Your favorite mods?

[Lowbei]

Having completed the game numerous times, my pals are looking to make the next one more interesting.

What are your favorite mods?

[Suzaku]

Valheim Plus. It's all I need.

[Lowbei]

Originalmente postado por Suzaku:

Valheim Plus. It's all I need.

whats that do?

[Suzaku]

Originalmente postado por Lowbei:

Originalmente postado por Suzaku:

Valheim Plus. It's all I need.

whats that do?

It's a large collection of quality-of-life options and tweaks to dozens of other aspects to the game, but all of it is set by the player. Things like torches/fires always being full, crafting from nearby chests, larger work radius around workbenches, altered exp rates, stamina costs, weight limits, inventory space on the player or specific chests, automating machines to draw from nearby chests, and much more.

The nice thing about the mod is everything is turned off by default, and you go into a simple config file and turn them on and change the values yourself, so you can decide exactly what you want and don't want, and how drastic the changes are. The mod also syncs up everyone else to its configurations, meaning your friends just need the mod installed, and their mod will follow whatever the host has set.

A thought I've had is that: I don't think I truly like Valheim, but I love Valheim Plus.

[Lowbei]

Originalmente postado por Suzaku:

Originalmente postado por Lowbei:

whats that do?

It's a large collection of quality-of-life options and tweaks to dozens of other aspects to the game, but all of it is set by the player. Things like torches/fires always being full, crafting from nearby chests, larger work radius around workbenches, altered exp rates, stamina costs, weight limits, inventory space on the player or specific chests, automating machines to draw from nearby chests, and much more.

The nice thing about the mod is everything is turned off by default, and you go into a simple config file and turn them on and change the values yourself, so you can decide exactly what you want and don't want, and how drastic the changes are. The mod also syncs up everyone else to its configurations, meaning your friends just need the mod installed, and their mod will follow whatever the host has set.

A thought I've had is that: I don't think I truly like Valheim, but I love Valheim Plus.

thanks!

[Mr_Puddins]

Xportal is a MUST have for sure. No more having to pair portals. You have access to a list and just select which portal you want to go to.

[Yakumo_2020]

Valheim plus is a great mod for simplicity, one mod that does almost everything you might want, and a lot you might not want as well. I personally don't like monolithic packages that try to do everything. One of the weaknesses of a "One Mod to rule them all" approch is that if the mod breaks due to a game update, even if you don't use that feature, then you are SoL until the mod's devs fix it. Single function mods like the ones I have listed below do one thing well. If they get broken with a game update you can still play the game with all the other mods.

So, my must have QoL mods that I won't play without and a few mods that actually make the game more fun for my play style.

the QoLs mods are all client side so you can use them with with any server;

Triple Bronze; 2 Copper + 1 Tin = 3 Bronze, also adds some single ingot smelting options for other ores to the Forge so a full smelter/furnace isn't always needed.
https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/1463

Minmap Discover Radius. increases the area of the map around the player that gets revealed as you explore.
https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/210

Mute on Minimize. mutes game's audio when the game's window is not focus. Great for when you need to tab out of the game for a Zoom call or want to watch Youtube while waiting on a batch of ores to proccess
https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/2895

Extended Player Inventory, adds dedicated armor slots plus three 'belt' slots for arrow/potions/foods/anything. The 7 extra slots make a huge difference IMHO
https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/1356

Display Date time in HUD, shows you in game day and time, so you know when to head for bed or need to be ready when leaveing a dungeon at night
https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/861

Real Clock, in game display of real world time. Useful so you aren't late for something important.
https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/489

Compass. easier than always looking at the tiny arrow in the minmap
https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/851


Then there are the useful, but not essential mods, also all client side;

Blast Furnace takes all, Tin, Copper, Iron, etc.. Because a blast furnace is just a smelter with a blower.
https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/2050

Show Container Contents. shows contents of chests when you mouse over them.
https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/829

Nexus update check, checks for updates of installed mods at start up.
https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/102


And finally my "for fun" mods, these will cause issues with vanilla servers.

Spyglass. Adds a craftable telescope that doubles as a club
https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/2620

Zarkow Turret Defense. Adds automated gun, missile launchers, and utility drones (Gun, logging, gathering, healing, repair) to the game. Makes soloing much easier for players like myself who are not really very gud. And it's fun to watch Trolls and Bosses get blasted by the heavy turrets and missiles
https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/2443

ValheimRAFT-Continued. Adds a raft that you can build on, anything from a basic exploration/recon skiff to a huge ocean liner. No build Limits or restrictions so you can have crafting stations, ovens, smelters, etc. on board.
https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/2630

Side note: using ValheimRAFT and Turret Defense together is FUN. Being able to build an armed landing craft to get you to the Ashlands is also a huge help when soloing.

You can probably also find some of these at Thunderstore as well.

Hope you find some of these useful. Good Hunting o7

[Yakumo_2020]

Originalmente postado por Mr_Puddins:

Xportal is a MUST have for sure. No more having to pair portals. You have access to a list and just select which portal you want to go to.

didn't know about this one. Thanks for the tip.

[Frozztastic]

If you use Thunderstore for mods, this here is a profile that I've been using that has worked great. QOL fixes, more and different enemies, early game magic, extra skills (Including one that ups your carry weight)

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Ones that I have starred are the ones that I tend to use on most Mod Profiles. If you want some extra challenge, add "WildBears" - just...stay away from them at the start.

List of them:
BepinExPack
Vitality
Jotunn
VitalityFix
RtDHorrors
Sailing
Foraging
Magic Plugin
Magical Mounts
Slayer Skills
CretaceousCreatures (Adds Dinosaurs!)
RtDOcean
RtDMonsters
RtDMagic
MistBeGone **
PackHorse **
Agility **
Endurance **
Wisdom
CraftFromContainers **
Explorer
Almanac
ExplorersVision
InstantMonsterLootDrop **
BiomeConqueror
RtDAdditions
TargetPortal **

This gives a list of ones that both make things easier, and make things harder to balance it all out.

[yeti]

None at all.

Maybe someday.

But for now, Valheim is just Valheim.

[knighttemplar1960]

Originalmente postado por yeti:

None at all.

Maybe someday.

But for now, Valheim is just Valheim.

Same here except for mistbegone. I'm visually impaired so mistlands is nearly impossible without it. The mist is also computer resource intensive. Mistbegone removes that load. Even If my vision were normal I'd still use it just to reduce lag and heat.

[Slimm_]

I just added a mod that let's me have a flatscreen TV with youtube on my server

[Mr_Puddins]

Originalmente postado por Frozztastic:

RtDHorrors
.

Now there's an intense mod... Even Meadows is scary with that on. D:

[Eightball]

The only mods I use if I use any are those that increase the challenge by adding more and different mobs, more locations with mobs and mods that alter the level and abilities of mobs (Creature Level and Loot Control).

There is an interesting mod I use called 'Seasons' (as opposed to Seasonality) that adds visual as well as stat and environmental modifiers for seasons in game. It is something to plan around, when to plant and harvest, when to explore and sail, etc.

I have personally found that many, many mods are redundant (I really don't need 7 bow types in the Meadows) or OP and so many mods have bloat you cannot trim.

Mind you just changing the difficulty sliders on the vanilla game can dramatically change your experience. A no map/no portal run on hard is a nice starting point.

You will find many of the suggestions above are what some consider QoL if that is what you are looking for. You may want to better define what you mean by 'more interesting' for your next run. Do you want more challenge? Less perceived grind? Both?

[Lacrimosa]

I now have
1. VillageNPC - Adds villagers to your village that just roam around and occasionally say something.

2. PlantEverything - you can plant blueberries, raspberries, mushrooms, etc (was tired of noting down bush locations on the map and running whole continent once in a while to gather some berries)

3. LongshipUpgrades - Adds few very nice details to your longships that doesn't break immersion and stays absolutely authentic to game style. Also the ships now look much cooler.

4. BetterWards - configurable wards that have tons of options and they're finally useful in solo game now

[Frozztastic]

Originalmente postado por Mr_Puddins:

Originalmente postado por Frozztastic:

RtDHorrors
.

Now there's an intense mod... Even Meadows is scary with that on. D:

Combined with Dinosaurs, it can get pretty intense.

I don't think I've had that many deaths pre-Eikthyr on any other file, lol