SwmarlyValheimQOL
One configurable Valheim 1.0 quality-of-life mod combining floating items, water equipment, sleep voting, currency pocket, swimming improvements, sneak scaling, sitting regeneration, fleeing trash mobs, no rain wear, and no-stamina building tools.Swmarly Valheim QOL
One optimized BepInEx plugin containing the quality-of-life changes used by Swmarly's Valheim setup.
Included features
- Dropped items float using Valheim's native
Floatingphysics. - Equipment can be equipped while swimming.
- Hotbar equipment can be used while running.
- Sleep-skip voting with percentage, warning, timeout, cooldown, and solo-server handling.
- Currency pocket: picked-up coins are stored on the player and are counted by traders.
- Swimming skill speed scaling, idle stamina regeneration, swim sprint, and configurable diving.
- Sneak speed scales with the Sneak skill.
- Health regeneration while sitting.
- Configurable trash mobs flee on sight.
- Uncovered structures no longer take rain wear.
- No stamina cost for hammer, hoe, and cultivator by default; an all-actions mode is available.
Installation
Install the package with r2modman/Thunderstore Mod Manager, or extract the contents into the Valheim game directory so the DLL is under BepInEx/plugins.
For a dedicated server, install the package in the server instance's BepInEx/plugins directory and start the server once. The config will be created at BepInEx/config/Swmarly.ValheimQOL.cfg inside that server instance. In multiplayer, install the same package on every client as well: sleep voting uses the server for the decision and clients for the vote popup, while equipment-in-water, running hotbar equipment, and the currency-pocket UI require the client copy.
The currency pocket is a separate coin balance: picked-up coins appear in the pocket and are included in trader totals. Open the inventory after picking up coins; use the small arrow on the pocket to move them back into normal inventory slots. The pocket is laid out after common expanded-inventory mods finish their UI layout.
When updating, remove the old SwmarlyValheimQOL.dll/package copy first if your manager leaves duplicate plugin versions behind, then install the new package on both the server and all clients. Do not keep two copies of this mod in different plugin folders.
Every feature is enabled by default.
Do not install duplicate copies of the individual mods at the same time. Their overlapping patches can cancel each other out.
Compatibility
Built against the Valheim 1.0 dedicated-server assemblies and BepInExPack Valheim 5.4.2350. The mod intentionally has no Jötunn or ServerSync dependency.
Credits
This project is an independent reimplementation inspired by the behavior of the mods listed in THIRD_PARTY.md. It does not bundle their DLLs or artwork.
Thunderstore disclosure
The icon was created specifically for this package with generative image tooling; the package should be submitted with Thunderstore's AI Generated category selected.
