PaganFastCrafting
Configurable crafting speed. Flat timer mode or skill-based scaling per station — combat skills and station mastery both count. Supports Smoothbrain's Blacksmithing mod.
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PaganFastCrafting
Configurable crafting speed for Valheim. Choose between a flat craft time or skill-based scaling where each station pulls from the most relevant skill — and your combat mastery counts too!
Modes
| Mode | Behavior |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| Off | Vanilla behavior — mod does nothing |
| Flat | Every craft takes FlatDuration seconds, regardless of skill |
| Skill | Craft speed scales with your relevant skill (default) |
Skill Mode — How It Works
Two layers always contribute and the best wins:
Layer 1 — Item skill (weapons and ammo only)
Swords, Axes, Bows, Pickaxes, etc. If the item you're crafting has a real combat skill, that skill is in the pool.
Layer 2 — Station skill
Every station has a mapped skill. Always contributes regardless of what you're crafting.
final_factor = Max(item_skill, station_skill)
This means a master crafter (Crafting 100) is fast at everything on their bench, and a master swordsman (Swords 100) is fast at forging blades even if their general crafting is low.
Station → Skill Mapping
| Station | Skill |
|---|---|
| Workbench | Crafting |
| Forge, Black Forge, Forge of Ages | Blacksmithing\* |
| Stonecutter, Artisan Table | Crafting |
| Cauldron, Essence Cauldron | Cooking |
| Galdr Table, Magic Weaver | ElementalMagic or BloodMagic (best) |
| Hunter Table, Munitions Bench, Naval Workshop | Crafting |
| No station (inventory crafting) | Crafting |
*Incorporates Smoothbrain's Blacksmithing mod. Falls back to Crafting skill if not installed.
Skill Curve
- Skill 0 → vanilla 2.0s base
- Skill 100 → SkillDurationAtMax (default 0.85s)
- Linear interpolation between
Configuration
File: BepInEx/config/pagan.fastcrafting.cfg
| Key | Default | Range | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mode | Skill | Off / Flat / Skill | Crafting speed behavior |
| FlatDuration | 0.5 | 0.1 – 2.0 | Seconds per craft in Flat mode |
| SkillDurationAtMax | 0.85 | 0.1 – 0.85 | Seconds per craft at skill 100 in Skill mode |
Compatibility
- Smoothbrain's Blacksmithing — fully supported. Install it and forge stations automatically switch to Blacksmithing skill.
- Original FasterCrafting (1010101110.fastercrafting) — if detected, PaganFastCrafting disables itself and logs a warning. Remove the original mod to use this one.
- Historical Heritage, Hunter's Legacy, Magic Supremacy — all modded stations mapped and confirmed.
- Non-Listed modded stations - Any non listed modded stations should fall back to the vanilla Crafting skill and relavent weapon skills to determine speed increase in "Skill" mode.
Notes
Vanilla's own skill-based craft time reduction is suppressed — this mod owns the curve entirely when Mode is not Off. The m_craftDurationSkillMaxDecrease field is zeroed so there's no double-dipping.
AI Usage
AI assisted with the codewriting and development of this mod.
Thanks to
- 1010101110 for the original inspiration for the mod
- Dreanegade for his incredible series of Historical Heritage, Hunter's Legacy, and Magic Supremacy mods
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: