VSS ValheimStorageSystem

VSS — Valheim Storage System

A shared storage and resource network inspired by the Refined Storage mod for Minecraft.

Build a book-and-quill pedestal, press E, and search all your nearby chests from one screen. Your items stay in the actual chests.

New in 0.4.0: automatically collect finished machine output with a separate storage-window master and F7 per-machine toggle. Auto-refill now uses F6 because Valheim uses G for its radial menu. Both features start Off; the 0.3.2 performance fixes and special-wood protection remain.

The storage controller and linked-chest preference button now use new icons styled to fit Valheim's inventory artwork.

| Storage controller | Chest preferences | | --- | --- | | | |

Features

• Cheap to build: Storage Inventory costs just 5 wood, with no workbench required.
• Nearby storage: combines accessible chests within 20 metres; the host can configure 1–100 metres.
• Search and sort: search item names, sort by name, quantity or category, and filter resources.
• Drag and drop: transfer items between the storage grid and your actual player inventory.
• Stack-first deposits: fills compatible partial stacks before taking new chest slots.
• Capacity at a glance: used/total slots, percentage occupied, free slots, chest count and radius.
• Chest preferences: choose the preferred resource category with the small icon beside a linked chest's normal inventory.
• Native inventory behavior: equipped-item highlights, hotbar numbers, right-click equip/unequip/use, and native notifications above the storage window.
• Craft and build from storage: workbenches, forges and other crafting stations can use linked chest resources, including upgrades and alternate-ingredient recipes. Your hammer can build using the network too.
• Station supplies: add fuel and processing inputs directly from storage to kilns, smelters, blast furnaces, fires, torches, lamps, cooking stations, ovens and other pieces using the same native components.
• Automatic refill: one master switch per storage network plus a saved on/off choice for each nearby fuel user or processing machine. Both start off.
• Automatic collection: a separate master and per-machine toggle for finished grilled/oven food, coal, metals, flour, linen and other native processing outputs. Stack-first deposits use accessible linked chests; full or busy storage leaves output available.
• Partial stacks and consumption: select Stack/Half/One and right-click stored food or mead to consume it directly.
• Co-op support: synchronized chest access, permissions and host-controlled settings. The author reported successful multiplayer testing of 0.2.4; the newer resource features need broader live co-op testing.

Wooden, reinforced and black metal chests, barrels, and accessible personal chests are supported. Chest privacy and ward permissions apply. Carts, ships, graves and temporary loot containers are excluded.

Getting started

1. Install VSS through a Thunderstore-compatible mod manager. The required BepInExPack Valheim dependency installs automatically.
2. Install the same VSS version on every player and the host/dedicated server.
3. Restart Valheim, equip your hammer and build Storage Inventory under Furniture or Storage. You need to have discovered wood normally.
4. Place the pedestal near your chests and press E to open the storage grid.

The pedestal refunds its 5 wood when removed. The window closes when you leave interaction range, die, teleport, or press Escape/Tab.

For a manual installation, install BepInExPack Valheim and copy the package's plugins/VSS folder into BepInEx/plugins. Keep VSS.dll, vss_assets and the complete ui and icons folders together. Avoid duplicate installations of the old mod.

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