CraftFromChestsPlus

[BETA 1.1.0] Use materials from nearby chests when crafting, building, or feeding smelters / kilns / furnaces.

Place a Craft Totem in your base. Inside its radius (config 5–200 m, default 50), all players can craft, build, and smelt using chest stock. Outside the totem zone there are no chest scans (no explore lag).

Requires: Jotunn

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Features

Craft Totem (hammer → Misc) — zone active for everyone in range
Craft at Workbench / Forge / inventory using chest stock (inside totem zone)
Hammer build requirements from chests (inside totem zone)
Smelter / Kiln / Blast furnace / Eitr refinery — ore & fuel from chests (inside totem zone)
Ingredient HUD counts include nearby chests
Hover on totem shows range circle; toast when you enter the zone
Visual pull feedback (chest VFX + light trail)
Configurable range (max 200 m; uses up to 32 closest chests)
Access checks (no foreign / invalid chests)

How to use

Craft the Craft Totem at a Workbench (Wood + Resin + Bronze) and place it in your base
Place chests within the totem / config range
Stay inside the totem radius — craft, hammer-build, or feed smelters; missing items come from chests

Changelog

1.1.0-beta

Feature: Craft Totem — global craft/build/smelt-from-chests zone for all players in range
Fix: restores hammer and body/inventory craft from chests inside the totem zone (without explore lag)
Requires Jotunn
Beta build — please report issues

1.0.5

Fix: exploring FPS lag with inventory / hammer — chest scans only while linked to a crafting station (not InPlaceMode alone)
Side effect: disabled craft-from-chests for hammer and body/inventory (only worked with an active crafting station link)
Perf: stop re-Load() on empty chests; cap nearby chests at 32; one-time bootstrap scan; ignore dungeon/streamed containers for cache thrash

1.0.4

Fix: recipe list stayed gray at the Workbench even when chests had materials (UI refresh race)

1.0.3

Fix: massive inventory / hammer FPS lag (chest scans only while crafting or placing)
Fix: NullReference spam from flying-item prefab instantiate
Feature: pull ore & fuel into Smelter / Kiln / Blast furnace / Eitr refinery from chests

Install

Install BepInExPack Valheim 5.4.2350+
Install Jotunn
Install CraftFromChestsPlus
Restart the game

Manual: copy plugins/CraftFromChestsPlus.dll into BepInEx/plugins/.

Config

BepInEx/config/poneis.valheim.CraftFromChestsPlus.cfg

Key	Default	Notes
`Enabled`	true	Master switch
`Range`	50	Totem zone + chest pull radius (meters, 5–200)
`VisualFeedback`	true	Chest VFX + pull SFX (SmartContainers-style)
`FlyingItemEffect`	true	Item flies from chest to you
`Language`	Auto	Auto / English / Portuguese

Compatibility

Do not use together with other Craft From Containers mods (duplicate Harmony patches).

Independent from SmartContainers (deposit/routing) and StationRangePlus (station build radius). You can use them together.

Server and clients need this mod (and Jotunn) for the totem zone.

Support

ko-fi.com/tudoecriativo

Team PONEIS