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Elemental Dragons

by JamesJonesTV · for Valheim

Adds 4 Elemental Dragons and a Massive Black Dragon, each with 5 stages of growth that start with creating each dragons unique egg that will require new essences and souls to craft. Also adds 4 Wild Dragons and 4 Elemental Cultists as new enemies.

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About Elemental Dragons

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Adds 4 Elemental Dragons and a Massive Black Dragon, each with 5 stages of growth that start with creating each dragons unique egg that will require new essences and souls to craft. Also adds 4 Wild Dragons and 4 Elemental Cultists as new enemies.

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  • The goal of this mod is to have a very difficult and long journey to craft the dragon eggs by collecting essences, souls, and a dragon heart.
  • You can still customize things how you want in the configs.

Elemental Dragons Tames:

| Tames | Growth Stages | Requirements to craft Dragon Egg | |------------------|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Poison Dragon | 5 | Dragon Egg, Dragon Heart, 10 Soul of Poison, 1000 Essence of Poison | | Frost Dragon | 5 | Dragon Egg, Dragon Heart, 10 Soul of Frost, 1000 Essence of Frost | | Fire Dragon | 5 | Dragon Egg, Dragon Heart, 10 Soul of Fire, 1000 Essence of Fire | | Lightning Dragon | 5 | Dragon Egg, Dragon Heart, 10 Soul of Lightning, 1000 Essence of Lightning | | Black Dragon | 5 | Poison Dragon Egg, Frost Dragon Egg, Fire Dragon Egg, Lightning Dragon Egg |

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Elemental Dragon Enemies:

| Monster | Biome | Health | Drops | |-----------------------|-----------|--------|----------------| | Wild Poison Dragon | Swamp | 1666 | 3-10 Poison Essences, 10% Soul of Poison, 1% Dragon Heart, 5% Poison Dragon Trophy | Wild Frost Dragon | Mountains | 2500 | 3-10 Frost Essences, 10% Soul of Frost, 1% Dragon Heart, 5% Frost Dragon Trophy | Wild Fire Dragon | Plains | 3333 | 3-10 Fire Essences, 10% Soul of Fire, 1% Dragon Heart, 5% Fire Dragon Trophy | Wild Lightning Dragon | Mistlands | 4000 | 3-10 Lightning Essences, 10% Soul of Lightning, 1% Dragon Heart, 5% Lightning Dragon Trophy | Poison Cultist | Swamp | 666 | 3-5 Poison Essences, 3% Soul of Poison, 33% 1-3 Ooze, 5% Poison Cultist Trophy | Frost Cultist | Mountains | 777 | 3-5 Frost Essences, 3% Soul of Frost, 33% 1-3 Freeze Gland, 5% Frost Cultist Trophy | Fire Cultist | Plains | 888 | 3-5 Fire Essences, 3% Soul of Fire, 33% 1-3 Surtling Core, 5% Fire Cultist Trophy | Lightning Cultist | Mistlands | 999 | 3-5 Lightning Essences, 3% Soul of Lightning, 33% Eitr, 5% Lightning Cultist Trophy

  • Damage numbers are based on physical and elemental damage, so they do more damage than the numbers suggest in the configs.
  • Dragons have a 1% chance to spawn and Cultists have a 3% chance to spawn by default

Wild Dragon Strengths & Weaknesses:

| Monster | Immune | Weak | Resistant | |-----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------------| | Wild Poison Dragon | Poison | Fire | Slash and Blunt | | Wild Frost Dragon | Frost | Lightning | Slash and Blunt | | Wild Fire Dragon | Fire | Frost | Slash and Blunt | | Wild Lightning Dragon | Lightning | Poison | Slash and Blunt |


Dragon Hearts:

  • Dragon Hearts will only drop from Dragons at an extremely rare chance.

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Dragon Souls:

  • Dragon Souls will drop from Dragons, Bosses and Elite Monsters at a very rare chance if you are using my DropThatConfig.

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Dragon Essences:

  • Dragon Essences will always drop from Dragons and Bosses at a 100% chance.
  • They will also drop from most non‑tameable monsters at a fairly common chance if you are using my DropThatConfig.

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Dragon Eggs:

  • Dragon Eggs can be crafted from the materials listed above at the Artisan Table. It will be a long journey, as it should be.

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Dragon Food:

The Dragons will eat the following food:

  • SerpentMeat
  • SerpentMeatCooked
  • LoxMeat
  • CookedLoxMeat

Dragon Hatching:

  • Dragon eggs must be next to a fire.

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Dragon Map Icons:

  • You can see dragon icons on the map when you get close to where your dragon is, they will only appear if you are somewhat close to them.
  • You can also use my Map Icons mod to manually add dragon map pins as well if you like.


Notes:

Read the full description on Thunderstore →

Highlights

From source data

Loaders

Runs on BepInEx.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Dependencies

Needs 2 other projects installed alongside it.

Elemental Dragons 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 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
2.0.3, released 2026-09-11

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
BepInEx

From 9 recorded builds of Elemental Dragons.

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
2.0.32026-09-11n/aBepInEx
2.0.22026-09-04n/aBepInEx
2.0.12026-07-04n/aBepInEx
2.0.02026-06-06n/aBepInEx
1.0.42026-05-06n/aBepInEx
1.0.32026-04-22n/aBepInEx

Dependencies

Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.

Run Elemental Dragons 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 catalog
Listed on Thunderstore as “Content”

Creatures & NPCs

Adds or changes creatures, NPCs and how they behave.

Compatibility

Game
Valheim
Loaders
BepInEx
Requires
One-click install needs a BepInEx server. 2 other projects installed alongside it.

Verified at the source

  • ✓ThunderstoreOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-02Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorJamesJonesTV, as published on Thunderstore
  • ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree

Elemental Dragons, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Which loaders does it support?

BepInEx.

Is it free?

Yes. Elemental Dragons is free to download from Thunderstore.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

Use “Add to a server” on this page, or open NxLabs from your dashboard. We install it, restart your server and switch it on.

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Run Elemental Dragons on a Valheim server.

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