100% charcoal efficiency. Zero burn loss. Fully automated.

Charcoal pits in Vintage Story often burn unevenly — yielding less than they should, depending on how the final charcoalpile-* blocks settle. This mod removes that randomness entirely.

When a pit finishes burning, Zero Loss Charcoal scans the structure and upgrades every pile to the configured maximum height. No matter how the pit burned, the output is always full yield.

Perfect for survival servers, industrial automation, mega charcoal farms, and anyone who hates waste.

What It Actually Does

One burn → maximum possible production. No exceptions, no randomness, no half-stacks.

Technical Behavior (short but complete)

• ✔ Uses flood-fill volume detection — adapts to any shape or scale
• ✔ No fixed radius, no hard limit
• ✔ Affects only connected charcoal blocks (won’t spill into builds)
• ✔ Pile height is normalized to a target value (default: 8)
• ✔ Server-side — clients don't need to install it

This means you can build massive industrial pits, automation farms, or compact survival charcoal stations — yield is always perfect.

Configuration

ZeroLossCharcoalConfig.json (optional)

{
  "MaxPileHeight": 8
}

Increase or lower the value as you wish. Beyond 8 requires modded pile blocks.

Why this mod exists

The original concept NoCharcoalLost was brilliant but is no longer maintained. This is a complete, modern rebuild — new code, same purpose, updated for active servers and long-term play.

Inspired by: BillyGalbreath — NoCharcoalLost
Re-implementation & Maintenance: HarukaYamamoto0