HammerSort

By ERKEK2000.

Automatically puts hammer pieces you have enough materials for first. Pieces you cannot afford follow immediately below, in the same original order.

For example, if the game's order is A, B, C, D, and you can afford B and D, the result is B, D, A, C. Once you can afford A as well, it becomes A, B, D, C.

Features

Supports Valheim 1.0's build browser and compact hammer grid.
Keeps the existing order inside both groups; no alphabetical sorting.
Updates automatically when your inventory changes and when opening or rebuilding the menu.
Retains the selected piece, search visibility, tabs, favorites and controller navigation.
Keeps repair/remove actions available.
Client-side: install on the player's computer. No server installation required.
Requires only BepInEx. MyLittleUI and Jotunn are not dependencies.

Install

In r2modman, select your Valheim profile, then Settings > Profile > Import local mod, and choose HammerSort-1.0.0.zip. Make sure BepInExPack Valheim is installed, then start the game with Start modded.

If your manager does not offer local mod import, open its profile folder and copy plugins/HammerSort/HammerSort.dll from the ZIP into BepInEx/plugins/HammerSort/HammerSort.dll.

After publication on Thunderstore, install through your manager as usual.

If you used the private test build, remove that local copy before installing this release so that only one HammerSort DLL is installed.

Configuration

After the first modded launch, settings are saved to BepInEx/config/ERKEK2000.valheim.hammersort.cfg:

Setting	Default	Behavior
`General.Enabled`	`true`	Enable automatic sorting. Disabling restores the captured game order.
`General.OtherBuildTools`	`false`	Also sort the hoe, cultivator and other tools with build menus.

Changes made through BepInEx ConfigurationManager apply immediately. When editing the file manually, close the game first.

What counts as affordable?

The mod checks the quantity of every required material in your inventory. Stack quantities are combined and the game's world-level item restrictions are respected. Zero-cost pieces and no-cost building modes are supported.

Station range, ground suitability, support and placement permission do not affect the order. A piece can be near the top because you have its materials and still need a workbench nearby before placing it. Nearby chest contents are not counted; mods that change resource sourcing need separate integration.

Performance

Sorting is a stable linear partition, rather than a comparison sort. Inventory quantities are counted once per change and reused across both menus. Buffers are retained, and the browser reuses existing buttons. The unchanged-frame path performs no material scan or sort. Sorting does not instantiate UI objects or run network requests.

Compatibility and validation

Built against Valheim 1.0.21, Steam build 26249040, with BepInExPack Valheim 5.4.2360. The current 1.0 PieceTable layout is used. Earlier game versions are not supported by this build.

The build and automated sorting tests passed. Basic in-game functionality was confirmed by the author on Valheim 1.0.21. MyLittleUI's installed assembly was inspected as a reference for its craftable-first behavior; HammerSort uses its own implementation and separate build-menu hooks. Runtime compatibility with other menu replacements is unverified.

Quick in-game check

Equip a hammer and open the build menu. In any tab, confirm affordable pieces appear first.
Pick up, drop or spend a material while the menu is open. Confirm the groups update and retain their original internal order.
Keep one piece selected while its affordability changes. Confirm the same piece remains selected.
Try search, favorites, the compact grid and controller navigation if used.
Disable Enabled through ConfigurationManager and confirm the original order returns.

Development references

Licensed under MIT. No game assemblies, BepInEx binaries or third-party mod code are included.