The Hearth and the Wild
A mythic-scale Valheim modpack where you are small, the world is vast, and the hearth is your refuge.
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The Hearth and the Wild
A mythic-scale Valheim experience curated by ulvrikironpaw.
Overview
The Hearth and the Wild It’s not about conquering — it’s about belonging. Build your hearth, explore the wild, and find beauty in the scale of nature.
This modpack focuses on:
- 🌿 Organic immersion — a denser, more believable Valheim world.
- 🪓 Comfort & connection — quality-of-life tweaks for smoother multiplayer adventures.
- 🏡 Hearth-centered growth — from tending plants to resting by firelight, life thrives in small moments.
Included Mods
| Category | Notable Mods |
|-----------|--------------|
| Core Framework | BepInExPack, Jotunn |
| Exploration & World | More World Locations AIO, Ulvrik’s World Update |
| Comfort & QoL | Quick Stack/Store, SleepSkip, QuickTeleport |
| Combat | ValheimArmory |
| Nature & Farming | PlantEverything, PlantEasily, TorchesAreFires |
| Progression & Scale | MarsarahTweaks |
| Performance | Dungeon Splitter, BetterNetworking |
Theme
“The hearth is your refuge; the wild is your test.”
Everything is larger than life — from trees that pierce the sky to beasts that dwarf your homestead.
Your tools and teleportation help you survive, but humility helps you thrive.
Find warmth, build beauty, and live small in a grand world.
Installation
- Download Mod Manager or r2modman.
- Launch Valheim through your chosen manager to auto-install dependencies.
- Enjoy a wild yet cozy adventure!
Important Changes to Vanilla
- MarsarahTweaks reduces a lot of grinding and removes skill loss. It also adds a Fine Cape and Pocket Portals
- Portals allow processed metals through, but remove 40% of unprocessed ores when traveling. This provides an
alternative strategy to transporting ores that requires some minimal base building
- MarsarahTweaks enables Automatic Progession Halt. This prevents players from easily advancing technology without
first defeating the biome boss. This can be worked around, but generally encourages players to progress rather
than exploit Trolls and hardness messages
bosses in early game. They can be randomly more difficult than normal
Credits
Curated and configured by ulvrikironpaw
Special thanks to mod authors who keep Valheim’s world alive.
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: