Clock
🟠 Updated over a year ago⚠️ Install Order · 1 step
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 3.2% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #3 of 173 User Interface mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
This mod adds a simple but highly configurable time and day display to the game.
Features
You can set:
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[] the clock's position on the screen either in pixels or percent (it defaults to top-middle).
[
]the font name to use (see below)[]the font size of the clock text
[]the color and transparency of the clock text
[]a hotkey to toggle the clock display and an optional modifier key (e.g. "left shift")
[]the time format (either something like HH:mm:ss or set to fuzzy to use specified time strings)
- the actual displayed string to surround the the time with (including simple html tags)
You can also now drag the clock around the screen with the cursor, yay!
You can also customize the fuzzy strings used to divide the day up into custom intervals by editing ClockFuzzyStrings in the config file.
Clock Format
Clock format follows this syntax:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/custom-date-and-time-format-strings
Clock String
The clock supports rich text and uses string. Format() to display the clock string, which you can set in the config file. The string can include up to three variables:
{0} is replaced by the actual time string,
{1} is replaced by the fuzzy string
{2} is replaced by the current day
So, you could put something like:
<b>{0}</b> <color=blue>{1}</color> <i>{2}</i>
to show all three.
Fonts
By default, the mod now uses the game's UI font, AveriaSerifLibre-Bold. If you want to use a different font, here's a list of fonts currently available in the game:
AveriaSerifLibre-Light
AveriaSerifLibre-Regular
AveriaSerifLibre-Bold
AveriaSerifLibre-Italic
AveriaSerifLibre-BoldItalic
AveriaSansLibre-Light
AveriaSansLibre-Regular
AveriaSansLibre-Bold
AveriaSansLibre-Italic
AveriaSansLibre-LightItalic
AveriaSansLibre-BoldItalic
OpenSans-Light
OpenSans-Regular
OpenSans-LightItalic
OpenSans-Italic
OpenSans-BoldItalic
OpenSans-SemiBold
OpenSans-Bold
OpenSans-ExtraBold
OpenSans-SemiBoldItalic
OpenSans-ExtraBoldItalic
Just change ClockFontName to one of these.
If you want to use a font installed on your OS (this is untested), set ClockUseOSFont to true and provide the name of your font file, e.g. Arial.ttf. Let me know if it doesn't work. To dump a list of OS fonts to the debug log, type clo
Adds a simple configurable clock widget to the screen showing the in-game time of day or a fuzzy representation like "Late Afternoon" and optionally the current day. Popular UI mod with 8,734 endorsements and 272,968 downloads, last updated February 2025.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust (8,734 endorsements, 272,968 downloads)
- Simple and functional—does exactly what it says
- Actively maintained (last updated Feb 2025)
⚠️ Cons
- No screenshots or install instructions in the description
- May require configuration to suit your preferences, but no guidance provided
For Valheim players who want to keep track of in-game time without opening the menu. Also great for builders and explorers who like to plan their day around daylight. Skip if you want a full HUD overhaul—this is a single widget.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Place the DLL in your BepInEx/plugins folder—no extra setup needed
- Check the config file to adjust the clock's position and format
- If you use other UI mods, test for overlap by moving the widget in config
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Valheim Mods
- Author
- aedenthorn
- Version
- 1.7.0
- Downloads
- 272,968
- Endorsements
- 8,734
- Category
- User Interface
- Created
- 2/22/2021
- Updated
- 2/17/2025
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