About balrond runerails
From ThunderstoreAdds working trains and signal automation
🚂 BALROND RUNE RAILS
Overview
RUNE RAILS is a modular railway, train, cargo and automation system for Valheim.
Features:
- 🚃 Functional trains and wagons
- 🛤 Modular railway construction
- ⚙️ Signal automation system
- 🚪 Automated doors, lift gates and drawbridges
- 🔀 Runtime rail switching
- 📦 Cargo transfer and unloading
- 🚦 Signal emitters and receivers
- ⚡ Speed rails (Boost / Slow)
- 🔋 Powered wagons
- 🏗 Builder Workstation
- 🔨 Railway Hammer
- 🌐 Multiplayer synchronization
- 🔧 Server-synchronized gameplay configuration
IMPORTANT
To spawn a functional wagon on rails you must use a Wagon Bundle on a Control Rail.
Building wagons directly with the hammer may be used on the rails, but positioning and automatic coupling with other carts may not work correctly and future usage of a Control Rail might be required.
Unlock Progression
All Rune Rails content becomes available after defeating:
🐉 Moder
The system unlocks during the Artisan progression tier.
Railway Tools
Railway Hammer
Contains all Rune Rails categories and build pieces.
All pieces are also available in the Vanilla Hammer under Misc.
Builder Workstation
Universal railway construction station.
Temporarily replaces:
- Workbench
- Forge
- Stonecutter
for BUILDING only.
It does not replace crafting stations.
Crafting Items and Recipes
Rune Rails uses crafted bundles for railway construction, wagons and tools.
Railway Hammer
Prefab:
RailwayHammer_bal
Recipe:
| Resource | Amount | |---|---:| | Iron | 3 | | FineWood | 4 | | BronzeNails | 10 |
Rail Parts Bundle
Prefab:
RailPartsBundle_bal
Recipe:
| Resource | Amount | |---|---:| | IronNails | 4 | | FineWood | 2 | | BronzeNails | 4 | | GreydwarfEye | 2 |
Wagon Parts Bundle
Prefab:
WagonPartsBundle_bal
Recipe:
| Resource | Amount | |---|---:| | Iron | 2 | | FineWood | 10 | | BronzeNails | 16 | | Tin | 2 |
Builder Workstation Bundle
Prefab:
BuilderWorkstationBundle_bal
Recipe:
| Resource | Amount | |---|---:| | Bronze | 6 | | FineWood | 20 | | Flint | 10 | | Iron | 6 |
Uncharged Thunderstone
Prefab:
UncharedThunderstone_bal
Output amount:
- 6
Recipe:
| Resource | Amount | |---|---:| | Flint | 6 | | HardAntler | 1 | | Crystal | 3 |
Wagon Bundle Cargo
Prefab:
WagonBundleCargo_bal
Recipe:
| Resource | Amount | |---|---:| | WagonPartsBundle_bal | 1 | | FineWood | 10 |
Wagon Bundle Table
Prefab:
WagonBundleTable_bal
Recipe:
| Resource | Amount | |---|---:| | WagonPartsBundle_bal | 1 | | BuilderWorkstationBundle_bal | 1 | | Crystal | 4 |
Wagon Bundle Power
Prefab:
WagonBundlePower_bal
Recipe:
| Resource | Amount | |---|---:| | WagonPartsBundle_bal | 1 | | SurtlingCore | 2 | | Thunderstone | 1 |
Wagon Bundle Personnel
Prefab:
WagonBundlePersonel_bal
Recipe:
| Resource | Amount | |---|---:| | WagonPartsBundle_bal | 1 | | Wood | 5 |
Available Wagons
RailPowerWagon_bal
Build Cost:
| Resource | Amount | |---|---:| | WagonBundlePower_bal | 1 |
RailCargoWagon_bal
Build Cost:
| Resource | Amount | |---|---:| | WagonBundleCargo_bal | 1 |
RailTableWagon_bal
Build Cost:
| Resource | Amount | |---|---:| | WagonBundleTable_bal | 1 |
RailPersonelWagon_bal
Build Cost:
| Resource | Amount | |---|---:| | WagonBundlePersonel_bal | 1 |
Available Rails
Standard
| Prefab | Build Cost | |---|---| | railtrack1m_bal | 1 RailPartsBundle_bal | | railtrack_bal | 2 RailPartsBundle_bal | | railtrack4m_bal | 3 RailPartsBundle_bal | | railtrack8m_bal | 4 RailPartsBundle_bal |
Ramps
| Prefab | Build Cost | |---|---| | railtrackRamp26short_bal | 1 RailPartsBundle_bal | | railtrackRamp45short_bal | 1 RailPartsBundle_bal | | railtrackRamp_bal | 2 RailPartsBundle_bal | | railtrackRamp45_bal | 2 RailPartsBundle_bal | | railtrackRamp64_bal | 2 RailPartsBundle_bal |
Turns
| Prefab | Build Cost | |---|---| | railtrackTurnLeft15_bal | 2 RailPartsBundle_bal | | railtrackTurnLeft30_bal | 2 RailPartsBundle_bal | | railtrackTurnLeft45_bal | 2 RailPartsBundle_bal | | railtrackTurnRight15_bal | 2 RailPartsBundle_bal | | railtrackTurnRight30_bal | 2 RailPartsBundle_bal | | railtrackTurnRight45_bal | 2 RailPartsBundle_bal |
Switches
| Prefab | Build Cost | |---|---| | railtrackSwitchLeft_bal | 3 RailPartsBundle_bal, 1 Crystal | | railtrackSwitchMid_bal | 3 RailPartsBundle_bal, 1 Crystal | | railtrackSwitchRight_bal | 3 RailPartsBundle_bal, 1 Crystal |
Special Rails
| Prefab | Build Cost | |---|---| | railtrackCross_bal | 2 RailPartsBundle_bal | | railtrackControl_bal | 2 RailPartsBundle_bal, 1 Thunderstone, 1 Crystal | | railtrackStop_bal | 1 RailPartsBundle_bal, 2 Wood | | railtrackSignalStopReceiver_bal | 2 RailPartsBundle_bal, 1 Crystal | | railtrackContainer_bal | 2 RailPartsBundle_bal, 1 Thunderstone, 4 Iron, 20 FineWood | | railtrackUnload_bal | 2 RailPartsBundle_bal, 2 Iron, 1 SurtlingCore, 5 FineWood | | railtrackSpeed_bal | 3 RailPartsBundle_bal, 1 Thunderstone | | railtrackJump4m_bal | 2 RailPartsBundle_bal, 1 SurtlingCore | | railtrackJump6m_bal | 3 RailPartsBundle_bal, 1 SurtlingCore | | railtrackJump8m_bal | 4 RailPartsBundle_bal, 1 SurtlingCore | | railtrackDrop8m_bal | 4 RailPartsBundle_bal, 1 SurtlingCore | | railtrackDrawbridge10m_bal | 8 RailPartsBundle_bal, 1 Thunderstone, 4 Iron, 20 FineWood |
Signal System
A signal network consists of:
- Signal Emitters
- Signal Receivers
Highlights
From source dataLoaders
Runs on BepInEx.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Last update
Its author last shipped an update 23d ago.
balrond runerails on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Valheim servers, for BepInEx servers. We download it from Thunderstore, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Optional on the server
- Server type needed
- BepInEx
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Valheim — 4 GB (4 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 1.1.2, released 2026-09-22
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| BepInEx |
From 13 recorded builds of balrond runerails.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1.2 | 2026-09-22 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 1.1.1 | 2026-09-21 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 1.1.0 | 2026-09-16 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 1.0.9 | 2026-09-12 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 1.0.8 | 2026-06-08 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 1.0.7 | 2026-06-05 | n/a | BepInEx |
Run balrond runerails on a Valheim server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogBuilding & decoration
Blocks, furniture, decorations and building tools.
Works on a server
From source side supportThunderstore lists server-side support for balrond runerails as optional: it can run on a server, but isn’t required there.
Compatibility
- Game
- Valheim
- Loaders
- BepInEx
- Runs on
- Serveroptional on the server
- Requires
- One-click install needs a BepInEx server.
Verified at the source
- ✓ThunderstoreOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓AuthorBalrond, as published on Thunderstore
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree





