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tameable and breadable and ridable bear

Makes vanilla Valheim bears tameable, breedable and ridable with a dedicated Bear Saddle based on the vanilla Lox Saddle visual, mounted attacks and star support.

By nick008

CHANGELOG

Changelog

1.2.1

  • Fixed leftover development/test values that accidentally remained in the 1.2.0 release.
  • Bear taming time changed from 60 seconds to the intended gameplay value of 25 minutes.
  • Bear cub growth time changed from 60 seconds to the intended gameplay value of 33 minutes 20 seconds.
  • Bear Saddle, breeding, riding, mounted attacks, rider/saddle positioning and the 2-star riding fix are unchanged.

1.2.0

  • Added a dedicated craftable Bear Saddle.
  • Bear Saddle is a separate Bear-only item, while reusing the vanilla Lox Saddle model / texture and riding behaviour as its base.
  • Bear riding no longer requires unlocking the normal Lox Saddle in Plains progression.
  • Bear Saddle recipe unlocks after discovering Bronze Nails, Bear Hide and Fine Wood.
  • Bear Saddle recipe: 20 Bronze Nails + 5 Bear Hide + 10 Fine Wood at a Workbench.
  • The required materials are available during Meadows / Black Forest progression.
  • Existing taming, breeding, mounted attacks, saddle positioning and the 2-star riding-scale fix remain unchanged.

1.1.5

  • Documentation-only patch; gameplay code is unchanged from 1.1.4.
  • Added a clear note that Bear riding requires the vanilla Lox Saddle to be unlocked.
  • Clarified that the mod reuses Valheim's Lox Saddle instead of adding a custom Bear saddle.

1.1.4

  • First Thunderstore release of the complete Bear mod.
  • Bears are tameable and breedable.
  • Added persistent bear cubs and cub growth.
  • Added riding with the vanilla Lox saddle visual/system.
  • Added Left Alt + E mounting so normal E can remain Follow / Stay.
  • Added two mounted Bear attacks: left mouse and middle mouse button.
  • Finalized rider and saddle positioning.
  • Fixed the 2-star / level-3 Bear "running in place" issue by temporarily using a safe mounted scale and restoring the original scale after dismounting.
  • Documented the remaining visual saddle/rider sway during movement.