Boss Loot Chests

Keep boss loot organized and protected from accidental pickup.

When a boss dies, its loot is placed into indestructible black-metal chests at the death location instead of being scattered across the ground. This prevents auto-pickup and chaotic melee from snatching coins, trophies, and rare drops before everyone gets a chance to see the rewards.

Installation required on the server and all clients.

Features

Boss Loot Storage

• Captures boss loot before it becomes a ground item drop.
• Stores loot in piece_chest_blackmetal by default. Change the ChestPrefab setting to use another container prefab.
• Automatically spawns additional chests when the loot exceeds a chest's capacity.
• Chests cannot be destroyed with weapons, damage, or the hammer.
• Empty chests automatically disappear with a smoke effect.

EpicLoot & Drop That Compatibility

• Supports EpicLoot magic items, preserving their rolled stats and properties.
• Allows Drop That and EpicLoot to finish their loot rolls before items enter the chest.
• Prevents duplicate magic-item drops.
• Supports delayed boss loot from mods such as Path of Valheiman, merging it into an existing chest when possible.

Multiplayer & Per-Player Rewards

• Counts only players within PerPlayerRange of the boss when it dies for one-per-player rewards.
• Supports both individual item drops and configurable amount ranges.
• Distributes ranged rewards per eligible player. For example, three eligible players receiving 200–300 coins each yield 600–900 coins in total.

Combat Add Loot

• Tracks creatures that were near a boss while it was alive.
• Loot from tracked creatures can be added to the boss chest even if the boss has already died.
• Creatures that arrive after the boss dies are not included.
• Supports multiplayer kills, regardless of which player's game processes the creature's death.
• Stops tracking inactive creatures after a configurable timeout. Fighting the creature resets its inactivity timer.
• Can capture nearby add loot for a limited time after the boss chest appears.

EpicLoot Bounties

• EpicLoot bounty targets use boss chests when BountyLootInChest is enabled.
• Disabled by default so bounty rewards continue using their normal behavior.

Configuration

Configuration file:

BepInEx/config/cjayride.bosslootchests.cfg

Setting	Default	Description
Enabled	true	Master enable/disable switch.
ChestPrefab	piece_chest_blackmetal	Container prefab used for boss loot.
RemoveSmoke	true	Plays a smoke effect when an empty chest disappears.
AddRadius	180	Radius in meters around a boss used to track combat adds.
AddSeconds	60	Time in seconds after a boss chest appears during which nearby add loot can still be captured.
AddIdleSeconds	1200	Seconds an unengaged tracked add can remain inactive before being forgotten. Fighting it resets the timer.
MergeSeconds	8	Time window for delayed boss loot to merge into an existing chest.
MergeRadius	16	Maximum distance in meters for delayed loot to merge into an existing chest.
PerPlayerAmounts	true	Applies configured amount ranges per eligible player.
PerPlayerRange	400	Maximum distance in meters from the boss for players to qualify for per-player rewards.
BountyLootInChest	false	Routes EpicLoot bounty target rewards into boss chests.

Notes

• AddRadius determines which nearby creatures are tracked while a boss is alive.
• AddIdleSeconds prevents inactive tracked creatures from being remembered indefinitely.
• Set either MergeSeconds or MergeRadius to 0 to disable delayed loot merging.
• PerPlayerRange is checked when the boss dies.
• BountyLootInChest is optional and disabled by default.

Installation

1. Install BepInEx on your Valheim server and clients.
2. Install Boss Loot Chests on the dedicated server.
3. Install Boss Loot Chests on every client.
4. Launch the game to generate the configuration file.
5. Adjust settings in BepInEx/config/cjayride.bosslootchests.cfg as needed.

Important: Both the server and every connecting client must have the mod installed.

Credits

Boss Loot Chests — by cjayride.

Compatible with EpicLoot and Drop That for enhanced loot handling.