GuckAndCover

Guck and Cover

Bring down guck with a well-placed arrow.

Shoot the glowing guck deposits on swamp trees with a bow, then collect their

normal drops. Both large and small deposits work. Weaker shots may need several

hits; elemental arrows use their physical damage to harvest.

Aim directly at the deposit. Bolts, thrown spears, spells, and area attacks do not

gain this ability. Bow stamina, durability, ammunition use, and skill progression

follow the normal game rules.

Installation

Requires Valheim 1.0.16 and BepInExPack Valheim 5.4.2351. Install through

Gale, or import Loon-GuckAndCover-1.0.0.zip as a local mod.

For a manual installation, place GuckAndCover.dll in

BepInEx/plugins/GuckAndCover/ under your chosen game/profile installation.

For multiplayer, install on the server/host and every client. Use matching

versions; 0.2.0 is the minimum compatible version. Joining fails when either side

lacks the mod or has an incompatible version. Single-player only needs your own

installation. ServerSync is included; no separate download is needed.

Start the game, equip a bow and arrows, and shoot the deposit until it breaks.

Collect the falling guck as usual.

Settings

After the first launch, settings are in

BepInEx/config/com.loon.guckandcover.cfg. File edits reload while running.

| Setting | Default | Effect |

| --- | --- | --- |

| General.Enabled | true | Allow bow arrows to harvest guck. The server controls this in multiplayer. |

| Server.LockConfiguration | true | Restrict shared setting changes to server admins. |

| Debug.Logging | false | Local troubleshooting logs; never shared by the server. |

In single-player, your own enable setting applies. In multiplayer, harvesting

waits for the server's settings. With the default lock, ordinary players cannot

override them. If the server unlocks settings, player edits change the shared

policy for everyone. Only admins can change the lock.

Admins can edit the server's file or use a compatible in-game configuration

manager. Editing a connected client's shared values in its file changes that

client's saved single-player preference. Your own preferences return when you

leave the server, including when you are an admin.

Upgrade or remove

Close the game before replacing the mod through Gale or replacing its DLL. Keep

only one copy installed; preserve your config when upgrading. When upgrading

from a test build, update the server and clients together; existing settings

carry over. Disable harvesting with General.Enabled to keep joining modded servers.

Removing the mod returns normal arrow behavior, but prevents joining a server

that requires it. It adds no custom save data. Deposits

already harvested stay harvested under the game's normal rules.

AI disclosure

The mod's code, documentation, and artwork were created in collaboration with AI.