Greydwarves Fear Fire
⚪ Last updated 2023⚠️ Install Order · 1 step
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 4.0% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #578 of 858 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
This mod makes all greydwarves fear fire (not only avoid it) after killing the Elder (configurable).
"Their ancient king has fallen. The invader(s) burned him to death and chopped off his head as a trophy. The greydwarves cover in the bushes of the black forest, a new fear unlocked in all of them: FIRE!"
This is a companion mod to my other mod Tree Enemies Are Weak To Axe Damage.
General
Some of you may know that greylings and normal greydwarves actually avoid fire, meaning that they pathfind around it. With this mod you can make all greydwarves, including brutes, shamans and even modded greydwarves run in terror when they encounter fire (similar to boars). You can change the fear level for them individually in the config file.
By default, this requires you to have killed the Elder, as well as for the greydwarf to be innately weak to fire (so it does not affect some kind of modded water or coal greydwarf). You can also change this to update dynamically, so they would for example stop fearing fire when it's raining (since the 'wet' debuff eliminates their fire weakness), but this is disabled by default.
This mod is required to be installed on the server and by all clients.
Compatibility
It is explicitly compatible with RRR Monsters and Do Or Die Monsters, but can also detect other modded greydwarves and greylings by name (I don't know any other mods that add greydwarves, but I will add explicit compatibility whenever there is a new one).
Source code available on github: https://github.com/Goldenrevolver/ValheimMiniMods
A small gameplay tweak for Valheim that makes all greydwarves fear fire after defeating the Elder, not just avoid it. Configurable via settings. With 26 endorsements and last updated in October 2023, it's a niche mod for players who want more reactive enemy behavior.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Tiny mod that does exactly what it says—no bloat
- Configurable, so you can tweak the fear behavior to your liking
- Adds a nice thematic touch after beating the Elder
⚠️ Cons
- Only 26 endorsements—small user base, so less community testing
- Last updated in October 2023—might not be compatible with the latest Valheim patches
- Very niche: only affects greydwarves, so if you're past that stage, it's useless
For Valheim players who want a bit more realism in enemy AI after the Elder fight. If you're tired of greydwarves just walking through fire, this mod makes them actually scared. Skip if you're looking for broader gameplay overhauls—this is a tiny tweak.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you've defeated the Elder in your world before expecting the fear effect to kick in.
- Check the config file to adjust how strong the fear reaction is—you can make them run away faster or slower.
- Since it's a small mod, test it in a solo world first to see if it fits your playstyle.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Valheim Mods
- Author
- Goldenrevolver
- Version
- 1.0.1
- Downloads
- 658
- Endorsements
- 26
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 2/14/2023
- Updated
- 10/9/2023
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