Odin's Stone Whispers

Somewhere out there, a Rock ("It's a stone.") or a Mysterious Rock is waiting to be picked up. Odin knows.

When a wild Mysterious Rock is within 120 m of you, a cryptic line from Odin fades in just above the middle of your screen ("Something mysterious is in the air...", "Not every rock is only a rock..."), drifts slowly upward and fades away near the top. If you like, a short gust of the game's own wind can blow with it (WindGust).

Odin never says where the rock is. You only know it's close. Hunt for it yourself, or press 9 and Odin keeps turning your gaze toward the nearest rock until you find it.

• After a whisper, Odin waits 5 minutes before the next (FrequencyMinutes, up to 30). Turn FrequencyCheck off and he keeps whispering for as long as you're near a rock.
• Sixteen built-in lines, never the same one twice in a row, or write your own.
• The line waits while you're in a menu, on the map or dead, and shows once you're back.
• Rocks count before they're drawn on screen, so a rock behind a hill still counts.

Odin's gaze (9)

Press 9 to switch rock seeking on. Your view swings round, smoothly, until the crosshair points at the nearest Mysterious Rock anywhere in the area the game has loaded around you (this isn't limited to RangeMeters). Then it does it again every 10 seconds, so you can walk toward the rock and get nudged back on course. Press 9 again to stop.

• If there's no rock around when you switch it on, Odin tells you the stones are silent. Seeking stays on and picks one up as soon as one comes into the loaded area.
• A deliberate mouse movement takes back control of that turn; small hand jitter while walking does not.
• While seeking, a line near the top of the screen shows how far away the nearest rock is, updated every second, or says there's no stone in reach.
• A note in the top-left corner says when seeking switches on or off.

Both keys (LocateKey 9, and the optional test key PreviewKey, unbound by default) and the repeat time (LocateRepeatSeconds) can be changed in game through Configuration Manager (F1), under Keys.

Client-side only

Only you need it. It reads what the game already knows about the area around you and changes nothing in the world: no new items, no network messages, no world data. Works in single-player, on dedicated servers and with friends who don't have it.

Configuration

Settings live in BepInEx/config/hevyh2o.valheim.odinsstonewhispers.cfg. If you have a Configuration Manager mod installed, you can also change them in game (usually F1).

Things to know

• The game only keeps track of the area loaded around you. With default game settings that reaches past 120 m, but very large RangeMeters values stop helping at some point.
• Rocks waiting to be picked up and rocks lying loose on the ground both count. Rocks placed as pets only count with CountPlacedRocks.

Also from Odin's tavern

Odin's Free Refills: no stamina costs while the coast is clear. Wander the Black Forest after a rock without stopping for breath.

Odin's Wanted Posters: look at a creature and press E to see its health, weaknesses and drops. For whatever is guarding the clearing.

Odin's Almanac: press K for a forecast of the next weather changes in your biome. Rocks are easier to spot when it isn't raining.

Odin's Saga: sleep or log out and Odin reads you the saga of your day; press J for a lifetime of deeds. Even a pet rock deserves a verse.

Odin's Hearth: press N at home to see your comfort level, what's counting, and the cheapest piece to build next. Somewhere warm for your new rock to sit.

Odin's Pantry: press P to see your foods, what you could cook right now, and Odin's best three-food pick for your biome. Pack lunch for the rock hunt.

Odin's Raven Returns: after you die, a raven guards your grave; press H to see where it is, what killed you and what's still waiting there. In case the clearing wasn't empty.

Odin's Drunk Cam: drink a mead and the world sways; the more meads, the more it sways. Purely visual, with an intensity slider and an off key. Every rock looks like it's whispering after three.

Odin's Weapon Memories: every weapon remembers what it has done and earns a name from it, with its maker's name engraved for good. The rocks remember too; they just don't brag.