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PaintYourBuild

by Stonaar · for Valheim

Tired of your wood and stone looking the same as your neighbor? Want to add a personal touch to your early game buildings? This mod adds a paintbrush and allows you to pain wood or stone build pieces! Also works on furniture, give it a try!*

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8d agoLast updated
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About PaintYourBuild

From Thunderstore

Tired of your wood and stone looking the same as your neighbor? Want to add a personal touch to your early game buildings? This mod adds a paintbrush and allows you to pain wood or stone build pieces! Also works on furniture, give it a try!*

\\\Update 1.10 fixes some bugs and a performance issue that could cause stuttering/fps drops\\\

\\Update 1.9 adds an option to set the view in the free cam to a sunny afternoon, no matter the time of day or weather conditions\\

\\Press F11 when in the free cam to make it sunny! No more painting in the dark or in the rain.\\

\\Update 1.8 adds 2 new features: "Multi-Paint" and "Clear House Colours"\\

\\Multi-Paint allows you to select multiple pieces of the same type and apply a colour\\

\\Clear House Colours allows you to select a piece of your house and remove the colour on all pieces of the same type connected to your house\\

\\\Version 1.7 fixes an issue where some world created objects could not be destroyed.\\\

\\Version 1.6 is a big update that adds support for all the material types upto the end of the Deep North expansion!!\\

Categories in this release include:

1\. Wood / Furniture

2\. Roof Thatch

3\. Core Wood

4\. Stone

5\. Iron / Metal

6\. Crystal Walls / Windows

7\. Darkwood / Shingles

8\. Dvergr Wood (Yggdrasil)

9\. Black Marble

10\. Ashwood

11\. Grausten

12\. Flametal

13\. Timberwood

14\. Scalewood (Timberwood)

15\. Ice Blocks

Each material type has 2 pages of colours that can be applied.

Please note that due to the changes in this version, some materials may lose their colour when you install this new version.

They will have to be repainted once more, my apologies for this inconvenience.

Hope you enjoy!

\\\\\Version 1.5 restores 6 colours lost in the 1.4 release. ("Whitewashed Pine", "Driftwood", "Dark Spruce") and three new stone colours ("Frosted Granite", "Rust Redstone", "Green Slate")\\\\\

\\\\Version 1.4 adds support for Valheim 1.0.14\\\\

\\\Version 1.3 fixes an issue when painting boats where the sails were also painted. The sails should retain their original colour now\\\

\\Version 1.2 adds three new wood colours ("Whitewashed Pine", "Driftwood", "Dark Spruce") and three new stone colours ("Frosted Granite", "Rust Redstone", "Green Slate")\\

\Version 1.1 adds the free cam from my "ValheimBuildCamera" mod\

Camera information

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On keybord press "F6" when holding the paintbrush.

On controller press both joysticks at the same time while holding the paintbrush.

This will bring you to the free view where you can paint to yours heart content.

Press "F6" or both joysticks again to leave the free view.

Description

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Tired of your wood and stone looking the same as your neighbor? Want to add a personal touch to your early game buildings? This mod

adds a paintbrush and allows you to pain wood or stone build pieces!

\Also works on furniture, give it a try!\

Installation instructions

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BEPINEX Required.

Place the files from the archive in your Valheim directory.

Steam default: C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\common\\Valheim

Doesn't need to be installed on server side.

Main features

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Build a paintbrush at a workbench using 2 wood.

Then use said brush to paint your wood and stone building pieces to your hearts content.

Currently has 12 natural colors per material type.

It's possible more material types will be added in the future as I progress through the biomes :).

Shout outs

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Al and all the stoners out there.

Highlights

From source data

Loaders

Runs on BepInEx.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Last update

Its author last shipped an update 8d ago.

PaintYourBuild 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
1.10.0, released 2026-10-27

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
BepInEx

From 11 recorded builds of PaintYourBuild.

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
1.10.02026-10-27n/aBepInEx
1.9.02026-10-23n/aBepInEx
1.8.02026-10-19n/aBepInEx
1.7.02026-10-11n/aBepInEx
1.6.02026-09-27n/aBepInEx
1.5.02026-09-19n/aBepInEx

Dependencies

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

Run PaintYourBuild 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 PaintYourBuild 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 2026-10-28Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorStonaar, as published on Thunderstore
  • ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree

PaintYourBuild, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install PaintYourBuild?

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

Which loaders does it support?

BepInEx.

Is it free?

Yes. PaintYourBuild 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

Run PaintYourBuild on a Valheim server.

Deploy in about a minute from $9.99 a month, then add PaintYourBuild in one click.