SteelhammerEssentials

Steelhammer Essentials

A client-side quality-of-life bundle for Valheim.

Tested with:

• Valheim 1.0.14
• BepInExPack Valheim 5.4.2350

Features

Smart Hotbar

Use the mouse wheel to switch directly between occupied hotbar slots.

• Empty slots can automatically be skipped.
• Wrap-around is supported.
• Building mode keeps the mouse wheel available for rotating pieces.
• Holding Left Control keeps normal camera zoom available.
• Scroll behavior is configurable.

Slot Lock

Protect individual inventory slots.

• Hold Left Alt and left-click an inventory slot to lock or unlock it.
• Locked slots receive a visible gold border.
• Locked slots are protected from Stack All / compatible automatic storage behavior.
• Locked slot positions are stored per character.

Craft From Storage

Craft, upgrade and build using materials stored in nearby containers.

• Configurable search radius from 1 to 500 meters.
• Combines player inventory and nearby storage when checking available materials.
• Materials are consumed from inventory/storage as needed.
• Optional processing-station feeding is available but disabled by default.

Equipment Slots

Dedicated slots outside the normal inventory area for:

• Helmet
• Chest
• Legs
• Shoulder / Cape
• Utility
• Trinket

Equipping compatible items automatically moves them to their dedicated slot.

Quick Slots

Three additional quick slots outside the normal inventory.

Default keys:

• Z
• V
• B

The keys are configurable through the BepInEx configuration.

Configuration

Configuration file:

BepInEx/config/at.steelhammer.essentials.cfg

Important options include:

• Smart Hotbar enabled/disabled
• Scroll direction
• Skip empty slots
• Wrap-around
• Scroll delay
• Slot Lock modifier key
• Craft From Storage search radius
• Processing-station feeding
• Quickslot keys
• Quickslot HUD
• Inventory slot labels

Important: removing or disabling the mod

Before disabling or uninstalling Steelhammer Essentials:

• Move all items out of the Z/V/B quick slots.
• Unequip equipment stored in the dedicated equipment slots and move it back into the normal inventory.
• Make sure both additional reserved inventory rows are empty.
• Save and log out normally.
• Only then disable or remove the mod.

Keeping a character backup is recommended before first use and before removing inventory-changing mods.

Multiplayer

Steelhammer Essentials is designed as a client-side mod and does not require a dedicated server component.

Other players do not need the mod in order to join the same server.

Compatibility

Steelhammer Essentials combines functionality that would otherwise commonly require several separate client-side QoL mods.

To avoid duplicate behavior, do not simultaneously enable another mod that provides the same hotbar scrolling, slot locking, craft-from-storage, equipment-slot or quickslot functionality.

AI-assisted development

Development, debugging and code review were performed with AI assistance. The mod was compiled and manually tested in Valheim before release.

License

MIT License.