Are rafts really THAT slow I could literally walk faster.. or...

[💎 Andy 💎]

Do I just utterly suck at "sailing?" <-- if a raft could be classed as sailing.

I absolutely LOVE Valheim. But I loath, and groan when I look at the raft.

[MartenM]

Rafts are slow in my experience. The other boats are quicker.

[Mharr]

It's often genuinely quicker to get out and push. Leia was right.

[Dan]

Raft is meant as a poor mans effort to get across the water, be it super slowly. Make a karve or a longboat asap. Rafts are death traps since serpents will chew you up in 1 hit and its super slow.

[M4sterPi]

in my opionion the raft is more like a emergency-vehicle to travel over water.
the other two ships are faster, have more health and also have a cargospace.

[💎 Andy 💎]

Thanks guys.

Some amusing replies.

The comment about, "only meant for moving groups of people in MP coop."
You may have hit on something there... Which brings up a glaringly obvious need for some tweaking or new content in SP.

Because a HECK of a lot of Valheim Vikings, play solo. So in every SP game, the slowness of "boats" is a real problem.

But oddly, it touches on a post I just finished writing in another thread. About SP needs repawnable, either human, or furry NPC companion/s.

Not the ones that you tame, get to adventure with, get really fond of, and then perma-death.
But a real "SP AI buddy."

In this case "boats would be (still excruciatingly slow.) but at least would work. (in part,)
for the million... more,? SP gamers.

And the Leia comment was hilarious. 😂

Well, heres hoping they bring NPC characters companions for SP.
Oh and faster water travel.
Not asking for a cigarette-boat, just faster than, "pushing it"

[imortus]

The raft is terrible. In my first world I attempted to rafter around my starting continent multiple times and would always end up ditching the thing off coast and swimming back to shore. Now there's at least half a dozen abandoned rafts dotting the shores out there. I call it Raft World.

The other boats are much better. You can make really good time with the wind at your back, but even the paddling speed isn't terrible.

[amoloirasgostosas]

Rafts are slow in my experience. The other boats are quicker.

[A | Sir Tiber]

The Karve is plenty fast, and if the wind is good, definitely better than walking. The Longship is ridiculously fast.

The Raft is not. I use it for fishing.