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ZenWorldSettings

by ZenDragon · for Valheim

Burn all woods, use spark to light fires, refill candles, hide sky tree, limit snowstorm particles. Prevent tombstone abuse. Protect newbies from hard spawns. Door keys: break/repair. Shield Gens: protect fires, eject fuel. Turrets multi-target

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About ZenWorldSettings

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Burn all woods, use spark to light fires, refill candles, hide sky tree, limit snowstorm particles. Prevent tombstone abuse. Protect newbies from hard spawns. Door keys: break/repair. Shield Gens: protect fires, eject fuel. Turrets multi-target

ZenWorldSettings

Designed to be used in conjunction with other ZenMods. Especially ZenSign, ZenUseItem, and ZenHoverItem.

Modifiers (Configurable)

Environment:

  • Option: Do not display day number at dawn.
  • Option: Do not display the sky tree.
  • Option: Adjustable day length
  • Option: Adjustable snow storm particle limits

Spawners:

  • Prevent high-level monsters from spawning in low-level biomes due to advanced world progression. Highly configurable, but the default configuration should meet most player needs. Off by default. Pair with ZenBossStone for excellent multiplayer per player progression.

Fireplaces:

  • Fires can require applying a spark for ignition.
  • Campfires can start unlit.
  • Candle can be refilled after expired.
  • Burn any wood type in a fire. (Can be configured to burn anything)
  • Use the hotbar to select the wood type and apply it to the fire. Install ZenUseItem to make the process easier.
  • Toggle individual fireplace infinite fuel (Admin only by default)

Ships:

  • Option: Prevent monsters from targeting ships that do not have any players onboard.
  • Option: Adjust the resources returned when a ship is destroyed to discourage ship-in-a-box. (Default 50%)
  • Option: Rename ships
  • Option: Owner is Captain, only the owner can pilot the ship.
  • Option: Ship captain claims control of the ZDO to help with multiplayer experience.
  • Option: Ships do not suddenly stop when you jump off, dock them properly.

Smoke:

  • Smoke can pass through metal grids like iron grates and floors.

Tombstones:

  • Tombstones are free 32-slot indestructible containers that can be easily abused.
  • Option to prevent them from being used as reusable containers.
  • Once opened, a tombstone will begin to decay.
  • Each time they are opened it consumes one allocated usage limit.
  • When they are all used the tombstone self destructs and drops contents on the ground.

Quests & Loot:

  • Configure Hildir's Quest to be per player
  • Drop loot, one per player.

Craft / Teleport Rules:

  • Allow / Deny items from being crafted.
  • Allow / Deny / Exclusive items for teleport.
  • Configure the Forge of Potential to downgrade instead of break items.

Shield Generators:

  • Can eject their fuel to turn them off manually.
  • Can protect fireplaces from the rain and snow.

Turrets:

  • Option to disable targeting player
  • Option to disable targeting tames
  • Adjustable max number of targets, default 2. Install ZenUseItem to assign targets directly from your inventory instead of needing to place them on the 1-8 hot bar first.
  • Install ZenHoverItem to see the icons of the assigned trophies when looking at a Turret.

Limited Use Door Keys:

  • Make keys limited use, they break after you use them too many times.
  • You can repair and upgrade them at the forge by default. (configurable)

> Admin Tip: For testing it is sometimes helpful to intentionally break door keys so that you can repair them. Admin can do this by being in god mode, pick up a key from their inventory, and while it is on the cursor, press and hold Right Shift, then tap Right Control.

Improve Your Experience

CORE MODS

The full collection of all Zen MODS:

  • Radically improved QoL
  • Incredible performance
  • Pre-configured
  • 100% Gamepad support
  • Spectacularly immersive

Enjoy!

Sample Config File

## Settings file was created by plugin ZenWorldSettings v1.13.3
## Plugin GUID: ZenDragon.ZenWorldSettings

[Craft / Teleport]

## [Admin] Downgrade items instead of destroying them when you fail at the Forge of Potential.
## [Vanilla: false]
# Setting type: Boolean
# Default value: false
Craft Refine - Downgrade Enabled = false

## [Admin] When downgrade fails, remove this many levels from the item.
## NOTE: It will never drop below level 1.
## [Set to 0 to remove no levels]
## [Set to -1 to remove ALL levels and revert to level 1]
## [Vanilla: 1]
# Setting type: Int32
# Default value: 1
# Acceptable value range: From -1 to 10
Craft Refine - Downgrade Levels = 1

## [Admin] List of items to remove from crafting.
## Recipies are removed and new instances of the item can't be crafted.
## However, any existing items will still remain.  Additionlly any loot drops of the item will still be possible.
## [reboot required for changes to take effect]
# Setting type: StringList
# Default value: 
Craft Items - Deny = 

## [Admin] List of pieces which can not be crafted.
## However, nocost flag will still allow them to be built. Existing instances of pieces will still remain.
## [reboot required for changes to take effect]
# Setting type: StringList
# Default value: 
Craft Pieces - Deny = 

## [Admin] List of items which CAN NOT be teleported.
## [reboot required for changes to take effect]
# Setting type: StringList
# Default value: 
Teleport Items - Deny = 

## [Admin] List of items which CAN be teleported.
## Make items teleportable which would otherwise not be teleportable.
## Can be useful for example if you wanted to teleport refined metals but not ore:
## Copper, Tin, Bronze, Iron, Silver, BlackMetal, Flametal, FlametalNew
## [reboot required for changes to take effect]
# Setting type: StringList
# Default value: Ironpit
Teleport Items - Allow = Ironpit

## [Admin] Exclusive list of item prefab names that are allowed to be teleported.
## If any items are defined it inverts the vanilla behavior of restricting items.
## Instead, only allow teleporting the items listed, all others are restricted.
## If you want to deny all items use the keyword: NONE  (Vanilla: Leave blank)
## Overrides the item allow/deny teleport rules.
## [restart required for changes to take effect]
# Setting type: StringList
# Default value: 
Teleport Items - Exclusive = 

[Door Keys]

Read the full description on Thunderstore →

Highlights

From source data

Loaders

Runs on BepInEx.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Last update

Its author last shipped an update 3d ago.

ZenWorldSettings 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
1.13.5, released 2026-10-12

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
BepInEx

From 27 recorded builds of ZenWorldSettings.

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
1.13.52026-10-12n/aBepInEx
1.13.42026-10-02n/aBepInEx
1.13.32026-10-01n/aBepInEx
1.13.22026-10-01n/aBepInEx
1.13.12026-09-23n/aBepInEx
1.13.02026-09-15n/aBepInEx

Dependencies

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

Run ZenWorldSettings 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 “Content”

Technology & automation

Machines, power, logistics and automation.

Works on a server

From source side support

Thunderstore lists server-side support for ZenWorldSettings 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 2026-10-13Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorZenDragon, as published on Thunderstore
  • ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree

ZenWorldSettings, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install ZenWorldSettings?

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

Which loaders does it support?

BepInEx.

Is it free?

Yes. ZenWorldSettings 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 ZenWorldSettings on a Valheim server.

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