dmtWoodcutting
Vanilla Woodcutting skill progression: smooth perks every point plus milestones - HP on aim at 10, 1 HP stumps at 20, stamina per felled tree at 30, axe combo at 40, one-hit felling at 50, axe conserv
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dmtWoodcutting
A Valheim mod that turns the vanilla Woodcutting skill into a full lumberjack progression: smooth perks on every skill point, plus milestones — HP on aim, 1 HP stumps, stamina per felled tree, one-hit fell chance, uninterrupted axe combos, axe conservation and boosted XP.
It uses the vanilla Woodcutting skill — no custom skill, vanilla XP rates and vanilla skill UI.
GitHub: DaiMinhTri/Woodcutting
Features
Progressive perks (every skill point)
- Item yield: ×1.00 at level 0 up to ×2.00 (configurable) at level 100, scaled linearly by your current level
- Falling-tree damage: 100% at level 0 down to 30% (configurable) at level 100
- Forest speed: up to +10% (configurable) run/jog speed in forests at level 100
- Log HP: felled logs and half-logs get weaker continuously with level, following 2^(−3 × level/100) — halved around skill 33, quartered around 67 and down to 1/8 at 100. Standing trees always keep vanilla HP
Milestones
| Level | Perk |
|---|---|
| 10 | HP on aim — aim at a tree, stump or log to see its current / maximum HP above the crosshair |
| 20 | Stumps 1 HP — one hit from anything destroys a stump (9 vanilla prefabs, incl. Ashlands) |
| 30 | Felling Stamina — each felled standing tree grants stamina, growing from 0 at level 30 to +15 (configurable) at level 100 |
| 40 | Axe combo — axe attack chains no longer reset while chopping trees — swings 1→2→3 flow continuously |
| 50 | Felling Blow — chance to drop a standing tree with a single hit, growing from 0% at level 50 to 30% (configurable) at level 100 |
| 60 | Axe Conservation — 30% (configurable) of tree/log hits cost no durability, growing to 50% (configurable) at level 100 |
| 80 | XP boost — Woodcutting XP is earned ×1.5 (configurable) |
Progression table
| Level | Yield | Fall damage | Forest speed | HP aim | Stumps | Stamina/tree | Axe combo | Felling blow | Conservation | Log HP | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | ×1.00 | 100% | — | — | vanilla | — | — | — | — | ×1.00 | ×1.0 |
| 10 | ×1.10 | 93% | +1% | on | vanilla | — | — | — | — | ×0.81 | ×1.0 |
| 20 | ×1.20 | 86% | +2% | on | 1 HP | — | — | — | — | ×0.66 | ×1.0 |
| 30 | ×1.30 | 79% | +3% | on | 1 HP | starts | — | — | — | ×0.54 | ×1.0 |
| 40 | ×1.40 | 72% | +4% | on | 1 HP | +2.1 | on | — | — | ×0.44 | ×1.0 |
| 50 | ×1.50 | 65% | +5% | on | 1 HP | +4.3 | on | starts | — | ×0.35 | ×1.0 |
| 60 | ×1.60 | 58% | +6% | on | 1 HP | +6.4 | on | 6% | 30% | ×0.29 | ×1.0 |
| 80 | ×1.80 | 44% | +8% | on | 1 HP | +10.7 | on | 18% | 40% | ×0.19 | ×1.5 |
| 100 | ×2.00 | 30% | +10% | on | 1 HP | +15 | on | 30% | 50% | ×0.13 | ×1.5 |
Yield, fall damage, forest speed and log HP grow with every skill point. Stamina and felling blow grow linearly from their start level to 100. Milestone effects apply to already-existing stumps/logs the moment you cross the level.
Uses the vanilla skill
Woodcutting XP is earned exactly like vanilla (chop trees with an axe), vanilla shows the skill in its normal UI, and vanilla's skill-based chop damage bonus applies. Existing Woodcutting levels are kept.
Configuration
A configuration file is generated at BepInEx/config/dmtWoodcutting.cfg after the first launch. All settings are synced from the server.
| Section | Setting | Default | Description |
|---------|---------|---------|-------------|
| 1 - General | Lock Configuration | On | If on, the configuration is locked and can be changed by server admins only. |
| 1 - General | Tree item yield modifier at level 100 | 2 | Item yield from trees will be modified by this value at skill level 100. (1–5) |
| 1 - General | Tree fall damage modifier at level 100 | 0.3 | Damage from falling trees
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: