ValheimCraftFromContainers

v1.0.1·Updated 2026-09-12

The crafting table directly uses materials from nearby boxes: crafting buildings such as workbenches, furnaces, and stone cutters, as well as hammer construction, can automatically take and deduct materials from surrounding containers without carrying materials on their backs. Craft and build using resources from nearby chests.

About this mod Machine translation

ValheimCraftFromContainers

Let the crafting table directly use materials in nearby boxes: When opening any crafting building such as the workbench/furnace/stonecutter/artisan bench/black forge/iron pot, as long as the box is within range, there is no need to carry materials to the body first; the same is true when building with a hammer. The order of picking materials is "backpack first, then box", and the quantity of materials is completely calculated according to the original version.

Only "where to get materials" is changed, not any recipe, output or material quantity.

Function

  • Material retrieval from the production bench: When making or upgrading any item, the same type of materials in containers around the player (and around the production bench) will automatically be included in the "available materials". If you have enough materials, you can click to make it.
  • Hammer Construction Material Retrieval: When placing a building, if the material on your body is insufficient, it will be automatically deducted from nearby boxes.
  • The construction of a production platform is determined based on the position of the object: when placing it with a hammer in hand, the judgment of "whether it is within the range of the corresponding production platform" is based on the location of the object (ghost); as long as the object falls within the range of a certain production platform, it can be constructed, even if a person is standing outside the range of the platform. When the range of the crafting table overlaps, both will be detected, and the materials in the boxes within the range can be used.
  • No more false alarms about insufficient materials: in the construction UI/crafting panel, the red flashing animation will no longer be played when materials are actually in the box.
  • Intelligent deduction: always give priority to the player's backpack, and the insufficient part will be made up from the box, and no more deductions will be made.
  • Multiplayer security: only use containers you have access to by default, private chests (only available to builders) cannot be misused by others.
  • Adjustable range: The default is 10 meters centered on the player, and additionally searches based on the construction radius centered on the current crafting table and the "crafting table where the object is located"; just place the box next to the workbench.

Compatibility range

  • Covers all CraftingStations: workbench, forging bench (smelting furnace), stone cutter, craftsman bench, black forge, iron pot, and the range of various extensions (StationExtension) after upgrading the level.
  • The placement of construction tools such as hammers/hoes also takes effect.
  • The "putting ore and fuel" operation of the smelting furnace/charcoal kiln is not covered - that is another set of interactions (loading ore into the furnace), and this mod does not involve it.
  • Does not cover the "only take one material" type of special formula (this type of formula requires the material to be in the backpack to be judged and consumed, and maintains the original behavior).

operate

No need to press a button, it takes effect immediately after installation. Automatically collect materials from nearby boxes when building with a crafting table or hammer in hand.

Install

Method 1: r2modman Mod Manager (recommended)

  • Search for ValheimCraftFromContainers in the mod manager and install it (the BepInEx dependency will be automatically brought in).
  • Local package import: Download dist/SuperVikingDepartment-ValheimCraftFromContainers-1.0.0.zip in r2modman

Settings → Import local mod (or Install from file) select the zip.

  • Manually put profile: put ValheimCraftFromContainers.dll into

%APPDATA%\r2modmanPlus-local\Valheim\profiles\\BepInEx\plugins\ (can be placed in any subfolder).

Method 2: Manual installation (start the game directly)

  • First install BepInExPack for Valheim (denikson-BepInExPack_Valheim).
  • Place ValheimCraftFromContainers.dll into BepInEx/plugins/ in the …

Install & use Install: BepInEx plugin

  1. The archive from playbuff is the mod itself — usually a BepInEx plugin (a .dll or a plugin folder once unzipped).
  2. 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.
  3. Manual route: install the BepInEx loader in the game folder, then drop the unzipped .dll or plugin folder into BepInEx/plugins/.
  4. 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

File & checksum

Filename
ValheimCraftFromContainers-1.0.1.zip
File size
23.4 KiB