About HelpfullWards
From ThunderstoreAdds craftable elemental wards (Fire, Frost, Poison, Lightning, Spirit) that damage nearby enemies, plus Repair and Healing wards. Damage, radius, intervals and recipes are fully configurable. English and French included.
HelpfullWards
HelpfullWards adds a family of craftable, fully configurable wards to Valheim. Each ward is built like a vanilla ward and acts on everything within its radius.
Wards
Elemental wards (damage enemies)
Every few seconds each elemental ward deals damage to nearby enemies. Players and Dvergr are excluded by default (configurable).
| Ward | Damage type | |------|-------------| | Fire Ward | Fire | | Frost Ward | Frost | | Poison Ward | Poison | | Lightning Ward | Lightning | | Spirit Ward | Spirit |
Utility wards
- Repair Ward — automatically repairs damaged constructions within range.
- Healing Ward — periodically heals et remove effects on players within range.
Configuration
Everything is editable through the BepInEx config file (BepInEx/config/Mordel2Berde.HelpfullWards.cfg) or an in-game config manager:
- Damage / heal amount per tick
- Radius of each ward
- Tick / repair / heal interval
- Crafting recipe of each ward (
ItemName:Amount, comma-separated) - Factions excluded from elemental damage
Multiplayer
The mod must be installed on the server and on every client (same major.minor version); clients without it are refused. The server's configuration is pushed to all clients on connection and whenever an admin changes it in-game.
Translations
English and French are bundled. Additional languages can be added by dropping a <Language>.json file into the Translations folder next to the plugin DLL.
Installation
Use a mod manager (Thunderstore Mod Manager / r2modman) — recommended.
Manual install: extract the archive and place HelpfullWards.dll and the Translations folder into BepInEx/plugins/. Requires Jotunn.
Dependencies
- BepInExPack for Valheim
- Jotunn (the Valheim Library)
- JsonDotNET
Highlights
From source dataLoaders
Runs on BepInEx.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Last update
Its author last shipped an update 34d ago.
HelpfullWards 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
- 0.7.2, released 2026-10-01
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| BepInEx |
From 6 recorded builds of HelpfullWards.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.7.2 | 2026-10-01 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 0.7.1 | 2026-09-29 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 0.7.0 | 2026-09-21 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 0.6.2 | 2026-09-12 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 0.6.1 | 2026-06-19 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 0.6.0 | 2026-05-31 | n/a | BepInEx |
Dependencies
- Required: JsonDotNET
- Required: BepInExPack Valheim
- Required: Jotunn
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run HelpfullWards 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 catalogBuilding & decoration
Blocks, furniture, decorations and building tools.
Works on a server
From source side supportThunderstore lists server-side support for HelpfullWards 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 ↗
- ✓AuthorMordel2Berde, as published on Thunderstore
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree
