Custom Armor Stats
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.3% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #4 of 86 Armour mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
This mod lets you edit various stats for individual armor pieces and has two global armor multipliers as well. It also adds the possibility for new resistance types, and implements a new Water resistance against the Wet status effect.
This mod also fixes a bug in the vanilla game that makes it not recognize frost immunity for environmental cold.
Setting Armor Stats
Custom armor stats are stored in json files in BepInEx\plugins\CustomArmorStats. To create a template json file for a specific armor piece, type the following command in the console (F5):
customarmorstats save <ItemSpawnName>
E.g. customarmorstats save ArmorBronzeLegs will create a file called ArmorBronzeLegs.json with the default values for Bronze leggings. Edit that file as you
like, save it, then type the following command in the console:
customarmorstats reload
This will reload the file, applying the new values when an item is created or moved to a new inventory.
Damage modifiers
Damage modifiers are a list of colon-separated pairs, e.g. for the Wolf Chest armor:
"damageModifiers":["Frost:Resistant"]
The first value is the damage type, the second value is the resistance level.
Valid damage types include:
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[]Blunt
[
]Slash[]Pierce
[]Chop
[]Pickaxe
[]Physical
[]Fire
[]Frost
[]Lightning
[]Elemental
[]Poison
[]Spirit
[]Water (this is a new type, affecting the Wet status)
Valid resistence levels include:
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[]Normal
[]Resistant
[]Weak
[]Immune
[]Ignore
[]VeryResistant
[]VeryWeak
[]SlightlyResistant
[]SlightlyWeak
You can also dump these lists using
customarmorstats damagetypes
customarmorstats damagemods
Water Resistance
Water resistance provides the following modifiers, depending on the resistance level:
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[]Normal - no change
[
]Resistant - increases Wet status countdown speed by 100%[]Weak - decreases Wet status countdown speed by 1/3
[]Immune - prevents Wet status effect
[]Ignore - prevents Wet status effect
[]VeryResistant - prevent wet status effect application except when swimming, increases Wet status countdown speed by 100%
- VeryWeak - decreases Wet status countdown speed by 2/3
Equip and Set Effects
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[]Normal - no change
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[]Normal
Custom Armor Stats by aedenthorn lets Valheim players tweak global and per-piece armor stats, including durability, armor amount, movement modifier, and damage type modifiers, plus a new resistance to Wet status. With 297 endorsements and 12,674 downloads, it's a solid utility for balancing or personalizing gear.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-trusted with 297 endorsements and over 12k downloads.
- Flexible customization for both global and per-piece stats.
- Adds a unique Wet resistance modifier not commonly found in vanilla.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated March 2026 — may not be compatible with future game patches.
- Requires manual configuration; no in-game UI mentioned.
For Valheim players who want to fine-tune armor balance or create custom gear for challenge runs. Also great for modpack creators looking to tweak progression. Skip if you prefer vanilla balance or want a mod with a built-in config menu.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Check if the mod requires BepInEx or other dependencies; if so, install those first.
- Since it's a config-based mod, look for a config file after first launch to adjust settings.
- Test changes on a backup save to avoid ruining your main world.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Valheim Mods
- Author
- aedenthorn
- Version
- 0.8.4
- Downloads
- 12,674
- Endorsements
- 297
- Category
- Armour
- Created
- 5/5/2021
- Updated
- 3/21/2026
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