LootDiscovery

LootDiscovery is a custom progression bridge between Therzie's Warfare, Wizardry and Armory and Epic Loot.

It was created primarily for use in a private Valheim modpack/server. Broader mod compatibility and future updates are not guaranteed.

How it works

Warfare & Wizardry

Equipment recipes from Warfare and Wizardry are initially hidden.

When a character discovers an eligible item by obtaining it, the corresponding original crafting recipe is permanently unlocked for that character.

This applies to supported equipment types including weapons, bows, shields, armor, capes, tools, utility items and trinkets.

LootDiscovery does not replace Therzie's recipes. Once unlocked, the item still uses its original crafting station, material costs, upgrades and other requirements.

Armory

Armory equipment uses set/tier discovery.

Discovering one armor piece unlocks the recipes for the other pieces belonging to that exact armor set and tier. Standalone and special Armory equipment uses exact-item discovery.

Character progression

Discovery is stored using Valheim's existing per-character known-item progression. Previously discovered equipment therefore remains unlocked for that character after restarting the game.

Audio normalization

Version 0.4.0 adds optional audio handling for the MMO-related mods used by the intended modpack.

EpicMMO

LootDiscovery scans EpicMMO audio-bearing assets and scales their AudioSource volumes without changing Valheim's global audio settings.

EpicMMO's wing-based level-up visuals and associated level-up audio are suppressed. XP-orb consumption keeps the MMO_XP status effect and XP behavior, but no longer triggers the Forsaken-style fx_GP_Activation effect.

Default multiplier: 0.50.

CaptainSkillTree

LootDiscovery normalizes supported CaptainSkillTree SFX/VFX audio paths and provides a separate multiplier for quest-complete music. CaptainSkillTree's Hero Awakens level-up sound is replaced with the bundled LockChime.wav.

Defaults:

• General CaptainSkillTree audio: 0.30
• Quest-complete music: 0.25
• Hero Awakens replacement: 0.80

EpicMMO and CaptainSkillTree are optional integrations. If either mod is absent, its audio hooks are skipped and LootDiscovery continues to function normally.

The generated BepInEx config contains:

[Audio - EpicMMO]
Enabled = true
VolumeMultiplier = 0.50

[Audio - CaptainSkillTree]
Enabled = true
VolumeMultiplier = 0.30

[Audio - CaptainSkillTree Quest Complete]
Enabled = true
VolumeMultiplier = 0.25

A multiplier of 1.0 leaves the original volume unchanged. 0.0 mutes the affected audio path.

Epic Loot patches

This package also installs two custom Epic Loot configuration patches used by the modpack.

Enchanting Economy

DesertOnline_EnchantingEconomy.json

Adjusts trophy-based enchanting material rewards, including regular enemy trophies producing 2 Shards of the assigned rarity and boss trophies producing 3 Runestones of the assigned rarity.

Loot Progression

DesertOnline_LootProgression.json

Contains targeted Epic Loot loot-table corrections, including moving the Mistlands Spell Slinger chest armor from Tier 5 armor to Tier 6 armor and removing Dverger Arbalest projectile entries from Tier 6 weapon loot.

Requirements

Required for the core LootDiscovery progression behavior:

• BepInExPack Valheim
• Jotunn
• Epic Loot
• Warfare
• Wizardry
• Armory

Optional audio integrations:

• EpicMMO
• CaptainSkillTree

For the intended multiplayer experience, use the same modpack and versions across participating installations.

Notes

This mod was designed around a specific private modpack and progression setup. Compatibility with different versions, substantially different mod configurations, or future versions of its dependencies is not guaranteed.

Changelog

0.6.0

• Added Epic Loot integration with ValheimPlus Craft From Chests.
• Nearby chests can now provide material costs for supported Epic Loot operations including:
  • enchanting;
  • augmenting;
  • identification;
  • material conversions;
  • Enchanting Table upgrades;
  • supported runestone and socket-related crafting, upgrading and conversion costs.
• Selected equipment, runestones and other items being directly operated on remain player-inventory items and are never supplied from nearby chests.
• Added available/required resource counts to supported Epic Loot cost displays.
• Added nearby-chest query and inventory snapshot caching to substantially improve Epic Loot material-conversion menu performance.
• Added optional Adventure Backpacks tooltip integration.
• Adventure Backpacks now displays its configured stored-item weight reduction in the item tooltip, for example:
  • Items inside weigh 50% less
• Adventure Backpacks remains an optional integration and is not required for LootDiscovery to load.
• Preserved existing recipe-discovery, Epic Loot progression/economy, EpicMMO, CaptainSkillTree and EquipmentAndQuickSlots behavior.

0.5.0

• Added EquipmentAndQuickSlots quick-slot UI compatibility, preventing multi-character key labels from wrapping vertically.
• Replaced CaptainSkillTree quest-complete audio with the bundled QuestComplete.wav.
• Added a dedicated CaptainSkillTree Hero Awakens replacement-volume setting for LockChime.wav.
• Reworked CaptainSkillTree Worker bonus feedback:
  • Woodcutting now uses Valheim's native orange Bonus-style floating text.
  • Gathering now uses green Bonus-style floating text with a herb icon.
  • Mining now uses cyan Bonus-style floating text.
  • Woodcutting, Gathering and Mining use Valheim's native Bonus rise/fade presentation.
  • Worker bonus SFX now use Valheim's native bonus-yield effect instead of CaptainSkillTree's loot-spawn sound.
  • Crafting retains CaptainSkillTree's existing presentation while using the vanilla bonus-yield SFX.
• Replaced EpicMMO XP-orb consumption audio with the bundled Bonus.wav.
• EpicMMO XP-orb consumption continues to suppress fx_GP_Activation while preserving MMO_XP, XP gain and normal status-effect behavior.
• Preserved all existing LootDiscovery recipe-discovery and Epic Loot patch behavior.

0.4.0

• Added optional EpicMMO audio normalization.
• Added optional CaptainSkillTree general SFX/VFX audio normalization.
• Added a separate CaptainSkillTree quest-complete music multiplier.
• Replaced CaptainSkillTree Hero Awakens level-up audio with the bundled LockChime.wav.
• Suppressed EpicMMO level-up wing visuals and their associated level-up audio.
• Removed the Forsaken-style fx_GP_Activation effect from EpicMMO XP-orb consumption while preserving the MMO_XP status effect and XP behavior.
• Added compatibility hooks for CaptainSkillTree dedicated Hero Awakens and pole-swing sound managers when present.
• EpicMMO and CaptainSkillTree integrations remain optional rather than hard dependencies.
• Preserved all LootDiscovery 0.3.0 recipe-discovery behavior and the existing BepInEx plugin GUID.

0.3.0

• Added Warfare equipment discovery progression.
• Added Wizardry equipment discovery progression.
• Added Armory set/tier discovery progression.
• Added exact-item handling for standalone Armory equipment.
• Added per-character persistent recipe unlocking.
• Preserved original Therzie crafting recipes, stations, costs and upgrades.
• Added custom Epic Loot enchanting economy patch.
• Added custom Epic Loot loot progression patch.