MonsterDB

MonsterDB

Manipulate, clone, and customize any creature or item in Valheim — including those added by other mods.

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MonsterDB is a Valheim plugin that gives you full control over creatures and items in the game. Modify stats, visuals, and behaviors — or clone any prefab to create entirely new variants. MonsterDB works with any creature or item, including those added by other mods.

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Features

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Modify & Clone

• Modify or clone creatures, items, egg items, and fish items
• Modify creature visuals — texture, color, and scale
• Export textures as PNG

Creature Customization

• Make any creature tameable
• Define custom factions and custom spawn data
• Add effects, attacks, and audio to make creatures more engaging

Item Customization

• Turn any item into an egg or a fish

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Use Cases

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• Create variants of any creature with custom textures or audio
• Make creatures more engaging by adding effects or attacks
• Modify specific aspects of creatures for balance or gameplay purposes
• Build entirely new creature ecosystems using clones and spawn data

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Examples

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Visit the MonsterDB GitHub for curated examples.

• Make Neck tameable and procreate NeckEgg which hatches into Neck_hatchling and grows up into a Neck
• Make Player into a Human NPC

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Sync

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MonsterDB includes full server synchronization support so all clients stay consistent with the server's configuration.

| Step | Description | |:---|:---| | Game Load | Plugin starts and reads all files from the Import folder | | Server | Loads imported files, creates clones, and applies all updates | | Client | Waits for files from the server, then creates clones and applies updates | | FileWatcher | If enabled, any changes made on the server are automatically sent to all connected clients |

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RRR

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To convert RRR.json files into MDB.yml files, install https://thunderstore.io/c/valheim/p/ValheimModding/JsonDotNET/ to gain access to command: monsterdb rrr which will look for files within folder RRR at BepInEx/config/MonsterDB/RRR

RRR Converter was designed to parse both RRR.json and DropThat.cfg to coalesce into MDB.yml

Notes

• Not all RRR values are transfered over, i.e (cTintColor, cTintItems, cBodySmoke)
• Recommended to review exported files and clean up fields ( fields that do not change any values )

List of fields not copied:

- dtAttackDamageOverride
- fAttackDamageTotalOverride
- sAttackProjectileOverride
- cTintColor
- cTintItems
- cBodySmoke
- bAttackPlayerObjectsWhenAlerted
- fHairValueMin
- fHairValueMax
- bCanTame
- bAlwaysTame
- bCanProcreateWhenTame
- bFxNoTame
- bSfxNoAlert
- bSfxNoIdle
- bSfxNoHit
- bSfxNoDeath

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