Bifrost Gateway

A quick-connect gateway for Valheim's main menu. Your private servers get a left-docked panel with one-click join, saved passwords, and live player counts — so a friend lands in your world without ever typing a password or an IP.

Selecting a joining character still happens: Bifrost Gateway dials through the game's own connect bridge, so the vanilla character-select screen appears and who actually steps onto the bridge is up to you.

A Valheim BepInEx 5 plugin, Harmony only — no Jotunn dependency.

Features

One-click join — every server you configure appears on the main menu; clicking one starts the join immediately.
Passwords supplied for you — the vanilla FejdStartup.ServerPassword path is fed automatically, so the prompt never appears. The last password is wiped after join or on backing out, so a stale one can't leak into the public-server box.
Vanilla character-select flow — joins run through FejdStartup.ProceedJoinRequest, the game's own private bridge, so the real "pick your character" screen appears and the panel steps aside the moment loading starts.
Live player counts — 0/10 shown when the backend knows; unknown displayed honestly for direct-IP servers the matchmaker can't see, never a misleading 0/0.
Version mismatch badge — a server on a different Valheim version shows a red ⚠ vX.Y.Z warning, because a mismatched join fails after connect with ErrorVersion.
Left-docked panel — drawn from the plugin's own OnGUI, no Harmony patch, no backdrop (so main-menu buttons stay clickable), gate on main menu and character-select only.

Requirements

BepInExPack Valheim
Valheim 1.0.16+

Installation

Install through your mod manager (recommended).
Manual: place BifrostGateway.dll and bifrost_config.json into BepInEx\plugins\BifrostGateway\.

Configuration

Servers live in bifrost_config.json beside the DLL (the plugin creates it on first run):

[
  {
    "name": "Lanfangels Nest",
    "host": "10.0.0.5",
    "port": "2456",
    "password": "raveaks"
  }
]

Each entry may omit password. The list is read on load; restart to pick up changes.

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