OdinsEssentials

Odin's Essentials

The small fixes Valheim should have shipped with: bigger station ranges, fires that stay lit,

repairing everything in one go, instant Rested, faster portals, no stamina for chores out of

combat, and gear that equips while you run. Client side, no server install. Every tweak can

be switched off on its own.

Part of Odin's Missing Patch,

the pack. It works just as well on its own.

⚠️ Alpha. Built heavily with AI, and many ideas come from other mods (see

Credits). Co-op testing can lag a release by a week. The

source is free to copy under the MIT license; a

credit is appreciated.

Features

Tweaks marked ⚖️ go beyond QoL and change how the game plays. They are on by default because I

want them, not because they are neutral. Switch them off if you are after tweaks only.

Combat stamina changes exploration the most: climbing mountains is easy, and you can even swim

across an ocean. ⛔ A sea serpent still eats you, and since stamina costs return once it hunts

you, fleeing it may drown you.

Building and crafting

| Tweak | What it does |

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

| Ranges | Larger build, craft and repair radius at stations, extensions can stand further away, a larger furniture radius for Rested, and demisters clear a wider circle. 1 is vanilla. |

| Area repair | One hammer repair fixes every damaged piece around you. Hold Left Alt to repair just one. |

| Auto repair | Using a crafting station repairs all your gear, including gear from its sister stations if they are built nearby. |

| Build in water | The hammer and the pickaxe stay in your hand while swimming, so you can build docks and mine rocks without going ashore. Everything else is still put away. |

| Endless fuel ⚖️ | Campfires, hearths, torches, braziers and hot tubs never go out. |

Moving around

| Tweak | What it does |

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

| Combat stamina ⚖️ | Sprinting, jumping, swimming, building, chopping and mining cost no stamina while nothing hostile is near or hunting you. Bosses always cost stamina. Free swimming means no drowning. |

| Fast portals | The trip ends as soon as the other side has loaded. Dungeon entrances are instant. |

| Resting | Sitting down grants Rested immediately, and you heal based on your comfort level while sitting. |

Gear

| Tweak | What it does |

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

| Keep gear on death ⚖️ | On the Casual death penalty, chosen item types (weapons, armour, tools,...) stay in your inventory and equipped. |

| Equip while running | Hotbar presses equip weapons, shields and armour while sprinting. |

| Auto shield | Drawing a one handed weapon raises a shield with it, your favourite first. |

| Power picker ⚖️ | Pick a Forsaken power from the radial menu, without going back to the sacrifice stone. |

| Pocket upgrades ⚖️ | Haldor sells the extra inventory rows after the boss you choose. _Wider Pockets_ comes after the Elder by default. |

Favourite shields are the ones marked with Alt-click in

Odin's Reach; without it, the

hotbar comes first.

Configuration

The config file is BepInEx/config/rauschekuh.odinsessentials.cfg. You can also change settings

in game with a config manager, and they apply right away.

• Every tweak has an Enabled switch and its own section.
• General → ThreatRadius, EnragedEnemies and BossFights decide when you count as in

combat for combat stamina.

• Coming from Odin's Missing Patch? On the first start, every setting it had under the same name

is carried over.

💡 A tweak that is off at game start doesn't touch the gam