Skip Intro - straight to the main menu

Every start of Valheim shows two studio logos, then, on the first main menu, the intro video. This mod skips both, so the game goes straight to the main menu. Each one has its own switch in the config, both skipped by default.

Only pure waits are cut. Everything the game prepares before the menu still happens as usual: the menu loads, your save data and the input device are set up, the game's own start-up warnings still show. Client side, tiny and on its own: no other mod needed, nothing for the server or the other players.

What it does

• No splash logos: the Coffee Stain and Iron Gate logos (2 seconds each) are gone, and so are the notice screens before loading on platforms that show them. The menu starts loading at once.
• No intro video on the first main menu: the menu fades in right away, exactly as with the game's own setting "Skip intro cinematic". The game's setting itself is not changed.
• The real loading stays: the Valheim logo with the loading bar is the menu actually loading, so it is shown for as long as that takes.
• Two switches: turn the video or the logos back on in the config or in the F1 window.
• Safe across game updates: if an update renames what the mod hooks, that part simply stays as in the game and the log says so; the game starts either way.

Installation

1. Install BepInExPack Valheim (a mod manager does it for you).
2. Put SkipIntro.dll into Valheim/BepInEx/plugins/.
3. Start the game: it opens on the main menu.

Updating: replace the old SkipIntro.dll; your settings stay.

Compatibility

• Client only: install it where you play. Servers and the other players do not need it, and it changes nothing in your worlds or characters.
• Main menu mods (UI themes and the like) keep working: the menu is shown the game's own way.
• Another intro skipping mod at the same time does no harm; one is enough.
• Valheim 1.0.21, BepInEx 5.4.23+. No known conflicts.

Settings

BepInEx/config/chistix.skipintro.cfg, also in the F1 window (Configuration Manager); they take effect at the next start of the game:

• [General] IntroVideo (false) - show the intro video on the first main menu; false skips it.
• [General] Logos (false) - show the splash logos at start; false skips them.

Credits

Made by Chistix: idea, design, direction and testing. Code written with Claude Code (Anthropic) as an AI coding assistant, under Chistix's direction.

Uses BepInEx and Harmony. No game files are included; the pictures are drawn for this mod.

All rights reserved. You may use the mod, show it in videos and streams and list it as a dependency; re-uploading or changed versions need the author's permission.

The mod is free and stays free. If you'd like to say thanks: PayPal

Links

My dev channel on YouTube

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Changelog

0.1.2

• Shorter description. No change in the game: the same code as 0.1.1.

0.1.1

• First public release of Skip Intro: the game starts straight on the main menu.
• No splash logos (Coffee Stain, Iron Gate) and no notice screens before loading; the menu starts loading at once, the loading screen of the real loading stays.
• No intro video on the first main menu: the menu fades in at once, as with the game's own "Skip intro cinematic" setting (that setting is not changed).
• Two switches in the config and the F1 window: IntroVideo and Logos (both false: skipped). Descriptions in English and Russian.
• Members the mod hooks are found by name: if a game update renames one, that part stays as in the game and the log says so.