CarryWeightSkill
Adds a Carry Weight skill: train while sprinting or swimming heavy; +3 max weight per level. Compatible with Valheim Sept 2026 (Skills.RaiseSkill / MessageHud fix).
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Carry Weight Skill
Adds a Carry Weight skill to Valheim. Train it by sprinting or swimming while your inventory is at least half full (relative to max carry weight). Heavier loads level you faster. Each level adds +3 max carry weight (up to +300 at level 100). No XP while over-encumbered (past max weight).
The skill is registered with Jotunn and appears in the normal skills menu with the rest of your skills.
Requirements
- Valheim (modded)
- BepInEx
- Jotunn (hard dependency — install dependencies or manually)
Installation
Mod Manager / r2modman
- Install BepInEx and Jotunn if you have not already (your manager may pull them in automatically).
- Install Carry Weight Skill.
- Launch the game through the mod profile.
The manager will place CarrySkill.dll under BepInEx/plugins.
Manual
- Install BepInEx for Valheim.
- Install Jotunn into BepInEx/plugins.
- Copy CarrySkill.dll from this package into Valheim/BepInEx/plugins/ (optionally inside a subfolder).
How it works
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|---|---|
| Training | Sprinting on land (not swimming) or swimming with movement, while current weight ÷ max carry weight ≥ 50%. |
| Speed | Between 50% and 100% load |
| Encumbered | If you are over max weight (IsEncumbered), you do not gain Carry Weight XP from this mod (run or swim). |
| Reward | +3 max carry weight per skill level (+300 at level 100). |
Multiplayer
All players who should use the skill need compatible BepInEx, Jotunn, and this mod. The skill uses a stable Jotunn identifier for saves — do not change it between releases if you want existing characters to keep progress.
Compatibility
Supports Valheim 1.0. Use the latest BepInEx and Jotunn.
Troubleshooting
- No XP: Ensure you are at ≥50% of max weight, actually running (land) or swimming with movement, not over-encumbered, and not blocked by other effects that stop skill XP.
- Max weight not increasing: Confirm the mod loads and check BepInEx LogOutput.log for errors on startup.
Credits
- 95Shade — Carry Weight Skill
- Uses Jotunn by Valheim Modding
- BepInEx & Harmony
- Inspired by Carry Weight Skill by Soravyn
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: