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Skidbladnir
Help a mad dvergr engineer finish a ship that sails the sky: a Mistlands quest that reaches into the Ashlands, two elder gjall harnessed as lift, then fly and firebomb from the clouds.
By WoodMakeMods
| Last updated | a day ago |
| Total downloads | 64 |
| Total rating | 0 |
| Categories | Server-side Client-side Mistlands Update Vehicles Ashlands Update |
| Dependency string | WoodMakeMods-Skidbladnir-1.0.0 |
| Dependants | 0 other packages depend on this package |
This mod requires the following mods to function
denikson-BepInExPack_Valheim
BepInEx pack for Valheim. Preconfigured with the correct entry point for mods and preferred defaults for the community.
Preferred version: 5.4.2351README
Skidbladnir
A mad dvergr engineer is building a ship to sail the sky. Help him finish it, harness two elder gjall, and fly.
What it does
Somewhere in the Mistlands of every world stands Ivaldi's tower: a dvergr keep of black marble rising out of the mist, with an empty deck on top. Ivaldi is building Skidbladnir, a drakkar that flies, and he needs a walker to fetch what he can't.
- One tower per world. It's raised at one of five Mistlands sites (picked from your world's seed) the first time a player comes near one, seated in the ground with a walkable approach to its stair turret. The tower's own mark appears on your map the first time you come near it.
- A quest in Valheim's own voice. Ivaldi talks in hints, never item lists. The ship grows on the tower as you
bring him what she needs:
- a hull of fired clay, made for the hot lands to the south;
- barbs for her ballistas, left lying about in the ruins of the Mistlands;
- a yellow stone from where the ground itself burns, to calm a leashed beast (so the quest waits for the Ashlands);
- then lift: lure two elder gjall (twice the size and far tougher than normal ones) close to the moored ship, and her ballistas fire their ropes and harness them, one to each side.
- Fly her. Take the helm: W/S set the speed, A/D steer, hold Jump to climb and Crouch to descend. Wind speeds you up or slows you down. Nobody at the helm, she hovers where you left her.
- Firebomb from the sky. At a ballista in flight, E ("Reapply toxin") jolts that side's gjall: it drops its ticks, which burst on impact with fire and pickaxe damage (creatures, rocks, trees, terrain; never your ship or anyone's buildings).
- Build more. When the first Skidbladnir flies, the whole world learns her recipe: the hammer (Transport tab, a black forge in range) builds more, flight-ready. Aim at open sky and you build her right there in the air (Alt + mouse wheel sets how far out).
Finding the tower
It's in the Mistlands: come within 250 m of one of the five sites and it rises there; the other four are then never used. Once you've met Ivaldi, everything else is up to his hints.
Installation
Install with r2modman or the Thunderstore Mod Manager; BepInExPack Valheim comes as a dependency. No Jotunn needed.
Manual install: put Skidbladnir.dll in Valheim\BepInEx\plugins\Skidbladnir\.
Multiplayer: every player and the dedicated server need the mod, on the same version. The server sends its gameplay settings to each player as they join (Ivaldi's look stays each player's own), and a player on a different version gets a warning.
Like other mods, this marks your game as modded, as Iron Gate asks of mod authors.
Settings
BepInEx\config\com.chase.skidbladnir.cfg (r2modman: Config editor). The main ones:
| Setting | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Quest / HullCost | CeramicPlate:30 | What the hull costs. |
| Quest / HookItem, HookAmount | Hook, 4 | The barbs for the ballistas. |
| Quest / ToxinItem, ToxinAmount | SulfurStone, 10 | The stone that calms a gjall. |
| Quest / DiscoverRadius | 250 | How close you must come to a site for the tower to rise. |
| Quest / CaptureRadius | 35 | How close an elder gjall must come to a harness for the ballistas to fire. |
| Recipe / Cost | CeramicPlate:30, Hook:4, SulfurStone:10, Bilebag:2 | What another ship costs on the hammer. |
| Recipe / Station | blackforge | The station that must be in range to build one. |
| Recipe / AirPlaceDistance | 20 | How far out the frame goes when you build in the air. |
| Flight / SpeedSlow, SpeedHalf, SpeedFull | 4, 8, 12 | Airspeed (m/s) at each speed setting. |
| Flight / ClimbSpeed | 4 | Climb and descent speed (m/s). |
| Flight / MaxAltitude | 400 | The ceiling. |
| Elder Gjall / Scale, HealthMultiplier, DamageMultiplier | 2, 3, 1.75 | How big and tough the elder gjall are. |
| Elder Gjall / SpawnChance, SpawnInterval, MaxNearTower | 0.35, 60, 2 | How often they appear near the tower (until the ship flies). |
| Bombing / TicksPerDrop, FireDamage, PickaxeDamage, Radius, Cooldown | 3, 40, 60, 4, 20 | The toxin bombs. |
| Tower / SinkDepth | 1 | How deep the tower is set into the ground. |
| Ivaldi / CustomLook, Suit, BackTool | on | Ivaldi dressed as a master smith (looks only, per player). |
| Dev / AdminCheatsOnServers | off | Lets a dedicated server's admins use cheats in their own game (debugmode, fly, nocost...), which Valheim otherwise allows only the host. |
Commands
All need devcommands (cheats):
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
skid_tower |
the quest's state at the nearest tower, and exactly what Ivaldi wants |
skid_tp [site] |
to the tower, or near a site (host) |
skid_sites |
the five sites and where the tower stands (host) |
skid_stage 0-5, skid_reset |
set the quest's stage (0 nothing ... 5 flying) |
skid_spawn |
a flight-ready Skidbladnir in the air in front of you |
skid_elder, skid_gjall_here [hold] |
an elder gjall 40 m ahead / where you're looking |
skid_bomb |
the nearest ship's gjall drop their ticks |
skid_hold |
freeze nearby creatures and falling ticks (for screenshots and videos) |
skid_lightning [strikes] [power] |
a lightning flash, for screenshots and videos |
skid_recipe_unlock [off] |
unlock (or lock) the hammer recipe for this world |
skid_tower_reseat |
seat the nearest tower in the ground again and clear rocks and trees off it |
Removing the mod
The tower, Ivaldi and the ships are the mod's own objects: without the mod they're gone from the world. Anything you built yourself near the tower stays where it is.
