ZenCompass

ZenCompass

Radial compass that replaces your minimap in the corner of your screen.

Map icons display on the radar when you get close to them.

Designed in conjunction with the ZenMap mod, try them together for a truly immersive experience!

• Craftable compass item.
• Craftable sunstone item. (sun position and wind direction)
• Integrated daylight tracking ring. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
• Integrated wind direction ring.
• Integrated with the ship navigation HUD.
• Disabled in dungeons, getting lost is fun!
• Designed to malfunction in the Mistlands and Snowstorms for a more immersive experience.
• Highly optimized, no performance impact.
• Automatic removal of death pins when looting tombstone.

Important!

The early game provides the Sunstone. This is a primitive but useful tool you can use to figure out the wind direction and sun position. Using the knowledge that the sun sets in the West and rises in the East, you can deduce your approximate orientation.

By default, it is configured to give the early game a sense of mystery and challenge. The player will have progression of first crafting a basic Sunstone for basic navigation using time-of-day and wind direction.

Later the player can craft a Compass. The mod is pre-configured to require an iron nail and a level 5 workbench before you can craft the compass. This means you will have to get to go through the swamps to get at least a little bit of iron scrap and then head into the mountains to find some obsidian to craft the level 5 workbench. However, you don't have to kill bonemass. When you finally get the compass, it will feel like a very nice reward for your progress.

If you want to receive the compass earlier, you can adjust the configs to remove the IronNails and set the workbench level requirement lower. Additionally, you can remove the requirements for the Sunstone if you do not want to use it in the early game. Or you can turn off all crafting requirements and make the compass permanently available depending on the level of challenge that you prefer.

NOTE: If you want a minimap in the corner of your screen, then this is not the mod for you.

On Foot

On Ship

Compass Item

Sunstone Item

Client / Server Requirements

NOTE: Technically it is not required on the server. However, if it is installed on the server then it will force all clients to have it installed as well. This is to enable two modes of usage:

• Dedicated server admins can put the mod on the server to enforce all clients to have the mod installed and sync admin configs.
• Trusted friends can agree to run the same mods and connect through a vanilla dedicated server with no enforcement but with locked admin configs.

Client Only

This mod operates entirely client side. That means you can connect to any vanilla server with this mod installed. Other players do not need to have the mod installed.

NOTE: If you host a game session with this mod installed then it will be considered to be installed on the server since your session is the server. Therefor, all clients will be required to have it. If you don't want to require all players to have this mod then you will need to host your game in a dedicated server. You can easily download and run the Valheim Dedicated Server from Steam or host one in the cloud.

Improve Your Experience

CORE Complete

The full collection of all Zen MODS:

• Radically improved QoL
• Incredible performance
• Pre-configured
• 100% Gamepad support
• Spectacularly immersive

Enjoy!

Sample Config File

Settings file was created by plugin ZenCompass v1.7.1

Plugin GUID: ZenDragon.ZenCompass

[Appearance]

Adjust the display scale of the compass. It has two display modes: Small and Large.

It will be small while there are no pins on the radar and large when there are pins.

Set your scale preference with both scenarios in mind.

Also this compounds with the vanilla GUI scaling options found in the Settings.

Setting type: Single

Default value: 1

Acceptable value range: From 0.