Location Finder

Press ' to open the panel. Check the locations you want, hit Apply — every matching location in the world gets pinned on your map instantly, world-wide, no zone loading required.

How It Works

Location Finder reads from ZoneSystem — the world's pre-generated location registry. All locations in this registry are placed at world creation time and stored in the save file, so they can be found instantly without visiting any area first.

Pins are session-only and not saved to your manual pin list. They are cleared on world unload.

Categories

Known Limitations

Ocean Leviathan and Beehives are not pre-placed world locations — they are generated as you explore. Location Finder pins them automatically as your zones load. They will not appear on the map until you have been close enough for the zone to generate.

For full world-wide coverage of Leviathans and Beehives, use valheim-map.world with your world seed.

Custom Search

The Custom Search tab lets you search any location prefab name. Partial matches work — searching Crypt finds every crypt type in the world. The search log in BepInEx will show the exact prefab names found, which is useful for adding new custom categories.

Custom Categories

Add your own categories to: BepInEx/config/YouDied.LocationFinder.custom.txt

# Comment lines start with #
# Format: CategoryName=PrefabName1,PrefabName2
My Spots=SomeLocation1,SomeLocation2

Config

BepInEx/config/YouDied.LocationFinder.cfg

Checkbox state saves to YouDied.LocationFinder.checklist.txt and restores on next session.

Changelog

v1.0.14

• Added: Leviathan (ocean) auto-pins as you sail near them
• Added: Beehive auto-pins as you explore near them
• Both pin automatically as you explore — no searching needed

v1.0.13

• Added: comma-separated multi-term search (e.g. AxeHead1, AxeHead2) — all terms searched and tracked simultaneously

v1.0.12

• Fixed: map mouse movement bleeding through panel — IMGUI now eats all mouse/scroll events that land inside the panel rect before any other system sees them; events outside the panel pass through normally

v1.0.11

• Fixed: chest search pins no longer wiped when switching tabs or clicking Apply — checklist pins use loc_ prefix, search pins use chest_/search_ prefix and are independent
• Added: last search term tracked — as you explore, any new chest containing a searched item is automatically pinned
• Added: search tab shows currently tracked term
• Fixed: Enter key opening chat while panel is open — Chat.HasFocus patch added
• Fixed: character moving while panel is open — removed ZInput patches that weren't matching correct overloads in this Valheim version, restored Player/Camera patch approach

v1.0.10

• Fixed: map input bleeding through panel — Minimap scroll, left/right/middle/double-click events now blocked while panel is open

v1.0.9

• Fixed: ZDO byte array key resolution — improved compatibility with Unity 6 ZDO storage format
• Fixed: map mouse movement and scroll affecting minimap while panel is open

v1.0.8

• Fixed: Draugr Village prefab corrected to WoodVillage1
• Fixed: Wood House pins now labeled by number (e.g. "Wood House 2") so variants are distinguishable on the map
• Added: WoodHouse 1 through 13 under single "Wood House" category

v1.0.7

• Performance: location data now cached as a flat list at startup — Apply no longer iterates raw IDictionary via reflection on every call, fixing teleport stutter
• Removed: Early Axes category
• Removed: Morgen Forts category
• Added: WoodHouse 1-13 (later corrected in v1.0.8)
• Changed: all category names now singular and use common in-game names (Elder, Fader, Queen, Fire Hole, etc.)

v1.0.6

• Fixed: game hang on close — WaitForReady coroutine now exits immediately on shutdown via _shutdown flag
• Added: Application.quitting hook fires shutdown before Unity tears down MonoBehaviours
• Fixed: Shutdown no longer calls Minimap.RemovePin when Minimap may already be destroyed

v1.0.5

• Fixed: all category prefab names corrected using ValheimLocationCata spreadsheet and Jotunn location list
• Fixed: Fuling Village → GoblinCamp2 (GoblinCamp does not exist as a location)
• Fixed: Draugr Village → MeadowsVillage (later corrected to WoodVillage1 in v1.0.8)
• Fixed: Giant Remains → Mistlands_Giant1/2
• Fixed: Dvergr Settlements → Mistlands_Excavation1/2/3
• Fixed: Infested Mines → Mistlands_DvergrTownEntrance1/2
• Fixed: Fader Altar → FaderLocation
• Fixed: Moder Altar → Dragonqueen
• Fixed: Queen Altar → Mistlands_DvergrBossEntrance1
• Added: Morgen Cave, Morgen Fort, Dvergr Harbour, Abandoned Outpost, Giant Scrap, Lava Leviathan, Sulfur Arch, Volture Nest, Ashlands Ruin, Mistlands Structure, Runestone categories
• Removed: Ocean Leviathan and Beehive (not in ZoneSystem — Vegetation spawns only)
• Added: Select All / Deselect All buttons
• Added: Clear Last Pin button

v1.0.4

• Added: diagnostic logging to identify correct prefab names
• Fixed: match logging removed (was causing hang by flooding log with 770k+ lines when all categories checked)

v1.0.3

• Added: Lava Leviathan (LeviathanLava), Fire Hole, custom search exact-name logging
• Fixed: Fader attempts (still incorrect at this version)

v1.0.2

• Fixed: Queen Altar confirmed as Mistlands_DvergrBossEntrance1 from search results
• Fixed: Dvergr Towers prefixes corrected to Mistlands_ prefix
• Fixed: Moder Altar prefab corrected to Dragon (later corrected again in v1.0.5)

v1.0.1

• Fixed: Hildir prefab confirmed as Hildir_camp
• Fixed: Bog Witch prefab confirmed as BogWitch_Camp
• Fixed: boss altar prefab names — initial guesses corrected

v1.0.0

• Initial release
• Checklist UI with location categories
• World-wide pinning via ZoneSystem location instances
• Checkbox state persists between sessions
• Custom category support via config file
• Custom search tab