Water Walking Boots

Water Walking Boots

Version 0.3.16 for How to Fish / BepInEx 5

Ever wished you could leave the boat behind and stroll straight across the sea? Water Walking Boots let you walk, sprint, and jump on the ocean surface. Slip them on for a shortcut between fishing spots, then turn them off whenever you want to swim again.

The boots are a reusable item with a custom textured 3D model and hotbar icon. Their water support follows only the player using them, leaving boats, loose items, and other players alone.

The new textured 3D boots model, carried in the player's hands and used when dropped.

Where to purchase

Look at any money vendor, including one on a modded island, and press 9 to buy Water Walking Boots for $15,000. The purchase key can be changed in the BepInEx configuration. You need one free inventory slot. The purchase prompt appears beside the other shop options while you are looking at the vendor.

How to use

Put the boots in your hotbar and hold them in your hands. Press E to turn water walking on or off. A green hotbar indicator shows when the effect is active. While it is on, move, sprint, and jump normally to travel over the water.

| What you want to do | Where or when | Control | Result |

|---|---|---|---|

| Turn water walking on | Hold the boots in your hands | Press E | Activates the boots and displays the green ON indicator. |

| Turn water walking off | Hold the boots while they are active | Press E | Deactivates the water-walking effect. |

| Walk on water | Keep the boots turned on | Move normally | Walk, sprint, and jump across the water surface. |

| Drop the boots | Hold the boots | Use the game's normal drop control | Drops the 3D boots item into the world. |

| Pick the boots up | Approach the dropped boots | Use the normal pickup control | Returns the boots to your hands or inventory. |

| Sell the boots | Throw them into a money vendor's mouth | — | Sells the boots for $7,500, which is half their purchase price. |

The boots can be dropped, picked up, and sold like a normal item. Selling them to a money vendor returns $7,500.

How water walking works

When switched on, the boots create a small invisible walking surface directly beneath the wearer's feet at the waterline. It follows the player closely enough for normal movement, sprinting, and jumping while leaving boats, dropped objects, held items, NPCs, and other players unaffected.

The effect works near the water surface and turns off when you press E again while holding the boots. It does not change normal movement while you are travelling on land.

Item features

• Supplied textured dark-blue and cyan boots model with straps and gold buckles.
• Matching model while held or dropped in the world.
• Transparent, tightly framed hotbar preview.
• Green hotbar indicator while water walking is active.
• Normal item dropping, pickup, inventory, and vendor-sale behavior.
• Safe movement around boats and loose objects.
• Compatible renderer setup for Better Oceans.

Multiplayer

Each player who wants to use the boots should install the mod. The water support applies locally to the wearer and does not act as a moving platform for other players or world objects.