Rain damage

[kaparay]

Is there any way to set rain damage of? its very annoying when you are building big... or if you want to put some bench in the garden, they fall apart after few minutes in the rain.. :(

[sarteck]

When it rains, press "F5" to go into your console, type "devcommands" then press enter, then type "env Clear" and press enter.

[warrenchmobile]

In Valheim, wooden structures take damage in the rain if not covered by a roof. Maximum rain damage is 50%. Wooden structures do not fall apart due to rain. If this is happening to you, something is wrong with your game or some other agency is involved.

[sarteck]

Actually, I don't think furniture takes weather damage at all.

[Pigs_of_evil]

No there is not. This may well be the most requested feature. There has been no news about it being changed, mitigated, or optional at any point in the future. Easiest solution would be to disable it or rain with mods if you must avoid it altogether.

Roof tiles and angled beams prevent it beneath them. It damages structures to 50 percent health and no further. It also changes the color of structures. You can repair the damage for free with the hammer if you want to spend the time and have a bench close enough.

So far the ground, food, and blocking have seen major reworks and the mountains, combat generally, fishing, and decoration have all had more minor reworks and additions. The weather may be subject to change. In any update including mistlands. They like to keep this stuff close to the chest.

On the other hand I just listed every notable change to the game since release and none of it was dropped on us as a surprise on update day other than the ground rework (it may be the only reason we know it happened). Don't expect such a heavily requested feature to appear out of nowhere.

I'm gonna love seeing all the people berate you for not doing all the research and see how many times they repeat the 4th post in the thread and fail to answer the question all the same.

[Pigs_of_evil]

Originally posted by sarteck:

Actually, I don't think furniture takes weather damage at all.

Do you know if snow does weather damage? Can't remember

[Pigs_of_evil]

Originally posted by warrenchmobile:

some other agency is involved.

Probably the greyling union recovering their fallen comrades.

[RAMSULE]

I like the idea of rain damaging the open structures but:
1) I wish it was gradual and not a sudden change.
2) I wish it looked more natural with some kind of tapering of fading effect towards the outside as compared to how abrupt it looks right now such as any tiles directly under the roof are completely fine and the next tile is damaged.

[Marksman Max]

Originally posted by kaparay:

Is there any way to set rain damage of? its very annoying when you are building big... or if you want to put some bench in the garden, they fall apart after few minutes in the rain.. :(

Mods can fix that problem, if you want to get into that. Mods can fix quite a lot of problems.

[RAMSULE]

@Marksman Max can you please share where Valheim mods can be found, I want to look into them...

[Nefrarya]

Hey there,

please remember that as of now modding is not officially supported. It's done at your own risk, there are no guarantees for future compatibility. Please keep backups of your save files before you start modding. If you need technical support, please always include a full list of active AND prior mods, since that can influence the game's behaviour with regard to bugs.

Have a good day!

[Marksman Max]

Originally posted by RAMSULE:

@Marksman Max can you please share where Valheim mods can be found, I want to look into them... :er_heart:

I remember seeing a mod specifically for that purpose. I'll share the mods as well as a Youtube video that serves as a good modding introduction for Valheim:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37ERV1RPCYo

https://valheim.thunderstore.io/package/JoelOliMclean/NoRainDamage/

[RAMSULE]

oh wow, thank you so much!

[RAMSULE]

@Nefrarya thank you, I'll be sure to create backups before using mods.

[blprice61]

In plain vanilla there are some non-obvious ways to prevent water damage. For the large gates, you can use the angled beams atop the gates and that will stop water damage to them.

It is also possible to build a working flat roof in vanilla.. build a sandwich of 26 degree peak roof pieces between two layers of floor with short walls at the edges caped by either angled beams or 26 degree X pieces to form a low wall around the top. The topmost flooring will still take water damage but that is of no consequence just adds a weathered look seen only from above.

Valheim rewards thinking outside the box.

PS: For bench in park, make a gazebo.

[RAMSULE]

@blprice61 It sounds genius! I am going to try that asap! Thank you!