Source-checkedBuilding & decoration

BuildOnShip

by Skarif · for Valheim

Build mobile bases on ships with working portals, beds, cargo and tombstones.

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About BuildOnShip

From Thunderstore

Build mobile bases on ships with working portals, beds, cargo and tombstones.

⛵ Build On Ship

Mod Version Game Version Platform Translations Ko-fi

Build On Ship turns your ships into true mobile bases! Build anything directly on your vessel: set up crafting benches, build cozy cabins, place functional portals, store loot, and sleep in beds that follow your ship across the ocean.

Ship attachments follow your vessel as it moves between world zones, with support checks and material fixes for moving builds.

What's New in 4.0.5

  • Doors, gates and drawbridges: Animated building colliders are isolated from the ship's physics. Collision exclusions are restored when colliders are enabled or a door state arrives from another player.
  • Portals: Fixed repeated sector entries during movement and network loading, and updated teleport destinations while the ship loads and moves.
  • Ship destruction: Attached buildings drop their materials and chests release their contents. Destruction does not depend on structural integrity checks being enabled.
  • Tombstones: Only the grave created by the current death is attached, and only when a fresh ground check finds the ship underneath. Attachment loading no longer disables the entire network object.
  • Beds and respawn: Ship bed bindings are restored before spawn selection, with loading of the remote ship and the actual bed. New bindings include the bed ID and are scoped to the world.

Updating: Install the same version on the server and all clients, then restart them. Set your ship bed as the spawn point and save your character to write the updated binding data. Previously saved separate duplicate portals are not automatically deleted.


🎮 Features at a Glance

| Feature | Description | | :--- | :--- | | 🛠️ Build Anything | Place wood, stone, iron, workbenches, braziers, and decor directly on your ship. | | 🛏️ Bed & Respawn | Sleep and set your spawn point on a ship bed. When you die, you wake up right aboard. | | 🌀 Working Portals | Step through ship portals smoothly, even when sailing at full speed. | | 📦 Cargo Stays Put | Loose items, ores, and crates lock to the deck and won't bounce overboard into the sea. | | 🪦 Safe Tombstones | If you die on your ship, your gravestone stays on deck instead of sinking to the ocean floor. | | ⚓ Easy Snapping | Built-in snap points appear across the deck to help you snap walls and floors neatly. |


✨ How It Works (Made Simple)

  • Build Without Annoying Restrictions: No more "Cannot place on tilting surface" or "Requires solid ground" errors when aiming at your boat. Just point your hammer and build.
  • Solid Deck Foundation: Your ship acts as a solid ground base. Pieces placed directly on the hull are fully supported and can hold up walls and roofs just like a normal base.
  • Moving Ship Attachments: Pieces retain their local position and rotation as the ship moves between world zones.
  • Clean Textures on the Move: Fixes the vanilla game issue where wood and stone textures look wavy or stretched when objects move through the world.
  • Ship Sinks, Base Sinks: If your ship is destroyed in combat, attached pieces collapse naturally — no awkward floating houses left behind in mid-air.

📥 Installation

Using a Mod Manager (Recommended)

  1. Install r2modman or Thunderstore Mod Manager.
  2. Search for Build On Ship by Skarif.
  3. Click Download with Dependencies and launch the game!

Manual Install

  1. Make sure you have BepInExPack Valheim installed.
  2. Download the mod archive and drop BuildOnShip.dll into:

Valheim/BepInEx/plugins/.

  1. Launch the game and start crafting your flagship!

💬 Developer Contact & Support



⛵ Build On Ship

Mod Version Game Version Platform Translations Ko-fi

Build On Ship превращает ваши драккары и лодки в настоящие плавучие базы! Стройте всё что угодно прямо на палубе: верстаки, сундуки, факелы, походные каюты, рабочие порталы и кровати, на которых можно спать и возрождаться посреди океана.

Привязанные объекты следуют за судном при перемещении между зонами мира. Мод учитывает опору построек и исправляет отображение материалов во время движения.

Что нового в 4.0.5

Read the full description on Thunderstore →

Highlights

From source data

Loaders

Runs on BepInEx.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Last update

Its author last shipped an update 1d ago.

BuildOnShip 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
4.0.6, released 2026-10-15

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
BepInEx

From 28 recorded builds of BuildOnShip.

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
4.0.62026-10-15n/aBepInEx
3.7.22026-10-12n/aBepInEx
3.7.12026-10-11n/aBepInEx
3.6.32026-09-29n/aBepInEx
3.6.22026-09-28n/aBepInEx
3.6.12026-09-28n/aBepInEx

Dependencies

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

Run BuildOnShip 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 “Building”

Building & decoration

Blocks, furniture, decorations and building tools.

Works on a server

From source side support

Thunderstore lists server-side support for BuildOnShip 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 2026-10-15Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorSkarif, as published on Thunderstore
  • ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree

BuildOnShip, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install BuildOnShip?

Thunderstore lists server-side support for BuildOnShip as optional: it can run on a server, but isn’t required there.

Which loaders does it support?

BepInEx.

Is it free?

Yes. BuildOnShip 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 BuildOnShip on a Valheim server.

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