Valheim Compass

Version: 1.0.0 | Author: elHUDless

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A forearm-mounted compass for navigating Valheim, with a working needle, a sitting camera for reading the compass, and a compass holder near the Longship helm.

Features

• Forearm-mounted compass with a working directional needle.
• Custom sitting camera for a clear view of the compass.
• Compass holder near the Longship helm.
• Compass moves from the forearm to the ship holder while steering, then returns to the forearm when leaving the helm.
• No-Map Vegvisir support: the character turns toward the boss direction, the camera turns, and the character automatically sits to show the compass.
• Smooth transitions between the normal and compass camera views.

The compass appears automatically. This release does not add an inventory item, equipment slot, crafting recipe, or trader purchase. The custom Vegvisir interaction runs only in No-Map worlds.

Requirements

• Valheim.
• BepInEx configured for Valheim (BepInExPack Valheim).
• Jotunn (the Jotunn Valheim Library).

Mod managers install the dependencies declared in this package automatically. For a manual installation, install the requirements separately.

BepInExPack Valheim: https://thunderstore.io/c/valheim/p/denikson/BepInExPack_Valheim/

Jotunn: https://thunderstore.io/c/valheim/p/ValheimModding/Jotunn/ https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/1138

Official dependency installation guide: https://valheim-modding.github.io/Jotunn/guides/installation.html

Mod manager installation

1. Install this mod using Thunderstore Mod Manager or r2modman.
2. Allow the manager to install BepInExPack Valheim and Jotunn.
3. Launch Valheim using the manager's modded launch option.

Manual installation

1. Close Valheim.

2. Install BepInExPack Valheim and Jotunn if they are not already installed.

3. Extract this ZIP into the main Valheim game folder (the folder containing valheim.exe). Merge the included BepInEx folder with the existing one.

4. Confirm these two files are directly inside BepInEx/plugins:

   BepInEx/plugins/ValheimCompass.dll BepInEx/plugins/valheimcompass

5. Launch Valheim and load your character.

The extensionless file named valheimcompass is the required Unity asset bundle. Keep its name exactly as supplied, beside ValheimCompass.dll. Both files can be placed together in a plugin subfolder; mod managers manage this folder automatically. When updating a manual installation, replace both files and remove older copies of ValheimCompass.dll from other plugin folders.

Using the compass

• Sit on the ground using Valheim's normal sit control to read the compass.
• Stand up to return to the normal camera view.
• Take the Longship helm to use the ship compass. Leave the helm to return the compass to your forearm.
• In a No-Map world, interact with a Vegvisir to turn toward the boss direction and automatically view the compass.

This build also sets the starting camera distance to 3. There are no user-configurable mod settings in this release.

Troubleshooting

If the compass does not appear, confirm that valheimcompass and ValheimCompass.dll are in the same folder and that Jotunn is installed. Check BepInEx/LogOutput.log for Valheim Compass load messages or missing dependency errors.

Uninstallation

With a mod manager, close Valheim and uninstall this mod from your profile. For a manual installation, close Valheim and remove only these two files:

• BepInEx/plugins/ValheimCompass.dll
• BepInEx/plugins/valheimcompass

Compatibility

Dedicated-server behavior, multiplayer compatibility, other ship types, and interactions with other camera mods have not yet been confirmed.

Credits

Mod author: elHUDless. Requires BepInEx and Jotunn; these projects are maintained by their respective contributors.

Changelog

1.0.0 - Initial release

• Added a forearm compass with a working directional needle.
• Added a custom sitting camera for reading the compass.
• Added a compass holder near the Longship helm.
• Added automatic compass transfer while steering and return to the forearm.
• Added the No-Map Vegvisir turn, camera, and automatic sitting sequence.
• Added smooth camera transitions.