ValheimRAFTBETA

v5.1.0·Updated 2026-10-10

ValheimRAFT (BETA) - Supports DeepNorth >=1.0.0. A vehicles mod for valheim. Build a ship, build a land vehicle (3.0.0). Explore valheim! This is a BETA release channel. Please use the non-beta for st

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ValheimRAFT

This mod aims to continue support for Water based features of the original

ValheimRAFT mod and incorporate more vehicle types, items, and mechanics within

the mod

and further extends its capabilities.

This mod has both a beta and a non-beta. Please make sure you

are using non-beta if you want a stable experience. If you want to test

previews, swap to the beta variant.

Tutorials

  • Valheim RAFT Basics
  • Vehicle Storage/Saving
  • Vehicle Commands
  • Cannons
  • Power System Guide

Video Tutorials

  • Swivels Visual Tutorial
  • Vehicle Dock (LandVehicles to WaterVehicle)

Mod Info:warning: Warning. If you are reading this readme on the

ValheimMods/ValheimRAFT

repo:warning:

  • There likely will

be features listed that do not yet exist within the game.

  • Always read the readme

from the latest official releases instead

  • page

Quickest way is to look at the last readme post.

  • Releases

Alternatively look at the release source code. TBD this may be made

easier.

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Background

This repo is a ValheimRaft fork

that works

with latest Valheim.

The original mod

owner Sarcen stopped

maintaining the mod August 2023. They gave permission to maintain and open

source the mod on 12/25/2023.

Contents

  • ValheimRAFT
  • Background
  • Contents
  • Features
  • Community
  • Prefabs
  • Installation Guide
  • Current logos
  • Hull Mechanics
  • Client/Server/SinglePlayer Support
  • Config
  • Issues
  • Mod Support
  • FAQs
  • Help My Raft is A Box
  • Help My Raft Turns into a Box when I load the area
  • Help My Raft went underground
  • Help My Raft Is Sinking When I Build Hulls
  • My Bed does not update
  • Graphics
  • Contributing
  • Maintainers
  • Attribution
  • Support Open Source
  • Logging Metrics
  • What information will be collected
  • Changelog
  • Power System

Compatibility Matrix

| ValheimRAFT Version | Valheim Version | Compatibility |

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

| 5.0.0+ | Deep North 1.0.15 | ✅ Compatible |

| `=2.4.0]

  • There are tools to hide water. It looks pretty cool, but unrealistic for now

Cannon Controls

  • Use the cannon
  • Hold block. W to tilt forward. S to tilt backwards.
  • Tap Block. To fire.
  • A/D to swap groups. Each group has a number representing the size.
  • Groups are based on the orientation of the vehicle or the placed vehicle

control center (telescope direction).

Community

Join us on discord to get the latest information, upcoming features, and

discontain other mods.

Discord Link

Items

Name

Icon

Description

Vehicle Hammer

Valheim Raft's Main build tool. Has a custom menu with all prefabs located under these tabs

Cannon (handheld)

A mobile cannon that can be loaded by the player. Uses the same aiming mechanics as an auto turret. Fully multiplayer compatible. Uses it's own projectile system similar to cannons.

Cannonball (solid)

A cannonball that can hit hard and penetrate through prefabs based on the material. Can be equipped by handheld and fixed cannons.

Cannonball (explosive)

A blackmetal cannonball that can hit and explode delivering a powerful area effect blast. Can be equipped by handheld and fixed cannons.

Prefabs

Name

Icon

Description

Boundary Chunk Addition (8x8) and (16x16)

Added based on request from many players that there were bugs with their ships and having problems with collisions vastly exceeding safe areas of the ship.

This tool allows you to constrain the boundary of a vehicle within the box

placed.

  • Placing one box will constrain the vehicle to only that boxes area.
  • Placing two boxes will constrain the vehicle to the area within each box and

in between those boxes

  • Placing many boxes will constrain the vehicle to the

Install & use Install: BepInEx plugin

  1. The archive from playbuff is the mod itself — usually a BepInEx plugin (a .dll or a plugin folder once unzipped).
  2. 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.
  3. Manual route: install the BepInEx loader in the game folder, then drop the unzipped .dll or plugin folder into BepInEx/plugins/.
  4. 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.

Dependencies

Install these first, or the mod will not work:

ValheimModding-Jotunn

File & checksum

Filename
ValheimRAFTBETA-5.1.0.zip
File size
50.1 MiB