GroupHUD

See how your group is doing – at a glance.

by Mobrin · ⚒️ Mobrin's Forge

GroupHUD is a standalone party system for Valheim: invite your friends and see everyone's health, stamina, food, effects, distance and state in a clean HUD that looks like it belongs to the game.

Download: Thunderstore · Hexium · Nexus Mods · Support: Discord – Mobrin's Forge

See it in action

• 60 fps showcase – one minute, every feature: watch on YouTube

New in 0.65 – from our group sessions

Cards that fade out while everything is calm and pop up when something happens (AutoShow), plus a few moments from our test evenings:

As much or as little as you want

• One click while playing – the –/=/+ button on the panel: only bars (+) → bars + food (=) → bars + effects (≡) → everything (–); in the inventory you always see everything
• Hide cards – your own card (ShowSelf) or any member with ×
• Hide single effects – right-click an effect in the panel (e.g. Wisplight) and it's gone; the group menu lists them – bring each one back with Show
• Switch off what you don't need – food, effects, guardian power, effect names, numbers, state … every element on its own in the config
• Smaller – PanelScale, fewer effects per row (EffectsPerRow, MaxEffectRows)
• Only when it matters – AutoShow: cards fade out or disappear while everything is calm and pop up when something happens – combat, low health, death, food running out, bad effects or far away; per event you choose what pops up (just the bars, food, effects or everything)

Features

Group system

• Invite via the group menu (open your inventory), by looking at a player, or with /party chat commands
• Accept an invitation with E (controller: X) – no inventory needed, hold to decline; while an invitation is open, E does nothing else
• Accept / decline, leave, kick and pass on leadership with one click
• Leader goes offline? The next member takes over automatically
• Configurable maximum group size
• No friendly fire between group members (optional)
• Group members marked on map and minimap, their names shown in green above their heads (color adjustable) – amber in combat, red with low health, grey when dead

Vitals panel

• Bars for health, stamina, eitr and adrenaline – same colors and textures as vanilla, with numbers (125 / 125)
• Food with icon, name and remaining time, guardian power with cooldown
• Status effects with icon, name and time – including effects from other mods, debuffs highlighted in red; right-click hides an effect you don't care about
• Tooltips for effects and food with the original Valheim description and values – in the panel and also on your own food, guardian power and effects in the vanilla HUD; size adjustable (TooltipScale)
• State of every member: in combat, at the helm, riding, swimming, crafting, building, fishing, mining, chopping, AFK, sleeping …
• Distance and direction, click a name to see the member on the map
• Low health warning and death messages

Controller

• Invite by looking with the Use button – the hint at the crosshair looks exactly like a vanilla chest
• Panel and group menu are part of the vanilla LB / RB window row: panel ↔ inventory ↔ group menu ↔ character ↔ … ↔ crafting, all the way round, with the same sound
• The active window gets the yellow frame, the selected button a white one – like in vanilla; in GroupHUD nothing is selected until the first D-pad press, so no tooltip pops up while you switch windows; with Extended Player Inventory the extra slots are framed together with the inventory
• D-pad chooses, A presses, B closes the inventory – next time you are back in the same window
• The selected button shows the same hint as with the mouse: what is set now and what a click does
• Every window remembers your spot – the last button is framed again when you come back (the hint follows with your next press); the very first time, the first D-pad press jumps to the button furthest in that direction
• Reopen the inventory (B or Y) and you are back in the window you left – panel, group menu, Info and the other windows; inventory and crafting keep their slot and recipe
• With a chest open, the GroupHUD window you control comes to the front – back in the chest or inventory, the chest lies on top again
• The key for the group menu stands next to its title: Group (LB / RB)
• The lock is greyed out with the controller – moving and resizing windows needs the mouse for now (planned)
• Never triggers other mods: while GroupHUD is active, the game and other mods (e.g. Quick Stack Store) see no controller buttons

HUD & layout

• Vertical or horizontal – members below each other or side by side (layout button on the panel, MenuLayout for the group menu)
• Move panel, menu and messages with the mouse – unlock with the lock button in the group menu (with the controller: planned)
• Zoom with the grip in the corner, resize at the right/bottom edge or with Shift + grip, double-click for the default size and place
• Windows snap gently to each other, to Valheim's own windows (inventory, crafting, character overview, chest) and to the screen edge while you drag them – the dragged one always stays on top
• Separate cards – unlock, then the chain button turns every member into its own window; × hides a card, the HUD button brings it back
• The group menu flies in and out together with the vanilla inventory; an open chest simply lies on top of GroupHUD – nothing jumps around
• Every button explains itself: hover it to see what is set now and what a click does
• Small X in the corner of the large map to close it with the mouse

Key highlights

• Vanilla look – bars, fonts, frames and tooltips taken straight from Valheim; in the inventory the panel uses the wooden background of the character window
• Everything about your group in one panel – vitals, food with timers, guardian power, status effects (debuffs in red), distance and direction, leader crown and what everyone is doing right now
• Invite by looking – crosshair on a player and press E, the hint looks exactly like opening a chest
• Tooltips everywhere – hover any food or effect (inventory open) for the full Valheim description with all values, in the panel and on your own vanilla HUD (bottom left food, top right effects)
• Controller support – invite with the door button, panel and group menu are part of the vanilla LB / RB window row
• Movable & resizable – drag, resize and zoom panel, menu and messages; vertical or horizontal layout; separate member cards
• Ready to play – a tidy default layout on every resolution, locked so nothing moves by accident
• Compact mode – only bars, bars and food, bars and effects, or everything while you play – in the inventory you always see everything
• Fully configurable – every element can be switched on or off
• 30 languages – follows your Valheim language
• Standalone – no other mod needed, runs next to other group mods; the server is optional

Installation

1. Install with a mod manager (Gale, r2modman) – or copy GroupHUD.dll into BepInEx/plugins
2. Every player in the group needs GroupHUD
3. The server is optional: with GroupHUD on the server, the server decides MaxGroupSize, NoFriendlyFire and ShowOnMap for everyone (marked [Synced] below)

Requires BepInExPack for Valheim.

Usage

• Group menu: open your inventory – the group menu appears. Invite players online, accept invitations, make someone leader, kick or leave.
• Got invited? The notice at the top shows the keys: press E (controller: X) to accept, hold it to decline – or answer in the inventory. Look at the player who invited you and the keys appear at the crosshair too.
• Panel: shows your group while you play. The –/=/+ button sets what you see while playing: only bars (+) → bars + food (=) → bars + effects (≡) → everything (–). In the inventory you always see everything. With AutoCompact off the step applies everywhere – your own card still shows your effects in the inventory.
• Buttons: hover any button – the hint shows what is set now and what a click does.
• Windows: locked by default – click the lock in the group menu to move, resize and separate the cards (chain button). ResetWindows in the config brings back the default layout.
• Controller: look at a player and press the Use button (the one that opens doors) to invite. In the inventory, switch windows with LB / RB like in vanilla – panel and group menu are part of the row (panel ↔ inventory ↔ group menu ↔ character ↔ … ↔ crafting, all the way round). D-pad chooses a button or an effect (tooltip), A presses it, B closes the inventory – next time you are back in the same window. Moving and resizing windows works with the mouse only for now – controller support for it is planned.
• Tooltips: with the inventory open, hover food and effects in the panel. Your own food and guardian power (bottom left) and effects (top right) in the vanilla HUD have the same tooltips whenever your own card doesn't show them (no group or card hidden) – effects only where no inventory window covers them.

Chat commands

Names are not case-sensitive; the beginning of a name is enough if it is unique.

Configuration

BepInEx/config/mobrin.grouphud.cfg (or the config editor of your mod manager). Changes apply instantly in game.

[Synced]: if the server runs GroupHUD, the server's values are used for everyone.

Languages

GroupHUD follows the language you chose in Valheim. Included: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Lithuanian, Thai, Georgian and Dutch. Names of food and effects always come from Valheim itself.

The translations (except English and German) were made with AI help and may not be perfect – corrections are very welcome! To fix or add a language, copy BepInEx/config/GroupHUD_Translations/_template.txt, rename it to your language (e.g. French.txt or fr.txt) and translate the right side of each line. This also works for languages added by other mods.

Compatibility

GroupHUD uses its own network messages and its own /party command, so it can run next to other group mods without interfering – groups from other mods are not shared with GroupHUD.

Support & community

Mobrin's Forge is the home of Mobrin's Valheim mods – questions, bugs and ideas: join on Discord

• grouphud-guide – how everything works
• grouphud-help – questions about setup and config
• grouphud-bugs – something broken? Please attach your LogOutput.log
• grouphud-ideas – suggestions and votes

GroupHUD on Thunderstore · Hexium · Nexus Mods

Planned

Roughly what comes next – nothing is set in stone:

• Move and resize windows with the controller – today this works with the mouse only
• Your ideas – suggest and vote in grouphud-ideas on Mobrin's Forge; the most wanted ones land here

Credits

• Groups by Smoothbrain – the original group mod that inspired early versions (Thunderstore · Hexium). Since 0.15.0 GroupHUD is fully standalone and contains no code or assets from Groups.
• Bear Weizenson and Tester – the first multiplayer test crew: thanks for playing, breaking and reporting! 🛡️
• Claude by Anthropic – coding assistance. The idea, the in-game testing and all decisions are by Mobrin.

License & disclaimer

MIT License (see LICENSE) – use, change and build on it, as long as the copyright notice stays included.

GroupHUD is a fan-made mod and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Iron Gate or Coffee Stain. Valheim is a trademark of its respective owners. Back up your worlds and characters before installing mods.