BeastOfBurden
A skill-based carry weight mod. Gain the Beast of Burden skill by moving while heavily loaded to increase your maximum carry weight.
About this mod Author’s original text
Beast of Burden
A Valheim mod that adds a skill-based carry weight system. Train your carrying capacity by moving while heavily loaded!
Features
- Beast of Burden Skill: A trainable skill that increases your maximum carry weight
- Skill Progression: Gain experience by moving while carrying at least 90% of your capacity
- Configurable: Adjust base carry weight, skill gain rate, and weight bonus per level
- Persistent: Your skill level is saved with your character
Configuration
After first run, a configuration file will be created at BepInEx/config/com.laserflare.beastofburden.cfg:
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---------|---------|-------------|
| EnableMod | true | Enable or disable the mod |
| CarryWeightPerSkillLevel | 3 | Additional carry weight per skill level |
| SkillGainRate | 0.5 | Experience gained per second while training |
| MinimumLoadPercentage | 0.9 | Minimum load (90%) required to train the skill |
How It Works
- Fill your inventory to at least 90% capacity
- Move around (walking, running, etc.)
- Gain Beast of Burden experience over time
- Level up to increase your maximum carry weight
- At skill level 100, you can carry up to 600 weight (with default settings)
Installation
Manual Installation
- Install BepInEx
- Download and extract BeastOfBurden.dll to BepInEx/plugins (r2modman)
- Search for "Beast of Burden" in r2modman
- Click Install
Building from Source
- Run dotnet build
Compatibility
- Valheim version: 0.217+
- BepInEx version: 5.4.22+
- Should be compatible with most other mods
Credits
Inspired by Smoothbrain's PackHorse
License
MIT License
Install & use Install: BepInEx plugin
- The archive from playbuff is the mod itself — usually a BepInEx plugin (a .dll or a plugin folder once unzipped).
- Recommended: use a community mod manager (such as r2modman) — pick this game, import the mod, and the manager sets up BepInEx and its dependencies for you.
- Manual route: install the BepInEx loader in the game folder, then drop the unzipped .dll or plugin folder into BepInEx/plugins/.
- Launch the game — the BepInEx console logs every plugin it loads; seeing this mod in the log means it is installed.
Mods with listed dependencies need those installed too, or they will not load. Options are usually changed in-game or in the plugin's config file. In multiplayer, the host and every client need the same mods installed.
Install these first, or the mod will not work: