About BetterStakes
From ThunderstoreMake stakes useful! Multiply stake damage & drop all resources when deconstructed or destroyed.
Better Stakes
Make stakes useful! Multiply stake damage & drop all materials when deconstructed or destroyed.
Better Stakes makes stakes a viable defense option.
Stakes have never been a great option for base defense. Their damage is insignificant, and their resources are (mostly) lost when destroyed or even deconstructed to move them!
Dvergr stakes are useless against the tough enemies in the biomes they're intended to protect, especially compared to traps or the Ashlands stakewall.
Better Stakes allow you to deconstruct and rebuild stakes without losing any materials. They will drop their full resources when destroyed so you don't lose Core, Yggdrasil, or Ashwood.
You can configure a multiplier for each stake type's damage.
New
- Updated for Valheim 1.0
Configuration
Stakes
- Stake Pieces: Pairs of comma separated prefab names and damage multipliers for stakes, separated by semicolons. Listed pieces will drop resources on destruction or deconstruction and multiply stake damage by the amount configured. @
- Default: piece_dvergr_sharpstakes,5.0;piece_sharpstakes,3.0;piece_stakewall_blackwood,1.0
Utility
- LogLevel: Controls the level of information in the log.
Configuration items with descriptions ending in (@) are server authoritative.
In-game reconfiguration
You can use Configuration Manager (or similar) mod to change the configuration without exiting the game. You can force an update by editing the config file.
Notes
The Ashwood Stakewall is included to recover its resources, but the multiplier default is 1.0 since this piece already does significant damage!
Note you can potentially reduce damage by using a fractional multiplier (i.e., 0.5 would be half damage)
Compatibility issues & defects
- If you find a compatibility issue please post it on mod-help on Discord. Be sure to include the mod name and version you think may be incompatible.
- If you have a bug please report it in mod-help on Discord. If you do post a bug report, please make sure to include the following:
- Your version of this mod
- What you were doing, or attempting to do when it happened
- If it's repeatable - i.e., can you duplicate it?
- The exact behavior you observed (or didn't observe)
- If possible, post a capture of the log file with errors (errors always begin with this mod's name) on Discord
You can find all Neobotics released mods on:
- Thunderstore: NeoboticsOnThunderstore
- Nexus Mods: NeoboticsOnNexus
- Hexium: NeoboticsOnHexium
Your comments and feedback are always welcome. Post on NexusMods or Discord: NeoboticsOnDiscord
Highlights
From source dataLoaders
Runs on BepInEx.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Last update
Its author last shipped an update 35d ago.
BetterStakes 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
- 1.0.0, released 2026-09-11
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| BepInEx |
From 3 recorded builds of BetterStakes.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | 2026-09-11 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 0.1.1 | 2024-07-26 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 0.1.0 | 2024-06-08 | 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 BetterStakes 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 catalogQuality of life & UI
Small conveniences, tweaks and interface improvements players notice straight away.
Compatibility
- Game
- Valheim
- Loaders
- BepInEx
- Requires
- One-click install needs a BepInEx server.
Verified at the source
- ✓ThunderstoreOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-02Open ↗
- ✓AuthorNeobotics, as published on Thunderstore
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree




