VikingRevival

Viking Revival

1.1.4 — Valheim 1.0.20 compatibility and maintenance notes

• Recover and build the current published 1.1.2 gameplay source against installed Valheim 1.0.20 assemblies; preserve its native death/tombstone behavior and timer fixes.
• Validate the published core with 107 checks using the current 60-second and pause-during-held-revival contract.
• Preserve the published gameplay DLLs and settings. This maintenance package does not replace them with an older source archive or alter the revival rules.
• Standalone support continues while Viking Realm is in development. Realm is not a dependency.
• This maintenance pass adds no new two-player runtime acceptance claim.

Stable full release · JustQOL Viking Series

Fall in battle. Rise with your companions. Viking Revival gives fallen Vikings a chance to return to the fight through a server-controlled rescue window. It uses Valheim's native ragdoll death and lootable tombstones while letting nearby friends revive you with healing mead or a slower potion-free option.

Features

Native death with a chance of rescue

An eligible fatal hit triggers normal Valheim death: your ragdoll falls, your inventory transfers according to the world's death settings, and native death penalties apply. Viking Revival then holds automatic respawning during the rescue window.

The default window is 60 seconds, including repeated eligible deaths. You can choose Respawn now at any time or wait for help. When the window expires, normal respawning resumes. Wait for rescue does not reset the timer.

Receiving the rescue window does not require a nearby teammate and works during solo play. A rescuer is still required to perform a revival and must remain within 2.5 metres by default. PvP revival is disabled by default; drowning and scripted deaths retain their exclusions.

Healing mead or no potion

| Revival option | Default hold time | Default restored health | Consumption | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Minor healing mead | 8 seconds | 25 | One minor healing mead | | Medium healing mead | 5 seconds | 50 | One medium healing mead | | Major healing mead | 3 seconds | 100 | One major healing mead | | No potion | 16 seconds | 25 | None |

Restored health is capped by the revived character's effective maximum. Server settings can change mead durations and health values. No potion always takes twice the configured minor-mead duration and restores the configured minor-mead health.

A countdown that pauses while you help

A valid held revival pauses the rescue countdown, including inventory confirmation. Releasing the revive key, leaving range, rescuer damage or disconnect interrupts the attempt and resumes the saved remaining time. It does not restart the full rescue window.

If hold updates stop arriving, the pause is released within at most 1.25 seconds. The fallen player retains the option to respawn while waiting.

Staff of Healing revives instantly

Optional — requires blacks7ar's MagicPlugin, which is not installed automatically. Without it, everything else in Viking Revival works normally and this feature is simply unavailable.

With MagicPlugin installed, casting the Staff of Healing instantly revives every downed companion inside the staff's heal radius, restoring 50 health by default. No mead is consumed. Casts made while the staff's heal is on cooldown don't revive. The server checks the caster and the distance, and the caster gets a message saying how many companions they revived.

Panel placement

The fallen-player panels sit low on the screen (15% height) and the rescuer panel at 30%, so neither covers the middle of the screen. Use DownedPanelHeight, RespawnPanelHeight and RescuerPanelHeight in com.vikingrevival.extras.cfg to adjust them (0 = bottom, 1 = top).

Loot and death penalties stay meaningful

Friends can loot the tombstone normally with E, separately from revival. Reviving restores the same avatar; it does not copy an inventory snapshot or pull items out of the tombstone.

Looted items stay with their looter, unlooted items remain in the grave, and native death penalties are not reversed. Valheim's world death modifiers remain authoritative, including keep-inventory and empty-inventory behavior.

Clear guidance and presentation controls

The main-menu guide explains revival controls and behavior. During play, the fallen-player panel shows the rescue window and respawn choices, and nearby rescuers receive revival-option and progress information. Optional downed-player indicators and audio provide additional feedback.

The interface uses Valheim wood panels, Averia Serif text, warm highlights and native controls to match the JustQOL Viking Series. Local settings control HUD scale, indicators, sound and whether the welcome guide opens automatically.

How to use

| Control | Action | | --- | --- | | Viking Revival main-menu button | Open the controls and revival guide | | E near a tombstone | Loot through Valheim's normal interaction | | Hold R near a fallen player | Attempt revival with the selected option | | T near a fallen player | Cycle available healing meads and No potion | | Respawn now | Leave the rescue window and respawn | | Wait for rescue | Continue waiting within the remaining window |

Select your revival option before holding R. Stay within range and keep holding until the attempt completes. Releasing the key or taking damage interrupts the attempt. R and T are configurable; E remains the normal loot control.

Installation and updating

Required dependencies:

• BepInExPack Valheim 5.4.2351
• Jotunn 2.30.2 or a newer compatible version

Optional:

• MagicPlugin 2.2.2 by blacks7ar — needed only for the Staff of Healing instant revive. Viking Revival works fully without it; the staff feature simply isn't available.