Magic Storage Valheim

What's new in 1.4.9

This release packages the latest upgraded-capacity synchronization and full Deposit Report fixes alongside the existing network refresh and Sync Stacks functionality. It restores Storage Units' actual grid size from their saved upgrade tier after loading, and reports every remaining item after Deposit All, distinguishing protected items from rejected transfers.

Important: Upgrading an existing multiplayer world? Back up the world and player saves, and install the same release on server and all clients. A remaining vanilla -1, -1 inventory placement warning has been observed even when Deposit All verifies successful transfers. Verify stored item counts after a server restart before treating the issue as fully resolved.

Magic Storage adds a central storage network to Valheim. Put items into one shared system, search them from one place, craft using stored materials, expand the network with Storage Units, and later access it wirelessly.

This guide is intentionally spoiler-light. It explains how every Magic Storage item works without naming later bosses, biomes, or late-game progression steps.

Quick Start

1. Build a Storage Core.
2. Build one or more Storage Units near the Core.
3. Look at the Core and press your Open Magic Storage key (G by default).
4. Deposit items into the network.
5. Use the Crafting tab to craft with materials stored in Magic Storage.
6. As you progress, upgrade Storage Units for more capacity and make the Wireless Storage Remote for remote access.
7. Make the Magic Storage Hammer to build normal structures using materials from your inventory and linked Magic Storage network together.

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Storage Core

The Storage Core is the heart of a Magic Storage network. Storage Units near it become part of the same shared inventory.

How to make it

• 20 Fine Wood
• 5 Rubies
• 1 early-progression trophy

The trophy's identity is deliberately omitted here to avoid spoilers. Valheim will show the exact ingredient naturally once you have discovered it.

How to use it

Look at the Core from normal interaction distance and press your Open Magic Storage key (G by default). The Magic Storage window opens together with your player inventory.

The Core itself is the network controller; most of the actual item capacity comes from connected Storage Units.

Main tabs

Storage — Browse, search, filter, deposit, and withdraw items from the entire connected network.

Crafting — Craft using materials in Magic Storage. Nearby crafting stations and their real upgrade levels are respected, so Magic Storage does not bypass normal crafting progression.

Upgrade — Upgrade eligible equipment using the normal upgrade rules while allowing required materials to come from your inventory and Magic Storage.

Range button

The Core has a range display. Toggle it to show the area used by the storage network so you can see where connected Storage Units belong.

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Storage Unit

A Storage Unit adds capacity to its nearby Storage Core.

How to make it

• 20 Wood
• 20 Stone

Build it within the Core's network area. You do not need to open each Unit individually; its contents are managed through the Storage Core interface.

Upgrading Storage Units

Storage Units can be upgraded in place as you progress. Interact with a Storage Unit and it will show the next available tier and the materials required.

The guide intentionally does not list every future tier or material so later progression remains a discovery. Upgrading increases the Unit's storage capacity and changes its appearance. Your stored items remain in the network.

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Wireless Storage Remote

The Wireless Storage Remote lets you access a linked Storage Core without standing beside it, as long as the Core is within the Remote's current range.

How to make it

At a Workbench:

• 10 Fine Wood
• 2 Surtling Cores
• 5 Greydwarf Eyes
• 1 Bronze

Link the Remote

Carry the Remote, look at the Storage Core you want to link, then press Shift + your Open Magic Storage key.

Once linked, carrying the Remote allows your Open Magic Storage key to open that network when you are within its current wireless range.

Upgrade its range

Use Ctrl + Use on the Remote. When you have reached the appropriate point in normal Valheim progression and carry the required trophy, the Remote can consume it to increase its wireless range.

The Remote tells you what the next upgrade needs. This guide does not name the later trophies or ranges so it does not reveal future bosses or progression.

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Magic Storage Hammer

The Magic Storage Hammer is a separate building hammer. It does not replace or modify Valheim's normal Hammer.

When you carry a linked Wireless Storage Remote and use the Magic Storage Hammer, normal build pieces can count materials from:

your inventory + your linked Magic Storage network

Your inventory is used first. Magic Storage supplies only the remaining shortfall.

How to make it

At a Workbench:

• 1 normal Hammer
• 2 Surtling Cores
• 5 Fine Wood

The normal Hammer can be anywhere in your inventory, including your hotbar, and will count toward the recipe.

How to use it

1. Carry your linked Wireless Storage Remote.
2. Equip the Magic Storage Hammer.
3. Open the build menu normally.
4. Select a build piece.
5. Place it normally.

If some required materials are in your inventory and the rest are in Magic Storage, both sources are combined automatically. Normal recipe knowledge, crafting-station requirements, progression restrictions, and the Remote's range still apply.

If there is no valid linked storage connection, the Hammer falls back to normal carried-inventory behavior.

Hammer upgrades

The Magic Storage Hammer has real upgrade costs rather than free quality levels:

• Quality 2: 2 Surtling Cores + 10 Fine Wood
• Quality 3: 3 Surtling Cores + 15 Fine Wood
• Quality 4: 4 Surtling Cores + 20 Fine Wood

Upgrade materials can be supplied by your inventory and Magic Storage together.

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Moving Items

From Magic Storage to your inventory

• Left Click a stored item: withdraw 1.
• Shift + Left Click a stored item: withdraw one normal game-defined stack, or as much as will safely fit.

From your inventory to Magic Storage

• Ctrl + Left Click while Magic Storage is open: quick-deposit that stack.
• Shift + Left Click: opens Valheim's normal split-stack dialog; choose the exact amount you want to deposit.
• Deposit All: deposits eligible inventory items while protecting your hotbar and favourites.

Transfers are capacity-safe; Magic Storage avoids removing an item from its source unless the destination can accept it.

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Capacity synchronization and Deposit Report (1.4.8)

Upgraded Storage Units restore their actual inventory grid dimensions from the saved tier after their inventory is reloaded. This only adjusts the local runtime dimensions when existing items fit safely. It does not move stored items, force a network-ownership transfer, or explicitly save the container to the server.

If Deposit All leaves items behind, the new Deposit Report distinguishes failed transfers from items intentionally protected because they're equipped, on the hotbar, or marked favourite. The BepInEx log records why each Storage Unit refused the attempted deposit.

Testing notice: Back up the world/character first. A remaining Valheim warning, Trying to add item to occupied slot -1, -1, has been observed during successful Deposit All transfers; this candidate still needs a multiplayer/server-restart persistence test before public release.

Automatic network refresh (1.4.8)

Opening a Storage Core (or opening it through a linked Wireless Storage Remote) automatically refreshes the discovered Storage Units, inventory views, and storage totals. You should not need to dismantle and replace your Core just to refresh its connection to the network.

When an eligible deposit fails because the destination refuses an insertion, Magic Storage makes one safe refresh-and-retry attempt. If it still cannot deposit, it leaves the item in your inventory and writes a diagnostic message to the BepInEx log. Network refresh does not rearrange or delete stored items; damaged or invalid storage data may still require further investigation.

Sync Stacks (1.4.8)

Select Storage and click Sync Stacks to combine compatible partial stacks, freeing occupied slots within each individual Storage Unit. For example, two Wood stacks of 12 and 20 in the same unit can become a single stack of 32.

Limitations: Stacks in different Storage Units are not merged together in this version. Items with uncertain or custom data and unsafe container states are skipped; not all items can be combined. Item quantities should remain unchanged. When testing a newly installed version, make a world backup first.

Favourites

Use Alt + Left Click on an inventory item to mark or unmark it as a favourite.

Favourited stacks are protected from Deposit All. Your entire hotbar is also protected from Deposit All automatically.

You can still manually deposit a favourite when you actually want to move it.

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Search and Categories

The Storage tab can search the whole network and filter items by category:

All · Materials · Food · Weapons · Armor · Tools · Ammo · Trophies · Misc

Search and category filtering work together and only affect what is displayed; they do not move or alter your stored items.

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Crafting From Storage

Open the Core and choose Crafting.

Magic Storage checks the crafting stations actually available near the Core, including their upgrade levels. Recipes still follow Valheim's normal knowledge and progression rules.

Ingredients can come from Magic Storage, so you do not need to withdraw every material before crafting.

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Upgrading Equipment From Storage

Open the Core and choose Upgrade.

Eligible equipment shows its current and next quality, required station, and materials. The Upgrade button only becomes available when the normal requirements are met.

Materials can be combined from your inventory and Magic Storage. The real item is upgraded; Magic Storage does not create a duplicate copy.

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Multiplayer

Install the same Magic Storage version on the server and every player/client.

Magic Storage uses Valheim's networked container data so connected players see the same stored contents.

For manual installation, place MagicStorageValheim.dll in:

BepInEx/plugins/MagicStorageValheim/

Requirements

• BepInExPack Valheim
• Jötunn

Author

Pandora

Impactful Skills compatibility

Magic Storage has optional, soft compatibility with Impactful Skills. Impactful Skills is not required.

• With Impactful Skills installed, successful cooking through the Storage Core participates in the cooking XP streak behavior.
• Without Impactful Skills, successful Core crafting and cooking still award the normal Magic Storage Crafting/Cooking XP path.