Originally posted by Lucidess:

It's a shame you can't tell if i'm making a joke or not, god forbid I tell you how to actually stop letting your boat materials drop to the bottom of the ocean or you will call me toxic.

I'll call you toxic. Look at your contribution. Look helpful?

Personally I'd like a dive but that's mostly for the ease of building in water instead of playing terrain height games. I'm fine with certain materials sinking into the depths, some of which wouldn't be recoverable even with a dive function (like serpent scales mid-ocean. I can see a viking able to hold their breathe underwater, less able to see one proficient in free-diving as if they spent their life oyster farming or something).

That said there are some ways to deal with it if it's relatively shallow still. Jumping in from a higher position makes you sink under the water which can be used to pick up items in water that's just a bit too deep. Jumping in right next to your boat and tucking yourself under it while still submerged can keep you underwater for some tasks, but you will be only just under the water in that case and the camera is not always cooperative while doing so (though the weird jump-swim animation glitch you sometimes get is just hilarious). There's also the option of using commands, but that isn't always an available option.

Ever drop something off a boat in the ocean in real life? Like a pair of pliers or a pocket knife? Or an Iron ingot? Ever jump in and swim down to the bottom to get it?

I get that you are able to make suggestions , and give feedback.

Just also understand that I don't agree with you ,and i don't think your suggestion is a good one. Since this is a community discussion , it's OK if we share our opinions.

There is a mod that makes all loot float,

Decided to install that after I found out that apparently the Serpent Scales are coded to sink even tho the Serpent Meat is coded to float. Which meant many hours of fruitless scale hunting was apparently not because they weren't spawning but because the devs decided to make them sink for the lulz.

There are a metric ton of mods out there that really improve the QoL of the game and some that truly enhance it.

The specific mod in direct question
https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/241

That said I would love it if the player could swim underwater but I'm not holding my breath~

Floating metal ores very realistic

Originally posted by Lucidess:

Floating metal ores very realistic

Vikings that can't swim underwater in an exploration game, very realistic.

Giant lightning shooting deer, very realistic.

Just mod it in...

Originally posted by Malthar:

Giant lightning shooting deer, very realistic.

Just mod it in...

And if you are playing on a vanilla server with a friend?

You can cope as much as you want but this is a function that should be base game, any other opinion or stance is monkey tier.

It's a shame you can't tell if i'm making a joke or not, god forbid I tell you how to actually stop letting your boat materials drop to the bottom of the ocean or you will call me toxic.

Originally posted by Dagoth-Ur:

Originally posted by Malthar:

Giant lightning shooting deer, very realistic.

Just mod it in...

And if you are playing on a vanilla server with a friend?

You can cope as much as you want but this is a function that should be base game, any other opinion or stance is monkey tier.

tell your buddy to download the mod too and then problem solved, its really not hard

Originally posted by Lucidess:

It's a shame you can't tell if i'm making a joke or not, god forbid I tell you how to actually stop letting your boat materials drop to the bottom of the ocean or you will call me toxic.

It's a shame I don't care and already know.

Originally posted by Malthar:

Originally posted by Dagoth-Ur:

And if you are playing on a vanilla server with a friend?

You can cope as much as you want but this is a function that should be base game, any other opinion or stance is monkey tier.

tell your buddy to download the mod too and then problem solved, its really not hard

Singleplayer moment.

Have you tried swimming in this game? They need to fix that before they even consider allowing the character to go underwater.

I would much prefer that ship materials just ended up in one of the floating boxes like the cargo. Although I do hate losing material when I try to lay stonework underwater and have to break it. I don't think I would risk my characters life for just a few stones.

Originally posted by Dagoth-Ur:

Originally posted by Malthar:

tell your buddy to download the mod too and then problem solved, its really not hard

Singleplayer moment.

Bruh, you seriously dont even need to play singleplayer to use mods, both of you download the mod and suddenly your problem dissapears.

Originally posted by Dagoth-Ur:

Title, Or alternatively make everything float so that this isn't an issue to begin with.

no