


Realistic Running makes Valheim movement feel faster, heavier, and more physical without turning every journey into a punishment. Sprinting builds from a normal run into a faster full pace, while hard exertion gradually narrows your peripheral vision, adds a rising heartbeat, and leaves you needing a short recovery after pushing too far.
It is designed to work on its own, and to fit the wider Scavengers survival setup when used alongside You're Cold, You're Tired, You're Injured, and You're Hungry.
This version includes safeguards so a bad combination of weather, terrain, exertion, and compatible survival penalties stays difficult without creating a permanent no-sprint lock.
Realistic Running works by itself.
When installed, it can also cooperate with:
These links are optional. Realistic Running does not require either mod.
F8 — writes movement, exertion, terrain, weather, and compatibility diagnostics to BepInEx/LogOutput.log.After first launch, settings are created at:
BepInEx/config/com.marccunningham.survivalmovementexertion.cfg
Important settings include sprint speed, stamina drain, terrain/weather effects, visual intensity, heartbeat settings, exhausted-jog duration, the emergency sprint threshold, and the combined run-drain safety cap.
The mod works without an audio file. To use heartbeat sounds, place a compatible WAV file named:
heartbeat_double.wav
inside an assets folder beside the Realistic Running DLL.
Example:
BepInEx/plugins/RealisticRunning/assets/heartbeat_double.wav
RealisticRunning.dll in your BepInEx plugins folder.The public name is now Realistic Running.
The internal plugin GUID and compatibility bridge remain unchanged so existing config values and optional links with You're Hungry continue to work.