✨ WeaverEditor

Build NPCs. Create quests. Run your world.

Create conversations, shops and events for Valheim. Connect nodes to choose what happens when a player talks to an NPC, picks an answer or enters a zone.

🧩 What you can do

• 🧙 NPCs and quests: Make greeters, traders and quest givers. Group their replies, show rewards and build quests with several stages.
• 🔗 Graphs: Connect dialogue, options, conditions, waits and actions. Reuse blocks and keep large scripts in named sections.
• 📦 Content workshop: Share a whole quest or area with its linked content and uploaded media. Check missing links before publishing.
• 🛒 Player shops: Give players a Vendor Deed. They stock their shop and choose a payment item, such as Coins or Stone.
• 🎁 Kits: Give each item its own chance to appear. Wood for everyone, fancy armour for the lucky ones.
• 🌀 Travel: Create destinations and physical portals. Players use /warp or press E at a portal.
• 🏮 World tools: Place lights, pictures, flags and notes. Build camera scenes with music and subtitles.
• 🐾 Spawner patrols: Let creatures roam a radius, patrol a zone or follow points you place. Use a graph to start the encounter.
• 🤝 Community: Use clans, trading, homes, checkpoints and optional wallets.
• 🛠️ Admin tools: Manage players, edit registered skills, restore items, recover graves, clean up builds from the map and wear creature costumes.
• 🎭 Costume rewards: Give players creature movement and attacks through kits or graphs. They stay visible and take normal damage.
• 🔍 Prop hunt: Place a ready arena, join at its scoreboard and hunt the suspicious furniture with a wooden sword or crossbow.

📦 Install

Install BepInExPack Valheim, then import the ZIP into Gale or your mod manager.

Use the same build on the server or host and every client.

For a manual install, copy plugins/VariantWeaver from the ZIP into BepInEx/plugins. Keep both DLLs together.

When updating, replace the old plugin folder and keep your configs. WeaverEditor replaces Variant Weaver. The package, folder and DLL names stay the same so existing installs can update.

🚀 Get started

Open the menu

Press F8 in a world. Admins get editing tools. Players get Travel, Kits, Quests, Appearance, My Vendors, Community and Costumes, as allowed by the server.

Help a stranded Viking

Open Players → Graves, refresh the list and choose a grave. Move it to your position, coordinates or a saved recovery area. Its items stay in the original grave. Offline owners get a recovery message and map pin when they return. The walk of shame is optional.

Known players keeps player records and staff notes. History helps you find who changed what and when.

Under Players → Online, select a player and open Player skills to view or change their levels. Registered modded skills appear too. View inventory → Give item lets admins choose item quality, with tier and enchantment choices when Epic Loot is installed. Changes are checked by the server and recorded in History.

Use Dashboard → Player menu preview to check the regular player journal or a known player's saved progress. It is read only, with an Exit preview button. Your admin account stays intact.

Skill edits have a short undo window while the player's experience stays unchanged. In an inspected inventory, Copy item settings prepares a recovery item for review. Mods → Integration status shows which supported extras are available.

Player size changes yourself or an online player from 0.1× to 10×. Walking, jumping, equipped gear and camera height follow the size. Fall damage uses the character's size too. It stays saved for this world until an admin changes it or chooses Reset to 1×.

Use Set Player Size in a graph for a saved size or a temporary size inside a linked zone. Player Size conditions check the current size. Bigger players gain heavier footsteps, with a shared volume setting that starts at 50%.

Select an online player and choose Spectate to follow them with your camera. Mouse looks around, the wheel changes distance, and Esc returns to your player.

Under Settings → Player menu visibility, choose which F8 pages regular players see. You can hide Clans or Wallet without deleting anything or switching those features off. Changes also refresh an open player preview. Admins keep every page.

Changes to server settings through F1 now go to the server for approval and saving. Personal appearance and sound choices stay yours.

Ghost mode hides your normal form and costumes from other players. Devcommands keeps your position off the map, including Groups and Guilds sharing.

Fly and Ghost have separate switches. Fly gets you around; Ghost keeps the paparazzi away. Other admin mods keep their own settings.

Open Players → Builds to see structures on the world map. Show zones, select a player or area, then refresh the preview. Removal saves a restore point first. Changed or busy pieces stay put.

Player dates show their last login and last activity in real time. Filter for players away for 30, 60 or 90 days before planning a cleanup. Saved dates stay available after three months.

Make an NPC talk

Place and save an NPC. Create a graph, select the NPC and click Publish & link. Close the menu and press E to talk.

Use Quest builder to choose items, encounters, NPC visits and a reward kit. It creates a graph you can edit. Replies can have separate Quests, Conversation and Trade tabs, with a reason when an option is locked. Before publishing, review what changed and which links use the graph.

Set up kits and travel

Add kits under Community → Kits and destinations under Travel. Players open them with /kit and /warp. /warp Destination Name travels directly.

Select a kit item and set Chance (%) from 0 to 100. Each item rolls separately. Old entries stay at 100%. These chances also work for chests, graph rewards and spawner loot.

New warps appear in /warp for everyone. Turn off Show in /warp for everyone to hide a destination from players' lists and commands. Its enabled physical portals still work for everyone, including new players. The server's Public travel setting must be on.

When the server blocks restricted items, store metals, Dragon Eggs and other blocked items before travelling. Backpack contents count too. Normal portals keep their own rules.

Tamed companions following you can come along through WeaverEditor travel. Server admins choose whether this is allowed.

Open a player shop

Add a Vendor Deed to a kit and choose its NPC appearance. Players use it to place a shop, deposit stock and set a price. My Vendors holds their stock and earnings. Admins can remove shops; owners can still collect what was left inside.

Trade and find your way home

Use /trade to invite a nearby player. Both players confirm the trade. /clan, /home and /checkpoint open their menus. Set a home with /sethome Name inside your active ward. With Guilds and ProtectiveWards, a ward bound to your guild also counts.

Decorate and make scenes

Open World → Props for lights, pictures and notes. World → Scenes has camera shots, music and the shared media library. Scene dialogue has a Valheim frame, word colors and typing speed. Use Browse / Import… to add a picture or song, then save its placement or track. Only admins can place world portals and props.

Play Audio can continue when playback starts or wait until the song finishes. NPC dialogue can use word colors, typing speed, gestures and a saved voice clip.

Open Content → Content workshop to export linked content and media together, preview an import or check missing links. Imports arrive as drafts with placed content disabled, ready for you to check and enable.

Under Spawners → Patrol, choose Radius, Zone or Points. Place route points in the world, return to the menu and save the spawner. A graph's Trigger NPC Spawner action uses the saved patrol. These settings apply to future spawns; creatures still fight and flee normally.

Try a costume

Admins can open Costume, choose a model and press Wear / update costume. Creature controls use its movement and available attacks. Seagulls can walk and fly. Wings included.

Admin costumes protect you from damage and NPC targeting. Your inventory stays intact. Choose whether everyone sees an NPC bar or no bar. Your player name stays hidden. Remove costume returns you to normal. Some modded creatures need their own scripts for special abilities.

Save a Costume reward, then add Costume Claim to a kit and choose that reward. Players use the claim item and wear their unlocked looks under F8 → Costumes. Creature rewards can walk, fly and use their available attacks. Choose appearance mode for a look that keeps normal player controls. Neither gives players god mode or invisibility.

Costume access lasts 12 real hours by default, including time offline. Set a different duration or choose unlimited access in the reward settings. Admins can change a player's expiry later.

Admins can select a player under Players to remove their current costume or revoke costume rewards. Known players can have rewards revoked while offline too.

For prop hunt, open World → Prop hunt → Place ready arena. Click where you want its zone and scoreboard. Players enter the zone and press E at the board to join. Seekers use a Pro Hunt Sword or Pro Hunt Crossbow and must hit a prop directly. The crossbow needs no ammo and reloads in three seconds by default. Hidden props whistle every 30 seconds. Change weapons, timers, props and winner rewards in the event settings.

Server rules can hide the maps, remove stamina costs during a round, keep hostile creatures out and protect scenery. World → Events also lets you build your own events with timed phases and graphs for starts, results and cleanup.

Running prop hunts show a thin boundary around the arena. Change its colour, width, height and visibility under Player boundary, or use the shared Prop hunt settings. The outside warning keeps its own grace timer.

For a marketplace or custom boss area, enable Zones → Area rules → Keep ordinary enemies out. It works whenever the zone is enabled, without an event running. WeaverEditor and Odin Hates Litter encounter creatures are allowed, and wards keep their ownership and access rules. Graphs can turn protection on or off with Keep Zone Enemies Out, or check it with Zone Enemy Protection Enabled.

The wooden scoreboard shows the round timer, joined players, wins and finds while you look at it.

Props choose their first look, then press R for a random change from the event's list. The default cooldown is 30 seconds. Admins can change the cooldown and movement speed.

Change colours and text size under Settings → Appearance. Players have their own Appearance page too.

🧰 Other mods

WeaverEditor works with BepInEx on its own. Everyone needs the content mods used by your NPCs, graphs and props. Guilds, Groups, Backpacks and extra inventory integrations are optional.

Choose Guilds as the clan provider if you use it. Groups can show your party. Keep other free camera modes off while a scene plays. Custom storage and creature systems may need their own integration.

Back up the world and the whole BepInEx/config/VariantWeaver folder.

📖 Full guide · 📄 Quick guide PDF · 📝 Changelog · 📥 Downloads

Inspired by Pippi for Conan Exiles, created by Joshtech (CoOkIeMoNsTeR).

1.4.1

• Fixed vendors and travel.
• Better recovery from server lag.
• Clearer error messages.

1.4.0

• Fixed light placement in new light models

1.3.9

• Added scalable character sizes.
• Updated admin tools to be more compatible with other admin tools.
• Added spawner controls for zones.
• Fixed scrolling issues throughout the menus.

1.3.8

• Fixes and improvements.

1.3.7

• Updated Models for keys and various Deployables
• Fixes & improvements to the weaver editor
• Performance tweaks

1.3.6

A collection of bug fixes and improvements

1.3.5

A collection of bug fixes and improvements

1.3.4

A collection of bug fixes and improvements

1.3.3

• Recover existing graves, including graves owned by offline players.
• Save recovery areas and undo a move while the grave contents are unchanged.
• Search known players and keep staff notes.
• Filter history by admin, player, action and date.
• Spectate online players as an admin. Esc brings you back.
• Choose which F8 pages players see without turning their features off.
• Ghost mode hides your normal form and costumes. Devcommands keeps you off the map.
• Fixed placement menu errors and cleanup when leaving a world.

Keep your configs. Update both DLLs on the server or host and every client.

1.3.2

• Kit items now have their own drop chance.
• New warps are public. Use /warp Destination Name to travel directly.
• Fixed blocked items getting through travel, including backpack contents.
• Setting a home requires an active ward owned by you.
• Fixed creature attacks and bosses getting stuck while waking up.
• Seagulls can walk and fly. Wings included.
• Costumes protect you from damage and NPC targeting. You can hide your own name and health bar.
• Stopped random creature calls while wearing costumes.
• Clearer zone walls and readable saved menu sections.

Keep your configs. Update both DLLs on the server or host and every client.

1.3.1

• Fixed image previews getting stuck after closing or reopening them during loading.
• Stopped old media requests from interfering with a new world session.
• Fixed stale music positions after changing tracks or stopping a preempted music zone. Temporarily interrupted active music still resumes.
• Reimporting a valid file can now repair its damaged stored copy without creating another copy or bypassing the storage limit.
• Released old image textures when a saved image reply arrives more than once.
• Kept the existing menu layout, node toolbar, camera tools and saved content format.

Back up the world and BepInEx/config/VariantWeaver. Update both DLLs on the server or host and every client together.

1.3.0

• Added a shared image and music library with Windows Browse/Import, path import, thumbnails, previews, search and Replace everywhere.
• Added per-camera timeline travel, holds up to 30 seconds, Cut/Linear/Smooth transitions, drag ordering and music/subtitle cues.
• Added named groups, multi-selection, move/copy, editing locks and hidden editor markers.
• Added direct world selection with a side inspector, camera labels/path lines and Look through controls.
• Added per-placement light overrides and numeric steppers/sliders alongside the existing text fields.
• Added music-zone and boss-introduction setups that create normal editable graphs.
• Added source-specific Stop Audio, zone/track priorities, crossfades, lower-priority music restoration and startup diagnostics.
• Kept the existing node toolbar, continuous camera placement, decimal entry, hex colours and optional image backing.

Update the server or host and every client together. Back up BepInEx/config/VariantWeaver, including image/media folders, with the world.

1.2.8

• Numeric text boxes use readable input lettering and preserve unfinished numbers while editing.
• Free camera placement uses left-click and stays active for multiple points. Press Esc when finished, then Save shot.
• Added optional camera models with direction arrows for the selected shot. These do not appear during scene playback.
• Zoomed-out nodes show the action and saved asset name instead of internal IDs.
• Added bounded audio caching, background cache writes and automatic nearby-zone preloading.
• Added Preload this audio and Clear local audio cache controls.
• Kept the existing 30-second camera holds, reusable light types, hex colours, audio fades and optional image backing.

Update the server or host and every client together.

1.2.7

• Added freely positioned scene cameras with editable aim and holds up to 30 seconds.

• Camera playback hides the HUD and crosshair.

• One saved light type can place multiple lights; added hex colour entry.

• Fixed decimal entry in numeric editor fields.

• Added audio fade-in/out and cancellation of pending zone audio.

• Images can hide their wooden backing; flags can hide their pole.

• Fixed restricted-item travel using the overweight message.

• Added a confirmed Delete graph action. Linked graphs must be unlinked first.

Update the server or host and every client together.

1.2.6

• Added an image file chooser, upload previews and clearer messages.
• Fixed picture materials and image proportions.
• Cleaner Community tabs and better layouts on smaller windows.
• Fixed clipped coordinates, button alignment and placement labels.
• Players can use the centre of warp portals with E.
• Image uploads, display scale and scene audio limits can be set up to 16 in the server config.
• Server admins can edit the messages shown when an action is refused; changes reach connected players without a restart.
• Restricted-item travel now uses its own message instead of the overweight message.
• Added a confirmed Delete graph action. Graphs with saved links must be unlinked first.

Update the server or host and every client together.

1.2.5

• Admins can remove player vendors. Owners can still collect their stock and earnings.
• Added Give item and Remove item to the admin inventory view.
• NPC outfits and hair load sooner, including items that register late.
• Added placeable warp portals linked to travel destinations. Press E to travel.
• Added lights, image displays, flags, notes, camera shots and optional audio.
• Added clans, homes, checkpoints, earned ranks, player trading and optional wallets.
• Added optional Guilds membership and Groups party display.
• Cleaner navigation with grouped pages and optional button borders.

Update the server or host and every client together.

1.2.4

• Fixed vendor placement getting stuck in long mod-manager profile paths.
• Fixed local draft recovery in those profiles. Existing receipts and drafts are kept.

Update the server or host and every client together.

1.2.3

• Added player-owned vendors. Give players a Vendor Deed through a kit.
• Sell stocked items for Coins, Stone or another item. Owners collect payments in My Vendors.
• Owners can change their vendor's appearance or pack it away. Stock and earnings stay saved.

Update the server or host and every client together.

1.2.2

• Renamed the mod to WeaverEditor. Existing saves and settings carry over.
• Graph exports now use the WeaverEditor folder. Existing files move automatically.
• Fixed graph wires drawing over the menus.
• Large graphs now fit on screen. Use Focus or double-click a node to edit it.

Update the server or host and every client together.

1.2.1

• Added optional travel limits for heavy inventories and non-teleportable items.

1.2.0

• Renumbered the latest teleport-approval build to 1.2.0.
• Keeps the themed menus and movable quest tracker, updated portal/chest/scroll icons, traders, /warp, /kit, /tp, /return and player teleport approval.
• No gameplay changes in this version update.

Update the server or host and every client together.

1.1.1: Teleport approval, menu themes and quest tracker

• Player teleports now ask the destination player to accept or deny.

• Bring player here asks the player who would be moved.

• Theme-matched popup with portal icon, countdown and Esc to deny.

• Requests expire after 30 seconds, cannot be stacked, and cancel when a player leaves.

• Existing permissions, travel restrictions and Weaver-only return tracking are preserved.

• Replaced the simple warp, kit and quest symbols with a portal, supply chest and sealed scroll.

• Added the matching scroll to the quest tracker while keeping objective item icons.

• Changed the player travel command to /warp.

• Valheim-inspired frames, lettering and shared styling throughout Weaver.

• Five themes with local accent, text-size and lettering options.

• Redesigned player travel, kit and quest pages with clearer cards and item icons.

• Theme-matched quest tracker and quest update notices.

• Move the tracker by pressing Esc and dragging it. Position saves on release.

• Tracker width, scale, opacity, compact rows, quest count and position reset.

• Appearance options are available to regular players as well as admins.

This build keeps the trader, /return and player-teleport features from 1.1.10. The requested 1.1.1 label sorts below 1.1.10; use manual installation. Update the server and every client together.

1.1.10

• Larger dark-and-gold conversations with scrollable text and responses.
• Item-icon trader menus with quantities, prices, search, filters and exchange details.
• Supported existing trader graphs work without rebuilding their offers. Conditions and prices are preserved.
• Added /return for the last successful Weaver departure point only. Regular portals do not replace it.
• Added /tp <player name> and live player destinations for Teleport to player and Bring player here.
• Player teleporting requires the existing teleport permission and respects combat travel rules.

Update the server and every client together. Keep both DLLs and preserve your existing config folder.

1.1.9

• Cleaner menus with rounded frames, clearer selection and collapsible settings.
• Searchable world objects and compact kit editing with icons and quantities.
• Equal-sized nodes, graph navigation, group selection, minimap and clickable errors.
• Visible save status and local draft recovery. Optional server draft autosave.
• NPC appearance previews, smoother patrols and clearer player kits, travel and cooldowns.
• Configurable server rules, kit limits and storage cleanup with backups.

Update the server and every client together.