Welcome to the official ArcadeHelper wiki! This guide provides comprehensive information on configuring and using all features included in ArcadeHelper for Valheim.

📑 Table of Contents

1. Overview & Highlights
2. Advanced Ward Protection & Tamed Animals
3. 3D Floating Portal Names
4. 3D Waypoint Navigation & Multiplayer Pings
5. Automatic Map Cleaners
6. Multi-Language System (Localization)
7. In-Game Configuration Guide
8. FAQ & Troubleshooting

✦ Overview

ArcadeHelper is an all-in-one Quality of Life (QoL) suite built for both solo players and dedicated multiplayer servers. It seamlessly bridges base defense, effortless navigation, clean map management, and multi-language support.

1. 🛡️ Advanced Ward Protection & Base Security

Active Guardian Stones (Wards) provide granular and absolute protection inside their perimeter:

• 🐾 Immortal Tamed Animals:
  • Tamed creatures (wolves, boars, lox, asksvin, etc.) inside an active Ward cannot drop below 1 HP or die.
  • Fire & Poison Immunity: Prevents tamed pets from taking burn damage from campfires/hearths or poison from environment and enemies.
  • Friendly Fire Protection: Accidental swings or player attacks deal 0 damage to tamed animals (only the Butcher Knife can harvest them).
  • Raid Immunity: Deflects all damage from trolls, drakes, seekers, and raids.
• 🏠 Structure & Chest Immunity:
  • All walls, crafting benches, chests, and building pieces inside an active Ward take 0 damage from monsters and environmental attacks.
  • Optionally protects structures from player weapon swings/axes.
• 🚫 Monster Spawn Blocker:
  • Completely prevents hostiles and raid creatures from spawning directly inside your active Ward boundaries.
• 📐 Configurable Ward Radius:
  • Scale active Ward radius from 1.0x (32m) up to 3.0x (96m) to cover sprawling castles or entire villages.

2. 🌀 Floating 3D Portal Names

• At-a-Glance Tags: Clean, glowing 3D floating text hovers directly above portals showing their destination tag.
• Zero Lag Engine: World scans are throttled and cached every 1.5s with zero GC memory allocations per frame.
• Unconnected Indicator: Shows (Unconnected) / (Несвързан) when a portal has no tag set.
• Customization: Fully adjustable view distance (5m–100m), font size, and glowing colors via config.

3. 🧭 Waypoint Beacon & Multiplayer Pings

Navigate the world with precision without staring constantly at your map:

• Sky-High Light Pillar: Projects a massive vertical light beacon at your destination, visible through forests and mountains.
• 3D Directional HUD: On-screen directional arrow (In Front, Front-Right, Left, Behind, etc.) with real-time distance in meters.
• 👥 Multiplayer Ping Sync:
  • When any teammate pings with Middle Click, the beacon and HUD appear for all players with player attribution: PlayerName (Ping) [250m].
• How to Navigate:
  • Map Middle Click: Pings a location and sets an instant waypoint.
  • Map Double Click: Double-click any map icon/pin to lock navigation onto it.
  • Cancel Navigation: Press [F3], click the red on-screen map button, or simply walk within 12m of your target (auto-arrived).

4. 🧹 Map Cleaners & Death Pins

• ☠️ Death Pin Auto-Cleanup:
  • Keeps only your newest death marker when dying, automatically pruning old skull pins.
  • Automatically removes the skull pin from your map once you recover and empty your tombstone (Take All or container despawn).
• 🍓 Berry Pin Purger:
  • Automatically removes spam pins for Blueberries, Raspberries, and Cloudberries generated by auto-pinning map mods.
• 🪙 Trader Pins Cleaner:
  • Automatically clears duplicate or mod-spawned trader map pins.

5. 🌍 Multi-Language Support

ArcadeHelper features native multi-language support with automatic game language detection:

• Automatic Detection (Language = Auto): Reads your Valheim language from settings:
  • Bulgarian (bg): Full Bulgarian UI, HUD directions (Напред, Назад, Дясно...), notifications, and portal tags.
  • English (en): Clean standard English interface.
  • German (de): German navigation labels and alerts.
• You can also force a specific language in com.arcaderoom.arcadehelper.cfg under [0. General] Language.

6. ⚙️ Configuration Guide

Press [F1] in-game (using BepInEx ConfigurationManager) or edit BepInEx/config/com.arcaderoom.arcadehelper.cfg:

7. ❓ FAQ & Troubleshooting

Q: Why don't I see the light beacon when I ping?
A: Ensure you close the full map (M) after pinging. The light pillar and directional HUD are displayed in the 3D world view, not while the fullscreen map is open.

Q: Do my teammates need the mod installed?
A: For waypoint and multiplayer ping synchronization, both players should have ArcadeHelper installed.

Q: Can I still kill tamed animals if I need meat/leather?
A: Yes! Use the vanilla Butcher Knife (ButcherKnife). The mod intentionally allows the Butcher Knife to damage tamed animals while blocking all other weapons.

💬 Community & Discord Support

Have suggestions, questions, or need help? Join our official community:
👉 Arcade Room Discord