balrond secondchance

⚒️ Balrond Second Chance

Overview

Balrond Second Chance adds a configurable Downed state to Valheim.

Instead of dying immediately, players can enter a Downed state where they may:

• Be revived by another player
• Revive themselves, either for free or by consuming a configured item
• Release their soul manually and die normally
• Wait for the Downed timer to expire

Most gameplay settings can be synchronized and enforced by the server. The selected Downed animation is a local cosmetic setting, so every player can choose their own preferred pose.

This is an early release. If you encounter a problem, please send feedback on Discord together with your logOutput.txt.

🧭 What Happens When You Die?

• You do not die immediately.
• You enter the Downed state.
• A popup appears with the available options:
• Wait for another player to revive you
• Self revive, if enabled
• Release your soul
• The Downed timer begins counting down.
• If the timer reaches zero, you die automatically when Auto Release When Timer Ends is enabled.

🤝 Reviving Other Players

To revive another Downed player:

• Walk close enough to the player.
• Press Use (E).
• If an item is required, you must have the configured resurrection item and amount in your inventory.

If Require Item For Friend Revive is disabled, reviving another player is free.

After a successful revive, the player returns with the configured amount of health and receives the revive cooldown.

🧍 Self Revive

Self revive can be enabled or disabled in the config.

Free Self Revive

When Require Item For Self Revive is disabled:

• Press the Resurrect button while Downed
• No item is consumed

Item-Based Self Revive

When Require Item For Self Revive is enabled:

• You must have the configured resurrection item in your inventory
• The configured amount is consumed when you revive

💀 Release Soul

While Downed, you can choose to Release Soul at any time.

This immediately ends the Second Chance state and continues with normal Valheim death behavior.

⚙️ Features

• Downed state instead of immediate death
• Multiplayer player-to-player revival
• Optional self revive
• Free or item-based reviving
• Configurable resurrection item and required amount
• Configurable revive distance
• Configurable revive health
• Configurable Downed duration
• Optional automatic death when the timer expires
• Revive cooldown
• 24 selectable Downed animations and poses
• Per-player local Downed animation preference
• ServerSync support for gameplay configuration
• Localization support

🔧 Configuration

General

| Setting | Default | Description |

| --- | --- | --- |

| Lock Configuration | true | When enabled, the server controls synchronized gameplay settings. |

| Downed Seconds | 120 | How long a player can remain Downed before the timer expires. |

| Auto Release When Timer Ends | true | Automatically kills the Downed player when the timer reaches zero. |

| Cooldown Minutes | 10 | Cooldown applied after a successful revive. |

| Revive Health Percent | 0.25 | Health restored after revival. 0.25 means 25% health. |

| Revive Distance | 3 | Maximum distance from which another player can revive you. |

| Downed Presentation Mode | Sit | Selects the animation or pose used while your character is Downed. This is a local cosmetic setting and is not controlled by the server. |

Self Revive

| Setting | Default | Description |

| --- | --- | --- |

| Allow Self Revive | true | Enables the self revive option while Downed. |

| Require Item For Self Revive | true | Requires the configured resurrection item when reviving yourself. Disable it for free self revive. |

Friend Revive

| Setting | Default | Description |

| --- | --- | --- |

| Require Item For Friend Revive | true | Requires the configured resurrection item when reviving another player. Disable it for free player-to-player revives. |

Resurrection Item

| Setting | Default | Description |

| --- | --- | --- |

| Resurrection Item Prefab | MeadHealthMinor | Prefab ID of the item