Hearthwife

Hearthwife

A homestead wife for your Valheim home — presence, chores, and comfort around a wooden idol.

By blackhearthx. Single-player focused. Follows your game language (EN, PT-BR, DE, FR, ES, and more).

> Place one idol → she lives in the circle → cook, gather, repair, keep the fire, rest.

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How to use (tutorial)

1. Place the idol

Hammer → Furniture → Wife Idol. Only one idol per world is allowed.

She appears near the idol. The blue circle is her home area.

2. Controls (look at the idol)

| Key | Action | | --- | --- | | E | Open her chest | | Shift+E | Open the menu | | Crouch+E | Call her back / unstuck (bring to the idol) |

Looking at her (not the idol): E talks when she is free.

3. Choose a lifestyle (menu → Home)

| Mode | What she does | | --- | --- | | Home life | Presence only — stroll, sit, sleep. No chores. | | Balanced | Works with pauses between tasks. | | Hardworking | Prioritizes chores; idle only when nothing to do. |

Also on Home: set her name and bed (look at a bed and press E when prompted).

4. Chores (menu → Work)

Turn on what you want inside the idol circle:

• Keep fires / torches lit (optional wood reserve in base chests)
• Repair buildings
• Prepare meals (uses food from her idol chest)
• Gather bushes and floor items (pick categories: berries, mushrooms, herbs…)

5. Life / presence (menu → Life)

Optional comforts: sit on chairs, sit by the fire, daytime nap, home comfort bonus, map pin (heart), warn on house damage, affection when you stand near her.

Tips

• Put wood / food she needs in her idol chest (and base chests for fire wood reserve).
• If she freezes or gets stuck: Crouch+E on the idol once.
• Night: she walks to her assigned bed to sleep (if day/night is enabled).
• Rain: in Home life she prefers shelter; work modes keep working.

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Como usar (PT-BR)

1. Coloque o ídolo

Martelo → Mobília → Ídolo da esposa (só um por mundo).

2. Controles (olhando o ídolo)

| Tecla | Ação | | --- | --- | | E | Abrir o baú dela | | Shift+E | Abrir o menu | | Agachar+E | Chamar / destravar (traz ao ídolo) |

Olhando ela: E conversa quando estiver livre.

3–5. Menu

• Aba Lar: modo Vida no lar / Misto / Trabalhadora, nome e cama.
• Aba Tarefas: fogo, reparo, refeições, recolher.
• Aba Vida: sentar, conforto, pin no mapa, carinho…

O idioma do menu segue o idioma do Valheim. As imagens do tutorial em inglês (acima) mostram o mesmo fluxo.

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Requirements

• BepInExPack Valheim
• Jötunn

Config

After first launch: BepInEx/config/com.blackhearthx.hearthwife.cfg

Identity

| | | | --- | --- | | Package | blackhearthx-Hearthwife | | GUID | com.blackhearthx.hearthwife |

Do not change the GUID after release.