Installing golden_idiot (Golden Idiot mod)

This adds the Golden Idiot to Valheim - a rare, giant, gold-tinted Fuling variant that spawns in Plains, Swamp, Mountain, Black Forest, and Mistlands. It's fast, hits hard, has a small health pool, and drops a pile of gold when killed.

Everyone in the group needs this installed - a custom creature spawning for some players and not others will desync the game, and you'll get kicked for a version mismatch when joining someone who doesn't (or does) have it.

1. Get a mod manager (skip if you already have one)

Download Thunderstore Mod Manager or r2modman (either works the same way) from thunderstore.io - search "Valheim", pick any mod, and use its "Download with Mod Manager" button, which will offer to install one for you.

2. Install the two mods this depends on

Open the mod manager, create (or pick) a profile for your Valheim group, and install these from its search/browse screen - both are normal public Thunderstore mods:

• BepInExPack Valheim (by denikson) - the modding framework everything else needs
• Jotunn (by ValheimModding), version 2.30.0 or newer

3. Drop in the mod itself

This one isn't on Thunderstore (yet) - install it by hand:

1. In the mod manager, find the button to open your profile's folder (usually "Settings" -> "Browse profile folder", or similar).
2. Go into BepInEx\plugins\.
3. Extract GoldenIdiot-0.1.0.zip here, so you end up with BepInEx\plugins\GoldenIdiot\GoldenIdiot.dll.

4. Launch through the mod manager

Use the mod manager's "Start modded" / play button rather than launching Valheim directly from Steam - that's what actually loads BepInEx and your mods.

Finding one in-game

It's rare by design (roughly once every 33 minutes of continuous play in one of its biomes) - keep exploring Plains, Swamp, Mountain, Black Forest, or Mistlands and it'll show up eventually. To spot-check it without waiting, open the console (F5), type devcommands once, then spawn GoldenIdiot 1 to summon one right in front of you.

Updating later

If a new version comes around, just repeat step 3 with the new zip - it overwrites the old GoldenIdiot.dll in the same folder.