# Reading private variables

Reading private variables is clearly necessary when modding raft. Let's see how easy it is!

To access private variables we need to use **Harmony**. You can visit the Harmony wiki by clicking [here](https://github.com/pardeike/Harmony/wiki).\
\&#xNAN;*`Harmony is a library for patching, replacing and decorating .NET and Mono methods during runtime.`*\
\
To use harmony you simply need to add the `Harmony` namespace by adding `using Harmony;` at the top of your class.

\
To access a **non-static private variable** you use Traverse.Create() with the object instance and .Field() with the field name.

```csharp
string myvalue = Traverse.Create(ScriptInstance).Field("fieldname").GetValue() as string;

// For example to get the value "m_MinFallingHeight" of the class Player we can do that :
float val = Traverse.Create(Player.Get()).Field("m_MinFallingHeight").GetValue() as float;
```

\
To access a **static private variable** you also use Traverse.Create() but with the class type and .Field() with the field name.

```csharp
string myvalue = Traverse.Create(typeof(classname)).Field("fieldname").GetValue() as string;

// For example to get the value "s_Initialized" of the class ItemIDHelpers we can do that :
bool myvalue = Traverse.Create(typeof(ItemIDHelpers)).Field("s_Initialized").GetValue() as bool;
```