NoStumpLeftBehind

Felled trees leave no stump behind. Out of the box this happens only on cultivated ground, the soil you prepare with the Cultivator, so your tree farm stays clean while the wild keeps its stumps. One line in the config file removes every stump everywhere instead, and each tree type can follow its own rule.

Only new stumps are affected. Stumps already standing in your world stay where they are.

Installation

With a mod manager (Thunderstore Mod Manager, r2modman, Gale): install it from the mod list, or click Install with App on this page. BepInExPack is installed alongside it.

By hand: install BepInExPack_Valheim first. Then unzip this package and put NoStumpLeftBehind.dll in Valheim\BepInEx\plugins\NoStumpLeftBehind\.

Start the game once, wait for the main menu and quit. The config file now exists.

Configuration

The config file is BepInEx\config\rhenn.nostumpleftbehind.cfg. Edit it with the game closed; the values are read at the next start.

• Mod manager: open your profile, click Config editor and open rhenn.nostumpleftbehind. You can change the values right there.
• By hand: open the file with Notepad. In Thunderstore Mod Manager it is at %APPDATA%\Thunderstore Mod Manager\DataFolder\Valheim\profiles\<profile>\BepInEx\config\, in r2modman at %APPDATA%\r2modmanPlus-local\Valheim\profiles\<profile>\BepInEx\config\, and for a hand install in Valheim\BepInEx\config\.

[General]

To get rid of every stump, change one line:

RemoveStumps = Always

Type values exactly as shown, capital letters included. A misspelled value is ignored and the default is used.

[Trees]

One line per tree type, used only while RemoveStumps is PerTree. Each can be Always, CultivatedOnly (the default) or Never. For example, to keep stumps in the wild but never leave an oak stump anywhere:

[General]
RemoveStumps = PerTree

[Trees]
Oak1 = Always

Tree types are named after the game's prefabs:

Any other tree that leaves a stump, from a game update or from another mod, gets its own line the first time you load a world.

Good to know about cultivated ground

• The mod checks the ground at the base of the trunk. Make sure the patch the tree stands on is cultivated, not just the ground around it.
• In the Deep North the game uses the cultivated marker for snow depth instead, so no tree there counts as standing on cultivated ground. For a Deep North tree farm, set its tree types to Always.

Turning the mod off without uninstalling it

Enabled = false

Every tree then leaves its stump, whatever the other settings say. Deleting the config file restores the defaults at the next start.

Multiplayer

Client-side. Whoever is closest to a tree decides what happens to its stump, using their own copy of the mod and their own config file. Every player who wants stumps gone needs the mod installed, and everyone should use the same settings for the same result all over the world. A player without the mod still leaves stumps behind the trees they fell. Nothing is sent from the server, the config is not synced, and a dedicated server does not need the mod.

Compatibility

No known conflicts. Trees added by other mods are picked up automatically if they leave a stump. The mod changes one thing only: whether the stump object is created when a tree falls. Logs, wood drops, and existing stumps are untouched. Only a mod that replaces the game's own stump-spawning code outright could interfere.

Something not working?

• There is no config file. The mod did not load. Open BepInEx\LogOutput.log in the same profile and search for NoStumpLeftBehind. If the name is not there, the mod is not installed in that profile.
• A stump still appears on cultivated ground. Check the value for typos, check that the ground under the trunk is cultivated, and remember that the Deep North never counts.
• A tree line has no effect. RemoveStumps in [General] must be PerTree. Any other value overrides every tree line.
• You want to see what the mod decided. Every felled tree writes one line at the Debug log level. BepInEx hides those by default; add Debug to LogLevels under [Logging.Disk] in BepInEx\config\BepInEx.cfg to see them in LogOutput.log.

Bugs and feedback

Include the mod version and your BepInEx\LogOutput.log in any report. Source code and a bug tracker are not published yet; a link will be added here when they are.

Changelog

1.0.0

• First release.
• Stumps are removed on cultivated ground by default; wild trees keep theirs.
• General.RemoveStumps switches every tree at once: PerTree, Always, CultivatedOnly or Never.
• One [Trees] entry per tree type, all 23 vanilla stump-leaving trees included from the first launch. Trees from game updates or other mods are added automatically when a world loads.
• Valheim 1.0.12, BepInExPack_Valheim 5.4.2350.