Deep North Gem Enhancements

Do you enjoy the Ashlands Gem Enhancments that use Blooodstone, Iolite, and Jade, to craft incredible special weapons? Did you delve deep into the depths of Mörkhalla excitedly collecting all the new gems you could find only to later be disappointed by the discovery they cannot be used to enhance your new weapons? If so this mod might be for you!

Deep North Gem Enhancements introduces a total of five new weapon sets forged for the Deep North. Each set brings its own damage profile, visual identity, and gameplay effects. Detailed damage and effect configuration options for each weapon set (as well as the original Frostfire and Thunderblood weapon sets) allow you to fine tune the balance of these powerful endgame weapons to fit perfectly into your game.

At a glance

• 12 weapon types are supported in each set covering all Nord weapon types
• Custom weapon icons, lighting, and weapon effects for each set
• Crafting and quality upgrades at the Black Forge
• Quality upgrades at the Forge of Potential use Bloodgold Battle Idols
• Host-synchronized gameplay configuration
• Optional weapon support for Valheim Armory: https://thunderstore.io/c/valheim/p/MidnightMods/ValheimArmory/
• Optional weapon support for Dual Swords: https://thunderstore.io/c/valheim/p/AlexDrake/DualSwords/

The Gem Effects

There are 4 gem types that can be found within the depths of Mörkhalla: Solryth, Grimvarn, Draumyx, and Veydris.

Each gem relates to a damage type and unique effect.

Disoriented

Affected targets deal 10% reduced outgoing damage. Affected creatures can wander within a small area or will attack other creatures if able. The proc chance, damage reduction, duration, and wander range can be configured.

Life Siphon

The weapon gains 0.1% bonus damage per point of missing Health. 10% of the bonus damage actually dealt is restored to the wielder as Health. The percent of bonus damage restored as health is configurable.

A New Essence

At end game Thunderblood and Frostfire essence is used to create powerful weapons that combine pre-existing elemental damage types and effects into the strongest end game weapons. With some of these new gem enhancements bringing entirely new effects it was only fitting to include a new essence type. The mod also provides configuration for all three Deep North essence weapon sets.

Fallen Warriors can drop the new Shadowsiphon Essence in addition to Frostfire Essence and Thunderblood Essence at the same drop rate. Its ground orb has a custom appearance with its own visual identity.

The Weapon Sets

Each set supports 15 total weapon types:

Atgeir · Axe · Bow · Crossbow · Dagger · Greataxe · Greatsword · Knucklechains · Mace · Sledge · Spear · Sword · Dual Axes · Dual Daggers · Dual Swords

Valheim Armory is required for Dual Axes and Dual Daggers, and the Dual Swords mod is required for Dual Swords. Those weapon types are only available when their source mods are installed.

Fire Weapons

Frost Weapons

Shadow Weapons

Siphon Weapons

Shadowsiphon Weapons

Crafting and upgrades

Solryth, Grimvarn, Draumyx, and Veydris are used to craft Fire, Frost, Shadow, and Siphon weapons at a Black Forge level 4 requiring a matching Nord weapon, 10 Bloodgold, and 1 matching gem. Quality 2, 3, and 4 upgrades cost 10/20/40 Bloodgold and 1/2/4 matching gems, with Black Forge requirements increasing to levels 5, 6, and 7.

Shadowsiphon weapons also craft at the Black Forge level 4 using the matching Nord weapon, 20 Bloodgold, and 1 Shadowsiphon Essence just like the Bloodthunder and Frostfire weapons. Quality upgrades cost 10/20/40 Bloodgold and 1/2/4 essence, with Black Forge requirements increasing to levels 5, 6, and 7.

Configuration

Gameplay settings are grouped by weapon set and synchronized from the host to connected players. Options include elemental damage values, proc chances, Life Siphon return, Disoriented settings, and the Solryth/Frostfire warmth toggles. Essence weapons have per-weapon damage settings, including quality 1 damage and quality growth. A value of zero can remove a configured damage channel.

Dual weapon settings control this mod's runtime weapon values; they do not edit the separate configuration files from the Valheim Armory or Dual Swords mods.

Requirements and compatibility

• BepInExPack Valheim
• Jotunn
• Valheim Armory (optional; enables its supported dual weapon variants)
• Dual Swords (optional; enables its supported dual sword variant)

Install with r2modman or Thunderstore Mod Manager. For manual installation, place the mod files in the Valheim BepInEx/plugins folder.

Testing status

Weapon effects, visuals, recipes, upgrades, the Shadowsiphon Essence drop, and configuration toggles have been confirmed in solo play. Multiplayer validation is still planned.