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GOOT Hall

Our modded Valheim server on Valheim 1.0 — gatherer and warrior companions, dungeons and ruins, epic loot, and a hold full of comforts. One download, one click, and you're in.

Download GootHall.exethe launcher — it installs everything and starts the game

72 MB · Windows · no other software needed

Setup

1. Download the launcher

   The gold button above. Put GootHall.exe anywhere you like — the Desktop is fine. That one file is the whole install.

2. Run it

   The first time, Windows will say “Windows protected your PC” because the launcher isn't signed by a company. Click More info, then Run anyway. That's it, it won't ask again.

   It downloads the mod pack (about 480 MB) into its own folder, never into your Steam install, then starts Valheim already modded. Later runs take a few seconds.

3. Join the hall

   In Valheim: Start Game → your character → Join Game → Add server → type games.foust.cloud:2456. Save it as a favourite so it's one click next time. The password never changes — ask Brian.

   In Valheim's settings, set Crossplay to Off. The server runs on the Steam network now.

Every Time After

• Run GootHall.exe, not Steam. It checks the server for changes, updates anything that moved, and starts the game. When Brian adds or removes a mod, you get it on your next launch without doing anything.
• Starting from Steam gives you vanilla Valheim. That's on purpose — it means other servers and single-player stay untouched, and it's how you play elsewhere.
• Came from r2modman? The launcher imports your existing settings and keybinds the first time it runs. Keep r2modman or uninstall it, either is fine.

The Server

What's in the Pack

• GootMax — our own house mod: easier stamina, more to come
• Warfare — a far bigger armory
• MidgardPlus — warrior & gatherer companions
• More World Locations — 181 ruins, dungeons & camps
• EpicLoot — magic loot, enchanting & bounties
• Extra Slots — equipment slots + quick slots
• Craft From Chests — build from nearby storage
• Item Stacks & Weights — much bigger stacks
• Keep Inventory — death doesn't scatter your kit
• Magni — carry far more
• TargetPortal — step into any portal, pick any destination
• Proper Portals — carry anything through
• One Map To Rule Them All — shared map & pins
• Muted Mist — the Mistlands, minus the soup
• PlantEverything — plant bushes & mushrooms
• Show Plant Progress — see crop growth
• RecyclePlus — salvage gear back into parts
• Spearfishing — fish with a spear, bow or crossbow
• Build On Ship — build on your boat
• Hunger Pangs — auto-eat & food reminders
• Eternal Fire — torches never burn out
• Auto Repair — gear repairs at the bench
• Eilif Paths — roads make you faster
• Sailing & Ranching — two extra skills
• + admin tools & libraries

If Something Breaks

• “Incompatible version” when joining — either you started from Steam instead of the launcher, or the server just updated. Close the game and run GootHall.exe again; it syncs whatever changed.
• Can't find the server — check the address is exactly games.foust.cloud:2456, that Crossplay is off in settings, and that you're using Add server, not the community list. If it's still missing, the server may be restarting — give it two minutes.
• Windows or your browser blocked the download — it's an unsigned exe, which trips the warnings. In Chrome or Edge, open the downloads panel and choose Keep. On launch, More info → Run anyway.
• Launcher says it can't find Valheim — it looks through Steam's library folders. If Valheim is installed somewhere unusual, run it from a command prompt as GootHall.exe --game "C:\path\to\Valheim".
• Something's off after a mod change — run the launcher again; it re-checks every file against the server and repairs anything that doesn't match.

Manual method (the old r2modman kit, if you'd rather not use the launcher)

Import GootHall.r2z in r2modman, unzip GootHall-extras.zip into the profile's BepInEx/plugins and GootHall-configs.zip into BepInEx/config, then launch modded. You'll have to repeat that whenever the pack changes — the launcher does it for you.

When It All Kicks In

• Bigger stacks — stack sizes are raised across the board. Fewer trips, fewer chests.
• Equipment & quick slots — dedicated slots for armor and cape plus a hotbar, so gear stops eating your backpack rows.
• Big carry weight — the weight limit is effectively gone. You'll fill your slots long before your back gives out.
• Keep your stuff on death — dying no longer scatters your kit across the map. No naked tombstone runs.
• Epic loot — enemies can drop magic items in rarities, from your very first kills. Enchanting comes later at its crafting stations.
• Hunger pangs — auto-eats and nags you before your food buffs lapse.
• Muted mist — the Mistlands fog is thinned out, so you can actually see where you're going.
• 3x resources — every node and drop pays out triple. This one is the server, not a mod.
• Stamina that keeps up — GootMax doubles regeneration, halves the cost of running and jumping, trims attack and tool costs, and adds 25 to your base pool.

• Eternal fires — campfires and torches never need fuel again. The hearth just burns.
• Craft from chests — crafting and building pull materials straight from nearby containers. The run-to-the-chest era is over.
• Auto-repair — walk up to a crafting station and all your gear repairs itself.
• Recycle Plus — salvage unwanted gear back into its parts instead of binning it.

• Plant everything — the cultivator can plant berry bushes, mushrooms, flowers, and tree seeds. Foraging becomes farming.
• Crop progress — hover a plant to see exactly how far along it is.
• Ranching skill — tending tamed animals levels a skill that improves taming and breeding.
• Sailing skill — time at the tiller makes your ships faster.
• Build on your ship — put real structures on a moving boat.
• Spearfishing — throw a spear or shoot an arrow at a fish and pick it up. No rod needed.
• Roads that pay off — flatten a path with the hoe and you move noticeably faster on it, for a quarter of the stamina.
• Portals, unshackled — step into any portal and pick any destination from the list. No tags, no naming, no pairing. Carry anything through, ore included.

• Ruins, dungeons & camps — 181 new locations generate in land nobody has explored yet: towers, crypts, arenas, shrines with buffs, traders, and shipping ports. Push past the borders and you'll find them.
• Companions — recruit gatherer and warrior companions through MidgardPlus, gear them up and take them along.
• One shared map — exploration, fog-of-war, and pins are shared across all of us. Map something once and everyone has it.
• Treasure & bounties — EpicLoot adds treasure maps and bounty hunts through Haldor once you find him.