Sometimes you have to do this process a few times to get it just right.Īs for general frustration, there are tons of video guides/tutorials about how the system works, ideas, etc.

Raise or lower the ground just in that little area to compensate, then level the ground again. You might still have dips or bumps in the ground after leveling - this means the ground was too low or high to begin with. Level around yourself first, then work your way outward. Make sure to stand on a relatively flat area that's roughly the level you want everything else to be when you start. The hoe basically tries to make the ground roughly the same level as what you're standing on. Eventually, if you stick with it, you’ll surprise yourself at what you come up with. Or keep a modest, functional build so you can progress in the game, and setup another site for a new build and experiment there. So, make it better - or tear it down and start again. Don’t just make a build and think, ‘this sucks’. Once in a while I pull up some screenshots of my first builds and I’m often surprised at how far I’ve come.Ĭhances are, you won’t be able to pull off anything like some of the amazing builds you see on this sub, at least not for some time.

Many of those players have played the game for a long time and have mastered many building techniques and strategies to pull off elaborate and intricate builds. Don’t be discouraged by the elaborate builds you see others post. After some time it should start to feel more intuitive. Modify it to your liking.īuilding takes practice. Alternatively you can find an existing, run-down structure in the wilderness and reclaim it and make it your own. Build the floor first and then walls then a roof, and you have your first build. If you’re struggling, start by building an elevated platform, on 1m posts. Again, you can adjust your build later as you unlock new stuff. To get an area completely flat, you should start with an area that is already mostly flat. Something modestly-sized and ‘cozy’ - and above all, functional - should be your goal right now. Another comes after defeating the first boss.įor a starter home you don’t need a grand build. One of the most important tools for leveling an area can be made with just a covered workbench. Hopefully this allows you to build your castle in no time without having to spend hours bashing boulders around.If you’re brand-new to the game you may not possess the tools necessary, and I mean this literally - as you progress in the game you will unlock new tools and items that not only boost your combat effectiveness but also manipulate the environment. Once you’re done transfering all these stones to your base using the teleporter, destroy the portal and workbench, go to the next obelisk, then rinse and repeat. You should collect quite a lot just by standing underneath the obelisk when it gets destroyed, then you can pick up the rest on the ground.

Once you destroy the last piece of stone that holds it on the ground, the entire obelisk will destroy, literally showering you with stone ready to gather. Now use your pickaxe to mine the base of the obelisk. Once arrived find and go near one of the big obelisks (the super tall stones that you can see from miles away). Place a portal in your base (I named mine “Stone”), take something to mine stone (antler pickaxe, iron pickaxe, …), your hammer, and the materials to build a workbench and the other portal, then head towards a plains biome. Here is a technique to get A LOT of stone very quickly, useful if you want to build a base made of stone:

Valheim pickaxe