BlacksmithingExpanded

🔨 BlacksmithingExpanded

A modular, skill-driven enhancement system for Valheim.
Reward crafting, repairing, and smelting with scalable stat bonuses, elemental infusions, and structure upgrades — all built for transparency, tweakability, and community-driven balance. mod request by Aziraphale

⚒️ Core Features

🧠 Skill-Driven Progression

• Gain Blacksmithing XP by crafting, repairing, smelting ore, and feeding kilns.
• Unlock stat tiers that boost:
  • Weapon damage (physical + elemental)
  • Armor and shield block power
  • Item durability
  • Parry bonus

🔧 Upgrade-Based Bonuses

• Items gain additional stat bonuses based on their upgrade level (quality).

🔥 Elemental Infusion

• Unlock elemental damage bonuses (fire, frost, lightning, poison, spirit) at high levels.
• Configurable scaling and unlock thresholds.

🏗️ Structure Infusion

• Infuse smelters and kilns to process faster and save resources.
• Infusions expire after a configurable duration or when idle.

🛠️ Inventory Repair Unlock

• Repair gear directly from your inventory once you reach the required skill level.

⚙️ Configuration Highlights

💡 Note: You may see a config group named skill_########## in your config file. This is automatically created by the skill manager system and isn’t used by BlacksmithingExpanded.
All relevant settings are organized under the following config groups:

🗂 Config Groups

• General – XP gain, infusion logic, inventory repair
• Tooltip – UI visibility toggles
• Durability – Milestone scaling, upgrade bonuses, caps
• Armor – Armor scaling and caps
• Weapons – Damage scaling, stat caps, milestone logic
• Elemental – Elemental unlocks and bonuses
• Shields – Parry and block scaling
• Advanced – Shared gear logic, upgrade multipliers, tier unlock caps

📈 XP & Tiering

• XPPerCraft, XPPerSmelt, XPPerRepair
• InfusionTierInterval, StatTierInterval, DurabilityTierInterval
• MaxTierUnlockLevel

⚔️ Stat Scaling

• DamageBonusPerTier, ArmorBonusPerTier, DurabilityBonusPerTier
• StatBonusPerUpgrade, ArmorBonusPerUpgrade, DurabilityBonusPerUpgrade
• StatBonusMultiplierPerTier, StatBonusCapPerType
• MaxStatTypesPerTier, ArmorCap, MaxDurabilityCap

🛡️ Shield Bonuses

• TimedBlockBonusPerTier, BlockPowerBonusPerTier
• TimedBlockBonusPerUpgrade, BlockPowerBonusPerUpgrade

🔥 Elemental Control

• ElementalUnlockLevel, ElementalBonusPerTier, AlwaysAddElementalAtMax
• FireBonusAtMax, FrostBonusAtMax, LightningBonusAtMax, PoisonBonusAtMax, SpiritBonusAtMax

🔁 Smelting & Repair

• SmeltingSpeedBonusPerTier, KilnSpeedBonusPerTier
• SmelterSaveOreChanceAt100, InfusionExpireTime
• EnableInventoryRepair, InventoryRepairUnlockLevel

🔗 Compatibility

• ✅ Works with most crafting and skill mods
• ✅ No known conflicts with Blaxxun’s Blacksmithing mod
• 🔁 If used together, set crafting XP to 0 to avoid double gain

📦 Installation

1. Install BepInEx
2. Drop BlacksmithingExpanded.dll into your BepInEx/plugins folder
3. Launch the game and configure settings via BepInEx/config

💬 Community & Support

Questions or feedback?
Find Gravebear in the Odin Plus Team on Discord:

🎁 Support the Forge

Get a free Admin-craft Shark Hat and Tuna Sword on my BuyMeACoffee page!

📜 Changelog

1.1.7

• Added config options to disable many of the features such as Durability Bonus for compatability with other mods.

1.1.6

• Added config options to disable the conversion speeds for smelter and kiln to avoid conflicts with mods that already adjust smelting speeds.
• Setting conversion speeds to 0 should no longer throw an error, but if so please use the options to disable the smelter / kiln speeds instead.

1.1.5

• Updated Localization Manager internal ref.

1.1.4

• Compatability fix for Balrond's Amazing Nature mod. Thank you Balrond for pointing out the issue.
• Config option added to disable Station Level Bonus.

1.1.3

• Hotfix for Valheims Latest update

1.1.2

• Changed skill saves slightly to try and prevent an issue that skill is registered as 0 when you desync from a server.

1.1.1

• Weapons/Armor/Shields will be crafted with their full durability.

1.1.0

• PLEASE DELETE THE OLD CONFIG!!
• Rebalanced base config settings for better balance and a more rewarding feeling.
• Removed Inventory Repair due to problems it caused with repairing at workstations.

1.0.9

• Fixed Critical Upgrade Detection Issue: Completely overhauled upgrade detection system - upgrades now properly apply bonuses instead of just base vanilla stats
• Fixed Item Stat Persistence: Resolved issue where enhanced stats were lost when logging out and back in - items now properly retain their blacksmithing bonuses across sessions
• Added Quality Tracking: Items now track their upgrade level to detect quality changes and recalculate bonuses appropriately
• Improved Migration Handling: Existing items from previous mod versions now preserve their original crafting level instead of being overwritten with current player level
• Enhanced Performance: Added periodic cleanup routines for temporary data storage and improved memory management
• Optimized Stat Application: Streamlined the stat loading/unloading system to be more reliable and efficient
• Better Thread Safety: Improved base stats caching with proper locking mechanisms
• Code Cleanup: Removed redundant upgrade detection methods and consolidated logic for better maintainability

1.0.8

• Fixed issue with xp being given for items on blacklist or not blacksmithing items.
• Reduced logging events

1.0.7

• Fixed issue where blacksmithing skill wasn't being awarded when crafting at level 0
• Added Robust skill checking - Multiple fallbacks for skill detection

1.0.6

• Moved the Percentage-Based settings into their own config group in the configuration file.
• Fixed issue of Spears losing their Blacksmithing Data when thrown.

1.0.5

• Added percentage upgrade config, set to false in the config to use the flat upgrade system/legacy system.
• Fixed multi-damage calculation by using total elemental damage instead of individual types
• Added upgrade bonus support that works with both percentage and flat systems

1.0.4

• Rebalanced XP Values: -- XP per craft: 5 → 1 (80% reduction) -- XP per repair: 1 → 0.1 (90% reduction) -- XP per upgrade: 5 → 3 (40% reduction) -- First craft bonus: 25 → 10 (60% reduction)
• Percentage-Based Damage System added. Logic: Damage bonuses are now calculated as a percentage of the weapon's base damage
• New config: Use percentage damage bonus = true by default
• New config: Damage percentage bonus per tier = 3% per tier
• Added config options to revert to the old system by setting % to false
• Added scaling % for elemental effects
• Items with Elemental Infusion Added will no longer apply new elements each upgrade.

1.0.3

• Fixed issue where blacklisted items still provided xp.

1.0.2

• Added YML support and BacksmithingExpItemList
• Mod will create the Default Itemlist YML on first launch, may require restarting the game to apply.
• ItemList contains a Whitelist and Blacklist options
• Improved some of the Configuration Descriptions

1.0.1

• Refactored elemental infusion to support per-type config scaling (FireBonusPerTier, FrostBonusPerTier, etc)
• Improved durability, armor, and damage scaling logic with tier and upgrade bonuses
• Added support for inventory-based gear repair at configurable unlock level
• Expanded structure infusion logic for smelters and kilns
• Updated config grouping and descriptions for clarity and multiplayer sync
• README overhaul to reflect new features and config philosophy
• Fixed issue where Stats wouldnt Sync in Multiplayer
• Fixed issue where Durability may break an item if current amount was more than max amount.
• Fixed issue with ItemDataManager and stat storage if item was dropped or put in a chest.
• Improved XP values for crafting and first craft bonus.
• Config overhaul for group sections.
• Additional XP configs added.
• Added additional control for items with more than one base stat or elemental stats.

1.0.0

• Mod Released Mod Request by Aziraphale