Infinity Hammer

• Build anything. Trees, rocks, creatures... All can be placed with the hammer, with a precise placement!
• Copy anything. Armor stands, chests and item stands with their contents. Even boss altars!
• Make structures indestructible, even the gravity can't bring them down.
• Remove anything. Something unremovable messing up your grand design? No more!
• Build without restrictions. Dungeons and even the start temple become valid for building.
• QoL improvements: Extended range, no resource costs, no item drops, no visual effects and more!

Selecting objects

The main feature of this mod is the ability to build any object with the hammer.

This is done by using the hammer console command which works in four ways:

• hammer: Selects (and copies) the hovered object.
• hammer [object id]: Selects an object by id (Item IDs).
• hammer connect: Selects the hovered building.
• hammer circle=[radius] or hammer rect=[width,depth] angle=[degrees]: Selects all nearby objects.

Selecting the hovered object can be quickly done by pressing NumPad5.

Holding alt key will select the entire building. Holding ctrl key picks up the objects instead (copy + delete).

The hammer build menu also contains Pipette and Area select tools.

The hammer command has following extra parameters which allow modifying the selected objects:

• freeze: Instantly freezes the placement position, allowing precise movement with key binds.
• pick: Removes the selected object, to more easily move objects.
• from=x,z,y: Overrides the player position when doing an area selection.
• health=number: Overrides the health.
• level=number: Overrides the creature level (stars + 1).
• scale=number or scale=x,z,y: Overrides the size (if the object can be scaled).
• stars=number: Overrides the creature stars (level - 1).
• text=string: Overrides the sign text.
• type=component1,component2,...: Select only certain object types.

For Structure Tweaks mod:

• collision=false: Removes collision.
• fall=off/solid/terrain: Overrides the fall behavior.
• growth=big/big_bad/small/small_bad: Overrides the plant growth.
• interact=false: Removes interaction.
• show=false: Removes visibility.
• restrict=false: Removes portal item restrictions.
• wear=broken/damaged/healthy: Overrides the structure wear.

For example hammer Beech1 scale=2 health=1000 would select a beech tree with a double size and 1000 health.

Scale

The scale can be directly set with following commands:

• hammer_scale: Resets the size.
• hammer_scale [x,z,y or amount]: Sets the size.
• hammer_scale_x [amount]: Sets only the x-axis.
• hammer_scale_y [amount]: Sets only the y-axis.
• hammer_scale_z [amount]: Sets only the z-axis.

Zoom

Shift + mouse wheel will zoom up/down the selection.

This can be also done with following commands:

• hammer_zoom [x,z,y or percentage or amount]: Zooms the size.
• hammer_zoom_x [percentage or amount]: Zooms only the x-axis.
• hammer_zoom_y [percentage or amount]: Zooms only the y-axis.
• hammer_zoom_z [percentage or amount]: Zooms only the z-axis.

For example hammer_zoom 5% changes 100 % to 105 % or 200 % to 210 %. While hammer_zoom -5% changes 100 % to 95.2 % or 200 % to 190.5 %.

For example hammer_zoom 0.1 changes 100 % to 110 % or 200 % to 210 %. While hammer_zoom -0.1 changes 100 % to 90 % or 200 % to 190 %.

Note: If you notice using these commands frequency, make a key binding for them.

Locations

Locations (or Points of Interests) usually include multiple objects so copying them with the hammer command is not simple.

They also have special behavior like random parts or random damage.

That's why there is another command for creating them: hammer_location [location_id] [seed=0] [random damage]

The seed parameter can be used to set the random parts. If missing or 0, then the result is randomized. If set to all then all parts are forced to be on which allows building complete locations (which are normally very rare).

By the default, the location doesn't get randomly damaged. To set this on, put any value to the fourth parameter.

For example:

• hammer_location StoneTowerRuins04 creates a stone fortress with random parts (which change when using the command again).
• hammer_location StoneTowerRuins04 100 creates a stone fortress with some parts (always the same).
• hammer_location StoneTowerRuins04 all creates a stone fortress with all parts.
• hammer_location StoneTowerRuins04 0 1 creates a stone fortress with random parts and random damage.

Precise placement

Default key bindings allow freezing the placement by pressing NumPad0. This allows moving around while the placement ghost stays in the same place.

Then the placement can be fine tuned with following keys:

• PageUp / PageDown: Move up/down 0.1 meters.
• LeftArrow / RightArrow: Move left/right 0.1 meters.
• UpArrow / DownARrow: Move forward/backward 0.1 meters.

Holding alt key will move by 1 meter instead of 0.1 meters.

Note: Placement keys also work without freezing.

Following commands exist for this:

• hammer_move [forward,up,right]: Moves the placement ghost offset for precise placement. Auto value can be used for the object size.
• hammer_move_backward [meters or number*auto]: Moves the placement towards the backward direction.
• hammer_move_down [meters or number*auto]: Moves the placement towards the down direction.
• hammer_move_forward [meters or number*auto]: Moves the placement towards the forward direction.
• hammer_move_left [meters or number*auto]: Moves the placement towards the left direction.
• hammer_move_right [meters or number*auto]: Moves the placement towards right left direction.
• hammer_move_up [meters or number*auto]: Moves the placement towards the up direction.
• hammer_offset [forward,up,right]: Sets the placement ghost offset.
• hammer_offset_x [value]: Sets the offset in the right / left direction.
• hammer_offset_y [value]: Sets the offset in the up / down direction.
• hammer_offset_z [value]: Sets the offset in the forward / backward direction.

Free rotation

Requires installing either Comfy Gizmo or Gizmo Reloaded. Check their documentation how to use them if needed.

For basic usage that is all you need but extra commands are provided for advanced usage.

Fine-tuning the rotation:

• hammer_rotate_x [degrees]
• hammer_rotate_y [degrees]
• hammer_rotate_z [degrees]

Random rotation (90 or 180 degrees depending on the object shape)

• hammer_rotate_x random
• hammer_rotate_y random
• hammer_rotate_z random

Random rotation with custom precision.

• hammer_rotate_x [number]*random
• hammer_rotate_y [number]*random
• hammer_rotate_z [number]*random

For example 3*random would randomly rotate 0, 120 or 240 degrees.

Undo / redo

Building and removing objects can be quickly reversed by pressing NumPad7. Reversed actions can be redone with NumPad9.

Note: Any other removal like buildings collapsing due to lack of support or destroyed by enemies is not tracked. Only your direct actions can be undone.

Multiplacement

The selection can be multiplied with zooping:

• hammer_zoop_[direction] [step=auto]

Possible directions are backward, down, forward,left, right and up.

The step sets the distance between cloned objects. By default this is the size of the object.

The recommended way is to set a keybinding in the config. Custom bindings can also be used for special cases.

Examples:

• hammer_zoop_right auto: Clones the selected object to next to it.
• hammer_zoop_right 2*auto: Clones the selected object while leaving a gap (equal to the object size).
• hammer_zoop_up 5: Clones the selected object to 5 meters above it.

Stacking

Stacking is similar to zooping but instantly places the objects:

• hammer_stack_[direction] [amount or min-max] [step=auto]

The amount determines how many objects are placed. This can be fine-tuned by giving a range.

If nothing is selected, stacking is applied to the hovered piece.

Note: Choosing the correction direction can be difficult when rotating the selection. But you can easily try things by reverting the changes with undo.

Examples:

• hammer_stack_up 10: Places 10 objects on top of each other.
• hammer_stack_up -5-4: Places 10 objects with 5 below and 4 on top of the main object.
• hammer_stack_left 5 10: Places 5 objects with 10 meters between each of them.
• hammer_stack_left 5 2*auto: Places 5 objects while leaving a gap between them (equal to the object size).
• hammer_stack_left 3-4: Places 2 objects some distance away from the selected position.

To place objects in a rectangle or a box, use the following command:

• hammer_stack [forward,up,right or z1-z2,y1-y2,x1-x2] [step=auto,auto,auto]

Blueprints

Basic support is provided for BuildShare .vbuild and PlanBuild .blueprint files.

Placing blueprints

The command hammer_blueprint [file name] [center piece] [scale] allows placing them. If no files are found, configure the source folder.

The center piece determines which object in the blueprint is used as the bottom center point. Usually this is not needed because either the blueprint has the information or the default value from the config can be used.

Scale allow setting the initial scaling. This is also rarely needed because most objects can't be scaled (unless Structure Tweaks is installed for all clients).

Creating blueprints

New PlanBuild blueprints can be created with hammer_save [file name] [center piece] command.

If the center piece is not given, the default value is used from the config.

Note: Infinity Hammer will also store the object data when creating blueprints. This can significantly increase the file size and cause incompatibility with future PlanBuild versions. If needed, disable "Save blueprint data" from the config.

Following data is not copied:

• Object scale (redundant because the blueprint has own fields or the scale).
• Creature spawn coordinates (harmful because creatures try returning to the spawn coordinates when idle).
• Snap points (currently no good way to edit them).

Utility

Some special commands exist for advaced cases. Usually you want to bind these.

• hammer_add_piece_components: Adds the Piece component to every object which allows copying them with PlanBuild mod.
• hammer_grid [precision] [center=current]: Restricts possible placement coordinates. Using the same command removes the restriction.
• hammer_measure: Measures most objects updating dimensions setting.
• hammer_mirror: Mirrors the selection.
• hammer_place: Allows placing with a key press.
• hammer_repair: Selects the repair tool for quickly clearing the selection.

For example you could bind command hammer_rotate_y random;hammer_place to build objects with a random rotation.

Configuration

Following powers are available with hammer_config command:

• Enabled (default: true, key: enabled): If disabled, removes most features.
• Allow in dungeons (default: true, key: allow_in_dungeons): Building is allowed in dungeons.
• Blueprint folder (default: PlanBuild, key: blueprint_folder): Folder relative to the config folder. Both profile and base Valheim folders are searched for .blueprint and .vbuild files.
• Build Share folder (default: BuildShare/Builds, key: build_share_folder): Folder relative to the Valheim.exe.
• Dimensions (key: dimensions): Measurements for objects.
• Disable loot (default: false, key: disable_loot): Creatures and structures won't drop loot when destroyed with the hammer.
• Ignore no build (default: true, key: ignore_no_build): "Mystical power" no longer prevents building.
• Ignore other restrictions (default: true, key: ignore_other_restrictions): Removes any other restrictions (for example campfires can be built on wood floors).
• Ignore wards (default: true, key: ignore_wards): Wards no longer prevent building.
• Ignored ids (key: ignored_ids): Objects ignored by this mod (ids separated by ,).
• Ignored remove ids (key: ignored_remove_ids): Additional ids that are ignored when removing anything.
• Infinite health (default: false, key: infinite_health): Sets the Overwrite health setting to 1E30.
• No cost (default: false, key: no_cost): Removes durability, resource and stamina costs.
• No creator (default: false, key: no_creator): Reduces save data by not setting the creator id.
• No primary target (default: false, key: no_primary_target): Removes the primary target status.
  • Requires World Edit Commands mod on the server, otherwise the change is removed on world load.
• No secondary target (default: false, key: no_secondary_target): Removes the secondary target status.
  • Requires World Edit Commands mod on the server, otherwise the change is removed on world load.
• Overwrite health (default: 0, key: overwrite_health): Sets the health of built or repaired objects (0 reverts to the default max health, except for creatures).
• Range (default: 0, key: range): Range for the hammer (capped at about 50 meters).
• Remove anything (default: false, key: remove_anything): Allows removing any object.
• Remove area (default: 0, key: remove_area): Removes same objects within the radius.
• Repair anything (default: false, key: repair_anything): Allows healing or repairing any object.
• Reset offset on unfreeze (default true, key: reset_offset_on_unfreeze): Removes the placement offset when unfreezing the placement.
• Save blueprints to profile (default: false, key: save_blueprints_to_profile): If enabled, blueprints are saved to the profile folder instead of the base Valheim folder.
• Save blueprint data (default: true, key: save_blueprint_data): If enabled, object data values are saved to blueprints.
• Set invulnerability (default: false, key: set_invulnerability): Built objects are invulnerable.
  • Creatures get very high health which makes them immune to damage.
  • Destructibles, mine rocks and trees get very high tool tier which makes them immune to damage.
  • Structures get negative health which prevents them from taking any damage.
  • Legacy option sets a very high health instead of above changes.
• Show command values (default: false, key: show_command_values): Always show the command on tool descriptions.
• Snap points for all objects (default: false, key: snap_points_for_all_objects):If enabled, multi selection creates snap points for every object.
• Unfreeze on select (default true, key: unfreeze_on_select): Removes the placement freeze when selecting a new object.
• Unfreeze on unequip (defualt true, key: unfreeze_on_unequip): Removes the placement freeze when unequipping the hammer.

On servers, above features are disabled without cheat access (except visual changes and offsetting).

Visual

Visual settings work even without cheat access. These all are disabled by default.

• No effects: Hides visual effects of building, repairing and destroying.
• No health indicator: Hides the piece health bar.
• No placement marker: Hides the yellow placement marker (also affects Gizmo mod).
• No support indicator: Hides the color that shows support.

Output

Messages from the mod can be configured with following settings:

• disable_messages: Disables all messages from the mod (console output not affected).
• disable_offset_messages: Disables messages from changing the placement offset.
• disable_scale_messages: Disables messages from changing the object scale.
• disable_select_messages: Disables messages from selecting objects.

Key bindings

Some commonly used features have pre-made key binds in the configuration. Internally these use the bind command.

If you don't wish to use this system you can set all binds to none and make your own bindings with the bind command.

Some mouse wheel binds can't be unbound. In this case, set them some unused key combination.

Building

Hammer configuration applies to all building, including the standard structures selected from the build menu.

When selecting an existing object, its size and rotation is copied to the placement tool. The last rotation is always used when using the build window.

Object scaling only works for some objects (mostly trees and rocks). This is restricted by the base game (scaling is not stored in the save file). Structure Tweaks mod can be used to enable scaling for all objects (required for all clients).

If "Overwrite health" is enabled, objects have a specified health (including creatures). For minerocks, the health is applied to the individual parts.

Setting a very high health (like "1E30") can be used to make object indestructible because the damage taken is rounded down to zero. This also prevents structures collapsing from lack of support. However this will increase network traffic because of constant health updates. Recommended to use the "Set invulnerability" setting instead.

For creatures, the max health resets when the area is reloaded if the current health equals the max health. For this reason, the current health is set slightly higher than the max health.

"No creator" is mainly for reducing the save file size.

Locations (Points of Interest) can also be copied. However only static parts are included in the actual location. For example in the start temple, each boss stone is a separate object and can be copied separately if needed.

Repairing

By default, only change is that the UI shows how much damage was repaired.

If "Repair anything" is enabled, most destructible objects can be repaired or healed. This includes creatures and players.

For minerocks, if the targeted part is already at full health, a random part is restored instead. This is not very practical but can be used to restore accidental changes to minerocks.

If "Overwrite health" is enabled, the object is repaired or damaged to the specified health value.

For creatures, the maximum health value is also set. So they will keep their max health even when disabling "Overwrite health". Other objects will revert to the original max health when repaired.

Destroying

By default, destroying only works for standard structures and placed objects. Placed objects can only be removed temporarily since the required information is lost when the area is reloaded.

If "Destroy anything" is enabled, all objects can be removed.

If "Disable loot" is enabled, destroying creatures or structures won't drop loot. This can be useful to get rid of very high starred creatures that crash the game when killed.