ValheimRAFT Anchor Fix

Keep your anchored ship where you parked it.

This addon saves an anchored ValheimRAFT ship's position and rotation, then holds that pose while it is anchored. Returning to an unloaded zone should no longer let water forces push or turn the parked ship into your dock.

How it works

• Remembers the parked pose in the ship's saved network data.
• Preserves the saved anchor state while the ship's pieces load.
• Prevents movement and rotation while anchored, including wave bobbing.
• Clears the parked pose when you raise the anchor. Sailing resumes through ValheimRAFT's normal movement code.
• Suspends the hold during hauling, creative mode and vehicle teleporting, then records the new position when the ship is anchored again.
• Leaves land vehicles and vehicles attached to a parent vehicle under ValheimRAFT's control.

Existing anchored ships are adopted at their currently saved position. The addon cannot recover a position lost before it was installed. It does not automatically park a ship whose anchor is raised.

Installation

Install ValheimRAFT 5.0.7 and this addon on every player client and the server. Use matching versions. For a local game, install both in your client profile.

For manual installation, extract the ZIP into the profile folder so ValheimRAFTAnchorFix.dll is under BepInEx/plugins/ValheimRAFTAnchorFix/.

Supports the standard ValheimRAFT 5.0.7 build. The addon stays inactive on other builds. Updating RAFT may require an addon update.

Behavior

Anchored ships are held completely still; they do not bob or rotate with waves. Raise the anchor before deliberately moving the ship. ValheimRAFT's optional release-on-speed-change setting is supported.

Raise the anchor before removing the addon to clear its parked pose. Removing the addon returns movement control to ValheimRAFT.

Credits

ValheimRAFT was originally created by Sarcen and is maintained and expanded by zolantris and contributors. This independent addon is by L4zerShark_Team. L4zerShark is also credited by the ValheimRAFT project for code and support for Valheim 1.0.0+.

See the ValheimRAFT contributor and asset credits.

Changelog

1.1.0

• Preserve helm anchor commands during a network ownership handoff; repeated pending presses produce one action.
• Allow physical anchors to finish raising or lowering when the helm's input debounce is still active.
• Fix a loading-order error that could treat a lowered anchor as its raised position, causing long reeling and instant lowering after reconnecting.
• Stop the delayed visual reset from pulling correctly lowered anchors back up.
• Allow vertical wave movement while holding the parked horizontal position and rotation.
• Add server-synchronized HorizontalLock (default true) and VerticalLock (default false) settings.
• Keep existing saved horizontal positions when upgrading; enabling a previously unlocked axis captures its current position.
• Require Jotunn directly so configuration and matching addon versions are enforced across clients and the server.

1.0.7

• Refined the icon with bent lower anchor arms.

1.0.6

• Updated the icon with a slender geometric anchor and inward-facing barbs.

1.0.5

• Updated the icon with a slimmer anchor, rounded ends and inward-facing barbs.

1.0.4

• Simplified the icon to a flat grey anchor with barbs on the inward-facing sides only.

1.0.3

• Updated the icon with a steel-grey anchor and sharp, barbed hook tips.

1.0.2

• Add a link to ValheimRAFT's contributor and asset credits.
• Update the credits section. Mod behavior is unchanged.

1.0.1

• Simplified the mod description and compatibility notes.

1.0.0

• Save and restore anchored ships' parked position and rotation.
• Preserve the saved anchor state while pieces load.
• Prevent anchor-piece initialization from sending an unintended release.
• Stop anchored ships from drifting or rotating under physics forces.
• Release the position hold when the anchor is raised.
• Respect vehicle teleporting, hauling, creative mode and parented vehicles.
• Support ValheimRAFT 5.0.7.