Herbalist
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.4% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #261 of 859 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
# Herbalist
A skill mod that makes dandelion and thistle useful early game, adds a new craftingstation, 3 healing tonics, 6 recovery tonics, 17 new pickable plants and 8 new elixirs.
## Installation (manual)
- extract `Herbalist.dll` file to your `BepInEx\Plugins\` folder.
## Features
- Adds a new skill called Herbalist that you can level up by collecting/harvesting/picking up dandelions and thistles and other new pickable plants.
- You can also level it up by crafting tonics and elixirs at the mortar and pestle.
- Makes dandelions and thistle into a herbal medicine that can heal you overtime.
- Adds 3 new healing tonics called MinorHealingTonic, MediumHealingTonic, and LargeHealingTonic that can heal you overtime.
- Adds 6 new recovery tonics called MinorStaminaTonic, MediumStaminaTonic, LargeStaminaTonic, MinorEitrTonic, MediumEitrTonic, and LargeEitrTonic that can help you recover overtime.
- Adds a new pickable plant called Chicory which spawns only at swamps, it can remove poison status effect and gives poison resist for a short amount of time.
- Adds a new pickable plant called Daisy which spawns only at the mountains, it can remove freezing status effect and gives freezing resist for a short amount of time.
- Adds 15 new pickable plants that will spawn to other biomes excluding ashlands and deepnorth.
- Reduces potions cooldown and increases potions duration base on herbalist skill level. (Supports PotionPlus mod)
- Configurable base heal amount, duration, and intervals for dandelion and thistle.
- Configurable heal bonus factor and duration bonus factor for thistle and dandelion.
- Configurable base heal amount, duration and intervals for all tonics.
- Configurable level requirements for crafting tonics
- Configurable exp gain factor for herbalist skill.
- Heal overtime of dandelion and thistle is scaled by herbalist skill level.
- Uses ServerSync and built-in ConfigWatcher.
- Configurable through config file or
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Herbalist is a gameplay mod that enhances early-game survival by making dandelion and thistle useful, adding a new crafting station, 3 healing tonics, 6 recovery tonics, 17 new pickable plants, and 8 new elixirs. With 104 endorsements and recent updates, it's a solid choice for players seeking more crafting depth.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Fresh update (Feb 2026) means it's likely compatible with current game version.
- Decent community traction with 104 endorsements and 4,288 downloads.
- Adds meaningful early-game content, making otherwise useless plants valuable.
⚠️ Cons
- No explicit install instructions or dependencies listed—may require manual setup.
- Limited to herbalism-themed items; won't appeal if you want broader gameplay changes.
- Endorsement count is modest, so it's not a proven must-have yet.
For survival-crafting players who enjoy gathering and alchemy-style mechanics. If you want more depth in early-game resource management, this mod delivers. Skip if you prefer combat or building-focused mods.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Check if the mod requires a mod manager like Vortex or MO2 for proper installation.
- Look for the new crafting station in your crafting menu—it may be under a new category.
- Explore early-game areas to find the new plants; they might blend with vanilla flora.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Valheim Mods
- Author
- blacks7ardev
- Version
- 1.4.8
- Downloads
- 4,288
- Endorsements
- 104
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 4/4/2023
- Updated
- 2/5/2026
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