Fletchers Forge

Disassemble vanilla arrows into shafts and arrowheads, craft components at vanilla stations, and reforge ammunition in the field with the Fletcher's knife.

Current version: 0.1.30
Requires: BepInEx + Jötunn

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What this mod does

You can…	Where
Craft arrow shafts and heads (stacks of 20)	Workbench / Forge / Black forge
Split arrows into shaft + head	Field — Fletcher's bench
Reforge shaft + head into arrows	Field — Fletcher's bench
Rehead arrows (swap head type)	Field — Fletcher's bench
Carry finished ammo as normal vanilla arrows	Inventory / bow

There is no material salvage beyond shafts and heads (no wood/ore back from splitting).

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Quick start

1. Install BepInEx and Jötunn (see Dependencies).
2. Install Fletchers Forge into BepInEx/plugins/Hardwire99-FletchersForge/.
3. Craft a Fletcher's knife at the Forge (level 1).
4. Hold the knife in your hand — the Fletcher's bench opens automatically.
5. Use Reforge or Split (buttons or keys below). Results go directly into your inventory — there is no take-all step.

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Fletcher's knife

Recipe	Forge level 1 — Fine wood ×1, Copper ×1, Leather scraps ×1
Role	Opens the field bench; used for reforge / split only
Combat	1 pierce damage, 1 durability — breaks after one swing; not meant as a weapon
Bench	Auto-opens when the knife is in your hand; closes when you put it away

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Arrow components

Shafts (inventory stack 100)

Item	Craft station	Notes
Arrow shaft	Workbench 1	Wood ×8, Feathers ×2 → 20 shafts
Needle arrow shaft	Workbench 4	Feathers ×2 → 20 shafts
Ashwood arrow shaft	Workbench 3	Black wood ×8, Feathers ×2 → 20 shafts

World drop: small arrow-shaft mesh (not the cargo crate).

Arrowheads (inventory stack 200)

Craft output is always 20 per recipe batch.

Head	Station	Materials
Fire	Workbench 2	Resin ×8
Flint	Workbench 2	Flint ×2
Bronze	Forge 1	Bronze ×1
Iron	Forge 2	Iron ×1
Silver	Forge 3	Silver ×1
Obsidian	Workbench 3	Obsidian ×4
Poison	Workbench 3	Obsidian ×4, Ooze ×2
Frost	Workbench 4	Obsidian ×4, Freeze gland ×1
Needle	Workbench 4	Needle ×4
Carapace	Black forge 1	Carapace ×4
Charred	Black forge 3	Charred bone ×4

World drop: small cargo crate mesh (25% scale) — a square ship crate, not a chest with a lid.

Arrowhead inventory icons (embedded PNG)

Arrowhead icons ship inside FletchersForge.dll — players do not need an Icons folder in their profile.

Optional overrides: set AllowExternalHeadIconOverrides = true in config, then place PNGs in:

BepInEx/plugins/Hardwire99-FletchersForge/Icons/

File name	Arrow type
FF_HeadFire.png	Fire
FF_HeadFlint.png	Flint
FF_HeadBronze.png	Bronze
FF_HeadIron.png	Iron
FF_HeadSilver.png	Silver
FF_HeadObsidian.png	Obsidian
FF_HeadPoison.png	Poison
FF_HeadFrost.png	Frost
FF_HeadNeedle.png	Needle
FF_HeadCarapace.png	Carapace
FF_HeadCharred.png	Charred

Recommended: 128×128 PNG, transparent background. Restart after adding external overrides.

Icon gallery (bundled examples)

Fire	Flint	Bronze
Iron	Silver	Obsidian
Poison	Frost	Needle
Carapace	Charred

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Field bench (Fletcher's bench)

Opens automatically when the Fletcher's knife is in your hand (same as holding it ready to use).

Slots

Slot	Accepts
Left	Arrow shaft or full arrow
Right	Arrowhead only

Actions

Results are added to your inventory immediately. You do not use Take all / Place stacks — those vanilla container actions are not part of this workflow.

Action	Button label	Default key	Effect
Reforge	Reforge	(none — use button)	Shaft + head → 20 arrows; or arrow + new head → rehead
Split	Split	(none — use button)	20 arrows → shaft + head (wood arrows → shaft only)

The wood panel shows Reforge and Split in the usual container button row (repurposed from vanilla UI chrome).

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Vanilla arrow mapping

Vanilla arrow	Shaft	Head
Wood	Standard	(none — split gives shaft only)
Fire	Standard	Fire
Flint	Standard	Flint
Bronze	Standard	Bronze
Iron	Standard	Iron
Silver	Standard	Silver
Obsidian	Standard	Obsidian
Poison	Standard	Poison
Frost	Standard	Frost
Needle	Needle	Needle
Carapace	Standard	Carapace
Charred	Ashwood	Charred

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Configuration

File: BepInEx/config/hardwire99.fletchersforge.cfg

Section	Key	Default	Description
General	Enabled	true	Turn the entire mod off without uninstalling.
Icons	UseEmbeddedHeadIcons	true	Load arrowhead icons bundled in the DLL.
Icons	AllowExternalHeadIconOverrides	false	When true, PNGs in the plugin Icons folder override embedded art.
Controls	Reforge	None	Reforge hotkey while the bench is open (None = button only).
Controls	Split	None	Split hotkey while the bench is open (None = button only).

There is no key to open the bench — it opens when the knife is in your hand.

After editing the config, restart Valheim (or reload the profile).

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Bjornheim / legacy save cleanup

Early builds (0.1.1–0.1.8) spawned phantom bench objects in the world save. That can cause ChestSnap errors and hundreds of unknown ZDOs (hash 555343901).

0.1.30 runs cleanup after ZDOs load (ZDOMan.Load), on player spawn, and via fletcher.cleanup. It also sanitizes null ChestSnap network views so phantom benches from early builds no longer spam errors.

Manual cleanup (recommended once on affected saves)

1. Load the world (as host / single-player).
2. Open the console (F5).
3. Run: fletcher.cleanup
4. Run: save
5. Restart the game and confirm ChestSnap no longer spams errors.

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Multiplayer notes

• Field bench uses a local inventory (not a world container) — each player reforges their own items.
• Knife equip / bench UI runs only for the local player (IsOwner()).
• Legacy ZDO cleanup runs on the server when purging save data; clients still sanitize null network views for ChestSnap.
• Not yet playtested on dedicated servers; code paths are local-player scoped and should be safe, but verify with your group.

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Folder layout (plugin)

Hardwire99-FletchersForge/
  FletchersForge.dll    (includes embedded arrowhead PNG icons)
  manifest.json
  Icons/                (optional — only if AllowExternalHeadIconOverrides = true)

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Known / upcoming

• [ ] Quiver and Unity Store weapon assets
• [ ] Dedicated multiplayer playtest

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Credits

• Author: Hardwire99
• Framework: Jötunn / Valheim modding community