PvP Kill Feed

PvP Kill Feed

A lightweight, PvP-only kill feed for Valheim.

When a player kills another player, everyone sees a short line at the top of the HUD:

Killer ⚔ Victim

No PvE. No death history. No extra world data. Built for busy dedicated servers.

Features

• Player vs player only — falls, trees, mobs, and bosses never touch the network
• Crossed-swords icon with a faded bar behind each line
• Guilds colors — if Guilds is installed, names use that guild’s color picker RGB. Otherwise names stay white
• Tiny live RPC — names + colors, then gone. Join 5 seconds late and you will not see it
• Local HUD — size, position, and font are yours. The server does not overwrite them
• Optional hide — /disablekillfeed hides the UI on your screen only. Your kills still show for everyone else

Screenshots

Without Guilds — names render white.

With Guilds — names use each guild’s color.

Requirements

Valheim 1.0.16.

| Mod | Required |

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

| BepInExPack | Yes — 5.4.2351 |

| Jötunn | Yes — 2.30.2 |

| Guilds (Smoothbrain) | Optional — Guilds colored names when present |

Install on the dedicated server and every client. The server routes kills and does not draw the feed.

Installation

• Install with r2modman / Gale, or place PvPKillFeed.dll in BepInEx/plugins/
• Install Jötunn as well (and Guilds if you want faction colors)
• Launch once to create BepInEx/config/com.rdmods.pvpkillfeed.cfg
• Edit the HUD on your machine. Other players keep their own layout

Chat commands

Local to you. Session only. Rejoining the server turns the feed back on.

| Command | Effect |

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

| /disablekillfeed | Hide the feed on this client |

| /enablekillfeed | Show it again |

These do not stop kills from broadcasting.

Configuration

File: BepInEx/config/com.rdmods.pvpkillfeed.cfg

All HUD keys are local. The server does not push them.

| Key | Default | |

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

| Position | TopCenter | TopLeft / TopCenter / TopRight / BottomLeft / BottomCenter / BottomRight |

| OffsetX | 0 | Horizontal inset (px), -400 to 400 |

| OffsetY | 36 | Vertical inset (px), 0 to 400 |

| NewestOnTop | true | New kills stack from the top |

| EntryDurationSeconds | 7 | Time fully visible, 0.5 to 30 |

| FadeOutSeconds | 2 | Fade length, 0.05 to 10 |

| MaxEntries | 3 | Lines on screen at once, 1 to 8 |

| FontSize | 15 | Name size, 8 to 36 |

| IconSize | 20 | Sword icon size (px), 8 to 48 |

| EntrySpacing | 4 | Gap between lines (px), 0 to 24 |

| BackgroundAlpha | 0.55 | Bar opacity, 0 to 1 |

| BackgroundPadX | 5 | Bar padding X (px), 0 to 32 |

| BackgroundPadY | 1 | Bar padding Y (px), 0 to 32 |

Save the file and the feed updates without a restart.

Notes

• Killer on Feed is the player hit that dropped the victim to 0 HP.
• /disablekillfeed is never saved; it is not a config flag. Its only single session command.

Known Issue:

• PvP kills resulting from status effects will not generate a kill feed broadcast. For example, if an opponent dies from a lingering poison tick rather than the direct impact of your weapon, that kill is not broadcasted on feed. Unfortunately, this cannot be fixed; Valheim's base engine treats all status effects as neutral damage sources and does not track which specific player applied them.

Support

Bugs and questions: Discord