Quads Companion

Option 1: the one-step installer (Windows, Steam), easiest

It installs BepInEx (the mod loader), ScriptEngine (lets mods reload without restarting), the mod manager and every mod in this repo.

Close Valheim, open PowerShell and paste:

[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12

Invoke-WebRequest " -OutFile "$env:TEMP\install-valheim-mods.ps1"

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "$env:TEMP\install-valheim-mods.ps1"

If it cannot find the game, add -ValheimDir "D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Valheim" to the last line (in Steam: right-click Valheim,

Manage, Browse local files shows the folder). It is a short script, so you can open it and read it first. With an AI assistant such as

Claude Code, just ask it to follow

installer/INSTALL.md for you.

Then start Valheim from Steam, load a world and press F7: the manager lists every mod, installed and up to date.

Option 2: by hand (you already use BepInEx, or you want to pick and choose)

• BepInEx: install BepInExPack_Valheim: copy the contents of its

BepInExPack_Valheim folder into your Valheim folder (next to valheim.exe). Start the game once and close it.

• ScriptEngine: from BepInEx.Debug releases download ScriptEngine_*.zip and copy its

BepInEx folder over yours, so you have BepInEx\plugins\ScriptEngine.dll. Create the folder BepInEx\scripts. Then open

BepInEx\config\com.bepis.bepinex.scriptengine.cfg (start the game once if it is not there yet) and set LoadOnStart = true under

[General]; it is off by default, and without it the mods only load after you press F6.

• The mods: from dist/ here download each mod you want, both its.dll and its.pdb, into BepInEx\scripts. Take

ModUpdater.dll and.pdb from the manager's dist/ too, so

you get updates with F7 from then on.

• Start Valheim. In a world, a chat line such as [Mod]: CraftFromChests v1.3.4 loaded shows each mod is running.

Option 3: Linux (native game, standard or Flatpak Steam)

Follow the manager's Linux installation guide.

The installer lives in the manager repo; this repo contains the gameplay mods.

Playing together

Every player installs the mods they want for themselves. A few need more than that:

| Mod | Who needs it |

|---|---|

| AICompanion | Everyone in the world, the host too: without it the game deletes saved companions. |

| Recycler, BountyBoard, SlotMachine, BirdTrap, LedgerChest, Quad's Cigars, SkalTavern, Ziplines, Arena (new build pieces and items; the Arena's host also picks where it stands) | Everyone, and the host above all: a game without the mod deletes the pieces when their area loads. Restart after installing or updating them. |

| PortalHub, BountyBoard | The host (it keeps the portal links and the contracts), and everyone who wants their menus. |

| Everything else | Only the players who want it. |

On a dedicated server, put the host's mods in the server's BepInEx\scripts (with BepInEx and ScriptEngine installed there too).

Updating and removing

• Update: press F7 in game, then Update all. Most mods reload on the spot; mods that add build pieces ask you to restart.
• Remove one mod: delete its.dll and.pdb from BepInEx\scripts (or click Disable in F7).
• Remove everything: delete BepInEx, winhttp.dll, doorstop_config.ini,.doorstop_version and doorstop_libs from the Valheim

folder (Steam's Verify integrity of game files does not remove them). Pieces from mods you remove (a Recycler, a trap) disappear from your world.

🧰 The mods

🧔 AICompanion: a companion who plays like a player

Version 0.22.1 · all the mods · install it (r2modman, Mod Manager) or the in-game mod manager (F7)

Press J to summon a viking companion. It comes on your adventures and fights like a player: timed parries, rolls out of sweeps, gets round

behind what you are hitting, kites with a bow, drinks the right mead, and follows you through portals, c