Runestone Records

Runestone Records gives Valheim's native achievements a full in-game journal. Open it with F7 or the Achievements button in your inventory to see what you have completed, what remains, and your progress toward each requirement. Pin up to three goals on the HUD. The mod can also allow Valheim's normal achievement progress while mods are enabled.

Installation

Mod manager: Install Runestone Records for Valheim with Thunderstore Mod Manager, r2modman, or Gale. The declared dependencies install BepInExPack for Valheim and Jötunn. Launch the game through the manager, load a character, and press F7.

Manual: Install BepInEx 5 and Jötunn 2.30.0 or later first. Extract this package, then copy plugins/RunestoneRecords.dll to Valheim/BepInEx/plugins/RunestoneRecords/RunestoneRecords.dll. Restart Valheim.

Features

• Open the journal with F7 or the Achievements button in the inventory.
• Browse the native achievement list by category, search, filter, and sort. Read full descriptions before expanding a row.
• Hide locked secret goals from the journal with a sidebar toggle or config setting. Completed secrets stay visible with a SECRET badge; hiding locked secrets also unpins them. All secrets are visible by default.
• Expand any achievement to inspect every recorded requirement, including collection entries, difficulty, and combat methods. Long lists scroll inside the expanded row.
• Pin up to three goals on the HUD. The tracker shows overall progress and the next unfinished requirement; move it while the journal is open.
• See progress update while playing without losing your place in the journal. Completed goals remain pinned until removed.
• Use the config to change the shortcut, hide the tracker, or disable the achievement-eligibility override.

Progress comes from Valheim's records for the current character. Older actions that Valheim did not record cannot be reconstructed. Opening or refreshing the journal never grants achievements. The mod adds no custom achievements or points.

The mod is client-side; install it for each player who wants the journal or the eligibility override. It does not require a dedicated-server install.

Configuration

Settings are in BepInEx/config/local.runestonerecords.cfg. General.EnableAchievementsWithMods controls the eligibility override. Window.ToggleKey defaults to F7 and Window.HideLockedSecrets defaults to false. Tracker visibility, position, and per-character pins are also stored in the config.

With the eligibility override enabled, Valheim's normal achievement progress is allowed even when its mod, cheat, or world-modifier flags would otherwise block it. The mod does not unlock achievements on demand.

Changelog

1.3.1

• Display The Explorer's East and West requirements by their actual map directions. Valheim's native stats record them the other way around; progress and unlocks still use those native stats.
• Place achievements with Explore stats in the Exploration category.

1.3.0

• Add Hide Completed to the achievement list so finished goals can be filtered out.
• Make Missing Reqs hide completed criteria inside expanded achievements as progress changes.
• Let the pinned tracker be resized from its lower-right corner while the journal is open, using the same resize grip as the journal. Save the chosen size.
• Show up to five unfinished requirements for each pinned achievement, with a count when more remain.
• Draw the tracker behind inventory and other game windows during play, but above the journal while it is open for moving and resizing.

1.2.0

• Make the achievement journal resizable from its lower-right corner.
• Save the chosen width and height, keeping the window on screen when the resolution or UI scale changes.
• Preserve list and expanded requirement scroll positions when the layout reflows after resizing.
• Let the category sidebar scroll when the journal is too short to show every category.

1.1.0

• Show full achievement descriptions in collapsed rows and keep expanded details focused on requirements.
• Add a saved Hide Locked Secrets toggle; completed secrets remain visible and carry a SECRET badge.
• Remove pinned locked secrets when they are hidden and update the list when a secret is completed.

1.0.0

• Introduced the Runestone Records journal for Valheim's native achievements.
• Added categories, search, filters, sorting, complete requirement details, and live progress.
• Added a movable HUD tracker for up to three pinned achievements, with per-character pins.
• Added an inventory entry and configurable F7 shortcut.
• Preserved the configurable achievement-eligibility override.