Recent XP Bars

Adds four small XP bars to the bottom of the screen showing your most recently active skills. As soon as you gain XP in a skill, a bar appears for it; the four most recent stay on screen.

Features

• Four bars tiled across the bottom edge of the screen — one quarter of the window width each
• Newest skill on the left, oldest on the right (LRU eviction when a fifth skill gains XP)
• Skill name + current level rendered with a black outline so it's legible against any background
• Bar fill = progress to next level (resets to ~0 after a level-up)
• Tick marks split each bar into ten equal segments for quick at-a-glance reading
• Cylindrical gradient look — bars appear rounded rather than flat rectangles
• Color flips to red when you don't have the Rested status effect — a quick visual reminder that you're missing the XP gain bonus
• Auto-scales to any window resolution (windowed and fullscreen both look right)
• Tracks gains on every skill tick — chopping a tree, blocking a hit, sprinting, crafting all update bars instantly

Configuration

A config file is generated at BepInEx/config/com.foxego.valheim.recentxpbars.cfg after the first launch:

Installation

Via Mod Manager (recommended)

Install with r2modman or Thunderstore Mod Manager. Subscribe to the BepInExPack Valheim dependency and this mod; the manager handles the rest.

Manual

1. Install BepInEx for Valheim.
2. Drop ValheimRecentXpBars.dll into <Valheim install>/BepInEx/plugins/.
3. Launch the game.

Notes

• The "Rested" status-effect lookup uses the same stable-hash key Valheim itself uses, so the red/gold color toggle matches the game's own rested-state check.
• No assets shipped — all visuals are generated procedurally with IMGUI, so the plugin DLL is under 15 KB.
• No hard dependency on other mods; only BepInEx is required.

Contact

Bug reports, feature requests, and feedback welcome on Discord: discord.gg/5JY7RHfHjF