DrainTarPit

A hand pump with hoses to drain Valheim's tar pits. Build a pump, run an intake hose with a strainer into the tar and an outlet hose with a nozzle somewhere else, then work the lever: the tar level drops and the tar pours out of the nozzle. Only the liquid is removed - Tar items, meat or anything else lying in the pit stay where they are, so you can walk in and pick them up once it is drained.

Want the pumped tar to stay, fill your own pools or pump water? Install the add-on WaterAndTarPools (needs this mod).

Pieces (Hammer > KY-Items)

Piece	Cost	Notes
Hand pump	10 Wood, 5 Iron, 4 Leather scraps, 5 Resin	Intake and outlet snap points, a lever and a place to stand
Intake strainer hose	2 Iron, 2 Leather scraps, 2 Tar	The end that goes into the tar
Outlet nozzle hose	2 Iron, 1 Leather scraps, 2 Tar	The tar comes out here
Hose (1 m)	1 Leather scraps, 1 Tar
Hose (2 m)	2 Leather scraps, 2 Tar
Hose elbow	2 Leather scraps, 2 Tar	90 degree bend

Chain the hoses with their snap points. Tilt a held piece with Alt + scroll (pitch), Alt + Ctrl + scroll (roll) and Backspace to reset (keys configurable). Pieces only break when hit: no support, rain or fire damage.

Using the pump

• E on the pump: step up to it. E again = one stroke. Hold E = keep pumping until you let go.
• Shift + E, Space or walking away: step off. Getting hit throws you off the pump.
• The hover text shows whether the intake and outlet chains are connected and why a stroke would fail.
• Each stroke costs a little stamina. The strainer does not have to be perfect: it works with tar around its tip and up to half a metre above the surface.
• Every stroke pulls 6 m³ of tar (strongest at the strainer, fading out over 4 m); the rest of the pit flows towards the hole faster while you pump.
• A drained pit slowly seeps back (60 minutes by default).
• See-through hoses show the tar moving through them; the stream, splashes and a short puddle appear where it comes out, with sounds. Everyone near the pump sees and hears it.
• Multiplayer: one player at a time on a pump, everyone else sees the lever and the pumping animation.

Config

BepInEx/config/com.kydldev.DrainTarPit.cfg (changes are picked up while the game runs):

Section	Settings
General	EnableAll - switch the mod off while playing (built pieces stay)
DebugLog	Enable - detailed log lines for bug reports
Building	TiltKey, RollKey, TiltResetKey, TiltStep
Effects	SoundEffects (all sounds of the mod), EffectsVolume, ScratchSounds, TarSplashSound, TarSlugFlow (tar visible in see-through hoses), LiquidFlowSpeed, NozzleFlowAmount, NozzlePuddle, NozzlePressure, NozzleFlowSeconds, PourSoundOffset
Drain	VolumePerStroke (5 - 30 m³), DrainRadius, StrainerSearchRadius, StrainerReach, MinTarDepth, MaxChainPieces, SnapTolerance, RefillMinutes (10 - 120)
Pump	AutoReach - step the player towards the lever so both hands reach the handle
Build Time Hose Visuals	Build Hose Style (Solid / Transparent) and Build Hose Opacity: the look a hose gets when you build it
World Hose Visuals	World Hose Style (Default / Transparent / Solid) and World Hose Opacity: how every hose already in the world is shown

Requirements

BepInEx and Jotunn. Everyone on the server needs the mod. English and German; other languages show English.

Known limits

• The pour at the nozzle (stream, splashes, puddle) is shown to every player who has the pump loaded, but only while someone is pumping.