Aedenthorn's Auto Feed Upgraded with Container Filter
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 3.8% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #397 of 869 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
With this mod installed, you can place a container near an animal pen to let your animals eat from the container.
I was inspired to add additional options to Aedenthorn's Auto Feed after installing Balrond-Astafaraios' Trough (now deprecated, but previously available here https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/1877 or https://valheim.thunderstore.io/package/CookieMilk/Food_Trough). I wanted only to use that container for feeding while safely allowing other chests to be near the animals for reserved feed storage.
This is modified based on the code provided by Aedenthorn at https://github.com/aedenthorn/ValheimMods/tree/master/AutoFeed.
You can set the following in addition to the config opinions in Aedenthorn's mod:
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[]Types of containers to allow as feeders. Great for use with the Balrond Trough or when a modded container has a name that is incompatible with Aedenthorn's original mod.
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]Whether to log container names to the BepInEx LogOutput.log. This is useful for finding container names to allow but should normally be false as it will spam the log. - Whether animals should only eat if conditions are right for breeding. NOTE: This doesn't guarantee they will breed once they eat. Before an animal chooses a container to eat from, it checks for at least one potential partner and whether the limit on that type of animal hasn't been reached in the nearby vicinity (around the animal or the container). As animals move around, the game's breeding checks might later see too many animals in one area. This setting will, however, greatly reduce the use of feed containers when the animals can't breed.
For Aedenthorn's documentation, see the original mod at https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/985.
Aedenthorn's Auto Feed Upgraded with Container Filter is a gameplay mod that lets tameable animals eat from nearby containers, with added options to restrict container types and enable feeding only when breeding might occur. It's a quality-of-life upgrade for players managing animal feeding in Valheim.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Solves the hassle of manually feeding tamed animals—set it and forget it.
- Container filter gives you control over which food sources are used, preventing waste.
- Breeding-only option is smart for when you want to control population spikes.
⚠️ Cons
- Only 69 endorsements—small user base, so community support is limited.
- Last updated June 2025—may not be compatible with future game updates.
For Valheim players who tame animals and want to automate feeding without micromanaging. Also for those who want to control breeding by restricting when animals eat. Skip if you prefer manual feeding or don't use tamed animals.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Place the mod in your BepInEx/plugins folder after installing BepInEx.
- Test with a single animal first to ensure the container filter works as expected.
- Check the original mod's page for base mechanics if you're unfamiliar with Auto Feed.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Valheim Mods
- Author
- Gizmorphium
- Version
- 0.1.1
- Downloads
- 1,818
- Endorsements
- 69
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 7/25/2022
- Updated
- 6/15/2025
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