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First Steps

What to do the first time you play with Norse Demigods: read the compendium, choose a demigod with the Demigod Runestone and set up your keys.

Before you start

  • Use a new character if you can. The mod works with existing characters, but your demigod skill starts at level 0. Some demigods, such as Fenrir, rely on it for most of their damage, and catching up late can be slow.
  • If you host the world, choose the difficulty first. Demigods are strong, and the default changes nothing.

Your first session

  1. Spawn in. A message tells you to look in your compendium. A free Demigod Runestone is placed in your inventory.
  2. Open the compendium. Open your inventory (Tab), click the bird icon, and read ND: Introduction.
  3. Use the runestone. Use it from your inventory, read about each demigod, and press "I choose you!". See Demigods to compare them first.
  4. Read the compendium again. It now has pages about your demigod, including your ability keys.
  5. Check your keys. Abilities A and B use the side mouse buttons by default. If your mouse has none, bind other keys: see Controls and Hotkeys.

If you lose the runestone, you get a new one the next time you spawn, as long as you are not a demigod yet. You can also craft one from 1 Stone and 1 Resin, without a crafting station.

The compendium

After you choose a demigod, these pages appear in the compendium. They always match your server's settings.

Page What it shows
ND: Introduction The basics, then a hint about your demigod's infusion (last paragraph)
ND: Abilities Your abilities, with their keys and key combinations
ND: Standard Attributes Your demigod's attributes
ND: Acquired Attributes The permanent effects you have gained, such as permanent consumables
ND: Status Your current demigod bonuses (and your wolf's, if it is out)
ND: Wolves Your wolf's details (Fenrir and Ullr only)

Before you choose a demigod, only ND: Introduction is there.

Changing your mind

  • Switch demigods: use the runestone again and pick another demigod. You lose 5 demigod skill levels, but keep your permanent consumables, and each demigod keeps its ability infusion for when you switch back. See Switching demigods.
  • Stop being a demigod: type RevokeDemigod in the game console (F5). It needs no cheats, but the console only opens if the game was started with the -console launch option (vanilla).

RevokeDemigod cannot be undone

It removes your demigod, every ability infusion (including those remembered for other demigods) and your permanent consumables, and resets your demigod skill to level 0.