Steelhammer Essentials

A client-side quality-of-life bundle for Valheim.

Tested with:

• Valheim 1.0.14
• BepInExPack Valheim 5.4.2350

Features

Smart Hotbar

Use the mouse wheel to switch directly between occupied hotbar slots.

• Empty slots can automatically be skipped.
• Wrap-around is supported.
• Building mode keeps the mouse wheel available for rotating pieces.
• Holding Left Control keeps normal camera zoom available.
• Scroll behavior is configurable.

Slot Lock

Protect individual inventory slots.

• Hold Left Alt and left-click an inventory slot to lock or unlock it.
• Locked slots receive a visible gold border.
• Locked slots are protected from Stack All / compatible automatic storage behavior.
• Locked slot positions are stored per character.

Craft From Storage

Craft, upgrade and build using materials stored in nearby containers.

• Configurable search radius from 1 to 500 meters.
• Combines player inventory and nearby storage when checking available materials.
• Materials are consumed from inventory/storage as needed.
• Optional processing-station feeding is available but disabled by default.

Equipment Slots

Dedicated slots outside the normal inventory area for:

• Helmet
• Chest
• Legs
• Shoulder / Cape
• Utility
• Trinket

Equipping compatible items automatically moves them to their dedicated slot.

Quick Slots

Three additional quick slots outside the normal inventory.

Default keys:

• Z
• V
• B

The keys are configurable through the BepInEx configuration.

Configuration

Configuration file:

BepInEx/config/at.steelhammer.essentials.cfg

Important options include:

• Smart Hotbar enabled/disabled
• Scroll direction
• Skip empty slots
• Wrap-around
• Scroll delay
• Slot Lock modifier key
• Craft From Storage search radius
• Processing-station feeding
• Quickslot keys
• Quickslot HUD
• Inventory slot labels

Important: removing or disabling the mod

Before disabling or uninstalling Steelhammer Essentials:

1. Move all items out of the Z/V/B quick slots.
2. Unequip equipment stored in the dedicated equipment slots and move it back into the normal inventory.
3. Make sure both additional reserved inventory rows are empty.
4. Save and log out normally.
5. Only then disable or remove the mod.

Keeping a character backup is recommended before first use and before removing inventory-changing mods.

Multiplayer

Steelhammer Essentials is designed as a client-side mod and does not require a dedicated server component.

Other players do not need the mod in order to join the same server.

Compatibility

Steelhammer Essentials combines functionality that would otherwise commonly require several separate client-side QoL mods.

To avoid duplicate behavior, do not simultaneously enable another mod that provides the same hotbar scrolling, slot locking, craft-from-storage, equipment-slot or quickslot functionality.

AI-assisted development

Development, debugging and code review were performed with AI assistance. The mod was compiled and manually tested in Valheim before release.

License

MIT License.