TombstoneLock
Smoothbrain
Lets you configure who can access your tombstone. Can also remove tombstones after a time.
Reduce Death Penalty Mods for Valheim
Dying in Valheim drops your whole inventory and drains skill XP. Great for hardcore runs, rough for casual play. Here's how to soften it without turning off all challenge.
Recommended mods
AzuSkillTweaks
Azumatt
Mod that allows tweaking of skill gain factors and percent of skill loss on death. Ripped out from OdinsQOL.
ZenWorldSettings
ZenDragon
Burn all woods, use spark to light fires, refill candles, hide sky tree, limit snowstorm particles. Prevent tombstone abuse. Protect newbies from hard spawns. Door keys: break/repair. Shield Gens: protect fires, eject fuel. Turrets multi-target
Rune_Magic
hyleanlegend
Hold back the rain, command the earth, and calm the seas! This mod adds powerful magic runes that can be cast or engraved on standing stones for a variety of unique non-combat effects.
ZenPlayer
ZenDragon
Hide helmet visual, equip gear after swim, equip while running, control riding stamina usage, death & skill loss, durability, food, health, inventory, sleep, stamina, knowledge, autopickup, per-player difficulty
DarwinAwards
Smoothbrain
Adds a death feed to your server.
RequipMe
Neobotics
Instantly re-equip from your tombstone!
NoCreatureDust
Azumatt
NoCreatureDust mod for Valheim removes creature death VFX, including "dust" effects, with options to disable additional ragdoll and death effects for a cleaner visual experience.
How to choose
TombstoneLock makes your grave openable only by you — the lowest-touch fix, mainly for multiplayer so nobody loots your body.
AzuSkillTweaks controls skill gain and how much XP you lose on death; you can set death skill-loss to zero while keeping item drops.
ZenWorldSettings is a one-stop world-rules panel (death penalty included) — the lazy option if you also want to tweak other rules.
Trade-offs: just want your body safe → TombstoneLock; just hate losing skills → AzuSkillTweaks; want one panel for many rules → ZenWorldSettings. Avoid running two overlapping world-rule mods at once.
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