Shield Sledding

Slide down hills on your equipped shield. Jump, press Mouse4 to arm (in the air or right after takeoff), then land to start sledding. Speed follows the hill — shield tier affects durability wear, not how fast you go.

Valheim 1.0 / Deep North boards are included: Nord Shield, Nord Buckler, and Nord Greatshield. Ice sheets and floes are faster and slipperier than snow. Sledding through Deep North powder leaves the same compacted trail as walking.

Works in multiplayer. Everyone playing needs the mod installed.

Optional: WoodRamps adds buildable wood ramps for custom sled runs. Not required.

Questions or bugs? Discord

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Install with r2modman

1. Install r2modman.
2. Pick Valheim and open the Default profile.
3. Install BepInExPack Valheim if it is not already there.
4. Either:
   • Search Thunderstore for Shield Sledding and install it, or
   • Settings → Import local mod and pick dist\ShieldSledding-1.1.0.zip.

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Manual install

1. Install BepInExPack Valheim.

2. From the Release folder, copy the ModdedWolf-ShieldSledding folder into Valheim:

   Valheim\BepInEx\plugins\ModdedWolf-ShieldSledding\

   You should end up with:

   Valheim\BepInEx\plugins\ModdedWolf-ShieldSledding\ShieldSledding.dll

3. Launch Valheim through BepInEx (Steam with the BepInEx launcher, or whatever you normally use).

Config shows up after the first run at:

BepInEx\config\ModdedWolf.ShieldSledding.cfg

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How to use it

1. Equip a shield that still has durability (drawn in hand — sheathed does not count).
2. Jump on purpose — walking off a cliff without pressing jump does not count.
3. Press your ActivationKey while airborne or right after takeoff (default Mouse4, changeable in config). In-game hints always show the key you have set. Without a shield equipped, the key does nothing.
4. Land to start sledding. By default any ground works; raise MinimumSlope in config if you want steeper hills only.

Valheim 1.0 uses G for a vanilla action, so the default sled bind is Mouse4. Existing configs that were still on G are migrated automatically; a custom bind is kept.

Controls while sledding

Key	What it does
A / D	Steer (screen left/right; InvertSteering / CameraRelativeSteering in config)
W	Lean forward, small speed boost (ground or water only)
S	Brake (ground or water only)
Space	Jump — you stay in sled mode
ActivationKey	Arm in the air after a jump; quit sledding (in-game hints show this key)
Esc	Quit sledding

Sledding ends if you press your activation key or Esc, get hit by a creature or player, sink in deep water (too slow to skim), die, or your shield breaks from wear. At 6 m/s or faster you can skim across water instead of swimming.

Combat & damage while sledding

Hit type	What happens
Falls and impacts	No health loss — damage goes to shield durability instead
Creature or player attack	Knocked off the sled, staggered, no health loss

While armed (after the activation key, before landing), hits are blocked with no shield wear — you stay on your feet.

Configurable in ModdedWolf.ShieldSledding.cfg under [Damage]: AbsorbDamageToShield, EndSledOnCombatHit, StaggerOnCombatHit.

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Shield wear (defaults)

All shields slide at the same speed — the hill sets your pace. Shield tier changes how fast durability drains (higher = wears faster). Lower is better.

Shield	Wear
Wood	6.00×
Wood tower	5.60×
Bronze buckler	3.50×
Bone tower	4.20×
Iron buckler	0.80×
Banded	2.00×
Iron square	0.85×
Iron tower	0.75×
Serpent scale	0.70×
Silver	0.65×
Shield of Roots	0.65×
Black metal	0.55×
Black metal tower	0.52×
Carapace	0.45×
Carapace buckler	0.40×
Flametal	0.35×
Flametal tower	0.32×
Knight	3.70×
Nord Shield	0.28×
Nord Buckler	0.28×
Nord Greatshield	0.26×

Modded shields and any other 1.0 shields the game adds use DefaultModdedWear in config, or add entries under CustomModdedWear. Unknown vanilla shields are also auto-registered when ObjectDB loads.

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Multiplayer

Movement runs on your client like normal Valheim walking. Other players see your sledding state over the network. Host and clients all need the mod installed — there is no separate server-only package.

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Files in the Release folder

Path	Purpose
BepInEx/plugins/ModdedWolf-ShieldSledding/ShieldSledding.dll	The mod
BepInEx/plugins/ModdedWolf-ShieldSledding/icon.png	Mod icon (r2modman)
BepInEx/plugins/ModdedWolf-ShieldSledding/manifest.json	Thunderstore metadata
BepInEx/plugins/ModdedWolf-ShieldSledding/README.md	This file

Copy the ModdedWolf-ShieldSledding folder into your Valheim BepInEx\plugins\ directory.