I don't know why, but for the past few days I haven't been able to put a tool head in the forge, and it's this mod that's blocking everything. I'm going to test the other version to see.

Updated for Vintage Story 1.22, since DArkHekRoMaNT has paused his mods.

The continuation is available here: https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/mod/helvehammerextcontinued

Same mod from the player's side (config schema and behavior unchanged), rebuilt against 1.22 with CommonLib removed so it now ships as a single self-contained DLL. If you're upgrading, remove the old helvehammerext-*.zip from your Mods folder first; both loaded at the same time will conflict.

So we just added this to our server and im a bit confused on how to add other mods items into the configs for automating them. for refrence im say im tring to make breastplates from combat overhaul armory

DArkHekRoMaNT

Is it compatible with version 1.22? Please.

Is there a way to edit which items can be made via helve hammer. Specifically I just want to add the ability to make rods, not anything else.

Did some experimentation. I set the config flag DefaultWorkable to false, and as a result I can no longer work chain or pounder caps on the helve, despite them having patches to set the attribute on them. I tried patching the attribute on to the rod, and that didn't work either. What am I doing wrong here?

DArkHekRoMaNT I would like to limit this mod's scope to only work with stock—so plates, ingots, rods and chain. Would I need to reverse your patches and write my own to do that? I understand that patching patches is a bit iffy at best. I'm going to experiment a bit on it, see what I can make happen.

When used with LevelUP, a bug occurs where items are no longer automatically ejected upon task completion, and a larger-than-intended quantity is generated upon completion.

11.12.2025 14:02:47 [Server Error] At position 512337, 118, 512042 for block helvehammerbase-east a BEHelveHammer threw an error when ticked:
11.12.2025 14:02:47 [Server Error] Exception: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at LevelUP.Shared.OverwriteBlockInteraction.CheckIfFinished(BlockEntityAnvil __instance, IPlayer byPlayer) in /home/leans/Templates/vintage_story/level_up/LevelUP/Shared/OverrideBlockInteraction.cs:line 410
   at Vintagestory.GameContent.BlockEntityAnvil.CheckIfFinished_Patch1(BlockEntityAnvil this, IPlayer byPlayer)
   at Vintagestory.GameContent.BlockEntityAnvil.OnHelveHammerHit() in VSSurvivalMod\BlockEntity\BEAnvil.cs:line 538
   at Vintagestory.GameContent.Mechanics.BEHelveHammer.onEvery25ms(Single dt) in VSSurvivalMod\Systems\MechanicalPower\BlockEntity\BEHelveHammer.cs:line 232
   at Vintagestory.Common.GameTickListener.OnTriggered(Int64 ellapsedMilliseconds) in VintagestoryLib\Common\Model\GameTickListener.cs:line 25

Great mod! Love it

I Tried to modify the mod to limit this mod and let it only made chainmail. How I can made it?

Is this compatible with SmithingPlus?

I tried setting it so that only certain items are workable by moving files from workable to nonworkable and changing the attribute from True to False. this worked in SP but on my server it didnt update and all items were still workable, is there something else I can do to fix this?

In toolhead.json I set it up as follows.

{
"file": "game:itemtypes/toolhead/*",
"op": "add",
"path": "/attributes/helvehammerworkable",
"value": false
}

Do I need to update each entry in the file from "value": {} to "value": false for this to work?

finally

Updated to 1.21

I look forward to seeing this updated for 1.21 it has been integral to our server and is missed greatly.

Greebus_Gringle yes work

Does anyone know if this mod still works on 1.20.12?

HerpDerply Scorives Are ya'll making sure to download the 1.7.0 version under the All Files list? I'm on 1.20.1 and have not had any issues with that release.

Spoke too soon;; Not working for me now, either.

22.6.2025 03:32:32 [Error] Patch 12 (target: game:itemtypes/toolhead/wiretoolarm.json) in helvehammerext:patches/workable/toolhead.json failed because supplied path /attributes/helvehammerworkable is invalid: The json path /attributes/helvehammerworkable was not found. No such element 'attributes' at the root path

Hello, this mod is awesome! I put this on our server so my wife and her relatives could have an easier time making arrowheads and whatnot. The issue is that we are on 1.20.12, and the mod is giving them error crashes. I disabled the mod and they are no longer disconnecting from it. I can likely share the error log later, but do you know if there are plans to update compatibility for 1.20.12?

Hey thanks for the updates.

Im having a problem where I try to change the config file to allow for all items, but when I run the game, and reopen the file its back to false. am I doing sometiung wrong? With this I cant craft any items.

Please read the description RowanSkie, it quite clearly states that the anvil is not workable.

Now if you really want to make anvil automatically, my best guess is you have to edit the mod itself. If you check the github under Assets/helvehammerext /patches/
there are two folders/directories, labeled notworkable and workable respectively. If you open notworkable, you'll find the anvil there.

Within the anvil.json, try setting "value": false -> "value": true, if that doesn't work try moving the json to the workable directory, or try doing both the value change and the moving the json. I frankly can't code C well enough to analyze the source code and am not familiar with modding VS yet, but JSON's I can read

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Unrelated, but works great for 1.20.6, even for helving? auto--hammering? smithing items from other mods, such as the hooks from the Butchering Mod

Even with AllWorkable set to true, this doesn't do anvil parts?

Oh this is WONDERFUL! No errors. :)

Just reporting in that I've tested on 1.20.1, no errors or weird happenings running this with a handful of other mods. Successfully able to make all tool types without any incomplete output!

Should work on 1.20.0-1.20.1 fine. Make sure the mod is enabled, you have CommonLib installed and you are using iron anvil or higher (by default)

It finished nothing, all items are trash. 

To add on to the errors i posted below. The helve hammer is able to hammer out the items fine but it wont complete the item. I have to remove the 'workable item' from the anvil and then replace it for it to complete it and drop it as an item.

Been getting these errors pop up since rc.1. Not sure if they present an issue. 24.12.2024 12:10:04 [Error] Patch 12 (target: game:itemtypes/toolhead/axeheadd.json) in helvehammerext:patches/workable/toolhead.json failed because supplied path /attributes/helvehammerworkable is invalid: The json path /attributes/helvehammerworkable was not found. No such element 'attributes' at the root path
24.12.2024 12:10:04 [Error] Patch 12 (target: game:itemtypes/toolhead/bladeheadd.json) in helvehammerext:patches/workable/toolhead.json failed because supplied path /attributes/helvehammerworkable is invalid: The json path /attributes/helvehammerworkable was not found. No such element 'attributes' at the root path
24.12.2024 12:10:04 [Error] Patch 12 (target: game:itemtypes/toolhead/hoeheadd.json) in helvehammerext:patches/workable/toolhead.json failed because supplied path /attributes/helvehammerworkable is invalid: The json path /attributes/helvehammerworkable was not found. No such element 'attributes' at the root path
24.12.2024 12:10:04 [Error] Patch 12 (target: game:itemtypes/toolhead/pickaxeheadd.json) in helvehammerext:patches/workable/toolhead.json failed because supplied path /attributes/helvehammerworkable is invalid: The json path /attributes/helvehammerworkable was not found. No such element 'attributes' at the root path
24.12.2024 12:10:04 [Error] Patch 12 (target: game:itemtypes/toolhead/scytheheadd.json) in helvehammerext:patches/workable/toolhead.json failed because supplied path /attributes/helvehammerworkable is invalid: The json path /attributes/helvehammerworkable was not found. No such element 'attributes' at the root path
24.12.2024 12:10:04 [Error] Patch 12 (target: game:itemtypes/toolhead/shovelheadd.json) in helvehammerext:patches/workable/toolhead.json failed because supplied path /attributes/helvehammerworkable is invalid: The json path /attributes/helvehammerworkable was not found. No such element 'attributes' at the root path

A must-have as an endgame timesaver! I love XSkill's Blacksmithing skill for doing something similar (leveling up and eventually making one-voxel-layer crafts on the helve hammer), but this trims the rest of the fat and makes your smithies shine. c:

nice

/cl config helvehammerext Agent_Beans

whar do I put the configs and how???

thank you for the info @DArkHekRoMaNT it finaly work !

What anvil do you use? The default minimum anvil tier is iron TheDovahQueen Nergal 

I need help i'm working with this mod but it dont work with the iron helve hammer and with iron ingots!

Trying to work iron on a bronze anvil with bronze helve hammers, isnt working? it lets me put it on but it just sits there not changing.

The mod just isn't working for me, I'm using an iron helve hammer on an iron anvil, and the only thing I can get it to make is plates like in vanilla. All of the config is at its default values and changing them around doesn't make anything work.

I tried restarting the game, reinstalling the mod, nothing worked

Could it possibly be a conflict with a different mod?

Help is appreciated

Edit: I disabled, then re-enabled all of my mods to see if there was a conflict. There wasn't, and the helve hammer works now for some reason.

alright thank you for checking thou DArkHekRoMaNT

Looks like a unrelated bug. This mod just modifies the check for "workable" items, such as plates in vanilla. That is whether the hammer will change the workitem upon impact or not. This does not affect any other behaviors at all  CDragonDream

Hmm. the mod works for me in solo but when i run a server the helve hammer will only run with who ever rulls the lever to conect the gears. the other person wont see any movement. if i remove the clutch and the lever for that clutch and just put an axel the helve hammer works for both parties.

Made a bug report here: https://github.com/DArkHekRoMaNT/HelveHammerExtensions/issues/8
If anyone else is having issues with Linux and this mod, consider also leaving an issue report on Dark's github.

I am unable to get any progress with the automated helve. Tried two different anvils, two different mats, two different recipes. The helve bangs away without anything happening. 1.19.7 stable, single player game.

Can confirm the same thing TheFirstChad said. Everything is resetting to 0 when I pick it up off the anvil fsr. Latest version, ARM server.

It's the way you're adding attributes to the toolheads, all you'd need is the very last entry usingng op "addmerge" in the toolhead.json patch, since all of the "add" entries are overwriting all of the attributes for toolheads.

What exactly doesn't work? This does not affect the use of tools in any way, just a small anvil patch Graydient05

somehow this prevents toolworks from working, if you use that, for now don't use this.

Tested in Singleplayer - seems to be working fine with all mods. Probably some issue with the server version: https://wiki.vintagestory.at/index.php/Setting_up_a_Multiplayer_Server#Dedicated_Servers_on_ARM64

Seems to be bugged in 1.19.3. I set up the helve hammer with iron anvil and iron hammer head. Tested with Iron and Tin Bronze Material for Pickaxe head. We're using default configs on the server. There is visual progress, but when I pick up the item, the smithing progress resets to 0. If I hammer manually while the helve hammer is hammering, it overwrites the progress instead of adding to it (as it does with the vanilla recipes).

If I just watch the hammer, it doesn't ever finish. The reciepe LOOKS like it's complete, but there is no actual progress. Soooo.. my guess is, that you update just the visuals and not the actual voxel position and / or fail at least the is_complete_check somewhere.

Would be awesome if you could fix this :*.

I stuck a hot ingot of copper on the anvil under my helve hammer and selected a saw blade, but it didn't seem to be doing anything to the ingot (unlike manually hammering it, where it alters with each hammer blow). Did I do something wrong, or do you just leave it alone for a while and a fully-formed product will pop out after a while?

jibbjabb

the hevle hammer has a manuel on how to use it in the game, maybe before you attack someone check all the basics first? 

Yes, the current 19.x versions work fine.

Hello, is it ok to play with 1.19.2 ? Thanks

Bonjour, envisagez-vous de passer à la version 1.19.3 ?

You have to build a windmill to power the hammer.. all this mod does is allow you to make more things with the hammer that you couldent before.
jibbjabb

I really have no idea how to turn on this hammer.
Not everyone is a programmer, not everyone knows how and in what order to write (game chat, notebook in files) the game code.
I give a "-" to this modification for the lack of an instruction manual.

Neat note for those that don't know: you can modify XSkills' Automated Smithing perk in ModConfig/xskills/metalworking to allow for helve hammers to make anything this mod does, depending on the voxel thickness of the smithed item, if you plan on using the Xskills mod, that is. After patching xskills with several popular mods in a mod that I'm preparing to release, I noticed that there's a few nifty mods out here that XSkills completely or partially includes the same if not similar functionality of. ~ The more you know!

Please man...
for realistic purpose, make that  at least you need specific  hammer  heads to work specific stuff...
(for example for arrowheads you introduce a hammer head specifically for that crafting, for chainmail you need another hammer head and so on...)
It's the bare minimum since you're going to get automatic metal-works for the rest of the game...

Try 1.5.2, I recompiled it to the new version, may help. But if this is a Harmony problem, then there is no way I can fix it Frodo

doesnt work with arm procesors, any chance to fix?

harmony lib problem

It is not necessary to edit the file manually.This can be done via "/cl config" in the game. This will also show hints

/cl config helvehammerext [configPropertyName] [newValue]

SmilingBrick  JamminBT

@JamminBT

You just need to go to the "ModConfig" directory in Vintage Story's appdata directory and open up helvehammerext.json in notepad, the settings are there.  In my case the directory is C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Roaming\VintagestoryData\ModConfig.  Alternately you can just open Vintage Story and click on the "Mod Manager" then click "Open Mods Folder", once VS brings up Windows Explorer click on VintagestoryData in the adress bar and that should put you into the directory with the ModConfig directory.

Hi there. Love the concept of the mod, but I'm struggling to get it to work with Tier 2 (Bronze) Anvils. 

Config:

• AllWorkable - will this work for any items (default - false)
• DefaultWorkable - default attribute (default - true)
• AnvilTier - minimum anvil tier (default - 3, iron)

Where can I find the above "all workable" and "anvil tier" settings so I can alter them?🤔

Cheers in advance 👍

Yes. It's written in the description above. If you ran the game with HHE v1.5.0, set DefaultWorkable to true

/cl config helvehammerext DefaultWorkable true

artemax44

does it have mod compatibility?

In 1.5.0 the default config values were set incorrectly:

- DefaultWorkable: false (should be true)
- AnvilTier: 0 (should be 3)

After the update, these values will not change automatically if the config already exists. Delete the ModConfig/helvehammerext.json file or change the values via /cl config

Hi - great mod, thank you! Could you please add 'metalnailsandstrips' to the list? I'm able to select it as a target on the anvil, but it won't proceed. Would be really nice!

edit: Also the 'cleaver' seems to be smithable, but is not supported by the mod. Both are new iterms introduced in 18.x?

Should be on the list if no other mod has overwritten this Ototinho

arrowhead isn't on the list

No graphical display of the smithing item state, but when you take it off the hammer it updates before you put it back down. 1.17.9

Works fine Caliber76

is this mod stable for 1.17.9?

would like to say that this stops crafting related effects on xskills, including smithing unrelated things like not being able to pack extra ingredients into a cooking pot and such.

Fixed CJHKnight2

Version 1.17.2 has a lot errors related to missing harmony code.

Спасибо! Это ахрененный мод!

HHE v1.2.0 compatible with 1.16.0-pre.8 or higher, not compatible with 1.15.10