgraded to its maximum level glows and gets a bonus.
• Inventory quality of life. Bigger stacks, a sort key, quick stack to nearby chests, crafting/building from nearby chests, and a search that finds items by name in your inventory and nearby chests.
• Free build camera. Detach the camera while building and fly it around, so you can place pieces from any angle.

Everything is crafted in game. No cheats or console commands are needed.

Installation

Use r2modman or the Thunderstore Mod Manager, search for ElPopeAdventures, and click install. BepInExPack_Valheim is installed with it automatically. Then start the game from the mod manager (Start modded).

For a manual install, install BepInExPack_Valheim first, then copy ElPopeAdventures.dll into Valheim/BepInEx/plugins/ElPopeAdventures/.

Multiplayer: every player needs the mod with the same config. Installing it on the dedicated server too is recommended.

The Mage class

1. Craft a Mage Tome at the workbench and read it (eat it). Your character becomes a Mage and gains 50 mana, plus 20 more for every boss defeated. Mana is the game's eitr (the purple bar), so eitr food adds to it as well. This choice is saved on your character.
2. Craft a staff. Staff recipes only appear once you're a Mage, and only a Mage can cast with them. Staffs cast the vanilla staff spells, scaled to their biome. They train Elemental Magic and upgrade like vanilla weapons.
3. Wear mage armour for faster mana regeneration and Elemental Magic.
4. Drink cocktails to refill mana instantly.

Staffs

| Biome | Staff | School | Where | Ingredients | |---|---|---|---|---| | Meadows | Frost Staff | Frost | Workbench | 10 Wood, 4 Deer hide, 1 Deer trophy | | Black Forest | Glacial Staff | Frost | Forge | 10 Core wood, 6 Bronze, 10 Greydwarf eye, 1 Greydwarf shaman trophy | | Swamp | Ember Staff | Fire | Forge lvl 2 | 10 Ancient bark, 8 Iron, 4 Surtling core, 1 Draugr trophy | | Mountain | Blaze Staff | Fire | Forge lvl 3 | 10 Ancient bark, 10 Silver, 6 Obsidian, 6 Surtling core, 1 Cultist trophy | | Plains | Arcane Staff | Arcane (lightning + spirit) | Forge lvl 4 | 10 Fine wood, 10 Black metal, 6 Linen thread, 1 Fuling shaman trophy | | Mistlands | Rime / Inferno / Mistrune Staff | Frost / Fire / Arcane | Galdr table | 20 Yggdrasil wood, 16 Refined eitr, plus 4 Freeze gland / 4 Surtling core / 2 Black core | | Ashlands | Hoarfrost / Surtr's / Stormcaller Staff | Frost / Fire / Arcane | Galdr table lvl 2 | 10 Ashwood, 4 Flametal, 3 Celestial feather, plus 6 Freeze gland / 2 Molten core / 1 Charred warlock trophy | | Deep North | Jotun Frost / Muspel / Norn Staff | Frost / Fire / Arcane | Galdr table lvl 3 | 10 Frostwood, 10 Gold, 5 Norn thread, plus 10 Ice / 4 Molten core / 1 Jotun witch trophy |

From the Mistlands on, each staff matches the damage and mana cost of the vanilla staffs.

Secondary spells

Every mage staff also casts a spell with the secondary attack button: middle mouse on keyboard, or RB on a controller with the default layout. Sneak first (Left Ctrl, or click the left stick) to cast Mana Shield with a frost staff.

| Spell | Staffs | Effect | Mana | |---|---|---|---| | Frost Nova | Frost staffs | A burst of ice around you. Hits every enemy within 6 m for 4x the staff's damage and slows them. Never hits you, tame animals or buildings. | 8x the staff's normal cast (about 14 with the Frost Staff) | | Mana Shield | Fire and arcane staffs, and any mage staff while sneaking (so from the Meadows on) | For 60 seconds, damage drains your mana instead of your health. Each point of mana absorbs 2 damage with a Meadows staff, rising to 6 with a Deep North staff. The shield breaks when your mana runs out. | 10 (Meadows) to 30 (Mistlands and later) |

Both use vanilla cast animations and effects: Frost Nova uses the vanilla frost orb staff's cast, and Mana Shield uses the Staff of Protection cast and bubble. The exact numbers for each staff are written to the BepInEx log, and everything can be tuned in [Mage - Secondary spells].

Mage armour