About Vanablade
From ThunderstoreRPG talent tree, dual wield, and stat allocation overhaul for Valheim.
Vanablade
Valheim gameplay overhaul mod — talent tree, dual wielding, magic, RPG stats, and town building with AI NPCs.
Overview
Vanablade is a long-term Valheim overhaul that adds:
- Branching talent tree with prerequisite stats (Might, Mind, Agility, others)
- Dual wielding — pair any two one-handed weapons
- "One-hand greatswords" talent
- Magic system — self-buffing enhancement + active offensive spells
- RPG stats — expanded attribute system beyond vanilla
- Town building — player-placed structures with AI NPC residents (jobs, trades, assignments)
- New content — weapons, items, structures, creatures, biomes, NPCs
Visual style stays Valheim-faithful.
Tech Stack
- BepInEx (mod loader)
- Harmony (runtime patching)
- Jotunn (Valheim-specific library)
- Unity asset bundles (custom assets)
- Blender (art pipeline)
Status
Early development — planning/architecture phase.
License
MIT
Highlights
From source dataLoaders
Runs on BepInEx.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Last update
Its author last shipped an update 6 mo ago.
Vanablade 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
- 0.1.1, released 2026-05-09
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| BepInEx |
From 2 recorded builds of Vanablade.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1.1 | 2026-05-09 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 0.1.0 | 2026-05-09 | n/a | BepInEx |
Dependencies
- Required: BepInExPack Valheim
- Required: Jotunn
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run Vanablade 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 catalogQuality of life & UI
Small conveniences, tweaks and interface improvements players notice straight away.
Works on a server
From source side supportThunderstore lists server-side support for Vanablade 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 2026-10-02Open ↗
- ✓AuthorKn0a1ex_Tempest, as published on Thunderstore
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree
