Hourglass
A buildable hourglass that holds the sun at noon while you build. Use it again to let time flow.
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Hourglass
A buildable Hourglass (Hammer → Misc, 6 Fine wood + 4 Resin + 2 Greydwarf eyes at a Workbench).
Use it and the sun stops at noon for everyone in the world. Use it again and time flows on. No night, no night spawns, no fumbling for torches while you're laying out a great hall.
The world's calendar keeps counting underneath — days still pass, so nothing that runs on the world clock (crops, fermenters, raids) changes. Only the sky and the day/night state are held.
Works on any server without the server needing the mod. Players without the mod see normal time.
Config: TimeOfDay — 0.5 is noon, 0.25 dawn, 0.75 dusk.
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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: