Fuel From Chests

Add fuel and ore directly from nearby chests to smelters, blast furnaces, charcoal kilns and fireplaces. Cooking-station fuel is also supported.

Controls

• E: add one item.
• Shift + E: fill the available capacity.
• Left Alt + E: use the normal game interaction without chest pulling.

These controls use the default interaction key. Materials in the player inventory are used first, followed by nearby chests.

Features

• Configurable range: 1–100 metres, default 32.
• Fine wood and core wood are excluded by default.
• Uses accessible player-built chests; skips graves, occupied chests and containers excluded by SeneaL UI.
• Works independently of SeneaL UI and leaves crafting and building unchanged.
• Refills on interaction, not in the background.

Installation and settings

Requires BepInExPack for Valheim. Install on every player, the host and any dedicated server. Do not enable Craft From Containers alongside this mod.

Range, excluded materials and controls can be changed in BepInEx/config/com.valheim.fuelfromchests.cfg. Settings are local to each installation.

Notes

In multiplayer, use E or Shift + E. Avoid Alt bypass or hotbar item use while another player is refilling the same station: items may be lost during a simultaneous handoff.

Version 0.1.0 passes automated checks; in-game and multiplayer testing is still pending. Other station or container mods may need compatibility support.

Changelog

0.2.1

• Fixed a startup conflict with SmarterHoe that disabled chest loading, the resource picker and hover hints.
• Kept SmarterHoe's wheel behavior while preventing camera zoom during resource selection.
• Unknown camera-wheel replacements no longer prevent the mod from starting.

0.2.0

• Added an Alt + E resource picker with mouse and keyboard controls.
• Added separate remembered choices for each station type's fuel and input.
• Made E and Shift + E use only the selected resource, without falling back when it is unavailable.
• Added hover instructions for supported station interactions.
• Removed the former Left Alt bypass control; Left Alt is now the default resource-selection key.

0.1.0

• Added nearby-chest fuel and ore pulling for supported station interactions.
• Added normal-interact single transfer, Shift + interact capacity fill, and Left Alt bypass behavior.
• Added configurable 1-100 metre range with a 32 metre default.
• Added player-inventory priority and eligibility checks for nearby player-built chests.
• Excluded fine wood and core wood from automatic wood selection by default.
• Added optional recognition of SeneaL UI's no-craft container flag without requiring SeneaL UI.