No Free Maps

Knowledge has its price. No zoom, no pan — only minimap and pain.

No Free Maps restricts full map access to physical world objects only. Press M? Nothing. Click the minimap? Nothing. The only way to see the full map is to find a Vegvisir runestone or use a Cartography Table.

Features

• Map key disabled — pressing M, clicking the minimap, or any other method to open the full map is blocked
• Vegvisir — interacting with any Vegvisir runestone opens the full map at maximum zoom, centered on the discovered boss location
• Cartography Table — reading from or writing to a Cartography Table opens the full map at default zoom
• Fully locked view — while the map is open, zoom and panning are completely disabled. You see what you get
• Minimap unaffected — the corner minimap is always visible and works as usual
• Normal closing — press Esc or M to close the map when it's open

Installation

1. Install BepInEx for Valheim
2. Place NoFreeMaps.dll into BepInEx/plugins/
3. Launch the game

Requirements

• BepInEx 5.x
• No other mods required
• Works in singleplayer and multiplayer (client-side)

How It Works

The plugin patches Valheim's Minimap class to block manual map opening. When a player interacts with a Vegvisir or Cartography Table, the map is temporarily allowed to open. While open, all map input (zoom, pan, drag) is disabled — the view is locked to what you're shown. Closing the map works normally via Esc or M.

Compatibility

This is a client-side mod. It does not modify world data or interfere with vanilla multiplayer. Other players without the mod will have normal map behavior.