Encounter QoL

Encounter QoL is an integrated collection of quality-of-life improvements for Valheim. It expands inventory management, crafting, building, farming, combat, travel, tames, production, HUD information, and general gameplay while keeping everything together in one mod.

Requirements

BepInExPack Valheim
Jotunn

Encounter QoL is configured as an everyone-must-have multiplayer mod. Install it on the server and on clients joining that server.

Features

Inventory & Storage

Extra inventory slots, including equipment, utility, food, ammo, and quick-slot support
Quick Stack
Auto Sort
Favorite Items
Recycle
Trash
Alt + Left Click full-stack transfer between the player and open storage
Increased stack sizes
Nearby Containers
Shared Chests
Inventory HUD
Hotbar ammo information

Crafting & Building

Crafting UI improvements
Recipe searching and category filtering
Multi-crafting support
Extended crafting-station build range
Auto Repair
Area Repair and vehicle maintenance
Better Ladders
Build Camera
Improved building weather protection
Expanded terrain-tool radius

Farming & World

Additional farming plantables
Any-Biome Crops
Stump Regrowth
Floating dropped items
Mass Gather
Active server time

Combat & Equipment

Dual Wield support
Item Linking for compatible weapons and shields
Hauling skill and progression
Improved Skills screen
Pickup and spear recovery improvements

Travel & Vehicles

Better Portals
Ship Camera
Cart Auto Attach

Tames & Production

Tame follower improvements
Improved tame breeding inheritance
Faster fermentation
Beehive improvements
Sap collector improvements
Processor quick fill
Fuel-free lighting options

Interface & General QoL

Built-in Encounter QoL configuration manager
Expanded object hover information
HUD information improvements
Compact status HUD
Character selection statistics
Expanded character eye colors
Sitting health regeneration
Skip Intro
Achievement Freedom

Configuration

Encounter QoL includes its own in-game configuration manager. Features with meaningful settings expose those settings there; features intended to behave consistently are enabled directly without unnecessary configuration toggles.

Installation

Thunderstore Mod Manager / r2modman

Install Encounter QoL from Thunderstore and its required dependencies will be installed automatically.

Manual

Install BepInExPack Valheim.
Install Jotunn.
Place EncounterQoL.dll inside your BepInEx/plugins folder.
Launch Valheim.

Multiplayer

Encounter QoL changes gameplay systems and inventory behavior and is configured as an everyone-must-have mod. For multiplayer, the server and all connecting players should have Encounter QoL installed.

Source and Redistribution

Encounter QoL is not currently open source.

The compiled public release may be downloaded and used with Valheim. Permission is not granted to redistribute Encounter QoL, publish modified builds, or reuse its original source/assets in another project without permission, except where applicable law provides otherwise.

Third-party components remain under their respective licenses. See THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.txt.

Support / Development Status

Encounter QoL is actively being expanded. More quality-of-life features and refinements are planned.