Valheim Creature Spawner (English UI)

Author: SuperNova (Ivan Romanov)
Version: 0.2.3
Target game: Valheim 1.0.20 (n-41), BepInEx 5

A developer/admin utility that opens an in-game creature-spawner HUD with F6. The plugin scans the active ZNetScene prefab catalogue and adds curated English display names, biome metadata, and creature categories. Russian names remain supported as search aliases.

Features

• English-language HUD and status messages.
• Search by English name, Russian name, localized in-game name, or internal prefab ID.
• Filters for All, Regular, and Bosses. Mini-bosses are included in the Bosses category.
• Biome filter with All Biomes, individual biomes, a separate Any Biome category, and Unknown.
• Spawn the selected prefab in front of the player or at the surface under the crosshair.
• Count control (1–50).
• Level selector: level 1 = no stars, level 2 = one star, level 3 = two stars, when supported by the selected prefab.
• Optional custom creature name. Leave it blank to keep the default name.
• While the HUD is open, the cursor is visible and unlocked, gameplay input is blocked, and the mouse wheel does not zoom the camera. Close with F6 or Escape.
• Confirmed nearby killall action: applies lethal damage to loaded non-player characters, including tamed creatures. Players are excluded. Host/server only.
• Configurable hotkeys: F6 opens/closes the HUD, F7 spawns in front, and F8 spawns at the crosshair.
• Network spawning and killall actions are restricted to the host/server.

Catalogue notes

The list is discovered from the active game build at runtime. Prefabs missing curated metadata still appear, using their internal prefab ID as the fallback English display name. Their biome may be Unknown. Curated names, categories and biomes are provided for many vanilla creatures, NPCs, bosses and Deep North variants, but the metadata is not yet exhaustive for every rare prefab or summoned minion.

Some NPCs, fish, bosses and special creatures may not support custom levels or names, and may behave differently when spawned outside their native biome. Back up your world before testing, especially before spawning groups or bosses.

Installation

1. Install BepInEx for Valheim and ensure your active r2modman profile contains BepInEx/core/BepInEx.dll and BepInEx/core/0Harmony.dll.
2. Import downloaded ZIP archive into r2modman using its local mod import feature. Disable or remove earlier versions of this plugin first.
3. Load into a world and press F6.

Configuration

The BepInEx config is created at BepInEx/config/com.supernova.valheimcreaturespawner.cfg. You can change the HUD toggle key, spawn hotkeys, and default count/level there.