HexWaterproofBuilding

Adds rain-resistant building pieces, wood and bone stacks, automatic pier supports, and optional extended-range building functionality to Valheim.

Also removes the roof requirement for vanilla and waterproof workbenches by default.

⚠️ Important

Extended-range functionality for vanilla building pieces is disabled by default.

Enable it with VanillaPiecesEnabled = true.

Configuration changes require a full game restart.

Features

• Adds a Waterproof Building hammer build tab
• Adds a Pier hammer build tab
• Adds rain-resistant versions of the vanilla workbench, wood, darkwood, and ashwood building pieces
• Prevents vanilla wood and bone stacks from taking rain damage by default
• Removes the roof requirement for vanilla and waterproof workbenches by default
• Uses vanilla build requirements plus Resin for waterproof pieces
• Adds a 4m Vertical Pier Support that automatically extends to the seabed
• Pier supports cannot be placed on dry land
• Supports normal placement, snapping, snap cycling, removal, and copy-piece functionality
• Supports optional extended-range placement, removal, hover highlighting, and copy-piece functionality
  • Waterproof building pieces: enabled by default
  • Vanilla building pieces: disabled by default

Screenshots

Configuration

Config file:

BepInEx/config/hex.waterproofbuilding.cfg

Key settings:

• VanillaPiecesEnabled - Enables extended-range functionality for vanilla building pieces
• WoodAndBoneStacksTakeRainDamage - Restores normal rain damage for vanilla wood and bone stacks
• WorkBenchRequireRoof - Restores the roof requirement for vanilla and waterproof workbenches

Configuration changes require a full game restart.

Requirements

• BepInExPack Valheim
• Jotunn

Installation

Thunderstore / r2modman

Install using a Thunderstore-compatible mod manager.

Manual Installation

1. Install BepInExPack Valheim.
2. Install Jotunn.
3. Place HexWaterproofBuilding.dll in:

BepInEx/plugins/HexWaterproofBuilding/

Multiplayer

Install the mod on the server and all clients.

Multiplayer and dedicated server testing is limited, so feedback is welcome.

Notes

• Pier supports automatically generate additional support sections based on water depth
• Removing the mod may leave placed waterproof pieces and pier supports unavailable or non-interactable

Support and Feedback

Discord: https://discord.gg/wU2FXD94v4

Source Code

GitHub: https://github.com/guillenjgg/valheim-hex-water-proof-objects