JGRPG

JGRPG adds an RPG progression system to Valheim with six playable classes, talent trees, active abilities, and shared world progression.

Features

• Player class is selected through the JGRPG configuration before opening the game and can be changed at any time while outside the game.
• Persistent character class and talent choices
• 90 RPG levels
• Shared world RPG level and XP progression
• Boss-gated level caps
• Talent points earned as you level
• Free talent resets
• Five active abilities per class
• Configurable keyboard and gamepad ability keybinds
• An additional Eitr food mod is recommended for Sorcerer and Shaman progression; JGFOOD is specifically pre-designed to work alongside JGRPG with no changes required.

Tank

A defensive class focused on armor, blocking, damage reduction, taunting enemies, and protecting nearby allies.

Abilities

• Provoke - Taunts nearby enemies and forces their attention onto the Tank.
• Fortify - Temporarily increases the Tank's durability and reduces the stamina cost of blocking.
• Thunderclap - Unleashes a close-range lightning attack that damages nearby enemies.
• Guardian's Rally - Protects nearby allies by reducing the damage they take.
• Odin's Glare - Staggers nearby enemies, creating an opening for the Tank and their allies.

Berserker

An aggressive melee class focused on melee damage, attack speed, Rage, low-health bonuses, and powerful close-range abilities. Supports swords, axes, clubs, knives, spears, polearms, and fists/fist weapons.

Abilities

• Rage - Temporarily increases melee damage by 50%, movement speed by 20%, and two-handed attack speed by 20% at the cost of taking increased damage.
• Whirlwind - Spins through nearby enemies, dealing weapon damage in an area around the Berserker.
• Fury - Prevents the Berserker's health from falling below a temporary health floor while disabling health regeneration.
• Vorpal - Greatly increases melee damage and allows attacks to execute weakened enemies.
• Thor's Hammer - Temporarily increases melee damage and converts physical weapon damage into Lightning damage.

Ranger

A ranged class focused on bows and crossbows, mobility, Hunter's Mark, explosive attacks, rapid fire, party buffs, and spear training as a melee backup option.

Abilities

• Hunter's Mark - Marks an enemy, causing it to take increased damage.
• Explosive Shot - Temporarily causes ranged attacks to explode and damage enemies around the target.
• Rapid Shot - Rapidly fires a volley of arrows or bolts at reduced damage per shot.
• Ranger's Rally - Buffs nearby allies with increased stamina regeneration, attack speed, and movement speed.
• Ullr's Quiver - Temporarily fires multiple arrows or bolts with each ranged attack.

Rogue

A stealth-focused melee class centered on daggers, Sneak, mobility, poison damage, and burst attacks.

Abilities

• Vanish - Drops enemy aggro and conceals the Rogue from enemies until the effect expires or the Rogue breaks stealth.
• Backstab - Delivers a powerful dagger attack that staggers the target when striking from behind.
• Fan of Knives - Spins and throws knives outward, damaging all nearby enemies.
• Shadow Walk - Teleports behind a targeted enemy and delivers a powerful dagger strike.
• Loki's Gambit - Rapidly teleports between nearby enemies while delivering a series of powerful dagger strikes.

Sorcerer

A magic-focused class centered on Eitr, elemental damage, spell channeling, battlefield control, and powerful area attacks.

Abilities

• Fireball - Channels and launches a Fire projectile that locks onto an enemy when casting begins. The True Fireball talent adds an area-of-effect explosion and enables free aiming.
• Ice Nova - Unleashes a radial Frost attack that damages and slows nearby enemies.
• Gravity Well - Creates a temporary area that repeatedly pulls nearby enemies toward its center.
• Haste - Increases attack speed and spell channeling speed for the Sorcerer and nearby allies.
• Meteor - Channels a powerful meteor strike that deals heavy Blunt and Fire damage to enemies in an area.

Shaman

A support-focused magic class specializing in healing, elemental resistance, protective shields, and lightning damage. The Shaman excels at keeping allies alive and strengthening their defenses while retaining offensive capabilities for solo play.

Abilities

• Chain Lightning - Channels a Lightning spell that locks onto an enemy when casting begins. Upon release, lightning strikes the locked target before jumping to up to two additional nearby enemies, dealing reduced damage with each jump. Requires a valid enemy target to begin casting.
• Chain Heal - Channels a healing spell that locks onto a friendly player when casting begins. Upon release, healing jumps to up to two additional nearby allies, prioritizing those with the lowest remaining health percentage. Automatically targets the Shaman if no ally is selected when casting begins.
• Ancestral Blessing - Temporarily increases the elemental damage resistance of the Shaman and nearby allies against Fire, Frost, Lightning, Poison, and Spirit damage.
• Earthen Ward - Grants the Shaman and nearby allies a temporary protective shield that absorbs incoming damage based on each player's maximum health.
• Ancestral Totem - Summons a stationary totem that periodically restores health to the Shaman and nearby allies within its radius.

Controls

Keyboard

• U - Open or close the Talent Tree
• Shift + 1 - Ability 1
• Shift + 2 - Ability 2
• Shift + 3 - Ability 3
• Shift + 4 - Ability 4
• Shift + 5 - Ability 5

Gamepad

Default gamepad controls:

• LB + D-Pad Up - Ability 1
• LB + D-Pad Right - Ability 2
• LB + D-Pad Down - Ability 3
• LB + D-Pad Left - Ability 4
• LB + A - Ability 5
• LB + Y - Open or close the Talent Tree

While the Talent Tree is open:

• D-Pad - Navigate talents
• A - Purchase the selected talent or activate Reset Talents

Keyboard and gamepad bindings can be changed in the mod configuration.

Dev Commands

For testing and development, enable Valheim's devcommands and use:

• jgrpg_setlevel <1-90> - Sets the current JGRPG world level for testing talents and abilities.

Installation

Mod Manager

Install JGRPG through Thunderstore Mod Manager or r2modman. Required dependencies should be installed automatically.

Manual Installation

Install BepInEx and Jotunn first. Then place JGRPG.dll inside: BepInEx/plugins/

Multiplayer

JGRPG is intended for multiplayer use and should be installed on the dedicated server and on every player's client. Single-player and dedicated-server multiplayer functionality have been tested. Additional multiplayer edge cases may still exist.

Compatibility

Tested alongside:

• JGQoL
• JGFoP
• JGFOOD
• RtDOcean
• UnderTheSea

Changelog

0.5.0

• Added the Úlfhéðnar (Ravager) class with a full 120-rank talent tree through level 90 and five unique active abilities.
• Changed the player-facing names of all seven classes:
  • Tank → Huscarl
  • Berserker → Einherjar
  • Ranger → Veiðimaðr
  • Rogue → Níðingr
  • Sorcerer → Galdramaðr
  • Shaman → Seiðmaðr

0.4.1

• Expanded Shaman equipment compatibility to allow casting all five abilities while wielding a shield, a one-handed mace or club, or a one-handed mace or club with a shield. Unarmed and magic staff casting remain supported.
• Updated Shaman Chain Lightning and Chain Heal equipment validation to support these additional equipment combinations throughout channeling.
• Magic staves remain the primary progression equipment for Shaman from Mistlands onward, as Chain Lightning damage continues to scale with the equipped staff's progression tier. Shields and one-handed maces or clubs provide alternative defensive and melee playstyles without replacing magic staff damage progression.

0.4.0

• Added the Shaman class with a full 120-rank talent tree through level 90 and five unique active abilities.
• Changed Sorcerer Fireball to lock onto a valid enemy when channeling begins. Fireball can no longer be cast without a valid enemy target unless True Fireball is unlocked.
• Changed True Fireball to retain free aiming, allowing players to redirect the spell during channeling and target the ground without requiring an enemy.
• Removed the 50% Channel-time reduction previously granted by equipping a magic staff. Staves continue to increase Fireball damage according to their progression tier, and Sorcerer Haste continues to affect casting speed.

0.3.2

• Fixed Sorcerer Fireball causing recurring ZNetScene.RemoveObjects() exceptions and severe performance degradation when moving between areas or using portals.
• Reworked Fireball channeling hand effects to use local, non-networked visuals.

0.3.1

Sorry, was time to do some real balancing. Go Go Magic Nerf Stick!

• Reduced Ranger Fleet Footed 1, 2, and 3 movement speed bonuses from 3% to 2% per rank.
• Increased Berserker Rage melee damage bonus from 30% to 50%.
• Added a 20% movement speed bonus while Berserker Rage is active.
• Reduced Sorcerer Fireball base damage by 25% across all progression tiers.
• Reduced Sorcerer Eitr Regeneration 1, 2, and 3 bonuses from 10% to 5% per rank.

0.3.0

• Added the Sorcerer class with a full 120-rank talent tree through level 90 and five unique active abilities.
• Renamed Rogue ability Killing Spree to Loki's Gambit.
• Changed Berserker Relentless Pursuit 1 from 3 ranks at +5% movement speed per rank to 2 ranks at +10% movement speed per rank.
• Added the Berserker Sunder talent, allowing two-handed melee attacks while Raging to ignore enemy damage resistances.
• Prevented Sunder from bypassing the resistances of Stone Golems and Gammeltrolls.

0.2.0

• Added the Rogue class with a full 120-rank talent tree through level 90 and five unique active abilities.

0.1.65

• Changed Tank Provoke to reapply its taunt to nearby enemies every second while active, allowing newly entering enemies to be affected.
• Added a repeating shout visual effect to Tank Provoke.
• Added a visual effect to Tank Fortify that increases the equipped shield's size by 20% while active.
• Added a shield indicator to players benefiting from Tank Guardian's Rally.
• Added glowing blue eyes and lightning arcs to enemies affected by Tank Odin's Glare.
• Added red downward target markers to enemies affected by Ranger Hunter's Mark, including multiple targets affected by Group Hunt.
• Added a short damage-type-colored impact burst to Ranger Explosive Shot.
• Added a bow indicator to players benefiting from Ranger's Rally.
• Replaced Ranger Dagger Training talents with Spear Training, changing their damage bonuses from knives to spears.

0.1.64

• Increased Berserker Rage melee damage bonus from 10% to 30%.
• Added a 20% two-handed melee attack speed bonus while Rage is active.
• Added a red character visual effect while Rage is active.
• Added a movement-friendly spinning visual effect to Berserker Whirlwind.
• Added a persistent blood-drip visual effect while Berserker Fury is active.
• Added a silver-white weapon shine effect while Berserker Vorpal is active.
• Added a lightning effect around the equipped melee weapon while Berserker Thor's Might is active.
• Added the jgrpg_setlevel <1-90> devcommand for testing world progression, talents, and abilities.

0.1.63

• Added Berserker support for fists and fist weapons.

0.1.62

• Restored vertical scrolling to the Talent Tree so all talent rows remain accessible at 1920x1080 and other lower-resolution displays.

0.1.61

• Updated Jotunn dependency to 2.30.2.
• Rebuilt against the latest Jotunn release.

0.1.6

• Fixed JGRPG hotkeys activating while typing map marker names.

0.1.5

• Fixed Talent Tree gamepad navigation being blocked while the Talent Tree was open.
• Fixed gamepad ability combinations triggering the underlying vanilla hotbar action.

0.1.4

• Fixed a controller regression that prevented navigating or closing the Talent Tree with a gamepad.
• Changed gamepad ability input handling so the JGRPG modifier no longer interferes with Talent Tree controls.
• Prevented the vanilla hotbar from responding while the JGRPG gamepad ability modifier is held.

0.1.3

• Fixed first-time boss kills failing to raise the world level cap before awarding boss XP on dedicated servers.
• Fixed networked boss kills so boss progression is handled correctly by the server.
• Prevented repeat boss kills from awarding RPG XP after their progression tier has already been unlocked.
• Prevented JGRPG keyboard hotkeys from activating while typing in chat, the console, or other text input fields.

0.1.2

• Added full gamepad support for class abilities.
• Added configurable gamepad bindings for abilities and the Talent Tree.
• Added controller navigation for the Talent Tree.
• Added visible controller selection highlighting and talent description tooltips.
• Added controller access to Reset Talents.
• Prevented Talent Tree controller navigation from moving the vanilla hotbar.
• Improved Talent Tree layout at 2560x1440 and other lower resolutions to prevent talent names from overlapping neighboring buttons.

0.1.1

• Fixed an issue that caused world RPG progression to initialize at Level 90.
• Removed leftover development/testing progression settings.

0.1.0

• Initial public release
• Added Tank, Berserker, and Ranger classes
• Added full talent trees through level 90
• Added five active abilities per class
• Added shared world RPG progression
• Added boss-gated level caps
• Added talent reset functionality
• Added ability cooldown and active-effect UI
• Added persistent character talent progression
• Added configurable ability keybinds