Fish Respawn

A BepInEx mod for Valheim that keeps fish around your fishing float so you're never left waiting on an empty spot. While your line is out, the mod tops up the water around the float with fish. When you stop fishing, the fish it spawned are removed.

Features

• Keeps up to a set number of fish within a radius of your float while your line is out.
• Fish are chosen from the game's own spawn tables, so you get the fish that belong to the biome and ocean depth you're fishing in.
• Fish swim at the depth they would normally use in the game.
• Optionally lets every fish be caught with any fishing bait.
• Does nothing when you aren't fishing.

Configuration

Section	Setting	Default	Description
General	Enabled	true	Turns forced fish respawns on or off.
Spawn Area	Radius	30	Radius (m) around your float to keep stocked with fish.
Spawn Area	MinSpawnDistance	6	Fish never spawn closer than this (m) to the float.
Spawn Rate	MaxFishNearby	8	Stop spawning once this many fish are within the radius.
Spawn Rate	SpawnIntervalSeconds	5	Seconds between respawn checks while your line is out.
Spawn Rate	MaxSpawnsPerCheck	1	Maximum fish spawned per check.
Fish	BiomeAccurate	true	Only spawn fish the game spawns in the biome and water depth at the spawn point.
Fish	FallbackFish	Fish1,Fish2	Comma-separated fish prefab names used when no biome data is available or BiomeAccurate is off.
Fish	SpawnedFishLifetimeSeconds	120	Mod-spawned fish are removed after this long (unless hooked). 0 keeps them permanently.
Bait	AnyBait	true	Every fish can be caught with any fishing bait.

Notes

• Water depth follows the game's rules: each fish's spawn-table ocean depth and its own minimum swim depth. There is no separate depth setting.
• Minimum spawn distance is applied when a fish spawns. Fish can still swim toward your float afterwards, and AnyBait makes them more interested in it.
• If Radius is smaller than MinSpawnDistance + 1, the mod uses MinSpawnDistance + 1 as the outer radius.
• With SpawnedFishLifetimeSeconds set to 0, spawned fish are not tracked, so they are not removed when you stop fishing.
• AnyBait is not undone if you turn it off during a session. Restart the game to restore normal baits.

Upgrading to 1.0.2

The MinWaterDepth setting was removed. You can delete that line from your config file. See CHANGELOG.md for details.