About BetterBuildingMode
From ThunderstoreImproves Valheim building with Free Cam Building Mode, Area Fill, Area Repair, and Free Cam resource pickup.
Better Building Mode
Improves Valheim's building experience with Free Cam Building Mode, Area Fill, Area Repair, and Free Cam resource pickup.
Features
- Free Cam Building Mode — automatically activates when a build tool is equipped while already within range of a crafting station. The player stays stationary while the camera can move and build remotely within a fixed 100 meter radius.
- Area Fill — place two aligned reference pieces and fill the missing line or rectangular area between them. Includes material checks, existing-piece exclusion, wireframe preview, pole spacing, and a movable information display.
- Area Repair — while in building mode with the Hammer's Repair option selected, repairing a structure automatically repairs all damaged structures and objects within 50 meters of the Free Cam position.
- Free Cam Resource Pickup — dropped items within 5 meters of the Free Cam can be automatically collected while normal inventory restrictions remain in effect.
Default Free Cam Controls
| Action | Key | | --- | --- | | Forward | W | | Backward | S | | Left | A | | Right | D | | Up | Space | | Down | Left Ctrl | | Fast Move | Left Shift |
Area Fill Controls
| Action | Key | | --- | --- | | Toggle Area Fill | F8 | | Confirm Area Fill | F9 | | Cancel Area Fill | F10 | | Change Pole Spacing | F11 | | Move Area Fill HUD | Left Alt |
All Area Fill hotkeys can be customized in the configuration.
Requirements
- Valheim
- BepInExPack Valheim
- Official BepInEx Configuration Manager
Installation
Install with a Thunderstore-compatible mod manager, or place BetterBuildingMode.dll in your BepInEx/plugins folder.
Author
ArtificialIntelligence
Highlights
From source dataLoaders
Runs on BepInEx.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Last update
Its author last shipped an update 31d ago.
BetterBuildingMode on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Valheim servers, for BepInEx servers. We download it from Thunderstore, place it, and restart the server.
- Server type needed
- BepInEx
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Valheim — 4 GB (4 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 1.1.1, released 2026-10-04
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| BepInEx |
From 3 recorded builds of BetterBuildingMode.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1.1 | 2026-10-04 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 1.1.0 | 2026-10-04 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 1.0.0 | 2026-10-03 | n/a | BepInEx |
Dependencies
- Required: Official_BepInEx_ConfigurationManager (thunderstore, not in our catalogue)
- Required: BepInExPack Valheim
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run BetterBuildingMode on a Valheim server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogBuilding & decoration
Blocks, furniture, decorations and building tools.
Compatibility
- Game
- Valheim
- Loaders
- BepInEx
- Requires
- One-click install needs a BepInEx server.
Verified at the source
- ✓ThunderstoreOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-05Open ↗
- ✓AuthorArtificialIntelligence, as published on Thunderstore
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree
