SaunaMod

Finally, a proper Viking sauna in Valheim.

SaunaMod adds a functional sauna mechanic. Build the stove, heat the stones, throw on some water and have a proper sauna before your next adventure. Time spent in the steam gives temporary benefits aimed at exploration and everyday life, while traditional bathhouse items improve the sauna as you progress through the biomes. The effects focus on recovery and the environment rather than combat.

In multiplayer, the sauna gives the crew a reason to gather from time to time, steam together and prepare for the next expedition.

What the mod adds

Sauna Stove

A stone sauna stove built from Valheim’s own assets, available in the Sauna hammer category. Feed it with wood, let the stones heat up and pour water over them. Steam spreads through the room and gathers under a roof. Stay in the steam long enough and you leave Well Steamed, carrying the warmth with you.

Sauna Upgrades

Upgrades use materials from later biomes and extend what the sauna can do.

Sauna whisks help you steam properly, make being wet less troublesome and unlock longer warming.

Sauna bucket with ladle lets you throw more water on the stones and infuse the steam with resistance mead, sharing its effects through the sauna.

Sauna towels made from wolf pelts complete the sauna. A proper steam helps you climb steep slopes with less stamina, slip less and take less damage from freezing.

All upgrades increase sauna comfort near a stove with hot stones in a sheltered room.

Multiplayer

Everyone must have the mod installed, including the dedicated server, and use the same version. Sauna mechanics and configuration are synchronized between the server and clients.

Installation

Install SaunaMod through Thunderstore Mod Manager or r2modman to have the required dependencies installed automatically.

For a manual installation, place the contents of the plugins folder in BepInEx/plugins/SaunaMod/ and keep the icons and sounds folders next to SaunaMod.dll.

Requires BepInEx and Jotunn.

Notes

SaunaMod is built entirely from assets already present in Valheim. The stove and bathhouse items are assembled from vanilla pieces at runtime.

The mod creates its own configuration file in BepInEx/config/, where gameplay, effects, steam behaviour and crafting recipes can be tweaked. It also includes an optional lightweight in-game editor for tuning and testing, opened with F7 when enabled.

Feedback

Bug reports can be left on Nexus Mods, or you can contact me on Discord, Nickname nekitious.

Feedback is welcome, especially on balance, steam behaviour and ideas for future mechanics. Thanks to everyone already helping to shape the mod.

From sauna lovers, for sauna lovers.

Credits

Made by Nekitker, with contributions from Bettehem.