Vinjeora LeftyVikings
Switch your warrior's handedness to left-handed. Weapons drawn and swung from the left hand, with mirrored attack animations. Named after the grave of a left-handed Viking discovered in Vinjeøra, Norw
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Vinjeøra
A Valheim mod that lets you switch your warrior's handedness to left-handed — weapons drawn, swung, and animated from the left side.
Why "Vinjeøra"?
The mod is named after the grave of a left-handed Viking discovered in Vinjeøra, Norway. Analysis of the burial showed the warrior carried his weapons on the left side, marking him as one of the rare lefties among Norse warriors. It felt fitting to name a left-handedness mod after him.
Features
- Toggle between right-handed and left-handed combat at any time
- Mirrored weapon attack animations for left-hand usage
- Held items (shield, weapon) mirrored to match the new hand
- Handedness choice is saved per character and persists across sessions
- In-game menu to toggle handedness and rebind hotkeys
- Optional verbose debug logging
Usage
- Press Insert (default) to open the Vinjeøra menu:
- Toggle between right- and left-handed
- Rebind the handedness hotkey (no key is bound by default)
- Rebind the menu key itself
- All options are also available in BepInEx/config/com.andre.vinjeora.cfg (created on first launch).
Requirements
- Valheim (PC / Steam)
- BepInEx for Valheim — installed automatically as a dependency when
Installation
- Install Mod Manager.
- Search for Vinjeora and install it.
- Launch Valheim through.
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: