For Admins

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Installing on a server

1. Add Workshop ID 3809527607 to the server's mod list. VAM needs no other mod.
2. Start the server once; players get the mod from the Workshop when they join.
3. Client and server need the same version. "Mod Mismatch" or an old mod: unsubscribe, wait until the mod folder is empty, subscribe again and restart the game.

Next to other mods

• VAM uses the mod folder name Valkyrian_Lands; a mod with the same folder name (for example the current Wings of Valhalla file) cannot run together with it.
• VAM changes only three small vanilla files (two ore materials and the inventory tile).
• Load order: interface mods before content mods. Mods below VAM in the list override VAM where both change the same thing. The maximum level is the exception: VAM keeps its own value from the LEVELS page and sets another mod's maximum back within about half a minute. If something breaks, halve the list and test.

Before every update

• Back up your server save. When an update has to change saved data, the update notes say so at the top.
• Update the server and the players at the same time.

Opening the Admin page

1. In the game settings click Make Me Admin and enter the admin password. (Console: MakeMeAdmin <password>; in single player without a password.)
2. Open the VAM window again with Shift+P.
3. The Admin page is the second medallion from the right in the top row; point at a medallion to see its name.

• Only admins see the Admin page.
• The console command dc vam opens the Shift+P window directly on the Admin page (admins only). While a festival runs and today's gift is still waiting, it opens the festival tab first.
• Admin rights from Make Me Admin last only until you log out – after you log in again, repeat it. MakeMeAdmin sent through RCON reports success but does not give you the Admin page – do it in the game.
• Every page says: Settings are saved on the server and apply right away.

The pages (SERVER SETTINGS)

Overview

The main switches – The main switches of the mod - settings are saved on the server and apply right away.

Crafting & Drops

• Crafting quality – crafted gear rolls a quality tier.
• Token of Death drops (ignores token cap) and Token drop chance (standard off, 5 %). A Token of Death from a kill by you or your following followers now goes straight into your backpack and is no longer lost when the corpse is harvested.
• Rune drops, Essence drops, Tome drops and Rune, essence and tome drop chance (standard 10 %: 10 = normal, 20 = double, 0 = off). Rune drops off now really works, without a restart.

Progression

• Level rewards, Rebirth (Ouroboros) (on by default; the Ouroboros tab and cycles at the maximum level), Professions, Profession XP (100 % = default), Inspiration system, Follower XP (100 % = vanilla).

World & Economy

• Breeding time (100 % = vanilla) – new in this version: it really works now, without a restart. If you changed it before, your players feel it for the first time after the update.
• Rewards tab – switches the Rewards tab of the Shift+P window.

Crafting Benches

• Bench speed (basic) ×4.0, Bench speed (advanced) ×6.67, Bench yield (basic) ×1.0, Bench yield (advanced) ×1.5.
• Bench factors apply to benches built afterwards and to all after a restart.
• Advanced benches give the recipe amount for single pieces and dismantlable items; materials, potions, food and arrows keep the yield factor.

Crafting Quality

How often each quality tier rolls, and how strong it makes a crafted item.

• How often: set the chances for Common, Uncommon, Rare and Epic; Junk gets what is left to 100 %. Standard: Junk 40, Common 40, Uncommon 15, Rare 4, Epic 1 %.
• How strong: the stat range of each tier.
• Click Apply changes. New chances count from the next craft, new ranges after the next server restart.
• Also part of every roll: the crafter's Expertise, a thrall at the station (+5 % per tier) and the Blacklist.
• On VAM 2.0 Systems › Crafting: Junk on vanilla recipes (standard off) and Junk below item tier (standard 4 – arsenal, reforged and elder gear roll like vanilla).

Elder Forge

Elder items roll a tier when crafted – the tier decides where their stats land. Set How often, How strong and see the Result per tier. Standard chances 75 / 14 / 6 / 3.5 / 1.5 %. Changes apply to elder items crafted from now on; items that exist keep their stats.

Blacklist

Crafting Blacklist – Items on this list never roll a quality tier when crafted. Pick items from your own inventory and move them with Exclude / Include. The item is still crafted normally; it only gets no quality roll. In this version there is no page to forbid items or recipes.

Bounty Board

Which bounty lists run on this server, and your own bounties and shop wares.

• Bounty lists – Vanilla Bounty and VAM Bounty.
• Add a bounty – Item ID (or Head ID), XP, Tokens, Category, then Add. Tokens and IDs must be whole numbers above 0, otherwise: Bounty not added: item ID and tokens must be whole numbers above 0.
• Add a shop ware – Item ID, Rank, Price, Quantity – and the Bounty Shop list.
• New in this version: Add works without Enter, heads can be removed by ID, and new or re-added heads carry valid rewards. Players can hand in heads again after you changed the list.

VAM 2.0 Systems

Every change applies right away on the server. Hover a setting for its description. Hold Shift for steps of 10, Ctrl for steps of 100.

Tabs: CRAFTING · PROFESSIONS · OUROBOROS CARDS · TRADE · TOKENS · RESOURCES · RANKINGS · LEVELS · TERRITORIES · FESTIVALS.

Presets. SOLO, SERVER and HARDCORE. A preset sets every value on every page – click it twice. SERVER is the standard. Presets never change the maximum level, the thrall maximum, the experience above level 100, the storage range, the market currency, the rankings, the festival day change, or the festival and territory test settings.

LEVELS

Experience for one cycle

Inspiration booster tiers, milestone cards and the proportional knowledge points follow the maximum level.

The other tabs – most important standards

Rankings. Weekly reset on Monday, monthly on the 1st; places 1–3 get their prize by mail if you set one in the Rankings tab of the Shift+P window.

FESTIVALS

Market stalls and bounty boards

New in this version: players can no longer build market stalls or bounty boards – admins place them.

1. Spawn the item: Market Stall 827401 or Bounty Board 91010045 (also on the Isle of Siptah).
2. Place it like a building piece. Stalls and boards take no damage and do not decay.
3. To remove your own, hold E and choose Return to Inventory (stall) or Dismantle.

Stalls and boards your players built earlier stay; unplaced ones can still be placed.

Equivocus Wings exist only as an admin spawn (item 90999358).

Recommended settings

• There is no official recommended XP setting. VAM's balance assumes the game's default XP multipliers (1.0): levels 1 to 60 need about 1.3 times the vanilla experience, level 100 about 59.5 million in all.
• Want faster or slower levelling? Change the game's own XP multipliers in the server settings. VAM's own values come on top – for example Kill XP: total bonus cap or Profession XP.
• For a high maximum level, lower Experience per Level above 100 (%) – 50 % at level 300, 25 % at level 900 – or a cycle is out of reach.
• Start from a preset (SOLO for single player and small groups, SERVER, HARDCORE) and change single values afterwards.

Takes effect only after a server restart: maximum level, experience above 100, thrall maximum, stack size, lowering the storage range, bench factors for benches that already stand, the ranges on the Crafting Quality page.

RCON and console

• VAM's own console command is dc vam (opens the Admin page).
• Vanilla RCON (con <index> <command>) runs console commands as a player, for example SpawnItem or TeleportPlayer. MakeMeAdmin through RCON does not open the Admin page.
• The RCON bridge of VAM_Storage is not part of VAM 2.0.

Reporting bugs

Report on vam.valkyriangaming.com/report or on the VAM Discord. It helps a lot if you say: what happened, how it can be reproduced, and which other mods you run. Screenshots and log files help.

Tips

• Change one thing at a time and watch your players' feedback.
• Before an update, read the update notes – they name what changes on existing servers.
• Admins are left out of the rankings by default; switch that off only for a test.

Common mistakes

Related chapters

• Getting Started – installing for players
• Progression – what the level and Ouroboros settings mean for players
• Clans and Territories – the territory rules your TERRITORIES tab sets
• FAQ and Troubleshooting