Simple Compass
A minimal compass line at the top of the screen: N/E/S/W, your map pins at their real bearing, and the distance to the pin you're facing. Client-side.
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Simple Compass
A minimal compass for Valheim: a thin line across the top of the screen, in the style of modern adventure games.
- N / E / S / W only, plus small ticks between them. No clutter.
- Your map pins sit above the line at their real bearing, using the map's own icons. That includes your pins, pings, shouts, other players and bosses. Pins shrink and fade with distance.
- Distance to what you're facing: the pin nearest the centre shows its name and distance right on the line, in gold.
- Crossed-out pins are hidden. The compass hides while the big map is open, and when you hide the HUD.
- Drag it: open your inventory, then drag the compass anywhere. The position is saved.
Client-side only. Nobody else needs it, and neither does the server.
Configuration
BepInEx/config/com.mous.simplecompass.cfg (or in-game with ConfigurationManager, changes apply live):
- FieldOfView (degrees visible across the bar), IntercardinalTicks
- Position, Width, Opacity, FontSize
- Range (metres, 0 = no pins), IconSize, HideCheckedPins, ShowPinNames
License
MIT — source at
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.
Dependencies
Install these first, or the mod will not work:
denikson-BepInExPack_Valheim