Realistic Animal Sounds
⚪ Last updated 2021⚠️ Install Order · 1 step
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 4.8% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #2 of 43 Audio mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Description
As an avid outdoorsman and wildlife enthusiast, I was incredibly annoyed by the terrible animal sounds in this otherwise amazing game. Perhaps these tracks are simply place-holders for the moment, but the prehistoric rhino sounds with speed and pitch modifiers and monster/zombie sounds just weren't quite doing it for me, personally. So I decided to use some of the sounds from my personal game dev project to help out! All of my sounds are taken from actual recordings of wildlife and/or mouth calls used myself.
What this mod does:
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[]Changes deer idle sounds from to . Also added a third sound in order to add some variety as it can sound very strange when more than one deer plays the same randomly chosen track at the same time.
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]Changes deer alert sounds from to . Trust me, if you've heard this in real life it'll give you a start. When they are alerted, but not sure what you are, deer will often huff loudly and stomp at you before running.[]Changes deer death sounds from to .
[]Reduces the deer idle sfx chance to 30% for less annoying and more realistic deer vocality.
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[]Changes boar idle, alert, hit, death, and attack sounds from to !
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[]All wolf sounds were taken from live recordings of actual wolves. This one took a lot of time finding the resources and clipping the audio into usable tracks!
[]Wolf howls are now reduced by 50% while also adding a variation of howls and barks to imitate the melody of these vocal creatures while also respecting the fact that they are a predatory animal and are not ALWAYS vocal. Hopefully this will be less annoying in gameplay as well.
Future Changes:
[]NEW VIDEO COMING SOON
[]Reduce crow sfx when in the Black Forest.
[]New Lox sfx.
[]People have asked for more variety and sex specific sfx. (grunts for bucks, bleats for doe, piglet sounds for baby pigs, etc.) This was my original goal, but I have not found a way to ac
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[]Changes boar idle, alert, hit, death, and attack sounds from to !
Realistic Animal Sounds replaces the original deer, boar, and wolf sounds with more immersive, realistic audio. It also reduces the SFX chance for wolves and deer to make their vocalizations less frequent and less annoying. A popular audio mod with 750 endorsements and over 15,000 downloads, last updated in April 2021.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 750 endorsements and 15,000+ downloads
- Targets a common annoyance—overly frequent animal noises—by reducing their frequency
- Simple audio swap that doesn't affect gameplay mechanics
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in April 2021—may not be compatible with the latest game version
- Only covers three animals (deer, boar, wolves), so other creatures remain unchanged
For players who want more immersive wildlife audio and are tired of hearing deer and wolves constantly. Great for hunters or explorers who value realism. Skip if you're looking for a complete overhaul of all animal sounds—this only touches three species.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure to disable EAC (Easy Anti-Cheat) if the game requires it for mods, as audio mods may be blocked otherwise.
- If you're using a mod manager, let it handle the file placement to avoid overwriting original sounds incorrectly.
- Test the mod in a quiet area to hear the difference before heading into combat zones.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Valheim Mods
- Author
- Arens101
- Version
- 2.5.0
- Downloads
- 15,651
- Endorsements
- 750
- Category
- Audio
- Created
- 3/19/2021
- Updated
- 4/1/2021
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