Mountains Pack 1

Mountains Pack 1

This mod adds a 9 new custom locations to the Mountains biome. All locations were made using vanilla build pieces and designed to fit Valheim lore. In order to encourage exploration, the locations spawn at varying distances from world center. Part of the More World Locations series, see below for more details.

Features

• Adds 9 new custom locations the Mountains biome.
• Locations spawn at varying distances from world center, see 'World Rings System' below.
• Configurability: Location spawn quantities, location creatures, location loot. See below for instructions.

World Rings System

The Valheim world is a circle with a default radius of 10,500 meters. In order to encourage and maintain exploration, I've defined a set of world rings that all locations in the More World Locations series will use when spawning in a world. Below are the defined world rings...

Ring # — Start Distance (m) — End Distance (m)

Ring 1 — 0 — 500

Ring 2 — 500 — 2000

Ring 3 — 1500 — 3000

Ring 4 — 2500 — 4000

Ring 5 — 3500 — 6000

Ring 6 — 4500 — 8500

Ring 7 — 5000 — 10500

Instructions

• To add these locations to a non-existing world, no action is required. Ensure the mod is installed and create a new world.
• To add these locations to an existing world, install the mod the Upgrade World. Then load into your existing world and paste this command in console. Note, you must have access to the console either via enabling it via Steam or using a mod.

Command: locations_add MWL_StoneCastle1, MWL_StoneFort1, MWL_StoneHall1, MWL_StoneTavern1, MWL_StoneTower1, MWL_StoneTower2, MWL_WoodBarn1, MWL_WoodFarm1, MWL_WoodHouse1 start

Custom Creature Spawns

The creatures and loot are all customizable. Modded creatures and items are supported. To customize, create a new YAML file in the BepinEx configuration folder. If using mod manager, then use the BepinEx config folder in your profile folder. All mods from the More World Locations series will share the same Yaml file so you only need to create it once.

For creatures, each instance of the location will randomly select from the list of creatures in the the file. First, it will pick a random index (an item in the list), then it will increment through the list, assigning creatures to available creature spawners until each creature spawner has a creature. For the best results, scatter higher tier creatures throughout the list. You must use the creature's prefab name and not it's in-game name. See here for a list of vanilla creature prefab names: Creatures List

Creature file name: warpalicious.More_World_Locations_CreatureLists.yml Creature file structure:

MountainsCreatures1:
  - Skeleton
  - Skeleton
  - Skeleton
  - Skeleton
  - Skeleton_Poison
  - Skeleton
  - Skeleton
  - Skeleton
MountainsCreatures2:
  - Draugr
  - Draugr
  - Draugr
  - Draugr
  - Draugr_Elite
  - Draugr
  - Draugr
  - Draugr
  - Draugr
  - Draugr
  - Draugr_Elite
  - Draugr
  - Draugr
MountainsCreatures3:
  - StoneGolem
  - StoneGolem
MountainsCreatures4:
  - Ulv
  - Ulv
  - Ulv
  - Ulv
  - Fenring
  - Ulv
  - Ulv
  - Ulv
  - Fenring_Cultist
  - Ulv
  - Ulv
  - Ulv
  - Ulv
  - Fenring
  - Fenring

Custom Loot Lists

For loot, as of 12/19/24 the loot list format has changed. If you're using an old format it will still work but you can't access the new customization feature. To access new customization feature, please convert to the new format below and ensure you include the verision number at top of file.

The new format works as such: 1 - Random roll for total loot slots available. Roll number between 1 - 3. There will be between 1 - 3 loot slots. 2 - For each loot slot, weighted-random selection for item from loot list. Randomly select item from list based on weights. 3 - For each item, random roll between stackMin and stackMax for loot stack amount.

Example for MountainsLoot1 below: 1 - Random roll results in 2 loot slots 2 - Weighted-random selection for slot 1 = OnionSeeds 3 - Weighted-random selection for slot 2 = SurtlingCore 4 - Random roll for slot 1 stack size = 3 5 - Random roll for slot 2 stack size = 2 6 - Final loot in chest = 3 OnionSeeds, 2 SurtlingCore

Modded items are confirmed to work in the loot list.

Loot file name: warpalicious.More_World_Locations_LootLists.yml Loot file structure:

version: 2.0
MountainsLoot1:
  - item: OnionSeeds
    stackMin: 2
    stackMax: 5
    weight: 1.0
  - item: SurtlingCore
    stackMin: 2
    stackMax: 3
    weight: 1.0
  - item: Bronze
    stackMin: 3
    stackMax: 4
    weight: 1.0
  - item: AmberPearl
    stackMin: 2
    stackMax: 4
    weight: 1.0
  - item: WolfPelt
    stackMin: 2
    stackMax: 4
    weight: 1.0
  - item: Crystal
    stackMin: 4
    stackMax: 6
    weight: 1.0
  - item: ArrowFrost
    stackMin: 4
    stackMax: 10
    weight: 1.0

More World Locations

The goal of the More World Locations series is to solve Valheims exploration problem. Valheim has a giant map but relatively few points of interest (POI) to find. Once a player learns that each biome is just a copy of what they've already seen, exploring the rest of the map feels unnecessary. The More World Locations series will fix this problem by adding dozens of handcrafted, unique, and interesting POIs to the Valheim world. I started developing the series in Febuary 2024 and have released the following mods in the series.