Blacksmiths tools

v3.0.0·Updated 2026-09-13

Tool for hiding parts of the player model when equipping wearables, also a fix for incorrectly deforming skinned meshes on custom items.

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Blacksmiths Tools

This mod is brought to you by GoldenJude, now maintained with the help of VentureValheim. Please direct all comments and issues to OrianaVenture on discord or at Venture Gaming. To make a report on github please do so under the specified project fork.

Features

Bone reoder

  • Automatically fixes the order of bones in skinned mesh renderers for custom armors/capes/utility items etc., solving the issue of incorrectly deformed meshes as long as the mesh has the correct bone weights

Body hiding

  • provides the ability to hide certain parts of the player model for easier armor creation

Installation

Place the BlacksmithTools.dll into your Bepinex/plugins folder. This mod is only needed on the client.

Configuration

Body hiding is configured by specifying a combination of body part names and bone indexes

There are two ways to configure body hiding:

Config file

Create a file named bsmith.ITEM_PREFAB_NAME.cfg and launch once to generate fields

  • for the field "List" input a list of body parts names delimited by a semicolon. i.e. Head;Torso;ArmUpperLeft
  • for the field "Bone List" input a list of bone names delimited by a semicolon. i.e. 0;1;2;4;7;12;3

Code

Access the BlacksmithTools.BodypartSystem class and insert your configuration into either of the two dictionaries with the key being the item's prefab name

Valid values for configuration via part names

Head

Torso

ArmUpperLeft

ArmLowerLeft

HandLeft

ArmUpperRight

ArmLowerRight

HandRight

LegUpperLeft

LegLowerLeft

FootLeft

LegUpperRight

LegLowerRight

FootRight

Values for configuration via bone indexes (list gained by printing out player model's bones array)

Hips - 0

Spine - 1

Spine1 - 2

Spine2 - 3

Neck - 4

Head - 5

Jaw - 6

LeftShoulder - 7

LeftArm - 8

LeftForeArm - 9

LeftHand - 10

LeftHandThumb1 - 11

LeftHandThumb2 - 12

LeftHandThumb3 - 13

LeftHandIndex1 - 14

LeftHandIndex2 - 15

LeftHandIndex3 - 16

LeftHandMiddle1 - 17

LeftHandMiddle2 - 18

LeftHandMiddle3 - 19

LeftHandRing1 - 20

LeftHandRing2 - 21

LeftHandRing3 - 22

LeftHandPinky1 - 23

LeftHandPinky2 - 24

LeftHandPinky3 - 25

RightShoulder - 26

RightArm - 27

RightForeArm - 28

RightHand - 29

RightHandThumb1 - 30

RightHandThumb2 - 31

RightHandThumb3 - 32

RightHandIndex1 - 33

RightHandIndex2 - 34

RightHandIndex3 - 35

RightHandMiddle1 - 36

RightHandMiddle2 - 37

RightHandMiddle3 - 38

RightHandRing1 - 39

RightHandRing2 - 40

RightHandRing3 - 41

RightHandPinky1 - 42

RightHandPinky2 - 43

RightHandPinky3 - 44

LeftUpLeg - 45

LeftLeg - 46

LeftFoot - 47

LeftToeBase - 48

RightUpLeg - 49

RightLeg - 50

RightFoot - 51

RightToeBase - 52

Install & use Install: BepInEx plugin

  1. The archive from playbuff is the mod itself — usually a BepInEx plugin (a .dll or a plugin folder once unzipped).
  2. 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.
  3. Manual route: install the BepInEx loader in the game folder, then drop the unzipped .dll or plugin folder into BepInEx/plugins/.
  4. 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.

Dependencies

Install these first, or the mod will not work:

denikson-BepInExPack_Valheim

File & checksum

Filename
Blacksmiths_tools-3.0.0.zip
File size
26.6 KiB