TerrainShaperPlus

Craftable Workbench terrain tool for Valheim 1.0 — raise, lower, level, smooth, reset and paint with typed Height × Width control.

Built with BepInEx + Jotunn.

Support: ko-fi.com/tudoecriativo

How to use

1. Craft Terrain Shaper Plus at a Workbench (default min level 1)
2. Recipe (default): 10 Wood + 10 Stone (configurable)
3. Equip the tool
4. Press Ctrl+G → panel Height × Width
5. Type values or pick a preset (e.g. 5×2) → Apply (default max 8 m, raise Height.MaxMeters for unlimited-height mods)
6. Select a piece (Raise ground (square) for platforms)
7. Place freely; hold Alt to magnetically snap tiles to the grid
8. Hold Ctrl + Q/E to rotate the square; Shift + scroll = radius
9. Cultivator farm grid: Ctrl + scroll changes grid size

Level vs Raise

Soft edges / “limbo” voids

Square raises in vanilla are hard cliffs (black void). Soft square bevel is on by default (Terrain.SoftSquareEdges). If you still see dark rims, use Smooth or Reset.

Game clamp: vanilla is about ±8 m per vertex. TerrainShaperPlus defaults to 8; set Height.MaxMeters higher (up to 512) if you use an unlimited-height companion mod.

Controls (configurable)

• Panel.ModifierKey = None → single key (e.g. only G)
• Grid.HoldKey = None → always snap when grid is enabled

Panel

Install (Thunderstore / r2modman)

1. BepInExPack Valheim 5.4.2350+
2. Jotunn 2.26.1+
3. Install TerrainShaperPlus
4. Restart the game

Manual: copy plugins/TerrainShaperPlus.dll into BepInEx/plugins/.

Config: BepInEx/config/poneis.valheim.TerrainShaperPlus.cfg
Languages: BepInEx/config/TerrainShaperPlus/lang/ (en.json, pt.json)

Features

• Craftable Workbench tool (Wood + Stone)
• Level / Raise / Lower / Smooth / Reset / Paint pieces (+ square variants)
• Typed Height × Width panel with presets
• Magnetic grid snap while holding Alt (terrain tools)
• Rotatable square (Q/E) — brush, snap grid and preview follow piece yaw
• Cultivator farm grid (FarmGrid-style plant snap + visual grid) — uninstall FarmGrid to avoid conflicts
• Soft square edges to reduce black voids
• Optional stamina drain (Stamina.*)
• Optional workbench-in-range for placing (Placement.RequireWorkbench, default off — works from boats)
• Configurable durability, recipe, keys
• EN / PT / ZH localization (editable JSON; drop more languages in config/TerrainShaperPlus/lang/)
• Repairable at Workbench

Support

If TerrainShaperPlus helps your builds, you can support continued maintenance:

ko-fi.com/tudoecriativo

Credits

• Special thanks to NILDEIRA from team PONEIS
• ValheimTooler / Gungnir — Terrain Shaper concepts
• TerrainTools — QoL ideas
• FarmGrid (Sarcen) — cultivator plant grid concepts
• PONEIS — Valheim 1.0 maintenance

Changelog

1.0.18

• Fix crash on load (1.0.17): Harmony patch used wrong parameter name (settings → modifier) for TerrainComp.DoOperation
• Fix Chinese item name on English clients: stop mapping unknown language codes to English (was overwriting EN strings); safer Auto language matching
• If the name is still wrong: set Localization.Language to English in config / Mod Settings

1.0.17

• Height.MaxMeters no longer hard-capped at 8 (range 1–512). Raise it to use with unlimited-height terrain mods
• Soft-square path uses the same configurable height limit (was hardcoded ±8)
• Chinese (zh) localization shipped; Language config accepts Chinese / any lang JSON in config/TerrainShaperPlus/lang/
• See TRANSLATIONS.md for adding more languages / Nexus translation packs

1.0.16

• Fix tool stopping after repeated uses: harden TerrainOp ObjectDB registration, recover failed Deserialize hashes, scrub destroyed ops
• Soft-square flag now set on DoOperation (RPC path) so raises keep applying after many places
• Ghost outline no longer disables the entire placement ghost (only _GhostOnly mesh)

1.0.15

• On-screen / README: Ctrl+Q/E rotate, Shift+scroll radius
• Farm grid size: hold Ctrl (configurable Farm.SizeModKey) + scroll to change GridSections
• Default radius modifier key set to Shift (existing configs keep their value)

1.0.14

• Fix Q/E square rotation (terrain pieces now have m_canRotate)
• Move controls hint above the hotbar
• Hide vanilla circular ghost/marker while drawing the square outline
• Tip: Farm grid is Cultivator-only (not the Terrain Shaper tool) — gray plant grid while placing seeds

1.0.13

• Config Stamina drain (Stamina.Enabled / DrainPerUse)
• Config Placement.RequireWorkbench (default off) — use from boat / shore without a bench nearby
• Rotate square grid with Q/E (Grid.FollowPieceRotation, optional RotationSnapDegrees)
• Stronger TerrainOp re-registration to reduce “tool stops working / invalid placement”

1.0.12

• Built-in Cultivator farm grid (snap + visual grid + overlap block), based on FarmGrid ideas — remove the old FarmGrid mod to avoid conflicts

1.0.11

• Craft at Workbench level 1 by default (was level 2 — recipe was hidden on basic benches)
• Hardened TerrainOp ObjectDB registration to reduce intermittent “invalid placement”
• Tip: if you already have a config file, set Crafting.MinWorkbenchLevel = 1 (old installs keep 2)

1.0.10

• Brush outline preview while placing: Width footprint (square/circle) + Height volume for raise/lower, optional inner grid (Preview.ShowBrushOutline / ShowBrushGrid)

1.0.9

• Soft square raise/lower edges (bevel) — reduces black void / “limbo” cliffs (Terrain.SoftSquareEdges)

1.0.8

• Magnetic grid snap (pulls near tile centers; less sticky)

1.0.7

• Panel default Ctrl+G; grid snap hold Alt (free aim by default)

1.0.6

• Configurable durability (MaxDurability 800, DrainPerUse 0.5)

1.0.5

• Workbench repair fix (stations + repair from WB level 1)

1.0.4

• Reset fix; grid snap; Wood + Stone recipe; max height 8 m

1.0.3

• Height × Width panel, square Raise/Lower, ObjectDB sync

1.0.2

• Scroll height, distinct icons

1.0.1

• ObjectDB TerrainOp registration for Valheim 1.0

1.0.0

• Initial release