Uter the Porter

Tired of the long walk home? Died somewhere awful and can't face the trek back to your stuff? Call Uter, a grumpy Dverger porter. He appears beside you, puts you on his back, and runs you there, grumbling (and making questionable ride-app jokes) the whole way. When the ride's over he runs off into the distance and vanishes until you call again.

How to use it

Type in chat:

Say	What happens
Uter, take me home	He carries you home (your bed, unless you've set somewhere else).
Uter, take me to my grave	He carries you to your nearest gravestone. Also: gravestone, tomb, body.
Uter, this is home	Makes the spot you're standing on "home" in this world.
Uter, use my bed	Home goes back to being your bed.

Press Jump at any time to climb off. He'll leave either way.

You can also set hotkeys for both rides in the config (unset by default).

What he does

• Plans the whole route before setting off, like a sat-nav: round lakes and along coastlines, avoiding deep water, lava and cliffs. If something blocks the way, he plans again.
• Sprints (30% faster than a normal run, adjustable) and jumps over logs, rocks and low walls.
• Ignores everything on the way: monsters, loot, the lot. He's a professional.
• Can't be hurt, so a ride never ends with a dead porter dropping you in a swamp.
• Grumbles. "Is that your knee in my kidney, or have you brought a hammer?" Turn it off in the config if you'd rather ride in peace.
• Tells you plainly when he can't help: no bed set, no gravestone, a gravestone inside a dungeon, or no way over land (islands: you'll have to sail).

Multiplayer

Entirely client-side. Only the player who wants rides needs the mod: not the server, not your friends. Nobody is ever refused a server because of it. Players without the mod can't see Uter, so to them you'll appear to be sitting in mid-air, zooming across the map. Which is, frankly, the best part.

Each player calls their own Uter, and only the player who called him can ride.

Config

BepInEx/config/com.wpkenny.uterporter.cfg (or the in-game F1 menu with Configuration Manager):

Setting	Default	What it does
General / Name	Uter	What he's called (and the name you start chat commands with). The jokes follow the name.
Hotkeys / TakeMeHome	none	Key to call him for a ride home.
Hotkeys / TakeMeToMyGrave	none	Key to call him for a ride to your gravestone.
Ride / SpeedBoost	1.3	How much faster than a normal run he goes with you aboard.
Ride / Grumbling	true	His remarks during the ride.
Ride / SeatHeight, SeatBehind	0.75, -0.18	Where you sit on his back.

Notes

• He won't go into dungeons, and won't carry you if you're already sitting on something (a chair, a cart, a lox).
• "Home" without a bed: sleep in a bed once, or use Uter, this is home.

Requirements

BepInExPack for Valheim and Jötunn (installed automatically by mod managers).