UPDATED FOR MISTLANDS

Valheim Recycle lets you disassemble crafted or upgraded items to get the base materials back via a new Recycle tab available at the Workbench/Forge in the crafting UI.

This should hopefully incentivise you to upgrade your gear more instead of making it feel like the resources are going to be wasted when you move onto the next tier. Furthermore, it should free up some stash space :)

Requirements:

BepInEx

Features:

• The Recycle tab obeys many of the same rules and requirements as the Upgrade tab, e.g. crafting station level and known recipe requirements.
• Items are 'downgraded' one level at a time, at level 1 the recycled item will be destroyed instead.
• The full resource amount is returned by default (configurable below).
• Only equippable items can be recycled, food from cauldron cannot be recycled.
• Recycle button will be disabled if there isn't at least one free inventory slot per resource (hover for hint).

Known issues:

• Some users have reported compatibility issues with Epic Loot (I have not been able to replicate) and Jotun's Backpack (not tested). Use at your own risk with those mods.

Configuration:

## The Recycle tab's position in the crafting menu after Upgrade. (Requires restart)
# Setting type: TabPositions
# Default value: Left
# Acceptable values: Left, Middle, Right
TabPosition = Left

## The amount of resources to return from recycling (0 to 1, where 1 returns 100% of the resources and 0 returns 0%)
# Setting type: Single
# Default value: 1
# Acceptable value range: From 0 to 1
ResourceMultiplier = 1

## Whether the original item's data should be preserved when downgrading. Useful for mods which add extra properties to items like EpicLoot.
## Turn off if experiencing problems.
# Setting type: Boolean
# Default value: true
PreserveOriginalItem = true

## Nexus mod ID for updates
# Setting type: Int32
# Default value: 425
NexusID = 425

Installation (manual):

1. Make sure you have BepInEx Valheim
2. Drag the ValheimRecycle.dll into <ValheimInstallDir>/BepInEx/plugins

Source:

Source code can be found here - https://github.com/Ivaylo-Lafchiev/ValheimRecycle

Compatibility:

Note that this is my first mod ever. Because of the nature of the mod, it's required patching a lot of existing UI components and methods. I have tried to write this in a way such that it won't interfere with other mods but I haven't really tested it with anything else.