BotanicOwnerDebug

An optional client-side ownership visualizer for Valheim. Colours buildings and NPC mobs by their current network owner, with a live player legend. Useful for inspecting ownership distribution and transfers in multiplayer bases.

What it's for

Use BotanicOwnerDebug to identify object and mob owners, debug ownership transfers and configure ownership mods. Watch who owns nearby objects as players move around, then check whether your settings assign them to the intended player or server.

How it works

Press F10 during gameplay, with menus closed, to cycle:

Mobs only → Mobs + interactive objects → All buildings and mobs → Off

The overlay starts off by default. The first press selects Mobs only.

• White: server. Dark grey: unowned. Bright colours: players. Blue-grey: unknown owner.
• Colours follow ownership changes and remain visible through other objects. The legend refreshes every second; network delivery can delay new player information.
• The interactive filter hides non-interactive pieces such as walls and floors. Both wild and tamed mobs remain visible.
• Players, effects, loose items, transparent surfaces and PUP FPS clusters are excluded.

The overlay is local and leaves ownership, original materials and colliders unchanged. Active overlays add rendering work; turn them off after inspection.

Ownership in action

These examples show BotanicOwnerDebug displaying ownership while TooManyLags - FiresGhettoNetworking Addon manages the ownership grid. White objects belong to the server; purple objects belong to the player in these recordings.

Ownership from above

Ownership while moving

Configuration

Edit BepInEx/config/botanic.owner.debug.cfg, then restart the game. F10 updates the display and filter settings automatically.

Feature	Defaults and options
Display	ShowOwnerColours: off. ToggleKey: F10. First press shows mobs only.
Filters	InteractiveObjectsOnly and MobsOnly; mobs-only takes priority.
Legend	ShowLegend: on. Displays owner colours and player names.
Range	MaximumDistance: 200 metres from the camera.
Colours	ColourStrength: 1. ColourSeed: 1337; matching seeds give matching owner colours.
Diagnostics	EnableLogs: off.

Requirements and installation

1. Install BepInEx on your client. Copy BotanicOwnerDebug.dll into BepInEx/plugins/BotanicOwnerDebug/.
2. Start the game to generate the config. Press F10 to show mobs, again to include interactive objects, again for all buildings and mobs, then again to turn the overlay off.

No server installation is needed.