BoarBreedingUnlimited

BoarBreedingUnlimited

Removes the built-in population cap that stops tame animals from breeding once a few of them are nearby.

What it does

Vanilla Valheim caps breeding at 4 nearby animals of the same species. Fill a pen with 4 boars and they simply stop reproducing. This mod bypasses that check, so a well-fed and happy pen keeps producing offspring indefinitely.

Applies to every creature that uses the Procreation component: boars, wolves, lox, and chickens.

Configuration

The config file is BepInEx/config/com.honeymanmods.boarbreedingunlimited.cfg. It is created the first time you launch the game with the mod installed. You can edit it in Thunderstore Mod Manager / r2modman (Config editor), or in-game with ConfigurationManager (F1).

| Setting | Default | Description | |---|---|---| | LimitPopulation | false | false = unlimited breeding. true = use the cap below. | | MaxCreatures | 20 | Cap per species in the local area (range 3-100). Only used when LimitPopulation = true. |

Tips for MaxCreatures:

• Vanilla is about 4.
• The parents count toward the cap, so 3 is the lowest value that still allows breeding.
• 10-30 is a good range for a pen.
• Above ~50 animals in one spot, most PCs start to lag.
• The cap counts each species separately and only looks at nearby animals, so separate pens are capped separately.

Install

Recommended: install via Thunderstore Mod Manager or r2modman.

Manual: drop BoarBreedingUnlimited.dll into <Valheim>/BepInEx/plugins/.

Server / multiplayer

• Singleplayer / player-hosted: install on the host.
• Dedicated server: install on the server. Client-side install is optional (won't hurt, but the server owns breeding logic).

Warning

Uncapped breeding means a pen left unattended will grow without bound. Large numbers of active creatures hurt performance. Cull manually as needed.

Changelog

1.1.0

• Added config: LimitPopulation (on/off) and MaxCreatures (3-100) for an optional custom breeding cap. Default stays unlimited.

1.0.0

• Initial release.