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SafeHarbor

by DFG · for Valheim

Build a dry dock for longships and skiffs. Shift+D cradles the ship; the dock menu can deploy it, board it, or open its hold.

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About SafeHarbor

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Build a dry dock for longships and skiffs. Shift+D cradles the ship; the dock menu can deploy it, board it, or open its hold.

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Safe Harbor

Buildable ship docks that do the seamanship for you. Steer a longship, karve, or raft up to an open berth, press a key at the rudder, and the ship eases into a cradle, lifts out of the water, and is dry-docked. Press the key again to slide it back out to the water. Docking persists across save and reload.

A Valheim BepInEx 5 plugin built on Jotunn.

Features

  • Two buildable dock pieces (Hammer > DFG):
  • Safe Harbor Dock (longships) — 40 Wood / 20 Fine Wood / 10 Iron. Uses the included dock.glb.
  • Safe Harbor Skiff Dock (karves and rafts) — 20 Wood / 8 Fine Wood / 3 Iron.
  • Shift+D at the rudder docks or undocks. The ship eases into the berth and lifts clear of the water.
  • Dock controls on the dock: dock a nearby ship, deploy it, board it, or open its hold.
  • Status lights on the dock: green when the berth is open, red when a ship is docked.
  • The docked ship and its berth are saved with the world. The ship is repaired when it docks.
  • Indestructible by default.

Requirements

  • BepInEx 5 (denikson-BepInExPack_Valheim)
  • Jotunn 2.30.x (ValheimModding-Jotunn)

Installation

  1. Install through your mod manager (recommended).
  2. Manual: copy this folder to BepInEx\plugins\DFG-SafeHarbor\. Keep SafeHarbor.dll, dock.glb, and dock_icon.jpg together.
  3. Restart Valheim. The build pieces are registered at startup.

How to use

  1. Build Safe Harbor Dock from the Hammer under DFG and place it at the shore. The ghost sits the underside on the ground or the water.
  2. Steer a ship within range of the dock.
  3. At the rudder, press Shift+D to dock. Press it again to undock. The ship slides out to the water.
  4. Walk up to the dock and press E on the dock controls.

| Key | Action | |-----|--------| | Shift+D | Dock or undock while steering | | E | Open the dock menu | | 1 | Dock a nearby ship | | 2 | Deploy the docked ship | | 3 | Board the docked ship | | 4 | Open the docked ship's hold | | Esc | Close the menu | | Alt+L | Open the in-game tuner |

While a ship is docking, Deploy and Board stay unavailable until it has settled.

Configuration

Generated on first launch at BepInEx\config\com.safeharbor.safeharbor.cfg.

| Section | Key | Default | Description | |---------|-----|---------|-------------| | General | Enabled | true | Master toggle. | | General | AddBuildPiece | true | Add the docks to the Hammer. Restart. | | General | ShowHudPrompt | true | Show the dock hint while steering nearby. | | General | ShowMessages | true | Message when a ship docks or undocks. | | General | StatusLights | true | Green = open, red = occupied. Restart. | | General | DebugLogging | true | Write docking details to the BepInEx log. | | Controls | DockKey | Left Shift + D | Dock and undock at the rudder. | | Controls | GuiKey | Left Alt + L | Open the in-game tuner. | | Docking | DockRange | 50 | How far (meters) a ship can be and still dock. | | Docking | DockDuration | 2.5 | Seconds to ease into the berth. | | Docking | UndockDuration | 1.5 | Seconds to slide back out. | | Docking | LiftHeight | 1.8 | Meters the ship is raised above the water. | | Docking | UndockDistance | 20 | How far forward the ship is released. | | Docking | UndockSpeed | 4 | Push (m/s) when the ship is released. | | Docking | MaxDockSpeed | 3 | Ship must be slower than this to dock. 0 disables the check. | | Dock | Berths | 1 | Ships one large dock can hold. Restart. | | Dock | Indestructible | true | The dock takes no damage. | | Dock | AddPilings | true | Support posts under the dock. Restart. | | Dock | PilingLength | 20 | Piling length in meters. Restart. | | SmallDock | Enabled | true | Also add the skiff dock. Restart. | | Blueprint | WebTuner | true | Serve the local alignment page. | | Blueprint | WebPort | 8781 | Tuner address is http://127.0.0.1:8781/. |

Model alignment (position, berth, ship level, and the three status-light nudges) is stored in BepInEx\config\safeharbor_model.json. With the web tuner on, open http://127.0.0.1:8781/ while the game is running and save from that page.

The skiff dock can still use a PlanBuild blueprint (safeSkiff.blueprint or smallDock.blueprint) when one is found.

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md.

Support

If this mod has made your journey through the Tenth World a little better, consider tossing a coin into my Ko-fi jar: https://ko-fi.com/draugrforgedgaming. Your support keeps the forge hot and the mead flowing! Skål!

Highlights

From source data

Loaders

Runs on BepInEx.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Last update

Its author last shipped an update 29d ago.

SafeHarbor 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 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
1.0.29, released 2026-10-06

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
BepInEx

From 5 recorded builds of SafeHarbor.

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
1.0.292026-10-06n/aBepInEx
1.0.42026-10-05n/aBepInEx
1.0.22026-10-05n/aBepInEx
1.0.12026-09-21n/aBepInEx
1.0.02026-09-21n/aBepInEx

Dependencies

Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.

Run SafeHarbor 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 catalog
Listed on Thunderstore as “Content”

Vehicles & ships

Cars, boats, aircraft, ships and other things to drive or fly.

Compatibility

Game
Valheim
Loaders
BepInEx
Requires
One-click install needs a BepInEx server.

Verified at the source

  • ✓ThunderstoreOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-06Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorDFG, as published on Thunderstore
  • ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree

SafeHarbor, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Which loaders does it support?

BepInEx.

Is it free?

Yes. SafeHarbor is free to download from Thunderstore.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

Use “Add to a server” on this page, or open NxLabs from your dashboard. We install it, restart your server and switch it on.

NxLabs

Run SafeHarbor on a Valheim server.

Deploy in about a minute from $9.99 a month, then add SafeHarbor in one click.