BetterBuildingMode
Improves Valheim building with Free Cam Building Mode, Area Fill, Area Repair, and Free Cam resource pickup.
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Better Building Mode
Improves Valheim's building experience with Free Cam Building Mode, Area Fill, Area Repair, and Free Cam resource pickup.
Features
- Free Cam Building Mode — automatically activates when a build tool is equipped while already within range of a crafting station. The player stays stationary while the camera can move and build remotely within a fixed 100 meter radius.
- Area Fill — place two aligned reference pieces and fill the missing line or rectangular area between them. Includes material checks, existing-piece exclusion, wireframe preview, pole spacing, and a movable information display.
- Area Repair — while in building mode with the Hammer's Repair option selected, repairing a structure automatically repairs all damaged structures and objects within 50 meters of the Free Cam position.
- Free Cam Resource Pickup — dropped items within 5 meters of the Free Cam can be automatically collected while normal inventory restrictions remain in effect.
Default Free Cam Controls
| Action | Key |
| --- | --- |
| Forward | W |
| Backward | S |
| Left | A |
| Right | D |
| Up | Space |
| Down | Left Ctrl |
| Fast Move | Left Shift |
Area Fill Controls
| Action | Key |
| --- | --- |
| Toggle Area Fill | F8 |
| Confirm Area Fill | F9 |
| Cancel Area Fill | F10 |
| Change Pole Spacing | F11 |
| Move Area Fill HUD | Left Alt |
All Area Fill hotkeys can be customized in the configuration.
Requirements
- Valheim
- BepInExPack Valheim
- Official BepInEx Configuration Manager
Installation
Install with a -compatible mod manager, or place BetterBuildingMode.dll in your BepInEx/plugins folder.
Author
ArtificialIntelligence
Install & use Install: BepInEx plugin
- The archive from playbuff is the mod itself — usually a BepInEx plugin (a .dll or a plugin folder once unzipped).
- Recommended: use a community mod manager (such as r2modman) — pick this game, import the mod, and the manager sets up BepInEx and its dependencies for you.
- Manual route: install the BepInEx loader in the game folder, then drop the unzipped .dll or plugin folder into BepInEx/plugins/.
- Launch the game — the BepInEx console logs every plugin it loads; seeing this mod in the log means it is installed.
Mods with listed dependencies need those installed too, or they will not load. Options are usually changed in-game or in the plugin's config file. In multiplayer, the host and every client need the same mods installed.
Install these first, or the mod will not work: