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BoneEngine
Bone fragments in a boat's storage are engine fuel: the boat pushes both forward and in reverse and burns bones while it does. Vanilla content only.
| Last updated | 14 hours ago |
| Total downloads | 48 |
| Total rating | 1 |
| Categories | Mods Tweaks Client-side Vehicles Transportation AI Generated Deep North Update |
| Dependency string | Algo7-BoneEngine-1.0.2 |
| Dependants | 0 other packages depend on this package |
This mod requires the following mods to function
denikson-BepInExPack_Valheim
BepInEx pack for Valheim. Preconfigured with the correct entry point for mods and preferred defaults for the community.
Preferred version: 5.4.2351README
BoneEngine
Ever been stuck at a beach rowing backward, or in a headwind? Drop bone fragments in your boat's storage and the boat gets an engine that runs on bones. Supports both forward and reverse. Client-side and vanilla content only.
How to Use
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Put bone fragments in the boat's storage (Karve, Longship, Drakkar). The Raft has none.
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Sail. The engine's power follows the sail setting, and reverse always runs in low: rowing low, half sail in the middle, full sail at full. The push works the same in any wind.
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The count shows under the wind compass while you steer, and on the rudder text when you walk up to it.
How Things Behave
- The engine takes one bone at a time. The count is what's left to burn: an active engine at 0 is on its last bone.
- A stopped boat consumes none.
- The amount of bones only determines how long the engine runs. The push is fixed, scaled by the sail setting only.
- The boat's speed reverts to vanilla if the bones run out. Add more and the engine picks up.
Sailing Stats
Top speed at full sail (m/s)
| Boat | Tail/side wind (vanilla) | Tail/side wind (engine) | Headwind (vanilla) | Headwind (engine) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karve | 4.6 | 7.5 | 2.0 | 6.0 |
| Longship | 5.9 | 9.7 | 2.0 | 7.7 |
| Drakkar | 5.5 | 9.0 | 1.6 | 7.1 |
The sail doesn't do anything in a headwind on vanilla boats, so they fall back to rowing speed. With bones, keep full sail up anyway: the engine runs at full power despite the wind.
How long each bone lasts (in seconds)
Heavier boat uses more fuel.
| Boat | Full sail | Half sail | Rowing or reverse |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karve | 25 | 37.5 | 75 |
| Longship | 15 | 22.5 | 45 |
| Drakkar | 9 | 13 | 26 |
Time per kilometer
| Boat | Tail/side (vanilla) | Tail/side (engine) | Headwind (vanilla) | Headwind (engine) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karve | 3:38 | 2:13 (6 bones) | 8:20 rowing | 2:47 (7 bones) |
| Longship | 2:49 | 1:43 (7 bones) | 8:20 rowing | 2:09 (9 bones) |
| Drakkar | 3:03 | 1:51 (13 bones) | 10:25 rowing | 2:20 (16 bones) |
On the world scale
Longship at full sail with tail/side wind.
| Trip | Distance | Share of the world | Vanilla | With engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Island to island | 1 km | a twentieth | 2:49 | 1:43 |
| Spawn to the far biomes (Ashlands, Deep North) | 9 km | just under half | 25:25 | 15:28 |
| One edge of the world to the other | 20 km | the whole way | 56:30 | 34:22 |
These are straight-line distances. Real trips bend around coasts and weather, so expect longer.
Engine Power
Water holds a boat back roughly in proportion to the square of its speed. In the real world that is the drag equation:
drag = 0.5 × water density × drag coefficient × hull area under water × speed to the power of 2
Valheim folds everything except the speed into one drag constant per boat:
drag = drag constant × speed to the power of 2
A boat stops speeding up when its push equals the drag, which puts its top speed at:
top speed = square root of (push / drag constant)
That is why doubling the push gives about 1.4× the speed, not 2×. The engine pushes about 1.7 times as hard as a full sail in a tail or side wind, on top of whatever the sail gives. With the wind behind or beside you that comes to about 1.6× the vanilla top speed. In a headwind the engine is the whole push.
The engine's power is fixed on purpose, for two reasons:
- Immersion. The world should still feel big. The far biomes remain a quarter-hour voyage, not a quick hop.
- Performance. The game builds the land ahead of you in 64 m squares, and a faster boat makes it build them more often. Near busy coasts like the Black Forest, that shows up as stutter on lower-end PCs.
Multiplayer
Everyone sees the faster boat. Nothing to install on the server. The engine runs in the steerer's game, so the one at the rudder needs the mod. A friend without it steers at vanilla speed and burns nothing. Changing hands, by taking the rudder or opening the storage, costs at most the bone being burned. A friend opening the storage pauses the engine until shortly after they close it.
Compatibility
- Built and tested for Valheim 1.0 (Deep North), on Linux, with no OS-specific code.
- Works on top of mods that change sail or oar strength (FasterBoats, ShipConfig): the engine's push adds to theirs.
Uninstalling
Nothing is saved. Your bones stay in the storage, and the boat is just a boat again.
Links
- Source and bug reports: https://github.com/algo7/BoneEngine (issues welcome)
- Changes: the Changelog tab
- Made with AI assistance.
- Built with BepInEx and HarmonyX. MIT license.
