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Range Indicator

by takaoinari · for Don't Starve Together

Show ranges by clicking, placing or hovering. Support binding key at bottom of Settings > Controls page. Features By default, use middle mouse button to click object to show/hide its range.…

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About Range Indicator

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Show ranges by clicking, placing or hovering. Support binding key at bottom of Settings > Controls page. Features By default, use middle mouse button to click object to show/hide its range.…

Show ranges by clicking, placing or hovering. Support binding key at bottom of Settings > Controls page.

Features

  • By default, use middle mouse button to click object to show/hide its range.
  • (Configurable modifier key, double click to toggle ranges of all objects of the same kind.)
  • By default, press F5 to clear all ranges in your view.
  • Show range when placing (deploy/build/plant).
  • (Geometric Placement mod's Evergreen sapling button takes control.)
  • Show range when inventory item hovered by cursor.
  • (Configurable modifier key, could be partially/completely disabled.)

Compatibility

Click to Toggle

  • Nautopilot and Nautopilot Beacon
  • Cactus: regrowth
  • Hollow Stump: regrowth
  • Cave Banana Tree: regrowth
  • Cuckoo Spinwheel: block birds
  • Cannon Tower
  • Gem Deer: Cast magical circle
  • Ice Crystaleyezer: freeze/light, generate Mini Glacier, cold
  • Scaled Furnace: heat
  • Houndius Shootius
  • T.I.N.G.L.E. Node
  • Ice Flingomatic
  • Flower, Rose, Evil Flower: Butterfly spawn range, simplified model of honey production range
  • Light Flower: regrowth
  • Icker Preserve with Scorching Sunfish: keep warm in range of Ice Crystaleyezer
  • Gunpowder, Slurtle Slime: Explosion
  • Sign, Directional Sign: block Lunar/Shadow Rift
  • Magma: burn, heat
  • Treeguard Idol
  • Lightning Rod
  • Deadly Brightshade, Grass, (Lunar) Sapling: Brightshade aggro and protect infection
  • Lureplant: Attract Wild Fire
  • Queen of Moon Quay: Risk of Pirate Raid, Red/Yellow/Green for High/Med/Low.
  • Celestial Altar/Sanctum/Tribute/Fissure: max linking distance between two Lunar Altars
  • Mysterious Energy, Lunar Siphonator: max range of meteors when spawning Celestial Champion
  • Moon Stone: cold (with a Moon Caller's Staff), attract Hounds and Werepigs
  • Mushlight, Glowcap: max light range
  • (Superior) Communal Kelp Dish: make Merms respawn faster
  • Gramophone, B.U.D.D.Y., Shell Bell: tend Farm Plants
  • Pig King: The area around must be clear to initiate Wrestling Match
  • Rabbit Hole: regrowth
  • Red Mushroom, Green Mushroom, Blue Mushroom: regrowth
  • Reeds: regrowth
  • Friendly Scarecrow: replace Crow with Canary
  • Spider Den: Attack back (other seasons and Spring), (tier 3) spawn Spider Queen with player nearby.
  • Polar Light: cold
  • Dwarf Star: heat
  • W.O.B.O.T. / W.I.N.bot
  • Support Pillar, Dreadstone Pillar
  • Tentacle: pop up, attack
  • Shadow Thurible: prevent bone cage
  • Anenemy: attack, block birds
  • Guard Tower
  • Umbralla: protection (while activated on the ground)
  • Terramite: work
  • Varg, Possessed Varg: howl and summon hounds
  • Killer Bee Hive
  • Great Tree Trunk, Above-Average Tree Trunk, Knobbly Tree and Nut: canopy shade
  • Pinchin' Winch: salvage, Above-Average Tree Trunk's canopy shade
  • Winona's Catapult: min and max attack range
  • Winona's Spotlight: normal and "spacious" light range

Place (Deploy/Build/Plant)

  • Nautopilot Kit
  • Cuckoo Spinwheel Kit: block birds
  • Scaled Furnace: heat
  • Anenemy Trap: attack, block birds
  • Icker Preserve with Scorching Sunfish: keep warm in range of Ice Crystaleyezer
  • Houndius Shootius
  • Sign, Directional Sign: block Lunar/Shadow Rift
  • Lightning Rod
  • Lureplant: Attract Wild Fire
  • Incomplete Experiment: max range of meteors when spawning Celestial Champion
  • Mushlight, Glowcap: max light range
  • Friendly Scarecrow: replace Crow with Canary
  • Guard Tower
  • Pinchin' Winch: salvage, Above-Average Tree Trunk's canopy shade

Hover on Inventory Item

  • Wickerbottom's Books
  • Wigfrid's Battle Calls
  • Nautopilot Beacon
  • Luxury Fan: cool down body temperature, put out fire
  • Gunpowder, Slurtle Slime: Explosion
  • Beefalo Horn: gather Beefalo, tend Farm Plants
  • Treeguard Idol
  • One-man Band: befriend Pigs or Bunnymen, tend Farm Plants
  • The Lazy Forager
  • Pan Flute
  • Gramophone, B.U.D.D.Y., Shell Bell, Strident Trident, Gnarwail Horn: tend Farm Plants
  • Polly Roger's Hat
  • Webby Whistle
  • W.O.B.O.T.
  • Shadow Thurible: prevent bone cage
  • Gloomerang: Attack
  • Umbralla: protection (while activated on the ground)
  • Terramite: work
  • Soul: heal after release

Console Commands

To show a custom range for entity under mouse or character, run command:


ri_show(radius, color)

First argument is radius, 4 is one tile. Second argument is optional color defaults to white, valid values are:

  • 'black'
  • 'blue' cold
  • 'green'
  • 'cyan' light
  • 'red' heat
  • 'pink' attack
  • 'yellow'
  • 'white' default

To show custom ranges for all of the same kind of entity under mouse, run command:


ri_show_all(radius, color)

To hide these ranges, run command:


ri_hide()

Or just press key bound to clear all ranges in your view.

Contributors

冰汽, Huxi, takaoinari, adai1198, (TW)Eric, liolok

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Highlights

From source data

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Last update

Its author last shipped an update 43d ago.

Range Indicator on Nxeon

From our catalogue
One-click install
Supported on Nxeon Don't Starve Together servers. We download it from Steam Workshop, place it, and restart the server.
Server load
light
Smallest plan we suggest
Don't Starve Together — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
Latest build
2026-09-22, released 2026-09-22

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
Workshop

From 1 recorded build of Range Indicator.

Run Range Indicator on a Don't Starve Together server

Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.

What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on Steam Workshop as “Workshop”

Quality of life & UI

Small conveniences, tweaks and interface improvements players notice straight away.

Compatibility

Game
Don't Starve Together

Verified at the source

  • ✓Steam WorkshopOfficial listing, checked 2026-11-01Open ↗
  • ✓Authortakaoinari, as published on Steam Workshop
  • ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree

Range Indicator, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Is it free?

Yes. Range Indicator is free to download from Steam Workshop.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

Use “Add to a server” on this page, or open NxLabs from your dashboard. We install it, restart your server and switch it on.

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