Darkbound
Begin your Valheim journey as a necromancer—summon skeletons, wield dark powers, and shape your path with forbidden magic from day one.
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Darkbound
Description
Begin your Valheim journey as a necromancer—summon skeletons, wield dark powers, and shape your path with forbidden magic from day one.
Features
- Start as a necromancer without the need for progression unlocks
- Summon skeletons and other minions to fight by your side
- Access unique necromancy abilities tied to Darkbound progression
- Compatible with Jötunn and BepInEx modding frameworks
- Create a new world for Darkbound
- May not play nicely with other mods
- See the wiki pages (currently under construction) to get more extensive details
Installation
With r2modman (Recommended)
- Install Mod Manager or r2modman.
- Enable Darkbound in your chosen profile.
Manual Installation
- Download the latest release.zip.
- Extract contents into your Valheim BepInEx/plugins folder.
Dependencies
- BepInExPack Valheim
- Jötunn the Valheim Library
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.
Dependencies
Install these first, or the mod will not work:
denikson-BepInExPack_ValheimValheimModding-Jotunn