About Better Valheim
From ThunderstoreAn expanded Valheim experience with new weapons, magic, progression, exploration, building options and quality-of-life improvements while preserving the spirit of the original game.
⚔️ Better Valheim
An enhanced Valheim experience — more content, deeper progression, same soul.
New weapons, magic, progression, exploration, building options and quality-of-life improvements — carefully combined into one expanded Valheim experience.
✨ What's inside?
⚔️ Combat & Gear
More weapons, improved archery and additional combat options for different playstyles.
🧙 Magic & Progression
New skills, powers, mastery and character-development systems that add more depth to long playthroughs.
🗺️ Exploration
More world locations, new points of interest and improved tools for discovering the world.
🏗️ Building & Farming
Expanded construction, planting and building utilities for larger and more detailed settlements.
🎒 Quality of Life
Better inventory and storage management, crafting improvements, UI enhancements and many small conveniences.
💎 Loot & Equipment
Enhanced item progression and additional ways to find, improve and use powerful equipment.
🌲 Vanilla+
Better Valheim is built around one idea: expand Valheim without losing what makes Valheim feel like Valheim.
The pack adds new systems and content while keeping the original survival, exploration, building and progression loop at its core.
> Build. Explore. Survive.
📦 Installation
The easiest way to play is through r2modman or another Thunderstore-compatible mod manager.
- Install Better Valheim from Thunderstore.
- Let the mod manager download all dependencies.
- Launch Valheim through the selected profile.
- For multiplayer, make sure everyone uses the same modpack version.
🌐 Multiplayer
Better Valheim is designed for multiplayer play.
For the most consistent experience, the server and all players should use the same Better Valheim version and configuration.
⚙️ Configuration
The pack includes configuration and synchronization tools for adjusting the experience and keeping multiplayer settings consistent.
Gameplay-changing settings can be customized to fit your server or group.
🙏 Credits
Better Valheim is a community modpack built on the work of the individual Valheim mod authors.
All included mods remain the property of their respective creators. Please visit the individual mod pages for their licenses, documentation and support information.
A huge thank you to everyone who creates and maintains mods for the Valheim community. ❤️
Better Valheim 1.0.0
More content. Deeper progression. Better quality of life.
Highlights
From source dataLoaders
Runs on BepInEx.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Last update
Its author last shipped an update 38d ago.
Better Valheim 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 2026-09-28
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| BepInEx |
From 7 recorded builds of Better Valheim.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0.2 | 2026-09-28 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 2.0.1 | 2026-09-28 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 2.0.0 | 2026-09-28 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 1.2.0 | 2026-09-16 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 1.1.0 | 2026-09-14 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 1.0.1 | 2026-09-14 | n/a | BepInEx |
Dependencies
- Required: JsonDotNET
- Required: Jotunn
- Required: EpicLoot
- Required: ConditionalConfigSync
- Required: MyLittleUI
- Required: EquipmentAndQuickSlots (thunderstore, not in our catalogue)
- Required: Skip Intro Video
- Required: Teleporter Overhead Text
- Required: YamlDotNet
- Required: balrond better build
- Required: Server devcommands
- Required: ValheimCommunityPatch
- Required: CommunityPatchExtras
- Required: More World Locations AIO
- Required: Unshamed (thunderstore, not in our catalogue)
- Required: Better Wisps
- Required: ProgressivePowers
- Required: CraftMeOnce (thunderstore, not in our catalogue)
- Required: VNEI (thunderstore, not in our catalogue)
- Required: balrond core optimizer
- Required: BetterArchery
- Required: MissingPieces
- Required: PlantEverything
- Required: ValheimArmory
- Required: Warfare
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run Better Valheim 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 catalogWeapons, items & crafting
New weapons, gear, items and the recipes to make them.
Compatibility
- Game
- Valheim
- Loaders
- BepInEx
- Requires
- One-click install needs a BepInEx server.
Verified at the source
- ✓ThunderstoreOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓Authorlinad, as published on Thunderstore
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree
