Malamutik
A loyal companion dog for Valheim. Public beta: the mod is still in active development and multiplayer testing.
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Malamutik
Malamutik adds a loyal companion dog to Valheim.
Public Beta
This mod is currently in active development and multiplayer testing.
Core features are implemented, but bugs and edge cases may still occur.
Feedback and bug reports are very welcome.
Features
- Summon and dismiss your companion with NumPad 9
- Follow and Stay modes
- Lively companion behaviour instead of standing still
- Four selectable coat colours
- Custom Dog House
- Companion name persistence
- +20 stamina bonus while your companion follows you
- Defensive combat behaviour
- Level and XP progression
- Progression-based health and damage
- Wounded state instead of immediate death
- Nearby players can revive a wounded companion
- Companion returns after death
- Safe recovery after owner death, portals, water, falls and getting stuck
- Travel support for ships and other transport
- Multiplayer synchronization
- Russian, English and French localization
Controls
NumPad 9
- Summon companion
- Dismiss companion when nearby
- Emergency rescue when the companion is far away
- Cancel coat selection
E
- Interact with companion
- Revive a wounded companion when close enough
- Interact with your active Dog House
Dog House
The Dog House can be selected as your companion's home.
If the companion dies, it will return to its recorded home after the recovery period.
If no Dog House is available, the player's bed is used when possible.
Wounded System
When the companion receives lethal damage, it enters the Wounded state for 30 seconds instead of dying immediately.
Any nearby player can revive it during this time.
A successful revive restores 50% health.
If the timer expires, normal companion death recovery begins.
Multiplayer
Malamutik is designed for multiplayer, but the current version is still being tested in co-op.
Please report unexpected behaviour involving:
- multiple players and companions
- portals
- ships and modded transport
- ownership changes
- player disconnects
- Wounded and revive mechanics
Current Status
Version 0.5.0 Public Beta
The mod is playable and feature-complete for its current design, but is still undergoing multiplayer and compatibility testing.
Requirements
- BepInExPack Valheim
- Jotunn
Known Limitations
Compatibility with every modded vehicle or transport cannot be guaranteed yet.
This is a testing release. Save backups are recommended when testing heavily modded worlds.
Feedback & Bug Reports
Malamutik is currently in Public Beta.
If you find a bug, have feedback, or want to help with multiplayer testing, join the Discord server:
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: