Vikings Archer

Vikings Archer is a complete archery expansion for Valheim. It adds a full archer progression from the Meadows to the Ashlands: biome-based armor sets, unique bows, exclusive arrows, quivers, dedicated equipment slots, and five bow abilities unlocked through Ability Manuals.

Features

Equipment

• Armor Sets – Seven biome-based archer sets with status effects designed for ranged combat.
• Bows – Seven unique bows, one per biome, with progressive damage, accuracy, and noise.
• Exclusive Arrows – Three arrow variations per biome from the Black Forest onward, dealing blunt, pierce, or slash damage.
• Quivers – Three quivers that store arrows separately, reduce their weight, and grant equipment bonuses.
• Crafting Stations – Two dedicated archery tables with their own extensions.

Bow Abilities

Equip an Ability Manual in the Manual slot and use the secondary attack with a bow to trigger its ability. Each ability has seven manual tiers, one per biome, and every tier can be configured individually.

• Every ability uses arrows from your quiver or inventory and has its own cooldown, shown as a status effect.
• Manual tooltips always show the current values from the configuration.
• Barrage and Death Mark display a ground ring with their exact radius.

Quiver System

• Right-click an arrow inside the equipped quiver to select it.
• Switch arrows without opening the inventory: Y for the next arrow, Shift + Y for the previous one.
• When a stack runs out, the quiver switches to the next arrow and notifies you.
• Arrows picked up from the ground go straight into the equipped quiver.
• An arrow counter is shown next to the crosshair while a bow is equipped.
• The equipped quiver is displayed on the player's back.
• Open the equipped quiver with Alt + E while pointing at it in the inventory.

Quality of Life

• Bow Zoom – The camera zooms in while drawing a bow.
• Noise Reduction – Bow noise decreases as the Bows skill increases.
• Stealth Reduction – Crouching with a bow or knife lowers your stealth factor, scaling with the weapon skill.

Requirements and Compatibility

• BepInExPack Valheim – required.
• AzuExtendedPlayerInventory – optional. Adds the dedicated Manual and Quiver slots to the inventory. Without it, manuals and quivers can still be equipped.
• EpicLoot – compatible.
• Configuration is synchronized with the server. Changes to the configuration file are reloaded automatically.
• Multi-language support: English, Portuguese (Brazil), and Russian. Additional languages can be added with an external YAML translation file.

Installation (manual)

Place Vikings_Archer.dll inside your BepInEx\plugins\ folder.

Updating to 1.2.9: delete the configuration file so a new one is generated. Do not update on an existing server: some bows were removed and those items will be lost.

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