EliteCrafting

Work in progress: significant changes will come, including to the config, the YAML files and item data.

Runes and magic gear: creatures and chests drop both, and a rune clicked onto an item changes its rarity or inscriptions.

Features

• Three rarities: Normal, Magic (1-2 inscriptions) and Rare (3-6).
• 162 inscriptions for every kind of gear, stronger the later the item's biome.
• Six runes, clicked onto an item: Awakening (Normal to Magic), Shaping (one more on Magic), Ascension (Magic to Rare), Consecrated (one more on Rare), Cleansing (back to Normal) and the Serpent (seals the item after a gamble).
• Drops from kills, bosses and world chests.
• Elite Creatures Reborn: Synergy (off by default) lets elite stars raise drops.
• Epic Loot: when installed, the runes work on Epic Loot's own magic items (not Cleansing) and only Epic Loot drops magic gear.
• Every rune, inscription, command and file: CLAUDE.md.

Install

Needed on the server and every client, same version. Install with r2modman or the Thunderstore app, or put EliteCrafting.dll in BepInEx/plugins. Uninstalling deletes every rune; magic gear turns plain until reinstalled. Mods that make weapons or armor stackable can merge magic items and lose inscriptions.

Configuration

BepInEx/config/com.EliteCrafting.cfg and the EliteCrafting_*.yml files. Every setting is described in the file and applies without a restart; the server's values bind every player (Lock Configuration). Console: ecraft help.

Links

Bugs and ideas: https://github.com/geraldjglasgow/ValheimMods/issues (name the mod and version). Licence: GPL-3.0.

Shout outs

• The BepInEx and Harmony teams, for the tools every Valheim mod stands on.
• Iron Gate Studio, for Valheim.
• Thunderstore, for hosting this page.
• The Valheim modding community, for the hard work and dedication that keeps enhancing an already great game.
• Every modder who keeps their mods open source so others can collaborate, learn and build on them.

Changelog

0.5.0

• Item classes: each kind of item rolls its own inscriptions (ecraft classes).
• Tiers by item level: Meadows gear rolls the weakest tier, Deep North gear every tier; strong tiers are rare.
• Prefixes and suffixes: Magic holds 1 of each, Rare 3; totals are capped across your gear.
• Brands add flat damage (+X fire), scaled by weapon.
• 47 new inscriptions, including critical hits, chain lightning, throwing weapons, Glass Cannon and Heavy Hand.
• Deep North gear is item level 8.
• An API for other mods; PackPanel and Elite Creatures Pack use it.
• Removed: Epic Loot integration.
• Your inscriptions and economy files are saved as .v1.bak and replaced: redo your changes.
• Existing magic items keep their inscriptions.

0.4.0

• Creature drops appear with the creature's own loot when its body dissolves, not at the moment of death.

0.3.0

• Recasting Rune rerolls one to all of an item's inscriptions in place and never removes one.
• With Epic Loot: Recasting rerolls one to all effects in place; augments and sockets stay.
• PackPanel's backpacks never become magic gear; with Epic Loot, runes work on them.
• Faster loading: the config file is written once instead of once per setting.

0.2.0

• Recasting Rune, the seventh rune: rerolls every inscription on a Magic item, which stays Magic. Drops everywhere.
• Epic Loot: Recasting rerolls every effect of an Epic Loot Magic item; sockets stay.
• Existing EliteCrafting_economy.yml files get the new rune and its drops without editing.
• Sealed items show just "Sealed" in the tooltip (was "Sealed: Corrupted").
• Less work every frame keeping the config in sync.

0.1.0

• First release, a work in progress: significant changes will come.
• Three rarities: Normal, Magic (1-2 inscriptions) and Rare (3-6); 162 inscriptions, tiers by biome.
• Six runes clicked onto items: Awakening, Shaping, Ascension, Consecrated, Cleansing and the sealing Serpent.
• Kills and world chests drop runes and magic gear.
• Rarity-colored names, inscription tooltips and a ground glow on magic items.
• Elite Creatures Reborn Synergy: elite stars raise drops.
• Epic Loot: runes work on its magic items, and EliteCrafting drops no magic gear of its own.
• YAML rules over built-in defaults, server synced and reloaded live; console command ecraft.