Animal Feeding Trough

Animal Feeding Trough adds a coordinated set of functional feeding troughs and a chicken feeding bowl to Valheim. Store suitable food in a feeding station and nearby tameable animals will approach it through Valheim's normal AI, including animals that are still being tamed.

Features

• Ten matching feeding-station designs in three trough families.
• Large, medium, and small straight troughs.
• Large, medium, and small curved troughs.
• Large, medium, and small corner troughs.
• One low, round chicken feeding bowl.
• Six storage slots in every design.
• Storage accepts food used by tameable animals.
• Hungry animals detect suitable food within 16 metres.
• Animals walk to dedicated feeding positions before eating.
• Supports normal taming by feeding untamed tameable animals.
• Tamed and untamed tameable animals cannot damage the feeding stations.
• Individual build-menu icons and visible stored-food surfaces.
• Multiplayer support for clients and dedicated servers.
• English, German, Russian, Ukrainian, and Japanese localization.

Requirements

• Valheim 1.0, current public build.
• BepInExPack Valheim 5.4.2350 or newer.
• Jotunn 2.30.2 or newer.
• The same Animal Feeding Trough version and dependencies on the server and every client.

Installation

Mod manager

Install the Thunderstore package with a compatible mod manager. The declared dependencies will be installed automatically.

Manual installation

1. Close Valheim and stop the dedicated server.
2. Install BepInExPack Valheim and Jotunn.
3. Copy AnimalFeedingTrough.dll to Valheim/BepInEx/plugins/AnimalFeedingTrough/.
4. Remove older copies of the mod from other plugin folders.
5. Install the same version on the server and every client.
6. Start Valheim.

Building and use

All ten feeding stations are available in the hammer's Furniture category and require a nearby workbench.

Design	Wood	Bronze nails
Large straight trough	20	4
Medium straight trough	14	3
Small straight trough	8	2
Large curved trough	18	4
Medium curved trough	12	3
Small curved trough	8	2
Large corner trough	18	4
Medium corner trough	12	3
Small corner trough	8	2
Chicken feeding bowl	6	2

Open a feeding station like a chest and add suitable animal food. Keep its feeding sides accessible so animals can reach their assigned positions. The visible food surface indicates that suitable food is stored; it does not represent the exact food type or quantity.

Animal behaviour

Animal movement continues to use Valheim's normal AI and pathfinding. Blocked routes, frightened animals, unloaded areas, or other mods that alter animal AI can affect feeding behaviour.

Multiplayer

The mod and both dependencies are required on the server and every client. Use the same version everywhere to avoid synchronization and compatibility problems.

Updating

Remove older copies of AnimalFeedingTrough.dll before installing an update. Existing supported trough prefabs retain their compatibility and configured migration paths.

Uninstallation

Back up the world first. Empty and dismantle all placed feeding stations while the mod is installed, save the world, exit the game, and then remove the DLL from the server and every client.

Credits

Design and testing: xNeliox.

Built with Jotunn, BepInEx, and Valheim APIs. No dependency or game binaries are bundled with this mod.