Best Valheim Building Advice For New Players

One of the first necessities in Valheim is building a shelter to keep players safe from enemies and the elements. This process can seem a bit tricky at first, but building gets easier with practice. These simple tips can ensure new players get a rudimentary home built quickly and efficiently before tackling a more advanced house.

A few items are needed to start building in Valheim: a hoe, a hammer, a lot of wood, and a workbench are a must. Players will want to make sure they set up a sound foundation. To do this, it may be necessary to use a hoe to level out a desired location. The hoe can also raise ground, but players should note this uses stone to do so.

To build pretty much anything in Valheim, players will need to place a workbench nearby. Much can be built simply by having the workbench close. To actually use it, a roof for shelter must be built over it, and it needs enough surrounding walls so it’s not too exposed. Players can also utilize abandoned villages in Valheim to streamline the building process. The following tips will help in building a shelter from scratch.

Valheim: Foundation & Alignment Building Tips

For flooring, players should ensure all ground tiles or posts are blue when hovering over them. Valheim’s integrity system is color-based, with blue being the most sound, then green and so on. Red is the least stable and trying to attach anything to a red item will collapse, so having a strong, blue foundation is key – especially for taller structures. Leveling the ground can ensure a good base. Using tall core beams for a higher ceiling is better than using a bunch of small beams to preserve the structure’s coherence. Players need tall pine trees found in Valheim’s Black Forest area to make these beams.

Players can utilize snap building to easily get floors and walls to latch on. They can hover over the edge on a tile, wall, or beam so the next piece placed will lock onto it. If players are trying to lay down a piece that doesn’t attach to anything right away, it may be a good idea to place a wall temporarily to make sure everything lines up. Afterwards, this temporary piece can be destroyed.

Valheim: Safety & Comfort Building Tips

A fire close to a bed is needed for sleeping, and it’s best to place a fire indoors. They must be placed directly on the ground, but afterwards, players can go back and put a tile underneath the fire if desired. Fires need proper ventilation to smoke doesn’t harm the player, so a chimney should be placed in one’s Valheim home. Using posts to support a chimney’s roof ensures smoke can get out, and the fire won’t go out from rain.

Once the house is mostly built, Valheim players can place a door wherever desired. They should close it behind them to keep enemies out. Eventually players can place staked logs surrounding their building area to create a fortress to prevent enemies from getting near. If it takes more than one day to build a house, or it rains, the building can be damaged. It’s a good idea to use the hammer to go back and repair any walls after everything is built, then periodically as needed. Tools will also need to be regularly repaired in Valheim. Players should pay attention to their fortress – especially the gates – as enemies can attack and slowly degrade them.

Valheim Building Tips: Quality of Life Building Tips

If players need to get high up on their house or roof to build, they can temporarily place floor tiles to jump up to where they need to go. Half walls can be used for windows. If the structure is pretty much built, this is easy as knocking out a full wall and placing half walls in areas where windows are desired. To conserve space inside a home, players can place a small tile above a chest against a wall so another Valheim chest can stack on top of it. Players can always go back and delete that tile, and the chest on top will stay put. After a shelter is built, players can now explore the vast world of Valheim.

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