Beyond The Pen
🟠 Updated over a year ago⚠️ Install Order · 1 step
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.2% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #549 of 869 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
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[]Configurable settings for both animals using configuration manager.
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]Custom hover text for animals, pet and follow commands separated into different commands.[]Petting now gives the animal love points making selectable breeding possible.
[]Follow command now makes animals run if there distance between you and them.
[]Animals that follow you are teleported with you to the destination, so you can tame in one place and then move to another safe place.
[]Custom feeding items:
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Deer eats and gets tamed by: Blueberries or Raspberries or Cloudberries
Hare eats and gets tamed by: Turnips or Carrots
1. Make sure you have installed BepInExPack Valheim.
https://thunderstore.io/c/valheim/p/denikson/BepInExPack_Valheim/
2. Download Beyond the Pen.
3. Put the Beyondthepen.dll in your BepInEx folder in plugins folder.
Ex path steam:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Valheim\BepInEx\plugins"
4. Launch the game.
How to Tame Animals:
1. First, grab some food that the animal likes. For deer, you can use raspberries, blueberries, or cloudberries. For hares, bring turnips or carrots.
2. Make sure you have more than one piece of the food you chose, then head out into the wild.
3. Look for the animal you want to tame. It won't run away if you're holding the right food.
4. Drop a piece of the food on the ground so the animal can eat it.
5. Now, just wait for the taming process to finish.
6. Once it’s tamed, press G to make the animal follow you (it can go through portals with you).
7. When you arrive at your place, put the animal in a safe, enclosed area to protect it from raids, and press G again to let it stay there.
8. To help the animal find a partner, repeat the steps above with another animal.
9. Show some love to your animals by petting them to raise their affection points.!!! Don’t forget to keep feeding them!
10. That's all there is to it! Enjoy your time with your new pets.
Beyond The Pen is a small gameplay mod that adds taming and breeding for deer and hares, plus lets tamed followers teleport with you through portals. With 16 endorsements and 742 downloads, it's a niche utility for players who want to expand their animal companion options.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Tiny but dedicated following (16 endorsements) — clearly works for someone.
- Fills a specific niche: who doesn't want a pet deer?
- Portals with pets is a quality-of-life win for animal lovers.
⚠️ Cons
- Only 16 endorsements — this is a very niche mod with limited community testing.
- Last updated March 2025 — could break with future game patches.
For players who want to tame deer and hares and bring them along on portal adventures. If you're into animal husbandry or just want a fluffy companion, this is for you. Skip if you're looking for major gameplay overhauls — this is a small tweak.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Check if your game version is compatible with the mod's last update (March 2025) before installing.
- If you use other animal mods, test for conflicts — this mod changes taming behavior for deer and hare.
- Make sure your tamed animals are set to follow you before stepping through a portal, or they might not teleport.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Valheim Mods
- Author
- laceihaim
- Version
- 1.4.0
- Downloads
- 742
- Endorsements
- 16
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 3/9/2025
- Updated
- 3/9/2025
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