About Bestiary
From ThunderstoreMeadworks creatures and bone arsenal: Crypt Mimic, Greydwarf Slinger, Rime Giant, Kraken, the arsenal skeletons, the Skeleton Crossbowman and the Crypt Executioner. Required on all peers.
Bestiary
Adds creatures with distinct attacks and loot, a craftable bone arsenal, and a creature workshop for server owners.
Features
- Crypt Mimics replace some crypt chests and drop the loot of the chest they replaced.
- Fight Greydwarf Slingers, Mountain Rime Giants and the sea-going Kraken, each with its own spawn and attack rules.
- Arsenal skeletons carry seven weapon types; Skeleton Crossbowmen and the Crypt Executioner add ranged threats and raised reinforcements.
- Encounter the shipped Draugr Hook, Fuling Spearman, Slag Charred and Marrow Lantern variants.
- Craft bone weapons, the Bone Crossbow and bolts, the Executioner's greataxe and Kraken equipment from their drops.
- Creature and equipment Compendium pages explain habitats, attacks, loot and how to use the arsenal.
- Edit creatures, AI, attacks, factions and projectiles in the server's YAML workshop; invalid edits keep the last working snapshot.
- Wildblood supplies stars, mutations and loot rules; optional Inscribe adds runes and item levels to the arsenal.
- Steps aside for Elite Creatures Pack, and yields its workshop to CreatureManager data. Keep custom definitions while a world still contains their creatures or items.
Install and settings
Install with a Valheim mod manager to resolve dependencies automatically. Settings: F8 or Esc > Meadworks; BepInEx/config/. Host/server gameplay rules apply in multiplayer. Version 0.1.27. Required on the server and every client; use matching versions. Dependencies: BepInExPack Valheim 5.4.2360, Jotunn 2.30.2, Crucible 0.3.39, Wildblood 0.5.14.
Changes · Source · Support Licenses; bundled third-party notices remain applicable.
Highlights
From source dataLoaders
Runs on BepInEx.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Last update
Its author last shipped an update 2d ago.
Bestiary 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
- 0.1.27, released 2026-11-02
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| BepInEx |
From 10 recorded builds of Bestiary.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1.27 | 2026-11-02 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 0.1.26 | 2026-10-29 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 0.1.25 | 2026-10-29 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 0.1.24 | 2026-10-29 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 0.1.23 | 2026-10-28 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 0.1.22 | 2026-10-27 | n/a | BepInEx |
Dependencies
- Required: Jotunn
- Required: BepInExPack Valheim
- Required: Crucible
- Required: Wildblood
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run Bestiary 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 catalogCreatures & NPCs
Adds or changes creatures, NPCs and how they behave.
Works on a server
From source side supportThunderstore lists server-side support for Bestiary 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.
Verified at the source
- ✓ThunderstoreOfficial listing, checked 2026-11-02Open ↗
- ✓AuthorexpDARE, as published on Thunderstore
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree
