Valheim Companion
Your world on a live map. Your next destination in sight.
Explore with a live second-screen map, a customizable in-game overlay, and target tracking with farm mode. No mods required. Completely read-only: the Companion reads game information without changing game memory, files, or saves.
Free with ads. Windows only.
10 features across 3 areas
Explore with a live second-screen map, a customizable in-game overlay, and target tracking with farm mode. No mods required. Completely read-only: the Companion reads game information without changing game memory, files, or saves.
Live Map
FlagshipKeep your current world open on a second screen and watch your position update as you explore, sail, and gather.
Follow your Viking
HighlightA dedicated map window that moves with you through your current world.
- Follow mode keeps your player centered
- Always-on-top option for the map window
- Choose textured terrain or a biome map
Find what is nearby
See live observations of creatures, forage, mining deposits, fish, and chests as the game makes them available.
- Search and filter marker categories and types
- Inspect observed chest contents and creature details
- Show your map pins and tombstones
Plan beyond the next hill
Optional generated markers help you look for boss sites, traders, dungeons, and resources beyond your immediate surroundings.
- Control live and generated layers separately
- Adjust each layer's opacity
- Predicted markers describe world generation; they do not guarantee current resource availability
Explore dungeon interiors
The map switches to the active dungeon layout when that layout is available, with your position and observed creatures, resources, and chests inside.
In-Game Overlay
Keep your minimap, vitals, status effects, and direction to your target visible over the game, arranged to suit your screen.
Minimap and navigation
HighlightBring the live map into your overlay and keep your destination in view.
- On-screen minimap with the same marker preferences as the map window
- Compass and directional arrow guide you to your tracked target
- Target distance updates as you move
Vitals and status effects
Read health, stamina, and eitr at a glance, alongside separate buff and debuff displays.
- Current and maximum values on the vital arcs
- Remaining duration for timed status effects
- Individual visibility controls for each widget
Make the layout yours
Edit the overlay over the game with live widget previews.
- Move widgets and adjust their scale and opacity
- Customize vital colors and status bar appearance
- Change overlay text size
- Reset the layout when you want a fresh start
Target Tracking & Farm Mode
Pick what you want to farm and let the map, compass, and arrow guide you from one nearby match to the next.
Farm the nearest match
Choose Boars and enable Track all matching. Farm mode automatically points you toward the nearest boar and keeps updating the target as you move and the available matches change.
- Use the same workflow for other creatures and resources
- Pause or stop tracking when plans change
- Hide completed markers to keep the map focused
Choose your next destination
Select a target on the map or add a personal waypoint for the journey.
- Search nearby targets by name
- Filter by source, category, and marker type
- See the distance before you set out
Save tracking setups
Name and save your current tracking selection or filters in the Companion, then load them again for another run.
More features coming soon
Live maps and the overlay are just the beginning. More Valheim features are coming soon. Join the Discord to share what you would like to see next.
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Windows only. Free with ads. Uses the shared gaming.tools Companion installer.
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