ParryBosses
Perfect-block a boss to stagger it for 2s like a normal mob: its attack is interrupted, it cannot attack again, and it takes 2x damage. Visual feedback included.
About this mod Machine translation
Parry Bosses
EN — Perfect-block (parry) a boss and it gets staggered exactly like a normal mob: 2 seconds of
stagger, its current attack is interrupted, it cannot start new attacks, and it takes 2x damage
during the window. Bosses have no stagger animation state in vanilla (that is why parrying them does
nothing), so this mod drives IsStaggering() with a timer and thereby reuses all vanilla stagger logic.
Chinese - After perfectly blocking (reflecting) the Boss, the Boss will be frozen for 2 seconds like a normal mob: immobilized, the current attack will be interrupted,
During this period, it will take 2 times the damage and have visual feedback such as material flashing.
Effect
Lasts for 2 seconds after successfully rebounding the boss (configurable):
- The boss cannot move, current attacks are immediately interrupted, and new attacks cannot be initiated.
- You attack it within the freeze window → 2x damage
- Visual feedback: Boss orange material flashes/glows + sparks + overhead STAGGER! + warm color point light + screen prompts
Why can't the original version do it? The original bounce does call Stagger(), but Eikthyr / Bonemass / Moder / Yagluth and other bosses
There is no stiff animation state for tag=stagger in the animation controller, so SetTrigger("stagger") will do nothing.
This Mod uses a timer to directly pull IsStaggering() to true, thereby fully reusing the original immobilization/interruption/double damage logic.
Install
Method 1: r2modman Mod Manager (recommended)
- Select a Valheim profile in r2modman
- Settings → Install from file (or drag this zip directly into r2modman)
- Click Start modded to start
Method 2: Manual
- Unzip this package
- Copy plugins/ParryBosses.dll to the game
\BepInEx\plugins\ (r2modman users please put
%APPDATA%\r2modmanPlus-local\Valheim\profiles\\BepInEx\plugins\）
- Start the game
Dependency: denikson-BepInExPack_Valheim (BepInEx 5.4.23.x).
Be careful not to fill in BepInEx-BepInExPack_Valheim, that is an old package that has been abandoned, and "No matching reference package found" will be reported.
online
m_staggerWhenBlocked is read on the client that made the block, and the 2x damage judgment is executed on the Boss owner (host/server).
So the host and all players need to install the same DLL.
Configuration
Automatically generated after launching the game for the first time:
BepInEx\config\dsh.valheim.parrybosses.cfg
| key | default | description |
|---|---|---|
| StaggerSeconds | 2 | Boss Stagger Duration (Seconds) |
| StaggerFallback | Always | Always (recommended)/Auto (self-check and self-heal after 0.12s)/Never |
| ForceStaggerWhenBlocked | true | Forces opening of Boss m_staggerWhenBlocked |
| StaggerMaterialFlash | true | Material flash switch |
| StaggerFlashMode | PropertyBlock | PropertyBlock (safest) / Material (more obvious glow) |
| StaggerFlashStrength | 2 | Flash intensity |
| StaggerParticles | true | Sparks every 0.3s during catalepsy |
| StaggerFloatingText | true | Overhead STAGGER! text |
| StaggerLight | true | Warm color spot light |
| HudOnStagger | true | Screen tip |
| DumpKey / ForceStaggerKey / ForceStaggerMobKey | F7 / F8 / F9 | Diagnosis / Forced Stagger Boss / Forced Staggered Monster (for testing) |
Note on upgrade: BepInEx's configuration file is persistent, and changing the default value in the code will not update the existing configuration.
If you want to use the new default values after upgrading this Mod, please change StaggerSeconds manually, or delete the cfg and let it be regenerated.
Reference for freezing duration in the original version (survey data of this Mod)
Calculated directly from the game animation resource package (clip length ÷ state speed):
| Character | Stiff |
|---|---|
| wild boar | 0.17s |
| Player | 0.67s |
| Duergar / Goblin | 0.92s |
| Skeleton | 1.05s |
| Troll | 1.22s |
| Ghoul | 1.47s |
| Common mob mode / median | 1.5s / 1.46s |
| Plains Yak Lox | 1.81s |
| Fader / The Queen (Boss, comes with stif …
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: