Utgarde Backpacks

Adds an Ashlands backpack and a Deep North backpack to Adventure Backpacks, using its public API.

Version 1.2.0 renames the two backpacks internally so they can sit next to the Cinderward Pack and Frostbound Haversack that Adventure Backpacks 2.4.0 added. Lanterns, bombs and charges sway.

Ashlands	Deep North

Requires Adventure Backpacks 2.4.0 or later. The server and every client need this mod; Jotunn enforces that on connection.

The backpacks

	Ashlands Backpack	Deep North Backpack
Station	Black forge, level 3	Black forge, level 4
Recipe	Ashen cape x1, Asksvin hide x5, flametal x10	Moose Hide Cape x1, moose hide x5, Bloodgold x10
Upgrade, per level	Asksvin hide x4, flametal x2, charred bone x5	Moose hide x4, Bloodgold x2, seal hide x5
Slots, quality 1 to 4	6x4, 7x4, 8x4, 8x5	7x4, 8x4, 8x5, 8x6
Carry bonus per quality level	40	50
Feather fall, frost resistance, cold immunity	From quality 1	From quality 1
Unique effect	Fire resistance	Strong frost resistance: frost damage cut to a quarter
Rare drop (0.2%)	Charred warrior, archer, and mage	Jotun warriors and Jotun witch
Boss drop (8%)	Fader	Frozen King (final phase)

Both packs halve the weight of their contents, add 1 armor per level, and slow you by 15% at quality 1, easing with upgrades, like the Mistlands pack. Recipes, stats, and drop rates can be changed in the Adventure Backpacks config under [Backpack: Ashlands Backpack] and [Backpack: Deep North Backpack].

Existing servers: check the effect config

Feather fall, frost resistance, and cold immunity are Adventure Backpacks' own effects. If your Adventure Backpacks config already exists, it may hold Effective Quality Level: Ashlands = 0 and DeepNorth = 0 in each [Effect: ...] section, and the file overrides this mod's default. Set them to 1 in [Effect: Feather Fall], [Effect: Frost Resistance], and [Effect: Cold Immunity] while the server is stopped. The mod logs a warning for each one that is not 1.

Uninstalling deletes the bags

Valheim deletes items whose prefab no longer exists. If you remove this mod, every Ashlands and Deep North backpack disappears, along with everything inside it. Empty them first.

Upgrading from 1.1.0

Adventure Backpacks 2.4.0 uses the internal names BackpackAshlands and BackpackDeepNorth for its own packs, which 1.1.0 also used. 1.2.0 uses BackpackUtgardeAshlands and BackpackUtgardeDeepNorth instead. A 1.1.0 backpack already in a chest or inventory loads as the matching Adventure Backpacks pack (Cinderward Pack or Frostbound Haversack). This has not been tested with a full bag, so empty your 1.1.0 backpacks first. Update Adventure Backpacks and this mod together.

Version compatibility

Clients and the server must use the same major and minor version. A 1.2.0 client cannot join a 1.1.0 server.

Motion

Sway is on by default. Lanterns swing more slowly than bombs and charges.

Cape cloth is on by default. To use the rigid cape instead, set [Motion] CapeCloth = false in the Utgarde Backpacks config and restart. Earlier versions wrote EnableCapeCloth = false into the config; 1.1.0 and later ignore that key.

Changelog

1.2.0

• Renamed the backpacks internally so they work next to Adventure Backpacks 2.4.0, which added its own Ashlands and Deep North packs.
• Requires Adventure Backpacks 2.4.0.

1.1.0

• Deep North has its own inventory icon.
• Deep North's cape cloth is on by default. The setting is now [Motion] CapeCloth, so existing installs pick up the new default.
• Added images to the Thunderstore page.

1.0.0

• First full release. Deep North: the round fur body is replaced with a boxier leather sack.

0.3.1

• Fixed backpack registration on headless dedicated servers.

0.3.0

• Reworked Ashlands with vanilla-style blocky textures and richer lighting.
• Added the Ashlands backpack inventory icon.
• Fixed night glow and backpack flicker while moving.
• Updated Deep North textures. Further Deep North rework is coming.

0.2.0

• Added textured Ashlands and flat-colored Deep North 3D models.
• Added sway to the hanging lanterns, bomb and charge, with a slower, heavier lantern swing.
• Made both packs 15% smaller and smoothed their shading while keeping sharp corners.
• Fixed backpack flicker while moving.