I found the problem. I use Vortex. It adds files to Bepinex plugin directory. I removed all vortex files. Reinstalled Bepinex manually. Then added Enhanced CFG MGR and Equip and Quick Slots and they worked.

I conclude Vortex was hosing Bepinex.

I had this problem when the last but one patch dropped. BepinEx needed updating, which already had been updated and uploaded soon after the patch dropped. In the first instance I always move my folder with all the mods and restart Valheim: if it still doesn't work is the BepinEx, if it does work then I move the mods back one by one until I find the one that breaks it, and then just go look for an update for that mod.

I updated Bepinex after clean install. I just tried a new world. Configuration Manager doesn't work from start page using button. Only it and Clock were loaded. For some reason Bepinex is showing more mods than I have enabled, 4 vs 3. Bepinex show 1 plugin with no mods loaded (according to Vortex).

Originally posted by Danno:

I updated Bepinex after clean install. I just tried a new world. Configuration Manager doesn't work from start page using button. Only it and Clock were loaded. For some reason Bepinex is showing more mods than I have enabled, 4 vs 3. Bepinex show 1 plugin with no mods loaded (according to Vortex).

What? To pretty much all of that.
Might be a good idea to explain EXACTLY what you're doing and maybe posting the relevant parts VH's / BepInEx's logs (NO SCREENSHOTS of logs!).

This is why I don't play with mods until a game is finished. Constantly worrying about unplayability due to off the cuff updates and patches. The game is great in vanilla mode. I have over 3000 hours played entirely unmodded. I have a resource that few other players seem to possess: Patience.

Originally posted by Blakkrazor:

This is why I don't play with mods until a game is finished. Constantly worrying about unplayability due to off the cuff updates and patches. The game is great in vanilla mode. I have over 3000 hours played entirely unmodded. I have a resource that few other players seem to possess: Patience.

It depends a lot on how much you mod and so on.
The modding environment around VH is pretty stable (as the standard Unity modding tools work just like that) and me and a few friends didn't have any problem with the 10 to 20(!) mods we were/are using in the last >12 month.
Just wait a few weeks after an (major) update, check for mod updates, test and either fix the remaining problems or remove the mods.
Of course that doesn't work so good with huge/big mods that do a lot'a'lot more than just QoL stuff.

Originally posted by Danno:

I've clean installed, etc. Bepinex says mods are loaded. They just don't work.

But the game works?
Does BepInEx really say the mods are loaded? Are you 100% sure it doesn't unload them right after that?
-> pretty sure you need to update BepInEx -> https://steamcommunity.com/app/892970/discussions/1/3827537216852180764/?tscn=1680045960

Just updated my server+client to 0.214.305 and everything seems to work fine.

Let the mod maker know.

Some times it might take a day or two for a mod to update.

why is there no workshop? legit question, im not saying every game HAS to have workshop for mods, but Valheim seems like a perfect game for workshop

Originally posted by ✅ Tulka ⭐:

why is there no workshop? legit question, im not saying every game HAS to have workshop for mods, but Valheim seems like a perfect game for workshop

Because the devs are too early in development to worry about it. It may come after 1.0, or it may not.

Reportedly, difficulty settings are planned.