VoK.CharacterExtractor — DDO Character Extractor & Viewer

A Dungeon Helper plugin for Dungeons & Dragons Online that snapshots your entire character to a single JSON file, paired with a fully offline, single-file HTML viewer that renders the dump as a rich 14-tab character sheet — abilities, feats, past lives, enhancement trees, epic destinies, gear with augments and set bonuses, full stat breakdowns, and a printable build sheet.

Everything is rendered locally in your browser. No upload, no network, no account required.

How it works

DDO game client (running)
        │  read-only memory access via VoK.Sdk (Dungeon Helper SDK)
        ▼
VoK.CharacterExtractor plugin  — dumps on login, level-up, or F12
        │  writes JSON
        ▼
extracts\<Server>_<Character>_<timestamp>_<trigger>.json
        │  drag & drop
        ▼
DDO_Character_Viewer.html  — self-contained offline viewer, 14 tabs

1. Extract — the plugin runs inside Dungeon Helper while DDO is running and writes a complete character dump on login, level-up, or F12 (manual). The plugin is strictly read-only: it never writes to the game or sends input.
2. View — open DDO_Character_Viewer.html in any modern browser and drop the JSON onto it (or click Open JSON…).

The viewer is completely self-contained (~30 MB): DDO enhancement/destiny tree topology, item catalog, game data, and every icon are embedded directly in the file, so it works offline with no external assets. Game data is currently synced to DDOBuilder 2.0.0.81 (see CHANGELOG.md).

Tip: the gear tab relies on the plugin's examine cache — right-click → Examine each equipped item in-game before pressing F12 so item effects and augments make it into the dump.

What gets captured

• Character basics — name, server, HP/SP, class split, epic & legendary levels, build points
• Abilities — totals with full source breakdown (base, level-ups, feats, tomes, inherent…)
• Skills — ranks, modifiers, and bonus breakdowns
• Feats — every feat with source, plus tomes
• Past lives — heroic, racial, iconic, and epic past life counters
• Enhancements — every spent AP across all trees, with rank counts
• Epic destinies — destiny trees and spent destiny points
• Reaper — reaper enhancement trees and reaper points
• Gear — all equipped items with effects, augment slots and their contents, and active set bonuses
• Active effects — every buff/effect currently on the character, plus player effects
• Combat stats — saves, defenses, resistances, and miscellaneous combat data
• Extras — quest state, hotbar layout, party members, examine cache, and full raw entity properties

Screenshots

Summary

Character overview: vitals, class breakdown, and snapshot metadata.

Levels

Level-by-level class progression.

Abilities

Ability score cards with full per-source breakdowns.

Skills

Skill ranks and modifier breakdowns.

Feats

All feats with icons and sources.

Past Lives

Heroic, racial, iconic, and epic past lives.

Enhancements

Full enhancement tree renders — filled cells are your selected enhancements, with current/max rank badges.

Destiny

Epic destiny trees with spent destiny points.

Reaper

Reaper enhancement trees.

Gear

Equipped items with effects, augment slots, and active set bonuses.

Stat Breakdown

Computed stat totals with per-bonus-type stacking breakdowns, reconciled against the engine's own aggregates.

Active Effects

Every effect currently active on the character.

Build Sheet

A printable, planner-style build sheet — includes a Print / Save as PDF button.

Raw JSON

The full pretty-printed dump for anything the other tabs don't show.

Installation (prebuilt)

1. Install Dungeon Helper (requires framework 4.2.0.0 or newer).
2. Copy VoK.CharacterExtractor.dll and VoK.CharacterExtractor.metadata into %AppData%\Dungeon Helper\plugins\CharacterExtractor\.
3. Restart Dungeon Helper — the plugin appears in its plugin list.
4. Log into DDO. Examine your gear, then press F12; the dump lands in the extracts\ subfolder.
5. Open DDO_Character_Viewer.html in a browser and drop the dump onto it.

Building from source

The plugin source lives in src/. You need the .NET 8 SDK and a Dungeon Helper install (the csproj references VoK.Sdk.dll from it):

cd src
dotnet build -c Release

If Dungeon Helper isn't at %AppData%\Dungeon Helper\, override the path:

dotnet build -c Release -p:DungeonHelperDir="D:\path\to\Dungeon Helper\"

Then copy the two files from bin\Release\net8.0-windows\ into the plugins folder as above. See src/README.md for caveats (SDK signature drift between Dungeon Helper versions).

The tools/ scripts regenerate the game-data blobs embedded in the viewer from DDOBuilder's DataFiles/ (download separately): build_catalog.py produces the item/augment/set-bonus catalog, build_game_data.py the tree topology and icons.

Repository layout

Path	Purpose
DDO_Character_Viewer.html	Self-contained offline viewer (game data + icons embedded)
VoK.CharacterExtractor.dll	Prebuilt Dungeon Helper plugin
VoK.CharacterExtractor.metadata	Plugin manifest for Dungeon Helper
src/	Plugin source (C#, .NET 8, builds against VoK.Sdk.dll)
tools/	Python scripts that rebuild the embedded DDOBuilder catalog/game data
extracts/	Character dumps written by the plugin (git-ignored)
screenshots/	Viewer screenshots used in this README

Privacy

Dumps are written and viewed locally only — the viewer makes no network requests. A dump can include your character name, server, and the names of current party members, so review a JSON before sharing it publicly. The extracts/ folder is git-ignored by default.

Credits & licensing

• DDOBuilder by Maetrim — the embedded tree topology, item catalog, game data, and icons are extracted from DDOBuilder's DataFiles/ (GPLv2). Huge thanks.
• Dungeon Helper — the plugin framework and SDK (VoK.Sdk.dll) this extractor runs on. The SDK itself is not redistributed here.
• Dungeons & Dragons Online © Standing Stone Games. This project is a fan-made tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Standing Stone Games or Wizards of the Coast. Game icons and data remain the property of their respective owners.