Valheim Economy System Overhaul
⚪ Last updated 2022⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
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📋 About This Mod
It's a config file for BetterTrader by Menthus15. It was build intending to give a coherent price in coins for EACH item in the game. Built with Singleplayer in mind or small Co-ops, although Multiplayer could work well.
I'm still balancing things out and will add eventual new items when they are released.
If you don't like something, feel free to make suggestions or change values yourself, it's a config file after all.
All Hearth and Home Items were included!
Terraheim version available!
We have to define two values to each item: a BUY PRICE and a SELL PRICE. I've found out after testing that it's better to determine the Sell Price of an item and then calculate it's Buy Price as needed.
Sell Prices:
I initially gave prices to raw items and calculate a price for all other items resultant of recipes. This approach resulted that a produced item is never cheaper than raw itens involved in its craft. In general, itens easy to get are extremely cheap (Ex: wood, resin, greydwarf eyes).
While looking for additional ways to make money and incorporate new professions in Roleplay, I've also added a profit value to produce items depending on:
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[]The Complexity of each item (Ex: requires more complex Workshop Items, like a forge, and upgrades;)
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]The difficulty to obtain those items, usually done by looking on the Biome the raw materials were found (generaly, a Plains produced item will cost more than a Meadows produced item).Here are examples of some calculations. In recipes that produces multiple items, profit is calculated in recipe, NOT on each item:
Recipe: Bronze Helmet = 5x Bronze + 2x Deer Hide
SELL PRICE = 5 x 70c + 2 x 20c + 300c (Profit from Tier II armors)
SELL PRICE = 350 + 40 + 300 = 690 coins
Recipe: (Craft 6x) Tasty Mead = 10x Honey + 10x Raspberries + 5 Blueberries
SELL PRICE = 10 x 2c + 10 x 3c + 5 x 5c + 30c (Profit from Tier I meads) / 6
SELL PRICE = 20 + 30 + 25 + 30/ 6
SELL PRICE = 105 / 6 = 18 coins
Buy Prices:
This value I have more room to manipulate as needed. It really is a case by case approach to make the economy to my liking. I tried to not be completely arbitrary by using predefined ratios, and when I didn't an asterisk (*) was used on my Prices Calculations file.
It's also important to take in consideration that prices fluctuate by 30%.
All ratios are available on a .txt file named "Documentation - Valheim Economy System Overhaul Prices", under Misc Files in the Fi
This is a config file for the BetterTrader mod, designed to give coherent coin prices for every item in Valheim. Built for single player or small co-op groups, it may also work in multiplayer. Last updated in March 2022, it has 148 endorsements and over 7,700 downloads.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-tested with 148 endorsements and over 7,700 downloads.
- Gives every item a sensible price, making trading more meaningful.
- Works well for solo and small co-op playthroughs.
⚠️ Cons
- Requires BetterTrader mod as a dependency, so you need to install that first.
- Last updated in March 2022 — may not be compatible with the latest Valheim patches.
- No detailed documentation included, so you'll need to figure out installation yourself.
For Valheim players who want a more balanced economy and enjoy trading with the trader. Perfect for solo players or small groups who want a more coherent pricing system. Skip if you're not interested in economy tweaks or don't want to deal with mod dependencies.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have BetterTrader installed and working before adding this config.
- Back up your original BetterTrader config so you can revert if you don't like the changes.
- Test the prices in a single-player world before using it on a multiplayer server.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Valheim Mods
- Author
- abnerfelipe
- Version
- 1.0.1
- Downloads
- 7,772
- Endorsements
- 148
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 2/8/2022
- Updated
- 3/9/2022
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