
cjaycraft ultimate modpack
Valheim Modpack: Insane Difficulty for Multiplayer ServersNo mods are hosted or re-uploaded on this page. All dependencies are hosted by Thunderstore.io
An "Insane Difficulty" Valheim Adventure
This modpack is now available to the public. My community is still doing a playthrough test, so there may be regular updates to the configuration files here until we have completed our playthrough. Currently, we're entering the Mistlands for T5 content and fixing things as we come across them.

Game Features
- Insane mob difficulty (up to 10 stars)
- Custom raids (150+) that scale in difficulty
- Custom boss fights (WAY more difficult than vanilla)
- Dedicated multiplayer server, intended for 3+ players
- Repair gear and weapons with gold Coins (like an MMO)
What is cjaycraft?
Shout out to the developers, pack makers, and everyone working on great things! This pack is a configuration of all the great things made by people in the community. Thanks for giving people great content to enjoy!
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A collection of over 70 mods! The difficulty is INSANE and features up to 10-star mobs and bosses. Also includes custom boss fights and raids that attack your base!
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You will need several players. Recommend a minimum of 3. It's not possible by yourself! We tested a kill fight sequence on the 4th boss (Moder) with 3 players and it took 1.5 hours to him! Waves of monsters, it was insane!
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Need to take a break from killing things? No problem! Build your own boat, custom from the ground up! This pack features all the fun creative elements of the game without breaking or making the rest of the game too easy.
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Gold (coin) economy, repair your gear with Coins, and custom loot drops!
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Purchase supplies from Haldor the Merchant for a premium, or sell him your cooked foods to earn Coin!
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It's so hardcore that each player can only build 6 portals (3 linked networks) at the start of the game. Build more portals by acquiring special Portal Fluid from killing bosses or purchasing them from Haldor the Merchant!
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Enemy encounters require tanks, casters, and DPS!
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Since this is a modpack, you will be able to change the settings. Customize it to the experience you want.
Dedicated Server Files
https://valheim.thunderstore.io/package/cjayride/cjaycraft_ultimate_modpack_dedicated_server
It's recommended to run a dedicated server, even if you're playing from the same machine. Plus, you need friends to play this pack!
Note: Load times when launching the game are exceptionally longer than vanilla, especially for the server, because they need to load large files like loot tables. Lots of customization! But all good things.
Controls You Want To Know
Gameplay
- Gear and weapons cost gold Coin to repair
- Wood items are free to repair
- 'Better Wards' will reduce building damage by 20%
- The Merchant Trader can buy/sell items
- Sell cooked food, or trash items to make Coin
- Clicking on the [Craft] tab opens a drop down filter for sorting
- Chests next to machines will have items deposited to them automatically
- Inventory weight inside shoulder backpacks is reduced by 50%
- When you die, keep your equipped armor
- When you die, lose 10% skills
- Build and fight in the water (keep your equip on)
- Carrots in a chest will feed pigs
- PortalFluid can be earned by killing bosses or purchasing from Merchant
- Press 'n' to quick equip a cart
Tips
- Make lots of first-tier potions, they're cheap and will keep you alive.
- The new cooking tables make better food than vanilla
- Build bunkers to hide, survive the raid attacks.
- Enchant slow to your weapons to survive fights
- Get the healing rune early
- Chaos enemies attack with a random damage type
Inventory
- Drag item and press Delete to recycle the item into parts
- Split stack of items: Left Shift + Right Click
- Split 1 item: Drag + Right Click
- Left Alt + 1 or 2 or 3 to change quiver arrow slots (only with inventory window closed)
UI
- Press ` (key above tab) to switch hotbars (first 2 rows of your inventory)
- F7 to edit UI
Config
- F1 to open the configuration manager
Mods worth mentioning...
Many... many... quality of life improvements + additional skills (by SmoothBrain)
also...
| Adventure Bounties | Better Archery | Better Networking | Better Trader Remake |
| Better UI Reforged | Better Wards | Blacksmith Tools | Bone Appetit |
| Chaos Armor | Clutter (decorations) | Crafty Carts Remake | Creature Level Control |
| Custom Armor Stats | Custom Loading Screens | Custom Raids | Discard Inventory Item (recycle) No Coins cjaycraft fix |
| Epic Loot | Equipment and Quick Slots | Faster Boats | Forgotten Biomes |
| Hugo's Armory | Item Drawers | Instant Monster Drops | Jotunn Backpacks |
| Judes Equipment | MonsterLabZ | Montsternomicon | More Gates |
| Odin Training Place | Odin Horse | Plant Everything | Plant It (decorations) |
| Potions Plus | RRRBetterRaids | RRRCore | RRRMonsters |
| RRRNPCs | Rare Magic Portal | Repair Requires Mats (Repair with Coins) - cjayride fix (custom changes) | Skyheim |
| Supplemental Raids | Terraheim | Tree Respawn | Valheim Plus |
| Valheim RAFT | Vitality Skill | Weightless Coins |
Are You Ready!?
Valheim mods are not easy to install. Compatibility issues everywhere! So I made a modpack to play with my friends, and offer the best experience for HARDCORE progression. The insane raids and difficulty will give you quite the challenge, testing your skill and might!
Make sure you install this modpack with R2modman for an automated installation process!
https://valheim.thunderstore.io/package/ebkr/r2modman/
I've also spent 200+ hours testing the mods, re-writing broken code for mods, customizing config files, balancing economy, balancing fights, and making the game a great experience.
FPS Boost Recommendations
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For high-end PCs: https://valheim.thunderstore.io/package/cjayride/fps_boost_small
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For medium-grade PCs: https://valheim.thunderstore.io/package/cjayride/fps_boost_medium
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For low-end PCs (very potato graphics): https://valheim.thunderstore.io/package/cjayride/fps_boost_high
The game is poorly optimized, so I recommend playing with at least medium-grade settings.
Some tips to reduce lag:
- Don't build too many things in one place.
- Split up your bases.
- Don't make boats that are too big.
- Don't make things with too many player placed objects.
- Don't make your farms too big.
- Basically, if you wanna go big, spread things out so they're not loaded in at the same time.
Updating This Modpack
Using r2modman from valheim.thunderstore.io ONLY UPDATE cjaycraft_ultimate_modpack -- This will also automatically update dependent mods that are SAFE to update.
Use r2modman to keep track of files that need updating and download dependencies.
https://valheim.thunderstore.io/package/ebkr/r2modman/
Whether you want to drag/drop the files to your server directory or make them the same folder is up to you.
Quick Connect
Add your favorite server to the QuickConnect file so that you can connect quickly from the opening game screen.
config/quick_connect_servers.cfg
Put one server per line
name:addr:port:password
Example: Awesome Server:127.0.0.1:2456:smellysocks
Changelog
Patch notes: https://pastebin.com/1TWh7sGs
Verson 2.0.0
- Compatibility for the March 1, 2022 new Valheim Patch. Some of the mods were changed, swapped, updated due to compatibility issues. It was a very big re-build!
Contact
Twitter: twitter.com/cjayride
Discord: discord.gg/cjayride
IRL: twitch.tv/cjayride
Gaming: twitch.tv/cjaywalk

