True North Compass

Made for the no-map community. True North Compass gives you a way to navigate the world of Valheim without opening a map, while staying honest to the vanilla experience - no HUD overlay, no exact bearings, just a craftable item that will tell you which direction you are looking within 45 degrees of accuracy. No more wondering which side the sky tree you're looking at.

How to use

• Use on hotbar or right-click to activate. Moving your camera while "Reading compass. . ." is on screen will interrupt it. Walking is allowed.
• Craftable at a Forge (5 Bronze + 1 Iron)
• Also sold by Haldor the trader (500G)
• Settings are configurable.
• Can be hung on Item Stands
• Built to support no-map and immersive runs, not replace them

2 Modes (Heading and True North)

Heading Mode (Default)

• Reports your current camera facing as 1 of 8 directions (North, NorthEast, East, etc), not a precise number
• Deliberately general readings to encourage exploration with just enough friction to keep things interesting
• Read time is configurable (0-4 seconds, default 1.5); set to 0 for an instant reading

True North Mode (Old version)

• Use it to pan your view to face north, the same kind of directional turn the boss-stone (Vegvisir) reveal does, just pointed at a fixed compass bearing instead of a boss
• To know which way is north so you don't get too lost, but you still have to work out the rest. For a more vanilla friendly gameplay style.

Requirements

• BepInExPack for Valheim
• Jotunn

Manual install

1. Install BepInExPack for Valheim and Jotunn.
2. Copy the whole TrueNorthCompass folder (the DLL plus the icon and model files alongside it) into Valheim/BepInEx/plugins/.

Mod managers like r2modman install these automatically.

Multiplayer

Requires all players and the dedicated server to have this mod installed.

The server decides the rules: every setting is synced from the server's config to all players when they join, and only admins can change them in game. In single player, or when you host, your own config is used. It doesn't modify world save data or affect other players directly.

Changelog

1.2.0

• Replaced the Easy/Normal/Hard modes with two modes: Heading and True North, and removed 16 heading option because it was too precise for my liking and too much text on screen.
• Heading mode now has a configurable read time (0-4 seconds, default 1.5, set to 0 for instant) instead of a separate cooldown after using. You can walk, just don't move the camera.
• Added read-time and interrupt text and edited final read for both modes.
• Recipe reworked: Is Craftable toggle plus 3 configurable material slots.
• Now also sold by Haldor the trader - toggle and price both configurable, and his trade window updates live when you change them.
• Server-synced config: the server's settings apply to everyone, and only admins can change them
• The compass is no longer a shield underneath: no more Block/Parry lines in its tooltip, and it goes straight to your hotbar when picked up
• Armor Stand support removed (it was a side effect of the old shield base, not an intended feature, now it's a boar trophy under the hood)
• Shrunk the compass model
• Fixed the compass showing up as the raw text "[item_northcompass]" instead of its real name/description
• Note: "Sold At Haldor" is now "Sold By Haldor" and starts back at its default (on). You can delete your old config file for a clean one - optional.

1.1.2

• Fixed a bug where the compass could be "attached" to boss-trophy Sacrificial Stones and would sacrifice/activate them - it now shows the same "can't attach this" message any other incompatible item would
• Added Armor Stand support - the compass can now be mounted there too, same as an Item Stand

1.1.1

• README rewrite - no code changes

1.1.0

• New Easy/Normal/Hard difficulty setting - Normal and Easy report your current facing as 8 or 16 headings instead of just panning to true north
• Configurable cooldown between readings (Normal/Easy only - Hard is untouched)
• Recipe is now fully configurable: 4 material slots, each with a resource dropdown and amount (defaults to 5 Bronze + 1 Iron)

1.0.1

• Added discord channel for mod feedback

1.0.0 - Initial release!

• This is my first mod!