Hold To Command

A small quality-of-life mod that separates petting and commanding tamed creatures.

In vanilla Valheim, interacting with a commandable tameable will immediately issue a command instead of allowing you to pet it.

This mod changes that behavior to:

• Tap → Pet creature
• Hold → Command creature
• Shift + Use → Rename (unchanged vanilla behavior)

Features

• Restores the ability to pet commandable creatures
• Adds intentional hold-to-command interaction
• Adjusted hover text to reflect new controls
• Fully localized command label
• Lightweight and fully standalone (no dependencies)

Installation

1. Install BepInEx for Valheim
2. Place HoldToCommand.dll into:

Valheim/BepInEx/plugins/

1. Launch the game

Compatibility

• Client-side only
• Safe to install or remove at any time
• No impact on servers without the mod

Notes

This mod intentionally does one thing only: Improve interaction clarity between petting and commanding.

No configuration, no extra systems — just better input ergonomics.

License

MIT License

Changelog

v0.1.0

• Initial public release

v0.2.0

• Added translations File

v0.3.0

• Added config option "HoldThreshold"

v1.0.0

• Improved compatibility with other mods by checking __runOriginal in the Tameable.Interact() patch

v1.0.1

• Updated README
• Added AI-assisted development note for transparency

v1.0.2

• Added config option ShowInNewLine
• Adjusted plugin initialization order
• Improved localization registration to avoid missing translation keys

v1.0.3

• Translation strings are now handled internally instead of being registered in Valheim's Localization system

v1.0.4

• Fixed wrong version beeing published