balrond runerails

🚂 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

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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.

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Unlock Progression

All Rune Rails content becomes available after defeating:

🐉 Moder

The system unlocks during the Artisan progression tier.

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Railway Tools

Railway Hammer

Contains all Rune Rails categories and build pieces.

All pieces are also available in the Vanilla Hammer under Misc.

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Builder Workstation

Universal railway construction station.

Temporarily replaces:

• Workbench
• Forge
• Stonecutter

for BUILDING only.

It does not replace crafting stations.

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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 |

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Rail Parts Bundle

Prefab:

• RailPartsBundle_bal

Recipe:

| Resource | Amount | |---|---:| | IronNails | 4 | | FineWood | 2 | | BronzeNails | 4 | | GreydwarfEye | 2 |

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Wagon Parts Bundle

Prefab:

• WagonPartsBundle_bal

Recipe:

| Resource | Amount | |---|---:| | Iron | 2 | | FineWood | 10 | | BronzeNails | 16 | | Tin | 2 |

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Builder Workstation Bundle

Prefab:

• BuilderWorkstationBundle_bal

Recipe:

| Resource | Amount | |---|---:| | Bronze | 6 | | FineWood | 20 | | Flint | 10 | | Iron | 6 |

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Uncharged Thunderstone

Prefab:

• UncharedThunderstone_bal

Output amount:

• 6

Recipe:

| Resource | Amount | |---|---:| | Flint | 6 | | HardAntler | 1 | | Crystal | 3 |

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Wagon Bundle Cargo

Prefab:

• WagonBundleCargo_bal

Recipe:

| Resource | Amount | |---|---:| | WagonPartsBundle_bal | 1 | | FineWood | 10 |

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Wagon Bundle Table

Prefab:

• WagonBundleTable_bal

Recipe:

| Resource | Amount | |---|---:| | WagonPartsBundle_bal | 1 | | BuilderWorkstationBundle_bal | 1 | | Crystal | 4 |

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Wagon Bundle Power

Prefab:

• WagonBundlePower_bal

Recipe:

| Resource | Amount | |---|---:| | WagonPartsBundle_bal | 1 | | SurtlingCore | 2 | | Thunderstone | 1 |

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Wagon Bundle Personnel

Prefab:

• WagonBundlePersonel_bal

Recipe:

| Resource | Amount | |---|---:| | WagonPartsBundle_bal | 1 | | Wood | 5 |

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Available Wagons

RailPowerWagon_bal

Build Cost:

| Resource | Amount | |---|---:| | WagonBundlePower_bal | 1 |

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RailCargoWagon_bal

Build Cost:

| Resource | Amount | |---|---:| | WagonBundleCargo_bal | 1 |

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RailTableWagon_bal

Build Cost:

| Resource | Amount | |---|---:| | WagonBundleTable_bal | 1 |

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RailPersonelWagon_bal

Build Cost:

| Resource | Amount | |---|---:| | WagonBundlePersonel_bal | 1 |

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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 |

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Signal System

A signal network consists of:

• Signal Emitters
• Signal Receivers