BukeperryMod

Bukeperry Mod 🌲🧌

Bukeperry is a legendary cave troll merchant, forest guardian, and conversational companion for Valheim.

Tired of silent NPCs? Bukeperry watches over the Black Forest with pride, swagger, and a massive log club. He sells forest supplies, shares ancient troll lore, and speaks directly to players in real-time.

🌟 Features

🛒 The Forest Merchant

• Store Inventory: Sells forest essentials like Stone and Wood for Gold Coins.
• Merchant Interaction: Walk up to Bukeperry and press [E] to browse his wares.
• Where to Find Him: Bukeperry makes his home in the Black Forest nearest to your world spawn. Venture into the woods to find his grove!

💬 Live In-Game Conversations

• Talk Naturally: Walk up to Bukeperry and talk in local chat or shout across the woods with /s.
• Overhead Speech: Bukeperry responds with dynamic overhead speech bubbles and chat messages in his authentic caveman troll voice.
• Lore & Creature Knowledge: Ask him about the forest, other biomes, bosses, skeletons, or his opinions on Odin and the gods.
• Zero Lag: All AI processing runs completely asynchronous off the game thread. Zero frame drops or server stutter.

🌐 Seamless Multiplayer

• No Client Setup Required: In multiplayer, only the dedicated server connects to the AI backend. Players simply install the mod and start talking!

📥 Installation

Option 1: r2modman (Recommended)

• Install Mod Manager or r2modman.
• Click Install with Mod Manager on this page.
• Launch game via the mod manager. All dependencies (BepInEx and Jötunn) will be handled automatically!

Option 2: Manual Installation

• Install BepInExPack Valheim.
• Install Jötunn, the Valheim Library.
• Download this mod and place BukeperryMod.dll into your Valheim/BepInEx/plugins/ directory.

⚙️ Configuration (Server / Host)

When hosting a dedicated server (or playing local/singleplayer) with AI conversation enabled:

• Config file: BepInEx/config/com.jimbrighter.bukeperrymod.cfg
• Fields:
• ApiEndpoint: The AWS API Gateway endpoint URL (e.g.
• ApiKey: The API Key for authorization
• ProximityRadius: How close players must be to talk to Bukeperry (default 20 meters; shouts reach up to 70 meters)
• ChannelId: Optional channel ID (such as a Discord channel ID) for persistent multi-turn conversation memory

Note: For regular players connecting to a dedicated server, no configuration is needed!

🔗 Links & Source

• Source code: GitHub: jim-brighter/bukeperry
• Created by Jim Brighter