Leviathan

It is whispered that a warrior from another world once wielded this axe. The name has been forgotten, but the weapon still answers the call.

What awaits you

• An axe made to be thrown. It flies straight and sinks into wood and earth.
• Two throws, depending on how long you hold the button.
• The cold builds up. Hit the same creature a few times, and it freezes solid.
• Call it, and it comes back to your hand along a wide curve, striking the enemies in its way.
• A few tricks, for those who aim well.

Getting started

Forge it in the Mountains, at a level 3 forge, from silver, iron, freeze glands and ancient bark.

Throw it with the secondary attack (middle mouse button by default). Let go of the button at once, and it flies flat and bounces off creatures. Keep holding while your arm draws back, and it flies upright, strikes harder and stays stuck in them.

Call it back with the Hide key (R by default), with the secondary attack and an empty hand, or with its hotbar slot. It never leaves your inventory, even while it flies. Between throws, fight with your fists or a shield, as its legend demands.

Stone, metal and ice send the axe bouncing back instead of letting it bite. After a bounce, it falls to the ground, where tall grass can hide it: call it back. Bosses do not freeze.

Multiplayer

The server and every player must have the mod, at the same version. Otherwise the connection is refused with an explicit message.

The axe's rules come from the server, and only an admin can change them in game. The controls are each player's own.

Configuration

Configuration Manager compatible. Calling the axe back with the Hide key or the secondary attack can be turned off, and an extra key can be bound.

Installation

With a mod manager: I recommend Gale or Vortex.

By hand: install BepInExPack Valheim and Jötunn first, then put LeviathanAxe.dll, LeviathanAxe.Module.dll and the Translations folder in BepInEx/plugins/LeviathanAxe/. On a dedicated server, do the same in the server's folder.

Built with Claude

Made with Claude, Anthropic's AI model, which wrote the code, the scripts that build the axe's model and textures, and this page. I review the code and test it extensively in game before each release.

Changelog

1.0.3

• The runes on the blade glow, breathing slowly, and light up as you prepare a throw and when the axe lands back in your hand.
• The axe in hand casts a soft blue light on you, in time with the runes.
• The flying axe's light fades out when you catch it.
• Impacts no longer leave a lingering frost mist.
• The rune glow can be turned off in the configuration.

1.0.2

• Fixes the package; nothing changes in game.

1.0.1

• Fixes the package; nothing changes in game.

1.0.0

First release.

• The Leviathan, a frost axe forged in the Mountains.
• Thrown with the secondary attack: flat with a quick press, upright and harder when held.
• Sticks in the ground, trees and wooden buildings; stone, metal and ice send it bouncing back.
• Creatures freeze once enough frost builds up.
• Called back with the Hide key, the secondary attack with an empty hand, or its hotbar slot, along a wide curve.
• Text in ten languages.