Uriel, Lord of Hosts
A server-side umbrella mod for V Rising dedicated servers — a host of
independent, admin-toggleable quality-of-life enhancements and structural fixes.
⚠ Heads-up before you install
Pre-1.0 — in active development. Uriel is pre-release and evolving quickly.
The features below are implemented and have been tested, but
this is a server-side mod still under development: by running it you are
helping test it, and you take that risk on yourself. Please back up your
server save before adding any new mod. Commands, config keys, and behavior may
still change before 1.0.
Found a bug or have an idea? The fastest way to get a fix into the next
release is the The Shadow Realm Discord —
that's the primary bug-report and feedback channel. Written-up GitHub issues are
welcome too.
Repo: https://github.com/KDavidP1987/Uriel-Lord-of-Hosts
Status: pre-1.0 public testing · server-side only · several feature groups
live today, more sub-mods planned under the Uriel umbrella.
What it does
Uriel is never all-or-nothing: every feature ships behind its own config
switch, and all sharing/editing is per-object opt-in — nothing is ever
shared or changed server-wide on your behalf.
🏺 Object Spawning (collect & place world objects)
Bring world objects the build menu never offers into your castle — resource
nodes, world chests, breakable crates and urns, and decorative props from across
the map (GloomRot, Cursed Forest, dungeons, ruins). Spawn one at your aim point —
or at your own location with the here flag (handy from a UI button) — inside
your own plot; it's indestructible and decay-proof by default, and you
move/rotate/remove it with .uriel move / .uriel rotate / .uriel despawn.
Everything you place persists across restarts and is cleaned up automatically if
its castle is ever destroyed.
Choose how durable it is with optional spawn flags: breakable (raids and
decay can destroy it), smashable (you can destroy it by hand too), or
respawn (it automatically comes back after being destroyed — until its castle
is gone or you .uriel despawn it). Mix them, e.g. .uriel spawn <object> 0 smashable respawn.
Collect them by playing (Discovery mode). You unlock an object by destroying
one in the world — chop a tree, smash a crate, break an ore vein — with an
admin-set chance to "learn" it. .uriel unlocks shows your collection and
percentage; .uriel catalog browses everything that exists; .uriel notify on|off
toggles the unlock messages. Roughly half of all objects can't be destroyed — those
unlock when you hit 100% collection, defeat Dracula (finish the game), or per
boss via an admin-curated map. Admins choose the model (or turn it off), can set a
build cost, block specific objects, and grant objects directly.
How it's managed: spawned world objects are placed and moved with the
.uriel commands above, not the vanilla build menu (an engine limitation —
the game won't let arbitrary world objects be selected in build mode). The
optional BloodCraftHub companion can present a point-and-click palette UI.
🗄 Public Storage (per-container opt-in)
Mark a specific chest as publicly accessible so anyone on the server can use
it — community chests, donation boxes, free-stuff stashes, even paid vending
boxes. Always owner-controlled; nothing is shared unless its owner shares it.
Shares survive server restarts.
Sharing rules (set by aiming at your shared container):
- Permission — take-only, give-only (donation box), or both.
- Withdrawal limit — e.g. 1 stack per player per 24 hours.
- Access cost — charge an item per stack withdrawn; the payment is delivered
to a private "pay chest" you designate. A vending machine, basically.
Public prison cells (separate switch) — share a prison cell to let anyone
tend your prisoner: feed and extract blood through the normal cell UI, and take
the prisoner home with .uriel takeprisoner (they're subdued and released to
the taker — bring Dominating Presence to escort them). The game's own subdue
button only ever appears for the cell's own clan (an engine limitation), so the
command covers everyone else.
Heads-up for players accessing a share: when a chest or cell is first made
public, a player trying to use it may need to log out and back in once
before their client recognizes it as accessible. After that initial relog, it
behaves like any other container you can open.
🪜 Stair Editing
- Live restyle — aim at a placed staircase and swap it to another style;
the change applies instantly for everyone, no server restart or relog
(the stair is rebuilt in the new style on the spot). Only styles of the same
stair shape (straight, left-curve, right-curve, wide) are offered, and DLC
styles require owning that DLC — exactly the same rule as your build menu.
Free, preserves position, rotation, and ownership.
- Clean removal —
.uriel removestairs deletes a staircase you own without
tearing apart the floors and walls it's attached to (something a normal
dismantle can't cleanly do).
Installation
Uriel is a server-side mod — install it on your V Rising dedicated
server, not on player clients. Players need nothing installed.
Via Thunderstore Mod Manager / r2modman (recommended)
- Open the mod manager and select V Rising → your dedicated-server profile.
- Search for Uriel under the Mods tab → Install.
- Ensure its dependencies are installed in the same profile (they install
automatically): BepInExPack_V_Rising and VampireCommandFramework.
- Launch the server through the mod manager's profile.
Manual install
- Install BepInExPack V Rising
(1.733.2 or compatible) into your dedicated server.
- Install VampireCommandFramework
into
BepInEx/plugins/.
- Drop
Uriel.dll into BepInEx/plugins/.
- Start the server once to generate the config at
BepInEx/config/kdpen.Uriel.cfg, then edit and restart as needed.
Stop the server before replacing Uriel.dll — a running server file-locks
the DLL.
Dependencies & compatibility
Optional companion (not a dependency): the client-side mod
BloodCraftHub
is designed to work alongside Uriel — players who install it on their own client
can drive Uriel's features from in-game UI panels and buttons instead of typing.
It is not required: like any server-side mod, every Uriel feature works fully
through the .uriel chat commands, with or without BloodCraftHub.
Commands
All commands are chat commands prefixed with .uriel. Type .uriel for a quick
overview, or .uriel help for a clean, topic-by-topic menu (objects /
storage / stairs / admin). Most targeted commands also accept a trailing
nearest token to act on the closest object to you instead of where you're
aiming — handy when a menu or UI panel has your aim ray pointing elsewhere
(e.g. .uriel share nearest, .uriel stairswap stone2 nearest).
🏺 Object Spawning commands
Players (active when ObjectSpawn.AdminOnly=false; you must be inside your own castle plot):
| Command |
What it does |
.uriel spawn <name|guid> [rot 0-3] [flags…] |
Place an object you've unlocked at your aim point. Flags (any order, after the rotation): breakable (raid/decay), smashable (you can break it too), respawn (auto-returns until castle gone / despawned), here (place at YOUR location), indestructible (default) |
.uriel move [here] / .uriel rotate [0-3] / .uriel despawn |
Move (to your aim, or here = your location) / turn / remove the nearest object you spawned |
.uriel unlocks |
Your collected objects + collection % |
.uriel catalog [page] |
Browse the full world-object catalog |
.uriel findprefab <text> |
Search objects by name |
.uriel notify <on|off> |
Toggle your object-unlock chat messages |
In Discovery mode you unlock objects by destroying them in the world; the non-destructible ones unlock on full collection, boss defeats, or admin grant.
Admin sub-commands
| Command |
What it does |
.uriel grant|revoke <player> <name|guid> |
Unlock / remove an object for a player |
.uriel grantall <player> [all|destructible|indestructible] |
Bulk-grant the catalog (or a subset) |
.uriel block|unblock <guid> · .uriel blocklist |
Forbid / allow a prefab |
.uriel spawnlist · .uriel purgeplot |
List / clear spawned objects on the plot |
.uriel forcedespawn [confirm] |
Force-remove the aimed object, ignoring records/ownership (recovers untracked objects); names it, then confirm within 30s |
.uriel forcepurgeplot |
Force-remove every Uriel-like object on the plot, including untracked ones (native build pieces are left) |
.uriel bossmap add|remove|list <vblood> <obj> |
Curate which objects a V-blood defeat unlocks |
.uriel api version|catalog|unlocked |
Machine API for BloodCraftHub |
🗄 Public Storage & Prison commands
Players (aim at a container you own):
| Command |
What it does |
.uriel share [modifiers…] |
Make the aimed container public. Modifiers stack in any order: permission take|give|givetake, limithours <h>, limitwithdrawal <stacks>, cost <itemId> <amount>. Example: .uriel share permission take limithours 24 limitwithdrawal 1 |
.uriel unshare |
Make the aimed container private again |
.uriel info |
Show a container's sharing rules (works for anyone) |
.uriel shared |
List every container you have made public |
.uriel unsharemine |
Revert all of your shares in one command |
.uriel paychest |
Designate the aimed private chest to receive access-cost payments |
.uriel finditem <name> |
Search item ids by name (for the cost modifier) |
.uriel takeprisoner |
Take the prisoner from a shared cell — subdued and released to you |
Admin sub-commands
| Command |
What it does |
.uriel sharedall [name|steamId] |
List all public containers, or just one player's |
.uriel unshareplayer <name|steamId> |
Revert all of one player's shares |
.uriel unshareall |
Revert every public container to private and clear the registry |
.uriel sharedebug |
Dump the aimed container's live sharing state (diagnostics) |
Admins may also aim at any container and use .uriel share […] / .uriel unshare
to override its settings directly.
🪜 Stair Editing commands
Players (aim at a staircase you own):
| Command |
What it does |
.uriel stairswap <style|next> |
Restyle the aimed staircase live. Styles: stone1, stone2, stone3, gloomrot, projectk, strongblade* (* = requires that DLC). next cycles to the next style you own. |
.uriel removestairs |
Cleanly delete the aimed staircase, leaving connected floors/walls intact |
.uriel stairstyles |
Show the aimed stair's shape, current style, and which styles you can use |
Admin sub-commands
| Command |
What it does |
.uriel stairpurge |
Destroy stray "ghost" stair entities within 5m (cleanup for older builds) |
Configuration
BepInEx/config/kdpen.Uriel.cfg — every feature has its own Enabled switch.
Config changes take effect on server restart.
| Section |
Key |
Default |
Effect |
| ObjectSpawn |
Enabled |
true |
Master switch for object spawning |
| ObjectSpawn |
AdminOnly |
true |
When true, only admins may spawn — set false to open the player collection path |
| ObjectSpawn |
PlayerAccessMode |
Discovery |
Discovery (unlock by destroying) or Full (whole catalog) |
| ObjectSpawn |
DiscoveryChancePercent |
25 |
Chance (0–100) that destroying a world object unlocks it |
| ObjectSpawn |
NonDestructibleUnlock |
Off |
How non-destructible objects unlock: Off/Collection/FinalBoss/AllBosses |
| ObjectSpawn |
IncludeCastleBuildables |
false |
Include the normal build-menu pieces in the catalog (off = world objects only) |
| ObjectSpawn |
PrefabCostItem / PrefabCostStack |
0 / 0 |
Item + amount a player pays to build one object (0 = free) |
| ObjectSpawn |
Indestructible |
true |
Spawned objects are immortal + decay-proof by default (per-spawn breakable/smashable flags override; turn off globally for PvP) |
| ObjectSpawn |
RespawnEnabled |
true |
Master switch for the respawn flag (auto-return destroyed objects until the castle is gone) |
| ObjectSpawn |
RespawnPollSeconds |
30 |
How often (seconds, min 5) the respawn check runs |
| ObjectSpawn |
(more) |
— |
CollectionEnabled, BossUnlocksEnabled, DiscoveryNotify, RefundOnRemove, PurgeOrphansOnBoot — see the generated .cfg |
| PublicStorage |
Enabled |
true |
Master switch for chest sharing |
| PublicStorage |
PrisonEnabled |
true |
Independently allow prison-cell sharing |
| PublicStorage |
MaxTargetDistance |
5 |
Aim distance for .uriel share / unshare targeting |
| StairSwap |
Enabled |
true |
Allow live stair restyling + .uriel removestairs |
| StairSwap |
MaxTargetDistance |
6 |
Aim distance for the stair commands |
| StairSwap |
RespawnGapFrames |
5 |
Frames between destroy & respawn when restyling a stair |
| Diagnostics |
VerboseLogging |
false |
Extra per-action log lines (useful when testing) |
Roadmap
Uriel is an umbrella mod — the plan is to keep adding small, independently
toggleable server-side sub-mods. Tentative and subject to change; full list
(incl. large-scope ideas) in the
roadmap.
Planned next:
- Coffin sharing — share coffin use, with an optional cost-to-use modifier.
- Conditional door access — share a door behind payment and/or allowed time
windows (select hours).
- Bulk storage sharing — open all heart-linked storage at a location in one
action, auto-excluding the pay chest and any chests you've marked private.
- BloodCraftHub integration — a client-side companion UI (share panels,
prisoner-take button, stair-style picker).
Bigger ideas being explored: plot expansion (separate-instance phase gates or
map copy/paste), a PvP-arena V Blood boss mode with prize tables, paid area-gating
for mazes, scheduled/paid door & teleport controls, more castle decor assets,
triggered NPC spawns, and basement levels.
Have a feature you'd like to see in the host? Bring it to the
Discord.
Feedback & community
Built and tested on the V Rising server The Shadow Realm (Brutal PvE),
maintained by Chaos. As a pre-1.0 mod, bug reports and feedback are hugely
valued — and the people who help test now shape what 1.0 becomes.
Acknowledgements
Uriel stands on the shoulders of the V Rising modding community. Big thanks to:
- VampireCommandFramework — by deca, the chat-command framework Uriel's commands are built on (a hard dependency).
- BepInEx, the loader that makes V Rising modding possible.
- KindredCommands & KindredSchematics — by odjit, whose open-source castle-building/tile techniques were a key reference for Uriel's live stair rebuild.
- Bloodcraft — by zfolmt, a reference for server-side ECS/Harmony patterns.
License
Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPL-3.0) —
copyright © 2026 Kristopher Penland. Uriel adapts techniques from odjit's
AGPL-licensed KindredCommands & KindredSchematics and is released under the same
copyleft license; full corresponding source is on
GitHub.
