ImmersiveFirstPerson

Immersive First Person

A first-person Valheim camera that lets you look through your character's eyes while your body stays in the world.

Walk the Black Forest, sail into storms, build by the fire, and fight up close without losing sight of your hands, gear, and footing. Immersive First Person follows your character's animated head, keeps your local body visible, and smooths over the moments where Valheim usually pulls the camera back out.

Highlights

• Press F6 to step in and out of first person.
• See your body, hands, weapons, shields, and tools.
• Stay first person while crafting, sailing, sitting, holding fast, or opening inventory.
• Dodge with normal Valheim movement by default, so S dodges backward and A or D dodges sideways.
• Turn on Dodge Where You Look if you prefer dodging toward the camera direction.
• Peek left or right with simple shoulder peek controls.
• Calm down heavy head movement with the head bob slider.
• Hide head and helmet-slot gear when it gets in the camera.
• Keep foliage, berry bushes, trees, and world props visible up close.
• Keep visibility changes local to your own player in multiplayer.

Quick Start

Install the mod, launch Valheim once, then press F6.

If your head or helmet blocks the view, turn this on:

[Visibility]

HideHead = true

Recommended settings

These settings are a good first run:

[Input]

Dodge Where You Look = false

[Camera Overrides]

OverrideForcedThirdPerson = true

LockCameraWhileAttached = true

AttachedCameraExtraVerticalOffset = 0

AttachedCameraExtraForwardOffset = 0.08

AttachedCameraMaxYaw = 80

AttachedCameraMaxPitch = 55

[Camera Motion]

HeadBobAmount = 0.5

[Shoulder Peek]

EnableShoulderPeek = true

ShoulderPeekMode = Hold

PeekLeftKey = Mouse3

PeekRightKey = Mouse4

ShoulderPeekOffset = 0.28

ShoulderPeekSpeed = 12

[Graphics]

FirstPersonShadowDistance = 30

FirstPersonShadowCascades = 0

UseOcclusionCulling = false

DisableCameraEffects = false

[Visibility]

HideHead = false

ForceBodyVisible = true

VisibilityRefreshInterval = 1

Performance

Version 1.4.1 leaves world draw distance and LOD alone, so forests, berry bushes, and nearby props stay visible when you walk up to them. The performance settings focus on shadows, optional camera effects, and how often head or helmet visibility is refreshed.

To keep Valheim's current shadow settings:

[Graphics]

FirstPersonShadowDistance = -1

FirstPersonShadowCascades = -1

DisableCameraEffects = false

Notable config options

| Section | Option | Default | What it does |

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

| Input | Dodge Where You Look | false | Keeps normal Valheim dodge controls. Enable it to dodge toward the camera direction instead. |

| Camera Overrides | OverrideForcedThirdPerson | true | Keeps first person active during common gameplay screens and interactions. |

| Camera Overrides | LockCameraWhileAttached | true | Keeps the view steady while seated, sailing, or attached to something. |

| Camera Overrides | AttachedCameraExtraVerticalOffset | 0 | Raises or lowers the attached camera position. |

| Camera Overrides | AttachedCameraExtraForwardOffset | 0.08 | Nudges the attached camera slightly forward. |

| Camera Overrides | AttachedCameraMaxYaw | 80 | Sets how far you can look left or right while attached. |

| Camera Overrides | AttachedCameraMaxPitch | 55 | Sets how far you can look up or down while attached. |

| Shoulder Peek | EnableShoulderPeek | true | Lets you peek left or right in first person. |

| Shoulder Peek | ShoulderPeekMode | Hold | Uses hold or toggle behavior for shoulder peek. |

| Shoulder Peek | PeekLeftKey | Mouse3 | Peeks left. |

| Shoulder Peek | PeekRightKey | Mouse4 | Peeks right. |

| Shoulder Peek | ShoulderPeekOffset | 0.28 | Sets how far the camera leans sideways. |

| Shoulder Peek | ShoulderPeekSpeed | 12 | Sets how quickly the lean moves in and out. |

| Graphics | FirstPersonShadowDistance | 30 | Caps shadow distance in first person. Use -1 to keep the current value. |

| Graphics | FirstPersonShadowCascades