Never get caught in battle with an empty off-hand! Shield Me Bruh! is a sleek quality-of-life mod that seamlessly auto-equips your favorite shield whenever you draw any one-handed weapon (swords, axes, maces, spears, clubs, or knives).
- 🖱️ Mark Your Shield: Open your Player Inventory and Middle-Click your desired shield. A special Shield Me Bruh! icon appears on the item icon to confirm it is your designated combat shield.
- 🔄 Unmark or Swap: Middle-Click the shield again to unmark it. If you middle-click a different shield while wielding a 1H weapon, your character will instantly equip the new shield!
- ⚔️ Automatic Combat Ready: Whenever you equip an eligible one-handed weapon, Shield Me Bruh! automatically equips your marked shield. Unequipping or switching to a 2H weapon safely stows your shield.
- ❌ Exclude Specific Weapons: Don't want your shield to deploy when using utility tools like woodcutting axes? Middle-Click any 1-handed weapon to mark it with a red X. Equipping an excluded weapon leaves your off-hand free with no movement speed penalties! Multiple weapons can be excluded simultaneously.
- 💾 Persistent Across Sessions: Your shield selection and weapon exclusions persist across inventory moves, chests, game saves, world transitions, and character logouts.
| Action | Input / Control | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Shield | Middle-Click (in Inventory) | Designates the clicked shield as your auto-equip shield. |
| Deselect Shield | Middle-Click (on Marked Shield) | Removes the mark and disables auto-equip for that shield. |
| Quick Swap | Middle-Click (on New Shield) | Instantly marks and auto-equips the new shield if a 1H weapon is held. |
| Exclude Weapon | Middle-Click (on 1H Weapon) | Toggles the red X exclusion badge so the shield will not auto-deploy for this weapon. |
- 📦 Container Move Protection: Quick-moving items into containers (Ctrl + Left Click) or bulk transfers will never accidentally strip the mark from your shield.
- ⚡ Zero Lag Overhead: Uses clean Harmony prefix/postfix hooks during item equip events with zero per-frame background polling.
| Mod | Compatibility Status |
|---|---|
| AdventureBackpacks | 🟢 Fully Supported (Equipped backpacks & quick transfer work seamlessly) |
| FastItemTransfer | 🟢 Fully Supported |
| Equipment & Quick Slots | 🟢 Fully Supported |
| Epic Loot | 🟢 Fully Supported (Enchanted shields remain marked) |
| Jewelcrafting | 🟢 Fully Supported |
🇺🇸 English (Default)
Want to help translate Shield Me Bruh? Community translations are welcome! Please submit a PR on GitHub or stop by our Discord.
- Install via R2ModMan or Thunderstore Mod Manager.
- Dependencies (
BepInExPack,Jotunn (JVL)) are installed automatically.
- Copy
ShieldMeBruh.dllto yourValheim/BepInEx/pluginsdirectory.
Shield Me Bruh includes lightweight, privacy-first telemetry and error reporting to help monitor mod stability, diagnose unhandled bugs, and track active version adoption across game updates.
- 100% Anonymous: We never collect personal data, Steam IDs, IP addresses, character/world names, or file system paths. Stack traces from errors are automatically sanitized to strip local user directories.
- Granular Player Control:
- Anonymous Telemetry (Opt-In): Tracks version adoption and session launches. Defaults to unchecked / disabled when first loaded (
Enable Anonymous Telemetry = false). - Error Reporting (Opt-Out): Captures sanitized mod crash diagnostics to rapidly identify and fix bugs. Defaults to enabled (
Send Error Reports = true) with one-click opt-out. - Data Disclaimers: Hover over any toggle in the startup modal for interactive tooltip disclaimers detailing exactly what data is transmitted.
- Anonymous Telemetry (Opt-In): Tracks version adoption and session launches. Defaults to unchecked / disabled when first loaded (
- In-Game & Online Privacy Policy: The full privacy policy can be viewed directly in-game by clicking
[ PRIVACY POLICY ]on the startup splash modal, or online at vapok.io/privacy-policy. - Configuration Files: Settings can be managed in-game via the startup modal, through the BepInEx Configuration Manager, or under
[Local Config]inBepInEx/config/vapok.mods.shieldmebruh.cfg.
Author: Vapok
Source Code: GitHub Repository
Community & Support: Discord Server
Changelog: Release Notes