SlowHeim, Take It Easy!

Welcome to SlowHeim! A modpack focused on a vanilla+ experience that offers a much slower pace and a bit more of a challenge than normal, especially when it comes to surviving the environment.

I made this modpack for my young children and I for a family server playthrough. I uploaded this to Thunderstore to make it easier to manage updates for us. Before playing this modpack, please keep in mind it was made solely for my family's vision of what Valheim should be, with mods.

All of my changes are documented below.

Performance Warning!

This modpack has 80+ mods. My goal was to add mods that I thought were necessary and that performed optimally as well. Still, it is a lot of mods and it does take a hit on performance.

• Game startup time for me is ~2m48s. Your screen may be white and even warnyou that Valheim is not responding -- just click to "wait" for the program to respond, it will load!
• 18-19GB memory utilization with under 5000 total instances
• 50% utilization on a 4070ti
• See the troubleshooting section below for additional performance enchancing tips

Special Thanks

A special thanks to Majestic. His modpacks JewelHeim, RelicHeim, and RTMN are by far the best modpacks in Valheim and have given us hundreds of hours of fun and enjoyment. I learned how to modify various mod files because of his packs, and have reused a lot of his configs in this modpack as well.

Who Might Enjoy This Modpack?

• You enjoy vanilla Valheim but want more of a challenge without straying to far from the original game and concept
• You find Valheim's world to be too small and would like to slow down progression by simply making some things more difficult, especially exploration
• Not afraid of a grind
• Want a lot of options for armor and weapons

Modpack Overview

• NoMap playthrough! The map has been moved to the Cartography table and you must plan ahead
• New raids
• Portals have been disabled but are replaced with craftable Waystones which act very similar, but add a cooldown based on your travel distance
• Access to magic much earlier through Therzie's Wizardry
• Southsil armor adds alternatives to Therzie's armory additions - find a style you like!
• ValheimEnchantingSystem to further upgrade your weapons and armor
• There are buffs and debuffs for each season
• Storms will negatively impact you, eventually leading to death - bring camping supplies!
• You will not be able to repair any items until you get to bronze
• All creatures can now be 0-3 stars, with bosses being 2-5 stars. Oceans are bit more dangerous with faster serpents
• Plants and trees will grow much, much more slowly and are not harvestable during winter
• Smelting ore and all conversions now take 5x longer
• A wandering trader will sometimes arrive, and he now buys a few more hunting and fishing related items and sells VES upgrade scrolls
• Building pieces like Corewood, Glass, more vanilla pieces, etc. have been added
• A couple mods that attempt to help with network performance if you are playing with friends
• Lord of the Rings music overhaul (disable the LotR music mod AND the CustomAudio mod if you do not like this)

World Modifiers

I would suggest you make the following changes on your world:

• Player-based raids
• Everything else default

Detailed Changes - A Must Read!

These are the changes I have made to the game. I've added nearly 80+ mods and configured quite a few of them as I see fit. Here you will find those changes and learn more details about this modpack.

• KG's ValheimEnchantmentSystem
  • Disabled the VES crafting system
  • Item ugprade scrolls can now only be found or purchased from Haldor
  • Since crafting is no longer possible, chance to upgrade has been slightly increased
• Mods by Therzie
  • Therzie adds in so much content and has rounded out game completion
  • If you are unsure of how the Wizadry or Armor work, you need to read his Wiki, which can be found here
  • Furthermore, I would suggest joining his Discord if you are stumped or have questions about the new magic and armory additions
• Smoothbrain's CLLC
  • Creatures can be 0-3 stars, roughly 50% chance for a star. Bosses can be 3-6 stars, weighted heavily at 3 and 4 stars
    • All bosses and creatures have a chance to spawn with special affixes and prefixes
• Smoothbrain's Skills
  • Farming: Increases yield and regrowth time as you level. You can ignore biome for planting at level 65, can plant more crops at once every 15 levels, and at level 40 you can see growth %
  • Foraging: Increase yield and regrowth time as you level
  • Lumberjacking: Increasing damage to trees and yield as you level
  • Mining: Starting at level 35 you have a very small chance of an ore exploding in one hit, this chance incrases as you level
  • PackHorse: Increases carry weight as you level
• Smoothbrain's TimedItemDestruction
  • Items on the ground are removed in one hour with player floors being exempt
• Smoothbrain's Backpack
  • A backpack can be crafted which reduces the weight of items placed inside by 35% that starts with 3 inventory slots. This backpack can be upgraded in each biome until a maximum of 20 slots are achieved
• Smoothbain's PassivePowers
  • The Forsaken Powers are now passive and you may have two at once. Use power one or two by holding F and tapping 1 or 2. The active state lasts 60 seconds and has a 10 minute cooldown
• Shudnal's GammaOfNightLights
  • Days have been doubled to 60 minutes. To preserve the vanilla day/night ratio, this means daytime is increased to 42 minutes and nighttime increased to 18 minutes
• Shudnal's ExtraSlots
  • Two additional inventory rows, and slots for armor, food, arrows, and utilities
• Shudnal's Waystones
  • You can craft a Waystone like you would a portal. Activate it, sit in front, click E, and look around to find other Waystones or your home
  • You can lower wait time by using neck, deer, troll, and boss trophies on a Waystone
• RustyMods' Seasonality:
  • The Valheim "year" last 16 hours. Expect a long winter and summer, short fall and spring
  • Spring - "A time of renewal."
    • Health Regeneration +35%
    • Movement speed +10%
    • Carry weight -75
  • Summer - "Cattle die, kinsmen die, you yourself die just the same."
    • Damage +10%
    • Stamina Regeneration +15%
    • Eitr Regeneration +15%
    • Carry weight +250
    • Experience gain -50%
  • Fall - "The bounty before the dark."
    • Experience gain +10%
    • Movement speed +10%
    • Carry weight +100
  • Winter - "Hard times teach hard lessons."
    • Experience gain +25%
    • Movement speed -10%
    • Carry weight -150
    • Health Regeneration -15%
• RustyMods' IncineratorControl
  • The Incinerator now functions as a recycler returning 50% crafting materials and is buildable with a workbench and requires copper, tin, and a surtling core
• Mods by ZenDragon
  • Craftable compass
    • You will be able to make a compass once you find a resource common in the Black Forest...
  • Assign an item to a sign to see nearby resources
    • Simply "use" your item on a sign. Then, hit "E" (Find) when looking at your sign and it will highlight the chest where the resources are
  • Cartography table will explore a full 1000m radius over the course of 10 in-game days
    • Even though you are playing "NoMap", having multiple cartography tables throughout the world will slowly build a full map
    • Take note breaking the table destroys map data. If you would like to move your table, you must do so by taking advantage of the ZenRedecorate mod - instructions at the bottom of this section
  • You cannot place pins on the map like normal. You must craft a
  • Item stands now acts like chests
  • Beehives now act as chests
  • You will not consume as much stamina on paths
  • You can pick up and replace furniture, without destroying it
    • Hold Left Control and Left-Click your furniture piece. Move it and Left-Click to place it
  • Terrain can only be slightly modified to encourage proper base fortification
• Mods by Blacks7ar
  • You will regen health very, very quickly while seated next to a fire
  • You will get much more resources as your Hunting skill increases, 3x at level 100
  • Added in corewood and glass build pieces, collectors (guck, tar, resin), new hip location for one handed weapons, and the Herbalist skill
    • Crafting costs lowered for the collectors and they hold 50 items instead of 10
  • New Herbalist skill with potions and tonics and new plants
• Mods by Azumatt
  • Mistroots regrowth 10m -> 30m
  • AAA Crafting
  • You can only repair your items by crafting a RepairStation -- make sure to bring one with you!
• FactoriaTeam's MakeTowerShieldsGreatAgain
  • All vanilla shields and then I added in all of Therzie's tower shields
  • Tower shields are legitimate now and will far exceed a buckler's worth if you're truly just trying to block
• OdinPlus' Mods
  • Campsite (Raelaziel)
    • You can craft a Small Campfire, Sleeping Bag, Small Tent, and Big Tent. The Sleeping Bag and Tents require Campfire Resources. These recipes are changed from the original mod -- you will want to make sure you have plenty of Campfire Resources with you while traveling
  • TrainingPlace (Raelaziel, KG, and Gravebear)
    • Adds the ability to train your skills up, but all "vitamins" have been disabled
    • I feel like this offers massive potential for abuse, but 5% experience on death is a pretty big deal afterall!
  • Traveling Haldor (Gravebear)
    • Traveling Haldor has a 50% chance to spawn every 5 days, after you have defeated Eikthyr. Once spawned, you can trade with him for 10 minutes before he leaves
  • OdinHorse (Raelaziel)
    • Horses are a very rare spawn in the Meadows on clear days
  • Basements
    • Since we cannot modify terrain anymore, this mod will allow you build a pretty expensive basement to help store your goods
• ProbablyKory's StormExposure
  • You will die during storms if you do not seek shelter. You will receive stamina regen and movement speed debuffs before slowly dying
• TastyChickenLegs' NoSmokeStayLit
  • Torches and braziers will stay lit indefinitely, turning on/off for day/night cycles, but all other fire sources require fuel and DO make smoke
• Mods by VentureValheim
  • All locations are reset every 20 in-game days unless you have built something inside
  • More Serpents
  • MiningCaves
• Kam1goroshi's BetterFishing
  • Fishing progresses much faster and starting at level 30 you will boost your chance of better quality fish
• Advize's PlantEverything
  • Crops, mushrooms, and trees now grow much more slowly. The longest item growth will be 8 hours with the shortest being 3 hours. Biome enforcement is on until your farming gets to level 65
• [ThisModpack]
  • You can now build a Shield Generator with tin, copper, and surtling cores to help protect you from storms
  • Serpents are much faster and will be able to strike your boat with a more vicious bite
  • Haldor now buys fish, neck meat, deer meat, serpent meat, and more! Hunting and fishing could be lucrative
  • Stonecutter no longer requires iron and can be crafted with resources from the Black Forest

Troubleshooting

• You can modify these mods in-game by pressing F1 or by opening the config files themselves locally. I would recommend vscode if you're wanting to edit config files locally, but Notepad++ and even Notepad do work
• This modpack was tested primarily on a 12th Gen i7-12700F, 4070ti, 48GB memory, and a Kingston SNV2S1000G with max graphics setting, and it runs perfectly fine. My kids played on older i7/i5s with an RTX 2060 and 16/32GB of memory and slightly lower graphics settings, and not a single issue either
• Memory consumption issues can be a thing
  • Disable CustomAudio and Lord of the Rings Music to lower memory usage 7-8GB. You must disable both
• Poor performance
  • Though terraforming is restricted, excessive flattening can cause lag
  • Use F2 to monitor your instances and stay as low as you can. Anything over 10,000 is definitely going to be a bad time
  • See the Section 2: Optimize Boot Configuration for Better FPS section at the RobThePCGuy's Performance Mod Guide. We see considerable boost in performance when using these options
• If you do not like the UI I put together, disable the "MinimalUI" mod. Alternatively, you can press "F7" at any time and use right-click to cycle through the various screens in which you can drag-and-drop how you'd like
• When installing on a server, make sure you're not adding the client-side mods. Use WinSCP to upload the mods via FTP

Server Installation

• Disable SmoothSave on clients if you are uploading these mods to a server
• Copy everything to your server except for these mods:
• LocalizationCache
• MinimalUI
• CustomAudio
• Lord of the Rings Music
• BepInEx Configuration Manager
• Once the above mods have been removed, shut your server down and copy your entire BepInEx folder to the server
• Watch Stoned Prophet's Complete Starter's Guide as an excellent resource for setting up your server!

Contact

If you enjoy this modpack and want to provide any feedback or have questions, feel free to reach out!

• config_this on Discord
• The only "Valheim" Discords I'm in is CookieMilk, ZenDragon, and Filthy Casuals

Changelog

2.4.3

• Mods removed:
  • YouGotMail: Cool mod, but just not enough configuration options. Easily abusable on a nomap/large world playthrough.
  • ValheimEnchantmentSystem: Great mod, but KG deprecated and said he is no longer supporting it.
• Config Changes:
  • Bosses can now spawn 2 stars as well as 3, 4, and 5. Weighted towards 4 and 5 stars.
  • Bosses now only gain 10% extra damage per star, instead of 20%.
  • Mending has been nerfed to spawn less often on bosses and also with a lower "healing factor." This may need to be entirely removed, as it appears it may often be bugged.
  • Prices for trader modified, VES scrolls removed.
  • Haldor now has a 33% chance to spawn every 4 days instead of every 3 days.

2.4.2

• Mods added: FixRezPopup, an in-house mod to fix compatibility between Discord Screenshots and Resurrection.
  • You must click your screen or use a button after death to bring the Resurrection GUI back on-screen. Pressing escape will immediately respawn you.
• Mods updated: OdinHorse, ZenModLib, ZenCompass, ZenUI, ZenMap, ZenConstruction.
• Configuration changes:
  • Horse and Cart no longer display on map.
  • Tin OreMine drop rates increased.
  • Readded the vanilla roll to ZenCombat by default.
  • Two quickslots were enabled, two extra utilities removed.

2.4.1

• Mod added:
  • ZenUseItem

2.4.0

• Mods removed:
  • UpgradeWorld and ServerDevcommands.
  • Just seems like more of an admin function and also it added coordinates to the map if you are a server admin.
• Mod added:
  • Discord Screenshots: this mod won't do anything unless you add your webhook URL.
• Mod updates: ZenUI, ZenMap, ZenConstruction, ZenCompass.
• Multiple mod configuration changes:
  • Moved repair function back to workbenches. RepairStation is still valuable as you can repair in the field without upgraded Forges.
  • CLLC: "Shielded" boss affix chance lowered from 15% to 10%, damage reduction lowered from 50% to 25%.

2.3.0

• Multiple mod configuration changes:
  • OreMines: Reduced the amount of ore that spawns in each mine. Increased number of mines during worldgen. The mod either isn't created well or has issues with RiverHeim + EWZ as only flint and copper mines spawn with any consistency.
  • Hunting: Attempting to remove all creatures from displaying on portable map.
• Mod additions:
  • ZenCompass: With Surtling Cores, you can now craft a compass. Malfunctions during SnowStorms, ThunderStorms. Craft with feathers, flint, bones, and a surtling core at a level 2 Forge.
  • PlantEasily: Client-side only mod to help with your love of beautiful farms.
  • PassWard: A simple and resource effective way to share your ward in a way that WardIsLove refuses to do! P+LeftShift to add password and R+LeftShift to remove password. Simple solution that doesn't completely ruin the entire game, like WardIsLove does.
  • MultiUserChest: Well, because!
  • AzuAntiCheat: Well again, because!
• Mod updates: BepInExPack Valheim, Jotunn, Zen ModLib, ZenWorldSettings, ZenUI, ZenDistributor, ZenMap, OdinHorse, and OdinsFoodBarrels.
• Mod removal: WardIsLove. Great idea but just an incredibly overpowered mod with terribly limited configuration settings. Bad for players and bad for players who enjoy Valheim.

2.2.2

• Backpacks mod removed. It has coding issues and causes numerous bugs.
• Forgot to add dependency for ZenContruction 0.6.5

2.2.1

• ZenSign: Changed configuration to allow color/size to be added to the signs like in vanilla.
• ZenBossStone change: A boss trophy drops for each person that is logged onto the server when the boss dies. This is because it takes one boss kill to get the passive and three boss kills to get the active and in a group, this would require a lot of boss farming. Too much!
• ZenMap change: Cartography Table exploration radius lowered from 7.5k to 5k. We felt 7.5k was just too revealing.
• RepairStation change: No longer need a crafting table to build it. This is so you can bring it with you and repair in the field.
• OdinHorse: Horses now spawn in day and night in the Black Forest as opposed to only night. Night only sounded good in theory but made it just too difficult to get a horse.
• PlantEverything: Removed Biome restriction. The map is just too big to be managing farms in each biome without portals. Plant everything at your base now.
• Mod updates: Zen ModLib, ZenCombat, ZenConstruction, ZenWorldSettings, ZenBossStone, ZenRecyle, and OdinCampsite

2.2.0

• Removed Majestic's Custom Raids. For currently unknown reasons, the Custom Raids do not respect keys. Will test offline and see if there is a solution
• VES Boss chance for Blessed Scrolls lowered from 100% to 50%
• Updates to ZenWorldSettings and ZenHoverItem
• Enabled colored/sized fonts for Signs

2.1.0

• New mods in support of the SlowHeim Server
• Bosses now spawn with 3-5 stars with 20% damage per star, up from 2-4 stars and 10% damage per star
• Wooden Bolts recipe removed
• ChiliPepper health and stamina reduced to 12/12 instead of 22/22 for balance - more foods likely to be balanced as I play
• Added the following mods: YouGotMail, FastLink, ServerCharacters, CombatOwner, NetworkTweaks, and OreMines

2.0.0

• Completely rebuilt modpack
• Added EWZ for a 4.5x worldsize

1.1.2

• CLLC boss changes: Mending 1 -> .60, Chance of Mending Affix 15% -> 10%, Chance of Summoner Affix 15% -> 20. May need to completely remove at some point, not sure
• Hunting yield at level 100 changed from 2 -> 3

1.1.1

• Added Resurrection mod to make co-op exploration more fun
• Wood burns slightly faster in Spring and Summer than default
• TimedItemDestruction - locked config
• Removed Spawn That
• Removed Drop That
• Removed LocalizationCache
• Updated ZenModLib
• Updated ZenRedecorate
• Updated Readme

1.1.0

• Wood burns slightly faster in Spring and Summer
• Removed ZenCompass. Really cool mod but without a charging/repair feature, its just too OP and breaks immersion
• Updated OdinHorse, made horses a tad bit more rare
• Updated FPSPlus but I don't know why, another author who refuses changelogs lmao
• Updated Readme

1.0.9

• Forgot to add RenderLimits config
• Set default season to Spring, Day 1

1.0.8

• Added FPSPlus, multiple tests reported very significant FPS gains
• Added RenderLimits as I was wanted to see a little more grass
• Added StartupAccelerator, lots of reports this mod sucks but until I see that it actually breaks something I'll keep using it
• Added Riverheim, finally! the first person to make worldgen mods that actually works. lol
• Added ResinGuard, an Azumatt mod I know I know but this might be the only mod he has made that has an ounce of creativity
• Added ZenRaids, a fantastic modder and alters how raids work in a very cool way
• Removed TrashItems, you can build incinerator during bronze age to remove items
• Removed GammaOfLights, day length settings covered by Seasons
• Removed TastyChickenLeg's NoSmokeStayLit - ruins a core game mechanic
• Removed Seasonality, Rusty and Blaxxun refuse(d) to fix the comaptibility isses with their mods. Not worth the headaches from these two modders. This was the original reason I had to pause this modpack and our playthrough. Plus, Shudnal did a better job
• Removed StormExposure, great mod but other abandoned
• Removed OdinArchitect, yuck mod
• Removed Mistroot and AAA crafting mods, Azumatt is another mod author I'd like to completely get away from. These mods just remove core mechanics
• GlassPieces removed, yuck mod
• DeepNorth removed, just adds so much overhead for zero value
• Removed Therzie Fire and Ice, zero value
• Added Armory Small, cool, was much needed. Thanks Majestic
• Added Seasons, much better performance, much more responsive mod author
• Removed sky tree, it just looks terrible
• Beehives util removed, not necessary

1.0.7

• Updated MonstrumDeepNorth, ExtraSlotsCustomSlots, GammaOfNightLights, Loyal Spears, Waystons, and Spawn That
• Lowered amount of loot starred creatures are dropping
• Still keeping an eye on save issue... appears it is caused by SmoothSave and Farming and how they are interacting with another mod. They are just removed for now

1.0.6

• Removing Smoothbrain's Farming... this was doing something to the character, maybe, and preventing saving as well
• VES scroll chance lowered from 10% *> 7%
• Removed Shudnal's Slots for arrows and food from displaying in the UI

1.0.5

• Removing SmoothSave as it is preventing all saving

Version 1.0.4

• Ugh, used an old url for my picture in the readme

Version 1.0.3

• Compatible with 0.220.3
• 25 mod updates, added in updated configs as well

Version 1.0.2

• Removed unused Exploration config
• Added a 2% exp loss on death for the Farming skill
• Altered Seasonality so it starts in Spring, time set to 0

Version 1.0.1

• Fixed a typo in the Readme

Version 1.0.0

• Initial Release