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Longship Upgrades — Longship Modernization, Tents and Ballistas
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A comprehensive naval overhaul for Valheim that transforms the trusty Longship into a customizable, defended expedition vessel. The mod maintains full vanilla compatibility: removing the mod will not corrupt your ship or delete expanded storage contents. Players can modularly retrofit their ship on the water by installing removable masts, pitching deck tents to gain the Rested buff at sea, reinforcing hulls to survive boiling Ashlands waters, mounting dual bow ballistas, and binding boss trophies to channel maritime powers like Moder without overriding active character buffs.
Key Ship Modules & Upgrades:
Mast & Atmospheric Illumination:
- Demountable mast design with dynamic sail patterns and color swaps;
- Hanging deck lantern for nighttime visibility;
- Masthead Wisp Torch mount to dispel localized Mistlands fog while cruising.
Deck Tent:
- Provides weather shielding and generates comfort shelter to maintain Rested bonuses on long voyages;
- Easily uninstalled on the fly to clear footpaths across the deck.
Hull Plating & Ashlands Protection:
- Shield gunwales amplify total hull durability and block incoming missile fire;
- Advanced hull plating grants complete fire and heat immunity, shielding the timber from Ashlands boiling ocean damage.
Bow Mini-Turrets:
- A pair of bow-mounted automated mini-ballistas to engage sea serpents and shoreline hostiles.
Figurehead & Forsaken Boss Powers:
- Mount hunting trophies to customize the prow aesthetic;
- Slotting a Boss Trophy (e.g., Moder) grants access to their Forsaken Power at sea without overwriting your personal power loadout (shares standard cooldowns; applies personal benefits).
Two-Tier Cargo Hold Expansion:
- Two incremental capacity upgrades (+1 width and +1 height per tier), visually adding cargo clutter to the deck.
Texture & Cosmetic Customization:
- Toggle distinct styles for dragon head carvings, sails, shelter canvas, and shields;
- Native custom texture support: drop user .png files into \BepInEx\config\shudnal.LongshipUpgrades\ (sails, shields, tents).
Salvage Safeguards:
- 100m station proximity check lets you craft upgrades without docking directly inside forges;
- Ship destruction ejects all spent upgrade materials, ballista ammunition, and cargo into floating storage crates that will never sink to the ocean floor.
Upgrade Interaction Nodes:
- Mast: Deck-level mast footing.
- Lantern & Tent: Opposing ends of the crossbeam yardarm.
- Sail Pattern: Mid-section of the mast pole.
- Hull Plating & Shields: Inner hull walling.
- Cargo Bay: Forward section of the storage hatch.
- Bow Ballistas: Lower curve of the ship's prow.
- Trophy Stand: Prow apex tip.
Installation & Requirements:
- Ensure BepInEx and ConditionalConfigSync are installed.
- Install the mod on both the dedicated server and all connecting clients.
- Place LongshipUpgrades.dll into your plugins folder:
<Valheim_Directory>\BepInEx\plugins\. - Launch the game.
- Station tiers, turret properties, and balance multipliers can be edited in-game via Configuration Manager (press F1).
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