Help Installing Valheim Mods Manually and Vortex

Thinking about how to introduce Valheim modifications to your game and add some zest to your awesome Viking experience? This guide will help walk you through all of the required steps to effectively mod your Valheim game. 

Modding has consistently been an inherent piece of PC gaming. In the event that a game is sufficient enough to earn that loyal community backing, there will consistently be individuals able to dabble with its design and attempt to adjust the games at their will. Such is the case with Valheim game too.  

Its enormous prominence implies that there are some very fascinating mods effectively accessible for the public to test. In the event that you need to check a portion of these cool mod-manifestations and are considering how to introduce Valheim mods, we will manage you through these simple steps.

There are a few things that you need to set in order to be able to run mods in the Valheim Viking survival game.

• Backup your saved files: the first and most important step. Modding is not officially supported by the developers, so make a backup before you start messing around with the game. You can find said files in:
  
  C:\Users\<username>\AppData\LocalLow\IronGate\Valheim . 
  
  Copy the whole folder, so if anything goes south (as it sometimes does), you will be able to restore your world and character.
   
• Download BepInEx pack for Valheim. This is a framework that allows modding of the game, so it is absolutely necessary to have. After you download the zip, place the files in your Valheim install folder and you are good to go.
   
• Download the game’s Unstripped DLLs: that’s another piece that you need in order to install Valheim mods. It is highly advised to use Vortex in order to install these files as the mod manager creates its own temp folder and does not override any of the game’s original DLLs. If you do not want to use this software, the page has detailed steps on how to apply the new DDLs yourself.
   
• Speaking of Vortex, it is recommended that you use it when installing mods. You can download it from its Nexus page. When you run it, the software will detect which games installed on your PC can be managed. 
  
  Select Valheim and then specify its install folder:
  
  for example C:\Program Files(x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Valheim 
  
  When done, start the game via Vortex instead of Steam.

We are at long last ready to get to the good part, because you are ready to download and play with a few new Valheim mods. Now head to the NexusMods game page and find that awesome mod you will love to use.

 You will have two choices to download your mods: manual or by means of Vortex.

To install Valheim mods manually, download whichever file you like, and place it in:

<Valheim install folder>\BepInEx\plugins. 

If you have applied all prerequisites mentioned above, the mod will be active the next time you run the game.

To use Vortex, simply click on the relevant button, and it will automatically start the application.

 Installing mods via Vortex is recommended rather than manually doing so. 

For one, you can easily determine via its GUI what mods you actually have applied instead of looking in the plugins folder. 

Disabling and deleting unwanted mods is also far easier since Vortex “knows” which files to remove, so there is no risk anything is deleted by mistake. 

Its GUI will also show when there is a newer version of a mod and will warn you if there are any file conflicts.

Valheim is one of the most exciting games released so far this year. While official mod support is still but a dream, this should not stop you from trying out some interesting creations. Following the above steps will make the install process easier, which in term will help you get to the good stuff faster. Happy modding!