About HenEggPickup
From ThunderstoreAutomatically collect chicken eggs once enough adult hens are nearby. Configurable flock size and detection radius. Client-side settings, no server sync, and manual pickup preserved.
Hen Egg Pickup
2.x targets Valheim 1.0, built and checked against 1.0.16. Use the 1.x releases for Ashlands.
Automatically collect chicken eggs when your flock has enough adult hens nearby.
Features
- Requires 12 living adult hens within 10 metres of you by default.
- Configurable hen count and detection radius; chicks do not count.
- Leaves chicken eggs alone below the threshold, even if another mod enables their pickup flag.
- Uses the game's automatic pickup range, toggle, inventory capacity, and weight checks.
- Manual pickup remains available at any flock size.
- Client-side only, with local settings and no server synchronization.
Configuration
Launch once to generate BepInEx/config/com.ziluck.valheim.heneggpickup.cfg.
| Setting | Default | Meaning | | --- | --- | --- | | Enabled | true | Enable conditional egg pickup. Disabling restores normal game/mod behavior. | | Minimum Hens | 12 | Adult hens required; configurable from 1 to 1000. | | Hen Detection Radius | 10 | Metres from the player to hens; configurable from 1 to 100. |
The count includes loaded, living Hen creatures, whether fed or hungry. Distance includes height; walls do not block detection. Only chicken eggs are affected. Eggs still need to be within your normal item pickup range. At the threshold, manually dropped eggs can also be collected automatically.
Install on each client that wants this behavior. Installing only on a dedicated server has no effect on clients. Each player controls their own settings.
Optional mods
- ConfigurationManager lets you edit settings in game.
- Animal Feed Guard protects food near tamed animals. Its pickup filter remains in effect.
- AutoPicker is optional; its installed harvesting loop is separate from ground-item pickup.
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Requires BepInExPack Valheim.
Links
Highlights
From source dataLoaders
Runs on BepInEx.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Last update
Its author last shipped an update 30d ago.
HenEggPickup 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
- 2.0.2, released 2026-10-06
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| BepInEx |
From 3 recorded builds of HenEggPickup.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0.2 | 2026-10-06 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 2.0.1 | 2026-10-01 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 2.0.0 | 2026-10-01 | n/a | BepInEx |
Dependencies
- Required: BepInExPack Valheim
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run HenEggPickup 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 catalogGameplay & overhauls
New mechanics, content and overhauls that change how the game plays.
Compatibility
- Game
- Valheim
- Loaders
- BepInEx
- Requires
- One-click install needs a BepInEx server.
Verified at the source
- ✓ThunderstoreOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-06Open ↗
- ✓AuthorDocZee, as published on Thunderstore
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree
