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FAQ

Short answers to the questions players ask most often about Norse Demigods. Each answer links to the page with the full details.

Getting started

Is there a list of every demigod and ability?

Yes, this wiki: start with Demigods and Abilities.

In the game, your compendium shows your own demigod's abilities, keys and attributes once you have chosen one. See The compendium.

How do I choose a demigod?

Use the Demigod Runestone from your inventory and pick a demigod from its menu.

  • You get one for free when you spawn without a demigod.
  • No runestone? Craft one from your inventory; it needs no crafting station. Servers can change the recipe or turn off the free runestone. See Getting one.

The runestone says "Disabled by divine intervention!"

The server has disabled that demigod, so it cannot be chosen. Players who already are that demigod keep it.

  • Setting: [(General)] Disabled Demigods List (see Optional Features).
  • If every demigod shows the message, check this setting first.

Can I switch to another demigod?

Yes, with the Demigod Runestone. You lose a few demigod skill levels, but keep your permanent consumables, and each demigod keeps its ability infusion for when you switch back. See Switching demigods.

Can I keep my infusion when I switch demigods?

Each demigod keeps its own. Infusion belongs to one demigod: if you infuse Thor, switch to Freyja and later back to Thor, Thor's abilities are infused again. Freyja still needs her own infusion.

Servers can turn this off with [(General)] Keep Infused Abilities Per Demigod; then you must infuse again after switching, even when you switch back. RevokeDemigod always forgets every infusion.

Server admins can infuse a player with the InfuseAbilities console command.

Does the mod work in multiplayer?

Yes. The server and every player need the same mod version and the same data files. See Multiplayer.

Controls

How do I use my abilities?

Abilities use your side mouse buttons, block plus a side mouse button, and the special attack key while you hold one of your demigod's favorite weapons. See Controls and Hotkeys.

Your compendium page ND: Abilities lists every key for your demigod.

My mouse has no side buttons. How do I change the keys?

Set your own keys in a configuration manager in-game, or in the settings file. See Changing keys.

How do I use my weapon's normal special attack?

Hold Left Alt while you use the special attack. See Special attacks.

How do I use a bow's special attack?

With a bow or crossbow equipped, press your special attack key (Middle Mouse by default), as with any other weapon. Only demigods with a bow special attack, such as Ullr's Infused Arrow, have one.

Progression and infusion

How do I gain demigod experience?

Each demigod gains experience in its own way, mostly by fighting. Each demigod page lists its sources under Demigod skill experience. See Progression.

My demigod level stopped rising. Why?

Your demigod skill is capped until you have the next boss's trophy.

  • Killing the boss is not enough: you must pick up its trophy (head), so it appears in your trophy list.
  • In multiplayer, each player needs the trophy in their own list: pass the head around.

See Skill cap.

How do I infuse my abilities?

Each demigod has its own infusion item. Consume it once to upgrade all of your demigod's abilities.

  • Your compendium page ND: Introduction gives a hint in its last paragraph.
  • The recipes are on Ability Infusion Items and in each demigod's Infusion section, hidden in spoiler boxes.
  • Each ability page lists what infusion adds in its Infused section.

How do I infuse Kvasir?

Kvasir has no infusion item: he must defeat a specific enemy.

  • Your compendium page ND: Introduction gives a hint.
  • The exact condition, including what counts in multiplayer, is in the spoiler box on the Kvasir page.

Where can I find the recipes?

On the Items pages. Recipes for infusion items, permanent consumables and the Infused Megingjord are hidden in spoiler boxes; food and runestone recipes are shown openly.

Do vanilla skills such as Elemental Magic or Blood Magic make my abilities stronger?

No. Ability damage grows with your demigod skill level. Each ability page shows it in a level table.

Do my companions get stronger as I level up?

Yes. Their damage and health grow with your demigod skill level. A level gained counts from your next summon, except for your wolf, which grows stronger right away. See How companions work.

Is there special gear for demigods?

Abilities and combat

Why can't my abilities damage harder trees or ores?

Every ability that damages trees, rocks or ores has a tool tier. Harder materials need a higher tier.

Why do my abilities sometimes stop damaging trees and rocks?

That is collateral protection: trees and ores are spared while an enemy is close to you or to the ability's area. It stops you from wrecking the landscape in a fight.

  • Setting: [(General)] Protect Resources From Collateral Damage (on by default; outdoors only).

Can I stop abilities from damaging the world?

  • Buildings: with ward protection on, players cannot damage buildings inside an active player ward. See Optional Features.
  • Trees and ores: server admins can set an ability's Damage To Resources settings to 0 in its config section.

What counts as heavy armor?

Armor pieces that slow you down. Modded armor follows the same rule. See Heavy armor.

Does a mod that removes armor movement penalties work with heavy-armor attributes?

It depends on how that mod works. The mod checks each armor piece's own movement penalty.

  • If the other mod removes the penalty from the armor itself, the armor counts as light.
  • If it only cancels the slowdown and the armor keeps its penalty, the armor still counts as heavy.

Can Dash or Warp take me upward?

No. Dash and Warp move you forward in the direction you face, and the landing spot can be only a little higher or lower than you. Thor's Dash can also dive down to a spot you aim at while airborne.

Can Fenrir use weapons and tools?

Fenrir fights with his bare claws and cannot equip melee weapons or shields. He can use fist weapons, bows, crossbows, staffs, pickaxes, the Abyssal Harpoon, the Butcher knife and torches, and his claws fell trees. See Titan Arms.

Can I keep my weapon in hand when Brokkr throws a bomb?

Server admins can set [Ability Bomb] Hide Weapons = false. See Bomb.

Can I turn off visual effects or sounds?

These are your own settings, so you can change them on any server:

What Setting
Passive effects, such as Thor's lightning or Surtr's fire [(General)] Enable Passive Special Effects
Water Shield's splash and sound near fire [Attribute Water Shield] Play Fire Proximity Effects
The ghostly look of Ullr's wolf [Ability Wolf] Apply Ghost Effect

Hel's skeletons shake the screen like skeletons raised with the vanilla Dead Raiser. Lower the camera shake in the game's settings.

Companions

How do I summon or dismiss a companion?

Use its ability (see its page for the key).

  • Wolves and necks stay until you use the ability again to dismiss them, or until they die.
  • Other companions last a set time or until killed.
  • All companions disappear when you teleport, die or log out.

See the Companions overview.

Can I summon companions in dungeons?

Not most of them: Summon Wolf, Stone Golem, Summon Surtling and Neck cannot be used indoors, such as in dungeons and caves. Hel's Minions and Kvasir's Charm work indoors. Each ability page lists its limits.

How do I feed my wolf?

Feed it like a tamed wolf: drop food it eats on the ground near it. While it is fed, it deals more damage. See Feeding.

Other companions never need food.

Does my wolf keep its stars?

Yes. It gains stars by hitting enemies and keeps them between summons, also when you teleport, die or log out. It loses them only when it dies. See Stars.

Servers and settings

Where are the mod's settings?

In BepInEx/config/NorseDemigods.cfg. The easiest way to change them is in-game, with a configuration manager. See Settings and Recommended Mods.

Which settings does the server control?

Most of them: the server sends its settings to players when they join, and only admins can change them. Your own settings are the ones about you and your screen: hotkeys, the interface and visual effects. See Settings.

Do I need to restart the game after changing a setting?

  • Configuration manager: most changes apply right away. Values fixed when something starts, such as a companion's damage, apply from the next time.
  • Settings file: edit it while the game is closed.
  • Always a restart: [(General)] Enable Mod, and changes to Demigods.yaml and Consumables.json.

How do I disable a demigod or an ability on my server?

  • A demigod: add it to [(General)] Disabled Demigods List. See Optional Features.
  • Abilities and attributes: edit Demigods.yaml. Every player needs the same file as the server. See Multiplayer.
  • Teleport: set [Teleportation] Enable Teleport Ability = false.

Can players be made to craft the Demigod Runestone?

Yes. Turn off the free runestone with [Runestone] Runestone Spawn At Start, and change the recipe with [Runestone] Runestone Crafting Recipe. See Getting one.

How do I make the game harder?

Raise the mod's difficulty. See Difficulty. It works together with mods that change creature levels, such as Creature Level and Loot Control.

Are there console commands?

Yes, for example to infuse your abilities or remove your demigod. See Console Commands.

Is the mod compatible with other mods?

See Compatibility for known problems and the mods the mod supports. A mod that is not listed is not known to cause problems.

Troubleshooting

Some text is missing or shows as placeholders

The mod's files were moved or are missing: reinstall the mod and keep its folder structure. See Troubleshooting.

Something isn't working. How do I report a bug?

See Troubleshooting.

Can I translate the mod?

Yes. Translate the English text files and share them on the Norse Demigods Discord so they can be included in the mod. See Languages for the languages already included.