Changelog

0.0.8

New Features

• Added multiplayer player resurrection: when other players are online, a dead player can remain downed with a Respawn Now option.
• A teammate can hold E for one second near the fallen player to request a revival at the death location with 10 HP.
• Resurrection attempts to recover the original inventory from the player's own gravestone using Valheim's existing inventory transfer process.
• Added an always-on 25% chance to recover arrows after hitting a target.

Improvements

• Increased comfort furniture radius by 50%, from 10m to 15m.
• Normalized stackable material quality for inventory, crafting, and storage compatibility.
• Removed obsolete Core Proof settings from the F8 configuration window.

Fixes

• Corrected oversized Thistle hover detection and related dropped-item collision behavior.

Multiplayer Testing Notice

• The new resurrection system has passed compilation and initial in-game startup checks, but actual two-player resurrection, inventory recovery, and automatic re-equipping have not yet been verified.
• Back up characters and worlds before testing. Use disposable equipment for the first multiplayer resurrection tests.
• If automatic recovery is incomplete, check the original gravestone for remaining equipment. The resurrection feature does not intentionally create duplicate replacement items.

0.0.7

New Features

• Added three-day gravestone protection: private to the owner for three full in-game days, then first come, first served
• Added one-press gravestone recovery, automatically collecting available items and dropping overflow onto the ground
• Added Smart Auto-Pickup with configurable automatic pickup distance from 2m to 20m, independent of spear recovery
• Added instant monster loot drops
• Added instant armor equipping and unequipping
• Allowed weapons and tools to be used while swimming
• Added natural gatherable respawn timers

Improvements

• Improved quick-slot stacking and automatic hotbar placement
• Protected hotbar items from Quick Stack
• Improved mixed-vegetation planting grids, snapping, and safe spacing
• Improved F8 configuration editing and keybind recording
• Improved multiplayer sleep cinematic fallback
• Fixed seasonal item refresh behavior

Release

• Removed the outdated Plant Easily Release compilation exclusion
• Preserved the integrated planting system with adjustable grids, snapping, and Auto Replant

0.0.6

• Fixed dropped items being pushed or launched upward by dormant picked-resource hover colliders, most noticeably around harvested Thistle in the Black Forest
• Prevented Encounter QoL-added Floating components from running Valheim's terrain-relocation check on ordinary dropped items

0.0.5

• Fixed dropped items, carts, and other physics objects sometimes rising into the sky after liquid interaction
• Fixed equipped items becoming unequipped when upgraded
• Fixed Item Linking relationships being lost when either linked item was upgraded
• Fixed harvested natural pickables such as Thistle leaving stale hover details on screen while preserving planted-resource regrowth hover information
• Fixed the Welcome popup's Do Not Show Again preference being shared across all characters; it is now stored per character
• Added an F8 Skip Intro toggle; it defaults to Off and can be enabled to skip launch logos and the new-character Valkyrie/text intro

0.0.4

• Added Plant Easily with adjustable 1x1 through 10x10 planting grids, plant and pickable support, snapping, visual guides, and Auto Replant
• Added Chest Recipe Discovery so materials in an opened chest can contribute to recipe discovery
• Added Hammer Quick Pull for building materials
• Added Half Fall Damage
• Added Perfect Parry Stamina rewards
• Added Preserve Food on Death for active foods
• Made seasonal items available year-round and fixed their progression refresh behavior
• Fixed Dual Wield skill icons on the Skills screen
• Added a Personal Death Counter
• Reduced fog and strengthened Wisplight
• Added Better Sleep multiplayer sleep voting
• Added Blacksmith's Chest automation
• Added Item Comparison Tooltips for inventory and crafting, including upgrade previews and live offhand comparison for valid Dual Wield setups

0.0.2

• Added a Welcome to Encounter QoL popup when entering a world
• Added a Do Not Show Again option for the welcome popup
• Added a configurable F7 Keybind Reference window
• Added built-in control documentation for non-configurable Encounter QoL actions
• Added automatic listing of current configurable Encounter QoL keybinds
• Redesigned the F8 configuration manager with the Encounter QoL orange-and-black interface
• Centered the Welcome, Keybind Reference, and Configuration windows
• Added proper gameplay, camera, mouse-wheel, and cursor input blocking while Encounter QoL windows are open
• Added Discord contact information for ideas, feedback, and feature requests

0.0.1

Initial public release of Encounter QoL.

• Integrated inventory and storage improvements
• Added crafting and building quality-of-life features
• Added farming and world improvements
• Added Dual Wield and Item Linking
• Added portal, vehicle, tame, and production improvements
• Added expanded HUD, hover information, skills, and character UI features
• Added the Encounter QoL in-game configuration manager