Taming

Taming

Tame companions. Build their lineage. Ride your own way.

Taming extends LetMeTameYou and MountUpRestored with custom Bjorn and Lox saddles, independent rider adjustments, companion tracking and persistent bear genetics.

TEST release · Server and clients · French / English

🐻 Your companions, at a glance

Give your animals a name, identify their sex and follow their pregnancy or growth. Keep your tamed companions nearby with Follow / Stay orders and locate adult Bjorn and Lox on the map.

Mounted movement uses your configured Valheim actions. Bjorn and Lox retain their native attacks, with a forward rush available through a double press of Jump.

🛠️ Saddles and rider settings

• 19 Bjorn styles, including Classic, Bastion, Épure, Tressée, Nacelle, Ossature, Nomade and Caravane.
• 5 Lox styles.
• Adjust saddle position, rotation and scale independently from the rider.
• Save personal presets, select favourites and import or export presets.
• Server presets provide shared defaults, with editing reserved for administrators.

Press F9 and open the Saddle submenu to choose a model. The Saddle / Rider tabs contain the placement controls.

Panniers and travel equipment are decorative; they do not add inventory space.

🧬 Four bear variants, three generations

| Bjorn variant | Coat | Eyes |

| --- | --- | --- |

| Grizzly | Warm brown with silver-tipped fur | Dark brown |

| Brown bear | Rich, warm brown | Hazel green |

| Black | Charcoal / anthracite | Deep blood red |

| Gray | Dark slate and dusty gray, in three tones | Blue |

A bear's coat and eyes are assigned from birth and retained through adulthood.

Bjorn inheritance uses three generations of ancestors: parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. The default contributions are 50% / 30% / 20%. View the connected family tree in F9, inspect known ancestors and preview the chances of a future offspring with a selected partner.

Other species show unknown ancestry rather than an invented family tree.

⚖️ Male and female traits

Adult males are 30% larger for Bjorn, hares, Lox, wolves and boars with a recorded sex. The extra size develops progressively during growth.

For Bjorn and Lox only:

• Males receive 10% extra maximum health.
• Females receive 10% extra mount stamina.

These traits remain separate from the size difference.

🎮 Main controls

| Action | Control |

| --- | --- |

| Mount | Look at the saddle and press Use |

| Dismount | Press Use while mounted |

| Remove an unoccupied saddle | Left Alt + Use, while on foot |

| Open mount settings / Bjorn genealogy | F9 |

| Forward mounted rush | Double-press Jump |

Use, Jump and combat actions follow your Valheim bindings. F9 and the saddle-removal modifier can be configured.

📦 Installation

Install Taming by Zephyrfit through Gale or another compatible mod manager. Install the same version of Taming and its dependencies on the server and every client.

Required dependencies:

• BepInExPack_Valheim
• Jotunn
• Valheim10Compatibility
• LetMeTameYou
• MountUpRestored

The mod manager installs the versions declared in the package manifest.

For manual installation, extract the package into your BepInEx-equipped game or server directory. The plugin belongs at:

BepInEx/plugins/Zephyrfit-Taming/ZephyrfitTaming.dll

Keep one copy of the plugin and preserve your existing configuration and presets when updating. Dedicated-server and DatHost instructions are included in SERVER_INSTALL.md.

🧪 Release status

This is a TEST release. Full in-world and two-client validation is still in progress. Release history and validation notes are available in the dedicated Changelog.

🇫🇷 En français

Apprivoisez vos compagnons, développez leur lignée et personnalisez vos montures.

Taming complète LetMeTameYou et MountUpRestored avec:

• 19 styles de selles Bjorn et 5 styles Lox, avec réglages indépendants de la selle et du cavalier.
• Une bibliothèque de presets personnels, des favoris, l'import/export et des modèles communs au serveur.