building-tips

[vital kite]

mountains

im playing with 2 of my friends so we're gonna need a large storage room

[wet cove]

okay

so you are going to have a two story building are both storage

@vital kite

[vital kite]

i planned on doing like left side of the build being the crafting area and the right side being the kitchen and the 2nd story dedicated to chests

and then seperate buildings for comfort and sleeping and seperate for smelting

[wet cove]

i made this to referance off of so i hope this helps

if you have any more questions i will answer them to the best of my abilty

[vestal delta]

Thoughts on my gate/bridge?

kinda think I need to build out a little from the wall so it doesn't just look like a hole in the wall

and I cant decide whether I like the flower garland or fey lights better

the 'drawbridge'

[wet cove]

that looks great

[wet cove]

i think the flower garland looks better

it matches the vibe

[vestal delta]

cool I'll go with that, thanks bro

[wet cove]

yeah no prob

i think something that could also help with the draw bridge is adding stone arches to the castle wall side under the draw bridge or something like that. because right now it looks like it is floating a bit.

[vestal delta]

rip this whole damn thing, I forgot about the wood and corewood decaying

apparently darkwood doesn't but it looks kinda fruity

[lusty tiger]

They wont if theyre touching stone

[manic dust]

does anyone have recommendations for this entrance im making?

[coarse spear]

@manic dustthat look's nice

only thing i wod change is the iron wals with the cooper ones for nicer look

[manic dust]

copper walls?

[coarse spear]

oh your not in the mistland's sry for the spoil

[manic dust]

all good lol, i know what copper is already so idrk what ur talking about dw

i just recently got to the plains recently ngl

[vague sonnet]

why are sometimes things i build slightly off-centered despite not 'rotating' them at all? It's pretty annoying when making fences; the slight inclination keeps making gaps in-between.

Not to mention it is annoying for crafting stations when placed indoors to always be a couple degrees off.

[vestal delta]

something like this then?

[lusty tiger]

I believe so

[vestal delta]

not sure if I like it but I'm out of ideas

[lusty tiger]

I am an awful builder but maybe u could widen it by 1m on each side to hide the beams

with the 2x1s i was thinking

[vestal delta]

I feel that. My aspirations definitely outstrip my creative ability

[vestal delta]

that's a lot better, thanks

[lusty tiger]

nice!

[edgy iron]

First try at building a proper house after living in a hut for ages. Unsure where to put a chimney for a fireplace.

also i sort of built over the water a little. so placing a firepit is kinda... rough. Lol
any thoughts/opinions appreciated, though be gentle because im new haha

[lusty tiger]

Cool stuff. Can we get a pic of the inside? Braziers work for heat so you dont necessarily need a campfire, hearth, or bonfire i believe. You just wont get the 2 comfort for the hearth. But you could mess with wood iron beams, stone, and a hearth on the second floor

[random stone]

does anyone have tips for base logistics/large scale item transfer inside a base area, especially vertical item transport where carts just arent cutting it.

[lyric scaffold]

Maybe portals? but some items like ore, you cant travel with

[daring yarrow]

Anyone got tips for a kitchen? It’s gonna be a separate build with a dedicated farm

I’m having trouble with the heart and venting smoke

[lyric scaffold]

can you take a screenshot on what youre working with?

[hexed smelt]

You can place hearth and other fire related things on the iron cage floor. I hope that helps. I use that to build my hearth in my treehouses

[tepid swift]

Hey everyone 😎 I am building sleeping place for two. Is this too much of space to get max comfort?
I did 10x10

[trail topaz]

10m x 10m is exactly right as long as you keep everything within that range.

[tepid swift]

Perfect!!! Thank you so much 🥳 Does 10x10 Apply as well for workbench level and other things which needs to be stacked?

[trail topaz]

so for workbench upgrades, you need to see the little golden sparkles point at the bench to be effective and each has to be in it's own line, no overlaps.

Comfort works within a 10m range.

[tepid swift]

Oh wow. Do you have any picture how it is the best-correct way?

[tepid swift]

I have checked youtube. Nothing special. Thanks for the help 🫡 🤩

[lofty notch]

can someone tell me best method to place stone floor on second level of stone building without tons of suport colums on the first floor

[glad cloud]

Iron cages will support it and can be hidden inside

Like rebar

[desert yacht]

does anyone know what i can do for my roofing? #building-screenshots

[fierce lion]

I have the exact same setup every time, but this time I can't get it to work. This random wall piece fixes it being exposed somehow... Anyone got ideas?

[final vigil]

Move the bench 1m to the left, perhaps one of its rays are escaping out the top left, diagonally

[fierce lion]

I have been moving it everywhere. The exact same setup works on the other side of the house.. Just this specific area won't allow it

[final vigil]

Interesting. No idea, then. I'm usually able to cover a bench with just a 2m pole and a single lower-angled roof.

[fierce lion]

Similar thing has happened before.. something specific about the area. I feel like maybe something about changing the ground with a hoe. Not consistent enough to tell though

Very annoying

[tepid swift]

Hey guys 🙂 One question, I am playing Vanila. Is workbench level 5 and forge level 6 maximum?

[sly hound]

there is forge lvl 7

for stuff like that you could also check the wiki btw

[vestal delta]

is there a way to build fences like these at this furling village? I want to turn it into a proper warcraft orc style pigfarm to raise boars outside of my castle. But it looks pretty jank when I start mixing in other kinds of walls that I can build

[sterile tartan]

Not player buildable, closest thing would be round pole fence or stakes

[glossy ibex]

First attempt at a more permanent base. Any tips or thoughts to get me details in?

[vague sonnet]

Hi, i finally unlocked stone, iron beams and blackwood. Which of these would be best to build a bigger base? I want to face as little difficulties as possible when it comes to how tall the base is.

P.s: the pic in the reply message is my old base and I'd like to make something bigger and well- with some depth / shapes to look nicer.

[vague sonnet]

Looks rlly nice, i personally just raise the ground while face the cardinal dirrections for the walls though. So i dont have to repair them after raids or whatever.

[vestal delta]

precisely why I turn raids off

[keen salmon]

dose anyone feel like explaining to a new player how to make roofs good or go on meadows glade chat and guide me if so please it would be most apricated

if not then youtube video recommendations that explain it please

[trail topaz]

there are tons of videos out there; just search valheim roof should be good enough. a few tips from my experience would be ensure you do an overhang, even if only 1m over gable ends or 2m full overhang for hip-style roofs (angled on all sides).

[keen salmon]

how do i pull off a overhang because when i tried it wont let me unless im doing it wrong

it keep on phaseing though the wall

[trail topaz]

easiest way is to add an extra floor piece off the edge of your wall, then add the roof on top of that.

for gable ends, add a 1m wood beam off the end of your roof edge and snap to that corner.

[keen salmon]

heres what im working on

inside pic

[trail topaz]

Ah yes, I recognize the 'barn' style of building. You're going to want to create some interest by sticking some bits out the wall or indent a corner or two (floorplan looking like a cross or T). If you add a floor piece at the top of your wall then climb up, you start your roof out an extra 2m to create the overhang.

Maybe build a gable over your main entrance to create a portico type thing.

[steep swallow]

Any one know a good way to support stone floors for a castle roof

[trail topaz]

You can bury iron floor grates in the centre of the stone for added support. not visible if you do it right.

[rugged shard]

@sterile tartan Like here I can't fill it in without it going through the walls into the basement so I had to cover it with floor

@sterile tartan

[vestal delta]

learing center vibes

[rugged shard]

Lol

[honest orchid]

i want to create a base here because its a very nice spot, but the way this hill is made is very annoying, because it goes high up but not steep, so i cant really create different levels like u do when u build alonside a steep mountain, and i also cant level the ground, what is a good thing to do here?

[trail topaz]

if it's not steep, you should be able to raise the lower elevation enough to level it out.

[honest orchid]

look at the pic

it is not steep but it goes up alot, then i cant level it out correctly

[still saffron]

how would i support beam this

i dont want constant beams under every floor which is how i usually do it

[split stratus]

Try using corewood poles, they have stronger structural support than regular wood poles.

[still saffron]

i did not know that was a thing

[still saffron]

also sometimes my roofs are red is that normal

[split stratus]

If you try build higher then regular wood is very limited to that, which means you need stronger material, like corewood.

[still saffron]

ah so it goes back to wood needs to be better alr that helps alot

[still saffron]

is there like a free cam mode to help make building easier im tryna make a half half wood wall

but it just snaps to the top of the floor or bottom

i wanna make this but just let it go further half down

[split stratus]

You can use smaller pieces to make snap points.

[split stratus]

Q & E buttons change snap points for building pieces.

[still saffron]

if i tried to support this would it work? with regular wood

actually just tried with corewood maybe my foundation needs to be fixed

[split stratus]

This wiki site explains about the building structural support system: https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Building_stability

[rugged shard]

Wtf am I doing wrong

[sterile tartan]

It’s 3 beams from the closest wall/support so its gonna be red, a central beam to the floor would do it

I had that issue even with grausten beams so I had to shorten the tower spacing

[trail topaz]

Use corewood posts for support. 4m posts means 1/2 the support loss. Be sure to put vertical posts up to the top edge of the roof you already have.

[lyric scaffold]

if the area is too steep to build something flat, you can do what I did here. by adding an exposed basement then adding another floor to connect the hill together to make it a seamless transition

you can also just raise the ground altogether but that might ruin the aesthetic

[fossil viper]

Heyy so I'm new to the game
is there any way i can change rotate key to smth else other than moue scroll button??

[lusty tiger]

is there a way to obtain a snapping point here? Also how come it doesn't snap normally? Just wondering

[lyric scaffold]

maybe add a 45 wood beam on the left side? I have this problem too when some structures dont snap

weird, i tried to copy your problem on my end and it seems fine to me

[vestal delta]

I had a similar problem. It seemed like the game gives up on snapping when I tried to do too much overlap (trying to cover gaps in a round roof)

[lusty tiger]

Yeah it also happens to angled beams which isnt too bad because the X pieces allow you to circumvent this (i think) but im a terrible builder and want some math to snap with so it can be perfect haha

[vestal delta]

This is how I stopped the leaks on my swamp tree house roof. It's not too bad of an eyesore in the dark/rainy swamp but idk how bad it would look in the sun.

[lusty tiger]

🤔🤔🤔 ideas, you are giving me

[vestal delta]

Where do yall put yalls eitr refinery

[coarse spear]

@vestal delta i made a room from black marble specific for that

[midnight quail]

Anyone got a good tip on how to make a bridge that has stairs to get on it look good?
I'm using normal wood for the bridge so I want to roof it so that it doesn't get rain damage.

[vestal delta]

keep baby locked up in some back room? that don't sound good

[lyric scaffold]

Anyone got an idea what I can put in the middle here? I dont want to put trees cuz it will ruin the view but maybe a statue of some kind but I dont have an idea how to make it

[edgy iron]

i'd do a little circular border of wooden beams, flat on the floor, and till the middle. plant carrots. wait for them to flower. cute little island-flower bed.
path around it, and add some grass in the corners so it looks like there's an intentional desire-path in a circle around it.

[lyric scaffold]

I do love that idea, I did that on some of my builds, I guess a larger scale of different colored flowers would be neat

[edgy iron]

alternatively a little communal-bonfire area

seating in a circle facing inwards to a huge bonfire. lol

[lyric scaffold]

I was gonna go with that but this one is inbetween 2 of those already

[edgy iron]

or you could put a ring of beehives in the centre surrounded by little lanterns & carrot plants

not too tall. ^

[lyric scaffold]

do you have a reference for this? seems interesting

[edgy iron]

apologies, did this w my mouse lol

[lyric scaffold]

lmao youre good, I can see the vision

[edgy iron]

stone circle of slabs around the outside, little beehive ring on the inside, carrots in between

[edgy iron]

🧝‍♂️ some call me a pro artist LOL

[lyric scaffold]

you actually did it well on the perspective part lmao

[vestal delta]

Can this kitchen layout work? Now that I'm trying to build floors overhead, the smoke seems impossible to manage.

[lyric scaffold]

I feel like you just need 4-5 meters of allowance above the hearth for it to work and you dont need an opening for the smoke to get out, I even sectioned off the area so that my smoke dont spread in my kitchen

[rugged apex]

can crops grow here?
(during storm water covers the ground)

[tawdry sequoia]

should be fine?

[final vigil]

What are the most important materials to gather for building a big mess hall / feast hall?
(I have a crafting area and storage area at another base.)
I was thinking Iron Bars for poles, ||Ashwood and Grausten|| for the majority of it, and finewood for the furniture and item stands + a serving tray... Any other major build materials you can think of?

Maybe like bronze for braziers?

[tiny wave]

wood/fine wood?

[vestal delta]

How many functional rooms do you need in your base? I’m thinking:
storage
workshop (workbench, forge, eitr things, black forge)
Industrial area (kiln, smelter, blast furnace)
Kitchen
Pantry
Dining hall
Bedroom

Am I missing anything?

[distant drift]

portal room?

shooting range / weapons training room?

[lusty tiger]

Boar pen 😢

[vital kite]

how much space does this fir sapling need to grow??

[split stratus]

There is very likely stone/rock under it.

[vital kite]

ah i see, most likely that's the problem since theres a giant rock under it

[split stratus]

That is the culprit.

[vital kite]

yep seems to be working fine now
thank you!

any recommendations of what should i decorate this corner with? (this room is the workshop)

[brazen lily]

in my opinion spinning wheels if you havent found a place for them yet, black forge/galrd table would feel out of place

Artisian Table would fit nicely in here also

[vital kite]

i have a different spot set for the galdr table and the black forge, and both the artisan table and wheel are in the opposite corner of the room

[tiny wave]

A table or something with old tools/weapons?

[brazen lily]

armor stands + some storage place purely for decoration

[vital kite]

ill give it a try thank you guys

[lusty cape]

Is there a trick I'm missing with terraforming to make it quicker because I find it really difficult to get big areas flat

[trail topaz]

no trick. You're using the hoe and pickaxe, a lot. Sometimes you need to use the hoe to raise ground and then flatten it out again.

[slow yew]

round houses AND round roofs.. HELP! Any tips, all tips, i just can't do it! help plox

[trail topaz]

There are tons of videos available for this. Google “Valheim round roof”

[marsh vault]

HELLO, i have a very simple question, but since i am kinda new in the game, i am struggling. I am trying to dig a trench, and the walls are uneven as you can see in screenshot. I tried to fix it by raising the wall with hoe, but if i do that, you can see, it doesnt fixes problem, it just creates a wall in middle of trench and if i try to dig that wall again, it just resets back to previous problematic form, which is seen in first screenshot. Please help! I dont know how to fix it

[trail topaz]

Yeah this can happen if you dug your ditch at the wrong 1m increment. With the proper aim, you can shave just a bit off the edge, matching the remainder of your ditch. I'd recommend removing the flooring first, you'll have better luck aiming at the dirt floor. Then you can raise the bottom back up as needed and replace your floor.

[marsh vault]

Thank you for reply, i figured out how to fix the problem. I just needed to fully raise the floor on problematic area, and dig again. Floor was not the problem, i layed floor there to have even depth without bumps. Sorry for my bad english

i have another problem. I made a trench around test base by 2blocks width as seen in picture. I tried spawning troll raid and for some reason, if the troll is on the right side of the trench, he cannot hit the stake wall with his club, but if he is on the left side, he can hit it. But why? the trench is 1 block height and 2 blocks width on both sides around whole base

why troll cannot hit the wall if he is standing near right wall and why he can hit the wall if he is on left wall?

[rich cosmos]

Possibly his hitbox is angled a bit better on thst side so it reaches with the club. I tend to keep a floortile lenght of space between my walls and trenches just incase

[nimble sundial]

idk if its possible to help with this, but im trying to get this curve and cannot for the life of me get it to look smooth. Using Precision Rotating mod default settings.

[trail topaz]

Try asking in #mods-issues or #mods-discussion about that

[nimble sundial]

i meen even just were i should start using 26* beams over 45* beams or smth. Not a modd issue i jsut cant figure out how to curve this lol

[lusty tiger]

I dont get what isnt smooth. Are you placing one then turning one rotation then placing? Or something diff

[vestal delta]

just rotate it one click per piece

[vestal delta]

Can you put the thumbnail picture of a storable item on a sign? Like a carrot, for example.

[sterile tartan]

Use item stands

[vestal delta]

Is that the only option? There's not a code for the thumbnail that I can type into the sign text?

[split stratus]

You can change color of text on signs and even copy paste emojis there.

[lusty tiger]

If you press windows key + . You get options but u can also what Joel said

[ancient chasm]

If you want to go into mod land there is also item drawers.

[shrewd smelt]

Ok, I have some questions about build mechanics, so I think I need to go ahead and just ask them here. I've been building with wooden flooring right on the ground, but I've seen a few other options like laying down sill plates and such, and then putting the flooring on that. I'm still at the wood and bronze stage, so I don't have stone for an option which is what I really want.
For durability and safety, what should I be doing? Does laying the flooring right down on the dirt cause it to damage faster?

[winter nest]

No it doesn't. A lot of people use wood beams on the ground to outline the foundation and then snap floors to those. But I don't think there's any harm to putting floors on the ground other than the ground potentially clipping through the floor.

[shrewd smelt]

Ahhh. Ok. Thanks.

[vestal delta]

Gonna build my mistlands crafting areas across this hallway from my current workshop. I feel this compulsion to use black marble for the area. Is it too fruity to have the black marble right next to the regular stone?

I could also blend the walkway, alternating them, or checkered

[ancient chasm]

If it’s a visual change, make it really obvious and it’s generally more pleasing to the eye. Raise it up a bit or add lighting / gazebo framing over the top to highlight the difference

[vestal delta]

Cool ideas, I didn't think about raising it up

[vestal delta]

Why is black forge so absurdly tall 😩

[vestal delta]

actually the forge and the workbench are just as high. Somehow I got lucky placing them and the cover rays clp the roof overhang lol

[lyric scaffold]

Anyone know what I could put/decorate in this area? It cant be portals/storage because I already have a lot of those

[sage wolf]

do you have a fish display?

[ancient chasm]

Trophies?
Armour or weapon cache?
Crafting area or perhaps a kitchen?
Tame some animals and make a home for them there?

[lyric scaffold]

unfortunately I already made a place for all of those in this house

[hexed lance]

i would like a fireplace in this area, but the chimney design is like this, any way i can have the fire burn whilst keeping the top this way?

id be ok moving it down, if that would work

[river mango]

I need tips on how to build two floor cozy house

One floor from stone the other wood

Something like this i found it on pinterest

[sinful merlin]

You can use item stands and surtling trophies to mimic a fireplace

[hexed lance]

I will try this ty

[magic sun]

How do i make my roof stable

Im new to this game

[vestal delta]

You mean like stop roof pieces from breaking when u chain too many together?

[magic sun]

Yeah

[vestal delta]

if that's the case, you can use beams to make a frame, they have better structural strength than just the roof pieces

[magic sun]

Like on the inside?

[vestal delta]

any side works

[magic sun]

I managed to make the roof stable without any beams

So this should do

[vestal delta]

you're just limited on how far you can chain the pieces

[magic sun]

Anyways when im going to the black forest

Trying to look for the elder

[vestal delta]

https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Building_stability

[magic sun]

I encounter a swarm of greylijgd and greydwars

Brutes too, so how do i survive them

Also im trying to build a dock but idk how to build supports underwaters

[vestal delta]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF_J_DBs4vg

This video is the best I've seen at explaining how structural stability actually works

[vestal delta]

Purists will push a cart into the water and stand on it to build out there. Easiest way, imo is build camera mod by azumatt that lets you detach camera from your character when in build mode, so you can just fly down there and build whatever

[magic sun]

Thanks

[hexed lance]

i would like a roof that overhangs here but ive built it 9m wide, how can i get a center roofpiece in the middle?

[tiny wave]

Free place pole in the center or use a door or something else to snap to half a meter?

[trail topaz]

the standard door is a half meter thick. snap a door edgewise to the end of your centre beam, then snap a 1m pole to the other edge of your door.

[hexed lance]

like this?

[trail topaz]

Like this. Sorry about lighting.

[hexed lance]

much appreciated 🙏

[trail topaz]

any time.

You can use the centre snap point of the door for 1/4 m increments too.

[hexed lance]

this looks about right to me?

[trail topaz]

The edges line up, so yeah.

[hexed lance]

ty

[vital kite]

what banners/wall deco would fit here?

[vestal delta]

Thoughts on this kitchen layout before I start throwing down walls/roof/etc ?

Also, which location do yall like best for ingredient storage: 1 or 2?

[hexed lance]

love that barrels under the fermenters idea

[hexed lance]

imo 2 makes more sense cus its behind the kegs

[vestal delta]

is there a better setup than this for bm chests + labels?

[tiny wave]

If you use finewood chests and place the sign against a sidewall, you can have the sign itself out of sight but the text will appear in front of the chests, idk if you can do that with blackmetal

[vestal delta]

that's neat

[tiny wave]

Youll still the able to edit the name in the narrow space between chest and wall

[earnest ruin]

So this is basically my first house ever in Skyrim, I've built it a really long time ago.
Now I'm working on expanding and improving all my (functional) house area's. I called this area "Grainmoor Villa" and as the name already suggests; I want to build a villa (mansion) in a farm-like area. So basically a huge plantation with a villa. Now I obviously don't want to destroy my first ever Valheim house, that'd be a shame. So I was thinking about repurposing or slightly changing its appearance to make it fit in with its environment.
Any suggestions?

[vestal delta]

Barn?

[trail topaz]

I think you could experiment with some overhang and beams to create interest and visual differentiation Maybe a porch type area around the house?

[earnest ruin]

I know it's bland and I would've destroyed it if it wasn't my first ever house. I could try to make it seem more interesting sure, but I'm also kind of wondering how I'm gonna make the area look good...

Maybe I should go for a village vibe, multiple houses, different purposes... This could be a seaside inn for example.

[trail topaz]

Yeah, or a homestead style area. Boar pen, barn, workshop shed, etc.

[earnest ruin]

It's kind of a mess right now, there's an half-assed workshop on the side of this house and there's one of those automatic boar-breed farms a lil away.

And huge farm area.

However, I want this area to feel warm and welcoming. Should probably start of with planting some grass.

And making solid paths.

[trail topaz]

If you want to go for an Inn style setup, definitely some grass and paths. Maybe a gazebo and smaller cottages along the shore.

[vestal delta]

Food storage came out great. I think I'm just going to build a meat locker on the other side of the kitchen instead of trying to cram more chests in here, though.

[earnest ruin]

So this is the area I'm working with. I've already grown grass on the place (already looks better).
So I'm thinking about a small village-like area in this area (pubs, homes, workshops, etc...), which leads to a small bridge over the puddle on the right (which I might extend around the entire area, if possible). The bridge leading to a huge plantation with Grainmoor Villa in the middle.

Probably gonna slightly lift the ground towards the puddle, to make it seem more interesting and "natural".

Oh yeah and a small docks (as this place functions as a import/export area) and a road to the sacrificial stones.

[hexed lance]

is coloured signs modded?

[tiny wave]

no, you can do html colors

[hexed lance]

peak

[earnest ruin]

What Larsi said, just type "<color=#Hex>", so for example if you want the color green (hex code 4CAF50), just type "<color=#4CAF50>" on your sign.

[hexed lance]

ty ty

[split stratus]

Iirc the "color=" part is not even needed if you use Hex code.

So <#4CAF50> should be enough.

[mortal mulch]

or you can do <color=green>

[lusty tiger]

<size=300><voffset=10000> 😎

[earnest ruin]

Definitely improved the house quite a bit already. Should add windows and such though...

Oh yeah and it has a big chimney in the back.

[vestal delta]

I'm going for that frost/cold visual effect for my meat storage. For options, I see:
Frostner
Dragons Tears
Stone Golem Trophy
and crystal walls for ice

Anything else?

[lusty tiger]

Wisp torch maybe

[tiny wave]

Frost meads?

[vestal delta]

negative

Is this where I get blue jute from? if so how do I get it

[split stratus]

Break it.

[vestal delta]

geez, I tried but thought I must be doing something wrong. Didn't realize I was going to have to take out the whole damn wall

[split stratus]

Iirc you need to hit those.

[vestal delta]

ahh much better, thanks

[lusty tiger]

TP 5 cores 20 stone and 4 coal over and find a rusty thing 👀. take it all!

[torpid dew]

I am an aspiring builder, and I'm checking out how other people do certain things so I can develop my own style. However, one thing that I have trouble with, is picking out the right spots. I'm not great at teraforming. What are some reasons you might've picked out one spot over another, aside from distance to a resource? I've beat the game out of my little shack with everything crammed into it, but now it's time to actually build some cool stuff

[vital kite]

why exactly is this happening?

[vestal delta]

same fuckin shit with my stone walls/floors rn, im bout to break something

[vital kite]

😭

and i thought im gonna make myself a beatiful corner hearth but this is ruining everything

[vestal delta]

it's pythagoras' fault

[vestal delta]

is there some easy pro way to make sure your blocks are lining up right before you've built 100 of them?

[lusty tiger]

4m across = normal roof. Therefore any multiple should line up. When using stone the width is 1m. So if you turned a corner and put the roof on the outside edge, you added a meter to your gap. There is no 1 meter wide ridge roof. I failed at math and suck at building, but I think this is the way

[lusty tiger]

Better idea, start with wood beams and roof it before you add stone to the wood frame

[vestal delta]

It's been so long since Ive built a roof. My gameplay experience mostly consists of building floors and walls then destroying them and rebuilding in another way that also isn't good and needs to be torn down

[lusty tiger]

same.

[lusty tiger]

i did get to help build this #screenshots message and i have been getting better, but i feel you for sure

theres no roof on it tho XD

[vestal delta]

holy..

[lusty tiger]

it started from a wood frame. we had some great builders who gave a lot of tips

[vestal delta]

Looks amazing

in my case, I found the problem block(row of blocks) that were somehow offset from the others... alllllll the way at the bottom

[vestal delta]

Shit I set the thermostat in the new freezer to -100 to cool it down but I forgot and left it running

[trail topaz]

Very nice work. crystal in the floor too?

[vestal delta]

Yep!

[trail topaz]

I've never actually looked at the top of those windows.

[lusty tiger]

Thats a really cool idea!!!

[vestal delta]

I'm reasonably happy with the floors/walls/entrances. All that's left is the near impossible task of deciding how to arrange everything inside 😩 . On a side note, what do yall think of this ice column tho?

idk if I like it, just testing out the idea. Maybe looks better in a corner tho

[lusty tiger]

Its p cool. Id try to bury fish in it or something shiny. Theres a trick you can do with the door that makes a fat smooth pole with wood. Idk if itll work with crystal bc it comes up a little short of the pole in the center as you go to 2nd lvl and up, but if you buried poles in that spot it may not be apparent from the outside and itll let you have a solid pole. Just an idea

[vital kite]

how can i detail/decorate this ashwood wall?

im gonna replace the wood beams for ashwood or darkwood later on

[warm stirrup]

Love what you're doing with crystal walls, it's so rare that they are utilized well.

[warm stirrup]

What sort of building is this? I don't want to suggest cozy decor if it's a storehouse. 😛

[vital kite]

its a tavern

[warm stirrup]

In that case, an outdoor seating area, a neutral looking banner, and shutter styled windows.

Also, can't go wrong with a bit of lighting on the wall!

[vital kite]

hmm, ill give those a try, thanks!

[earnest ruin]

I usually use signs to create more depth

[vestal delta]

Don't ask me how, but some of the wizards on here add things in front of things in front of other things to add depth to large flat surfaces like that and make it look more interesting

[earnest ruin]

Okay so I'm trying to make a river around my plot. However, the terrain is too high (due to a stupid little hill).
I'm still trying to stick to the original plan though; small farmstead village with a river surrounding it... Then a bridge leading to a mansion with a lot of farmland surrounding it.

[warm stirrup]

I'm guilty of this practice, but I try to keep it minimalistic to keep my instance count low.

[warm stirrup]

@stark wigeon Here's a video example of a hexagonal hip roof with a raised opening for ventilation

[vestal delta]

Like this or is there a better way for freezer storage?

[warm stirrup]

I like this, but maybe try trimming the outside the chest with crystal all the way around it, then trim that crystal with short walls. It could give it a frost build-up effect, like a deep freezer.

[vestal delta]

Like this?

[warm stirrup]

Looks good!

[vestal delta]

Cool thanks

[sage wolf]

@vestal delta hide a frostner or two behind it to get the visual frost effect?

[trail topaz]

anyone thought of using an iron cooking station to hang cuts of meat in a walk-in style freezer? You could bury the sides in stone walls, build a fireplace under it just long enough to hang meat, then destroy the campfire so it looks like you've got chains hanging from the ceiling.

[warm stirrup]

Oo a meat locker vibe would be very nice

[coarse spear]

@vestal deltain my opinion try with the fine wood chest

[vestal delta]

You dont like the bm chests?

[coarse spear]

@vestal delta they look nice but i prefer the more simple and clener look of the fine wood ones plus 2 fine wood one's is more storage space than one black metal

[vestal delta]

Seems really hard to get frost effect to bleed through the chest and all. In the pic: Right has 2 stone golem totems behind the chest. Left has nothing. I don't think you can tell the totems are there except from seeing the frost from the side, which will be blocked by the next chest. I tried frostners too but they weren't any better. The left chest has dragon tears in the floor in front of it... that might be the best I can do

Actually maybe this works better with the cage floor instead of a wooden 1x1 b/c it lets some of the light through

[vestal delta]

From left to right, the frost effect in the back is from: 1) frostners, 2) stone golem totems, 3) dragon's tears

[lusty tiger]

Is this the spot you want that or are you just testing ideas

[vestal delta]

both kinda. Just testing ideas but current plan is to put chests like this all the way around against the walls, with a row in the middle maybe, but I don't have all that sorted out yet bc I want to put some meat racks and things too for decoration

[lusty tiger]

👍 my friend did one with the big wood doors and a couple layers of 1x1 iron floor and some trophies. Idk i kind of want to say i like what youre trying but im not really a fan of this design

[vestal delta]

not a fan of the chest setup or something else?

[lusty tiger]

Cant really put my finger on it but if you were feeling that way too I figured maybe youd want to hear that, I could be wrong

[vestal delta]

I'm not crazy about it but I am such a perfectionist. Sometimes I just need to say it's good enough and roll with it. But I am still looking for better ways

[tepid wadi]

does anyone have any tips on how to make my roof look better

[warm stirrup]

The dragon's tears seems to be working quite well!

[vestal delta]

he says as I am blasting moder with fireballs for more ^^

[warm stirrup]

Bahaha, glad we both came to the same conclusion then, even if I was late to the party. 😅

[vestal delta]

thoughts/suggestions on the freezer freezer / centerpiece?

[warm stirrup]

That looks really epic, Mr. Freeze eat your frozen heart out.

[vestal delta]

moving backwards not forwards sometimes =/ I need to move the ziggurat b/c there's not enough room on the right side, and also I want to expand the wall to make the freezer bigger. But then my brain is like "ORRRR you could tear down the ziggurat and build a magetower instead"

[lusty tiger]

sees epic build
"Im going backwards"
I think ur going forwards. Im assuming ur using devcommands bc of the view, im wondering if you have nocost. If you dont maybe you could copy your save file and do tests in another world free of limitations so u dont stress too much

[vestal delta]

It's build camera mod by azumatt, but I have used devcommands some. Copy save file? Never thought of that hmm

[lusty tiger]

If youre using mods just stick with that then, azus mod is amazing. Yeah if you go to manage saves in the world selection (i believe) you can either find the location of the cloud file or move it to local and copy that one (probably better to google how to do it)

[warm stirrup]

Berry Farming Strategy 🫐

[vestal delta]

laying the groundwork

[vestal delta]

Can I do something with this little alcove behind the stairwell? or should I just fill it in with stone blocks

[glad cloud]

Mead keg?

I assume there could be chilled meads

[sterile tartan]

Slap a door there and some shelves make a walk in cold pantry

[vestal delta]

Is there no way to place raw meat on a table? Item stands dont work and looks like serving tray only works for cooked variants

[glad cloud]

Unfortunately

[vestal delta]

F there goes my butcher table idea

[sterile tartan]

Item stand?

[vestal delta]

nope

[ancient chasm]

You can throw them there. They always throw the same distance so if you can get good at that make one shelf at a time and lob them into place?
Building things around items that are thrown out causes them to move around also, so you can manipulate them from landing spot a bit here and there with making small items around them or little wall/post bits etc

[vestal delta]

I tried that but it's annoying how they still have the sparkles rising off of them like lootable items on the ground

[ancient chasm]

Ah right, yeah that is annoying. I can’t find an alternative to mounting raw meat either yet.

[lusty tiger]

Are we keeping this "vanilla"? A quick search and there is an item stand all items mod

[vestal delta]

That worked perfectly. Thanks again

[vestal delta]

I might have gone overboard with the amount of dragons tears. FPS is struggling lol

[mortal mulch]

any tips to easily spawnproof the surroundings of my base? im trying my first blackforest base but the enemies are a huge problem

something that doesnt stand out from the natural black forest foliage

[trail topaz]

You can bury workbenches in pits or (far easier and relatively unobtrusive IMO) use campfires. Don't add any wood; they still act for spawnproofing even when not lit.

[mortal mulch]

yeah tried that already but they just keep breaking

[trail topaz]

what about campfires in a slightly sunken pit (one hit with the pickaxe? only trolls should be able to hit them with the ground slam attack.

once the campfire goes out it's usually hard to hit.

[mortal mulch]

its okay i found a nicer place in the meadows anyway

[midnight quail]

Either build little shacks that blend into the surroundings or go for log pole candles.

Put a 2m beam down, then put a torch down, a bit away from the beam then take a core beam and free place it against the beam and slide it down till the top of the torch peaks trough.

You now have a log candle that won't be attacked and some lighting for around your base and if you want you can place another core wood piece on top and hide the torch to make it fit in more with the surroundings.

[velvet lance]

How do you build your eitr refinery without it damaging your surrounding structures?

[tiny wave]

Encase in iron, copper or black marble

[velvet lance]

Thanks! makes sense!

[atomic karma]

anyone got tips for garden on a tall house? next to water?