Forge of Idols

Convert and upgrade idols at the Forge of Potential, with configurable costs and success chances.

Works on its own or alongside Forge Rework. No new crafting station required.

Recipes

Action	Recipe	Default cost	Default success chance
Convert	Protection → Battle, same tier	1 idol → 1 idol	80%
Convert	Battle → Protection, same tier	1 idol → 1 idol	80%
Upgrade	Protection → next-tier Protection	3 idols → 1 idol	80%
Upgrade	Battle → next-tier Battle	3 idols → 1 idol	80%

All eight vanilla idol tiers are supported. Upgrades advance one tier at a time; the highest tier cannot be upgraded further.

Every attempt consumes its input idols. Success produces one output idol; failure produces nothing. Successful attempts play the forge's native lightning and sound.

Using the forge

1. Bring your idols to the Forge of Potential.
2. Choose UPGRADE for next-tier idols, or CONVERT to switch idol types.
3. Check the input cost and displayed success chance.
4. Press Attempt Upgrade or Attempt Conversion.

Gear refinement and idol upgrades share the UPGRADE tab. Other crafting stations keep their usual menus.

Unlocking recipes

• Carry at least one idol of the recipe's input type and tier.
• Discover the exact output idol at least once with your character.
• Collect enough input idols and leave room in your inventory for the output.

You do not need to keep the discovered output idol. This prevents lower-tier stockpiles from unlocking tiers you have never found.

A recipe remains visible when you carry too few input idols, but its attempt button is disabled. Recipes configured to 0% are also disabled and consume nothing.

Installation

Install through Thunderstore Mod Manager or r2modman. The manager installs these required dependencies:

• BepInExPack Valheim
• Conditional Config Sync 1.0.9+

For multiplayer, install Forge of Idols and its dependencies on the server and every client. Restart after installation. Forge Rework is optional.

For a manual install, place ForgeOfIdols.dll in BepInEx/plugins/ForgeOfIdols. Keep only one copy installed.

Configuration

The first launch creates:

BepInEx/config/MerlinofMines.ForgeOfIdols.cfg

Section	Setting	Default	Range
Conversion	Input Idols	1	1–10000
Conversion	Success Probability	80	0–100%
Tier Upgrading	Input Idols	3	1–10000
Tier Upgrading	Success Probability	80	0–100%

Conversion settings apply to both directions and every tier. Tier Upgrading settings apply to both idol types and every upgrade tier. Input Idols is the cost per attempt to produce one output idol.

• 0%: attempts disabled; no cost.
• 100%: every attempt succeeds.
• Changes through Configuration Manager apply immediately. Restart after editing the file externally.

Dedicated servers

The server controls all four settings. Only server administrators may edit them; there is no configuration-lock toggle. Clients wait for settings to synchronize before crafting, and local settings return after disconnecting.

Craft attempts run on the player's client. Configuration synchronization does not provide server-side anti-cheat.