BlacksmithingExpanded

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by OdinPlus · 2 · 20 · Updated (Changelog) · Required by 1 mod

Adds a skill-based blacksmithing system to Valheim, enhancing crafting, smelting, and kiln performance based on player experience.

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A modular, skill-driven enhancement system for Valheim.

Craft smarter, repair faster, and forge gear that evolves with your blacksmithing skill. Configure XP, tiers, upgrades, and durability. Now multiplayer-safe with proper upgrade detection!

Mod request by Aziraphale • Built by OdinPlus
Special thanks for testing: Aziraphale, Pingletown, Thunderstorm

⚠️ IMPORTANT: It may be required to delete your old configuration file to use the new Percentage System. The new Percentage Based Upgrade system applies a better balance for Blacksmithing, and is set to true in the Configuration File by default. To use the OLD System, and preserve worlds that want to keep it, set Percentage Settings to false.

⚒️ Core Features

🧠 Skill-Driven Progression

  • Earn Blacksmithing XP by crafting, repairing, smelting ore, and feeding kilns.
  • Unlock stat tiers that scale gear bonuses based on your skill level.
  • Tier intervals are fully configurable (StatTierInterval, DurabilityTierInterval, etc).

🔧 Upgrade-Based Bonuses

  • Items gain additional stat bonuses based on their upgrade level (quality).
  • Properly detects upgrades and recalculates bonuses for enhanced items.
  • Applies to durability, damage, armor, block power, and parry.
  • Percentage-based value system for proper balance of stats.
  • Percentage-based upgrade system or flat upgrade system via config.

🔥 Elemental Infusion

  • Weapons gain elemental damage (fire, frost, lightning, poison, spirit) once unlocked.
  • Infusion type is randomized from available types not already present.
  • Each element scales independently via config: FireBonusPerTier, FrostBonusPerTier, etc.
  • Unlock level and behavior controlled by ElementalUnlockLevel, AlwaysAddElementalAtMax.
  • Percentage-based scaling of Infused Stats.

🏗️ Structure Infusion

  • Smelters, kilns, and blast furnaces gain speed boosts based on your skill tier.
  • Infusions expire after a set time or when idle.
  • Configurable via InfusionTierInterval, SmeltingSpeedBonusPerTier, KilnSpeedBonusPerTier, InfusionExpireTime.

🛠️ Inventory Repair Unlock

  • Repair gear directly from your inventory once you reach the required level.
  • Visual effects and XP gain included.
  • Controlled by EnableInventoryRepair, InventoryRepairUnlockLevel.

📋 Item Filtering System

  • YAML-based whitelist/blacklist system for precise item control.
  • Creates BlacksmithExpItemList.yml on first launch.
  • Configurable via UseYamlFiltering, LogFilteredItems.

📊 Skill Mechanics

  • Skill name: Blacksmithing
  • Description: Craft better, last longer. Improves durability, damage, and armor of crafted items.
  • XP sources: Crafting (XPPerCraft), Smelting (XPPerSmelt), Repairing (XPPerRepair), Upgrading (XPPerUpgrade), First-time crafts (FirstCraftBonusXP)
  • Effects scale with: SkillGainFactor, SkillEffectFactor

⚙️ Configuration Overview

💡 All configs are grouped for clarity and synced in multiplayer. You may see a skill_########## group — this is auto-generated by SkillManager and not used by this mod.

🗂 Config Groups

Group Purpose
General XP gain, infusion logic, inventory repair
Item Filtering YAML whitelist/blacklist system
XP XP values per action
Tooltip UI visibility toggles
Durability Milestone scaling, upgrade bonuses, caps
Stats Damage/armor scaling, tier logic, caps
PercentageSystem Percentage vs flat bonus toggles
Elemental Elemental unlocks and per-type bonuses
Shields Parry and block scaling

🔥 Elemental Configs

Config Name Description
ElementalUnlockLevel Minimum level to unlock elemental infusion
AlwaysAddElementalAtMax Force infusion at milestone tier
FireBonusPerTier Fire damage per tier (DoT)
FrostBonusPerTier Frost damage per tier (burst)
LightningBonusPerTier Lightning damage per tier
PoisonBonusPerTier Poison damage per tier (DoT)
SpiritBonusPerTier Spirit damage per tier (anti-undead)
UsePercentageElementalBonus Enable percentage-based elemental scaling
ElementalPercentageBonusPerTier Percentage elemental bonus per tier

🔗 Compatibility

  • ✅ Compatible with most crafting and skill mods
  • ✅ No known conflicts with Blaxxun's Blacksmithing mod
  • 🔁 If used together, set XPPerCraft = 0 to avoid double XP gain

📦 Installation

  1. Install BepInEx
  2. Drop BlacksmithingExpanded.dll into your BepInEx/plugins folder
  3. Launch the game and configure settings via BepInEx/config

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Manual installation instructions
1

Install BepInExPack_Valheim

BepInExPack_Valheim is required to run mods in Valheim.

Download BepInExPack_Valheim 5.4.2333 · View mod page

Check out the mod page for detailed installation instructions.

2

Install BlacksmithingExpanded

This mod must be installed on the client. Installing it on the server is optional (e.g., for config syncing).

Download BlacksmithingExpanded 1.1.8

Extract the ZIP and place the file(s) into the BepInEx/plugins/ folder inside your Valheim game folder.