Originally posted by electricdawn:

I'm not really sure what you mean with "boss".

A boss in Valheim speak is the enemy you have to beat to get access to the next tier of food, armor and weaponry, so you can conquer the next biome.

No mod can provide that to you. What mods CAN provide is a really tough "mob" that you have to fight like a boss. But they are not a "boss" per se, which, again, is not really possible for a mod.

Well unless you fill the other biomes with resources and mobs and create the new item tiers and buildings related to those populated areas which I'm pretty sure does exist. Though I don't know what they use as bosses iirc it was just vanilla bosses with different stats and modified/added attacks.

So yes it's completely possible with mods. We have access to any variable and function in the game and the ability to add new assets. It's not a matter of "mods can't do this" and rather a matter of "modders don't want to do that".

And why would they, if the expansion is coming out "soon(tm)" that will make obsolete what the modders had to work hard for?

Originally posted by Qbertos:

Originally posted by Mexican:

damn, so theres actually no mods with new bosses?

If you want new bossess/monsters, this is probably your best bet until mistlands drops...

Epic Valheim mod
https://valheim.thunderstore.io/package/EpicValheim/EpicValheim/

I'm still playing version 3.6.6 that was released on 2022-5-15 which works fine with the latest Valheim release. The latest Epic Valheim release, 4.0 works fine as well, but 3.66 has more monsters/bosses fyi.

I took a look, but I only see two new mobs, and nothing about new bosses?

I'm not really sure what you mean with "boss".

A boss in Valheim speak is the enemy you have to beat to get access to the next tier of food, armor and weaponry, so you can conquer the next biome.

No mod can provide that to you. What mods CAN provide is a really tough "mob" that you have to fight like a boss. But they are not a "boss" per se, which, again, is not really possible for a mod.

Originally posted by Mexican:

damn, so theres actually no mods with new bosses?

There are plenty.

Originally posted by Mexican:

damn, so theres actually no mods with new bosses?

If you want new bossess/monsters, this is probably your best bet until mistlands drops...

Epic Valheim mod
https://valheim.thunderstore.io/package/EpicValheim/EpicValheim/

I'm still playing version 3.6.6 that was released on 2022-5-15 which works fine with the latest Valheim release. The latest Epic Valheim release, 4.0 works fine as well, but 3.66 has more monsters/bosses fyi.

I saw a really cool Bear mod. It had three types of bears, sounds, attacks, but I think it has been left unsupported and people were saying it was buggy.

I'd love to see bears incorporated into the actual game.

Get Epic Loot, Digitalroot's Epic Loot Adventure Bounties+all the required/recommended mods that add new enemies(MonsterLabZ, RRRMonster, Monsternomicon, etc., and their requirements)+configure them properly, and those new enemies should show up as bosses in the bounties, as well as normal versions in the world.

CreatureLevelAndLootControl can also give enemies and bosses special effects to make them more interesting to fight, and be configured to support the modded enemies.

damn, so theres actually no mods with new bosses?

Originally posted by Lorska:

Considering the craziness Flare mentioned, be extremely careful about mods that have balancing implications.

A good example would be EpicLoot which is a fairly popular enchanted items and item drops mod that is quite amazing but the initial configuration is just completely nonsensical and makes legendary items drop like candy at some point. So you should be willing to do some tweaking and configuring to your tastes for things that are more complex.

Epic Loot was an awesome concept, but you get ridiculously overpowered items for the mobs the game actually provides. In the end it was only useful for the "featherfall" pants and the waterproof cloak. LOL

Anyhoozles, there are a couple of mods that add new critters to the game, I have seem them on youtube but Never downloaded them. (REALLY want to try the one with the horses though. My inner 12 year-old horse-mad self squeed when she saw that.)

The only mob mod I know, there may be others, is a mod that lets the mobs upgrade to higher levels, like GIANT skeletons with random effects, like slow or lightning... it doesn't add mobs just sort of ups the level the base mobs can go to and ups the bosses to crazy levels.
This can break the game but it does add some crazy to this pot.

Considering the craziness Flare mentioned, be extremely careful about mods that have balancing implications.

A good example would be EpicLoot which is a fairly popular enchanted items and item drops mod that is quite amazing but the initial configuration is just completely nonsensical and makes legendary items drop like candy at some point. So you should be willing to do some tweaking and configuring to your tastes for things that are more complex.

Nexus with Vortex isn't what I'd call a chore. Main difference is that you need to make a free account for Nexus. It has been working well for me.

Just make sure the mods you choose get frequent updates. There are comment sections on Nexus where people report bugs and will tell you if the mod is out of date. Try to stick with the more popular mods because those have a better chance of staying updated and getting fixed.

Nexus or thunderstore.

Nexus usually has more stuff, thunderstore is often better curated. Nexus has more details while the other is pretty much just a hub for downloading.

I believe there was a mod that fills the empty biomes with stuff and adds resources, recipes etc.

ThunderStore plus ThunderStore mod manager is it.

Once ThunderStore mod manager is installed, you can use it to browse around 1600 mods and download them directly from the app. It can also help you with maintaining your mods, looks for updates and stuff.

Really recommendable. Modding without ThunderStore is a chore.

Please be aware that modding is currently not officially supported. It is HIGHLY recommended that you start backing up your important data (including save games) periodically, before you start modding.

If you have issues in the game and want assistance, please make us aware that you are using mods, so we can help you appropriately.