Wearable Torches (Valheim)

A lightweight cosmetic mod that allows you to wear a torch on your back, using the same R key as vanilla weapons.

Fully client-side but network-synced: other players with the mod installed will see your torch.

Features

• Press R to toggle the torch between hand and back, like any other weapon or item
• Uses the real torch mesh (and works with all items whose name contains “torch”, e.g. TorchMist)
• Fire FX cloned from your equipped torch
• Custom warm point light on the back torch
• Fully safe for multiplayer (no extra items created or dropped)
• Purely visual: no additional ZNetView / ItemDrop instances are spawned
• No loot spawned on reconnect

Multiplayer

• Torch state (enabled/disabled on the back) is synced using ZNetView / ZDO
• Only visual objects are created locally on each client
• Other clients must have the mod installed to see your back torch

Installation

1. Install BepInExPack for Valheim
2. Drop WearableTorches.dll into a folder inside BepInEx/plugins

Changelog (short)

• 1.0.0 – Initial release
• 1.0.1 – Minor tweaks & cleanup
• 1.0.2 – Added multiplayer syncing for torch state
• 1.0.3 – Reworked R-behaviour to move the torch between hand and back like vanilla weapons, improved visuals & stability

Incoming : Make disappear Vanilla torch on player's back. Smoothing light. Adding confort when equiped.

Changelog – Wearable Torches

• 1.0.5 – Just updating ReadMe :)

• 1.0.4 – Rework on R Bind, removed, Now on G without duplication with TP and LogIn/Logoff

• Torch In hand -> G -> persistent torch in back.

• Working on smoothing and logic in the mod.

1.0.3

• Hooked into the vanilla Hide/Show hand items (R) flow
• Torch now moves between hand and back using R, like all weapons
• Prevented extra torches from being created or dropped when toggling
• Improved multiplayer syncing and cleanup of back torch visuals
• General polish and stability improvements

1.0.2

• Added multiplayer syncing for torch state via ZDO
• Ensured back torches are recreated correctly for all players
• Safer handling of network objects (no extra ZNetView / ItemDrop spawned)

1.0.1

• Minor adjustments to torch placement on the back
• Code cleanup and small visual tweaks

1.0.0

• Initial release
• First implementation of a wearable back torch using your equipped torch’s mesh and FX