Odin's Wanted Posters

Huginn and Muninn have been busy. Every beast in Valheim has a file, and Odin has slipped you a copy.

Look at a creature and press E to see its wanted poster, in the same style as the game's own item tooltips:

• Level: with its stars written out plainly
• Health: current and maximum, so you know how much fight is left
• Weak to / Resists / Immune to: blunt, slash, pierce, fire, frost, lightning, poison and spirit
• Drops: what it can drop, and how likely each drop is at its star level
• A one-line remark from Odin, because he has opinions

No item to craft, no book to read. If you can see it, Odin has a poster for it.

How the poster is filled in

Everything comes from the game's own data about the creature you're looking at, not from a built-in list. Creatures added by other mods get accurate posters too, and the posters stay correct after Valheim patches rebalance things.

The poster reuses the game's own tooltip, so it looks like it belongs.

When and where it shows

By default, look at a creature and press E. The poster stays up for 5 seconds and keeps its health up to date, even if you look away. Press E again to restart the timer, or on another creature to switch. E is also the Use key, but wild creatures can't be used, so the two don't get in each other's way (tamed animals still get their pat). Change the key with ShowKey, or set Trigger to Look to show the poster whenever you're looking at a creature, no key needed.

Placement picks where the poster goes:

• Crosshair (default): just beside the crosshair.
• AboveCreature: floating over the creature's head, following it around.
• Pinned: a fixed spot of your choosing. Open your inventory and the poster appears at its pinned spot. Drag it with the mouse, and it stays there when you close the inventory.

Configuration

Settings live in BepInEx/config/hevyh2o.valheim.odinswantedposters.cfg. If you have a Configuration Manager mod installed, you can also change them in game (usually F1); this mod doesn't need one.

Things to know

• Your eyes only. Posters are drawn on your screen. Works in single-player and multiplayer, and nobody else needs the mod.
• Hidden when you're busy. No posters while your inventory, map, menu or chat is open, or when the HUD is hidden.
• It's a reference, not a spoiler machine. If you'd rather find out the hard way what a Fuling drops, turn on UnseenDropsHidden.
• Rare drops are streaky. For drops with a 30% chance or less, the game evens out your luck over time. The percentage shown is the average.

Also from Odin's tavern

Odin's Free Refills: no stamina costs while the coast is clear. One tells you when it's safe, the other tells you what's coming when it isn't.

Changelog

0.2.6

• Listing now links Odin's Weapon Memories, the newest mod from Odin's tavern.
• No gameplay changes.

0.2.5

• Listing now links Odin's Drunk Cam, the newest mod from Odin's tavern.
• No gameplay changes.

0.2.4

• Listing now links the four new mods from Odin's tavern: Odin's Saga, Odin's Hearth, Odin's Pantry and Odin's Raven Returns.
• No gameplay changes.

0.2.3

• New icon: the Bearded Giants triple horn, now shared by every mod from Odin's tavern.
• No gameplay changes.

0.2.2

• Listing now links to the newest mod from Odin's tavern, Odin's Almanac.
• No gameplay changes.

0.2.1

• Odin has opinions on more creatures: hares, hens, cubs and calves, Bjorn and Unbjorn, ghosts, ranged draugr, Fuling archers, Dvergr mages, Charred mages and twitchers, the Bonemaw, Hildir's three bosses and more.
• Variants such as sleeping draugr, biome skeletons and Fader's summons now share their base creature's remark instead of the generic one.

0.2.0

• New default: look at a creature and press E to show its poster for 5 seconds. The key (ShowKey) and time (ShowSeconds) are configurable, and Trigger = Look restores the always-on behaviour.
• New Placement setting: beside the crosshair (default), floating above the creature, or pinned to a spot you choose by dragging it while the inventory is open.
• The poster now hides while chat is being typed in.

0.1.0

First test build.

• Look at a creature to see a vanilla-style tooltip with its level, health, damage weaknesses, resistances, immunities and drops.
• Drop chances account for the creature's stars.
• One-line remarks from Odin for vanilla creatures, plus a generic line for modded ones.
• Optional UnseenDropsHidden mode for spoiler-free play.