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Watchtowers

Build wood, stone and black marble watchtowers that reveal 300, 600 or 1200 m of the map around them. Each tower carries an always-lit torch, so your towers light the way home.

By Zimbuky
Last updated 5 days ago
Total downloads 174
Total rating 0 
Categories Mods Server-side Client-side Building
Dependency string Zimbuky-Watchtowers-1.0.0
Dependants 1 other package depends on this package

This mod requires the following mods to function

denikson-BepInExPack_Valheim-5.4.2351 icon
denikson-BepInExPack_Valheim

BepInEx pack for Valheim. Preconfigured with the correct entry point for mods and preferred defaults for the community.

Preferred version: 5.4.2351
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ValheimModding-Jotunn

Jötunn (/ˈjɔːtʊn/, 'giant'), the Valheim Library was created with the goal of making the lives of mod developers easier. It enables you to create mods for Valheim using an abstracted API so you can focus on the actual content creation.

Preferred version: 2.30.2

README

Watchtowers

Build watchtowers that reveal the land around them on your map. Three tiers, from a wooden lookout to a towering black marble beacon, each with an always-lit torch on top so your towers mark the way home at night.

Towers

Tower Reveal radius Height Crafting station Cost Torch
Wood Watchtower 300 m 8 m Workbench 30 Wood Wood torch
Stone Watchtower 600 m 10 m Stonecutter 30 Stone, 10 Wood Green torch
Marble Watchtower 1200 m 12 m Stonecutter 20 Black Marble, 10 Fine Wood Blue torch

All three are in the Misc tab of the Hammer.

How it works

  • The map is revealed as soon as a tower is built, and the reveal is saved with your character.
  • In multiplayer, every player who comes near a tower gets the reveal too, so towers work as shared scouting posts.
  • The torches are decorative: they never need fuel and don't provide warmth.
  • Towers are solid: you can stand on top and build against them. There are no built-in stairs, so build your own way up.

Configuration

Edit the settings in r2modman's Config editor (file guimas.Watchtowers.cfg), or in BepInEx/config. Restart the game after changing them.

Setting Default Description
Reveal radius / Wood 300 Meters revealed around a Wood Watchtower (50 to 5000)
Reveal radius / Stone 600 Meters revealed around a Stone Watchtower (50 to 5000)
Reveal radius / Marble 1200 Meters revealed around a Marble Watchtower (50 to 5000)
Visuals / Fire on top true Show the always-lit torch on top of each tower

The map is made of 64 m squares, so reveal circles are approximate.

Multiplayer

Every player and the server must have the mod installed. Players without it can't join a server that has it, and vice versa.

Requirements

  • BepInExPack Valheim
  • Jötunn

r2modman installs both automatically.

Changelog

  • 1.0.0 First release.