About Useful Paths
From ThunderstorePlayers run, jog, and walk faster and use less stamina when traversing leveled ground, paths, paved roads, wood, stone, iron, or hardwood . The movement boost and stamina drain decrease values can also be configured.
Useful Paths for Valheim
Players run, jog, and walk faster and use less stamina when traversing leveled ground, paths, paved roads, wood, stone, iron, or hardwood . The movement boost and stamina drain decrease values can also be configured.
Config Options
- Going to Valheim\BepInEx\config and opening Menthus.bepinex.plugins.UsefulPaths.cfg.
- Using the >>BepInEx ConfigurationManager<< plugin. Simply download it, put it in your Valheim\BepInEx\plugins folder, and press F1 when in-game.
Installation (manual):
Place the UsefulPaths folder into the Valheim\BepInEx\plugins folder.
ChangeLog
Useful Paths 1.1.0 Release!
- Fixed issue where invalid value was being passed to Enum.Parse, causing an exception to be thrown.
Useful Paths 1.2.0 Release!
- Added missing 'path' to list of ground types which boost movement speed and reduce stamina drain(levelground and pavedroad were already there).
- Increased default multipliers so the benefits of using different paths is more prominent.
Useful Paths 1.3.0 Release!
- Movement bonus now applies to jogging/walking.
- Movement bonus now applies when walking on wood/stone flooring (defaults to the speed you move when walking on pavedroad).
- Improved terrain detection.
Useful Paths 1.4.0 Release!
- Removed possible log spam to console.
- Added config options.
- Added bonus movement/stamina drain reduction to iron and hardwood materials.
- Refactored code.
Useful Paths 1.5.0 Release!
- Fix for Null Reference Exception
Highlights
From source dataLoaders
Runs on BepInEx.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Dependencies
Needs 1 other project installed alongside it.
Useful Paths 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
- 1.5.0, released 2021-03-31
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| BepInEx |
From 1 recorded build of Useful Paths.
Dependencies
- Required: BepInExPack Valheim
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run Useful Paths 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 catalogQuality of life & UI
Small conveniences, tweaks and interface improvements players notice straight away.
Compatibility
- Game
- Valheim
- Loaders
- BepInEx
- Requires
- One-click install needs a BepInEx server. 1 other project installed alongside it.
Verified at the source
- ✓ThunderstoreOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-02Open ↗
- ✓AuthorMenthus, as published on Thunderstore
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree




