Mods / She Pans Seashells

Tags:
Utility Cosmetics Other Simplification
Author:
ElectroNikkel
Side:
Both
Created:
Sep 22nd 2023 at 3:34 PM
Last modified:
Apr 28th at 5:50 AM
Downloads:
1444
Latest release (for Vintage Story 1.21.0, 1.21.1 and 1.22.0, potentially outdated):
ShePansSeashells-v2.0.0.zip  1-click install

This small mod just adds a 1 in 1000 chance of getting any of the 42 types of seashells in the game when you pan either sand or gravel.

Running the numbers with Binomial Distribution, that adds up to a ~4% chance of getting at least one shell everytime you pan.

Mod Version Mod IdentifierFor Game version Downloads Released Changelog Download 1-click mod install*
2.0.0 shellpan 207 Apr 28th at 5:50 AM ShePansSeashells-v2.0.0.zip 1-click install

2.0.0: 1.22+ Compatibility Update
- Added support for wavy sand (new in 1.20/1.21 oceans).
- Switched to addmerge for safer patching.
- Updated modinfo and description.

1.0.0 shellpan
1.18.9 - 1.18.13
1237 Sep 22nd 2023 at 3:35 PM ShePansSeashells_v1.18.+_v1.0.0.zip 1-click install

1.0.0: First release.

- Now you can get yourself a shell when you pan, with each one of the 42 variants having a 1 in 2000 chance of appearing.
If you crunch the numbers properly with Binomial Distribution, that is a chance of ~2% to get at least one shell when panning.


18 Comments (oldest first | newest first) (threaded | flat)

Rung, Apr 28th at 3:08 PM

thanks for the update! One of my favorite little mods and I'd missed playing without it :)

Jalex, Apr 28th at 7:39 AM

due to the laws of supply and demand, nobody wants to pan shells cause theres loads on the sand.

Step One, must create a sense of scarcity. Shells will pan much better if the people think they're rare you see. 
Bare with me, Take as many shells as you can find and hide them on an island, stockpile em high until they're rarer than a diamond. 

Step Two,  gotta make the people think that they want them, Really want them, really Fuckin want them, hit em like Bronson, influencers product placements
featured prime time entertainment, if you haven't panned a shell, then you're just a fucking waste man

Step Three, it's monopoly, invest inside some property, Start a corporation make a logo, do it properly. 
"Shells must pan" that will be your new philosophy, Swallow all your morals, they're a poor man's quality.

Step Four, Expand, expand, expand, Clear Forests make Land, fresh blood on hands.

Step Five, why just shells? Why limit yourself?
She pans sea shells, pan oil as well!

Step Six, pan guns, pan stocks, pan diamonds, pan rocks, pan the water of a fish, pan the time of a clock.

Step Seven, press on the gas, take your foot off the brakes, then run to be the president of the United States

Eight, big smile, mate! Big Wave, that's great, Now the truth is overrated pan lies right out the gate

Nine, polarize the people, controversy is the game, it don't matter if they hate you if they all pan your name. 

Ten, The world is yours, Step out on a stage to a round of applause, 
You're a liar, a cheat, a devil, a coral.

And you pan seashells on the seashore. 

Reizeron, Oct 28th 2025 at 10:10 AM

TheSapphicSeas Should work if you replace "path": "/attributes/panningDrops/@(sand|gravel)-.*/-" with "path": "/attributes/panningDrops/@(sand|gravel|sandwavy)-.*/-" in assets/shellpan/patches/shellpanning.json

ElectroNikkel , Oct 24th 2025 at 2:49 AM

TheSapphicSeas thanks for alerting! Working right up!

 

TheSapphicSeas, Sep 14th 2025 at 3:25 AM

As of 1.21 it seems this is no longer working :(

TheSapphicSeas, Aug 16th 2025 at 7:48 AM

Hopefully this still works!

Evotyrant, Apr 7th 2025 at 11:36 PM

Using in 1.20 for a islands play through as a method of getting lime. Thanks a bunch works great.

ElectroNikkel , May 28th 2024 at 6:01 PM

It should work well, since it is a simple content mod SunshineFaith

SunshineFaith, Mar 11th 2024 at 8:05 AM

Will this mod still work?   1.19.3/4  I love collecting things

TheNiteFox, Oct 27th 2023 at 1:18 AM

This mod is a great idea! I never once thought of the lovely shells back when I tried making a panning mod haha :) Great job! ^_^

DocHogan, Sep 30th 2023 at 8:58 PM

Due to the laws of supply and demand

No one wants to by shells when there's loads on the sand

ElectroNikkel , Sep 28th 2023 at 3:03 AM

Yskar You get more seashells than vanilla, because Vanilla do not give you shells in the panning loot table in the first place.

And making options for specific types of sand would be quite a challenge, one that I fear is actually impossible, at least with my skill and time.

Yskar, Sep 27th 2023 at 11:56 AM

I didn't understand, so using this mod you get more or less sheashells than vanilla?
How about an option to determine the seashells would just (or mostly) drop using an SPECIFIC type of sand?

Cattsy, Sep 25th 2023 at 5:11 PM

Great idea! I'm gonna use it sooo much (and have my house cluttered with twice the amount of shells)

ElectroNikkel , Sep 23rd 2023 at 8:13 PM

LazyViking didn't knew it :p

Its chance per seashell is 1 in 500 per seashell panned in Muddy Soil (8% success rate per Binomial Distribution), so I think that it is still balanced. Should I lower the chances?

LazyViking, Sep 23rd 2023 at 7:33 PM

you can get this in the Wild Farming - Revival mod when paning Muddy gravel

NukoSan, Sep 22nd 2023 at 8:04 PM

Sir Pun-A-Lot

Rythillian, Sep 22nd 2023 at 3:49 PM

Very clever mod name lol