RossQoL
A set of Quality-of-life tweaks, all individually configured. Alpha WIP
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RossQoL
Quality-of-life tweaks for Valheim. Every tweak has its
own switch, and every category has a master switch, so you keep only what
you want.
All config lives in BepInEx/config/com.rossdwest.rossqol.cfg. Each
setting's description says whether it is a personal setting or
server-controlled when connected.
Edits to the file apply while the game is running; there is no need to
restart. Turning a feature off takes effect straight away. Turning on
a feature that was off when the game launched takes effect after a restart.
Server-controlled settings changed on a server are pushed to every
connected player; while connected, your own edits to them are ignored.
Every player on a server needs RossQoL, at the same minor version.
General
| Setting | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| HotReload | true | Apply edits to the config file without a restart. |
Combat
Server-controlled when connected.
| Setting | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Enabled | true | All combat and creature tweaks. |
| InstantLoot | true | A killed creature's loot drops the moment it dies, at its body, instead of when the corpse fades a few seconds later. The corpse still falls and fades as normal. |
Other mods that drop a corpse's loot early do not cause any loot to drop
twice alongside this.
Crafting
| Setting | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Enabled | true | All crafting station tweaks. |
| RecipeSearch | true | A search box above the crafting recipe list. Typing narrows the list to recipes whose name or type contains the text, ignoring case and spaces. Works on the Craft and Upgrade tabs; clears when the panel closes. |
| SearchAutoFocus | true | Puts the cursor in the search box when you open a crafting station, so you can type straight away. Not for the plain inventory, or with a gamepad. |
| MultiCraft | true | Adds a number box beside the Craft button; that button then makes as many as the box says, 1 to 100. Stackable items only. Server-controlled. |
| BenchRange | true | Crafting stations reach further than vanilla's 10 m. Server-controlled. |
| BuildRange | 40 (metres) | How far from a crafting station you can build, 1 to 100. |
| BuildRangePerType | (empty) | Per-station ranges overriding BuildRange, e.g. piece_workbench:30, forge:15. |
| CraftFromChests | true | Crafting, upgrading and building may take materials from nearby containers. Your pack is spent first. Requirement rows read "have/need", counting pack and containers together. Server-controlled. |
| CraftRadius | 40 (metres) | How far to look for containers to craft from, 1 to 100. |
| BuildFromChests | true | The hammer draws on containers too, not just crafting stations. |
| ExtensionRange | 10 (metres) | How far an attachment may sit from its station, 1 to 50. Vanilla is 5. Applies to attachments as they load. |
| AutoRepair | true | Opening a crafting station repairs everything it is able to repair, in one go. Server-controlled. |
Besides names, you can search by type: helmet, chest, legs, cape,
armor, shield, utility, tool, torch, ammo, food,
material, trinket and weapon, plus a weapon's skill in your game's
language (axes, bows, knives and so on). Type words are matched
like names, so bow also finds crossbows.
While the search box has the cursor, game keys are ignored: E and Tab
type letters instead of closing the panel. Press Enter or click elsewhere
to leave the box, or close the panel with Esc.
Death
Server-controlled when connected, except GraveMarker's own settings, which
are yours.
| Setting | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Enabled | true | All death and corpse run tweaks. |
| GraveMarker | true | A marker over your grave, sliding to the edge of the screen and pointing at it once it is out of view. Gone once the grave is emptied. |
| MinItemsToTrack | 1 | The fewest items a grave has to hold before it is tracked at all. Server-controlled. |
| HideDistance | 10 (metres) | How close to a grave before its marker hides, so it does not co
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: