CraftFromChestsPlus
Craft Totem signs. Craft/build/smelt from chests. RequireTotem in Mod Settings. Needs Jotunn.
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CraftFromChestsPlus
Place a Craft Totem (sign) in your base. Inside its radius, all players can craft, build, and smelt using nearby chests. Outside = no chest scans (no explore lag).
Optional: set RequireTotem = false in Mod Settings / config to always use chests within Range (no totem needed).
Requires: Jotunn
Support / donations: ko-fi.com/tudoecriativo
Features
- Craft Totem signs — Hammer → Misc near a Workbench
- Shared zone for everyone near a placed totem
- Config toggles: craft / hammer build / smelt
- RequireTotem (Mod Settings): totem zone only, or always-on around the player
- Alt + scroll on a totem to change its radius
- Smelter / Kiln / Blast furnace / Eitr refinery ore & fuel from chests
- Up to 128 closest chests (configurable MaxNearbyChests); access checks
How to use
- Install BepInEx, Jotunn, and this mod (same versions on dedicated server + all clients)
- Place a totem via Hammer → Misc near a workbench (Wood + Resin + Bronze)
- Or open Configuration Manager / Mod Settings and set RequireTotem = false for always-on
- Hold Alt and scroll while looking at a totem to resize its radius
FAQ — “We don’t see the totem at the workbench”
- Totems are built with the Hammer → Misc near a Workbench (not the Production list)
- Dedicated: server + all clients need Jotunn + CraftFromChestsPlus at the same version
Changelog
1.1.6
- Fix: mod stopping after death/respawn (chest + totem lists re-bootstrap on spawn)
- Fix: distant chests ignored in large bases (default MaxNearbyChests raised 32 → 128, configurable)
- Fix: some items (e.g. mandibles) not detected — match shared token, prefab name, and localized name
- Clarify: with a Craft Totem, Alt+scroll sets that totem’s radius (config Range is the default until adjusted)
1.1.5
- Removed Craft Focus item — use Mod Settings RequireTotem instead (true = totem zone, false = always on)
- Changelog cleaned
1.1.0
- Craft Totem zone for craft/build/smelt from chests (requires Jotunn)
Install
- BepInExPack Valheim 5.4.2350+
- Jotunn
- CraftFromChestsPlus
- Restart (server + clients)
Config
BepInEx/config/poneis.valheim.CraftFromChestsPlus.cfg
(also editable in-game with Configuration Manager / Mod Settings)
| Key | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Enabled | true | Master switch |
| Range | 50 | Default zone / pull radius (5–200). With a totem, Alt+scroll overrides that totem |
| MaxNearbyChests | 128 | Max nearest chests scanned inside the radius |
| RequireTotem | true | true = need Craft Totem zone; false = always on around player |
| EnableCraftFromChests | true | Workbench / inventory craft |
| EnableBuildFromChests | true | Hammer build |
| EnableSmeltFromChests | true | Smelters / kilns |
| RangeHoldKey | LeftAlt | Hold + scroll to resize totem |
| Language | pt-BR | Auto / English / Portuguese / pt-BR |
Compatibility
Do not stack with other Craft From Containers mods. OK with SmartContainers and StationRangePlus.
Support
ko-fi.com/tudoecriativo — Team PONEIS
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: