Best Valheim mods (2026): 18 mods for Valheim 1.0

The best Valheim mods in 2026 are ExtraSlots, PlantEverything, Quick Stack Store Sort Trash Restock, Epic Loot, and Warfare. They remove inventory, farming, and storage friction, then add loot and combat variety without immediately replacing the game.

For a dedicated server, start with Server Devcommands or DiscordConnector. For a first playthrough, install only two or three quality-of-life plugins and leave class overhauls, raid packs, and Deep North expansions for a later world.

The 18 best Valheim mods

1. ExtraSlots — best inventory mod
2. PlantEverything — best farming mod
3. Quick Stack Store Sort Trash Restock — best storage mod
4. Configuration Manager — best foundation for a modded client
5. PlantEasily — best mass-planting mod
6. Better Archery — best combat quality-of-life mod
7. Epic Loot — best loot overhaul
8. PlanBuild — best building and blueprint mod
9. Warfare — best combat expansion
10. Valheim Armory — best weapon-pack mod
11. Longship Upgrades — best ship mod
12. Valheim Legends — best class-overhaul mod
13. MultiUserChest — best shared-chest mod
14. Wacky Epic MMO System — best RPG-progression mod
15. Custom Raids — best raid-control mod
16. Server Devcommands — best server administration mod
17. DiscordConnector — best Discord integration
18. ServerCharacters — best server-side character save

These links and compatibility notes were checked on September 16, 2026. We have not runtime-tested every combination on every 1.0 hotfix. Treat the author's current Thunderstore page as the final word.

Best Valheim mod loadouts

Skip Valheim Plus on a 1.0 world

Most older "best Valheim mods" lists still open with Valheim Plus. The original package is not a current 1.0 recommendation. A Grantapher fork published a 1.0 build, but players have reported interface problems and it still overlaps with better standalone plugins.

Use ExtraSlots for inventory, Quick Stack for chests, and PlantEverything for farming instead of locking a world to one overhaul.

1. ExtraSlots — best inventory mod

Install on: server and clients for dedicated play
Best for: equipment, food, ammo, and hotkey slots without a second inventory overhaul

ExtraSlots adds dedicated equipment, food, ammo, misc, and quick slots, plus optional extra inventory rows. Slot counts can unlock as you find the matching items or defeat bosses, which keeps it closer to vanilla progression than a flat inventory cheat.

It is the actively maintained replacement for older inventory mods. Items migrate automatically from Equipment and Quick Slots or Azu Extended Player Inventory. Do not run those at the same time.

ExtraSlots disables Better Archery's quiver so the two inventory systems do not fight. You keep the arrows. Disable Valheim Plus inventory options if you still have that package installed.

2. PlantEverything — best farming mod

Install on: server and clients for every setting; unmodded clients can still see planted resources
Best for: berry bushes, mushrooms, thistle, saplings, and decorative flora

PlantEverything is one of the most downloaded Valheim plugins and has a Deep North 1.0 rebuild. It adds cultivator recipes for resources vanilla lets you pick but not grow, including berry bushes, mushrooms, thistle, dandelion, and later saplings.

Growth times, yields, and biome restrictions are configurable. By default it respects vanilla farming rules, including long pickable respawn times. Lower those if you want a farm that feels usable.

This is the most consistently featured farming mod across other top Valheim guides. Pair it with PlantEasily for spacing and bulk harvest; do not also install a second "plant anything" plugin.

3. Quick Stack Store Sort Trash Restock — best storage mod

Install on: clients; server install is not required for basic use
Best for: stacking, sorting, trashing, and restocking without a graveyard of one-purpose plugins

Quick Stack Store Sort Trash Restock replaces the usual pile of stack, sort, and trash mods. Favorite items or slots so a hotkey cannot dump your food, keys, or boss trophies.

It has a post-1.0 release and explicit compatibility with ExtraSlots restock and MultiUserChest. That combination is the safest shared-chest setup on a dedicated server.

The older one-off AutoRepair and TrashItems plugins are not 1.0 recommendations. This package already covers trashing.

4. Configuration Manager — best foundation for a modded client

Install on: client; optional on the server if you want the same UI there
Best for: changing plugin settings without editing config files and restarting

Configuration Manager opens an in-game settings window (default F1) for BepInEx plugins. It highlights changed values, supports a split plugin tree, and can pause or block input while the window is open.

Install this before a long list of gameplay mods. Most of the plugins below are easier to tune through it than through a text file.

It is incompatible with the original BepInEx Configuration Manager. Use this Valheim-specific fork, and install Conditional Config Sync as the page instructs.

5. PlantEasily — best mass-planting mod

Install on: client only
Best for: evenly spaced fields, bulk harvest, and replanting

PlantEasily is Advize's companion to PlantEverything. It snaps crops to a grid, plants rows and columns, highlights invalid placement, and can harvest or replant in bulk. It also supports the berry bushes, flowers, and mushrooms added by PlantEverything.

The author says not to put it on a dedicated server. Each PC player who wants the planting tools installs it locally.

Do not stack it with MassFarming first. Get PlantEverything and PlantEasily working, then add a third farming plugin only if a specific feature is still missing.

6. Better Archery — best combat quality-of-life mod

Install on: check the current page for client versus server files
Best for: quivers, zoom, recoverable arrows, and a crosshair that matches the shot

Better Archery rebuilds bow combat: a leather quiver with extra arrow slots, zoom while drawing, retrievable arrows, and arrow flight that follows the crosshair.

It has a 1.0 release. If you also run ExtraSlots, accept that the quiver is disabled and use ExtraSlots ammo slots instead. Do not fight both inventory layouts.

Back up the character before the first launch. Inventory-layout mods are the usual way people lose equipped items.

7. Epic Loot — best loot overhaul

Install on: server and every client, same version
Best for: randomized magic gear, enchanting, and shard sockets

Epic Loot is the standard Valheim loot overhaul. Enemies and chests can drop Magic through Ancient items with random effects. Later versions add shardstones, socketed items, and Hildir tempering.

This is a content mod. Everyone connecting, including the dedicated server, needs the same version and its dependencies. Copy the whole EpicLoot plugin folder, not only the DLL.

If you already customized loottables.json, accept the config-upgrade prompt after updating or shardstones will not drop.

8. PlanBuild — best building and blueprint mod

Install on: server and clients for shared blueprints; unmodded clients can still join
Best for: ghost pieces, saved structures, and group building

PlanBuild adds a Plan Hammer for ghost placements and a Blueprint Rune for saving and sharing structures. A Plan Totem can fill ghost pieces as materials arrive.

It has a Deep North 1.0 rebuild. Unmodded clients can connect; they will not see plan pieces. Install it on every builder if the group wants the shared blueprint pool.

Structures that only exist because of a building mod can disappear when you remove it. Take a backup before adding or removing this category.

Classic rotation mods such as Gizmo were still waiting on a clear 1.0 release in mid-September 2026. Prefer PlanBuild until the author's page names your build.

9. Warfare — best combat expansion

Install on: server and all clients
Best for: missing weapon types, two-handed animations, and a later Deep North stack

Warfare fills vanilla weapon gaps with war pikes, lances, greatbows, bastard swords, throwing weapons, and a fletcher table. It is the base of Therzie's larger stack.

Install Warfare first. Add Warfare Fire and Ice and Monstrum Deep North only after you want Deep North weapons, creatures, and extra bosses. Each pack requires the previous one.

Do not also install Valheim Armory on day one. Pick one large combat pack, confirm the world loads, then decide whether you need a second.

10. Valheim Armory — best weapon-pack mod

Install on: server and all clients
Best for: lore-friendly weapons at every biome without the full Therzie stack

Valheim Armory adds more than 100 weapons, shields, arrows, and bolts that fill missing playstyles at each tier. Damage, recipes, and individual items are configurable, and the server can enforce those settings.

It has a Deep North 1.0 rebuild. Use it when you want more vanilla-feeling options rather than a new combat system. Epic Loot can roll on these items once you add the author's Epic Loot patch from the mod Discord or GitHub notes.

11. Longship Upgrades — best ship mod

Install on: server and every client, same version
Best for: a useful longship without replacing vanilla boats

Longship Upgrades keeps the vanilla longship and adds lanterns, a rest tent, shield hulls, Ashlands-ocean protection, storage expansions, optional bow ballistas, and custom sails.

From version 1.0.17 the author requires the plugin on the server and every connecting client. Mixed peers are rejected. Disabling the mod later does not delete the vanilla ship; extra storage remains.

This is a better first ship pick than a full custom raft pack. Confirm the current page still names 1.0 before updating a live ocean world.

12. Valheim Legends — best class-overhaul mod

Install on: server and all clients, same version
Best for: hero classes, abilities, and a later playthrough

Valheim Legends is the 1.0 community port of Torann's class mod. Twelve classes, including Berserker, Mage, Ranger, and Valkyrie, pick offerings at the Eikthyr altar and gain three abilities each.

This changes the game more than any quality-of-life plugin on this list. Use it on a fresh or well-backed-up world, not as your first two mods. Everyone needs version 0.7.10 or whatever the page currently lists.

Older abandoned Legends packages are not the 1.0 port. Install the momos3939 Thunderstore package.

13. MultiUserChest — best shared-chest mod

Install on: server and all clients, same version
Best for: groups that constantly fight over the same storage

MultiUserChest lets more than one player use a chest at the same time without duplicating items. It has a 1.0 release and is the compatibility target named by Quick Stack.

You can add or remove it from an existing world. It will refuse connections if a peer is missing the plugin or is on another version, which is the correct failure mode for a storage-sync mod.

Skip older QuickStore and SimpleSort plugins. They are listed as incompatible.

14. Wacky Epic MMO System — best RPG-progression mod

Install on: server and all clients
Best for: XP, attributes, and a second progression layer

Wacky Epic MMO System adds an XP-based leveling system on top of vanilla skills. Most tasks grant XP, and attributes change combat and crafting in a way that still reads as Valheim.

It rebuilt for 1.0 and is tagged Deep North. This is a later-world mod. If you also run Epic Loot or Valheim Legends, add them one at a time and read BepInEx/LogOutput.log after each launch.

15. Custom Raids — best raid-control mod

Install on: server and clients that should see the same events
Best for: tuning vanilla raids or adding configured events

Custom Raids is one of the config-file mods that rebuilt on 1.0 launch day. It lets a host control raid frequency, biome rules, and extra events without a full creature overhaul.

Pair it with Spawn That and Drop That if the server's personality lives in YAML. Those three also have Deep North releases.

Creature Level and Loot Control did not have a post-1.0 release as of mid-September 2026. Do not assume it still loads.

16. Server Devcommands — best server administration mod

Install on: admin client and, for full features, the dedicated server
Best for: fly, teleport, spawn, and other admin tools on a dedicated host

Server Devcommands enables devcommands and admin utilities that vanilla dedicated servers otherwise withhold. Install it on the admin client too; half the features do not appear from a server-only install.

It rebuilt after 1.0. Add your Steam or PlayFab ID to adminlist.txt before expecting commands to work. See admin and console commands for the vanilla side.

17. DiscordConnector — best Discord integration

Install on: dedicated or client-hosted server; optional client plugin for chat
Best for: join, leave, death, and raid messages in Discord

DiscordConnector posts server events to a Discord webhook. Clients do not need it for startup, join, leave, and raid messages. Chat, shouts, and pings need the separate client plugin.

Confirm the current Thunderstore page names your 1.0 build before relying on it in production. Players install nothing for the basic server events, which makes this one of the lowest-maintenance dedicated-server mods.

18. ServerCharacters — best server-side character save

Install on: server and all clients
Best for: public or semi-public servers that should own character files

ServerCharacters stores character profiles on the host, with backups, optional single-character mode, and admin commands for items, skills, and teleports.

This is the exception in the old "server-side only" category: it has to be installed on every client as well as the host. Confirm a 1.0 release on the current page before enabling it on a live world. Character-save mods are not something to guess about.

Best Valheim mods for a dedicated server

Server modding is different from installing ExtraSlots on one PC:

Most Valheim plugins go in BepInEx/plugins and must match on both sides. Export an r2modman or Thunderstore profile code so players install the exact set instead of copying DLLs by hand.

If keeping BepInEx, client versions, and backups synchronized is more work than you want, Valheim server hosting removes the networking and base server maintenance. Mod compatibility still depends on each author and the live Valheim build.

Mods to check later

These names appear on almost every older list. They were not safe automatic 1.0 installs when this page was last checked:

Filter Thunderstore by the Deep North Update category when you add anything else. That tag is an author saying they rebuilt against 1.0, which is more useful than a download count.

How to install Valheim mods safely

Valheim mods are BepInEx plugins. Almost everything worth installing is on Thunderstore.

See how to install BepInEx mods for the file workflow. If the game or server stops at launch, remove the newest plugin and its newly added dependencies before changing RAM or deleting the world.

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