About UlvriksWorldUpdate
From ThunderstoreQoL mod that focuses on improvements to sailing and exploration for multiplayer (uwu)
Ulvrik's World Update
QoL Valheim mod that focuses on improvements to sailing and exploration for multiplayer.
About
This mod focuses on QoL changes for exploration and sailing in multiplayer.
Installation (manual)
Add the UWU.dll files to your BepInEx/plugins folder on both client and server. The configuration file BepInEx/config/com.ulvrikironpaw.uwu.cfg is generated the first time the mod is run in Valheim. This mod depends on Jotunn and BepInExPack_Valheim.
Configuration
- All features have an enable/disable configuration option in
./BepinEx/config/com.ulvrikironpaw.uwu.cfg
- All features can be enabled/disabled dynamically using the in game console
using commands. The command is normally uwu[insert featurename] true|false
Features
All features are toggleable in the configuration file, but can also be enabled/disabled in the in-game console with the "UWU" prefixed commands.
Sailing
ShipPin
- Tracks ships on the map using the ship's icon. When ships have a custom name it
is displayed. When not, the name of the ship is displayed
- Default is true
ShipNameplates
- Adds nameplates to ships in game
- Nameplates do not show when the local player is in a ship and that ship is
actively being controlled
- Default is true
BoatyMcBoatface
- Automatically names ships when they are first created. Uses a Suffix + Prefix
to generate fun names like Wolfstorm. These can be renamed using ShipRename
- Default is true
ModerBoating
- Permanently applies the Moder buff
- Default is false
NotMyShip
- Aggression toward ships will be reduced while no player is aboard
- Default is true
PaddleFaster
- Makes paddling forward and backward about twice as fast
- Default is true
SailFaster
- Makes ship sailing speed about 40% faster
- Default is true
ShipBonkies
- Hammer destructs ships for a full refund when no player is aboard
- Default is true
SailingGrace
- Reduces the penalty for headwinds. Full mast in a headwind is a little slower
than the PaddleFaster option
- Default is true
ShipRename
- Allows renaming ships. This shows up when enabling ShipNameplates or ShipPins
- Default is true
Weather
Moodifier
- Adds several more complex weather patterns
- Enables tweaks to all weather patterns except for Ashlands and the Deep North
- Meadows has more variety
- Blackforest borrows from Mistlands (but not its mist)
- Swamp has a ~60% chance to rain down from 100%
- Mountain has Frost Fog and Overcast Snow added
- Plains has Dust Storm, Golden Dusk added, and Overcast added
- Ocean has a better distribution of rain, storms, and fog
- Mistlands has some addition options from Meadow and EtheralMist added
- When enabled, this modifies the Environment setup. After disabling it, a restart is required.
- Default is false until the next minor release.
Debugging
Speedometer
- A lightweight UI speedometer in meters per second that is largely for
debugging sailing speeds
- Default is false
Compatibility
Please file a Github issue if there are incompatibilities with other mods. Also, considering disabling features in this mod if there is overlapping capability.
Feature Requests
Please file an issue on Github. Please limit feature requests to QoL changes in exploration.
Known issues
- If you spawn a boat really high up in the air using console commands, Ship
nameplates are sometimes slightly off-center
Changelog
0.2.1
- It is now possible to enable moodifier for QoL weather updates. This will be disabled by default until 0.3.0
- Minor tweaks to console commands
0.2.0
- Large refactor to prevent incompatibilities in one feature causing other features to not load
- Fixed rename network handling (probably)
- Moved some intializing to ZNet Awake rather than plugin Start()
- Improvements for running on a dedicated no gpu server
- Small optimizations in SailFaster and PaddleFaster
0.1.1
- Improved performance with caching and less reflection calls. On an early world
this is less of an issue, but once a world gets to 30,000+ objects it was likely to become an issue
- Hide nameplates while the local player is onboard a ship and the ship is being
controlled by any player. This gets the nameplate out of your way while actively navigating
0.1.0
- Adds ShipRename, ShipNameplates, BoatyMcBoatface features
- Better lifecycle management
- Adds boat icons to ShipPin feature and reduced update time
0.0.2
- Fix null pointer when local player is not yet assigned in ModerBoating. This
probably didn't affect gameplay, but removed the error none-the-less
- Updated readme and default options
0.0.1
The initial release contains ModerBoating, NotMyShip, PaddleFaster, SailingGrace, ShipBonkies, ShipPin, and Speedometer.
Highlights
From source dataLoaders
Runs on BepInEx.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Last update
Its author last shipped an update 12 mo ago.
UlvriksWorldUpdate 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
- 0.2.1, released 2025-10-31
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| BepInEx |
From 6 recorded builds of UlvriksWorldUpdate.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.2.1 | 2025-10-31 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 0.2.0 | 2025-10-24 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 0.1.1 | 2025-10-18 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 0.1.0 | 2025-10-16 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 0.0.2 | 2025-10-07 | n/a | BepInEx |
| 0.0.1 | 2025-10-06 | n/a | BepInEx |
Dependencies
- Required: BepInExPack Valheim
- Required: Jotunn
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run UlvriksWorldUpdate 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.
Works on a server
From source side supportThunderstore lists server-side support for UlvriksWorldUpdate 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 2026-10-02Open ↗
- ✓Authorulvrikironpaw, as published on Thunderstore
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree




