RideOnTroll

v1.0.4·Updated 2026-10-11

Build on troll, ride on troll, control troll.

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RideOnTroll

RideOnTroll turns Valheim's fearsome giants into loyal companions, war mounts, resource collectors, and walking mobile fortresses!

Tame trolls through resilience, ride into battle while tossing boulders, construct functional buildings and portals directly on their backs, send them on long-distance expeditions across the map, or command them to clear forests and mine veins for you.

🎮 Features at a Glance

| Feature | Description |

|:--- |:--- |

| 🪓 Direct Riding & Combat | Mount tamed trolls to control movement, crush enemies with heavy slams, and hurl boulders with camera-guided aim. |

| 🏰 Mobile Back-Fortresses | Build structures, decks, chests, and fully functional portals directly on your troll's back. |

| 🌲 Autonomous Gathering | Order your troll via an interactive radial menu to gather Wood, Fine Wood, Core Wood, Stone, or Copper. |

| 🗺️ Map Routes & Expeditions | Dispatch trolls to distant waypoints via the minimap with live tracking and offline simulation. |

| 🛡️ Taming by Resilience | Survive 60 seconds of a troll's wrath without striking back to earn its eternal loyalty. |

| ❄️ Freeze (Turret) Mode | Lock your troll in place to act as a solid elevated platform, defensive outpost, or siege tower. |

| 🍖 Field Feeding & Healing | Drop raw meat or deer meat nearby; wounded or hungry trolls will seek it out and regenerate. |

🕹️ Controls & Hotkeys

| Action | Control | Notes |

|:--- |:--- |:--- |

| Mount / Dismount | Hold [E] | Aim at a tamed troll; hold [E] again to dismount. |

| Action Menu | Press [Y] | Opens the circular menu (Gathering, Route, Freeze, Cancel). |

| Riding Movement | [W][A][S][D] + [Shift] | Steer the giant with smooth speed control; sprint supported. |

| Troll Jump | [Space] | Makes the troll hop over obstacles and elevation changes. |

| Light Attack | [LMB] | Standard swing with fist or tree club. |

| Heavy Attack | [RMB] | Ground slam attack. |

| Throw Boulder | [MMB] | Launches a rock accurately toward your crosshair. |

✨ How It Works (Made Simple)

  • Resilience Taming: Forget sneaking with berries. Stand toe-to-toe with a wild troll and survive for 60 seconds without dealing damage to it. Striking the troll enrages it permanently and forfeits taming!
  • Walking Mobile Bases: Snap points and structural integrity have been adapted for the troll's anatomy. Build ballistas, crafting tables, chests, or teleport portals on the troll. Collision logic prevents the troll from clipping into your build pieces.
  • Map Route System: Open the map, click to place a route pin, and send the troll traveling across the world. Even across unloaded chunks, the mod simulates the journey and keeps your back-mounted base perfectly attached.
  • Smart Resource Mining: Select resource types (e.g. Copper or Core Wood) in the [Y] radial menu. The troll intelligently navigates to valid nodes, chops trees, excavates veins, avoids hitting foreign pieces, and reports when deposits run dry.
  • Overhauled Locomotion: Trolls equipped with platforms receive customized obstacle deflection and climbing logic. If an obstacle obstructs the platform on an expedition, the troll will automatically smash through non-dungeon blockades.

📥 Installation

Using a Mod Manager (Recommended)

  • Install r2modman or Mod Manager.
  • Search for RideOnTroll by Skarif.
  • Click Download with Dependencies and launch the game!

Manual Install

  • Ensure BepInExPack Valheim is installed.
  • Download the mod archive and drop RideOnTroll.dll (along with any included icon assets) into:

Valheim/BepInEx/plugins.

  • Launch the game and conquer the Tenth Realm atop a troll!

💬 Developer Contact & Support

  • Discord: skarif_q
  • Steam: Skarif_W

RideOnTroll

RideOnTroll превращает грозных троллей Вальхейма в верных соратников, боевых маунтов, автономных добытчиков ресурсов и настоящие шагающие базы!

Приручайте троллей стойкостью духа, ведите их в бой верхом, бросайте огромные валуны точно в цель, стройте дома и порталы прямо на спине великана,

Install & use Install: BepInEx plugin

  1. The archive from playbuff is the mod itself — usually a BepInEx plugin (a .dll or a plugin folder once unzipped).
  2. 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.
  3. Manual route: install the BepInEx loader in the game folder, then drop the unzipped .dll or plugin folder into BepInEx/plugins/.
  4. 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.

Dependencies

Install these first, or the mod will not work:

denikson-BepInExPack_Valheim

File & checksum

Filename
RideOnTroll-1.0.4.zip
File size
5.9 MiB