Beast of Burden

A Valheim mod that adds a skill-based carry weight system. Train your carrying capacity by moving while heavily loaded!

Features

• Beast of Burden Skill: A trainable skill that increases your maximum carry weight
• Skill Progression: Gain experience by moving while carrying at least 90% of your capacity
• Configurable: Adjust base carry weight, skill gain rate, and weight bonus per level
• Persistent: Your skill level is saved with your character

Configuration

After first run, a configuration file will be created at BepInEx/config/com.laserflare.beastofburden.cfg:

How It Works

1. Fill your inventory to at least 90% capacity
2. Move around (walking, running, etc.)
3. Gain Beast of Burden experience over time
4. Level up to increase your maximum carry weight
5. At skill level 100, you can carry up to 600 weight (with default settings)

Installation

Manual Installation

1. Install BepInEx
2. Download and extract BeastOfBurden.dll to BepInEx/plugins/

Thunderstore (r2modman)

1. Search for "Beast of Burden" in r2modman
2. Click Install

Building from Source

1. Run dotnet build

Compatibility

• Valheim version: 0.217+
• BepInEx version: 5.4.22+
• Should be compatible with most other mods

Credits

Inspired by Smoothbrain's PackHorse

License

MIT License

Changelog

1.0.9

• Fixed skill progress not persisting across logout/login
• Switched from ZDO storage to Player.m_customData for reliable character-level persistence
• Skill data now follows your character across different worlds

1.0.0

• Initial release
• Beast of Burden skill system for increasing carry weight
• Configurable skill gain rate and weight bonuses
• Skill persistence across sessions