Vanilla Valheim blocks copper, tin, iron and other metals from portals, forcing long boat trips to haul ore. It's one of the most-modded pain points in the game.
Recommended mods
TeleportEverything
OdinPlus
Actively maintained
This mod adds extra excitement and functionality to the portal system. Teleport wolves, boars, loxes and other allies. Transport ores, ingots, carts and even take enemies with you, or block players teleporting when enemies are nearby.
⬇ 701K Downloads
TargetPortal
Smoothbrain
Actively maintained
Lets you target any portal, instead of having to connect two portals via a tag.
⬇ 653K Downloads
XPortal
SpikeHimself
Actively maintained
Select portal destination from a list of existing portals. No more tag pairing, and no more portal hubs! XPortal is a complete rewrite of the popular mod AnyPortal.
⬇ 294K Downloads
HUDCompass
Neobotics
Actively maintained
A Heads Up Display compass with map pins and dynamic markers for Ships, Carts and Portals
⬇ 197K Downloads
Resurrection
Smoothbrain
Actively maintained
Lets you open a portal to hell, to drag your friends back into the world of the living.
⬇ 151K Downloads
PortalStations
RustyMods
Actively maintained
Adds Portal Stations and a Personal Teleportation Device which allow users to fast travel between locations.
⬇ 128K Downloads
FastTeleport
GemHunter1
Likely abandoned
Shortens teleportation loading time to save those precious 8 seconds of our lives. Also makes entering dungeons instant.
⬇ 120K Downloads
QuickTeleport
OdinPlus
Actively maintained
Instant portal and dungeon teleports, fast distant teleports.
⬇ 119K Downloads
How to choose
TeleportEverything lets all items (ores included) pass through portals, with fine-grained control over exactly what's allowed — the most complete option for the ore problem specifically.
TargetPortal lets you name portals and pick a destination from the map (no more matching tag pairs), which also removes the ore restriction. Great if you manage lots of portals.
XPortal is the other mainstream choice alongside TargetPortal — same idea: any-destination teleport plus better portal management.
Trade-offs: purely want 'ore can teleport' → TeleportEverything is most direct. Want a nicer portal experience too → pick one of TargetPortal / XPortal (they overlap heavily — don't run both).