Runic Mod Client Suite

The complete player-facing Runic experience, without server administration bundled into every client.

Runic Mod Client Suite is the one-click package for a player, remote client, or listen-host player. It installs all 17 player-facing Runic mods plus Configuration Manager. The lightweight Runic Sentinel Client is included; the server administration package remains separate.

This is a dependency-only modpack. It contains no plugin DLLs and does not overwrite configuration files. Thunderstore or r2modman downloads the exact packages listed in the manifest and preserves the settings already present in the selected profile.

Included mods

Mod	What it adds
Runic Agriculture	Plant organized fields, harvest an area, and replant with bounded previews and validation.
Runic Awareness	Explain food, status effects, comfort, equipment, and local context without revealing hidden state.
Runic Build Camera	Build from a detached camera while retaining Valheim's normal placement and ownership rules.
Runic Character Vault	Exchanges validated character saves with a Runic Character Vault server and keeps a local safety backup before replacement.
Runic Crafting	Craft, build, and repair using eligible nearby containers.
Runic Display Stands	Use item and armor stands as compact storage and quick loadout stations.
Runic Exploration	Search known pins and navigate only through already explored territory.
Runic Interaction	Add guarded interaction, transfer, equipment, menu, text, and pickup conveniences.
Runic Inventory	Add equipment and quick-use roles to Valheim's familiar inventory.
Runic Portals	Use named, permission-aware portal networks with vanilla fallback.
Runic Precision Build Tool	Add six-axis placement, matching, repeat transforms, repair, and conservative undo.
Runic Production	Link eligible chests and production stations for bounded automation.
Runic Safety	Add contextual confirmations, item protection, recovery safeguards, and verified backups.
Runic Sentinel Client	Answer a Sentinel server's bounded admission challenge without installing server administration or private-key tooling.
Runic Storage	Preview, quick-stack, restock, search, sort, store, and consolidate nearby storage.
Runic Velocity	Measure local startup milestones and maintain a validated plugin cache.
Runic World Engine	Observe aggregate world/network activity; authoritative hosts can also smooth asynchronous saves.

Which suite belongs where?

Profile	Install
Ordinary remote player	Runic Mod Client Suite
Solo player	Runic Mod Client Suite
Dedicated server	Runic Mod Server Suite
Listen host who also plays	Both suites in the same profile
Remote Sentinel administrator	Client Suite, then add Runic Sentinel separately

Shared packages appearing in both suites are resolved once by the mod manager. Keep their exact versions aligned between the server and participating clients.

Sentinel client/server boundary

Runic Sentinel Client only hashes the local BepInEx plugin inventory and answers a direct admission challenge from a Sentinel server. The server reconstructs that report and evaluates it against its own signed policy. The client package contains no private key, signer, policy editor, backup code, server enforcement, operator console, reports, or F3 administrator panel.

An administrator using the F3 panel installs full Runic Sentinel separately. Both packages can coexist: their collision-safe direct transport permits one active v2 responder to own the endpoint without either overwriting another handler. The server's private signing key must never be placed in this pack or any client profile.

If an ordinary-player profile still contains full Sentinel after changing packs, remove or disable the complete Runic Mod Suite dependency pack first so it does not reinstall combined Sentinel, then uninstall full Sentinel unless that player is a remote administrator. Keep the server in Optional mode during this coordinated migration; enable Required only after the new client reports are observed and the client policy is signed.

Configuration Manager

The client suite includes shudnal's Configuration Manager 1.1.17 as an in-game convenience. It does not make ordinary Runic configuration server-authoritative or automatically synchronize settings that a Runic mod does not itself synchronize.

Installation

1. Create or select a Valheim profile in Thunderstore Mod Manager or r2modman.
2. Install Runic Mod Client Suite.
3. Let the manager install its dependencies.
4. Launch with Start modded.

When joining a Runic Character Vault server, select your existing character. Version 1.0.2 allows existing-character enrollment by default; the server administrator can disable it. Wait for the first save confirmation before leaving. Do not install another server-character mod in the same profile.

Questions, bug reports, and test logs: Runic Mods Discord