Recycling Skill

Forge Reclaimer adds an optional Recycling skill to Valheim’s normal Skills panel. It uses the Hammer icon and follows Valheim’s usual death skill-loss rules.

What the skill changes

As Recycling level rises from 0 to 100:

• The crumble weight is reduced linearly.
• The removed crumble weight is moved to the Good outcome.
• The jackpot weight increases linearly.

With default settings at skill level 100, the crumble weight is reduced by 50% and the jackpot weight is doubled. Material yields themselves are not directly multiplied by skill level; the skill changes the outcome odds.

XP presets

ProgressionPreset selects the base Recycling XP per item before item-quality and Epic Loot rarity multipliers.

The preset changes XP only. It does not change salvage amounts, outcome odds, or durability behavior.

XP formula

When the Recycling skill is enabled:

final Recycling XP = preset base XP × item quality × Epic Loot rarity multiplier

Vanilla and ordinary modded items use a rarity multiplier of 1. Example: a normal 3-star item on the default Balanced preset grants:

10 × 3 = 30 XP

Epic Loot rarity multipliers apply only when Epic Loot is installed and the item is recognized as magic. See Epic Loot & Compatibility.

Admin settings

Disabling the skill

Set EnableRecyclingSkill to false to keep recycling but remove Recycling XP and skill-based outcome bonuses. Existing player Recycling levels are preserved safely. If an administrator enables the feature later, players resume from their stored level.