Tootsalots Valhalla Overhaul

Tootsalot's Valhalla Overhaul

A 79-mod Valheim overhaul focused on expanded progression, new content, and quality of life, with hand-tuned configs for balanced gameplay that rewards skill investment without trivializing the experience. All gameplay configs are server-synced so the host's settings apply to all connected players.

Mods In Development

One custom BepInEx plugins are currently in development to replace third-party mods in this pack with purpose-built alternatives:

ValhallaPerformance is an ambitious custom plugin intended to fully replace ValheimPerformanceOverhaul, Smoke_Collision, and VBNetTweaks. It covers ten systems: Boot, Smoke, Lights, Culling, Pieces, Memory, Network, Render, TarPit, and Log. Currently in active testing.

Once these plugins are stable, they will replace their upstream counterparts in the modpack and reduce external dependencies.

What This Pack Does

Expanded Skill System. 16 new and reworked skills via the Smoothbrain suite (Vitality, Tenacity, Evasion, PackHorse, Cooking, Farming, Foraging, Ranching, Mining, Lumberjacking, Building, Blacksmithing, Exploration, Sailing, Backpacks, Endurance). SmartSkills ties them together with catch-up mechanics and death recovery. TargetPortal lets you teleport to any portal by name instead of needing matched tags.

Passive Boss Powers. PassivePowers makes defeated boss powers always active at reduced strength, with the option to burst-activate them at full power on a cooldown. Up to 2 boss powers can be active simultaneously.

Server Characters. ServerCharacters stores character saves server-side, preventing item duplication and gear transfers between servers. SmoothSave improves world saving performance. ServerSideMap shares explored map data between all players on the server.

New Weapons & Armor. The full Therzie suite (Warfare, Armory, Wizardry, WarfareFireAndIce) adds hundreds of new craftable weapons, shields, armor sets, and a magic system with crossbows, throwing axes, war pikes, bastard swords, and more across every tier from flint to flametal.

Archery & Combat. BowsBeforeHoes overhauls bow mechanics with quiver support, arrow recovery, and improved aiming. SaveCrossbowState remembers your crossbow's loaded state when swapping weapons. ReliableBlock fixes vanilla's inconsistent parry/block behavior so blocks always register when you have stamina. WieldEquipmentWhileSwimming lets you keep your gear out in the water.

New Creatures & Raids. Monstrum and MonstrumDeepNorth populate the world with new enemies and tameable wildlife including bears (with bear steak, jerky, saddles, rugs, and trophies) and foxes. Custom Raids with Monstrum and Wizardry raid packs add event variety throughout progression.

Expanded World. More World Locations adds dozens of new points of interest across all biomes including shrines, waystones, taverns, blacksmiths, material vendors, and skill trainers. RtDBiomes reworks biome generation. Foglands tweaks the Foglands biome.

Swimming & Diving. VikingsDoSwim adds underwater diving, swim speed scaling by skill level, and configurable stamina mechanics for a complete aquatic experience.

Cooking & Food. CookingAdditions adds 23 new foods, tomatoes, chili peppers, salt deposits, new cooking stations (griller, curing rack, crusher), and a food preparation table. Pairs with Smoothbrain Cooking skill for enhanced food crafting progression.

Horses. OdinHorse adds tameable and rideable horses that spawn in Meadows during clear weather. They drop horse meat, horse hide, and trophies. Comes with horse saddle, saddlebags, horse cart, armor sets (Drapmadr, Skogarmadr), and decorative pieces. Faction set to AnimalsVeg so horses are passive wildlife that flee from players like deer.

Animals. SeaAnimals populates the ocean with sharks, orcas, dolphins, crocodiles, turtles, seals, jellyfish, and penguins, with tameable mounts (orca, dolphin, crocodile, white shark) and new cooked meats. Majestic Chickens roam meadows at deer-like frequency with rare color variants. Wagon adds a pull cart for hauling materials.

Ships. OdinShip adds new ship types and naval content for ocean exploration and travel.

Lighting. GammaOfNightLights makes nights meaningfully darker. CircletExtended turns the dverger circlet into an upgradeable helmet with configurable light properties, built-in demister at higher tiers, and the ability to stun enemies with overloaded light.

Base Building & Automation. LazyVikings automates smelters, kilns, cooking stations, and more. Basements adds underground building. OdinArchitect expands building pieces. OdinBanners adds decorative banners. MissingPieces fills gaps in vanilla's building system with dozens of additional pieces. FineWoodPieces adds fine wood building options and harvestable reeds. GlassPieces adds glass windows, doors, and a glass collector. PlantEverything expands plantable items. CraftyBoxes lets you craft from nearby containers. Quick Stack handles inventory sorting.

Storage. Smoothbrain Backpacks adds a craftable backpack with a dedicated equipment slot, auto-fill, and upgrade progression. Balanced with weight reduction and slot caps.

Performance. StartupAccelerator speeds up game boot by deferring Harmony patches and merging localization. ValheimPerformanceOverhaul reduces CPU/GPU load via light culling, AI throttling, distance culling, piece sleep management, object pooling, and frame budget protection, especially impactful on large bases and busy servers. SmoothSave reduces save lag by spreading ZDO copies across frames. VBNetTweaks optimizes multiplayer networking. (Note: ValheimPerformanceOverhaul, Smoke_Collision, and VBNetTweaks are being replaced by ValhallaPerformance. See Mods In Development above.)