Viking Shanties

Updated for Valheim 1.0 (tested on 1.0.7).

Dance and headbang on boats and around campfires while Viking shanties play for everyone nearby!

Features

• Stick to the boat — Passengers are locked to the deck while emoting, no more sliding into the ocean
• Campfire singalongs — Press H near any lit fire to dance and sing
• Rest faster by the fire — Singing at a sheltered fire gets you Rested twice as fast (configurable)
• Heal faster by the fire — Singing at a fire makes your food heal you twice as fast (configurable, never on a ship)
• Regen Eitr faster by the fire — Singing at a fire makes your Eitr regenerate twice as fast (configurable, never on a ship)
• Heal your pets — Singing at a fire heals tamed wolves, boars, lox and the rest within a radius of the fire (configurable, never on a ship)
• Dance & Headbang — Cycles between dance and headbang emotes each time you press the hotkey
• Skip songs — Press Shift+H while dancing to skip to the next track
• Viking shanties — 3D spatialized audio plays from the ship or fire, audible to all nearby players and fading with distance
• 9 included tracks — Ships with a full soundtrack out of the box
• Multiplayer synced — Other players see you dancing and hear the shanty
• Crew singing — Volume increases slightly with more dancers
• Custom music — Drop your own .mp3, .ogg, or .wav files into the Shanties folder
• F1 Config Manager support — Change settings live in-game

How to Use

On a Ship

1. Get on a ship as a passenger (works from seats too!)
2. Press H to start dancing
3. Press Shift+H to skip to the next song
4. Press H again to stop

At a Campfire

1. Stand near any lit fire
2. Press H to start singing
3. Press Shift+H to skip to the next song
4. Press H again to stop

Each press cycles to the next emote and shanty.

Configuration

Works with the F1 Configuration Manager. Settings at BepInEx/config/dickdangerjustice.VikingShanties.cfg:

Setting	Default	Description
Enabled	true	Enable/disable the mod
DanceKey	H	Hotkey to toggle dancing
Cooldown	3	Seconds between dance toggles
EmoteMode	Cycle	Dance, Headbang, or Cycle through both
SongMode	Cycle	Lock to a specific track or cycle all
ShantyVolume	0.4	Base volume (0.0 - 1.0)
MaxHearingDistance	80	How far away the shanty can be heard
MoreDancersLouder	true	Volume increases with more dancers
FadeGameMusic	true	Fade out the normal game music while you sing, and back in afterwards
MusicFadeAmount	1	How far to lower the game music while you sing (1 = silent, 0 = no change)
FasterRestingEnabled	true	Singing at a fire makes you Rested faster. Turn off if you consider it a cheat
RestingSpeedMultiplier	2	How much faster you get Rested while singing at a fire (1 = off, max 3)
FasterHealingEnabled	true	Singing at a fire makes food heal you faster. Turn off if you consider it a cheat
HealingSpeedMultiplier	2	How much faster food heals you while singing at a fire (1 = off, max 3)
FasterEitrEnabled	true	Singing at a fire makes Eitr regenerate faster. Turn off if you consider it a cheat
EitrSpeedMultiplier	2	How much faster Eitr regenerates while singing at a fire (1 = off, max 3)
PetHealingEnabled	true	Singing at a fire heals tamed creatures near the fire
PetHealRadius	15	Radius in meters around the fire in which pets are healed (3 - 100)
PetHealPercentPerSecond	1	Percent of a pet's max health healed per second (0.1 - 10)

Custom Music

Place .mp3, .ogg, or .wav files in:

BepInEx/plugins/VikingShanties/Shanties/

The mod loads all audio files from this folder at startup and cycles through them.

Multiplayer note: Songs are synced by playlist index, not by filename. For the best experience, all players should have the same songs in the same order. The 9 bundled tracks are included with the mod, so those will always be in sync. If you add custom songs, make sure all players on the server add the same files.

Included Music Credits

Music by Forgotten Hero Records — free to use:

• "Ancient Order"
• "Echoes of Valhalla"
• "Medieval Escape"
• "Son of a Wolf"
• "Stormborn Saga"
• "Valhalla's Call"
• "Wall of Hope"
• "Warrior's Heart"

Music by NickPanekAIAssets — free to use:

• "Viking Chant (Ancient Norse Style)"

Bug Reports

Found a bug? Email [email protected]

Installation

Thunderstore / Gale / r2modman

Install via your mod manager — it handles everything.

Manual

1. Copy the VikingShanties folder into BepInEx/plugins/
2. Make sure the folder structure looks like:

BepInEx/plugins/VikingShanties/
    VikingShanties.dll
    Shanties/
        ancient_order.mp3
        echoes_of_valhalla.mp3
        medieval_escape.mp3
        son_of_a_wolf.mp3
        stormborn_saga.mp3
        valhallas_call.mp3
        viking_chant.mp3
        wall_of_hope.mp3
        warriors_heart.mp3