TameMate

TameMate — Companion & Riding Overhaul

TameMate turns domesticated creatures into persistent companions that can be commanded, trained, grouped and ridden. It works from creature capabilities instead of a fixed species list, allowing compatible creatures from other mods to participate.

Current test build

Version 0.3.1 is an integrated test build. It resolves portal teleporting for followers, improves stuck follower recovery with instant 35m distance teleports, and provides automatic owner authority fallback while retaining radial UI, progression and care systems. It is intended for local and multiplayer validation before the public 1.0 release. Back up important worlds before testing any new gameplay mod.

Commands and behavior

Press U to open or close the companion whistle wheel. The wheel can be controlled in either of these ways:

• Move the mouse toward an option and press right click.
• Use the arrow keys to change the highlighted option and press Enter.
• Press number keys 1–8 to choose the matching position directly.
• Press Escape or U to close the wheel.

Every wheel position now displays its number from 1 through 8, so keyboard selection never requires counting hidden slots.

U is recognized even when an older TameMate configuration still contains the previous shortcut.

• Look at one companion to command it individually.
• Look away to command nearby companions.
• Use Group and scope inside the wheel to choose one companion, nearby companions or a selected group.
• Assign the selected creature to groups 1–8 from the wheel. Group 0 removes it from a numbered group.
• Use the wheel's internal pages for orders, behavior, formations, attributes and riding. No modifier keys are required.

Movement page:

• Follow me
• Stay
• Move there
• Attack the marked target
• Guard this position
• Return home
• Patrol between home and the marked point

Mount is available directly from the main page.

Behavior page:

• Passive
• Flee
• Defensive
• Neutral
• Aggressive
• Cancel attack
• Back
• Close

Available formations are free, wedge, line and circle.

Attack searches around both the marked point and the companion, then keeps the moving target until it is no longer valid. Defensive receives the actual attacker from Valheim's damage event, while Aggressive searches for a nearby target. For creatures added by mods, TameMate restores a committed target after Valheim's native faction validation so the same AI update can continue into pursuit and attack. Active Attack, Defensive and Aggressive combat suppresses fire fear; explicit movement orders also continue to be enforced while a companion is hungry or frightened.

ARK-style whistles

Issuing a wheel command produces an audible whistle. Follow, stay, move, attack and regroup use distinct whistle patterns so players can recognize the order by sound. The whistle and command are synchronized in multiplayer and only play for players within hearing distance.

Progression

Companions earn experience from combat, mounted travel and reduced group sharing. TameMate levels are separate from Valheim stars.

Each level awards one point for:

• Health: +5% per point
• Mount stamina: +5%
• Damage: +3%
• Defense: +2%, capped
• Speed: +1%, capped at +10%
• Food duration: +4%

The radial Attributes page keeps the selected companion locked while navigating. It displays companion level, total XP, available points and the current value of Health, Mount Stamina, Damage, Defense, Speed and Food Duration. Spending a point keeps the page open for additional upgrades. Looking directly at a companion adds health, level, XP progress, available points, behavior, order, group, all six attributes and environmental exposure to Valheim's normal creature text.

Riding

Eligible companions receive a functional invisible mount controller. Existing saddle controllers are retained while their separate visual renderers can be hidden for bareback riding. Creatures with a growth component are accepted once they are actually