Nearby Crafting

Craft and build using materials stored in nearby containers.

Tested only on Single Player

Vanilla items only supported at this time

Features

• Craft using materials from nearby player-built containers.
• Build pieces using materials from nearby player-built containers.
• Uses materials from your inventory first, then nearby storage.
• Uses the nearest eligible containers first.
• Crafting requirement indicators recognize materials stored nearby.
• Configurable container range.
• Optimized container and material caching.
• World loot containers are ignored by default.
• Carts and ships are ignored by default.
• Optional debug logging.

Installation

r2modman / Thunderstore Mod Manager

Install Nearby Crafting through your preferred Thunderstore-compatible mod manager.

BepInEx is required and will be installed as a dependency by supported mod managers.

Manual Installation

1. Install BepInEx for Valheim.

2. Download and extract Nearby Crafting.

3. Place NearbyCrafting.dll in:

   Valheim/BepInEx/plugins/NearbyCrafting/

4. Launch Valheim with BepInEx.

The configuration file will be generated automatically after the first launch.

Configuration

Configuration file:

BepInEx/config/com.mikeg.valheim.nearbycrafting.cfg

The default container range is 20 meters.

EnableBuilding = true enables building from nearby containers.

Debugging

Set:

DebugLogging = true

to enable diagnostic logging.

For detailed container detection logging:

DebugContainerDetails = true

Detailed logging can generate a large amount of output and should normally remain disabled.

Compatibility

Supports vanilla Valheim recipes/items.

Designed for Valheim 1.0+.

Nearby Crafting supports normal crafting recipes and normal building pieces.

It does not currently pull materials for smelters, kilns, fires, carts, or ships.

Special crafting recipes that require only one of multiple possible ingredients are not currently supported.

Multiplayer

Multiplayer support is currently considered experimental.

Issues

If you encounter a problem, include your BepInEx LogOutput.log when reporting it.