A player built a raft in Valheim – but not out of wood and leather, rather from living wolves that transport him across the water. He stands and “walks” on the waters and claims he can steer it quite well.
This is what the player did: The player Whiteperson1 tamed a whole pack of wolves in Valheim. But instead of using the predators to beat enemies or letting them protect his base, he took them all along.
His goal: the next body of water. Here he gathered the wolves and lured them into the water to stand on them. Surprisingly, it actually worked: he was able to stand on the wolves and effectively walk on water.
This works because the wolves can swim and do not sink when he stands on them. They all try to stay as close to him as possible (which is why they gather together).
Due to the sheer number of wolves, those at the back push the front ones and thus move swimmingly through the water. Steering it is also quite easy, says Whiteperson1: if he stands further left or right, his “raft” follows him.
Some other Reddit users compare the idea to Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean. Jack claims in the film that he tied turtles together with a rope made from his back hair to sail across the sea. It looks similar, just without the rope, with the wolves:
How to walk on water from r/valheim
And what use is this? In fact, this strange mode of transport has some advantages. You can move over water without swimming – so you won’t get wet, nor will you consume stamina or drown.
Another advantage is: you don’t have to rely on the wind like with a boat. The wolves always move at the same speed. Plus, you always have a pack of powerful wolves with you. Other players have already used such a wolf pack to take down the final boss in seconds.
However, it’s not particularly fast. More efficient is likely still a karve or even better a longboat.
The Vikings of Valheim and Their Crazy Ideas
Using wolves as a raft sounds strange, but it’s not so far off from other crazy ideas that players have. Valheim opens up many possibilities for creativity, and sometimes a mistake is even exploited.
With the mechanics, bugs, and partially questionable physics, players create all kinds of nonsense.
The wolf raft is just the latest trick that a player has tried. How useful it is remains to be seen. There are definitely better methods for transporting over water – and cooler ones too.
If you want to transport large amounts of ores or other resources across the ocean, you can just impale a friend and drag him behind you. It definitely works and looks even crazier.
