DadsPermadeath
Deletes the active character and locally hosted world on death, then returns to the main menu.
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DadsPermadeath
DadsPermadeath adds a confirmed Permadeath preset to Valheim's World Modifiers screen. When the local player dies in a world saved with this modifier, the mod removes every primary and backup save file associated with the active character, removes every primary and backup save file associated with the locally hosted world, and returns to Valheim's main menu without saving during shutdown.
Behavior
- Adds a DadsPermadeath button after Valheim's standard world modifier presets.
- Requires a Yes or No confirmation before selection.
- Saves Permadeath as a world-specific modifier only when Done is pressed.
- Keeps the selected standard preset and custom settings when Permadeath is confirmed.
- Shows Permadeath for default settings and Permadeath+ for any additional modifier; worlds without Permadeath retain Valheim's standard summaries.
- Selecting No clears Permadeath and restores the Normal preset.
- Activates only for the local player's death in a world with the modifier.
- Deletes local and cloud variants exposed through Valheim's save system.
- Deletes primary files and automatic backups for the active character and world.
- Waits for an in-progress world save to finish before deletion.
- Blocks character and world saves after death is detected.
- Shuts down the session without saving before file removal.
- Returns directly to the main menu instead of respawning.
- In a remotely hosted multiplayer world, deletes the local character and exits; only the host can remove the remote world save.
Configuration
- Mod Enabled: enables or disables DadsPermadeath.
Configuration path: BepInEx/config/com.dadisbored.dadspermadeath.cfg.
Installation
Install BepInExPack for Valheim, then place DadsPermadeath.dll in BepInEx/plugins/DadsPermadeath.
Compatibility
- Built against Valheim 1.0.12.
- Requires BepInEx only.
- Install on the client running the character.
Install & use Install: BepInEx plugin
- The archive from playbuff is the mod itself — usually a BepInEx plugin (a .dll or a plugin folder once unzipped).
- Recommended: use a community mod manager (such as r2modman) — pick this game, import the mod, and the manager sets up BepInEx and its dependencies for you.
- Manual route: install the BepInEx loader in the game folder, then drop the unzipped .dll or plugin folder into BepInEx/plugins/.
- Launch the game — the BepInEx console logs every plugin it loads; seeing this mod in the log means it is installed.
Mods with listed dependencies need those installed too, or they will not load. Options are usually changed in-game or in the plugin's config file. In multiplayer, the host and every client need the same mods installed.
Install these first, or the mod will not work: