Equipment Slots

Dedicated equipment slots, a Quiver and a Food bag for Valheim, so armor, arrows and food stop filling your inventory.

By Nathan's Norse Niceties, a group of small, independent Valheim QoL mods.

The inventory with the equipment panel on the right, and the quiver and the food bag under it.

What it does

Equipment panel

A panel next to the inventory with one slot each for Head, Back (capes), Chest, Accessory (Megingjord, Wishbone, Wisplight), Legs, Trinket, Quiver and Food bag.

• Armor in the panel is really equipped, counts towards your weight and can be repaired.
• Equipping works with the normal equip delay and animation: drag an item onto its slot, right-click it, or shift-click it. Taking it off works the same way (drag out, right-click or shift-click in the panel).
• On death, worn items go into your tombstone with everything else, and jump back into their slots when you pick it up.

Quiver

Crafted at a level 2 workbench from 15 Leather Scraps, 10 Deer Hide and 5 Troll Hide. While it sits in the quiver slot it adds three arrow-only slots under your inventory.

• Bows shoot from the quiver first. Right-click a stack or press LeftAlt + 1 / 2 / 3 (the modifier is configurable) to choose the arrows.
• An arrow display next to the food display shows the three stacks and their hotkeys.
• The arrows stay inside the quiver item, also when you drop it or lose it.

The quiver and its three arrow slots.

Crafting the quiver at a level 2 workbench.

The food display with the food keys on the left, and the arrow display with the arrow hotkeys on the right.

Food bag

Crafted at a workbench from 5 Leather Scraps. While it sits in the food bag slot it adds three food-only slots under the inventory (right side).

• Eat the food in the slots with Z / V / B. The keys are shown next to the food display.

The food bag and its three food slots.

Crafting the food bag at a workbench.

Install

Install it with r2modman or the Thunderstore Mod Manager: search for EquipmentSlots by NathansNorseNiceties and click install. The dependencies (BepInExPack_Valheim, Jotunn and NathansQol_KeyBindings) are installed automatically. Then start the game from that profile.

Manual install: download the zip from the Releases page and use Settings → Import local mod in r2modman.

Back up your saves first, see Compatibility below.

Hotkeys

The hotkeys (eating food from the food bag, the arrow modifier) are listed in the game's own settings, in the Key Bindings tab (from the Key Bindings mod, which is installed automatically), for keyboard and mouse, and for a controller button if you want one. They are also in the config file.

Controller

The shoulder buttons (LB / RB) switch between the inventory panels, in this order: Quiver, Food bag, Chest, Inventory, Equipment, Skills, Crafting. The Quiver and the Food bag only show up while they are equipped, the Chest only while a chest is open. The Inventory is always selected when you open the inventory.

Configuration

The config file nathan.qol.equipmentslots.cfg is created in the profile's BepInEx/config folder after the first start. Saved values override the defaults of newer versions, so delete a line to get its default back.

Setting	Default	Meaning
Enabled	true	Switches the effects of the mod on or off. Items in the equipment slots and bags stay in the character's data and are back when the mod is enabled again (take them out first if you want to use them without the mod). Applies after a restart
EatFoodSlot1 / 2 / 3	Z / V / B	Hotkeys to eat the food in food bag slot 1-3
ArrowModifier	LeftAlt	Hold it and press hotbar key 1-3 to select the arrows in quiver slot 1-3
EquipmentPanelOffsetX	150	Distance of the equipment panel from the inventory's right edge (UI pixels)
EquipmentPanelOffsetY	0	Distance of the equipment panel below the inventory's top edge
ArrowHudOffsetX	12	Gap between the guardian power display and the arrow display
FoodKeyHudOffsetX	40	Distance of the food hotkey labels to the left of the food display

Compatibility

• Saves, important: the contents of the equipment slots and the bags are stored in the character's save data. If you play the character without this mod, everything in the slots is gone from the game. Move your items back into your inventory before removing the mod. Back up your saves before trying it on a character you care about.
• Multiplayer: the mod works on your own character and does not need to be installed on the server. It is not enforced by the server's mod check. Armor in the slots is equipped the normal way, so other players see it. Quivers and food bags only exist for players who have the mod.
• Other mods: do not combine it with other mods that add equipment or quick slots or change the inventory screen (for example EquipmentAndQuickSlots or backpack mods). Mods that only add items or change stats should work.
• World modifiers: the death rules "keep inventory" and "keep equipment" are respected: nothing drops in that case.
• Controller and Steam Deck: the panels can be switched with the shoulder buttons and used like the inventory.
• Game version: developed and tested on Valheim 1.0.x (BepInExPack_Valheim 5.4.2351, Jotunn 2.30.2). After big game updates it may need a new release.

Known limitations

• The quiver icon and model are based on concept art; the food bag model is a simple placeholder.
• Only tested on Linux, in single-player and on a server without the mod.

Feedback and development

• Found a bug? Report it. The form asks for your versions and the log file, which makes it much easier to find the cause.
• Have an idea? Request a feature.
• Existing reports and ideas are listed on the issues page.

The build and release instructions are in DEVELOPMENT.md, the version history in the Changelog tab.

License

MIT