Prospector for V Rising

A server plugin (BepInEx) that knows where the resources really are on your V Rising server: every ore vein, tree, rock and plant, what each spot can turn into, and the odds for each spot. Community maps tell you where sulfur can appear. Prospector tells you that a given spot is 2% sulfur and 91% stone, and which spots are worth the trip.

It runs on the server, so whoever runs the server installs it. Players then use it through chat commands, and through map dumps the server owner shares.

• Chat commands: .rmap find copper gives the nearest copper around you. .rmap mark copper puts your map marker on it, so the game draws a path there.
• Map viewer: open a dump at https://toobstube.com/vrising-map/ (or viewer/index.html from this repo). Pick a resource and see where it is now (dots) and where it can roll (rings, bigger = more likely).
• Sharing: dumps can be posted to a Discord channel automatically, which also works on hosted servers with no ports or FTP.

Files and commands use the name ResourceMap (ResourceMap.dll, .rmap).

Made with AI assistance: much of the code and documentation was written with Claude Code (Anthropic's AI coding tool), directed and tested by the author on a live V Rising server.

Install

Needs BepInExPack V Rising on the dedicated server. For the chat commands, also install VampireCommandFramework (optional: without it, everything except the commands still works).

Manual (GitHub / Nexus zip): extract the zip into the server's main folder (the one with VRisingServer.exe). It contains:

BepInEx/plugins/ResourceMap/ResourceMap.dll
BepInEx/plugins/ResourceMap/Prospector.cfg.template

Thunderstore / r2modman: install ResourceMap for your server profile. Its dependencies are installed for you.

Single player / host & play: these games run the dedicated server in the background, so Prospector works there too. With the Thunderstore app or r2modman, install ServerLaunchFix alongside Prospector and VampireCommandFramework, so the background server loads your mods. The first launch can time out while BepInEx builds its files; just try again. Notes:

• In single player you're not admin by default. Use adminauth in the console, or set FindAdminOnly = false.
• Prospector's settings show up in the mod manager's Config editor after your first single-player start: edit BepInEx/config/Prospector.cfg.
• Dumps go to BepInEx/ResourceMap in your profile folder (Settings → Browse profile folder), as compressed .json.gz files only, so they don't clutter the Config editor. The viewer opens them directly.

On the first start, the bundled template (Prospector.cfg.template, next to the DLL) is copied to BepInEx/config/Prospector.cfg. Edit the template before the first start if you want your settings from the beginning; after that, edit the file in BepInEx/config. Updates never overwrite your settings: the template is only used when no config exists yet. (Before 1.0.1 the config was called community.vrising.resourcemap.cfg; it's renamed to Prospector.cfg automatically, with your settings.)

About a minute after the world loads, the server log shows Wrote N resource nodes to …/BepInEx/ResourceMap/nodes-….json. That file (or nodes-latest.json.gz, the compressed copy) is what you open in the viewer.

Tip (Windows servers): don't leave the server's console window in "Select" mode (its title starts with "Select" after you click in it). Windows pauses the server while it's in that mode, which looks like lag or connection drops. Press Esc to resume, or turn off QuickEdit Mode in the console's Defaults.

Chat commands

Typed in normal game chat. They need VampireCommandFramework on the server. Every player can type .rmap help to see the commands they can use with the server's current settings. Players are told about it when they join; see WelcomeMessage.

Using with VRoles (or another permission mod)

VRoles lets you give commands to roles instead of just admins. To let only a role (say trusted) use find and mark:

1. Set FindAdminOnly = false in the config, so Prospector's own setting doesn't block them.
2. In game, as admin:

   .role disallow rmap.find
   .role disallow rmap.mark
   .role allow rmap.find trusted
   .role allow rmap.mark trusted
   

.rmap help follows the same permission checks as the commands themselves, so each player only sees what they can really use, with VRoles or without it. VRoles is optional; Prospector doesn't need it.

The server pauses areas with no players nearby, and spots there only catch up (and may re-roll into something else) when someone gets close. So find and the "there now" view are most accurate around players.

Settings

BepInEx/config/Prospector.cfg. Apply changes with .rmap reload (everything except DelaySeconds, which only matters at server start).

Network share: the Windows account that runs the server needs to be able to log in to it. Store that login once with cmdkey /add:NAS-NAME /user:USERNAME /pass while signed in as that account, and check it with dir \\NAS-NAME\ShareName.

Sharing dumps (Discord)

Every dump also writes nodes-latest.json.gz, a compressed copy about 1/15 the size (roughly 4 MB). The viewer opens it directly, so it's the file to share.

To have the server post it to a Discord channel automatically:

1. In Discord, open the channel's settings: Integrations → Webhooks → New Webhook → Copy Webhook URL. This needs the "Manage Webhooks" permission.
2. Paste it into Discord.WebhookUrl, then run .rmap reload.

Players download the newest file from the channel and drop it into the viewer. They don't need access to the server or its files. Treat the webhook link like a password: anyone who has it can post to that channel. If it leaks, delete the webhook in Discord and make a new one.

Using the viewer

Open https://toobstube.com/vrising-map/, or viewer/index.html from this repo. Load a dump (or drag it onto the map). The file is read in your browser and never uploaded anywhere.

• Find: pick a resource. Filled dots are where it is now. Rings are spots that can roll it, and bigger, brighter rings are more likely. Hover a spot for its exact odds and what's there now.
• Chance filter: hide the long shots ("25% or better", "50% or better", ...) to see the spots worth farming.
• More options: compare two dumps, browse every node by type, choose a map image.

The hosted viewer includes the game's world map. To run viewer/index.html locally with the map, extract it once from your own game install:

pip install UnityPy
python tools/extract_map.py "C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/VRising"

That writes viewer/map.jpg, which the viewer loads and lines up automatically using the map projection stored in each dump.

Building from source

Needs the .NET SDK (6 or newer).

1. Copy the BepInEx/interop folder from a server running the target game version into lib/interop/ (so the DLLs end up in lib/interop/interop/). They are generated from the game, so they always match its version. They are game code, so they're not in this repo.
2. dotnet build plugin -c Release. The DLL is in plugin/bin/Release/net6.0/ResourceMap.dll.
3. python tools/make_release.py builds the release zips into dist/.

To build against a different interop folder: dotnet build plugin -c Release -p:InteropDir=path\to\interop.

Dump format

{
  "plugin": "ResourceMap 1.0.0",
  "gameVersion": "...",
  "dumpedAt": "2026-10-21T05:00:00-05:00",
  "count": 12345,
  "nodes": [
    { "prefab": "...", "guid": 123, "x": -1500.2, "y": 0, "z": -900.4,
      "source": "randomizedSpawnChain", "disabled": true,
      "spot": 4521, "chain": 3, "stage": 0, "spawner": 1, "spawnerSpot": 8870, "changeIn": -3600,
      "yields": [ { "item": "Item_Ingredient_Mineral_CopperOre", "amount": 20 } ] }
  ],
  "mapZones": [
    { "mapType": "MainMap", "startChunk": [2, 5], "chunkSize": [19, 19],
      "projection": [[0.000658, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, -0.02, 0], [0, 0.000658, 0, 0], [0.8947, 0.5789, -1, 1]] }
  ],
  "chains": [
    { "name": "...", "main": 0, "stages": [ { "name": "Main", "prefab": "..." }, { "name": "Depleted", "afterSeconds": 1800 } ] }
  ],
  "spawners": [
    { "name": "...", "options": [ { "chainName": "...", "chain": 3, "chance": 0.6 }, { "chainName": "...", "chain": 4, "chance": 0.4 } ] }
  ]
}

x/z are the horizontal world coordinates (north is +z), y is height. chain and spawner index into the chains and spawners lists; spot / spawnerSpot identify the physical spot. changeIn is seconds until the spot's next automatic change (negative = overdue, waiting for a player to come near). mapZones is the game's world-to-map projection (column-major 4×4; texture coordinates run -1..1, +z up). Fields are left out when they don't apply.

License

MIT. See LICENSE. V Rising and its art belong to Stunlock Studios; this project isn't affiliated with them.