ElementalStorms
A progression-driven storm system for Valheim that adds random elemental storm events based on boss progression. As you defeat bosses, new storm types can appear, making your journey increasingly chal
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ElementalStorms
A progression-driven storm system for Valheim that adds random elemental storm events based on boss progression. As you defeat bosses, new storm types can appear, making your journey increasingly challenging and atmospheric.
Features
🌩️ Random Storm Events
ElementalStorms triggers random storms. Storms are only triggered if you have defeated the corresponding boss.
Storm Mechanics:
- 20% chance to trigger
- Targets a random active player
- Boss Fight Protection: Storms will NOT trigger if the target player is near an active boss
- Storm duration: 2 minutes
- Environment changes synchronized for multiplayer
💨 Wind Effects
- Wind Shear: Strong winds for added effects
- Structural Damage: High winds can damage exposed buildings
- All storms feature 2x wind speed
- Affects all structure types: wood, stone, and marble
🌫️ Status Effects
- Gale Exposure: Applied during blizzards when outside shelter (reduced stamina regeneration)
- Forest Rain: Minor status effect for forest weather
🛡️ Shelter System
- Find shelter indoors or under roofs to avoid weather effects
- Status effects automatically removed when you find safety
- Strategic building becomes more important as storms intensify
Installation
- Download the latest release
- Extract the ElementalStorms.dll file to your Valheim BepInEx plugins folder:
Steam\steamapps\common\Valheim\BepInEx\plugins\ElementalStorms\
- Launch Valheim - the mod will automatically load
Configuration
Basic features can be customized through the BepInEx configuration file.
Configuration file location:
Steam\steamapps\common\Valheim\BepInEx\config\com.ruijven.elementalstorms.cfg
Compatibility
- Multiplayer Compatible: Works in both single-player and multiplayer
- Server-Side Logic: Storm triggers only run on the server/host
- Boss Fight Safe: Storms are suppressed during active boss fights
- Performance Optimized: Minimal impact on game performance
- Vanilla-Friendly: Enhances the game without replacing core mechanics
Tips
- Build shelters: Protect yourself from freezing winds and toxic effects.
- Watch the sky: Storms bring Danger.
- Progression matters: More storm types become available as you defeat bosses.
- Boss fights are safe: Storms won't interrupt your boss battles.
Discord
- Join my Discord at: '
- Report any bugs or issues in the 'ElementalStorms' channel or 'General'.
Changelog
v1.0.2
- Added Configurable storm frequency, improved the timing system, and added a storm cooldown
v1.0.1
- Hotfix
v1.0.0
- Initial release
- Random storm event system with 46-minute interval
- Boss fight protection (storms suppressed near active bosses)
- 7 progression-based storm types
- Wind shear and structural damage
- Custom status effects
- Multiplayer synchronization
Support
- Issues: Report bugs and feature requests
- Discussions: Share your feedback and suggestions
Credits
- CookieMilk: For helping brainStorm this idea;).
- Created by Ruijven
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: