HexWaterproofBuilding

Adds rain-resistant building pieces, wood and bone stacks, automatic pier supports, and optional extended-range building functionality to Valheim. Also removes the roof requirement for vanilla and waterproof workbenches by default.

⚠️ Important

Extended-range functionality for vanilla building pieces is optional and disabled by default.

To enable it, set VanillaPiecesEnabled = true in the configuration file.

Changes to configuration settings require a full game restart.

Features

• Adds a new Waterproof Building hammer build tab
• Adds a new Pier hammer build tab
• Adds rain-resistant versions of the vanilla workbench, wood, darkwood, and ashwood building pieces
• Prevents vanilla wood and bone stacks from taking rain damage by default
• Includes a configuration option to restore rain damage for wood and bone stacks
• Removes the roof requirement for vanilla and waterproof workbenches by default
• Includes a configuration option to require roofs for workbenches
• Uses vanilla build requirements plus Resin for waterproof pieces
• Adds a 4m Vertical Pier Support that automatically extends to the seabed
• Pier supports cannot be placed on dry land
• Supports vanilla placement, snapping, snap cycling, removal, and copy-piece functionality
• Optional extended-range placement, removal, hover highlighting, and copy-piece support
  • Waterproof building pieces (enabled by default)
  • Vanilla building pieces (disabled by default)

Screenshots

Configuration

Config file location:

BepInEx/config/hex.waterproofbuilding.cfg

Example configuration:

[General]

## Enable or disable the Waterproof Building mod.
# Setting type: Boolean
# Default value: true
Enabled = true

[Extended Placement Range]

## Enable extended placement range for waterproof pieces.
# Setting type: Boolean
# Default value: true
Enabled = true

## Enable extended placement range for vanilla building pieces.
# Setting type: Boolean
# Default value: false
VanillaPiecesEnabled = false

[Workbenches]

## Require a roof for workbenches to function.
# Setting type: Boolean
# Default value: false
WorkBenchRequireRoof = false

[Wood Stacks]

## Wood and bone stacks will take rain damage if this value is set to true.
# Setting type: Boolean
# Default value: false
WoodAndBoneStacksTakeRainDamage = false

Configuration Options

• General.Enabled

  • Enables or disables HexWaterproofBuilding.
  • Default: true

• Extended Placement Range.Enabled

  • Enables extended placement, removal, hover highlighting, and copy-piece functionality for waterproof building pieces.
  • Default: true

• Extended Placement Range.VanillaPiecesEnabled

  • Enables extended-range functionality for vanilla building pieces.
  • Default: false

• Workbenches.WorkBenchRequireRoof

  • Controls whether vanilla and waterproof workbenches require a roof to function.
  • false removes the roof requirement.
  • true restores the roof requirement.
  • Default: false

• Wood Stacks.WoodAndBoneStacksTakeRainDamage

  • Controls whether vanilla wood and bone stacks take rain damage.
  • false prevents rain damage.
  • true restores normal rain damage.
  • Default: false

⚠️ Changes to configuration settings require a full game restart.

Waterproof pieces and pier supports are registered during game initialization and cannot be safely added or removed at runtime.

Requirements

• BepInExPack Valheim
• Jotunn

Installation

Thunderstore / r2modman

Install using a Thunderstore-compatible mod manager such as r2modman.

Manual Installation

1. Install BepInExPack Valheim.
2. Install Jotunn.
3. Extract this package.
4. Place the DLL inside:

BepInEx/plugins/HexWaterproofBuilding/

Example:

BepInEx/plugins/HexWaterproofBuilding/HexWaterproofBuilding.dll

Multiplayer

This mod has not been extensively tested in multiplayer or on a dedicated server.

Install this mod on the server and all clients.

Custom waterproof pieces and pier supports are synchronized through Jotunn and use Valheim's standard building systems.

Compatibility

• Uses Jotunn for prefab and piece registration
• Uses Harmony to extend placement, workbench, and rain-damage behavior
• Waterproof pieces are separate prefabs and do not replace vanilla building pieces
• Vanilla building pieces are only affected by extended-range functionality when VanillaPiecesEnabled = true
• Wood and bone stack rain damage can be restored by setting WoodAndBoneStacksTakeRainDamage = true
• Workbench roof requirements can be restored by setting WorkBenchRequireRoof = true

Notes

• Pier supports automatically generate additional support sections based on water depth
• Removing the mod may leave placed waterproof pieces and pier supports unavailable or non-interactable

Support and Feedback

Report bugs, request features, or provide feedback:

• Discord: https://discord.gg/wU2FXD94v4

Source Code

• GitHub: https://github.com/guillenjgg/valheim-hex-water-proof-objects

Changelog

v1.5.0

Added

• Wood and bone stacks no longer take rain damage.
• A configuration option to enable or disable rain damage for wood and bone stacks.
• Enabled the existing configuration option for controlling whether workbenches require a roof.

v1.4.0

Added

• New Pier build category.
• 4m Vertical Pier Support that automatically extends to the seabed.
• Remove roof requirement for vanilla and waterproof workbench.

v1.3.1

Added

• Wood doors and gates

v1.3.0

Added

• Added a waterproof workbench.
• Added a configuration option to enable extended placement for vanilla building pieces.
• Extended placement now supports the vanilla workbench.

Improved

• Minor performance improvements

v1.2.2

• Add discord support link

v1.2.1

Fixed

• Fixed a potential null reference exception issue related to extended-range hover detection

v1.2.0

Added

• Extended placement range for waterproof pieces (100m)
• Extended removal range for waterproof pieces
• Extended hover highlighting range for waterproof pieces
• Extended copy-piece functionality for waterproof pieces
• Configuration option to enable or disable the Extended Placement Range feature

Changed

• Reworked placement, removal, hover, and copy behavior to preserve vanilla snapping, snap cycling, and placement logic while extending range for waterproof pieces only.

v1.1.0

Added

• Waterproof build pieces now follow vanilla build menu ordering.

v1.0.0

• Initial release