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Coal Control

by MaxFoxGaming · for Valheim

A small mod to adjust how much coal the smelter gives per wood type used.

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32d agoLast updated
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About Coal Control

From Thunderstore

A small mod to adjust how much coal the smelter gives per wood type used.

Coal Control

Make Deforestation a Thing of the Past!

This is a simple mod that will allow you to change how much coal is given out by any smelter returning coal as an output (non-vanilla ones will work too!)

Why use this mod?

Well, if...

  • You're not a fan of deforesting an entire area to smelt your ores
  • You wish different types of wood gave different amounts of coal
  • You want to streamline the smelting process a bit, without changing other drop rates

... then this mod might just be for you!

What can be changed?

Any smelter or kiln type workstation that gives coal as an output can now be changed to give more than one. You can specify different types of wood to give different amounts of coal all in an easy configuration file.

Configuration

By default:

  • Wood gives 2 coal per piece
  • Fine wood gives 1 coal per piece
  • Core wood gives 3 coal per piece

To change the values, locate your config file maxfoxgaming.coalcontrol.cfg in your Bepinex config folder, and you will see an option that looks like this:

Wood:2,Finewood:1,RoundLog:3

Each entry in the config has the format {Type of Wood}:{Amount of Coal Returned} separated by commas for each. The wood type must match the prefab name, NOT the localized name. To find prefab names, you can look in the Valheim Wiki.

Can I add other wood types to the smelter with this mod?

You cannot tell the smelter which types of wood can be accepted. However, if you are using a mod like WackysDatabase and have added more wood types to the kiln, you can add them to this config file.

  • Example: Let's assume we added Ancient Bark to the possible list of smelter inputs using WackysDatabase. We can do add ElderBark:2 to the end of the config file to have ``Wood:2,Finewood:1,RoundLog:3,ElderBark:2``. This will now allow Ancient Bark to return 2 coal when used in a kiln.

Contact Me (Bug Reports & Suggestions)

If you have any suggestions, or experience bugs / problems using this mod please get in touch with me on my Discord.

Installation (Manual Download)

Move the 'plugins' folder from the archive to your BepInEx folder.

Highlights

From source data

Loaders

Runs on BepInEx.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Last update

Its author last shipped an update 32d ago.

Coal Control 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 side
Optional on 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
1.1.3, released 2026-09-13

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
BepInEx

From 6 recorded builds of Coal Control.

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
1.1.32026-09-13n/aBepInEx
1.1.22025-03-05n/aBepInEx
1.1.12025-03-04n/aBepInEx
1.1.02025-03-04n/aBepInEx
1.0.12024-11-18n/aBepInEx
1.0.02024-11-18n/aBepInEx

Dependencies

Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.

Run Coal Control 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 catalog
Listed on Thunderstore as “Tweaks”

Quality of life & UI

Small conveniences, tweaks and interface improvements players notice straight away.

Works on a server

From source side support

Thunderstore lists server-side support for Coal Control as optional: it can run on a server, but isn’t required there.

Compatibility

Game
Valheim
Loaders
BepInEx
Runs on
Serveroptional on the server
Requires
One-click install needs a BepInEx server.

Verified at the source

  • ✓ThunderstoreOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorMaxFoxGaming, as published on Thunderstore
  • ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree

Coal Control, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install Coal Control?

Thunderstore lists server-side support for Coal Control as optional: it can run on a server, but isn’t required there.

Which loaders does it support?

BepInEx.

Is it free?

Yes. Coal Control is free to download from Thunderstore.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

Use “Add to a server” on this page, or open NxLabs from your dashboard. We install it, restart your server and switch it on.

NxLabs

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