Harpoon Melee Attack And Upgrading
🟠 Updated over a year ago⚠️ Install Order · 1 step
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.4% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #537 of 858 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
This mod gives the harpoon the spear primary attack and moves the harpoon throw to the secondary attack. Additionally, it changes its stats and makes it upgradeable.
It's a part of my spear mod collection
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[]Proper Spears - Forward Facing With Thrust Attacks
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]Loyal Spears - Auto Pickup And Return To Owner[]Harpoon Melee Attack And Upgrading
[]Atgeir/Polearm Animation Fix
Stats and Upgrading
The damage of the new primary attack is between the Bronze Spear and the Ancient Bark Spear. The amount of chitin required to craft the Abyssal Harpoon has been reduced from 30 to 20, and it can now be upgraded with 10/20/30 chitin, just like the Abyssal Razor. Lastly, its durability is higher and increases even more with upgrading.
Primary Attack
The primary attack animation is now identical to all other spears, while the unique throw of the harpoon is now the secondary attack. If you hook something with the throw attack, the line will break when you use the primary attack.
If Proper Spears - Forward Facing With Thrust Attacks is installed, the harpoon also receives its new long range primary thrusting attack and idle animation. It will temporarily revert to the old idle animation after using the harpoon throw until you attack again to not look weird while dragging something.
Source code available on github: https://github.com/Goldenrevolver/ValheimSpearModsAndFriends
A compact gameplay mod that reworks the harpoon's attack mapping, giving it a spear-like primary melee attack and moving the harpoon throw to the secondary attack slot. For players who prefer melee-focused harpoon use. Small but functional, with 19 endorsements and recent updates.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Simple, focused change that makes the harpoon more versatile in melee
- Recent update (March 2025) suggests active maintenance
- Lightweight mod with no complex dependencies
⚠️ Cons
- Very low endorsement count (19) — niche appeal
- May conflict with other mods that alter harpoon behavior
For players who find the harpoon's default throw-only attack limiting and want a melee option. Skip if you prefer the harpoon as a ranged weapon or want more extensive gameplay overhauls.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Check if your game version is compatible with the mod's last update (March 2025) to avoid issues.
- If you use other harpoon-related mods, load this one after them to ensure the attack mapping applies.
- Test the new attack mapping in a safe area before relying on it in combat.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Valheim Mods
- Author
- Goldenrevolver
- Version
- 1.0.1
- Downloads
- 780
- Endorsements
- 19
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 10/20/2023
- Updated
- 3/8/2025
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