📘 Mods Guide & Crafting Overview

Crafting recipes, internal prefab names and additional developer notes:

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⚔️ Features

• 🧥 9 armor sets
• ⚔️ 53 weapons
• 💍 10 accessories
  
  
• 🔨 1 crafting station with 6 extensions
• 🧱 11 materials
• 🔧 2 utility build pieces
• 🪑 13 decorative build pieces
  
  
• ⛵ 1 ship
• ⚓ 1 additional crafting table
• ⚙️ 16 ship upgrades
• 💣 5 cannonballs
• 🛠️ 1 special ship tool
• 📦 6 types of drifting shipwrecks
• 🧰 3 ship repair kits

Historical Heritage

The Historical Heritage mod brings together a diverse collection of historically inspired gear from different eras and regions. Each set reflects unique cultural traditions and craftsmanship. Every piece of armor and weapon is carefully balanced and fully integrated into Valheim's progression, offering new ways to gear up for every adventure.

🔨 Crafting Station

A dedicated crafting station, the Forge of Ages, and its extensions, are used to craft all new historical equipment.

🧱 Materials

• Smithing Chronicles of the Far Roads – required for crafting the first extension, the Drafting Table, and is now available for purchase from Haldor after defeating Eikthyr.

• Treated Wood – infused with resin or tar, offering better resistance to moisture and decay. Used as a primary material in weapon crafting.

• Fittings – a set of forged rings, plates, belt mounts, and rivets, used as components for crafting both armor and weapons.

🧩 Expansions

Alongside the main Battle Armor line, you’ll find a growing collection of Expansions — unique equipment sets representing the craftsmanship of peaceful professions.
These sets will help you in various aspects of the game.

Current Expansions:

• Miner Expansion — highly effective for ore extraction and transportation
• Plague Doctor Expansion — specialized gear suited for handling illness and poisonous substances
• Sailor Expansion — practical maritime attire designed for life at sea and steady work on deck
• Captain Expansion — refined naval attire for seasoned seafarers who stand at the helm and lead the voyage across open waters

⛏️ Dual Pickaxes

A new weapon type has been added — Dual Pickaxes.

• Primary Attack: ideal for fast horizontal digging. Can also help in an emergency encounter with an enemy.
• Secondary Attack: functions similarly to the vanilla pickaxe, making it well-suited for vertical digging.

⛵ New Ship

A new ship has been added to the world of Valheim — the Galleon.
A powerful and majestic vessel, created for true conquerors of the seas.

The Galleon is a multi-deck vessel — a self-contained floating fortress. It features functional interior spaces and a wide range of integrated interaction points throughout the ship. With each installed upgrade, additional systems and features become available, steadily transforming the Galleon into a true flagship of the seas.

🌊 Shipwrecks and Exploration

Drifting shipwrecks can now be found across the open seas, adding new depth to naval exploration and progression.
They vary in rarity and reward, offering valuable resources and a chance to discover Draughts used to craft upgrades for the Galleon.

By exploring these drifting wrecks and revealing their secrets, you gain access to powerful ship upgrades that can be crafted and installed directly on the Galleon, further strengthening your vessel for the journeys ahead.

⚙️ Ship Upgrade System

The Galleon can be upgraded through a dedicated Upgrade Table installed on board.

A total of 13 unique upgrades become available as you progress and explore the world.

Each upgrade is crafted using special Draughts discovered during your journeys.
Once installed, the upgrades expand the ship’s potential, unlocking new systems and significantly improving its overall performance.

🦜 Feathered Companion

Near the Upgrade Table on board, you will find a feathered assistant.

This parrot companion provides helpful information, guides you through key ship systems, and accompanies you throughout important interactions and upgrade decisions.

⚒️ Naval Workshop

All ship upgrades, related materials, and ammunition are crafted at the Naval Workshop.

This specialized crafting station serves as the hub for naval engineering and ship construction.

To build the Galleon, the Naval Workshop must be placed nearby.

🔧 Utility Build Pieces

The mod also includes a collection of functional build pieces with unique features designed to simplify everyday tasks and improve the overall gameplay experience.

• Cargo Crane: a sturdy crane designed to simplify the loading and unloading of ship cargo
• Cargo Cart: an improved version of the standard cart with enhanced stats, perfectly suited for use with the Cargo Crane

🪑 Decor Elements

The mod also provides a set of decorative pieces that let you personalize your base with furnishings representing cultures from across the world.

🌍 Translations

🙏 Credit & Thanks

Special thanks to:

• Insanity — for his dedicated testing throughout all stages, and for his invaluable ideas and feedback during development

and

• Azumatt — for his tutorial material
• Hugo The Dwarf — for personal guidance
• MidnightsFX, Rusty, Pfhoenix — for overall support and feedback

💬 Mod Support & Feedback

Please feel free to share any feedback or suggestions on my Discord:

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⚠️ Usage and Monetization Notice

This mod is free and was created for the enjoyment of the community. However, I've noticed that some servers use content from my mods (e.g. armor sets) as rewards for donations or as part of monetized features.

Please do not use any of my mods in monetized contexts without contacting me first.

This includes:

• Selling access to features from my mods
• Offering them as rewards for donations or paid services

💬 I’m always open to discussion and collaboration — thank you for supporting fair use and respecting the time and effort behind this work.

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