Rusty Heathens QoL

A standalone Valheim quality-of-life mod built for the Rusty Heathens community.

0.5.10

Player inventory

• 8 columns x 6 visible rows = 48 normal player-inventory slots.
• Dedicated Head, Chest, Legs, Back, Utility, Trinket, Ammo, and Food slots remain separate.
• Existing layout migration behavior is preserved.

Rusty Backpack client support

• Works with the server-managed Rusty Backpack in RustyHeathensServerQoL 0.5.4.
• Wave is the normal open trigger when the server uses OpenEmote = wave.
• The backpack shows 4 visible rows while larger progression capacity remains scrollable.
• The backpack-only weight readout is hidden.
• Closing with Esc stays closed until a new Wave/open action.
• The hidden dedicated backpack host is invisible/non-colliding and follows the player, so the backpack can reopen anywhere instead of only near its first open location.

Server-created chest-label compatibility

• Generated RHSQOL_ContainerSign labels from RustyHeathensServerQoL remain visible but have their colliders disabled locally.
• They cannot steal chest interaction or block walking.
• Normal player-built signs remain fully interactive/editable.

Preserved features

• Nearby-chest crafting/building with player inventory consumed first.
• Tiered proximity Auto Repair.
• Safe Quick Stack.
• Food hotkeys.
• Full-body character preview.
• Rusty GEAR grave-marker reliability improvements.
• Server-authoritative gameplay settings.

Compatibility

Do not run another mod that rewrites the same player inventory layout.

For the full Rusty Backpack and automatic chest-label experience, pair this version with RustyHeathensServerQoL 0.5.4.

Changelog

1.0.1 - 2026-10-14

• Integrate achievement support into the existing QoL plugin: ignore only the modded flag during the achievement eligibility check.
• Preserve character, item, world, difficulty, and official bypass restrictions; no direct unlocks or saved cheat-state changes.
• Retain the global modded flag and all existing QoL gameplay features.
• Keep the existing plugin GUID and network/config formats. No new dependency or ModGuard entry.
• Package source separately from the Thunderstore install ZIP.

1.0.0 - 2026-10-07

• Promote the current Rusty Heathens QoL feature set to the stable 1.0 line.
• Preserve the 6x8 inventory, dedicated equipment/food/ammo slots, Rusty Backpack, nearby-chest crafting/building, auto repair, Quick Stack, food tools, grave markers, and owner-verified automation support.
• Preserve Craft Audit R1.2 inventory-snapshot detection and delayed verification for Valheim 1.0.17.
• Quiet routine client diagnostics by default; warnings/errors remain visible and detailed diagnostics remain available through Diagnostics.VerboseLogging.
• Keep existing player, world, grave, inventory, backpack, and configuration data formats unchanged.
• Refresh Thunderstore metadata for Valheim 1.0.17 / BepInExPack Valheim 5.4.2351.

0.5.24

• Craft Audit R1.2 inventory-snapshot detection and delayed verification for Valheim 1.0.17.