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HarpoonLooter
A buildable ballista that harpoons dropped items on the ground and reels them into a convenient pile at its base - no more scouring the battlefield for gear.
By DFG
| Last updated | 3 days ago |
| Total downloads | 20 |
| Total rating | 1 |
| Categories | Vehicles Transportation AI Generated |
| Dependency string | DFG-HarpoonLooter-1.1.1 |
| Dependants | 0 other packages depend on this package |
This mod requires the following mods to function
denikson-BepInExPack_Valheim
BepInEx pack for Valheim. Preconfigured with the correct entry point for mods and preferred defaults for the community.
Preferred version: 5.4.2333
ValheimModding-Jotunn
Jötunn (/ˈjɔːtʊn/, 'giant'), the Valheim Library was created with the goal of making the lives of mod developers easier. It enables you to create mods for Valheim using an abstracted API so you can focus on the actual content creation.
Preferred version: 2.30.0README
Harpoon Looter
Adds a new build piece, the Harpoon Looter — a small ballista that automatically harpoons dropped items lying on the ground within range and reels them into a pile at its base.
No more chasing loot across the battlefield — build one near where you fight and everything gets dragged home and dumped at its feet to grab or stack.
A Valheim BepInEx 5 plugin built on Jotunn.
Features
- New build piece: Harpoon Looter (Hammer > Furniture), crafted from 10x Fine Wood and 5x Iron.
- Scans for dropped
ItemDrops within range (default 20 m) and fires a harpoon at them. - Reels items into a neat pile at the turret base. Items keep normal auto-stack behaviour — no inventory hacks, no ObjectDB edits.
- Configurable everything: range, reel speed, pile radius, harpoon flight time, concurrent targets, cooldown, tether visibility, and an ignored-items list.
Requirements
- BepInEx 5 (
denikson-BepInExPack_Valheim) - Jotunn 2.30.x (
ValheimModding-Jotunn)
Installation
- Install through your mod manager (recommended) — BepInEx and Jotunn are installed automatically.
- Manual: drop
HarpoonLooter.dllintoBepInEx\plugins\.
How to use
- Restart the game after installing (the build piece is registered at startup).
- Build the Harpoon Looter from the Hammer under Furniture.
- Place it near where you fight or loot. It runs unattended: items dropped within
CollectionRangeare harpooned and reeled toward the turret's base, landing in a scattered pile on the ground. - Loot the pile whenever you like — items auto-stack as they land.
- To keep the turret off certain loot (e.g.
Wood, Stone, Amber), setIgnoredItems. This is applied live without a restart.
Configuration
Generated on first launch at BepInEx\config\com.harpoonlooter.harpoonlooter.cfg:
| Key | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
Enabled |
true |
Master toggle for the turret behaviour. |
AddBuildPiece |
true |
Register the piece in the Hammer build menu (requires restart). |
ShowTether |
true |
Draw the harpoon rope while reeling. |
CollectionRange |
20 |
Detection range in meters. |
ReelSpeed |
8 |
Pull speed in m/s. |
PileRadius |
2.5 |
Release radius around the turret base. |
HarpoonFlightTime |
0.45 |
Seconds for the harpoon visual to reach the target. |
MaxTargets |
1 |
Concurrent harpoons (1-6). |
Cooldown |
1 |
Seconds between collections. |
Scale |
0.5 |
Uniform scale of the turret model (1 = vanilla size, 0.5 = half). Requires restart. |
IgnoredItems |
(empty) | Comma-separated dropped items to never collect, e.g. Wood, Stone, Amber. Matches the item prefab name or name token, case-insensitive. |
Changelog
See CHANGELOG.md.
