Why Sleep Alone?

Why Sleep Alone? turns Valheim's Dragon Bed into a true shared bed for two players — and, as of 1.0.0, can also support compatible double beds from other mods when their prefab names are explicitly added to the configuration.

Sleep together, share the same home and respawn point, wake with Satisfied, and choose between atmospheric, romantic, cheeky or fully custom dream text.

Created by TheLionCid.

Version: 1.0.0
Valheim: 1.0.17
Framework: BepInEx 5.4.2351

What's New in 1.0.0

• Expanded narrative system with 80 shared-sleep dreams and 20 wake lines, available in English and Spanish.
• Stronger Viking/Norse identity across Neutral, Romantic and Bawdy writing.
• Bawdy keeps Mild and Spicy intensity options.
• Improved anti-repeat system: recent dreams and wake lines are kept out of the pool while alternatives remain.
• More conservative vanilla dream protection: Why Sleep Alone only replaces verified generic vanilla dream results.
• Boss, progression, special and cinematic dreams always keep priority.
• New Custom text mode that loads your own dreams and wake lines from an external UTF-8 file.
• Optional custom-text participation in Mixed mode.
• New AdditionalDoubleBeds option for compatible double beds from other mods.
• Additional-bed configuration is synchronized from the host through the existing gameplay snapshot.
• Existing sleep/respawn position sliders are reused for custom beds.
• Existing multiplayer identity, occupancy, reward, cleanup and respawn systems remain in place.

Core Features

• Share the vanilla Dragon Bed (piece_bed02) with one other player.
• Two linked players can sleep in the same bed at the same time.
• Both linked players can use the same shared bed as their respawn point.
• Separate configurable sleep and respawn positions for Player A and Player B.
• Completing a valid shared night grants both players Satisfied.
• Satisfied can improve Health, Stamina and Eitr regeneration.
• Satisfied works alongside vanilla Rested.
• Neutral, Romantic, Bawdy, Mixed and Custom text modes.
• Romantic/Bawdy presentation can reuse short vanilla heart effects on wake.
• Uses Valheim runtime assets where appropriate; no external AssetBundle is required.

Additional Double Beds from Other Mods

The vanilla Dragon Bed is always supported automatically:

piece_bed02

You can explicitly add compatible beds from other mods in:

BepInEx/config/TheLionCid.WhySleepAlone.cfg

Example:

[Compatibility]
AdditionalDoubleBeds = FancyDoubleBed, OakMarriageBed, MyModdedBed

Use the exact prefab name, not the visible/localized item name.

Why Sleep Alone validates configured beds against the actual registered prefab and expects compatible Valheim bed components such as Bed, ZNetView and a usable spawn point. It does not automatically treat every object containing "bed" in its name as a shared bed.

The existing global Sleep A / Sleep B / Spawn A / Spawn B position controls are used for these beds, so players can adjust positioning to match the bed model.

Important compatibility note

I have not been able to test the custom-bed integration in live gameplay with third-party bed mods because we do not currently use custom bed mods in our own world. This feature was added by community request.

The implementation has logic/build coverage, but that is not the same as validating every third-party bed's geometry, animation setup or prefab structure in-game.

If you test a modded bed, compatibility feedback is very welcome. When reporting a problem, please include:

• the bed mod name and version;
• the exact prefab name you added;
• whether you are host or client;
• screenshots of player positioning if relevant;
• the BepInEx log from the affected player and, for multiplayer issues, the host as well.

All participating players still need the mod that provides the custom bed.

Custom Dreams & Wake Text

Version 1.0.0 adds a Custom text profile.

The mod uses:

BepInEx/config/WhySleepAlone_CustomText.txt

If the file does not exist, Why Sleep Alone creates a commented example without overwriting an existing file.

Format:

# Lines beginning with # are comments.
# One complete entry per line.

[Dreams]
You dream of the first house you built together...
Someone stole all the furs again. Suspicious.

[Wake]
You wake beside the reason you keep coming home.
The bed survived another night.

The file is UTF-8 and supports English, Spanish and other Unicode text.

To use only your own text:

[Text]
SharedSleepTone = Custom

To let custom entries occasionally appear in Mixed mode:

IncludeCustomInMixed = true

When enabled, custom text receives a 10% share of the relevant Mixed selection pool when valid custom entries are available.

Custom text is local presentation and is not synchronized over the network. This means two players may intentionally have different custom text files.

After editing the file, restart the game or reload the BepInEx configuration through a tool that invokes ConfigFile.Reload.

If the file is missing, empty or invalid, the mod falls back safely instead of breaking sleep.

Dream System & Vanilla Cinematics

Why Sleep Alone uses Valheim's native dream presentation rather than replacing it with a separate cinematic/UI system.

Version 1.0.0 is deliberately conservative:

• only verified generic vanilla dream results are eligible for replacement;
• boss/progression/special dreams remain vanilla;
• active or pending sleep cinematics retain priority;
• unknown or null dream results are preserved;
• vanilla dream objects and progression flags are not modified;
• the mod does not reroll vanilla dreams just to force one of its own messages.

As a result, a Why Sleep Alone dream is not guaranteed to appear every shared night. Preserving Valheim's own narrative behavior takes priority.

Text & Mood Modes

Neutral

Quiet, mysterious and companion-focused, with stronger Norse/Valheim atmosphere.

Romantic

Affectionate without feeling modern: returning from raids, shared fires, runestones, voyages, home and remembrance.

Bawdy

Adult Viking tavern humor and suggestive shared-night text.

Two intensity levels are available:

• Mild
• Spicy

When Spicy is selected, the pool keeps some Mild lines for variety instead of making every line equally intense.

Mixed

Uses the built-in weighted blend:

• 45% Neutral
• 30% Romantic
• 20% Bawdy Mild
• 5% Bawdy Spicy

If IncludeCustomInMixed is enabled and valid custom entries exist, custom text is blended into the selection as described above.

Custom

Uses player-written entries from WhySleepAlone_CustomText.txt, with safe fallback if a category has no valid entries.

Anti-Repetition

The narrative system keeps a small local history to reduce repetition:

• up to the last 10 different dreams are excluded while alternatives exist;
• recent wake lines are also avoided;
• if a pool is too small, the restriction relaxes safely rather than blocking sleep.

The history is local and lightweight; it does not add network traffic.

Shared Bed & Respawn

A supported shared bed can be associated with two players:

• Player A: the vanilla owner;
• Player B: the linked partner.

The persistent shared-bed association is separate from temporary sleep occupancy.

Both linked players can use the same bed as their respawn point. If a linked bed becomes unavailable, the mod uses the existing safe cleanup/fallback behavior instead of creating a respawn loop.

Satisfied

When both linked players successfully complete a valid shared night, both can receive:

Satisfied

Default duration: 60 minutes

Default bonuses:

• +10% Health regeneration;
• +10% Stamina regeneration;
• +10% Eitr regeneration.

Each value can be configured individually.

Satisfied is separate from Rested and is designed to coexist with it.

Installation

Thunderstore / r2modman

Install Why Sleep Alone? normally through your preferred Thunderstore-compatible mod manager.

Required dependency:

• BepInExPack Valheim 5.4.2351

Manual installation

1. Install BepInExPack for Valheim.

2. Copy the WhySleepAlone folder into:

   BepInEx/plugins/

3. The resulting path should contain:

   BepInEx/plugins/WhySleepAlone/WhySleepAlone.dll

4. Start Valheim.

For multiplayer, install the same Why Sleep Alone version on the host/server and participating clients.

Do not keep older copies of WhySleepAlone.dll elsewhere in BepInEx/plugins/.

Configuration

Main configuration file:

BepInEx/config/TheLionCid.WhySleepAlone.cfg

Important options include:

• enable / disable the mod;
• debug logging;
• Satisfied duration;
• Health regeneration multiplier;
• Stamina regeneration multiplier;
• Eitr regeneration multiplier;
• Neutral / Romantic / Bawdy / Mixed / Custom text mode;
• Mild / Spicy Bawdy intensity;
• include custom text in Mixed;
• additional double-bed prefab list;
• heart wake effects;
• shared sleep-slot offsets;
• shared respawn-slot offsets;
• anti-repeat behavior;
• contextual shared-sleep messaging options already present in the mod.

Multiplayer

Why Sleep Alone? is designed around multiplayer use.

Use the same mod version on the host/server and participating clients.

For additional modded beds, the host's configured allowed-bed list is distributed through the existing gameplay snapshot. Clients cannot expand the host's allowed list locally.

Custom text files are intentionally local and are not synchronized.

If reporting a multiplayer problem, please include logs from both the affected client and the host whenever possible.

Compatibility

This release is prepared for:

• Valheim 1.0.17
• BepInExPack Valheim 5.4.2351

Why Sleep Alone does not depend on a specific third-party double-bed mod.

Compatibility with an additional bed depends on how that mod implements its prefab. The custom-bed feature is intended for beds that use Valheim-compatible bed/network/spawn components.

A Valheim update that changes bed, sleep, respawn, networking, DreamText or cinematic APIs may require a Why Sleep Alone update.

Community & Support

For bug reports, compatibility feedback, suggestions or discussion, join the community Discord:

https://discord.gg/kN3cqHqWYA

When reporting a problem, please include:

• Why Sleep Alone version;
• Valheim version;
• active mod list;
• single-player / host / client / dedicated server;
• relevant BepInEx log output;
• whether the issue affects linking, respawn, sleeping, dream text, Satisfied, custom text, or custom-bed support;
• clear reproduction steps.

For third-party bed compatibility reports, please also include the bed mod and exact prefab name.

Development

Why Sleep Alone? has been developed with the assistance of AI tools for areas such as code generation, debugging, visual planning and documentation.

Final design decisions, testing and release management are handled by TheLionCid.

The 1.0.0 build passed the project's automated logic/build checks. Automated tests do not replace live gameplay validation of third-party mods.

Credits

• TheLionCid — creator and author of Why Sleep Alone?.
• Community members — feature suggestions, testing and compatibility reports.
• BepInEx / Valheim modding community — framework and modding ecosystem.
• Valheim — native runtime assets are reused where appropriate; game assets are not redistributed by this package.

Disclaimer

Why Sleep Alone? is an independent Valheim mod and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Iron Gate.

Always make backups before major Valheim updates or large mod-list changes.

Español

Why Sleep Alone? convierte las camas dobles compatibles de Valheim en un hogar compartido real para dos jugadores.

La Cama de dragón vanilla (piece_bed02) sigue siendo compatible automáticamente. En la versión 1.0.0 también puedes autorizar manualmente camas dobles de otros mods mediante su nombre exacto de prefab.

Novedades principales de 1.0.0

• 80 sueños compartidos y 20 frases de despertar, en español e inglés.
• Tono nórdico/vikingo reforzado en Neutral, Romántico y Bawdy.
• Protección estricta de sueños especiales, progresión, jefes y cinemáticas vanilla.
• Historial antirrepetición ampliado.
• Nuevo modo de texto Custom mediante archivo externo.
• Opción para incluir textos propios dentro de Mixed.
• Soporte configurable para camas dobles de otros mods.
• Las camas adicionales reutilizan los controles actuales de posición de sueño y respawn.
• Se conservan las correcciones de red, identidad remota, ocupación, recompensa y limpieza existentes.

Camas de otros mods

Configura los prefabs en:

BepInEx/config/TheLionCid.WhySleepAlone.cfg

Ejemplo:

[Compatibility]
AdditionalDoubleBeds = FancyDoubleBed, OakMarriageBed, MyModdedBed

Debe utilizarse el nombre exacto del prefab, no el nombre visible o traducido.

Aviso importante de compatibilidad

No he podido probar todavía la integración con camas de otros mods en una partida real porque actualmente no usamos mods de camas personalizadas en nuestro mundo. Esta función se ha implementado por petición de la comunidad.

La lógica y la compilación han sido comprobadas, pero eso no sustituye probar en juego la geometría, las animaciones y la estructura concreta de cada mod de terceros.

Si pruebas una cama de otro mod, agradeceré cualquier feedback de compatibilidad. Incluye el nombre y versión del mod, el prefab utilizado y los logs del host/cliente si aparece algún problema.

Todos los jugadores participantes necesitan tener instalado también el mod que añade esa cama.

Los controles globales actuales de Sleep A / Sleep B / Spawn A / Spawn B sirven para ajustar la posición a la geometría de cada cama.

Textos personalizados

Archivo:

BepInEx/config/WhySleepAlone_CustomText.txt

Formato:

[Dreams]
Sueñas con la primera casa que construisteis juntos...

[Wake]
Despiertas junto a la razón por la que siempre vuelves a casa.

Una entrada completa por línea. Las líneas que empiecen por # son comentarios.

Para utilizar tus propios textos:

[Text]
SharedSleepTone = Custom

Para permitir que aparezcan también ocasionalmente en Mixed:

IncludeCustomInMixed = true

El archivo es local: cada jugador puede tener textos personalizados diferentes.

Si falta o contiene datos inválidos, el mod utiliza un fallback seguro. Si no existe, crea un ejemplo comentado sin sobrescribir archivos existentes.

Sueños vanilla

Why Sleep Alone solo sustituye resultados genéricos de sueño que puede identificar de forma segura.

Los sueños/cinemáticas especiales de jefes, progresión u otros eventos de Valheim tienen siempre prioridad.

Los resultados desconocidos o nulos se conservan, así que no necesariamente aparecerá un sueño de Why Sleep Alone todas las noches compartidas.

Satisfecho

Una noche compartida válida puede conceder Satisfecho durante 60 minutos por defecto:

• +10% regeneración de Vida;
• +10% regeneración de Aguante;
• +10% regeneración de Eitr.

Los valores son configurables y el efecto funciona junto a Descansado.

Multijugador

Instala la misma versión de Why Sleep Alone en host/servidor y clientes participantes.

La lista de camas adicionales permitidas procede del host. Los textos personalizados son locales y no se sincronizan.

Autor: TheLionCid