SentryBallista Ymiron

Eight buildable ballistas, one per biome, that defend your base by themselves: they shoot hostile creatures that come near, never run out of bolts.

This mod requires the following mods to function

denikson-BepInExPack_Valheim

BepInEx pack for Valheim. Preconfigured and includes unstripped Unity DLLs.

Preferred version: 5.4.2202

README

SentryBallista-Ymiron

Eight new ballistas for Valheim, one for each biome, that defend your base by themselves. Build one, and it turns towards any hostile creature that comes into range, leads it, allows for the drop of the bolt and shoots. They never run out of bolts.

Every ballista has its own model, built from scratch, that gets sturdier and richer biome after biome.

#	Ballista	Biome	Default cost	Station	Damage	Range	Shot every
1	Hunter's Ballista	Meadows	20 Wood, 8 Flint, 4 Deer hide, 6 Resin	Workbench	18	18 m	4 s
2	Bronze Ballista	Black Forest	15 Fine wood, 4 Bronze, 2 Troll hide, 6 Resin	Workbench	32	22 m	3.6 s
3	Iron Ballista	Swamp	10 Ancient bark, 6 Iron, 1 Chain, 2 Guck	Forge	50	26 m	3.3 s
4	Silver Ballista	Mountain	10 Fine wood, 6 Silver, 4 Wolf pelt, 6 Obsidian	Forge	70	30 m	3 s
5	Black Metal Ballista	Plains	10 Fine wood, 8 Black metal, 6 Linen thread, 2 Lox pelt	Forge	95	34 m	2.8 s
6	Dvergr Ballista	Mistlands	10 Yggdrasil wood, 8 Black marble, 2 Mechanical spring, 6 Carapace	Black forge	125	38 m	2.5 s
7	Flametal Ballista	Ashlands	10 Blackwood, 6 Flametal, 10 Grausten, 4 Asksvin hide	Black forge	160	42 m	2.3 s
8	Frost Ballista	Deep North	10 Frostwood, 6 Gold, 4 Moose sinew, 10 Ice	Black forge	200	46 m	2 s

The models

Meadows: three poles lashed with hide, a big bent bow.
Black Forest: squared tripod, bronze caps and claw.
Swamp and Mountain: a torsion ballista (two rope springs in a banded frame) on a braced post; silver studs and fittings in the Mountain.
Plains: a black metal mantlet in front of the frame.
Mistlands: yggdrasil wood on a black marble plinth with glowing blue Dvergr runes.
Ashlands: blackwood and flametal on a grausten plinth cracked with embers.
Deep North: frostwood with gold fittings and a plank mantlet, ice crystals around the plinth.

How they behave

Hammer, next to the vanilla ballista, with the right crafting station nearby.
They shoot only hostile creatures: never players, tamed animals or villagers, never wild animals (deer, boars, hares...), Dvergr only once they are angry. Flying creatures are shot too.
They need to see their target. By default the bolts fly through your own buildings and the ballistas see over them, so one standing behind a palisade still defends it.
Creatures can attack and break them, like any piece. Repair them with the hammer.
Use switches a ballista off (it points its nose down) and on again. Needs access to the ward.
While placing one, or when you hover it with the hammer, its range is drawn on the ground.

Multiplayer

Everybody needs the mod: a player without it cannot see the ballistas. The player who owns the piece picks the target and shoots; everybody sees it turn and hears it fire. If the server hands a ballista to a player without the mod (it would never shoot), a player with the mod nearby takes it over. Players with the mod greet each other; one without it is named in the chat.

Config

BepInEx/config/ymiron.valheim.sentryballista.cfg (reloaded while the game runs):

General: firing arc, turning speed, lowest and highest aim, whether bolts fly through buildings, whether sleeping creatures and bosses are shot, bolt speed, knockback.
One section per ballista: enabled, cost, crafting station, health (next world load), damage, range, seconds between shots.

Last updated	2 weeks ago
Total downloads	240
Total rating	1
Categories	Building Utility Mods Deep North Update AI Generated Enemies Misc Skins Client-side
Dependency string	Imyron-SentryBallista_Ymiron-0.1.1
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