DualSwords
22 dual-wielded swords based on blades from the vanilla game, the Deep North expansion, and the Valheim Armory mod. These swords utilize the combat system and animations of vanilla dual-wielded axes.
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DualSwords
If you’ve seen dual axes and wondered why there aren’t dual swords, then this mod is for you!
The mod adds 14 dual swords based on vanilla swords, as well as another 8 based on another mod (details below).
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What it does
Each item is created based on two components already present in the game:
- Combat system and animations are copied from the vanilla AxeBerzerkr object (dual berserker axes), so the dual swords handle and feel in combat just like the dual axes.
- Geometry (blade, hilt, icon) is taken from the corresponding one-handed sword.
The result is a fully functional pair of swords equipped as a single item.
The 22 items
- 8 Vanilla one-handed swords: Wood, Bronze, Iron, Silver, Black Metal, Mistwalker, Niedhogg, Dyrnwyn
- 3 Niedhogg elemental variants: Blood, Lightning, Nature
- 3 Deep North (Ashlands) gold branch: Gold, Gold Blood/Lightning, Gold Frost/Fire
- 8 Valheim Armory swords (optional, see below): Flint, Eikthyr, Abyssal, Elders Balance, Bonemass, Moders Grasp, Queen, Fader
Recipes and stats follow the vanilla one-handed sword they are built from: same crafting
station and tier, resources doubled (unique materials such as trophies, boss drops and Eitr
are not doubled), and the base damage is unchanged — dual-wielding is a tempo and animation
upgrade, not a damage upgrade. Block power gets a small bonus on early tiers.
Weapon parameters can be configured.
Valheim Armory (optional)
Eight of the 22 items are built from swords added by the separate mod Valheim Armory.
DualSwords does not require it: without Valheim Armory installed, those 8 items are skipped and the other 14 items build normally.
Install Valheim Armory if you want the full set of 22.
Requirements
- BepInExPack Valheim 5.4.2350
- Jotunn, the Valheim Library 2.30.0
- Valheim Armory, 1.15+ optional — see above
Links
Discord channel
Twitch
Video showcase
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: