Uriel, Lord of Hosts

A server-side umbrella mod for V Rising dedicated servers — a host of independent, admin-toggleable quality-of-life enhancements and structural fixes.

⚠ Heads-up before you install

Pre-1.0 — in active development. Test it first; don't roll it out broadly on a busy live server until you've vetted it yourself. Uriel is pre-release and evolving quickly. The features below are implemented and tested in local and dedicated development/test-server environments — not yet on a live production server. This is a server-side mod still under development: by running it you are helping test it, and you take that risk on yourself. Please back up your server save before adding any new mod, and ideally trial Uriel on a test server (or a quiet plot) first. Commands, config keys, and behavior may still change before 1.0.

Every feature is independently toggleable. If any one component feels unstable, you can turn just that part off in the config (each feature has its own Enabled switch) and keep using the rest — you never have to disable Uriel wholesale. See the per-section notes below and the Configuration table.

Found a bug or have an idea? The fastest way to get a fix into the next release is the The Shadow Realm Discord — that's the primary bug-report and feedback channel. Written-up GitHub issues are welcome too.

Repo: https://github.com/KDavidP1987/Uriel-Lord-of-Hosts Status: pre-1.0 public testing · server-side only · several feature groups live today, more sub-mods planned under the Uriel umbrella.

What it does

Uriel is never all-or-nothing: every feature ships behind its own config switch, and all sharing/editing is per-object opt-in — nothing is ever shared or changed server-wide on your behalf.

🏺 Object Spawning (collect & place world objects)

Bring world objects the build menu never offers into your castle — resource nodes, world chests, breakable crates and urns, and decorative props from across the map (GloomRot, Cursed Forest, dungeons, ruins). Spawn one at your aim point — or at your own location with the here flag (handy from a UI button) — inside your own plot; it's indestructible and decay-proof by default, and you move/rotate/remove it with .uriel move / .uriel rotate / .uriel despawn. Everything you place persists across restarts and is cleaned up automatically — during play, within a couple of minutes — if its castle is ever abandoned or destroyed (and you can't keep building on a plot you've given up).

Choose how durable it is with optional spawn flags: breakable (raids and decay can destroy it), smashable (you can destroy it by hand too), or respawn (it automatically comes back after being destroyed — until its castle is gone or you .uriel despawn it). Mix them, e.g. .uriel spawn <object> 0 smashable respawn.

Collect them by playing (Discovery mode). You unlock an object by destroying one in the world — chop a tree, smash a crate, break an ore vein — with an admin-set chance to "learn" it. .uriel unlocks shows your collection and percentage; .uriel catalog browses everything that exists; .uriel notify on|off toggles the unlock messages. Roughly half of all objects can't be destroyed — those unlock when you hit 100% collection, defeat Dracula (finish the game), or per boss via an admin-curated map. Admins choose the model (or turn it off), can set a build cost, block specific objects, and grant objects directly.

How it's managed: spawned world objects are placed and moved with the .uriel commands above, not the vanilla build menu (an engine limitation — the game won't let arbitrary world objects be selected in build mode). The optional Raphael companion mod (formerly BloodCraftHub) can present a point-and-click palette UI.

Admins can put rules on player spawning. Set a per-object or global limit on how many of an object fit on one plot, an item cost to build it, and whether players may make it indestructible or auto-respawning — .uriel objcfg <object> max 3, .uriel objcfg <object> cost 100 <itemId>, .uriel objcfgglobal … for the defaults, .uriel objcfglist to review. Admins themselves are never restricted.

🧪 Pre-1.0 guidance & quick tips (Object Spawning)

• Not every spawnable object has been individually tested. The game ships thousands of prefabs; some may misbehave when placed as décor (spawn invisible, or not function). This is a big reason Uriel is pre-1.0, and exactly why we're asking for feedback — every broken object you report goes onto the block list for the next release.
• Hazardous/problematic prefabs are blocked from spawning. The game's object list contains many entries that aren't real placeable décor (world-gen controllers, NPC-spawner "points of interest", invisible markers, baked "source" copies). Known-bad ones are filtered out of the catalog so players can't pick them. This filter is still being refined — there may be problematic objects not yet found.
• If something spawns but you can't see it, it's INVISIBLE, not absent. The object is almost certainly there on the server but not rendering correctly (it's one of the not-yet-caught bad ones). .uriel despawn it to be safe — don't leave it sitting there — and please report it so it can be blocked.
• Don't overlap objects on purpose. Stacking objects in the same spot can cause problems; Uriel blocks overlapping placements by default (ObjectSpawn.PreventOverlap). Offset things slightly instead.
• Admins can block any object they don't want available — even one that isn't hard-coded blocked — with .uriel block <guid> (or by configuring their server). Blocked prefabs vanish from the catalog and can't be spawned.
• Prefer admin-only while you vet it: the default ObjectSpawn.AdminOnly=true keeps spawning to admins; open it to players once you're comfortable. You can also disable this whole feature (ObjectSpawn.Enabled=false) and keep the rest of Uriel.

🗄 Public Storage (per-container opt-in)

Mark a specific chest as publicly accessible so anyone on the server can use it — community chests, donation boxes, free-stuff stashes, even paid vending boxes. Always owner-controlled; nothing is shared unless its owner shares it. Shares survive server restarts.

Sharing rules (set by aiming at your shared container):

• Permission — take-only, give-only (donation box), or both.
• Withdrawal limit — e.g. 1 stack per player per 24 hours.
• Access cost — charge an item per stack withdrawn; the payment is delivered to a private "pay chest" you designate. A vending machine, basically.

Public prison cells (separate switch) — share a prison cell to let anyone tend your prisoner: feed and extract blood through the normal cell UI, and take the prisoner home with .uriel takeprisoner (they're subdued and released to the taker — bring Dominating Presence to escort them). The game's own subdue button only ever appears for the cell's own clan (an engine limitation), so the command covers everyone else.

Heads-up for players accessing a share: when a chest or cell is first made public, a player trying to use it may need to log out and back in once before their client recognizes it as accessible. After that initial relog, it behaves like any other container you can open.

🧪 Pre-1.0 guidance (Public Storage): sharing is always per-container, owner opt-in — nothing is shared unless someone shares it, so the blast radius is small. Trial it on a few containers first. Chest sharing and prison-cell sharing have separate switches (PublicStorage.Enabled / PublicStorage.PrisonEnabled), so you can enable one and not the other. Found an issue? Report it on Discord and, if needed, flip the switch off — your containers simply go back to private.

🪜 Stair Editing

• Live restyle — aim at a placed staircase and swap it to another style; the change applies instantly for everyone, no server restart or relog (the stair is rebuilt in the new style on the spot). Only styles of the same stair shape (straight, left-curve, right-curve, wide) are offered, and DLC styles require owning that DLC — exactly the same rule as your build menu. Free, preserves position, rotation, and ownership.
• Clean removal — .uriel removestairs deletes a staircase you own without tearing apart the floors and walls it's attached to (something a normal dismantle can't cleanly do).

🧪 Pre-1.0 guidance (Stair Editing): restyling rebuilds the staircase on the spot (destroy + respawn in the new style); position, rotation, and ownership are preserved. As with any pre-1.0 feature, try it on a spare staircase first. If a stray "ghost" stair is ever left behind, an admin can clean it with .uriel stairpurge. You can disable the whole feature with StairSwap.Enabled=false.

Installation

Uriel is a server-side mod — install it on your V Rising dedicated server, not on player clients. Players need nothing installed.

Via Thunderstore Mod Manager / r2modman (recommended)

1. Open the mod manager and select V Rising → your dedicated-server profile.
2. Search for Uriel under the Mods tab → Install.
3. Ensure its dependencies are installed in the same profile (they install automatically): BepInExPack_V_Rising and VampireCommandFramework.
4. Launch the server through the mod manager's profile.

Manual install

1. Install BepInExPack V Rising (1.733.2 or compatible) into your dedicated server.
2. Install VampireCommandFramework into BepInEx/plugins/.
3. Drop Uriel.dll into BepInEx/plugins/.
4. Start the server once to generate the config at BepInEx/config/kdpen.Uriel.cfg, then edit and restart as needed.

Stop the server before replacing Uriel.dll — a running server file-locks the DLL.

Dependencies & compatibility

Optional companion (not a dependency): the client-side mod Raphael (formerly BloodCraftHub) is designed to work alongside Uriel — players who install it on their own client can drive Uriel's features from in-game UI panels and buttons instead of typing. It is not required: like any server-side mod, every Uriel feature works fully through the .uriel chat commands, with or without Raphael.

Commands

All commands are chat commands prefixed with .uriel. Type .uriel for a quick overview, or .uriel help for a clean, topic-by-topic menu (objects / storage / stairs / admin). Most targeted commands also accept a trailing nearest token to act on the closest object to you instead of where you're aiming — handy when a menu or UI panel has your aim ray pointing elsewhere (e.g. .uriel share nearest, .uriel stairswap stone2 nearest).

Configuration

BepInEx/config/kdpen.Uriel.cfg — every feature has its own Enabled switch. Config changes take effect on server restart.

Roadmap

Uriel is an umbrella mod — the plan is to keep adding small, independently toggleable server-side sub-mods. Tentative and subject to change; full list (incl. large-scope ideas) in the roadmap.

Planned next:

• Coffin sharing — share coffin use, with an optional cost-to-use modifier.
• Conditional door access — share a door behind payment and/or allowed time windows (select hours).
• Bulk storage sharing — open all heart-linked storage at a location in one action, auto-excluding the pay chest and any chests you've marked private.
• Raphael integration (formerly BloodCraftHub) — a client-side companion UI (share panels, prisoner-take button, stair-style picker).

Bigger ideas being explored: plot expansion (separate-instance phase gates or map copy/paste), a PvP-arena V Blood boss mode with prize tables, paid area-gating for mazes, scheduled/paid door & teleport controls, more castle decor assets, triggered NPC spawns, and basement levels.

Have a feature you'd like to see in the host? Bring it to the Discord.

Feedback & community

Developed and tested locally and on dedicated development/test servers — it has not yet been run on a live production server, which is exactly why it's pre-1.0 (see the heads-up at the top). It comes out of the V Rising community The Shadow Realm (Brutal PvE), maintained by Chaos, whose Discord is the home for Uriel testing and feedback. As a pre-1.0 mod, bug reports and feedback are hugely valued — and the people who help test now shape what 1.0 becomes.

• The Shadow Realm Discord (primary bug/feedback channel): https://discord.gg/usC9QgBrXK
• Issues / source: https://github.com/KDavidP1987/Uriel-Lord-of-Hosts
• Support development: PayPal · SkillEra.IO

Acknowledgements

Uriel stands on the shoulders of the V Rising modding community. Big thanks to:

• VampireCommandFramework — by deca, the chat-command framework Uriel's commands are built on (a hard dependency).
• BepInEx, the loader that makes V Rising modding possible.
• KindredCommands & KindredSchematics — by odjit, whose open-source castle-building/tile techniques were a key reference for Uriel's live stair rebuild.
• Bloodcraft — by zfolmt, a reference for server-side ECS/Harmony patterns.

License

Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPL-3.0) — copyright © 2026 Kristopher Penland. Uriel adapts techniques from odjit's AGPL-licensed KindredCommands & KindredSchematics and is released under the same copyleft license; full corresponding source is on GitHub.